Tadashi awoke the following morning to find that GoGo was no longer sleeping beside him. After taking a moment to acclimate to the world around him, he heard some rumbling downstairs. While he eagerly anticipated early morning cuddles with GoGo, she was doubtlessly starving on account of not having a decent meal in ages. He went downstairs and, as he predicted, found GoGo rifling through Aunt Cass' cabinets on a single-minded quest for food.
"You know, Hamada, I don't know why I expected any better. Only you could live right below a freaking cafe and have nothing good to eat."
Tadashi felt a grin emerge onto his face. "So the truth is out; you're only dating me for the free food. I'm hurt."
GoGo poured herself a glass of juice, sat down, and put her legs up on a seat facing the sunrise. "I was expecting you to have, like, a fully cooked meal for me, or something. You need to keep that in mind for the future. I'm not a cheap date, you know."
Before the thought could slip his mind, Tadashi made a point to sprint upstairs. "Be right back." When he was in high school, he found that making lists was a good method of keeping his priorities in order when the contentious nature of life became too hectic to handle. There was something comforting about it and it kept his priorities in check. When he and GoGo first took the big leap forward, Tadashi created a list of things to keep in mind in order to make their relationship as optimal as possible. He kept it adjacent to his bed in order to hide it from Hiro's ever vigilant gaze and because he found himself musing about GoGo more often than not when the stress of the day dissipated. He quickly scribbled a new addition to his list. Satisfied, he turned around to find GoGo squinting at him.
"What was that?"
He could immediately feel his face burn. This was it. The game was up.
"Uh, nothing. Just writing stuff down. I like to write stuff down."
Clearly unsatisfied, GoGo meticulously made her way over to Tadashi, eyes piercing the very fabric of his soul. "Hamada, I'm gonna find out what exactly that was with or without your permission."
It was more or less pointless to stop GoGo once she desired something. With a sigh of resignation, Tadashi gave her the sheet of paper, his eyes unable to meet her gaze. GoGo curtly snatched it from his grip and began a thorough examination.
List of reminders for GoGo:
Tell her that she is a cutie (at least three times a day)
Kiss her (a lot)
Learn her favorite songs
Hug her (a lot)
Cuddle with her (a lot)
Make sure she smiles that adorably perfect smile that's like a basket of puppies and sunshine
Buy her stuff (What to buy?)
IMPORTANT: Cook stuff for her
After finishing her appraisal of the list, she shot her gaze to a severely embarrassed Tadashi. "A lot of times I think: Hamada can't get any dorkier, right? And yet you never cease to prove me wrong." She pressed the list into his chest and walked back to the kitchen with her extremely dorky, extremely lovable boyfriend not far behind.
