Okay so. Hi. Um. I don't know what to say except for sorry, yesterday I was out. I woke up at ten then we ate lunch then my aunt decided to drag me to the very far mall and we got home at one... in the morning, January 4. Sorry. Sorry.
I still don't own anything.
Wait, classes start yesterday... I will either be lazy or inspired.
"Huh, coincidence." I breathed, "This is a really big coincidence."
He nodded
We sat for a few minutes in silence. The only thing breaking the silence was my gum chewing and his excessive scribbling. He closed the notebook he was writing on after a while then turned to me.
"Hey are you having lunch with anyone?" He asked
I shook my head no.
"Good." He smiled, "Is it okay if you sit with me at lunch?"
"It's cool." I nodded
"With the others of course. I want you to meet them." He continued
"That's… fine. I guess."
"You don't talk much." He pointed out
I rolled my eyes, "Says the one who probably won't be talking to anyone if I wasn't here."
"My smarts would get me there soon." He grinned
"Sure it would." I chuckled, "And it would probably land you with your head in the toilet."
He cringed visibly and a small, obviously scared, frown took over his smile. Did I say something wrong?
"I-. Hiro are you okay?"
He snapped out of his stupor and nodded weakly.
"Y-Y-Yeah. I-I mean no! No." he stuttered
"Did I say something wrong?" I mumbled, "I probably shouldn't have said that."
"No, no. It's," he sighed, "It's nothing. Nevermind."
"You can tell me." I started
He gave me a look.
"If, if that's what you want, that is." I continued
"I told you. It's fine. Just something petty and not worth talking about." He stated
"Why would bullying be petty?" I glared at him
Then the bell rang. What is up with my destiny today? The professor entered the room and threw a cube to the ground. Everyone in the room gasped as the cube projected a green grin holographic screen.
"That's professor Callaghan's invention." Hiro whispered to me
Oh now I get it. He's a prodigy who's under Robert Callaghan.
"Pretty neat." I replied
"Good morning, students." The professor started, "I'm Professor Alfonse Howe and whether you like it or not, you will be stuck with me throughout the entire semester." He continued with his still and strict tone, "Now can you all tell me what the farthest thing about engineering's history?"
A student down the front raised his hand confidently. Professor Howe gestured for him to stand up and the boy obliged.
"Would that be when the Chinese created the abacus?" He asked then sat back down
"First of all, when you answer me, answer me with a statement, not with a question back. I'm the one asked you, not the other way around. Second, that time is far too late for the start of engineering." Professor Howe responded, "Anyone else?"
Another one stood up and answered the man's question.
"The early ages when the people invented wooden boats and carts to ship things." He stated
"That is still too late. Anyone else?" His eyes scanned the crowed then stopped at the middle, "You. Short one, second row, what's your name?"
Am I the short one he's referring to? Then suddenly, the person beside me cleared his throat and stood up. He was talking to Hiro.
"I'm Hiro…? Hiro Hamada." He started
Where have I heard that manner of introducing before? I'm pretty sure I've heard that somewhere.
"Alright, Hamada, when do you think was the start of engineering's history?" Professor Howe raised his brow and a proud grin spread on his face
Was he challenging Hiro about his young age in a university?
"To be honest, I don't actually know," he replied
There! There it is again! First the introduction, next, the angel like projection of the voice and slight turn of the head to the ground. Have I met Hiro even before SFIT?
"But," He raised his right pointer finger, "according to my previous studies, engineering has been known since the earliest of ages. Even during the time when people were cavemen. They used a wooden stick to walk with and sharpened its ends to hunt. They also created fire. As we all know, fire cannot be created by one force only but it is produced by two forces rubbing together to produce friction, which causes heat, which causes fire. It shall be known that using sticks to walk were the early versions of canes. Engineering may not only be on the study of creating houses but creating things that should help people. In the end, we all know that engineering has been there as long as man is. I'd say three point five billion years."
Professor Howe's cocky grin fell as Hiro took his seat once more which made me chuckle softly. He probably hasn't gotten to know Hiro yet.
"How old are you boy?" Professor Howe questioned
"I'm fourteen, sir." Hiro responded
"Alright. I'll forever look forward to seeing you in my class." He finished then started discussing from the very start
I jotted down some notes while Hiro doodled in the same notebook he wrote on earlier. He seemed… bored? Why would he be bored on such an important lesson going on?
"I know all of those things." He mumbled as if reading my brain…
…But he probably just noticed my odd look on him. Wow. How smart would this guy be?
There were two more classes we had to go to before lunch. Our second session was drafting with our bouncy teacher, Professor Emily Pinelli. Then our third was Professor Cecilia Harvey's basic geometry. Then it was finally lunch time. We headed down to the mess hall and already has a seat reserved for us.
Hiro ran to his group and I followed meekly. I looked down at my attire for anything that might destroy my guy secret. Nope. Nothing. Just female clothing over a female pretending to be male and a very uncomfortable chest binder. We continued walking towards the group and stood up as their judging eyes scanned me.
"Guys, this is Leiko. The guy from the showcase. You remember him, right?" Hiro asked then turned to me, "Leiko, this is Tadashi. He's my brother."
"Leiko." The guy, apparently named Tadashi, started
I looked up at him only to see a warm smile given my way.
He held out his hand, "It's nice to meet you."
