"I'm so sorry Yumi. I already promised Hiro I'd spend the day with him."

"It's alright." She tried to sound as cheerful as she could for Tadashi. "It's important that you spend time with your brother after all. He needs his brother. Just remember to spend time with Aunt Cass as well. I can tell she misses you. Try to go home more often." She scolded. "It's not good for your health to stay in the lab all day and night."

She heard a weary chuckle from her phone.

"Don't worry I know."

The sound of some equipment beeping indicated that the conversation was coming to an end.

"Sorry Yumi but I have to go."

"Tadashi, wait!" She interjected.

"Yeah?"

She wanted to tell him that she missed him, that she missed being with him, but decided otherwise.

"Good luck."

She could picture him smiling while holding his phone.

"Thanks Yumi. You're the best."

Only after hanging up the phone did Yumi allow herself to sigh as she sat at the staircase of the school during her lunch break. It's been over a year since Tadashi enrolled in San Fransokyo Institute of Technology and many things had changed. Though the two were still dating, they spent less time together since he enrolled since he was busy juggling university schoolwork, occasionally helping out Aunt Cass with the café, and his robotics project. The two barely saw each other, only having been on about five dates the entire year, one date being their one year anniversary date which he arrived late to. Even though he tried to call her every weekend, there were multiple times when he'd forget as he tended to pull lots of all-nighters during the weekends.

Despite how little time they spent together, Yumi actually didn't mind too much. It just made the time they actually did spend together just that much more precious. No matter how much time passed since their meetings, she never felt her heart waver, only grow stronger. Besides, she managed to keep herself busy too. Thanks to her expansive knowledge and potential, she had already gained many offers to enter straight medical programs of several universities across the nation. She started traveling throughout the year in order to tour all the campuses and to see what they offered her. Similar to Tadashi's situation, some universities offered to give her early enrollment but she declined, wanting to enjoy her senior year in high school fully. In addition, she gained an internship with the San Fransokyo General Hospital where she was able to shadow Dr. Dake, one of the hospital chief's.

"Trouble in paradise?" She heard a voice break her thoughts and turned to see one of her close friends seat herself next to her.

"That's what you get for dating man of science." Sasha continued teasing.

Yumi only smiled, not feeling up to responding to her teasing.

"Another canceled date?" Sasha asked sympathetically.

"Nah, we didn't have anything planned. I just hoped we'd be able to meet during the holiday since we get school off."

"Man, and he turned you down?" Sasha's eyebrows started furrowing, showing her disapproval of Tadashi's actions.

"It's fine," Yumi smiled, "He already made plans with Hiro so it's no big deal. It's important that he and Hiro get to spend some time together."

"Wow," Sasha's eyes widened. "You're like… the girlfriend of the year. If Michael didn't meet me I'd throw a fit. Tadashi's so lucky to have a girlfriend like you."

Yumi allowed herself to stretch as she stood up.

"Nah, I'm lucky to have Tadashi in my life."

"Stop it you're too much." Sasha feigned a look of pain.

The school bell rang, indicating the end of the lunch break. The two girls started heading back to their classroom when Sasha asked Yumi another question.

"Speaking of Hiro, whatever happened to him? I never see him anymore."

Yumi couldn't figure out what happened but ever since Tadashi left San Fransokyo High, Hiro had stopped hanging out with her. Even when she visited he was always locked up in the garage and barely gave her much attention. When she offered to play laser tag with him like before, he would always respond by saying that he had more important things to do. Yumi was barely able to get the boy to speak more than five minutes to her. She later found out from Aunt Cass that Hiro was on the fast track and was set to graduate high school by the end of his thirteen year. Yumi assumed that Hiro had been preoccupying himself to graduate early and had been busy with his inventions, not to mention that he was going through an awkward teenage year. Though she was sad that the two had drifted apart, she thought it best to give the thirteen year old boy his space.

"Hiro's ok." Yumi gave her friend a general response and was thankful the pair had reached the classroom before Sasha bombarded her with further questions.

