"This is infuriating."

Hiro was officially stumped. He had spent the past thirty minutes attempting to stealth through Doctor Spectre's Island Fortress in the brand new mobile game Cyborg Stealth Task Force 2 and was totally out of options. He paced up and down his room, totally uncertain of how to continue. Normally, his years of video game experience was more than sufficient to get him through any obstacle, but the Spectre Militia beat him at every turn. As luck would have it, the game presented him with a possible solution in bright green letters on Hiro's phone: Recommend Cyborg Stealth Task Force 2 to a friend and get five hundred experience points!

This was perfect. With five hundred extra experience points, he could upgrade his takedown speed and purchase the stealth camouflage prototype. But who to go to? Who could possibly comprehend the dire importance of disabling a despot's supply of nuclear weapons to prevent the destruction of a fictional world? Hiro only had to wonder for a brief moment.

Tadashi.

Hiro hopped down the stairs to the café proper to find Tadashi tapping away at his phone. Something strange Hiro noticed was that Tadashi had recently become almost glued to his phone. Being the social butterfly that he was, quite a few people were interested in texting Tadashi, but there was definitely an increase in frequency in the past few months.

"Hey, Tadashi, could I borrow your phone for two seconds? I need it so I can stop a dictator from destabilizing the global economy in Cyborg Stealth Task Force 2."

Hiro cocked an eyebrow as he noted a large smirk that Tadashi was trying and failing to suppress. He looked around the café several times before focusing his gaze on Hiro.

"What? Oh, yeah, totally. Here you go." He slid Hiro his phone as he further failed to surpass a fit of giggling. Seriously, what was so interesting on Tadashi's phone? Hiro would have to investigate further. For now, the world of Cybertropolis needed his help. First, he would have to download th-

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The mystery of Tadashi's newfound cellular addiction was solved by a notification at the top of his phone.

Squishy Muffin: I'm serious. It suuuucks. I'm going to murder you if you're not over there by 7.

Everything made sense; Tadashi got himself a girlfriend. And, of course, he had a sickeningly sweet pet name for her. The next step would be to deduce the identity of this mystery woman. Hiro, being a master strategist, knew not to give even the slightest hint that he was on the trail. Tadashi obviously wanted to keep this from the outside world, which only enhanced Hiro's desire to solve the mystery.

"No. Freaking. Way."

Hiro recognized that number instantly, because it was someone he actually texted every now and again: none other than GoGo Tomago. Tadashi and GoGo were dating! There was something about it that flummoxed Hiro. On the one hand, the second-hand embarrassment at the thought of the two of them making out was powerful enough to be weaponized, but for some reason he was content with the idea of them being boyfriend and girlfriend. He liked GoGo quite a lot and she seemed like one of the few people on the planet that could keep Tadashi in check.

But that didn't meant Hiro wasn't going to let it slide. This was too perfect.

Hiro clicked Tadashi's phone off and handed it back to his brother. "Thanks again. To display my gratitude, let me reward you with some food," Hiro suddenly felt compelled to eat something sweet. Something…..squishy. Like a muffin. He deserved it for being such a great brother.

Free food was one of the many perks of living with Aunt Cass, so he got a blueberry muffin for Tadashi and a corn muffin for himself. Just two brothers having a snack.

"You know, I love muffins," Hiro contemplated as he dove into his snack. "Their tasty, you can have them on the go," All things that were true. "I guess my only problem is that there sort of…squishy, you know?" Hiro made sure to state that piece of truth with extra aplomb. "I mean, crumbs just get everywhere, but you love them anyway."

Tadashi's chipper attitude took a downturn. He shut his eyes and hung his head in shame as a rapidly proliferating grin overtook Hiro's face.

"Okay, yes, GoGo and I are going out," That alone was enough to make Tadashi's face flare up, only enhancing Hiro's cathartic enjoyment. "Just please don't mention it to Aunt Cass right now. I'm honestly not sure how she's going to react."

"You're dating GoGo?" In unison, the brothers whipped around to find that their Aunt standing behind them. Her eyebrows popped up, befuddling the both of them as to what she was thinking. "That cute girl with the short hair?"

Tadashi began to rub the back of his neck sheepishly as his face burned a bright crimson. "Yes." He practically squeaked out as Aunt Cass hurled her arms around his neck.

"Oh, my, gosh, I am so happy! You must, MUST, let me cater dinner for the two of you! I can picture it now: Fully catered candle-lit dinner, just the two of you. You won't even know I'm there!"

Hiro gave his brother a quick salute as he left him to deal with their exuberant Aunt.