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Hey guys so I don't love this chapter but it is necessary so I hope you enjoy it :D

In retrospect, Tadashi should have seen this coming. He hadn't called or spoken to any of his friends in two weeks, they were bound to get worried about him. He hadn't expected to find twenty messages from his friends Monday morning though. They seemed pretty worried, so Tadashi sent a group text out seeing if they could meet up in the afternoon to hang out. All of them agreed. Heathcliff even offered to keep an eye on Hiro so they could hang out and not worry about anything. Tadashi had protested, but Heathcliff insisted saying that Hiro was always well behaved and very easy to watch so Tadashi relented and he and Fred took Tadashi's moped to meet them up.

They were the first to arrive at the café, so they awkwardly sat down to wait. Initially Tadashi wanted to go to the Lucky Cat Café but decided against it, he didn't want to overwhelm his aunt with so many new people at once. Tadashi had no idea what he was going to say to his friend when they arrived, he just knew they needed to know what was going on.

"Hey Tadashi!" Honey Lemon exclaimed when she walked into the café and ran over to them, throwing her arms around him.

"Hey Honey Lemon…" Tadashi greeted, slightly confused but hugging her back none the less.

"How are you doing?" Honey Lemon asked, giving him a warm smile.

"I'm good…" Tadashi slowly said, getting even more confused. Before he could ask, Gogo walked in saying,

"Hey guys! Tadashi…how have you been holding up?" Gogo also was giving him a compassionate smile, placing a hand on his arm.

"I'm doing pretty good…is there a reason I shouldn't be?" Tadashi asked, looking over at Fred in confusion who looked just as lost as Tadashi.

"It's okay Tadashi you don't have to pretend to be okay," Honey Lemon assured, "We're here for you."

"What are you talking about?" Tadashi asked as Wasabi walked in and wordlessly hugged Tadashi. "Seriously guys…" Tadashi groaned.

"We just wanted to make sure you where okay since…Hiro…" Wasabi explained.

"Since Hiro? Why….oh…guys oh man I'm sorry I never told you I found a job!" Tadashi informed them, a wide grin on his face.

"Really!" Honey Lemon squealed, throwing his arms around Tadashi once more.

"I thought you guys realized I mean he was with me during the funeral," Tadashi said, awkwardly laughing.

"Well…Mr. Bubbles was watching you guys closely so we just assumed he was letting you be with Hiro for the funeral since last we heard you hadn't found any work and the house was being sold…"

"Oh…" Tadashi mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry about that…"

"It's okay, you were probably pretty busy," Honey Lemon assured.

"So where are you working? And where are you guys living?" Gogo asked making Tadashi stiffen. Honey Lemon reluctantly let go of him and stepped back, looking concerned. What did he tell them? What could he tell them? It was Fred's house so he should decide when their friends new he was loaded. On the other hand if he didn't answer…

"Dashi it's okay," Fred assured.

"Fred…"

"We can tell them," Fred firmly said.

"What is he talking about?" Wasabi asked, looking concerned.

"Umm….well…" Tadashi began, unsure how to say this.

"He works for my dad and is living with me," Fred declared.

"Working for your dad?" Gogo slowly asked, sounding skeptical.

"I am," Tadashi confirmed.

"I can show you where I live," Fred added.

"Fred ar-"

"I'm sure," Fred said, looking pointedly at Tadashi. "They won't believe it until they see it so let's go." And with that Fred strode out of the café, a determined look on his face. Tadashi helplessly shrugged as he followed Fred out and walked over to his moped, Fred standing over by Wasabi's car.

"I'll meet you guys their?" Tadashi asked as Fred silently climbed into the front seat of Wasabi's car. Wasabi sent Tadashi an awkward wave before climbing into the front seat with Honey Lemon and Gogo climbing into the back. For most of the trip Wasabi was right behind Tadashi's moped and he arrived just seconds before the others. When they climbed out of Wasabi's car Honey Lemon gasped,

"No way…" when she took in the sheer magnitude of the mansion. Tadashi smirked slightly as he looked over their astonished faces. He remembered the first time he saw Fred's mansion.

"No, just no way!" Gogo snapped, shaking her head. "If this is a joke it is not funny!' Fred ignored her though and walked to the front door.

