Her heart was beating at a phenomenal speed.

So what if it was completely out of nowhere?

She didn't regret it one bit, even though the 90 mile-an-hour pulse in her chest was trying to make her feel otherwise.

They were dating now, it was expected for them to be affectionate to one another, though he clearly wasn't expecting it himself.

As the more mature person in this relationship, she would have to take the wheel and guide him through this; a laughable idea given that she had about as much as experience as he did. Go Go had remained largely closed off to others during her earlier teenage years, it was only once she got to college that she opened up, and while Hiro was not the first male to show interest in her, he was the first one that she actually honestly loved.

"Hi Go Go," Aunt Cass called to her. "How's the patient doing?"

"He's awake and seems fine," Go Go confirmed. "I came down for some more ice."

"Thank goodness," She sighed. "If he had been unconscious much longer I'd be calling an ambulance."

The café was pretty quiet, only one or two customers were there.

"So, where's the fire?" Go Go joked. "This place was packed when we came in earlier."

"Oh, it always goes quiet about now, it's a great chance for me to get stuff done before the evening rush," Cass mentioned. "It's poetry night tonight so I'll be pretty busy."

"Do you need a hand?" She offered.

"No, no, I'll be fine," She breezed, refilling the coffee grinder. "Besides, I need you to keep an eye on Hiro for me – though if things get hectic it would be nice if I could borrow Baymax."

"Baymax?"

"Yeah, Hiro often lends him to me during the busy periods," She said. "He's such a help around the café and he's a big hit with the customers too."

As she threw away the now empty bag of coffee beans and started cleaning the counter, Cass cleared her throat and subtly glanced at Go Go.

"So, did Hiro tell you anything interesting today?" She baited.

"Uh, how do you mean?"

"Well, we had a pretty intense talk this morning," She revealed. "I just wondered if maybe he had said anything to you about it."

Maybe… Go Go thought as the heat in her face flared up.

Cass was Hiro's legal guardian, if anyone needed to know they had become an item, it was her. She wondered if it was her place to say though, given that Hiro hadn't had a chance to say anything due to his unconsciousness and his aunt might not approve of the age gap.

"He might have mentioned something…" She suggested.

"Something…?" Cass baited again. "Come on, you can tell me…"

Now or never…

"Look, it's probably not my business to tell you, you really should be hearing this from Hiro," Go Go took a deep breath. "But this morning he told me he loved me, and I love him too, so we're going out now."

She closed her eyes, half expecting to get yelled at, or worse, by the outraged older woman. But there was no outrage, no shouting, no violent contact. Go Go slowly opened her eyes to see Cass doing some kind of silent victory dance.

"Um, Cass?" She interrupted.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Cass stopped dancing and laughed. "I'm just so glad things worked out."

"So, you don't mind?" Go Go anxiously rubbed her arm.

"Why would I mind? I'm ecstatic!" Cass squeaked, walking round the counter and hugging the edgy girl tightly.

"I kinda thought you wouldn't like us being together, what with him being younger than me."

"If you both feel the same, age has nothing to do with it," She asserted.

"Heh, funny, Hiro said something like that to me this morning."

"My sister was 6 years older than Hiro's dad and they were a perfect match." Cass told her. "The age thing, it's irrelevant."

"Thanks." Go Go smiled, only just noticing the almost completely melted ice pack dripping on the floor. "Oops, sorry about the mess."

"Oh dear," She laughed, grabbing some paper towels from the counter.

"Here, let me just…" Go Go handed what was left of the ice pack to Cass and started mopping up the excess water with the paper towels.

Cass soon returned with another ice pack fresh from the freezer as Go Go wiped up the last of the water and threw the sopping paper towels in a nearby bin.

"You better head back or he'll be wondering where you've got to," Cass giggled. "I'm sure I can rely on you to be the mature one."

"Thanks," She replied.

Go Go turned to head back upstairs, but stopped to give Cass a big hug. She couldn't even begin to thank her for being so understanding about the situation, where many people would have lost their minds over it. As she let go of the brunette woman, Go Go smiled with gratitude before going back to Hiro's room.

As she ascended the stairs she could hear Baymax and Hiro talking.

"Hiro, you are suffering from a mild head injury, you should be resting." Baymax instructed.

"Okay, okay, just give me a minute." Hiro shushed.

"What's going on up here?" Go Go interrupted.

Hiro nearly jumped out of his skin at the sound of her voice. He quickly switched off his computer and whirled round with a sheepish grin on his face.

