"You sure you'll be alright here alone?' Maddie asked as she ran down the stairs and slid her second sleeve of her super suit on her arm. Hiro kept up behind her. "I'll be fine. I can order takeout with the money Tadashi left me."

"Great, stay here and stay safe. See you later Hiro!"

"Wait! Your mask!" Hiro called holding it out as she walked out the door. She turned and put a new one on. "Keep it!" and with that she ran off. A giant mutated lizard was attacking downtown and she had to be there as soon as possible. He ran back upstairs to his living room and jumped on the sofa and watched the attack on the news. Maddie was getting beaten pretty badly but she would bounce back and beat the lizard even harder. As the fight went on, a notification popped up on his phone. It was from this bot fight locator app he downloaded.

BOT FIGHT ON 74TH AVENUE. OVER IN TEN MINUTES!

He grinned with excitement. Now was his chance to use his robot on all of those pieces of junk his competitors called 'fighting-worthy'. But something told him it wasn't a good idea. It would be going against Tadashi's curfew rule. He then looked back at the TV. Maddie and her brothers were beating the shit out of this monster. She was fighting for his safety. But it wasn't like he was going to be out for that long. 74th avenue wasn't that far away. He would just slip in and slip out.

He grabbed his allowance, his megabot and headed for the door.

Maddie backed up to the building behind her and shot fire at the forty foot beast. It roared and squirmed in the heat before it finally went limp. It was a good thing too. She was getting tired and worn. There was a long scratch on her rib cage and another on her leg. Here were rips in her suit and she just wanted to get back to Hiro's house, change into a pair of comfy clothes and sleep. After taking pictures with her brothers, answering press questions she could finally go home. She ran to his house under protection of her invisibility and entered in the front door, kicking off her boots.

"Hiro, I'm finally home." She said as she walked up the stairs to the living room/kitchen area and became visible. There was no answer.

'Hiro?" She walked all around looking for him. Now she was worried. She ran up to his bedroom "Hiro?! Where are you this isn't funny!" she shouted

No answer. Maddie raked her fingers through her hair and breathed heavily as guilt filled her chest, all the while thinking "Oh my god, someone found out that he knows who I am and now he's gonna die. What do I tell Tadashi? He and Aunt Cass will be heartbroken!"

A notification chimed in on Hiro's computer and she ran over to it with hope.

BOT FIGHT ON 74TH OVER IN FIVE MINUTES!

She raised an eyebrow and turned to his bedside table to check if his allowance was there. It was gone along with his megabot. She closed her eyes and pressed her tongue to her cheek in anger while taking a deep breath.

Hiro stood in line to face the opponent. He checked the time. Deciding whether or not to leave and get home before Maddie finished her battle downtown. Everyone fell silent suddenly and split into different parts of the alley revealing Invinci-Girl standing there at the entrance. Ripped suit and all. Nothing stood between her and Hiro. He stood there petrified of what was to come next.

"This bot fight ends right now." Her voice boomed. It was strong and terrifying. Some people stepped back and gave each other weary looks.

"Are you all deaf or just too stupid? Get out of here!" She yelled. Everyone scrambled for their bots and ran away. Hiro continued to stand there as her shadow overtook his figure. Her eyes burned an orange color and smoke puffed out of her nose. If Hiro could tell how mad she was on a scale of one to ten, she was an eleven. He now understood why so many criminals were afraid of her because he was terrified.

"We're going home." She said trying to contain her anger

"Maddie I'm-"

Her shoulders caught fire and he winced expecting her to scream at him but instead she just put herself out and turned slightly. "Now."

He looked down and walked behind her silently as she led him home.

Hiro stood in the garden on the roof overlooking the city. He felt to guilty about what he did. He had half a mind to take megabot and just throw it off the roof. She had told him to stay at the house and he disobeyed. He was so mad at himself.

"Hiro." He heard Maddie behind him. She closed the door and calmly walked over to him.

"Maddie, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to-" He was cut short when she pulled him into a tight hug. He closed his eyes and relaxed into it.

"You know, for someone with a genius IQ, that was a really stupid choice."

Hiro frowned as She held him at arms length. "You know what I told you about the people I deal with? I thought they took you away from me tonight. I thought you were taken forever." She said looking him in the eyes, "Bot fighting is illegal. You're wasting your gift on something that's not gonna get you anywhere. I just want to keep you safe. That's all Tadashi wants too." Hiro looked down before looking back up at her.

Maddie smiled slightly. "Just promise me you won't go bot fighting again."

"I promise."

"Good, now. Go clean yourself up. We can go order takeout and watch a movie. Sound good?"

Hiro smiled, "Sounds good."

"Pssst. Maddie." Hiro whispered as he shook her shoulder softly. She stirred slightly and sat up.

"Hiro? It's three in the morning. What's wrong?"

"I-I had a nightmare… I can't sleep. Something bad happened to you and Tadashi and I…" He hesitated holding his pillow under his arm. As if knowing what he was going to ask, Maddie scooted over in the bed and patted the empty spot. He set his pillow down and got under the covers facing the direction Maddie was facing. Maddie lay down and closed her eyes only to hear the shifting in the sheets and she opened them to find Hiro scooting towards her to the point where she was spooning him. She smiled and watched as he reached around to grab her arm and place it over him.

"This is just adorable." Maddie thought to herself, "this must be something Tadashi does when Hiro has nightmares."

She couldn't help but squeeze him tight and then relax. "It's gonna be okay Hiro… we're not going anywhere."

Tadashi walked into the house. It was nine in the morning. Hiro should be at school by now. He gave up on his suitcase and left it on the second level of the café. He would have to get it later. For now he was exhausted. He got barely any sleep on the flight home and his muscles were sore from the competition. He just wanted to hunker down in his bed and sleep the day away if he had to. He got upstairs, changed into his pajama pants that were in the laundry room, and walked to his bed to discover Maddie sleeping soundly in it. It could not have been more perfect. The lighting of the sun and her impossibly perfect skin. He didn't want to disturb her. He smiled and decided to sleep in Hiro's bed. He turned only to hear the shifting of sheets and he looked back to see Maddie had made room for him in the bed. He smiled and walked over to the bed.

He slid in under the covers and got on the left side of the bed closest to his closet. He closed his eyes only to open them at the sound of shifting sheets. Maddie scooted closer to him. She was doing what Hiro did when he was scared. He smiled and shook his head as he lay on his side. She eventually got to where he was spooning her and he decided to place a protective arm over her. For both of them, it just felt right.

"I can actually see why Hiro likes doing this." She said tiredly

He laughed softly and squeezed her affectionately before closing his eyes. Maddie liked Tadashi. She admired his protectiveness and affection. His strength and his selflessness. She admired his knowledge and personality. She liked Tadashi. Tadashi liked Maddie. He admired her bravery and her intelligence. Her humor and her imagination. He liked Maddie. And they both knew it. So, I guess you could say this was the beginning of their wonderful, crazy, and unique relationship.