Okay photo albums check… Kokoro DEACTIVATED, check… sweets and music… check.
Hiro was waiting patiently in the garage, drumming his fingers a little as he thought over ideas going through his mind.
Not a headband cause then that would just look silly…. not a clip on… maybe a watch…? Yeah watch could work. Just a need way for it to generate an image… maybe I could use that energy Tadashi has in him to my advantage when it comes to his disguise… Hm… I'll just have to see what happens with Kokoro…
There was a knock on the garage door.
"There be demon boys in there?"
"Something like that." Hiro turned around to the entry way.
Kathleen was standing there, holding a six pack of coke as she made her way over to Hiro. She set it down before hugging him. "Sorry just… Need this for a second…"
Hiro was caught off guard by this, his arms spread out a little before they came around her.
"That bad huh?"
"You know the part of it that was hanging off the track? … Guess where I was."
His eyes widened.
"Oh Kat…"
"Yeah…" She hugged him a little tighter. "Me and my girl friends were on that part of the train… Couple of us were hanging onto the poles… Well… One. The other was holding onto her… We didn't get hurt but… It was just scary."
Hiro stroked her back, recalling Baymax and Tadashi doing the same thing with him whenever he got scared.
"It's over now… you're safe…"
Kathleen relaxed a little. "Thanks Hiro…" She pulled back after a moment. "So… Shall we?"
"Yeah." He went over to his desk, offering her a donut. "Chocolate, your favorite."
She perked up grinning a little as she took it. "Guy after my own heart." She joked before blushing as she realized what she said. DID I JUST SAY THAT!?
Hiro chuckled a little rubbing the back of his neck.
"Ehehe… I just know you like the stuff… also if you need more hugs-"
Before she knew it, Kathleen was caught in an embrace by Baymax.
"Baymax… kind of just hands them out for free."
Kathleen giggled hugging the nursebot. "I don't mind… I like his hugs."
"You will be alright." Baymax said, patting her head. "There, there."
"You two are the best…" She smiled sighing a little. "I feel better already."
"Good." Hiro sat down in his chair, munching on a donut as he looked over some of the sketches he had drawn. "Hrm…"
Kathleen sat down in the chair beside him looking at the sketches tilting her head. "What's all those for…?"
"Well the robot I'm working on, I want him to have a more human like appearance so I'm trying to develop something that will do that… it's also for a friend of mine."
"Huh… That'd be pretty cool... " She mused. "... Immortal 7?"
"What made you think of that guy?"
"Because in broad daylight and near the end of summer at that he's wearing that armor."
Hiro thought for a moment, thinking how he would explain that… then something came to him.
"Yeah… ya see… he… got caught in a fire and suffered some pretty bad burns… so he really doesn't like showing himself to anyone so the armor just kind of stays on 24/7."
"Aww… Poor baby…" She frowned. "Well remind me next time I see him at SFIT to give him a hug."
Hiro chuckled. "Sure… I just want to get this disguise thing figured out as soon as possible." Hiro opened one of the photo albums, looking through them. "I just need something to work with…"
She looked at the pictures curious. "Hm… Well… Hrm… That's a tough thing since he could look like anyone…"
"I think the main thing he would want is brown eyes and dark hair since that's what he has."
"... Well… If it wouldn't upset you… I'd make his disguise inspired by Tadashi…" She pointed to one of the pictures showing Tadashi along with Kathleen's siblings posing in front of the camera. "Not totally like him since gotta respect the dead and all… But something to work from."
"Yeah… that could work… Hm… just need to make tweaks…" He pulled out a sheet of paper, bringing it over the photo, tracing over Tadashi's face before moving it away. "Let's see… just change the hair a little…"
"Maybe keep the ears a little smaller…"
"Yeah that too… Glasses maybe?"
"Yes! But no mustaches! No girl around here thinks that's hot."
"He doesn't either. So no mustaches… Glasses… Tweak the hair.." Hiro murmured as he sketched biting the tip of his pencil as he thought it over. I want him to look like he'll still be my brother… But not exactly like Tada-nii…
Kathleen kept quiet munching on a donut as she watched him sketch. It always impressed her how fast Hiro could draw especially when he was moving with purpose.
Hiro finished the first sketch doing a few more from different angles. "Lessee… Heh… He'll really look like a nerd…"
"Your obsession with nerds will never cease to amaze me."
"Hey I always said I was the pretty one."
He never changes… She thought smiling a bit. I'm glad to see him happy… Even if he's going crazy on the paper…
Hiro looked at what he had before pinning it to the board and tearing out a new sheet of paper starting to sketch ideas for how to manifest it. To bring it out. "Lessee… Clip on would look weird… Headband, brings back flashbacks…. Hrm… Watch…? Maybe…" He mumbled as he drew.
"Um…. Can I suggest something?" Kathleen asked as Hiro looked to her. "Or at least put my two cents in."
"Fire away." He slid it over to her. "Take your pick."
She looked at the sketches ranging from what looked like a hearing aid to… Was that a helmet? "Hiro you watch Back to the Future too much… This is the mind reading hat!"
"Sorry, thought the concept was good."
"... Personally I'd feed your gummy bears to Mochi if you asked me to wear that." She deadpanned.
He got a mock horrified look and hugged his bag of gummy bears. "Don't touch my children!"
