A/N
Hey guys so I know the last chapter wasn't very popular but hopefully people will enjoy this chapter with it's Papa Fred fun!
Tadashi was surprised to see Heathcliff waiting for him outside Mr. Lee's office.
"Do you know where the garage is?" Heathcliff asked.
"Honestly….no," Tadashi sheepishly admitted. "But I wanted to grab Hiro real quick…"
"Master Fredrick will get him. Follow me," Heathcliff said and started walking.
"Oh um…thanks," Tadashi mumbled as he caught up to Heathcliff. "Sorry if I'm keeping you from getting work done…"
"Don't worry about it," Heathcliff assured, opening the door to what Tadashi assumed was the garage. Though their where four very expensive cars in the garage, Tadashi didn't need to be told which car needed work, the car at the end appeared to be totaled.
"What happened?" Tadashi asked.
"An accident."
"Probably pointless to ask what kind of accident and how Mr. Lee is not even remotely hurt…"
"Yes," Heathcliff replied, an almost teasing smile on his face. "Now, all the tools you'd need should be here, if there is something else you need or you find you cannot do the repair, let me know."
"This…is probably the most complex repair I've done on a car but…I've worked with cars enough…I should be able to figure this out…"
"Good luck." Heathcliff said before leaving.
"People keep saying that…" Tadashi sighed before getting to work.
Hiro sleepily opened his eyes, immediately noticing Tadashi was no longer holding him. Where did Tadashi go? Why did he leave? Was he going away like mama and papa? Hiro sat up and looked around the room saying,
"Dashi? Dashi are you in here?" When no one answered Hiro climbed out of bed and walked over to the bathroom asking, "Dashi?" Hiro nervously clutched Baymax as he slowly crept towards the bedroom door. Where did Tadashi go? Why didn't he say anything before leaving? He hated being left alone and wanted to go and find Tadashi, but he was afraid of leaving the room and getting lost in the giant mansion. Hiro froze when he someone knock on the door, unsure what to do. Would Tadashi knock? At home he did but this was their room now. What if it was someone who wanted Tadashi? He didn't know where Tadashi was…
"Hiro? You in here buddy?" Fred asked. Hiro nervously shuffled over to the door and partially pulled it open, hiding behind Baymax. Fred was nice. He took good care of Hiro and treated him nicely. But he probably wanted to talk to Tadashi, not Hiro.
"Hi…" Hiro mumbled nervously. "Don't know where Dashi is…"
Fred grinned down at Hiro and kneeled down so he was eye level with him and said, "I was looking for you buddy."
"You were?" Hiro asked, confused.
"Yep," Fred assured, nodding his head.
"Why?" Hiro nervously mumbled.
"Well Heathcliff told me Tadashi was up early to talk to my dad and he wanted me to check on you to make sure you where okay and knew where your brother was."
"I woke up alone…" Hiro nervously mumbled.
"I'm sorry," Fred said. "He probably wanted to let you sleep and got distracted with the meeting and being asked to work right away."
"He's working?" Hiro asked.
"Uh-huh," Fred said, eagerly nodding his head.
"Oh…" Hiro mumbled as his stomach let out a loud growl. Fred grinned and said,
"Hey how about I get you some breakfast and then take you over to see your brother?" Hiro nodded his head and started to reach for Fred's hand before freezing. What if he got mad at Hiro for acting like a baby? Fred though held out his hand for Hiro to take with a warm smile on his face. Hiro smiled nervously and took his hand and Fred led him through the mansion, excitedly talking about the different areas as they passed by them.
Hiro felt himself relaxing as he walked through the mansion with Fred. He was nice and smiled at Hiro with a genuine smile unlike his parents who looked more annoyed then happy when they smiled down at him. Soon they wandered into the kitchen and Fred picked Hiro up and set him on the counter asking,
"So what are you hungry for little man?"
Hiro sheepishly looked away and mumbled, "….pancakes?"
"You got it!" Fred exclaimed, going over to the giant fridge to get some ingredients.
"Thank you…" Hiro mumbled.
"No problemo!" Fred exclaimed. "With me and your brother dating I thought we ought to hang out some you know, get to know each other! That okay with you?"
Hiro cocked his head to the side and asked, "Do you love Dashi?"
Fred froze momentarily, looking like a deer in the headlights. Fred shook his head slightly before saying, "I-…I um…I think I do."
"Think?" Hiro asked, confused. "Why are you dating if you don't love him?"
Fred grinned and said, "The point of dating is to find that out. I-I really like Tadashi and care about him, a lot. Like….even if things don't work out…I-I…I want him to be in my life."
Hiro grinned and said, "I hope no matter what you and Dashi stay friends!"
Fred grinned and asked, "Why's that?"
"You're nice…" Hiro mumbled. "And Dashi likes you!"
Fred grinned and said, "Thanks little man. You're a cool guy!"
"You think so?" Hiro sheepishly asked.