After her day in the hospital, Yumi arrived back to her empty home. As per usual, her father was working late in the office. He probably wouldn't be back home until midnight or one in the morning. Her time spent away from Tadashi made Yumi realize how her mother must've felt when her father was always away for work. Though Yumi understood her mother's feelings a bit more, she was stronger than her mother. She would never leave Tadashi, no matter how busy he got.

Cooking a nice pasta dinner for herself, Yumi's eyes continued wandering to the kitchen clock while she ate.

'I wonder if he already ate.' She thought to herself.

She remembered him telling her he planned on staying at the lab late today to work on his project. Determined to surprise Tadashi, she packed up the rest of the pasta and took a tram to the university. Upon reaching the entrance of the Ito Ishioka Robotics Lab, she wondered if she was going to be a bother to his work. Deciding that she might as well deliver him the meal since she already traveled all the way there, she walked into the building confidently.

After receiving clearance, Yumi was given a guest badge and was directed towards the research laboratory. When stepping into the laboratory though, she was amazed at all the inventions that filled the large room. From rocket powered engines to laser technology, she was amazed by everything. It wasn't until a voice interrupt her wonder did she snap back to reality.

"Who are you?"

Yumi found herself faced with an Asian girl with short purple streaked black hair who was in the middle of blowing a bubble. Before she could answer though, Yumi found herself shaking hands with an enthusiastic girl who towered over her. The girl must've been at least a foot taller than her, even if she took off her platform heels. The honey blonde girl with thick pink framed glasses had a huge smile on her face as she spoke to Yumi.

"Oh my gosh, you must be Yumi right?"

"Yumi?" the Asian girl contemplated for a bit before realizing. "Ahh, the infamous girlfriend."

Yumi felt herself slightly blush.

"Did Tadashi tell you about me?"

"Even if he didn't, we'd still know." A tall, muscular, dark-skinned student with a small beard approached them with a smile. "After all, the picture of you guys in his lab says it all."

"Not to mention the fact that he tends to leave the lab to make a phone call at almost the exact same time each week. Typical boyfriend calling girlfriend procedure." The Asian girl popped another bubble before finally reaching out her hand.

"I'm Gogo by the way," she pointed to the other two, "That's Honey Lemon and Wasabi."

Yumi shook their hands but they must've known her thoughts when they saw her facial expression.

"Fred comes up with the names." Honey Lemon explained.

"Fred?"

As if on cue, the mentioned boy had appeared out of nowhere as he shook Yumi's hand.

"Present and accounted for." He smiled before leaning immensely close to her face. "So this is Tadashi's girlfriend?"

Wasabi quickly pulled Fred away, giving Yumi back her personal space.

"Dude." Wasabi scolded.

"Hey bro, I'm just getting a good luck at our lovely guest. You're much smaller than I expected though." He slurred before suddenly sniffing the air.

"Do I smell some alfredo?"

Yumi held up her packed dinner.

"I wanted to surprise Tadashi with some dinner. I imagine he didn't eat yet since he's so busy."

"Oh my gosh that's so cute. She cooked dinner for him guys!" Honey Lemon squealed before hugging Yumi. "You're so adorable. Come on, his lab is this way." She leaded the group towards Tadashi's lab as Yumi felt all the students' eyes on her as she walked past them.

When they reached the door of his lab Honey Lemon knocked a distinctive knock before they all heard Tadashi's voice getting closer.

"Honey Lemon I told you I'll look at your chemical equation later."

As soon as he swung the door open though he was definitely surprised to see his girlfriend who looked even smaller being surrounded by his friends. Though Yumi was ecstatic to see Tadashi after so long, she felt a bit embarrassed as she stood there.

"H-hey Tadashi." She meekly greeted.

"Y-Yumi…" He managed to muster before his friends started teasing him.

"He's speechless this is super cute." Honey Lemon squealed again.

"We'll leave you two alone now." Wasabi started ushering the gang away.

"Don't fool around too much." Gogo said, unamused.

