The brothers have arrived at Tadashi's workstation upstairs, while Tadashi set up his invention, Hiro was surveying the area, the work place was of average size, various tools were aligned neatly at the table, a large circular window decorates the room, and several books and electronic devices sits idly at some tables, all in all, it was messy, but it was chaotically organized.
"So... what have you been working on?" asked Hiro while looking at the room
"I'll show you" said Tadashi, he grabbed a duct tape near his counter, tore a piece of it, and stick the piece at Hiro's forearm while retrieving it again in a painful manner.
"OWW! DUDE!" yelp Hiro, he felt a tear about to form around his eyes but willed it to go away, just then, a red box lying by the circular window became active, a white humanoid robot inflated itself
"This is what I have been working on" said Tadashi, introducing Hiro to his creation – Bymax, it quickly surveyed its surrounding while avoiding a chair and placing it on the opposite side gently, while the robot was doing this action, Tadashi monitored his creation, thinking of numerous ways to improve his invention while keeping an eye for certain problems that might occur.
"Hello, I am Bymax, your personal health care companion, I was alerted for the need of medical attention, when you said 'ow'" said Bymax in a motionless manner
"A robotic…. Nurse? No wonder you're jealous of Hiccup's invention, hehehe " said Hiro between snickers, Tadashi rolled his eyes while giving Hiro a look of annoyance
"On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain" asked Bymax while showing him a monitor on its chest with various emotional images of pain, Hiro unconsciously imagined himself flying using Hiccup's invention, he really wanted to, it was the one thing that he was never able to do, he may have built several machines before, but none of them compared to the PAC, it was both elegant and classy as it wasn't just another jetpack, but a whole new thing.
"Physical? Or emotional?" said Hiro in a deadpan tone, Tadashi suspecting that Hiro is still bitter about not letting him use Hiccup's invention gave him a mock sad face.
"I will scan you now" said Bymax, using a life form scanner, it was able to quickly map Hiro's entire body, it surveyed for abnormalities and found a slight irritation on Hiro's forearm, Bymax showed its latest finding to Hiro and offered a suggestion to disinfect the irritated area, Hiro gave it a few test saying that he is allergic to the anti-bacterial spray, but Hiro cannot fool Bymax's life form scanner
"You've done some serious coding on this thing huh?" said Hiro while letting Bymax spray him with the anti-bacterial spray.
"uhuh, programmed him with 10,000 medical procedures" answered Tadashi while pushing the circular port on Bymax's right chest, the port ejected a green chip with the name 'Tadashi Yamada' written on it, Hiro inserted the chip back in and began to survey the robot, Hiro observed the materials it was made and it's other feature.
"Well, it's pretty good, but can it float?" said Hiro in a teasing tone
"I don't see any practical usage for Bymax to float" said Tadashi, he clearly knows that Hiro was actually referring to Hiccup's invention, true, it was quite outstanding, and it was both sophisticated and complex, it was also true that he was a bit jealous about Hiccup's invention, but, he was also very proud of his.
Downstairs, some of the students are already packing their equipment and calling it a day, it was 8:00 p.m. and all of the students are aware that they will have to put their inventions away and continue on tomorrow, Hiccup was still not finished encoding his new aerial algorithm, the only thing that reminded him that it was almost closing time was his stomach lightly growling, Hiccup heard this and got embarrassed by the sound, he quickly turned his gaze from left to right to see if anyone heard that, seeing that no one seems to have heard it, he relaxed himself and gave a sigh of relief, he put his laptop back it his sling bag while wearing his PAC with just his right shoulder and proceeded to walk away
Hiccup saw Wasabi, Honey, Go Go, and Fred have already packed their things up, Wasabi is carrying his tools in a suite case, Honey was carrying hers in purse, since Hiccup knew that she's a chemical engineer, he suspects that those are her notes, both Fred and Go Go wasn't carrying anything at all, the 4 have been chatting with each other while laughing at some parts of their conversation, again, Hiccup felt a bit awkward and insecure walking near them, not sure if he should ignore them and go straight to the exit, or say goodbye to them and head to the exit, Hiccup decided to do the later and approach the 4, he was about to open his mouth when Fred cut him off.
