Morning came way too early for Aunt Cass. Why was Tadashi always so perky in the morning? Ah well it didn't matter Hiro was being a twerp about getting up so she'd have to drag him out of bed. Tadashi tried but Hiro simply pulled the blankets back over his head.
"I'm up Tadashi. Go over your interview questions and I'll get Hiro ready." Cass rubbed her eyes tiredly before looking over at the grumpy 9 year old feigning sleep across the way.
Tadashi smiled and chirped a quick "Ok" before running off and doing as his aunt suggested.
Cass slowly pulled herself from bed before walking over to the younger of her two geniuses with some distain. "Hiro it's time to get up." She prodded gently at first but when she received no response from the boy after a few seconds she gave a small sigh.
"Up!" With no hesitation Aunt Cass grabbed Hiro under the arms and pulled the tired boy from under the sheets. She smiled when she saw the surprise on his face.
Hiro stared at his Aunt for a few seconds before he caught onto what was happening. Aunt Cass was smart. She outsmarted him. He was being held to far out to kick her in the stomach and she had no intention of setting him down anywhere near his bed. Hiro knew this. By the time he would be set down he would be to awake to fall back asleep. Hiro glared silently.
"Alright, now that I've got you awake how about taking a shower?" Aunt Cass asked.
Hiro rolled his eyes and gave a small huff in response.
Aunt Cass blew a stray piece of hair from her face. "I don't care you're taking one."
Tadashi looked up from across the room and laughed softly.
Hiro glared. "You stay out of this!"
Aunt Cass smiled. "There we are kiddo, now go shower you need to be ready in 45 minutes."
Finally Aunt Cass put Hiro on his feet and watched as he grumpily made his way towards the bathroom.
Once Aunt Cass was sure Hiro was taking a shower she turned to Tadashi with a tired smile. "Do you want to go down and get some breakfast? The stuff they got isn't as fresh as at the café but I figure it might be a good idea to eat something before you check in and everything."
Tadashi looked up from the piece of paper he had been studying and nodded. "I can bring something back for Hiro and you too if you'd like."
Cass nodded "I think they've got some ok looking muffins, bring a few of those back for Hiro and I."
Tadashi set his paper down and swiped one of the card keys from off the table. "I'll be back in a few."
Cass waved casually until she heard the door close then she let her hand fall. Today was important to Tadashi. Hiro was a little less enthusiastic about the whole thing but a full ride scholarship to SFIT was the first prize in this competition. This was Tadashi's last chance at it in the junior ring. If he couldn't get it here she wasn't sure what he would do. She only hoped Tadashi's invention would be good enough.
Second place was a project grant. Hiro was after that prize. Tadashi had mixed feelings about that and she could understand why. Tadashi had always hoped Hiro would attend SFIT with him but as time went on Hiro seemed to be getting less and less enthused about the whole idea. He was only a semester into highschool now and she was already seeing how he was pulling away from academics.
"I'm ready Aunt Cass." Hiro stepped out of the bathroom dressed with a tired look about him.
Cass was pulled from her thoughts as she looked her nephew over. "Hiro your hair is a mess."
"If they don't like my robot because my hair is messy that's their problem." Hiro replied.
"Come here and let me brush it." Cass pulled out a brush from her bag and waved her nephew over.
"I don't want my hair brushed." Hiro frowned at his Aunt.
At that moment Tadashi came back carrying a plate full of blueberry muffins. "Hiro your hair is a mess."
Hiro scowled. "I don't care!"
Tadashi set the muffins down before looking around Hiro at Cass. Seeing she had a hair brush he smiled. "I can do it. I don't really mind."
Cass tossed Tadashi the brush and shrugged. "If you really want to fight him here you go."
Tadashi turned on the TV to a station Hiro liked and handed him a muffin. "Just sit still it'll only take a minute."
Hiro sat on the bed with a bit of irritation before taking a bite of his muffin. "Fine just hurry up about it."
Tadashi grinned before quickly brushing through Hiro's unruly hair and styling it a bit. Once Hiro finished his muffin he quickly undid his brother's efforts at styling however Hiro's hair was significantly less messy.
"Alright let's go sign in." Tadashi grabbed Hiro's wrist and pulled him off the bed.
"Are you coming Aunt Cass?" Hiro looked over at his Aunt and cocked his head in question.
"That's alright boys you go ahead I'll watch channel 7 for when you come on." Aunt Cass smiled at them.
Tadashi nodded. "Sounds good lets hurry."