Hello lovelies! Sorry for the long wait (I did warn you that chapter stories are a weakness of mines. OTL ) This chapter didn't want to be written because techno-babble is hard.

Tadashi splashed water on his face, washing it clean. The morning of the third day brought forth the news that the blizzard had yet to break. Tadashi found himself both elated and depressed over that news. Christmas was but three days away and he would hate for Aunt Cass to spend it alone by herself. Of course, according to Aunt Cass' text messages, she was fine, if Tadashi couldn't make it back in time, she would merely wait until he arrived safely on the ground. It was far more important to her that he was safe and sound instead of worrying how to get home on time.

Being stranded did mean that Tadashi got to spend more time with Hiro. It was strange to think that it had been only two days since Tadashi had met Hiro. It felt much longer than that. Tadashi had never quite clicked with anyone like that before.

As he exited the bathroom, he found Hiro had moved their belongings to a large table. Spread out on the table were small gears, wires and tools. Hiro appeared to be tinkering away at a small robot.

"Looks like you're up to something interesting," Tadashi said.

"Just some tinkering on Megabot," Hiro said, distracted. "I figured he could use a tune-up while I waited for you to finish up in the bathroom."

"Megabot is the one you took into the battle bot tournament?" Tadashi asked, curious. He sat down at the table, watching Hiro undo wires, tighten bolts and generally fiddle with Megabot's body.

"Yeah," Hiro said. "Lot of people underestimated him due to his simple design."

"But magnetic bearing servos make him more diverse than other designs. Low friction and less mechanical wear means he's low maintenance. Which is good for long tournament battles because you don't exactly have a lot of time to fix in between the matches," Tadashi commented.

Hiro looked up, slightly surprised. "Yeah, exactly. You know a lot about magnetic bearing servos."

Tadashi grinned. "I do have the creator as a mentor," he lightly teased. "Professor Callaghan works at SFIT."

Hiro groaned. "I forgot about that. I'll admit, that's one thing that SFIT has over CT. He's really your mentor?"

"Well, he mentors everyone in the lab," Tadashi said. "I get extra points because he's also my advisor."

"I'm so envious," Hiro groaned. "That's not fair."

Tadashi laughed. "So why is Megabot smiling like that?"

"So people underestimate him," Hiro said with a smirk. He flipped the face to the reveal a red angry one. "It's a trap; they think he was poorly made with his yellow smiley face and simple design. They don't even realize it's one big trap until it's too late!"

"No wonder you won so easily," Tadashi said.

Hiro shrugged, waving his wrench in the air. "I'm used to being underestimated. It was better to play on that. All about strategy right? But I still got a long way to go. I mean Megabot is kinda on the bulky side all things to consider. Right now all I can do it control his three separate body parts. If I could add more, there would be more versatility in his design. I wouldn't be limited in his form. Though I'm not sure how you would control that. After all, I only got ten fingers and it's already a challenge to move all three parts separately."

The conversation fell into an easy pace as Hiro continued to expand on his ideas and tinker with Megabot, tossing around ideas. Tadashi offered his suggestions with Hiro jotting down some of the more complex ones to try out later.

Eventually, they broke for lunch, grabbing some of the remaining sandwiches from one of the nearby eateries.

Hiro looked at Tadashi with an odd expression all throughout lunch.

"What do I have something on my face?" Tadashi lightly joked.

Hiro ducked his head, blushing lightly. "No. I mean, thanks. I don't have many friends… don't know many people who would sit down and actually listen to me ramble. So thank you."

Tadashi was astonished. He would have never thought that Hiro didn't have many friends. The younger teen was friendly and his quick mind was amazing. How could anyone not want to be friends with him?

Without realizing it, he had blurted out that last thought aloud.

Hiro looked away, looking vaguely upset.

"Shit, I didn't mean it like that," Tadashi said. "It's just you're amazing, Hiro. I'm just surprised that there aren't people tripping over themselves to get to know you."

"A few have tried," Hiro said dryly. "Most wanted to just use my brain to pass classes. A couple tried to bully me. I did start college at a way younger age than most people."

Tadashi winced. Ah, jealousy would most likely be a leading factor. "I'm sorry."

Hiro waved his hand dismissively. "What's done is done. It's something you get used to after a while. So tell me what are you working on at school?"

Tadashi didn't comment on the change of topic, instead launched into his somewhat prideful boast regarding Baymax. "Well, when I was a kid, I really wanted to be a doctor. You know help and save people. Except, robotics always drew my attention more. So I decided I wanted to combine the two and Baymax the Personal Healthcare Robot was born. I wanted something huggable and friendly and knew over a thousand different medical procedures..."

As Tadashi was winding down on his speech, Hiro just… smiled. It was a soft and tender smile. Tadashi swallowed, feeling a lump in his throat as his heart sped up.

"Wow," Hiro said. "I think that's amazing, Tadashi. I think that's really going to revolutionize the world." There was faith and wonder in his tone of voice.

Tadashi blushed. To have Hiro believe so strongly in his idea for Baymax that was… breathtaking. Ah, crap. He really might be falling for Hiro.

"Thanks Hiro."

Ah Tadashi -pets- It's good you're having this realization now. But just so you guys know, this will either end next chapter or in two more. Depends on how long the epilogue gets. Thank you for being patience so far. We're almost at the end.