A/N

I had a few people asking so well Ezra's finally here :D:D

Though a part of Hiro was sad to be starting school again, another was excited to be going back. Sure the bullies where bad and he was usually bored out of his mind but during the school year he got to hang out with Ezra practically all day! It was especially nice going back to school since his brother had already started school again last week leaving Hiro to entertain himself for most of the day.

"You excited to go back to school?" Tadashi asked as he drove Hiro.

"Yep!" Hiro said, grinning.

"You know, most kids dread going to school," Tadashi teasingly said.

"I get to see Ezra!" Hiro exclaimed, a wide grin on his face.

"Buddy have you thought about maybe talking to some of the other kids?" Tadashi asked.

Hiro glared at Tadashi and grumbled, "The other kids are mean!"

"I know they are," Tadashi sighed. "I just hoped maybe someone would be nice to you…."

"Yea, Ezra," Hiro declared. Hiro didn't understand why Tadashi was trying to get Hiro to make more friends; he had Ezra why did he need more friends? Tadashi sighed heavily but thankfully didn't try and push the friend thing on him anymore. Hiro secretly hoped that by the end of the year he will have forgotten about wanting Hiro to skip a grade so he could stay with Ezra. The rest of the car ride was spent in silence and once they pulled up to the school Hiro said,

"Bye Dashi see you tonight!"

"Love you Hiro! Remember Hera's taking you home today!" Tadashi called out.

"Okay!" Hiro said. "Love you too!" And raced inside. Thankfully Ezra was already in the classroom and Hiro raced over to sit next to him. Today though he would be good and would not distract Ezra. He knew Mrs. Mathews wanted to move him because he was bored and distracting Ezra so if he didn't distract him, she wouldn't move Hiro!

"Hi Hiro!" Ezra exclaimed.

"Hi!" Hiro said.

"Oh guess what! Uncle Zeb is coming over tonight!" Ezra exclaimed.

"Really? Awesome!" Hiro exclaimed. Hiro had met Ezra's uncle at Mr. Lee's Christmas party and he was a lot of fun. He told great stories, was hilarious and was really nice to Hiro. Ezra grinned and said,

"Yea! It'll be awesome!" Before Hiro could respond though Mrs. Mathews walked in and started class. Though Hiro knew he should try and focus, he was quickly lost interest and become bored. He knew all of this already! Hiro wanted to poke Ezra to get his attention, but he knew if he distracted Ezra they'd both get in trouble so he started pretending to do the work while he doodled. Very quickly though even that could not keep the toddlers attention. He wanted to get up and run around or build something, not sit here while Mrs. Mathews went on and on without ever saying anything. It was hard keeping himself entertained when the school work was so easy.

As Hiro ran out of room to doodle he once again had to fight the urge to try and get Ezra's attention. Hiro glanced over at his friend and saw that he was engrossed in his work, oblivious to Hiro's boredom. How could he stay focused on such boring work for so long? Thankfully soon they're released for recess and Hiro practically draged Ezra outside.

"Freedom!" Hiro shouted once they were outside.

"No it's just recess," Ezra corrected. Hiro groaned and collapsed onto the ground saying,

"My brain is going to melt from boredom!"

"I'm sorry," Ezra said, plopping down next to him. "Maybe we can do something in class-"

"No!" Hiro groaned, freezing when he saw how hurt Ezra looked. "I mean I want to play all day but Mrs. Mathews will get mad if I keep distracting you in class."

"But you're bored and that's not good either!" Ezra exclaimed.

"It's why everyone wants me to skip a grade…" Hiro sadly mumbled.

"Isn't that a good thing though?" Ezra asked. "You won't be bored then!"

"But then we won't see each other all the time!" Hiro said.

"Well yea but mom and dad always say that being apart makes you closer cuz you have more to talk about when you see each other again!"

"Really?" Hiro asked.

"Yea! Well that's what they said when Uncle Zeb had to leave," Ezra explained.

"So…you think I should skip a grade?" Hiro asked.

"You're bored now since you know everything and you will be less bored in a higher grade right?" Ezra said.

"Yea but we won't see each other!" Hiro cried.

"We will after school!" Ezra assured. "Besides we can't talk in class anyways!"

"I guess…" Hiro reluctantly agreed. Maybe he needed to talk to Tadashi again; he'd have all the answers!

"Come on let's play before the bell rings!" Ezra exclaimed. Grinning, Hiro raced after him.

The rest of the day dragged on much like the morning did, so Hiro was relieved when the bell finally rang at the end of the day. The pair raced out the doors relieved to be free for the day. Better yet, Ezra's mom was already waiting for them when they got out.

"Come on come on!" Ezra exclaimed, running to the car. "I wanna see Uncle Zeb!"

"I'm coming!" Hiro said, racing after his friend.

"Race you to the car!" Ezra shouted, running faster.

"Hey no fair!" Hiro shouted, desperately trying to catch up. Erza threw himself at the car saying,

"I win!"

