Chapter Three: Breakfast Meal
Disclaimer: I do not own Big Hero 6 nor anything of its characters. All belongs to their rigthful owners from Disney Animated Studios©.
Warning: Mild Language, crude humor
It was six o'clock in the morning, Annabelle was already awaken from her slomber. She yawned herself out of her bed and dragged herself into the bathroom to get ready for her class. Her class starts in two hours and all she needs to do is take a shower, comb her hair, eat breakfast and pretty much end the first part of her day; the morning phase.
Annabelle is very impatient at times so she gets things done quite quickly if she haves to. Her parents are the very last people in the household to get up from bed so she's mostly independent as well when wants to. Her theory is to get ready, eat and head on out to the institute. That was the theory of her typical weekday morning. But instead, something kinda blindsighted her in her tracks.
After combing up her hair, into two loose braids and putting on some overalls with a pink cami under it and some pairs of black converse sneakers (not as fashionable as her Honey but she tries), she headed downstairs into the kitchen. She was thinking of fixing up from bacon and eggs before she leaves and maybe whip up some coffee if she have the time. When she looked inside the cabinets, something blew her off guard. NO FOOD. Well, their supply was actually little to no food at all and without the coffee beans and grits, she wasn't able to cook up her breakfast meal.
Well that sucks.
Dammit. Anna said to herself with a very bitter tone. What now? There's no food for her to cook and rarely any stores are opened at that time around her neighborhood. Then, something hit her. The Lucky Cat! Of course, they are a breakfast shop filled with breakfast pastries, treats and of course, COFFEE. Anna mentally slapped herself senseless, interally as she never thought of that. Sometimes Annabelle could be very absent-minded when it comes to simple, little problems like these. Lord knows how would she react in a bigger and more complicated situations, in prior to this one.
Anna smiled at herself before grabbing her small, brown hand bag and walked out of her front door and into the lawn to her front yard. She looked up from where she was standing and stared at the sunrise, hitting the building, showing an amount of the light's reflecting from the towers' structures and glass. The effect of a rainbow, blurred up Annabelle's glasses, making even more fascinating to look at. Her eyes glittsled at the view and a bigger smile formed on her lips. She loved seeing this type of things every morning and every evening. Doesn't matter if it's a sunrise or sunset, she would feel a type of acceptance towards the world as if God was releasing her sins from around her and giving her peace and humblity.
Anna felt calm and looked over down the street, basically that's where Lucky Cat is located. Though, she has a long way to go to get down there before class starts. So she took her time walking down the street, pacing slowly at her own rate. She's not fast of a walker/runner, she can be very slow even rushing to class if she late. Her absent-mind is the fault of that as well. It sucks for her at times but she's going to get better when she gets older, her mother always noted to herself watching her daughter overwhelming and even hurting herself to get better, whenever she sees her.
After taking about thirty or so minutes heading down a surely long hill, she managed to get onto the intersection of the Aveune of where the coffee shop was located. She panted when she was standing along side of the curve, calling herself running at her "own pace" down the hill instead of simply walking like she usually does to head to wherever she would go to if this wasn't the case to buy some breakfast.
Besides that, she only have thirty minutes left of free time before class starts and her belly was rumbling like crazy. Time to eat, she told herself as she walked into the cafe, still having a hard time getting more oxygen back into her system and little to no energy, wavering on her lightly. She felt a little lightheaded too when she headed inside, hoping she wouldn't bump into anything while, normally, trying to walk her way in as if she was just a normal customer.
When she got inside, she saw Ms. Cass sweeping the floor with a broom, had an apron around her and was pretty much about to start off her day. As for Anna, she was trying to bring herself back into a steady stand-still while keeping her cool and calming down from that very "interesting" excerise.
Cass took a glimpse of Anna and formed a large grin. She was excited to Anna becoming her own customer and actually the first customer of the day; a new favorite. She walked over to Anna with her cheeky grin and greeted her a good morning. When Anna noticed her talking, she smiled and bowed a good morning to her back.
"Good morning, Ms. Cass. I-I was just wondering if you're shop is opened yet? I just came down here from my house, up a hill away and there's like NO food in our cabinets!"
Cass gave her a generous grin and grabbed her notepad as quickly as possible. She gave her a chair and forcefully put Anna in it. Anna shook a little and felt a little uncomfortable from Cass's force, though by her sitting down made her feel calm some more as she felt a bit of a more neutral feeling.
"Say no more, Lil' Ann. I am the master of this joint! Anything you need, I'll give you...for a discounted price." Discounted Price? Annabelle completely forgot she needed to pay to get something to eat! She only have two dollars and a few quarters in her wallet. Hopefully these discounts for "special customers" are cheap, yet very, very delicious.