"Sup Hiccup! You done with your computer do-hikie?" asked Fred
"N-No, it's still on its early stages, I'll work on it over the weekends" replied Hiccup
"So where are you heading now?" asked Go Go, Hiccup was about to say 'home' but he forgot that he left his notes upstairs
"I was about to head home but I just realized that I left my notes at my work bench upstairs" said Hiccup while rubbing the back of his neck
"So what are you waiting for? Go get them, we'll be waiting for you here" said Go Go, gesturing to herself and the group
"W-What?" stuttered Hiccup, confused to the fact that why should they wait for him
"Well what do you expect? You're new here! Think of it as a welcoming party, we're heading over to Tadashi's place, his aunt makes the best meals" said Wasabi
"Come on Hiccup! I, I mean, we would be thrilled to have you as our honorary guess! It'll be fun!" said Honey while hoping that nobody noticed her mistake
"W-Well, if guys say so, thanks" said Hiccup while smiling
"Go, we'll be waiting for you here" said Go Go
"Okay, I'll be down in no time" said Hiccup, he left the group and climbed the stairs heading to his work bench
Upstairs, Hiro has just finished his survey of Bymax's features, Tadashi was happy to see that his brother truly appreciates his work, Bymax gave Hiro a lollipop as a reward for his cooperation
"I cannot deactivate until you say 'you are satisfied with your care'" said Bymax
"Well then, I'm satisfied with my care" said Hiro while licking his lollipop, as soon as the words left his mouth, Bymax walked over to his charging station, Bymax then deflated and went on hibernation mode, just as Bymax hibernated, professor Callaghan entered the room.
"Burning the midnight oil, aye Mr. Hamada?" said professor Callaghan, he was the one who monitors students inside his lab, especially students who overwork themselves
"Actually, I was just finishing up" said Tadashi while giving Hiro a hand gesture to follow him
"You must be Hiro, bot fighter right? When my daughter was younger, it's all what she wanted to do, may I?" asked the professor, Hiro gave his robot to him, the professor observed the magnetic bearing servos that composes the robot's entire body frame, truly efficient but he wasn't very surprised as he was the one who developed the technology
"hmmm, Magnetic bearing servos" said the professor
"Pretty sick huh? You wanna see how I put them together?" boasted Hiro, Tadashi heard this and walked over to the auto-translucent wall
"Hey genius! He invented them" corrected Tadashi, upon hearing this, Hiro was both shocked and surprised to see that the man standing in front of him was none other than Robert Callaghan, founder of the scientific community known as Callaghan's laws of robotics, a branch of science that specializes in mixing various scientific branches with mechanical applications
"Ever think of about applying here? Your age wouldn't be an issue" said the professor, Tadashi has just turned off the lights in the room and walked outside
"I don't know, he's pretty serious about his career on bot fighting" teased Tadashi while both him and the professor walked towards the elevator with Hiro following them
"W-Well, kinda serious" replied Hiro, not knowing what words he should express
"I can see why, with your 'bot, winning must come easy" said the professor
"Yeah, I-I guess" said Hiro, now getting second thoughts towards his life path
"Well, if you like things easy, then my program isn't for you, we push the boundaries of robotics here" said the professor
Just as he said that, the elevator at the hall they were walking into opened, out came Hiccup, Hiccup was texting while both the professor, Tadashi, and Hiro's attention and eye contact were at each other due to their conversation, clearly, the 4 of them weren't paying attention to where they were walking, just then, both Hiccup and Tadashi bumped at each other, the force was strong enough to make both of them fall on the same direction, because Hiccup's force over the bump was greater, Hiccup was now lying atop of Tadashi while his phone got knocked off
"Owww" both Hiccup and Tadashi said in unison
"Ah, Mr. Haddock, how nice of you to – drop by" said the professor while lightly laughing, clearly making a corny joke
"You know, if we look at thing in a different angle, this looks like one of those romantic cliché scenes where the soon to be lovers accidentally bumped into each other hehehe" said Hiro between snickers, Tadashi blushed at this and quickly straightened himself up, Hiccup also did this albeit in a slower pace