I nodded and shook his hand, "the same could be said to you."
"This that is Wasabi," Hiro pointed to the big burly guy
"It's nice to see the little man making friends." Wasabi stated
I smiled and nodded.
"And that's Fred." Hiro gestured to the blonde guy reading a comic book, "He doesn't go here but he works as the mascot of the school."
Fred looked up at his comic book and murmured, "You look like the girl in the comic book I'm reading."
I laughed nervously.
"Everyone looks like someone in the comic, Fred." Hiro responded playfully
Suddenly, a tall girl ran to our table and sat down beside Tadashi.
"And this is Honey Lemon." We walked to the panting girl who smiled at him
Honey Lemon beamed at me and stood up.
"You're Leiko, right?" she yelled at me, "I've heard so much about you!" she kissed my cheeks then Tadashi hooked his arms up and removed her earplugs
She looked down and smiled at Tadashi, "Thank you."
The guy just nodded. We sat down on the table, me between Hiro and Wasabi while on his other side was Tadashi.
"Is Honey Lemonade studying here?" I whispered at Hiro
He smiled and laughed lightly, "It's Honey Lemon. And no, she's a worker at the library."
"Is that even possible?"
"Probably. Fred and Honey Lemon did it." Hiro shrugged
"Oh if you're wondering, I don't go here, Leiko." Honey Lemon stated, "I'm just a librarian here. I go to San Fransokyo Science University."
"Whoa," I grinned, "big school."
"Chemistry major." Tadashi inputted after swallowing a small bite from his lunch, "Really big. What made you end up here, Leiko?"
"Well my appa-,"
"You're Korean?" Hiro interrupted
I nodded, "Yeah. So anyway, my appa wanted me to go out of the state just to study. I told him I wasn't old enough to move out and I didn't want to go to another place. So I decided that, even without his permission, I would go here so I enrolled, went to the showcase, and later on, he accepted the fast that I was going here."
"Mhm. Another rebel in the group." Tadashi smirked then nudged Hiro who was too busy with his ham and cheese sandwich
The boy almost choked on the huge bite he made.
He glared up at his brother then spoke, "A' lish' we shchopped bo' figh'ing!"
"Hey, hey, cover your mouth!" Tadashi told his brother
"Oh don't be so hard on him, Tadashi." Honey Lemon piped up, "He's just a little boy."
Hiro grinned and finally gulped down the food in his mouth, "Yeah! What she said!"
Tadashi smiled over at Honey Lemon and nodded slightly.
"Good." The girl grinned at him
"If you're wondering, yes, they like each other but they don't know that the other likes them." Hiro whispered and sighed, "So we have to deal with all the blushing and sweet talk without the relationship from now on."
The lunch was spent on random facts from Fred, some OCD-ish things Wasabi did, Hiro and Tadashi arguing about a lot of stuff and reciting a lot of ruled, and Honey Lemon and I basically enjoying their small banter.
Then the bell rang, ending the fun-filled hour with these people. But that just meant that is was lab time! Yes! We headed over to the building at the back of the campus vicinity. It was the farthest one and was as far as fifty meters from the neighboring buildings.
We finally reached the building, which was comprised of glass. The other cover was glass! Then we entered. Again, I was at awe at the different inventions these people made. The waiting room was filled by different people trying out their inventions and I was pretty sure the main laboratories were also.
"Hamada, Hiro!" our supposed professor called
I didn't quite catch his name but how could you with all of these things happening?
"Here!" Hiro replied
"Alright, you're in room 108." He gave Hiro a small pat in the head and the boy headed off to his lab
It had been a little while since Hiro called him that I was called.
"Tomago, Leiko!"
"Present!" I responded
"Room 109."
Then I headed to my lab! I have a lab!
I had a really fun time writing this. Even more fun when I had written the next chapter xD Tadahoney dedicated to my new tumblr buddy I met in Shamchat! Her main ship is Tadahoney and her (not very but she loves it too) other ship is Hirogo.
Reviews~
FanGirlJen: Thank you :3
IamYlen: Okay okay :D Thank you for the Ethan~
Naflah: Thank you. I'm pretty sure it isn't 'soon enough' I charted the chapters to thirty soooo..
anomonist: If he didn't GoGo would probably be out of the state. The disorder is Congenital Analgesia. It's a disorder wherein you can't feel any physical pain. Sure it might sound awesome BUT you won't even know if you've been stabbed already or shot and blood is already running out, so you most likely to die due to causes like that.
Casamora: Oh there WILL be a ton of consequences for Ethan on that. She'll basically beat him to a pulp. The hiding the letter thing, he's too much of a protective brother. During their childhood years, Leiko often had scratches and wounds and bruises and the burden of keeping her safe was all on Ethan's shoulders. They grew up without their parents, to minimize the words. Their relationship is like Tadashi and Hiro but much much closer. With their four year age difference, Ethan had to become the father, mother, brother and sister to Leiko and during the course of more than a decade, he's become paranoid of losing her. He's attached to her now and he has basically memorized her. He's afraid of losing Leiko, he thinks that if he isn't there with his sister, she'll die, which is most likely, he'll die. I hope this clears it up. And don't worry about Ethan saying that Leiko's lucky for having the disorder, that's his normal brother side kicking in. Also, he's an expert on annoying Leiko.
I hope this clears it up Casamora, sorry for any misunderstanding.
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