Cass was exhausted by the time she arrived at the shopping center. They have not gone to one store yet, and she was already annoyed with the many questions Hiro was asking and Tadashi complaining about her driving hazards. She parks her car and gets out and slams her door.
"Are we there yet Cass?"
"Yes! We're here!" Cass exclaimed as she went to the passenger seat to pull Hiro out of the car. Hiro smiles innocently content that his wait to the shopping center has ended. Tadashi gets out himself holding a list of items they needed to buy. "Okay, first things first we need a car seat for Hiro."
Aunt Cass locks her car. "Don't you need one too?" Tadashi thinks staring at the sky, "I don't want one."
"Fine by me, now come 'on let's get this over with." Cass starts walking towards one of the stores and Hiro grabs on to one of Tadashi's hands and crosses the street following Cass.
They spend almost 30 minutes picking out the "perfect seat" for Hiro since he said that a kid's approval will benefit the safety for the car ride. When Hiro said he was sure that he wanted the one he picked out, Cass had to rush Hiro out of the aisle when he found another one he wanted to try out. They spent an hour in the clothes section looking for...whatever they needed really. Luckily Tadashi offered to help Hiro find clothes to wear and Cass was relieved and went to cosmetics area. By the time she came back found three piles of clothes scattered all over the floor and the boys hiding in them. Tadashi peaked out from the pile and pointed to the pile in between them, "Those are the clothes we want." They resumed their play and Cass quickly gathered the clothes and pulled the boys away from the seen before anyone could see.
"Cass," Hiro said with his lisp, "What is this?" Hiro held up and bra they he found when he passed by the women section. Cass froze in surprise. "That's...a bra."
"What is used for?" Cass was trying to find a friendlier explanation to tell him and even caught herself eyeing down her chest. "It's for women."
"Why do you need these?"
Cass was just uncomfortable. "Well it's to put around our chest." Wait-Was Hiro staring at her boobs? Before Hiro could speak up she took the bra from him and threw it to the side and continued down to the check out.
As they were paying for their stuff, Tadashi snuck a candy bar into the check out without Cass noticing. They went back to the car to drop off their bags and Tadashi went to the back seat to grab his bar before they went into the grocery store. Cass was happy that Hiro was willing to sit in the shopping cart inside the store, that way she did not have to worry about him running off and doing something that could get her kicked out. "Okay boys, what do you eat?"
"Food!" Hiro cheered.
"Our mom made sure to find us stuff with protein and 2% milk. And she tries to limit the sugar."
"How boring. Are you boys okay with white bread?"
Tadashi nodded.
"Good cause that's the only thing they have. Okay...how about some peanut butter?" Cass reached out to grab the plastic can but the boys yell at her, "No!"
Cass flinched and looked back at the boys. "Geez if you boys hate it so much you don't have to scream."
"Sorry Cass." The boys said.
"It's cool but what's up with that?" Cass asked raising her eyebrow.
"I'm allergy to it!"
"Allergic." Tadashi corrected.
"I'm allergic!" Hiro repeated.
"Oh I see. Well I'll take a mental note on that. Anything else I need to know?"
"I like gummy bears." Hiro said as a matter of fact.
"Good to know, but I mean health wise. Hold on-That's what I needed to do, go to the social services to pick up your more crap."
"Well the forms our social worker gave you also has our medical record. We just need an Epi-pen because our last foster mother threw it away."
"Why on Earth did she do that?" Cass questioned in disbelief.
"She didn't believe that Hiro had a peanut allergy."
"And she forced me to try it too because she wanted to see it for herself." Hiro added sadly, he looked down remembering the scare on his first allergic reaction. Cass fell for Hiro's pity and felt some sympathy for the boy. She tried to reach out to comb his hair but awkwardly patted his head. "Well, I'm no expert on this mothering thing, but I can assure you that I would never force you boys to go through something that you don't want to do. Except for chores, I'm finally going to assign you jobs." Hiro looks at Tadashi confused. "What are chores?" Tadashi shrugs in response.
The next ingredients she picks up are to one to bake a cake, she remembered that Tadashi's birthday was next week and she thought that she might as well do something for him. Cass makes a turn into another aisle and curses at herself for doing so. She did not want to face anyone else that will annoy her. "Is that Cass! Babe I haven't seen you in like two years." The man in front of her makes his way to greet her but she holds a scowl on his face.
"Get lost Gaston, I don't want to deal with you." She growls.
"Please, can't I just properly thank you for that one special night we had together." Gaston winked.
"No."
Tadashi does not like where this was heading. "Um… Cass? Can we go now?"
"You see Gaston? Even the little kid wants you lost. Now beat it!"
"Wow there, take it easy. Nevermind lady, I think you have enough fathers to deal for these pests." Cass tried to keep calm and not attack the man. How dare he assume they were her kids, and let alone the fact he thinks that they are from different fathers. She speeds passed the man and pays for whatever she bought at the store. As Cass walks out of the store with the cart, Tadashi reached into the plastic bags to take out another bar of candy he snuck into her pay. Hey, at least the candy was paid for.
Cass forcefully shoved the groceries in car and turns around to find Hiro peeing next to a car. A silver Mercedes Benz Amg. "Hiro! What the hell are you doing?!"
"I'm peeing."
"Hiro you don't do that just anywhere and yet you don't that on an expensive car and great! Now it's noticeable!"
"Sorry Aunt Cass, but I couldn't hold it." Hiro zipped up his shorts and jumped back into the passenger seat. The nerve of that kid! "It's just Cass."
Cass got into her car and started the engine, as she pulled out of the parking, she found Gaston next to the car Hiro peed on. Suddenly Cass mentally thanked Hiro for what he did and enjoyed his cries of distress. He looks at Cass and yells at her angrily and she responds by giving him the finger. She laughs and continues driving out of the center to make their way home.
"So boys! Do you have medical insurance?" Cass remembered about the conversation she had with the boys inside the store.
"Yes we do."
"Okay good, that way I can easily join in."