Anna chuckled nervously as Aunt Cass asked what would she like to order. Annabelle just need a few things to wake her up and fill her up for at least til' class starts. She looked at the menu up near the kitchen was and noticed the sale on Breakfast meal catagory was only 2.50.
"Maybe I have the breakfast meal please?" Anna asked.
Aunt Cass nodded with a grin. "Sure thing, What kind of beverage would you like? We don't have orange juice, nor grape juice. Only water, apple juice, and soda. I don't think soda is a very healthy way to eat with breakfast. Or is it? I don't know..."
While Aunt Cass was constantly rambling on different beverages she could served for this meal, Annabelle gazed off from the conversation and noticed a older guy along side the kitchen with a brown satchel hand bag around him. He was wearing a San Fransokyo Ninjas baseball cap and a green blazer. He looked familar... Anna repeated to herself that question of who is that guy? Then she saw Hiro walking through the doorway of the storage room wearing an apron around him, wearing a white t-shirt and had a notepad in his hand as well. Annabelle's eyes widen at the scene. Hiro works here? He's only fourteen. Then, it hit her. It's the same man who'd invited her over Fred, her new friend's house the day before.
Tadashi. Wow, he looks so different from what he was wearing yesterday. He was wearing a white t-shirt under a yellow cardigan sweater, now he's wearing a black v-neck shirt, under grey cardigan and a green blazer over that one. It's August, doesn't he get hot in that outfit? That question, made Anna blushed even harder as she thought something completely different to the question. Hot? Sweaty hot, not-not sexy hot.
"Anna? Anna~? ANNA!" Aunt Cass shouted making Annabelle flinched from her thoughts and back into reality.
"Heh, I'm sorry. I uh, was looking at the menu. I just want water. How much is it exactly?"
"Oh not much, 3.50 plus tax." Anna eyes widen at her. Not enough, her allowance is not as stretch as she expected.
"Crap, I don't have enough..." Anna made a pouted face, she wasn't doing it on purpose either to make anyone feel bad, she meant it. She was really upset that she's going to be straving to death during class today. Then, Tadashi was walking towards her as he held some money in his hand.
Anna's heart rate began to increased. She doesn't even know why, but she felt a bit hot herself, beside her wearing something very loose. He handed her over a couple of dollar bills in his hand. And with that generous, cute smile of his. He said, "Here, I hope this is enough for you Anna."
"..." That's all Anna had to say, nothing. She was so dumbfounded, she literally forgot why she needed the money in the first place.
"No, no Tadashi. It's okay, you didn't have to use your money to help Anna. I was going to give to her for free." Aunt Cass reassured her nephew.
Tadashi chuckled. "No, it's okay really. I mean, it is illegal to let her buy something for without paying it with money..." Anna's eyes widen in fear as she imagined herself in jail for not paying for just one breakfast meal at a cafe, though Tadashi was only joking. She grabbed the money as quickly as possible. This scared Annabelle, it really did.
Then, just to make things even more awkward, she felt a calm ruffle from Tadashi's hand as he combed her red hair down as if she was a pet. He completely stopped when he noticed what he was doing and flustered lightly soon after. Anna didn't even want to even ask why, she just let that one go. Though it made her feel calm and humble, yet uncomfortable and excited. Am I imagining things? She said to herself. Did he just...touched my hair? Annabelle sighed lightly as she managed to keep her cool and pretend that this didn't even happened.
"I don't want you to get in trouble, you don't deserve it." He added making the redhead girl, turn red around her pale, peachy cheeks. It wasn't noticable, but Anna felt that burn.
Aunt Cass giggled at her as she patted her on the back, making her feel a little more tense. "This isn't a profit cafe Tadashi, plus all of your friends have gotten stuff for free before. It's because their family to us and they deserve the treat."
"Blackmailing is a treat whenever it comes to more workers..." Tadashi joked before yelping lightly when Hiro playfully punched him in the arm.
"It wasn't blackmailing Tadashi. When it came to me never having gummy bears ever again unless I start botfighting, now that's blackmailing!" Hiro mentioned with a playful glare on his face. Anna couldn't help but giggle. Then Aunt Cass's eyes flared into an angry glare.
"BOTFIGHTING...? When did Hiro started fucking BOTFIGHTING?" She asked, in a very angry growl. Her language was strong when she curse, that scared the living hell outta of Tadashi and Hiro.
Both brothers looked at each other in a very worried and nervous way. Tadashi and Hiro began to ramble about how it all started and then arguing and blaming on each other about who managed to get themselves into bigger trouble. Annabelle laughed the entire time they were having their "family feud" before finally getting her breakfast.
"Where did I go wrong with these kids?" Aunt Cass mumbled to herself after the argument before heading to the kitchen and making Anna's breakfast.