"I know it!" Fred declared. Hiro shyly looked up at Fred as he mixed ingredients together with a cheerful smile. "I won't tell Tadashi about these chocolate chips if you won't." Fred whispered, looking around the room in a comedic way. Hiro giggled and said,
"Deal!" Fred grinned as he started cooking pancakes and Hiro curiously asked. "Last night Heathcliff mentioned something about a cooking lady…"
"Oh yea, we do have a cook but I thought it would be fun to make you something myself," Fred said, carefully flipping a pancake. "You know, give her a break."
"That's nice," Hiro said as Fred removed the pancakes from the stove and set them on a plate.
"I mean…I guess…" Fred said, shrugging. "It doesn't seem like that big a deal…"
"Dashi always says it's the thought that counts," Hiro said.
A warm smile spread across Fred's face as he agreed, "Yea…and Tadashi's pretty smart about these things…"
"He's the smartest!" Hiro declared. Fred stood in the middle of the kitchen, a goofy smile on his face. After a minute Fred shook his head and asked,
"All right so how about after we finish breakfast we go and see Tadashi?" Setting a plate down in front of Hiro.
"Okay!" Hiro exclaimed, eyes lighting up in excitement. Today was going to be an awesome day!
As Tadashi predicted, fixing the car was far more difficult than anything he'd tackled before. The car was really messed up; it looked as if something very large crushed it and then smashed the front and sides. Tadashi couldn't even fathom how this car got like this. After working for several hours, the door to the garage opened and Fred and Hiro walked in. When he heard the door close, Tadashi pulled himself out from under the car and stood.
"Dashi!" Hiro shouted, running over to Tadashi. "Why'd you leave?" Hiro asked, pouting.
Tadashi rubbed the back of his neck nervously and mumbled, "Sorry buddy, Mr. Lee wanted to meet with me then he asked me to start working on the car which is taking a while."
"I still don't know how he crashed it…" Fred mumbled, inspecting the car. "But it looks really good!"
"I've barely made a dent in the repairs….and that was not intentional!" Tadashi added when Fred started snickering.
"Can we play Dashi?" Hiro asked, giving his brother his puppy dog pout. Tadashi really wanted to, but he needed to get hours in so Bubbles wouldn't have anything to complain about.
"I'm really sorry buddy, but I have to work right now, but I promise I'll play with you tonight okay?" Hiro slumped over and mumbled,
"Okay…."
"Hey, do you mind if I play with you?" Fred asked, kneeling down in front of Hiro. Hiro grinned up at Fred and said,
"Okay." Fred's grin widened as he took Hiro's hand and started to led him out of the garage before freezing and exclaiming,
"Wait! I need to give your brother something!" Fred exclaimed, running over to Tadashi and kissing his cheek before returning to Hiro saying,
"See you later! If you're not back inside for dinner I will drag you inside!"
"Noted," Tadashi said with a laugh.
"Bye Dashi!" Hiro exclaimed, excitedly waving as they walked back into the mansion. Tadashi grinned at the door they had walked through, feeling immensely grateful for having both his amazing brother and boyfriend. Shaking his head, Tadashi turned his attention back to his work.
"So what do you want to do little man?" Fred asked, glancing down as Hiro as they walked through the mansion.
"Um….Dashi and I like to build robots or play games…" Hiro sheepishly said.
"Well I'm not good with robots but I can play whatever game you'd like!"
"Hide and go seek?" Hiro sheepishly asked.
Fred grinned and said, "Sure! How about you hide and I seek?"
"Okay!" Hiro exclaimed, excitedly running off. Laughing, Fred covered his eyes and started counting.
"One…two…three…"
Hiro ran through the mansion frantically looking for the perfect hiding spot. Hiro quietly went up the stairs and started roaming through the halls for a good hiding spot and eventually spotted a long curtain hanging over a bay window and hurried over to it. Hiro clamored up onto the seal the partially pulled the curtain closed to Fred wouldn't be able to see him. Fred would never find him here!
Downstairs, Fred continued to count, "forty-eight….forty-nine….fifty! Ready or not there I come!" Fred exclaimed and began his search. He didn't hear Hiro going up the stairs so he started combing the room he was in. After spending several minutes searching, Fred moved into the hallway and started looking in a closet when a voice asked,
"Master Fredrick are you looking for something?" making Fred jump and hit the door.
"I'm looking for Hiro." Fred explained, turning to Heathcliff.
"Why would he be in the closet?" Heathcliff asked.
"We're playing hide and go seek!" Fred exclaimed, grinning.
"And he is only confined to inside the mansion?" Heathcliff asked, making Fred's face fall.
"No…"
"So he can go anywhere?" Heathcliff asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes…" Fred groaned.
"Good luck then," Heathcliff said before walking away. Fred definitely didn't think this through. Groaning, Fred continued his search.
Hiro cautiously poked his head out from behind the curtain to see if anyone was nearby. Hiro quickly ducked behind the curtain in case someone came by, suppressing a yawn. Hiro wasn't sure how long he'd been hiding but it felt like a really long time. Tadashi never took this long, but then again they were playing in a much bigger area. Maybe Hiro should have hidden downstairs…Hiro let out a yawn and tried to ignore his growling stomach. Hopefully Fred would find him or give up soon.