"Tell me how the pasta tastes Tadashi." Fred called out while he was dragged away by Gogo.

After the gang left, Tadashi finally got his senses together.

"Pasta?"

Still looking to the ground, she held up the container of food.

"I made extra and since you were busy, I thought I'd bring you some."

Despite how tired he was previously, Yumi's actions warmed him up and gave him a bit more energy. He smiled and took the container off her hands before gesturing her to come in.

Once in, Yumi's attention turned to the white, inflatable robot which stood in the center of the room.

"Oh whoa," She exclaimed, all embarrassment gone. "Is this it?"

"Yup," Tadashi had already started eating the delicious meal. "That's Baymax."

"Baymax?"

"Well, he's gotta have a name right?" Tadashi chuckled.

Yumi was about to touch him when Tadashi quickly warned her.

"Wait, it's not a good idea to touch him. He's still in a beta state and can sometimes go crazy."

"He's so cute." Yumi smiled. "I'm assuming it's to put the patients more at ease around him?"

"Yup, want him to be as lovable and huggable as possible." Tadashi spoke with a mouth full of pasta.

Something else caught Yumi's attention as she ran towards the large window.

"Whoa, Tadashi the view from your lab is amazing!"

She pressed her hands against the glass and absorbed in the night scenery of the university's park. Tadashi smiled to himself as he walked over and saw her blue-gray eyes which glistened. He loved how her eyes always seemed to look at everything with wonder. He then hugged her from the back, wrapping his arms around her. He forgot how long it had been since he felt her warmth.

"I missed you Yumi. I know it might not seem like it, but I really did miss you."

She managed to turn around to face her boyfriend, tilting his head down to look at her.

"I know you did; don't worry. I never doubted you for a second."

He leaned down to meet with her lips, giving her long, gentle kisses, savoring the taste.

"What did I do to deserve you?" He rested his forehead against hers.

"I ask myself that every day." She teased, laughing when he made a face. He then shut her laughter off with more kisses.

Realizing how late it had gotten, Yumi packed up the empty container, happy that Tadashi had finished it all, and prepared to leave. Tadashi offered to give her a ride back home since it had gotten so late, despite her protests. She ultimately gave in though so after she bid the gang farewell, the two sped off on his moped. Once they reached her home, she noticed the lights on, indicating her father had come home. Before heading inside though, Yumi gave her boyfriend a hug and apologized.

"I'm sorry for distracting you and keeping you from your work."

Tadashi's eyebrows furrowed.

"What are you talking about Yumi? You don't have to apologize for anything." His face returned back to his normal, calm expression as he caressed her cheek.

"I was really happy that you came to visit me. If anything, I should be the one apologizing for never having enough time for you."

Yumi reached up to hold his hand.

"So… would you be ok if I visited again? Not anytime soon, but maybe later on?"

Tadashi held his thumb up.

"You betcha."

Giving him a goodnight kiss, Yumi had been satisfied with how the day ended as she made her way inside.

As she took off her shoes, she heard her father's voice calling to her from his home office. Still in a good mood, she greeted her father warmly until she noticed his dark expression as he sat at his desk. Yumi hastened towards him and took his hands into hers.

"Dad? What's wrong? Is everything ok?"

When his eyes finally met hers, she could see all the sadness that laid beneath his blue-gray eyes.

"It's your mother…"

Yumi knew that wherever this conversation was going, it wasn't going to end well. She felt her stomach tighten as she dreaded what her father struggled to tell her.

"There's been an accident."


Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well and that you're enjoying the story so far. I know I've been going a bit fast in terms of pace but I hope you all don't mind. So... Yumi finally met the other members of Big Hero 6! I tried to stay as true to their characters as I could but I'm still a bit new to fanfiction writing so please forgive me if they don't seem to be as true to their characters as you would like.

Also, out of curiosity, how many of you would like to see a Hiro's POV chapter? I'm thinking of writing one but I'm not 100% sure right now. As always, thank you all for reading and please let me know what you all think! ^_^