"Hiro," She growled. "What are you playing at?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to check my emails," He said. "In case the university was trying to get hold of me."

"I explained everything to the Dean before we brought you home," She remarked. "You shouldn't be worrying about that, tell him Baymax."

"Those who suffer from head injuries need rest and should not return to work or school until they have recovered." He repeated.

"Thank you," She said, turning to Hiro with a stern look. "You. Bed. Now."

Hiro shuffled over to his bed and flopped on top of the covers, rolling onto his right side. He once again started blushing as he recalled when he did this earlier and found Go Go next to him. Wasabi's words rang in his head like clanging chimes. He remembered being relieved to find that they were both fully dressed, but her demanding him into bed like that certainly rattled his cage.

While he was internally struggling with what had been one hell of an emotional ride, he hadn't noticed Go Go place the ice pack on his head and drag his bean bag chair to the side of the bed. She sat by him and pulled a small sketchpad and mechanical pencil from her bag. As she turned to a half finished drawing of a dragon and continued where she left off, he began to watch every graphite line she drew.

"That's cool." He noted.

"Yeah, I guess," She replied. "It's nowhere near finished though."

"You never struck me as the drawing type." He grinned.

"Me neither," She chuckled. "But I was thinking of getting a tattoo and the designs you see in the studios are all so… standard."

"That's so awesome!" Hiro sat up, causing the ice pack to slip from his head in the process.

"I hope you it doesn't bother you, 'cause I'm getting one either way." She glanced over at him.

"Hey, it's your skin, and besides… I love you," He blushed profusely at having said it out loud again. "I just want you to be happy."

She paused for a moment and ruffled his hair with her free hand.

"I love you too… nerd." She smirked, her cheeks as red as cherries.

"Aww, you guys are so cute!" Honey squealed.

The pair of them looked up at the blonde girl who had just made herself known.

"Hey Honey," Hiro smiled. "What's up?"

"Just thought we'd come see how you are." She said.

"We?" Go Go wondered.

It turned out Honey has brought Fred and Wasabi with her. Hiro was suddenly overwhelmed by it all. His friends, his teammates, had gone out of their way to visit and make sure he was all right. He'd never had friends like these before – if at all. Being so much more intelligent than his classmates in school meant that real friends were far and few between, perhaps that was why he was so relieved to have graduated high school early, and was so reluctant to re-enter education until Tadashi showed him how much better college was.

"Thanks guys."

"I hope she hasn't been corrupting you, Hiro." Wasabi snickered.

"Oh shut up." Go Go snapped.

"I brought you some comics to read," Fred mentioned, handing over a stack of brand new comic books. "They're my pre orders that arrived this morning – not even released to the general public yet."

"Thanks Fred, these are awesome." Hiro flicked through the comic at the top of the pile.

"So, have you told Cass yet?" Honey asked innocently.

"No."

"Yes."

Hiro and Go Go looked at each other and back at their friends.

"Yes."

"No."

All three visitors laughed at the awkwardness between them.

"Come on guys," Fred chuckled in confusion. "What are we laughing at?"

It appeared that Fred was the only one who didn't know and was laughing along with everyone else because their laughter was contagious. Wasabi and Honey exchanged an awkward glance, which was then aimed at Hiro and Go Go.

"Fred, Wasabi, Honey," Hiro nervously began, interlocking his hand with Go Go's. "We're, um, dating now."

"Dudes!" Fred yelled. "That's awesome!"

He threw his arms in the air before pulling them both into a brief group hug.

"I'm so happy for you!" He beamed. "Wait, have you told your Aunt Cass yet?"

Tickled by Fred's utter cluelessness, Hiro, Go Go, Wasabi and Honey all fell about laughing. Fred looked over at Baymax, who shrugged – also unaware of what was so funny. As the hysterical giggling wound down to an occasional chuckle, Cass herself appeared at the top of the stairs.

"What's gotten you all so riled?" She wondered.

"Nothing Aunt Cass," Hiro sniggered.

"Would you mind if I borrowed Baymax? It's getting pretty busy again."

"Sure thing," Hiro got up and handed Baymax a yellow chip to put into his access port.

"Thanks Hiro," Cass smiled as she and the big white robot headed down into the café.

"He's really versatile, huh?" Honey assumed.

"Yeah," Hiro nodded. "I programmed a third chip for him so he could help Aunt Cass – he's a big draw to the café, people love seeing him."

"Well, we'll leave you now," She said. "You gotta get some rest after all."