Fred was starting to panic. He'd been searching for at least two hours and still hadn't been able to find Hiro. Tadashi was going to kill him. How had he lost Hiro on the first day? He was going to have to tell Tadashi he lost Hiro and had no idea where he might be. Yep, he was dead meat. Maybe he could wait…but that would only make Tadashi angrier. Groaning, Fred slowly made his way into the garage, trying to find the best way to explain to Tadashi that his baby brother was missing.
Fred didn't pass anyone as he made his way there, and he considered looking for someone so they'd know who to talk to first if he suddenly went missing. No he was just being paranoid, Tadashi wouldn't kill him….right? Fred reluctantly pushed the garage door opened and stepped inside, freezing when he saw Tadashi without a shirt on.
San Fransokyo got hot during the summer, and since the garage didn't have air conditioning it got very hot very quickly. And with Tadashi doing a lot of heavy lifting Fred wasn't exactly surprised to see his boyfriend topless, but he couldn't help but stare. He'd always known Tadashi was very good looking, but he'd never known Tadashi had so much muscle. How could they have been dating for three years and Fred still not have seen his boyfriend half naked in all that time was beyond Fred. Tadashi did like to keep himself pretty covered, he was so shy. He couldn't comprehend why Tadashi was so embarrassed about his body, he was gorgeous!
Wait….wasn't he down here for something? Fred couldn't recall, and he wasn't entirely sure he wanted to. It wouldn't hurt anyone if he stayed down here for a little while and watched his boyfriend work. Fred found himself transfixed by Tadashi, he'd dated before, but none of his partners made his brain freeze like Tadashi did right now. Fred's eyes wandered all over Tadashi's body, drinking it in, wanting desperately to reach out and feel Tadashi's chest and feel his muscles…
"As flattered as I am by your gaping Fred, I have to ask why you're here without Hiro." Tadashi said, startling Fred out of his thoughts. Hiro? Why was Hiro…oh right. Hide and go seek gone wrong. Fred's brain was still moving sluggishly, and Tadashi standing bare chested in front of him was not helping things.
"I-uh…" Fred stammered as Tadashi smirked. "Um…you're going to laugh at this but uh….I'm not sure where he is…" Tadashi's smile morphed into a look of anger and snapped,
"You lost him?" Even angry Tadashi was hot. Fred pushed that thought out of his mind; this was not the time for that.
"We were playing hide and go seek…" Fred sheepishly explained, forcing his eyes to stay on Tadashi's face. "He's apparently a really good hider…"
"Did you give him any boundaries?" Tadashi groaned, massaging his temples.
"….no…" Fred sheepishly said.
"Back home he had a favorite hiding spot behind the curtains upstairs. He prefers hiding upstairs for some reason so I'd try there." Tadashi groaned, massaging his forehead.
"Thank you!" Fred squeaked before racing out of the garage. Fred hadn't heard him go up the stairs, but Hiro was Tadashi's brother so he probably knew best. Fred went up the stairs and started down the hall, scanning it for any good hiding spots when he noticed that all the windows curtains where open except for one. Grinning, Fred ran over to it and pulled it back to reveal a sleeping Hiro. Fred let out a relieved laugh and gently started to shake Hiro.
Hiro sleepily opened his eyes and stretched, letting out a yawn saying, "You found me…"
"Sorry it took so long…" Fred sheepishly said. "You are a very good hider."
Hiro grinned and asked, "Can I have some lunch? I'm really hungry." Fred glanced over at the clock noting it was past noon and picked Hiro up saying,
"Sure…hey why don't we make something for Tadashi too and all eat lunch with him? He probably hasn't taken a break since he started this morning."
"Okay!" Hiro cheerfully said, wrapping his arms around Fred's neck as they walked.
"And um….we probably shouldn't play hide and go seek in the mansion again…" Fred sheepishly added.
Hiro giggled and said, "Is that 'cuz you couldn't find me?"
"Partially…" Fred admitted. Thankfully Hiro didn't fight him and said,
"Okay!"
Not long after Fred had run out of the garage he returned with Hiro, thankfully, in tow and three sandwiches.
"We made you lunch!" Fred sheepishly said, looking extremely apologetic.
"It's an apology lunch!" Hiro added, grinning up at Fred who started blushing like mad. Tadashi smirked slightly at the sight. As much as he wanted to be annoyed at Fred still it was hard to be when he was blushing and looking so adorable. They had just been playing hide and go seek, it wasn't like he'd been doing anything bad with Hiro. He probably over reacted a little bit.
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate that," Tadashi finally said, taking one of the plates from Fred and kissing his cheek, causing Fred's blush to deepen. The three of them settled down and started eating, Hiro excitedly telling Tadashi all about his 'super epic hiding spot' while Fred continued to gape at Tadashi. After a few minutes of gaping, Tadashi realized him being shirtless was probably what was causing his boyfriend to act so weird and momentarily considered putting his shirt back on.
As Hiro started talking about a robot he wanted to build with Tadashi, he glanced over at Fred who was once again gaping, sandwich halfway up towards his mouth. When Fred noticed Tadashi smirking at him, he blushed again and quickly stuffed the sandwich in his mouth, choking slightly when he took too large a bite, making him decide not to cover himself. Fred was far to amusing like this.