Annabelle giggled when Aunt Cass left and headed to the kitchen. This family is full of surprises, Anna noted opposingly. Then she began to eat when Aunt Cass gave her breakfast; two pieces of fully cooked bacon, buttered grits, scrambled eggs with colby jack cheese scattered all over and a glass of water and strawberry frappe cappincino. The smell of this meal was pretty good and delicious, this was one of her best breakfasts yet. She thank Cass for the meal and began to gobble it up as if this was her last.
Tadashi started that stare off again, the same results as what happened yesterday with Annabelle meeting the gang. He was standing along the kitchen counter, she looked over at Anna and then back at his aunt all over again, repeatedly. Annabelle didn't really noticed, because she was deviring her food.
Cass smirked at her older nephew as he noticed at determined, very lost look on his face when he is either very concerned or very interested in something. But instead of something, more like a someone. Cass poked at him which made him gain back his train of thought.
"You alright over there Tadashi? You seemed...focused." Cass noted as she flipped some pancakes for another order she needed to served.
Tadashi shook his head with a smile as he pulled up his satchel from his shoulder. "Ah, it's nothing. I was just noticing, the new girl. She seems..."
"Cute? Sweet? Kind? You like her? You definitely liking the new girl over there!" Aunt Cass lit up at the moment, making Tadashi blush then he shook his head.
"No, no. I was wondering, she seems a bit unfamiliar to this area. I mean, she's not from where I study, she doesn't go to San Fransokyo Tech."
"My little nephew has a crush~! Tadashi got a crush~!" Hiro sang out, teasing Tadashi from behind. Tadashi ruffled his little bro's hair roughly as he was still mad at him for blaming him for illegally botfighting.
Hiro groaned at his brother and forcefully pushing his hand away from his head. Anna heard the commotion from where she was sitting and smiled softly at them. Tadashi looked away, forming a larger amount of red, shading his cheeks. Cass and Hiro chuckled at him, watching the boy become bashful from the new girl's looking at him. Maybe it is true, Tadashi may form some type of romantic interest for Anna, but they only known each other for a day or so. Then again, this is one of Tadashi's first crushes since high school where every girl in his class, falling for him, sending them love letters in his locker, texting them love notes, etc. Tadashi is mostly the ladies' man, not the other way around. But there's an amount of doubt that Tadashi would ever find a love interest if that's the case.
As for Anna, she would never even imagine herself as someone's love interest or crushing on someone herself. She would become a complete fool and try not to think about but does it anyway out of spike. She's quite goofy when she's around a crush or someone very famous or even her professors. She's quite clumsy too, whenever she spilled the coffee all over the table that day when she met the gang, because she always become nervous and acts goofy when she's trying to impress. It's a forceful habit to a very bad trait.
Annabelle was just about done with her meal, Hiro was right there to pick up the dishes and Anna's money along with Tadashi's offering, and a little tip for the young boy, for being such a very nice waiter.
When Hiro left, Tadashi watched Anna get up from her seat and walk out but she left her hand bag on her seat without her noticing. Tadashi walked over to the seat and grabbed the bag, and then tried to give it to her before she left. He walked a bit too fast and accidentally bumped into her when she turned around to see who was behind her, she was startled. A loud 'oof' came from them both causing a very brief scene of people looking up at them to see what was going on.
Annabelle stared at Tadashi as if he was trying to kill her. This was the most embarrassing moment of her life. Her face was nothing but red and her amber orange eyes met with Tadashi's dark brown ones. This made Anna heart skip and her stomach twist. Same with Tadashi, he felt as if his heart was shaking and was about to exploded.
"UH?" Annabelle belted out in pain, as she felt her arm twist the wrong direction, causing it to dislocate. Tadashi quickly gave her the hand bag.
"Here, uh you forgot this!" He said, rapidly as Anna quickly grabbed it from his grip.
"Uh thanks—OW!" The pain from her arm took force as she tried to throw her hand bag over her shoulder. Tadashi noticed the twisted arm and frowned.
"I-I'm sorry, didn't—"
"NO, no! I just dislocated my arm, that's all. LOOK! I could relocate it easily." A loud crack was heard when she put her arm back into formation, though her face didn't show the easiness that was. Her face clinged at the pain of her arm. A tad of tears spotted on her ends of her eyelids.
"S-see?" She sputtered softly as the pain quickly faded away soon after. With a concerning look on Tadashi's face, he smiled before backing away, generously taking Anna's word on 'fixing' her arm. Mothafucker! She cursed to herself as she felt a yelp of pain, riding through her nerves.
"You feel better now?" He asked her, softly.
Anna nodded as she tried not to give him any eye contact. "Y-yeah, I'm fine. Thank you, I would've been going crazy without this baby. I have my phone, my sketch book, my homework, everything!"