She giggled before turning serious again as she grabbed his pencil circling her favorite. "I think the watch would be best. And it'd be discreet."
Hiro looked at it and nodded to himself. "Alright… Now comes the fun part… Remember how to operate the printer?"
She smirked. "Does Ms. Cass stuff her face when you worry her?"
"You know it!"
They jumped up as Hiro got to work Kathleen helping as she turned on the printer when he asked. When he really got into it she stood out of the way as he jetted from computer, to computer propelled by his desk chair.
"... He's a little scary when he gets that smirk on his face."
"... Indeed." Baymax replied standing with her. "But he is happy."
"Good…" She smiled. "That's what we want for him… Right?"
"Right."
About half way they turned on music as they worked. They jammed as they worked, drumming their fingers or doing air guitar from time to time as they sang along to the song… Baymax bobbing his head, trying to join in on the fun.
"We could be Immortals! Immortals!"
"Just not for long for loooong!"
"And live with me forever now, pull the black out curtains down!"
"Just not for long, for looong we could be immoooortals immortals! immoooooortals immortals!"
They did an air guitar as the song came to an end. Kathleen laughed sitting back on her chair. "That… was awesome!"
"Ah yeah! and look how much we got done!" Hiro held up the device in question. It just had a few loose wires that needed to be hooked in and it would hopefully be ready to go.
Kathleen smiled. "He's gonna love it Hiro…. And who knows you may be onto something."
"Like what?"
"Well… Think about it… How many people are willing to do stuff, even stuff that'll hurt themselves just so they can look different?"
"You got a point there… though this isn't really for pretty purposes… Immortal 7 just wants to be able to walk around without people looking at him weird because of his burns."
"Well… That's part of what I meant Hiro…. It could help a lot of people like him."
"True… Well, gotta test this thing before I show it to him." He looked over to Kokoro.
Kathleen got a nervous look as she moved her chair back. "You're gonna activate it?"
"No, I don't wanna take risks, I'm just gonna test the mechanism on him. Ya know, like a shell."
"Got it… I'm just gonna stay here… Next to the broom… Just in case."
Hiro nodded going over to the robot, putting the watch on.
"Okay… this is test 1 of the disguise bracelet…. well actually test 5 since we did some pretests but for a full out test…" Hiro took a deep breath, turning the knob on the watch.
Please work…
Kokoro's appearance changed as it took on the appearance of the man in the sketch, the eyes closed for now due to being deactivated.
Kathleen watched wide eyed. "Whoa…"
"It works…" Hiro whispered.
"IT WORKS!" Kathleen jumped up hugging him. "It works!"
Hiro laughed hugging her back, spinning her around.
"IT WORKS! IT REALLY WORKS!"
She laughed squealing a bit. "Hiro this is AMAZING!"
"Yes haha! I can't wait to see the look on Immortal 7's face when he sees this!"
"He'll love it!"
Hiro chuckled setting her down before going to retrieve the bracelet turning the knob as Kokoro returned to it's initial appearance. "Yeah… This is great!" He bumped Kokoro by mistake as he straightened it… Hitting the on switch. "... Oh crud…"
"Oh crud what!?"
Hiro backed up with the bracelet as Kokoro's optics blinked looking at the two before reaching out for Hiro with both hands.
"Oh crud as in IT'S ACTIVE!"
"Oh…. MAN!" Kathleen scrambled for the closest broom, hiding behind Baymax.
Hiro ran around the room as Kokoro scrambled after him.
"Seriously Hiro, what is this robot supposed to do again?!"
"I CAN'T REMEMBER DANGIT!"
It was a few laps around the garage before Kathleen gave a hard swing with her broom, knocking Kokoro flat on its back.
Hiro quickly deactivated the robot before flopping on the floor. "Whew… Pretty sure that's never happened before…. I mean I know Tadashi had to deal with bouts of Baymax hugging him… Or Honey Lemon and not wanting to let go but… Kokoro's just wanted to beat me senseless…"
"This robot has daddy issues or something."
"He knows Megabot's Daddy's favorite." Hiro rolled his eyes. "This is why he went into the crate for a year!"
"And maybe he should for another year or so till you can finally remember what he's supposed to do."
"Kathleen… This is the longest he's actually moved those legs besides the few feet it took to try to throw me out of the window… This is progress!"
"... If by progress you mean a robot secretly planning to murder you?"
"... Self learning?"
"... You worry me sometimes…. and listen to me I'm starting to sound like my older siblings."
Hiro chuckled squeezing her shoulder. "I'll be fine. What's the worse that can happen?"
Kathleen got a mortified look. "Hiro… think about what you just said."
Hiro blinked before it dawned on him. "Oh… OH!" He gave Kokoro a fearful look. "... I think we have some bungee cables around here…. Wanna help me tie him up?"
"...You can't pay me to go near it."
"Pleeeeease?" He threw in a pout.
"Ack!" Kathleen tried looking away. "Hiro Hamada I am stone, I am a tiger I do not fall for-"
He whimpered a little his eyes getting big.
"I promise chocolate ice cream."
"Okay, okay call off the look! CALL IT OFF!" She squeaked covering her eyes. "I CAN'T TAKE IT!"
Hiro cheered before hugging her.
"You're the best!"
She blushed before hugging him. "Hey you're my friend… Now let's tie the psycho bot up before it gets more ideas."
"Right away."