Today was the day of the showcase, and Hiro was excited. He settled on naming his dog-bot Rex, and he and Tadashi had fixed up his voice to be softer and informative, but friendly. They just needed to figure out how they would set up the stage.

Tadashi had hardly gotten any sleep, having stayed up working on Baymax, but luckily for him he was used to it. He focused his attention on his brother.

"If you set up the seat in one of the corners, you can demonstrate Rex's ability to lead and play it into your presentation if you need to.

"I like it," he nodded, "and there's a shadow near the stairs to the stage, right? We can hide Baymax there with my tank, can't we? I've figured out that I can talk for ten minutes before my chest starts to hurt. To avoid coughing, I'll have to use the programming to get Rex to explain the rest of the presentation."

"And if it becomes too much you could always use the tank as a 'display', to show that words aren't needed for Rex to communicate," Tadashi added with a smile. "I think you got this, Hiro," he said happily, ruffling Hiro's hair lightly.

Hiro smiled happily, "This is going to be awesome, Tadashi. I can't wait. You're going to show off Baymax, aren't you?" He asked.

Tadashi shook his head. "No, Baymax is still a work in progress. I only wanted you to see him, but I guess it was inevitable for our friends to see him as well."

"Well, he's going to be even cooler when he's all done," Hiro grinned.

The day went by in a blur, yet agonizingly slowly at the same time. Tadashi helped Hiro get everything set up on the stage and were waiting for the teen's turn to come up.

Hiro was anxious and his worrying wasn't doing much to help his already-aching lungs. He sat on the floor in the shadow near the stage with Baymax, Rex, Cass, and Tadashi, breathing through the mask of his tank. He leaned forward with his arms stretched out, trying to open his lungs enough to get through the presentation.

Tadashi was sitting next to Hiro, rubbing his back soothingly. "Don't worry. I'm going to stay right here with Baymax."

Hiro nodded, taking deep breaths and letting them out slowly, counting as he did so. "I just don't…don't want to mess up. I don't want to let you down. I know you put a good word in for me, and I don't want to mess things up for you."

"Psyching yourself out won't help," Tadashi pointed out before smiling. "You won't let me down, Hiro. I know you'll be amazing. You've just got to have some faith in yourself."

Hiro nodded, breathing in and out. It took a few more moments until his chest loosened enough for him to breathe clearer. "Okay…okay, I can do this." He nodded confidently to himself.

"You can do this," Tadashi agreed with a nod and a smile before Hiro's name was called.

Hiro took a few last deep breaths before pulling the tank away and slowly standing up, smiling at Tadashi as he lead Rex up to the stage and they began the presentation.

It went off without a hitch, the judges loving the dog and the crowd looking amazed. Hiro and Rex left the stage and the boy set a hand on the wall for balance. The dog licked his hand and barked softly.

"Your blood oxygen levels are severally lowered," he warned.

"I know, I know," he panted and then looked up and smiled tiredly at Tadashi. "We did it! I think we did it!"

Tadashi stayed with Baymax backstage while Cass went to join the crowd. He watched from their, smiling as his brother and Rex easily got everyone's attention.

Tadashi waited until Hiro was off stage to hug his little brother close. "I told you you'd do awesome!" He exclaimed before letting go as Baymax came over and helped Hiro get the mask on before turning it on.

"Hiro did well. Though your oxygen levels are low and your heartbeat is irregular, your lungs seem fine and normal with no growth in the tumor."

Hiro smiled tiredly, leaning into his brother's chest as he breathed deeply through the mask, closing his eyes.

"You were right," he panted out, really glad to hear the scan from Baymax. No growth meant no hospital and no fluid. "Phew. 'm exhausted now."

Tadashi supported Hiro gently and ran his fingers through his hair soothingly to get him to breath calmer.
"Well, once your oxygen levels are back up we can go looking for Cass and she can drive us home and you can sleep."

"I like that idea," Hiro chuckled breathlessly, leaning into his brother's chest as he closed his eyes. It took a few minutes before his breathing was under control, but he finally did and thankfully by then Cass had found them.

"You did great, baby," she told Hiro, kissing his head. "And you look like you need a good rest."

He nodded, smiling weakly, "Yeah, but this was worth it."

"Yes it was sweetie, and I couldn't be prouder," she smiled at him, motioning for the boys to follow her to the truck.

"The judges will make their decision tomorrow." He said patting Hiro's back as they walked out.

The small family headed towards the truck but were stopped by the sound of their names being called.

"Hiro! Tadashi!" Tadashi's friends rushed over, grinning.

"Hey! We were trying to find you after the presentation - that was amazing!" Fred said happily, "Rex is epic!"

"Yeah, you did a really great job on him, Hiro," Wasabi smiled, "We wanted to congratulate you for doing so well."

"I didn't know you were going to try to go to school here! This is exciting!" Honey grinned.

"Nice idea, squirt," GoGo popped her gum, "At least its not a giant marshmallow," she teased, winking at Tadashi, who pouted playfully.

"What? You don't like the huggable design and the fact he can pick all of us up no problem? Or maybe it's the portable heater part?" He questioned before chuckling and smiling.

"Nah, the dog's cooler," she replied

Hiro grinned at them, "Thanks guys, I really appreciate hearing that from all of you. I'm glad you like him so much."

"He's adorable," Honey giggled, petting Rex and smiling as his metal tail wagged happily. "He's going to be very helpful to a lot of people."

Hiro nodded in agreement.

"I'm so glad you guys got to see his presentation," Cass said happily, "And thank you for coming to congratulate him. That was so sweet of you all."

"Well, he's our friend, we can't just not be there to support him," Wasabi chuckled.

The teen's eyes glittered with happiness at the idea of having friends. So they really had accepted him into their group. Hiro finally felt some semblance of normalcy in his life and he couldn't be happier. He startled out of his thoughts as Cass patted his shoulder and then motioned for him to get into the truck.

"Well, it's been a long day and we need to be heading home," Cass told the older teenagers. "It was so nice seeing you all."

"Nice seeing you too," Honey smiled and gave the Hamada's all hugs. "Congratulations again, Hiro. I know you're going to get in."

The others gave their congratulations and goodbyes before walking off so then the family could get their robots in the back of the truck and then they could climb into. As they pulled out of the parking lot and started towards home, Hiro snuggled into Tadashi's side and sighed softly, happy and content.

Today was a really good day…he hoped tomorrow was the same.