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AN: And here's another chapter!

Summary: "You were in prison?" aka "Explanation as to why Violet was at the showcase to totally save Tadashi"

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"I'm expecting a good reason why you stood me up." Violet's tone was flat, and Tadashi winced, scratching the back of his head nervously. He had gotten so caught up with persuading Hiro to join SFIT that he had completely forgotten about his date.

"Well, you see, that's a long story." Tadashi cleared his throat, nervously shooting a look at Hiro's bed, where the child genius was fast asleep.

"Uh huh."

Tadashi let out a nervous laugh. "Um, well, it started when I got arrested."

There was a long silence on the other end. Tadashi wondered whether or not Violet had already hung up, before she spoke again, her tone still strangely flat.

"You were in prison." This came out slowly, as if Violet was trying to process the information.

"Just for one night!" Tadashi defended hastily. "And technically, it wasn't my fault."

"Oh my god." Violet breathed out. "Kindly explain to me what on earth you were doing in PRISON so that I can assure my parents I'm not dating a criminal."

"Hiro decided to go bot fighting and he got in trouble because he defeated some gangster so I went after him but the police surrounded the alley before we could get away." Tadashi rushed out in one breath. He swallowed. "Wait, have you even told your parents about me?"

This time, it seemed like Violet was the nervous one. "No…have you? I mean, with your Aunt Cass and Hiro?"

"Nope." Tadashi leaned further back in bed. "Should we…when should we tell them?"

There was an exhale of static from the other end of the line. "I don't know." Violet whispered. "I mean, I don't exactly know how my family's going to react when they find out I've been dating you for nearly a year or so without telling them."

"The longer we wait, the bigger the effects will be." Tadashi reminded her.

"I know." Violet leaned back. "So, how was prison?"

"Crowded." Tadashi relaxed as they slowly drifted away from the sensitive topic. "I mean, they sort of shoved everyone and I into a cell, and let Hiro have one to himself."

Violet laughed, and Tadashi's heart lifted. "Right. How did Aunt Cass react?"

"You know her. She gave us a rant that lasted about ten minutes and ended in her forgetting her point."

Another laugh. "About parenting?"

"Don't forget the stress eating." Tadashi suddenly felt a wave of guilt as he remembered their prior topic. "Speaking of which, I swear, I'll make it up to you."

"You'd better."

"I will. Absolutely. Um…" Tadashi quickly searched through his calendar. He should be free…well, that was a long time. "In two weeks? I've got a project that needs to be finished by then, and then I should be free."

Violet let out a hum of agreement. "If you tell me it's Baymax again, I'm breaking up with you. You spend more time with that robot than you do with me." She teased.

Tadashi blushed. "Don't worry, it's another school thing." He frowned. "Oh right, but I've also got to help Hiro with his idea."

"What idea?" Violet asked, interested.

"I got him interested in SFIT. He's planning something for the showcase."

"That'd be cool, having your younger brother in the same school." Violet said. "Hang on, did you say the SFIT showcase?" there was rustling on the other end, and then her voice came back over the phone. "I think I'm going to be there, covering the event."

"Really?" Tadashi asked excitedly. Maybe that could be how he would introduce Violet to his friends and family.

"Yeah." Violet nodded. "Maybe I can meet your friends then?"

"That'd be great!" Tadashi grinned. "You'll love them."

There was a smile in Violet's words. "I'm sure I will."