The next day, the doctor came by and checked out Hiro, finding another medication to give him to help with the coughing and the tightness in his chest. After the appointment, he helped Cass in the cafe for a little bit, before going up and starting to work on his blueprints for the projects.

Tadashi waited until Hiro's appointment was over to head to SFIT. He didn't have classes today and thought about taking Hiro, but quickly busied himself.

He returned about two hours later and went upstairs, two steps at a time.
"Hiro!" Tadashi exclaimed happily, going to his brother. "Okay, so I found two ways. One involves making an invention and showing it off in a showcase, and the other is through a meeting with five different professors to talk about yourself and what you want to do. Both are open to you."

Hiro looked up and blinked in surprise, "Really?" Both of those options required talking, something he didn't like doing too much of on certain days. If his appointment for one of them fell on a bad day, he didn't know how long he'd be able to make his case. He was slightly worried about that, but he could figure a way around it, somehow.

"Would you help me?" he asked his brother, knowing there was no way he was going to be able to build thing on his own. Hiro was amazing with coding and blueprints and putting big pieces together, but his anemia, which was a side effect of the cancer, made it difficult to focus on small things like wiring or small parts. He knew he was going to need help.

"Of course I'll help you-when you need me that is." Tadashi agreed with a bright smile before rolling his eyes some.

"Oh," Hiro suddenly remembered, frowning at his brother, "You didn't tell them anything about my situation, did you? I don't want to be a pity case."

"I didn't. I know you don't want to be judged differently or given an advantage. All they know as of right now is that I have a brother interested in attending SFIT. Whatever else you want them to know is going to be up to you. They won't pry for information like the grade-level schools." He assured. Hiro sighed softly, "Good."

"Hey," Hiro poked him in the stomach and turned back to his desk, motioning Tadashi closer, "I started on my blue print for the robotic guide dog. I can't come up with a name for him though."

Tadashi took the hint and looked over Hiro to the blueprints and smiled. "If you want Fred to freak out you can call it Dynomutt but it wouldn't be good to anyone else who got the reference." He said before humming as he thought about a name. "I don't know… I'm not very good at naming."

"I don't know," he sighed softly, but smiled, "I'll think of something."

Hiro worked on the project for months. It was a slow process, but it was gradually coming together. He spent most of that time with Tadashi, getting his brother's help things he knew he couldn't do. The best part for Tadashi was seeing Hiro smile so much. He'd never seen his brother happier, and he knew he would be beaming when his little bro got into college.

There were still good and bad days in between, though. Somedays Hiro wouldn't want to get out of bed because of how tired he was or he'd have small spells of his chest tightening and having to breath through the tank. It didn't stop him from pushing himself and doing small bits of work when he could on those days. Sometimes, when it was a really good day and Tadashi was at school, he'd help out in the cafe and Hiro hadn't seen Cass smile like that in a while. He was ecstatic, as was Tadashi. He and Hiro were spending time together and working on his project.

In fact their whole home seemed in a better mood. Everyone was happy and worries were few.

"Okay…" Tadashi hummed as he finished the wiring. Once he finished he closed the hatch and smiled at Hiro. "Wiring is done. Ready to test it?" He questioned Hiro lightly as he stepped away and went to stand next to his brother, leaning down to activate the dog and little lights lit up in its eyes.

Tadashi noticed how Hiro held no hesitation and remembered his own first test. Oh, how he hoped that the dogbot worked, he didn't want Hiro to feel defeated after all the work they did. It should work - Tadashi learned his mistakes with Baymax.

"Hello," it said in a kind robotic voice, "I am your personal care assistant."

"He works!" the teen grinned, "Once I come up with a name we can program it into him, but he works!"

Tadashi watched and cheered with his brother before hugging him. "Good job, little bro!"

"Hey, it wouldn't have happened without you," Hiro hugged him back and then turned off the bot, smiling tiredly at his brother. "Only a little over a week left until the showcase. I can't wait to blow them all away with this. And then I'll be able to work with you in your lab!"

"Speaking of which," Hiro checked the time and it was only a little after three, "Wanna see if the gang wants to hang out?"

Over the passed few months Hiro has been spending more and more times with Tadashi's friends, who had been slowly becoming his friends too. Hiro hadn't really had anyone other then Tadashi and Aunt Cass in his life, so it was nice to have friends. It was surprising how much good all the work was doing him, too; Hiro's doctor had said he was in more stable health with the goals and positivity all of this had brought.

"Yeah, sure. It's a Saturday so they shouldn't be doing much." Tadashi agreed and grabbed his phone to make a group text and texted the others if they wanted to meet up somewhere.

"We should go get Baymax and rescue him from Mochi." Tadashi half joked. The healthcare robot activated one day because of Cass and neither of the boys had it in them to deactivate him. Since then Mochi took a liking to him and claimed the giant marshmallow as her bed - luckily she knew better then to use her claws on him.

Hiro laughed, "Yeah, but I think he likes her a lot too. He always calls her 'hairy baby'."

"That's because she's a dependent cat and Baymax's job is to help so he finds it important to keep her happy and warm." Tadashi countered with a laugh. He never made a clear line between people and pets so Baymax would help anyone.

Hiro followed his brother upstairs to the house, hunching over once they got up the stairs and putting his hand son his knees as he tried to catch his breath. "H-hold…on…." he panted.

Tadashi stopped halfway up the stairs and went to Hiro in worry. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah…" he panted "The first flight just winded me…"

He leaned on Tadashi and put a hand on the wall. They just had the stairs of their room to get up, but his lungs were not happy with the thought. He panted heavily, taking deeper breathes to try and relieve some of the pressure. It didn't help much, though, and then sharp pain stabbed through his lungs.

He doubled over coughing, hard and breathless, wheezing between each as he fell into Tadashi and tears welled up in his eyes as he coughed.

Tadashi caught Hiro and patted his back. "I think it took more out of you then you think…" He said softly before picking Hiro up and carrying him the rest of the way up. "Baymax, I need you to scan Hiro."

Baymax looked up as Tadashi laid Hiro down and had Mochi get off of him before going to the younger and scanning him. "Hiro has become short winded from too much excitement and exercise. He should be fine in a few minutes if he breathes correctly. Shall I get his tank?"

Hiro nodded, rolling onto his side on his bed as he coughed and gasped. When Baymax got the tank and the mask was put over his mouth. He breathed in the oxygen, coughing still, but it slowly started to calm down. It took a good fifteen minutes before his breathing started to ease.

"Whoa…have not had one of those in a while…" Hiro breathed, still taking in air from the tank as he rubbed the tears and sweat from his face.

"I recommend bedrest for the duration of the day, so as not to further irritate your lungs," Baymax said.

Hiro shook his head, shakily pushing himself up, "No…I'll be okay…I'll be okay…"

"No." Tadashi said, gently pushing Hiro back down. "Hiro, relax. It's only a day - it'll be fine. We haven't told the others yet. What if you have another attack while we're out? You've had an amazing streak this time and I'm proud, but you need to be in top form to show off your invention. We can reschedule with the others." He reasoned in a soothing voice.

Hiro frowned, but relented and nodded, "Alright…"

He wanted to argue, but he knew Tadashi was right and he didn't want to screw up things now. It was only a little over a week before the show, and he was doing so well. So, if he just needed a day, he'd deal.