Chapter 11 – All Alone
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Hiro's heart skipped beat per beat that he's already afraid of getting a heart attack. This was the most fearful feeling he ever had, even more than when Aunt Cass was mad. However, seconds passed with no major event. With regards to that, he thought of the possibilities. Was she still upset? Was she willing to fix things up? And the like.
"Uh… GoGo, I'm…", Hiro tried to say. GoGo glared to him for a second and turned the other way. It's enough to freeze him out.
"GoGo, please…", and he did his ways of getting her attention. But, all that she did was to look away from him. What a pain.
After a series of pokes, she grew a bit irritated and pushed him. There he fell from his seat. She seemed to chuckle, or it might be his imagination.
"GoGo, I'm really sorry for what I've said yesterday.", he said.
"Shut. Up.", she snugly replied. Her voice was unbelieving and cold. Same as before, she's still a monster.
Concerning the possibilities, He got fed the hard way. He shrugged to his seat in despair, occasionally looking at his girlfriend-in-contract. She's so near, yet so far. Just then, the professor came in, class started, and his campaign to win her back got stifled.
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The scenario grew from bad to worse in the "Nerd Lab". Even though stifled at the first attempt, Hiro decided to try his luck after class and on the lab. He's hoping that te environment might help him out, but it wasn't the case. Like in the classroom, GoGo didn't talk to him. Moreover, she didn't hesitate to ignore the team. She even closed the door to Honey's face as the latter tried of talking to her by the exit. As for the chemist, it meant no harm; but for the genius, he got crushed everytime she's like that. There he stood motionless, with his face looking down and seemingly in tears but not.
"Never say die, fella.", Fred tried to lighten his mood by giving him a shoulder tap. Honey and Wasabi drew nearer.
"I know you can fix this. That's just a fight. All couples got into that. Cheer up, Honey got bigger problems concerning that face-door.", Wasabi said, "Hey, Honey, are you alright?"
"Uh, yeah. This is nothing.", she replied in a muffled voice, as she's holding that nose.
With a sigh, Hiro turned his back on them and shut himself in his lab.
"They're terribly upset on each other.", Wasabi concluded.
"I'm not really used to see these two fight. It's like an all-out war everytime they do… If only I could cheer them up with that mascot.", Fred pointed to his SFIT mascot.
"I think we should let them cool off for a while.", Honey replied.
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Later that afternoon, as soon as he went home, Hiro rushed straight to his room. Aunt Cass called him up, but it fell into deaf ears. The aunt knew something's wrong. While in his room, Hiro tried to divert himself by browsing the internet and sorts of things. He evidently failed to do so.
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And there he went writing on his journal. His hand laid everything that took place two weeks ago. His cherished first date got inked down the notebook with some pictures as souvenirs. It was a terrific trip down memory lane. Terrific enough that he shed tears as he wrote. As he jotted down a one-liner that depicted their present plight, he threw the journal aside and sat by his bedside. This quarrel flashed in his mind, and he ended regretting it again and again. He took his phone then, but got choked up by remorse of into doing what he had in mind.
"I'm such a jerk…", he mumbled to himself.
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Hours passed and it was evening. The genius was supposed to see what their dinner was. Guess what? The chicken wings that could melt faces. Being sad consumes so much energy, and so without further ado, he ate to bring it all back.
"Aunt Cass, this is awesome!", Hiro commented after biting off a wing. His sadness seemed to subside just as Aunt Cass wanted.
"Good! Now I have something to ask."
"Ask? What is it, Aunt Cass?"
"Is there something wrong?"
"Wrong? Oh, there are only a few bad problems. No big deal."
"Really?"
"Y-yeah."
"As I expected, you n't tell me. Well, it's natural for couples to to argue and quarrel sometimes…", she said. Hiro almost threw out the orange juice he was drinking. How did Aunt Cass knew about that? Now it made sense why she kept on calling GoGo her "dear" these past days.
"C-couples?"
"Don't deny. I already knew that you're in a relationship with GoGo…", and that verified the theory.
"What?"
"… I would rather stop you, but I can't, since you two were already together. GoGo's such a beauty."
"Yeah…"
"Good luck with your sweetheart. Just talk to her and be true. Everything's gonna be alright."
"Thanks, Aunt Cass. Wait. Who told you about GoGo?"
His aunt said no more but looked at the stairs. The spiller stood there.
"Baymax, you!", he ranted.
The balloon-bot smiled at him, as seen on its "face".
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Baymax got him comically upset, so he decided to lock the bot outside his room. Knocks and the robotic voice resounded just before his room. Basically, he got no intention of letting him in, for the meantime. What's gonna happen now? He got no idea.
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As he's on his thoughts, he played around with his bot fighter. The bot went up and down , on swift verticals, and other moves. More than the other, he also took his time munching some gummy bears to make himself pull up something. Just then, something special caught his eyes. GoGo's plush doll was smiling at him.
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Hiro smiled. He got the boost he needed. He couldn't just give up on her. Taking the plush doll beside his PC, he checked his email. Just as he expected, there's a new entry.
Hiro, here's the answer to the questions you asked days ago. Your classmates said that you two got on a word fight because of this homework.
I'm really sorry for the delay. :(
Good luck!
That solved the root of the problem. After replying that it wasn't her fault, he browsed the document. Everything needed was there. Well, we're talking of a chemistry whiz here.
Suddenly, a whistling held him on guard. After 3 seconds and a beat, he looked at the window. Baymax tried to enter the window!
"Baymax, what are you doing?!"
"I'm trying to enter the window."
"Well of course, you are. I mean, why are you doing that?"
"Because you locked me out, and I have to get to my patient."
"You don't have to. I'm fine.", and he pulled him in.
"Your neurotransmitter levels are extremely low. This indicates that you're depressed. Depression can lead to unexpected acts like suicide, rape, mass killing…"
"Stop. I get it. I'm not one of those."
"Apparently, your problem was GoGo. What happened, Hiro?", and a picture of the girl was flashed on the "marshmallow".
"We got on a fight, and she grew cold to me. She's like a monster. You know, mood swings…"
"Analyzing data… Data Analysis Complete. I would rather advise you to look on a different angle."
"What?"
Baymax showed him a video about a girl's reproductive health (Of course, it's wholesome). His eyes widened with what he came to know.
"T-they're really becoming monster-like during those days?! I-I should have known! I-I have to say sorry… I can fix this!", Hiro concluded and asked, "Baymax, when is she safe to approach? We can't bear to have any more casualties."
"GoGo's emotional indicators are subsiding as of the moment. It is safe to approach her tomorrow."
"Thanks, Baymax."
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Meanwhile, the adrenaline junkie was lying down on her bed. Playing with Hiro's plush doll, she hugged it at one time, and threw it up and down on the other.
"I should not have yelled at him.", she sighed, "Darn these days… why do girls need to experience that every month?"
She threw the plushie again. This time, it fell flat on her tummy. She stretched out, reached for her smartphone, and browsed what she got there. With a turn-around, she's now lying on her stomach and was now browsing her contacts. Her finger swiped on and on, stopping only on Honey Lemon's number. Still, she ended with one more on the screen: Hiro Hamada.
"Hiro…"
Notes:
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"And she sits on my shelf
It makes me think of you
The way she carries the things that remind me of who
We used to be before we became antiques
She's a lot like you
But when I hold her too tight, I know she'll break
She just takes some glue to stay."
- All Alone (By Fun.)
Well, yeah, this chap's highly inspired by this song. Thanks, playlist! (It's a pretty sad-in-lyrics but jolly-in-rhythm song. Really great! Give it a listen. :))
#Fun.
#HiroGo
#AllAlone
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