"Let us know if you need anything from the university." Wasabi added.

"Oh no you don't," Go Go corrected, waving her pencil at him threateningly. "He's not doing any work until he's recovered."

"See ya later dudes," Fred waved. "We'll stop by again tomorrow."

"And in the meantime, behave yourselves," Wasabi laughed, wiggling his eyebrows.

Go Go stuck her tongue out at him.

With the three of them gone, and now fully aware of Hiro and Go Go's relationship status, she settled back into her drawing and he lay down again, watching her draw.

"Where are you getting it?" He questioned.

"My arm or my leg, not sure yet." She replied.

"We'll have to tell Aunt Cass."

"About my tattoo?" She wondered.

"No, about us," He said. "We can't keep it a secret from her, y'know?"

"She knows, Hiro," Go Go sighed as she stopped drawing and gave him a guilty half smile. "I told her when I went down for more ice – I wanted you to be the one to tell her but she practically dragged it out of me."

"Heh, that's Aunt Cass alright." He chuckled.

"You're not mad?" She asked quietly.

"Well, it would've been nice to tell her myself, but I knew she'd be okay with it." Hiro put his hand on her arm reassuringly.

There were flames everywhere, engulfing everything in their path like giant snakes.

The desks and stools were all ablaze, the windows were cracking and the entire building was one giant fireball.

Hiro watched helplessly as his brother heroically ran in through the front doors and a huge explosion rocked the immediate area.

The fire was completely out of control at this point and just as Hiro decided to go in after his brother, a white Bulldog came to stop him. The spirit-like dog knocked him down and wouldn't let him get up, knocking him down again every time he tried.

"TADASHI!"

Hiro woke up screaming.

Not that damn nightmare again!

As he sat in his bed sobbing from the imagery in his mind, he felt a familiar warmth wrap around him.

"Shh, Hiro, it's okay," Go Go comforted, hugging him close. "I'm here."

"Dammit," He swore, still whimpering from the shock of the beastly nightmare that haunted him.

"Calm down," She cooed, rubbing his back gently. "It was just a bad dream."

Hiro's laboured breathing continued for several minutes as Go Go held him. Sporadic tears fell from his eyes as he tried to wipe them away before she could see them. He leaned into her, hoping she would not see him crying, something he considered to be a sign of weakness. She continued the soothing motions on his back while he attempted to compose himself after such an embarrassing moment.

"I'm sorry…" He wept.

"Shh, don't apologise," She pulled him as close as possible.

He started to relax into her embrace. With all his tears shed and the memories of that awful nightmare fading away, he felt himself melting in her arms. All the tenseness in his body slowly vanished and he fell back to sleep. She sat up holding him, nuzzling his hair as she had before, and deep down suspecting that he'd been having nightmares like these since Tadashi's untimely death.

Content that he was in a much more peaceful sleep than before, she pulled the bed covers over him and held his hand while he slept.

Poor Hiro…

When Hiro woke up the next morning, the nightmare still lingering in his mind, he noticed that Go Go was not around. He yawned and stretched, wondering where she might have gone. She seemed pretty protective yesterday, there was no way she would've left without saying anything. Even Baymax was not in his charging station.

He decided to go splash some water on his face. That nightmare… It was more than he could take sometimes, and he wondered if it would ever go away. Losing his brother was bad enough, but to keep dreaming of it over and over was too much. On top of that, Go Go had been witness to his night terrors.

As he got up and headed toward the bathroom, he couldn't help but think of how quickly she had come to comfort him and how nice it felt to be held by her during such a distressing instant, even if it meant running the risk of her seeing him at his weakest point. Those hugs of hers were like magic, he enjoyed every moment spent in them.

He opened the bathroom door.

Well, now he knew where Go Go was.

There she stood, in nothing more than a pair of shorts and a bra, drying her hair with a towel.

His face went bright red at the sight of her in so little. He had never seen so much of her before; her milky skin, her pierced belly button, her toned stomach. He literally froze on the spot, unable to take his eyes off her. Sensing she was not alone, she stopped ruffling her hair and looked over her shoulder at the red faced, wide-eyed teen behind her.

"Do you mind?" She retorted, slamming the door shut.

Hiro's knees buckled under his own weight and he fell to the floor, letting out a deep breath he didn't know he was holding. A few drops of blood hit his leg and he realised his nose was bleeding again.

Holy crap… He thought.

Another chapter down. Again, I hope you all like it. I'm hoping to have a special chapter done by Valentine's Day.

Enjoy!