"Hey there Hiccup! What are you doing here?" asked Hiro
"Oh, umm, I just came here to get my notes, I-I'll be right back" said Hiccup, fortunately, his work bench wasn't far from where they were standing, he lightly sprinted over his room, slid the key card to open the door, and retrieved his notes lying on top of the table, closed the doors, then returned back to the 4, this action only took him 20 seconds
"Done" said Hiccup while holding his notes
"Good, oh that reminds me, gentlemen may I introduce you to Hammish Horrendous Haddock III, he just enrolled and will be starting class this Monday" said the professor to both Tadashi and Hiro while gesturing at Hiccup
"Oh, we already met each other moments ago professor" said Tadashi in a bored tone
"Yeah, did you see his PAC!? It was amazing! I've never seen anything like that!" exclaimed Hiro
"Neither have I, unlike other conventional rocket powered propulsion systems, his invention functions in a similar yet different way, quite fascinating if I say so myself" said the professor while smiling at Hiccup
"Well, it's not really that great, there's still a lot of modifications I still need to do hehehe" said Hiccup while rubbing the back of his head with his left hand
"Indeed" said the professor, he looked at the wall clock just beside him and saw that it's already getting late
"Well gentlemen, it's getting late, I have to head home now, and so do you, goodnight" said the professor politely, Hiccup, Tadashi, and Hiro gave him various goodbyes until he walked to the opposite hall by the elevator
"So are you leaving too Hiccup?" asked Hiro
"Well, Go Go, Fred, Honey, and Wasabi invited me to a welcoming party" answered Hiccup
"Cool, where are you guys celebrating?" said Hiro
"Uhhh, at your place?" said Hiccup in an unsure way
"Cool! Aunt Cass makes the best buttered wings!" said Hiro
"Well I do love buttered wings" said Hiccup while lightly laughing, Tadashi was listening to their conversation and felt left out, he then looked at the clock, still unsure to when is he going to interrupt their conversation
"… so come on! I'm starving!" exclaimed Hiro, Tadashi was secretly glad that he wasn't the one to end their conversation as he thought that that would be rude, Hiro then pushed the button of the elevator and the doors instantly opened, the 3 then entered the elevator and both Hiro and Hiccup continued their conversation, Tadashi felt a bit jealous of the fact that Hiro's attention weren't on him
The elevator opened and the 3 where now on the field lab, they were approached by Go Go, Fred, Honey, and Wasabi
"What took you so long?" said Go Go while lightly punching Hiccup at his left shoulder
"Ohhh, uhhh, Professor Callaghan was upstairs and we chatted for a bit, sorry for the trouble" said Hiccup while smiling sweetly, what Hiccup didn't know was that both Honey and Go Go got infatuated by his smile
"W-Well, just don't do it again" said Go Go turning away with a light blush, Honey was also blushing with her expression turning more distant towards Hiccup while wearing a goofy smile
"… right Honey?" said Wasabi
"O-Oh what, I mean, yes?" said Honey in an unsure tone
"See I told you! Fredzilla here I come!" exclaimed Fred, clearly excited by the possibility, Wasabi gave out a huge sigh and stared at her in deadpan expression, Honey just gave him an awkward smile, she then turned her gaze towards Hiccup's conversation
"… so I'll go on with Tadashi, the gang knows where we are, so see you there" said Hiro, both him and Tadashi went out with the rest tailing them from behind, outside, the brothers have strapped their helmets on and left with Tadashi driving his motor scooter
"See yah Hiccup!" said Hiro before Tadashi drove away
"Wait here, I'll go get my van" said Wasabi to the 4, he then left, Go Go and Fred proceeded to argue, this leaves Hiccup and Honey idled
"So Hiccup, a-are you in a relationship? I-I'm not prying or anything I'm just curious since I'm human and we were born curious and curiosity always kills the cat and….." Honey stopped the conversation as soon as she realized that she just went out of topic and just made a fool out of herself
"Well, yes, I am" said Hiccup
