"Class! Next Monday is Valentine's Day!" Ms. Alleghany announced. The third grade class all looked forward to their teacher. "We well be making Valentines for someone we care about today to get in the spirit. You can get pink, red, and white construction paper and glitter up here on the supplies table. Also, I have foam cutouts up here as well if you want to use those, as well." She moved out of the way as a flood of students made their way to the front to grab their supplies.

Back at their desks, Tadashi and Co. were folding their paper hotdog-style to make their cards. "So, who're you guys making your cards for?" Honey asked while cutting heart out with a piece of white paper. Tadashi said his Aunt Cass; Wasabi said his mommy; Gogo only answered with "It's a secret!"

"What about you, Honey?" Tadashi asked, trying to peer at what the girl was writing on her card's inside.

"Honey leaned away and scooted her paper away from the boy. "Secret!" she squealed. Honey Lemon poked Tadashi's cheek with her purple glitter pen. "G'way!" she giggled. Tadashi plunked back into his seat and got back to work carefully placing stickers and hearts on the front of his card.

"Aunt Caaaass!" Tadashi whined when he saw the class valentines she picked out. The cards were Monster's Inc. themed with lame puns and sayings. "They're so laaame!"

"But they're cute, sweet heart! And I thought you liked Monster's Inc."

He did, but that didn't mean he wanted to give his classmates cards with the movie characters on them! Not when everyone else would have cool things like cars or animals or other normal TV shows! Cass eventually calmed him down about the cards and convinced him they were OK for a third grader to give out. He allowed her to put the bundle of cards in his bag to take to school that morning.

When she went down to start baking things in the café, Tadashi pulled out his handmade card and set it on the counter out of Hiro's reach. Speak of the devil; as Tadashi put on his bookbag, Hiro came downstairs. The two brothers wished each other Happy Valentines Day and hugged tight goodbye. Tadashi ran out the door downstairs to catch his bus to school.

At school, the entire class was buzzing. Everyone filled the Valentine's baskets for the peers and cooed at how many were in certain ones already. Ms. Alleghany even received a few, which were thrown haphazardly on her desk in the rush to get done quickly. After 10 minutes of tossing cards around, all the Valentine's were passed out and they could return to the seats with their baskets to sort and admire what they got.

The weight of Tadashi's basket initially surprised him. How much candy and stuff was in this thing? He hauled the cardboard container up on his desk with a thunk!

Weird. The basket almost overflowed when he realized how many duplicated or even tripled names there was from girls. Several handmade cards accompanied store bought ones and cards with kisses on them followed the handmade ones.

Tadashi looked around at his other classmates only to realize he was the only one with so many Valentines. Ms. Alleghany walked around the room looking at what all the kids were giving each other, helping to make sure they could understand every word on the cards. She smiled at Tadashi when she saw the overwhelming amount of paper on his desk and the shocked look on his face.

"Looks like someone is popular," she teased, patting him on the shoulder. Girls all around the room giggled and whispered to each other, watched for his reaction to their card(s). Once Tadashi reached the bottom, two handmade cards sat neatly side-by-side, obviously placed their before the madness that morning. He pulled them both out and smiled a big, goofy smile. Out of all 60 cards he'd gotten, the two from Gogo and Honey were his favorites. The one from Gogo was mostly a drawing of the two of them with Sully and Mike Wazowski while the one from Honey had a long message about their friendship in extensive detail. Both cards had the normal hearts and glitter of a Valentine, but were still made special with these extra touches.

Girls around the room saw the very different smile as well as how he lingered over the two cards. They all started whispering amongst each other, trying to learn who they were from. Tadashi shifted in his seat, catching both Honey and Gogo watched.

"I love you guys, too!" he shouted, hugging both girls tightly. Wasabi snickered where he sat, enjoying the embarrassment his friends were experiencing. He told them Tadashi would react that way. The other girls all whispered to each other, upset by the fact it wasn't their card that made Tadashi so giddy.

Tadashi came home that evening with his bag stuffed full of Valentines. He plopped the bag down and poured them all out on the kitchen table.

"Whoa," Aunt Cass breathed out, "There aren't that many kids in your class!"

"Some gave me more," Tadashi explained, "I guess they got confused 'bout who they'd done yet." He shrugged and began sorting them out by person.

"Dashi, what're these for?" Hiro asked, picking up one of the cards and reading it aloud, " 'You're purr-fect to me'." Hiro wrinkled his nose, "Whazzat?"

"They're Valentines cards." Tadashi explained, "You give them to people you like or your friends."

"You have lotsa friends, onii-chan…"

Tadashi laughed, "They're all in my class."

"I'm gonna make one for Mochi!" Hiro shouted loudly, running upstairs and into their shared bedroom.

About this time Tadashi realized Cass had said nothing about his card he made her. He was going to asked her what she thought but when he turned around, she was gone. He sulked, taking his cards from Gogo and Honey up to his room. He laid them on his bookshelf and sat on his bed. When he laid down, a lump was under his neck.

"What the…?" Tadashi pulled his covers away to reveal a teddy bear.

The bear had on jeans and a t-shirt covered in hearts. A note rested on his paw that read 'press his belly!' Tadashi gently pressed down on it and the bear spoke.

"I love you, Tadashi!" it sang out in Cass's voice. Tadashi's eyes widened, so he pressed it again. This time it came out in his mother's voice, "I love you, Tadashi!"

He picked up the bear and brought it to his chest, hugging the bear close. A note fell off the back; it read 'turn around.' Tadashi turned and there stood Cass holding the card he'd made. Tadashi jumped off his bed and ran in to her arms for a hug, never letting go of the bear.

"Oooh, I love you so much, sweetie…" Cass mumbled.

"Love you too, Aunt Cass," he cried into her shoulder. He gripped her sleeves and the paw of his bear, crying happily at what was probably the best present he'd ever gotten on Valentine's Day.

"Hey," Hiro whined, "what 'bout me?"

Cass smiled, enveloping Hiro in the hug. "Both of you, I love both you very much." She pecked the sides of their heads and ruffled their hair. Tadashi wiped his face of the tears that stained his cheeks and smiled at his family. "So, how about we go out for supper, yeah?" Cass suggested.

"Yeah!" Hiro yelped, running down the steps. Cass followed him down, shaking her head at his silliness. Tadashi stood in the middle of the floor hugging his new bear close. His pressed the paw again to hear his mom and aunt say "I love you!" He smiled and looked around, spotting the card Hiro was making for Mochi. He picked it up and saw that his little brother had taped some of Mochi's fur to the paper. Hiro also drew himself and the cat on the inside and scrawled out 'MoCHi' to address the feline. Tadashi shook his head, laughing slightly at his silly brother.

"Dashi, we're leeeeaaaaviiiiing!" Hiro called.

"I'm coming!" Tadashi yelled, "sheesh, someone's pushy…I think you need a nap."

"Nu-uh!" Hiro chased his laughing brother to the truck, giggling and not even mad at the comments made.

So there's the Valentine's Day chapter! Thanks for those five who gave me suggestions, I try to incorporate all of your ideas as best as I could so if something isn't exactly as you imagined, I'm so sorry!

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