"Fred! Where are you going?" Wasabi asked.

"I told you guys this is my house," Fred said stepping onto the porch as Heathcliff opened the door.

"Welcome home Master Fredrick," Heathcliff greeted.

"Hey Heathcliff!" Fred greeted. Hiro poked his head out and exclaimed,

"Dashi!" And rushed out to greet him. Grinning, Tadashi scooped Hiro up into his arms saying,

"Hey how's my little man?"

"Good!" Hiro assured. "And I promise I was a good boy!"

"Did he really behave?" Tadashi asked with a small smile.

"For the thirty minutes you were gone," Heathcliff said with a small smile.

"Good," Tadashi said, stepping inside followed closely by the others.

"Wait…so you live here?" Gogo asked in disbelief.

"Which one?" Fred asked, smirking at them.

"Both of you?" Gogo asked.

"Well this is my parents' house," Fred exclaimed, he looked relieved to finally share this with their friends; Tadashi couldn't fathom how he managed to go so long without telling them everything.

"And technically I just work here," Tadashi sheepishly explained.

"How exactly do you work here?" Gogo asked.

"I do repairs," Tadashi explained. "You know plumbing, cars, electric stuff, fixing paint damaged by eggings."

"Eggings?" Wasabi asked.

"The house has gotten egged twice in the past few weeks. For some reason though Heathcliff isn't concerned at all," Tadashi explained, frowning. "Why is that?"

"Wish I knew," Fred admitted, shrugging. "Like you said, Heathcliff and my dad don't seem to care, when I asked they just mentioned something about an ex friend of Mr. Robinson…"

"Robinson…."Tadashi muttered, shifting Hiro in his arms. "He's an inventor right?"

"Yea, pretty good one I hear," Gogo agreed.

"Wait so social services is really okay with you kind of working for your boyfriend and living with him?" Wasabi asked, amazed.

"Initially they weren't," Tadashi admitted. "But Fred's dad showed the social worker something that…well he was surprised, then annoyed, and then said he'd check back in two weeks. He did and everything checked out for now."

"This is very strange," Wasabi muttered, looking around the mansion.

"You're telling me…" Tadashi sighed, setting Hiro down.

"It's not bad though is it?" Fred sheepishly asked.

"Not bad. I just never would have guessed this all would have happened," Tadashi admitted.

"I like it!" Hiro happily exclaimed.

"Do you now?" Tadashi asked a warm smile on his face. Tadashi was so proud of Hiro; he was being so brave through all of this and seemed to be always looking for the bright side in it all.

"Yea! We get to stay in a cool house and Heathcliff is an awesome babysitter!" Hiro declared.

"Better than me?" Fred asked, pouting.

"No…but who knows how long it would have taken to meet you if I didn't live here," Hiro declared, making Fred laugh,

"Good point little man!" Tadashi couldn't help but smile as he watched Fred and Hiro animatedly talk to each other, Fred kneeling down so he was at Hiro's height. Fred somehow broke through the wall Hiro put around himself and brought out the excited little boy only Tadashi could usually see and was reminded again of how much he loved Fred. He honestly couldn't imagine spending his life with anyone but him.

Tadashi was startled out of his thoughts when he felt Gogo sharply elbow his side and say, "Earth to Tadashi. Anyone there?"

"Sorry…" Tadashi sheepishly mumbled, though he didn't really feel all that apologetic. He loved Fred, why should he feel ashamed for showing it? The thought almost made Tadashi pause again. It was almost strange thinking about loving someone. It was a word he'd tossed around at times without thinking about the significance off what he was saying. When they first started saying they loved each other they were still just friends and meant something much different then what it did now. When they started dating the words where still said to each other thoughtlessly. No their love wasn't better than before, but it was different now. Thinking about it though, he had no doubt in his mind that they loved each other in a way that he knew they couldn't love anyone else.

"You two are going to give me cavities," Gogo teasingly said. Tadashi merely shrugged as Fred straightened and said,

"Well why don't we all get some food?" Resulting in a chorus of agreements and Hiro excitedly leading everyone to the kitchen. Fred hung back for a moment to take Tadashi's hand in his own and whisper,

"I love you," with powerful conviction. Tadashi let out a joy filled laugh and kissed Fred whispering,

"I love you too."