"Great! I-I mean not great, no! What I mean is that it's great but not great that you don't have a girlfriend since it's also great when you have one" said Honey, again, she just realized that she just made a fool of herself again, she then lightly slapped her forehead, Hiccup just lightly laughs at her antics, just then, Wasabi's van caught their attention by beeping, he parked the van at their front and opened the door
"Next stop, Hamada café" said Wasabi, Hiccup was about to enter as he was the nearest, but Fred and Go Go beat him as they rush to the van, they were arguing who gets to sit at front
"You can sit here Hiccup" said Honey who was already sitting at the back seat while gesturing at a vacant seat beside her, Hiccup then sit right beside her, she felt excited as a butterfly feeling dominated her entire body, clearly both glad and excited
"Fine" said a defeated Fred, he didn't got the chance to sit at the front since he already sit there the last time according to Go Go, he then went over to Honey and Hiccup's spot and sit at the center between the two, therefore, separating them, seeing this, Honey felt as if her world just collapsed, she was about to tell Fred to swap seats with Hiccup, but then, the 2 started a conversation, not wanting to be rude, she choose to endure the feeling of annoyance with a bit of anger while sitting there quietly acting as if there's nothing wrong
Hiro and Tadashi just arrived home and entered their house which is in the 2nd floor of the building
"Hey there aunt Cass" greeted both Tadashi and Hiro
"I hope you weren't getting yourselves into more trouble again, just a while ago, I found a grey hair! And I'm only 40 years old! You see what stress can do to you!?" said their aunt in a panicky voice
"Don't worry aunt Cass, I was just showing Hiro around the university" said Tadashi
"Oh by the way, the guys are coming here for a meal" said Hiro
"Well, I suppose I could work for a few more hours, I did closed early just to bail you guys out, ok, I'll do it, so what do you want me to make? Wait, let me guess, buttered wings again?" said their aunt, Hiro gave her an optimistic nod as buttered wings is his favorite
"Well okay, you guys setup the table, I'll go and cook" said their aunt, she went inside the kitchen and grabbed various ingredients while the bothers head downstairs to set the tables
While setting the table, Hiro was grinning at Tadashi, Tadashi saw him and got curious
"What are you so happy about?" asked Tadashi while lifting the chairs off the table
"You're jealous of him, aren't you?" teased Hiro
"And who is this 'him' that you wish to speak off?" asked Tadashi
"Hiccup, I can tell just by the way you look at him" teased Hiro
"No, I'm not jealous of him, why would I be?" said Tadashi while rolling his eyes, but in truth, Tadashi is in fact jealous of Hiccup, from his intellect, personality and his appearance, it just pains him to admit that his friends and brother seems to prefer Hiccup more than him
"Well, if you say so" said Hiro before leaving to go upstairs to get the plates, this leaves Tadashi alone in the café to think, aside from the fact he is jealous of Hiccup, the ugly truth was that, he's a bit attracted to him, he has already settled things that he might be gay as he isn't attracted to most girls, both romantically and sexually, and he knows for the fact that he's been checking him out, from top to bottom, this infuriated him as he is both jealous and attracted to him at the same time, he gave out a loud sigh and sit down, just then, he heard a beeping sound, he looked at the window and saw that the van parked itself just by the door, he stood up and went to open the door
The group entered the café while laughing, the center of the attention seems to be Hiccup
"Hey there Tadashi! Hiccup just said the funniest joke ever! Wanna hear it?" said Honey
"Maybe later" rejected Tadashi, his gaze transferred to Hiccup who was conversing with Wasabi, Go Go, and Fred, he was telling them another joke and the 3 laughed hard evidence to a tear Wasabi let out from laughing, Tadashi imagined himself the one who was telling the joke, it's true that from the past months, he has been ignoring his social life to make way for his invention, although it was for the greater good, he now feels regret for not spending more time with them, Honey heard that Hiccup was about to tell another joke and approached the group huddled around him, therefore, leaving Tadashi alone, he observed Hiccup while he makes another joke, although he wasn't paying attention to the joke, his attention was on Hiccup's physical appearance, brown hair, Tadashi mentally kicked himself for having a thing for brunettes
