A/N: for Nap Team Captain; I hope I did your request justice! :) (Also, I live for Tadashi being a flustered dork)


Scenario: GoGo and Tadashi see each other around campus every day but never really try to get to know each other until their friends introduce them. Cue: "oh, you're that guy I've heard so much about" AU


Tadashi isn't sure what exactly about her first catches his attention. But after a month, he becomes used to seeing her face everywhere, even if it's just in passing. The coffee shop at 2:30 in the afternoon. A bookshelf in the library. The grassy quad. Later, he learns they're in the same design class, though she sits toward the back and tends to be the first one out the door when the period ends.

That one trait jumps out at him, even more than the bright purple streak in her hair. If Tadashi were more confident, he'd ask, "What's the hurry?" But as it is, he only watches and wonders at her brisk pace—what places she has to go, what people she has to meet.

Not that the petite, purple-haired girl occupies much of his thoughts. Between drawing up plans for his robot, taking care of Hiro, and Honey Lemon's excited chatter ("My friend GoGo is working on this bike—it's going to be awesome! You two have to meet sometime!"), he hardly has room to sleep, much less think. Meeting Fred adds another wheel to the dizzying ride that is his college life, and Tadashi wakes up every morning thinking, how can it be a new day already?

So when Honey Lemon drags him to a café one day and Tadashi sees the girl sitting at one of the tables, he doesn't think much of it. They seem to frequent a lot of the same places, and he's too busy going over schematics in his head to pay attention to anything else. It isn't until Honey Lemon starts pulling him toward the table that he notices something's up.

"Um, Honey—"

"I want you to meet someone," says Honey, biting her lip in excitement.

Tadashi doesn't have time to protest. Within seconds, they stand in front of the table; the girl looks up, a pink bubble emerging from her lips.

"GoGo!" greets Honey, breathless, "sorry to keep you waiting! Anyhow, Tadashi, this is GoGo; GoGo, this is Tadashi."

"You're the one building the bike!" realizes Tadashi. GoGo raises an eyebrow at his outburst; Tadashi reddens, backtracking: "Um. That is, Honey Lemon's told me a lot about you."

GoGo sneaks a suspicious glance toward her friend, who smiles innocently. "Same," she finally says, looking back at Tadashi. "You're the one building a robot."

"Yep. We're in the same design class," says Tadashi. "You're always the first one out the door."

Honey muffles a giggle and Tadashi makes a mental note to program an off button for himself as soon as he finishes with Baymax. He's pretty sure that within the span of two minutes he has managed to sufficiently creep GoGo out, and the impassive look on her face doesn't do anything to ease his nerves.

But at least it can't get worse, right?

Wrong.

"All right you two, I'm going to go to the bathroom," declares Honey. "Get acquainted and order something all right?"

"Honey—" starts Tadashi.

"I'll be back!" Honey Lemon practically sings, skipping off.

GoGo and Tadashi stare at each other in silence. Eventually, Tadashi slides into the seat across from her, leaving the one in between them for Honey Lemon. A waiter passes by, setting three waters on the table before moving on, and Tadashi takes a gulp of his before speaking.

"So."

"So," repeats GoGo, raising an eyebrow.

"How's your—um, how's your bike coming along?"

"Good. Minus the wheels."

"It has something to do with electromagnetic suspension, right?" asks Tadashi, trying to remember bits and pieces of the stories Honey Lemon has told him.

"Yep," GoGo replies, popping the "p."

Tadashi nods, swallowing. "That's really neat."

GoGo's eyes crinkle slightly; she looks like she's barely restraining a laugh.

Hesitantly, Tadashi asks, "What? What is it?"

"Nothing, it's just…" GoGo shakes her head, smiling. "The way Honey talks about you, I expected you to be really smooth and collected. But you aren't. At all."

Tadashi chokes on his water. "Wh-what…" he manages, spluttering, "what exactly did she say about me…?"

GoGo looks at him from under her eyelashes, fiddling with her straw, before she leans forward and says, rapid-fire: "Look GoGo, I promise I'm not trying to set you up! He's just a really cool guy and I think you guys would get along well and come on, it could be the start of a beautiful friendship! You never know! Just show up, okay? It's about time I introduced you two."

It's a spot-on impersonation. Tadashi can't help laughing.

"Well. I must be a grand disappointment, after all that hype."

GoGo shrugs. "Your robot sounds pretty cool. Honey told me about it."

"We can always count on Honey, huh?"

GoGo smiles fondly. "Yeah."

The atmosphere eased somewhat, Tadashi plays with his napkin before saying, "So, what do you think?"

"About what?"

"Is this the start of a beautiful friendship?" He keeps his tone light, teasing.

GoGo crosses her arms and leans back in her chair, a smile tugging the corner of her lips. "We'll see."