Dedicated to whitetiger1249 & Buttons and Horseshoes who came up with 'H is for Honey Lemon'.
And also to ayinvui because birthday girl.
(*)
"I'm still disappointed that you didn't ask me, your own brother-"
"Oh, hush," Tadashi waved a hand dismissively. "I told you, you'll have your own plan soon."
"You better," Hiro huffed. "All right, all right, so are you going to call Honey Lemon, or something?"
"No, actually," Tadashi admitted. "She just told me that in her ideal plan, all I had to do was say yes. I have no idea what she meant."
(*)
"You may begin!" Honey Lemon said, a few miles away in her own classroom. She gave them encouraging smiles as the college freshmen looked at their final exams; an entire eight pages back to back on college chemistry. Once she was satisfied that everyone had started, she sat back in her chair, and started thinking of her favorite couple.
She practically burst a vessel after hearing the good news. The minute Tadashi had told her he was planning to propose to his girlfriend, she squealed so loud, she would be shocked if aliens from Pluto could hear her. Saying she was happy that Tadashi was going to propose was an understatement - she was ecstatic. Yet, there was a part of her that knew that Tadashi was going to take years to propose. The fact that he was still taking ideas was a complete giveaway.
That's why Honey Lemon knew that her perfect idea for a proposal plan was, well... For GoGo to propose.
(*) Honey's Plan H (*)
"Hi, GoGo!"
GoGo looked up from her work, surprised. "Hey, Honey," she replied, wiping her brow. "This is a surprise." She wiped her hands on her pants. "Is today a holiday?" She knows Honey usually teaches classes until nine in the evening, and it was only five o'clock.
Honey waved her hands in excited circles. "There was a big director's meeting and classes got cancelled, so I thought I'd spend the rest of the day with my female friend!" She grinned hugely, and sat down on a chair. "You can continue working, if you want."
"Nah, I was getting tired of this old thing, anyway," GoGo patted the seat of the motorcycle. "Damn thing won't start, and I still haven't figured out what's wrong. How's life been?"
Honey Lemon smiled hugely. "It's great! I love teaching. Even if these students are at college level. It's a rewarding experience. And you?"
GoGo shrugged. "Shop's been well, if that's what you're asking. This is one of my dreams, so I'm happy."
"And Tadashi?" The taller brunette rose an eyebrow teasingly.
GoGo's cheeks turned a bit pink. "We're good."
"That's it? Good?"
"What else am I supposed to say?"
"I think it would be a bit more than good if he's planning to propose," Honey said nonchalantly, looking at her manicure.
Clang.
"Honey!" GoGo hissed, hurriedly trying to pick up the wrench she dropped in shock. "You're not supposed to tell me these things!"
Honey giggled. "Awww, look at you! All flustered and everything."
"Well who wouldn't be?" GoGo firmly put the wrench on her worktable so that she won't drop it again. "Why are you telling me? I thought you of all people would want to keep this a secret!"
"Well..." the chemistry professor had a glint in her eye that GoGo was not used to seeing. It was mischievous, devious, and playful; all signs that Honey had something up her sleeve. "I thought we'd you know, even up the playing field."
The speed queen sighed heavily. "I don't want to hear it."
"Oh, come on, GoGo. You know that if Tadashi has his way, he'll be proposing to you years from now."
A shrug. "I can wait."
"GoGo!"
"All right, all right, maybe I don't want to get married when I'm forty," GoGo begrudgingly admitted. Honey Lemon clapped.
"If that's the case, you propose!"
GoGo, who was on her way back to the motorcycle, paused to shoot a glance at Honey from over her shoulders. "You've gotta be kidding me."
"I'm not! You can pull it off!" Honey said excitedly, practically jumping up and down in her seat. "All you have to do is be yourself. He'll fall in love with you. All over again."
"This isn't a romantic drama, Honey. I'd rather not steal his thunder," GoGo said, hiding a smirk. She knew Tadashi would be so disappointed if she beat him to the punch. He was one of those people who would tediously plan out things just so that he could get the end result he wanted... She wouldn't be surprised if he had thought up thirty other plans to propose to her.
It was endearing, but she knew that he'd be pressured by proposing. Why not let her take the burden off his shoulders, at least once?
She sighed again. "What did you have in mind?"
(*)
Two weeks later, Tadashi picked GoGo up from work as usual. He knocked on her office. "Hello? Anyone home?"
"Just a sec, Hamada," her muffled voice came from underneath a car. "I just have to re-attach this thing, and I'm good to go."