'Brown hair, why does he have to have brown hair!? Ughhh! Why do I have to be attracted to brunettes!?' said Tadashi mentally
The next thing he observed was his eyes, green as a forest, there were quite mesmerizing, he has never seen green eyes before as most he sees are a different shades of brown and blue, and for him, the brown hair and green eyes are a perfect combination the suites Hiccup, he then closely observed his face, there were a few freckles, they weren't visible and they hid well with his complexion, but if one focuses, it can be seen, his complexion was creamy and fair, to Tadashi's opinion, it makes Hiccup look more dorky and nerdy but more adorable
His gaze went a little bit lower to Hiccup's chest, they were well built which somehow aroused Tadashi a bit, even though Hiccup was wearing a jacket, the frame of his chest can be seen visibly, although Hiccup's chest were not that muscular, they were still able to grasp attention, Tadashi was curious if Hiccup goes to a gym or plays sports, he observed Hiccup's body even more, overall, he has a well-toned slightly muscular slender build, a build akin to that of a cat, it was built for speed and dexterity, Tadashi wonders if Hiccup gets a lot of attention from where he came from
"Hey Hiccup!" exclaimed Hiro while running towards Hiccup, they gave each other a fist bump
"You're here! Took you long enough, come on! I want to show you something" said Hiro while pulling Hiccup towards the stairs
"That can wait Hiro, for now, I know you guys must be starving" said their aunt while holding a large plate of a huge amount of chicken wings, she then placed the plate at the table and the group said their various gratification to her
"Well dig in everyone, I'll go get the sodas" said their aunt climbing the stairs, the group ate and converse with each other except for Tadashi
"Professor Callaghan said I could enroll if I impressed him and the board members to next week's upcoming fair, also, may age wouldn't be an issue" said Hiro to Hiccup
"Any ideas on what you'll be working on?" asked Hiccup
"No clue" said Hiro, a moment later, their aunt arrived carrying with her cans of sodas for each one of them
"Oh you must be Hiccup, Hiro said so much about you" said their aunt who was now sitting on the table by Tadashi
"Aunt Cass~!" said Hiro, clearly embarrassed
"So Hiccup, where are you from?" asked their aunt
"Ohhh uhhh, I was born in Greenland, me and my family live in a small village called Berk just outside the mainland"
"What's it like there?" asked Go Go
"Oh you know, a bit cold and covered in ice" said Hiccup with a shrug
"So what are the people like in there?" asked Wasabi
"Well… they're pretty imaginative when it comes to fighting" said Hiccup
"Sounds like my kind of people" said Go Go, everybody laughed at her joke
"So Hiro, I heard that you're going to compete to next week's fair, what are you going to make?" asked Honey
"I have no idea" said Hiro in a deadpan voice
"I really, really wanted to go there" said Hiro in a depressing tone
"Don't worry, I know you'll make it there" said Hiccup
"You really think so?" asked Hiro
"I know so" said Hiccup in a reassuring tone, Hiro smiled at this, inspired and now motivated to work even harder, the group talked for more than an hour until it was 10:30 p.m.
"Thank you for the meal, we really enjoyed it" said Hiccup to Aunt Cass with Hiro and Tadashi just beside her, the others has already entered the van, they have already said their various goodbyes and are now waiting for Hiccup
"Oh don't be like that Hiccup, you're embarrassing me, plus, we really enjoyed your company, now don't be a stranger ok? Come back soon!" said Aunt Cass cheerily
"Bye Hiro, if you need any help, just call me, although I doubt that you're going to need it~" teased Hiccup, both Hiro and Hiccup giggled at this
"Well, I guess I'll see you in class huh?" said Hiccup to Tadashi
"Yeah, it was really nice meeting you Hiccup" said Tadashi while giving Hiccup a handshake
"Well I gotta go now, and again, thank you so much for this wonderful evening" said Hiccup while smiling, he then entered the van, Wasabi, seeing that everyone is inside started the van and slowly drove away
"Have a safe trip Hiccup!" said Hiro, Hiccup smiled at him and waved a goodbye