Tadashi chuckled. "I hear ya, I would've been pretty pissed off myself. I would've went King Kong on everyone when I get to the lab, screaming: "OMG MY FUCKING PROJECT IS NOT IN MY SATCHEL! OH NO! OH NO! OH HELL TO THE NO!" That ghetto expression of his made old Anna laugh hard, harder than she ever did.
"I could imagine, hehe!" Anna giggled. Tadashi brought himself along and laughed as well.
From a glimpse from where they were standing, and sound of a chuckle and a giggle from the two Hamadas in the kitchen, watching Tadashi's every move. Nevertheless, Tadashi would ever hear the end of it if they just stop assuming that he likes her. That's really not the case so far. They're just friends, that's all it is.
Tadashi with a red face of embarrassment slowly walked out of the shop before Anna noticed Cass and Hiro laughing and stepped outside. Anna followed, making sure she doesn't try to forcefully fall again because of how nervous and goofy she can be. Stay cool Anna, she repeated to herself. Just be yourself and he'll fall for you, WAIT—not like that! NO!
"Uh Anna right?" Tadashi echoed from Anna's thought, making her bring herself back into reality and gave the young man a calm yet uneasy smile.
"WHAT? Uh, yeah? I mean, yes? My name is Anna, Annabelle! Annabelle Rosaleen Matsuoka!" Her voice was going into rambling mode, she quickly faded out her trail-off and noticed how weird she's becoming once again. Here's the good part, Tadashi has an excellent sense of humor and laughed at her with that very adorable smile of his.
"I know that, well, Anna, my name is Tadashi Daniel Hamada if you forgot my name already."
Annabelle gave him a smirk. "Yeah, no, you told me who you were yesterday, before we all departed." She hinted as she started circling around him, briefly before pausing back to her position once more.
"Oh, okay then. I guess you didn't forget my name then."
Tadashi began walking to the parking lot, on the side of the cafe where only three cars were parked. A green pickup truck, a white mini van and a red, shiny moped were all that were parked and Tadashi was walking towards the moped.
This bitch owns a scooter? Hot... Anna told herself in a very girly tone, then mentally slapping herself to knock it off. Woah, STOP THAT. Don't think like that! He's not your bae, he's not your bae! YET.
Anna awed at moped as the older Asian, managed to mount onto the vehicle and started its engine by pressing the power on button.
"Wow," she said with an amazed look on her face, "I like...I like... I wish I had a vehicle to take me around town and such. Especially when I'm late for—"
HOLY SHIT! CLASS STARTS IN TWO MINUTES!
Annabelle felt a buckle load of panic, hover around her. If she's late for class, this will count against her credits when her term is almost over. Twenty-five percent of her college credits will be flushed down the drain, AGH! This can't happen.
"Oh no! I only have two minutes left before my first class session starts! No, no, no, no, no~! I can't lose twenty-five percent of college credits...Not this time, not at this—"
"No need to fear," Tadashi declared, grabbing a spare helmet for Anna to wear, "I could take you! And besides, I only have ten minutes left before my class starts so...I could spare the time being with you."
Anna's eyes widen, being with me? "What? Really?" Then Tadashi noticed what he had said and covered his mouth as he burned around his cheeks.
"Uh—I mean, the...the time taking you to your—destination...!"
Anna arched an eyebrow as if this guy was turning crazy. Then began to smile as she felt relieved and very thankful to have a guy like him around. "Thank you," she said before hopping on top of the moped and pulling off.
The breeze from the wind, flying around them, blew through her locks of her curly red hair and movement along her two braids that were following the winds' current. That breeze made Annabelle feel calm and satisfied with what was happening, forgetting that this guy, Tadashi, was giving her a lift to her campus before she was late. Even if she was, she didn't even care anymore, she was just happy that she felt...somehow...belonging with someone.
And why was that?
Throughout that morning, Anna noticing the fact that, that was her first time hanging out with someone. Someone which is a young man, a boy, that have a lot in common. While their journey to Anna's campus, they asked each other the comparsion of their favorite things. They learned a lot from each other. From having the same food favs, to having the same artist and boy bands. It was crazy how two different worlds, just collide into one.
Sometimes, there are reasons that this happens. Because there are two people alone in the world, that just wanted to see more, wanting more, having more; where they are able to come and find where they belong.
To be continued...
I don't even know. This is mostly how the fluffy Tadashi/OC begins to form. I mean, this is just the beginning. I am taking a few itty-bitty steps at a time though. No need to rush. I don't know though, this entire story looks a bit too...cheesy? Corny? Idk, I just need to slow down my writing a bit, I need a co-writer! HELP, SOS, ASAP, RESPECT!
Anyways, thank you for all these favs and followers, so far, 20 views. Eh, no biggy this is just a whole new beginning for this story, it's going to blossom soon. Just not right now :D
Thank you all for being so patient and generous, I love ya all!
Peace out biotches! :P ;)