"It's fine," he replied, and sat down in a chair (not knowing it was the same one Honey had sat on when she visited two weeks ago), putting his bag on the table. "So I was thinking we could have dinner out tonight?"
He heard GoGo pause from underneath the car. "Is there a special occasion I don't know about?"
"No, I just remembered that neither of us went grocery shopping this week and the fridge is as bare as the Sahara."
She resumed her work. "Oh. Fine."
GoGo emerged from underneath the car five minutes later with soot marks on her cheeks. Tadashi intercepted her just as she was about to go wash off. "Ugh. I'm so dirty, go away," she grumbled.
He laughed, and used the bottom of his shirt to wipe off the soot marks. "Not anymore." He bent down to kiss her forehead. "How was your day?"
She smiled up at him, and answered. "Rough. But I got through with it. You?"
He shrugged. "Working on something else, these days. Ever heard of the surgery chip?"
Tadashi continued to talk about the said chip as GoGo got her stuff ready. While she was putting her things in her backpack, she saw the little black box underneath her jacket, and bit back a smile.
Better now then never.
She looked up just as he was finishing his litany, and he paused when he saw the look on her face. "Hey, what's up?"
She shook her head, and stuffed the box in her pocket when he wasn't looking. "Nothing."
"Oh, come on, I'm sure that was something," he teased. "Did I bore you with my inventions?"
"Not today." She inhaled. "Hey, Hamada."
"What?" He was confused with her sudden mood changes. Was she having PMS?
"Look. I..." She sighed, and rubbed her forehead. "This is so not me." She looked up at him again, and started over. "Hamada, I'm not good with relationships. But you put up with me. And that's all... That's better than I could ever dream of."
He smiled, and reached over to brush her fringe out of her eyes. "I'm speechless." He pressed another light kiss to her forehead, another to her nose, and then on her lips. "I love you."
"Me too," she replied, their foreheads still touching. One of her hands slipped into her pocket, and she palmed the box nervously in her hand. Oh, was she having second thoughts. She had no idea it would be this nerve-wracking.
Her mind suddenly short-circuited, and she broke away from him, turning pink. "Come on, let's go. I'm hungry."
Tadashi smiled at her retreating back, and got his own bag from the table. Before he could catch up to her, she paused in the doorway. "Now what's up?" he asked, slightly teasing.
"Marry me," she stated, still facing away from him. He froze, not expecting that, and certainly not expecting her to throw a black box over her shoulder.
"GoGo. Wait!" She dashed out the doorway, hoping to get a head start, as he fumbled with the box. "GoGo, did you just propose? Don't just leave me like that!"
(*)
"I'm finished, Prof."
Honey Lemon is harshly drawn away from her daydream when someone unceremoniously drops his booklet and answer sheets on her table. "Oh. Good job, Jeremiah. You can go now."
Her student leaves the room, and other follow suit, slowly emptying a room, and she chuckled to herself.
Her plan was perfect.
(*)
Hiro scowled at Tadashi. "You could've just asked me and gotten an actual, concrete, Plan H!"
"No, I have a feeling Honey's got one in her head, she just didn't mind to tell me..." Tadashi sighed. "I think I went deaf in one ear when I told her, though."
His younger brother snorted. "Typical Honey Lemon. So, I hope Plan I makes up for this waste of paper." Hiro frowned and crumpled the paper into a ball.
"Well, you tell me if I is for Ireland is a good plan."
(*)
Boom! Finished. (EDIT: Oh my GOD I am so glad I checked it out ;_; I made such an amateur mistake and used 'your' instead of 'you're' and I am ashaaaaamed. Ugh. Embarrassing, but hey. We learn from mistakes, and I just had a complete brain fart.)
Okay, I know I'm like super behind and everything, but I wanted this particular chapter to be up on ayinvui's birthday! Hope you like it, bby. Xoxo.
For those who are confused with how this whole plan worked out, this is what happens in a nutshell. Honey Lemon didn't exactly tell Tadashi what her plan or ideal proposal plan was, except that all he had to say was yes. An annoyed Hiro and Tadashi mull over this. We flash over to Honey, who's in the middle of proctoring an exam. She daydreams of her plan, and is brought back to reality when her students start passing their papers. Back to the Hamada siblings, and they still have no idea what Honey has in mind.
Oh my god that last paragraph was still confusing. Ugh. Never mind. I have no other words. /dies
Anyways, I is for Ireland! Ooh, looks like we're going international.
Thanks for the clicks, dearies!
/flies away on a private jet to Ireland