"That's cuz you started first!" Hiro grumbled. Giggling, Ezra opened the door and clamored inside followed by Hiro. Once the boys where settled Hera asked,

"So how was your first day back?" Hera asked.

"Cool! We learned lots of stuff!" Ezra exclaimed. "Well I did…"

"It was boring!" Hiro groaned. "I already knew the stuff but the teacher won't let me go ahead!"

"Sorry you're bored kiddo," Hera said. "But you still need to do your homework."

"I know," Hiro groaned.

"Can't we play with Uncle Zeb first?" Ezra asked, pouting.

"Yea please!" Hiro added, flashing his best puppy dog eyes.

Hera ponded it for about a minute before saying, "Oh all right, you two are good about doing your homework. Just don't make me regret this!"

"Yes ma'am!"

"Okay mom!" Hiro and Ezra said at the same time.

"Jinx!" Hiro shouted.

"You can only do that if it's the same thing at the same time!" Ezra exclaimed.

"No it's at the same time!" Hiro argued.

"Same thing at same time!" Ezra corrected. Hera grinned at the two boys as they continued to argue for the rest of the trip, knowing that as soon as they got home the 'fight' would be forgotten. Seconds after Hera stopped the car Ezra had unbuckled and was racing to the front door.

"Slow down sweetie!" Hera called, laughing.

"But mom I want to see Uncle Zeb!" Ezra shouted.

"Okay, okay," Hera said, grinning at his enthusiasm. As Hera reached the front door, Chopper started barking at the door. "Down boy!" Hera snapped once the door was open. Before she could walk inside, Hiro and Ezra darted around her Ezra shouting,

"Uncle Zeb! Uncle Zeb!" The tall muscular man ran into the room and scooped Ezra into his arms saying,

"Hey kiddo! Good to see you!" Ezra started giggling and wrapped his arms around Uncle Zeb's neck and tightly hugged him, letting out a content sigh. Uncle Zeb noticed Hiro as he shuffled into the room behind Hera and said,

"Hey good to see you too squirt." Hiro awkwardly waved at him as his face morphed into an expression of horror. "Wait Hera did you adopt another shrimp?"

Hera laughed and said, "No, he's just a friend of Ezra's and I babysit him after school."

"Ah okay good, good this place is way too crowded!...uh no offense kid," Uncle Zeb said.

"It's okay, I like staying with Fred and Dashi!" Hiro assured. Uncle Zeb grinned at him and set Ezra down asking,

"Okay kiddo's who's ready for my famous chocolate peanut butter shakes?"

"Chocolate peanut butter shake?" Hiro asked.

"Uh-huh, they're awesome!" Ezra said, eyes lighting up in excitement, "Uncle Zeb can Hiro have one?"

"Sure why not," Uncle Zeb said, ruffling Hiro's hair. "I like you."

"Thanks!" Hiro exclaimed, grinning. "How do you make them?" He added as they made their way into the kitchen.

"Ah-ah, no one can know!" Uncle Zeb said, "it's a family secret!"

"But I am family!" Ezra said, pouting.

"Not till you're older kiddo," Uncle Zeb said, ruffling Ezra's hair.

"Promise!"

"Promise," Uncle Zeb assured. Ezra grinned and exclaimed,

"Yes!"

"I hear chocolate peanut butter shake!" Sabine, Ezra's sister, exclaimed, racing into the kitchen.

"You heard correctly!" Uncle Zeb assured.

"Awesome! Dad come on Uncle Zeb's making shakes!" Sabine exclaimed.

"I don't think so," Kanan said, peaking into the kitchen.

"Love one little shake won't kill you," Hera said, smiling.

"Yea come on dad!" Ezra agreed, grinning.

"Last chance," Uncle Zeb said, waving the blender.

"All right all right, count me in," Kanan said, grinning.

"Awesome!" Ezra said. Uncle Zeb chuckled and got to work, carefully keeping what he was adding to the blender hidden.

"Hey mom…dad…do you think-" Sabine began but Hera cut her off,

"No dying your hair until you're eighteen."

"But mom," Sabine groaned, running a hand through her blond hair, "blond is so boring!"

"No," Hera firmly told her.

"Fine," Sabine huffed. Initially Hiro had been surprised when Ezra said none of them where related, Sabine much like Hera and Kanan had tan skin, but instead of blue eyes like Kanan she had brown eyes. When Hiro mentioned that to Tadashi, Tadashi had said that similar skin didn't mean they were related and different skin didn't mean they weren't related. Once Uncle Zeb had everything put in the blender he started it up and let it run for a minute before pouring out the drink into six cups.

"All right everybody dig in!" Uncle Zeb declared.

"These are the best Uncle Zeb!" Ezra exclaimed, excitedly grabbing a cup. "It tastes just like a Reese's cup! No better!"

"Reese's cup?" Hiro asked.

"Haven't you ever had a Reese's cup?" Ezra asked.

"No….mom and dad said I shouldn't eat sweets…" Hiro mumbled, staring down at the table. Sensing Hiro's distress, Hera said,

"Well, you're in my house right now so I say dig in!" Hiro flashed Hera a warm smile and took a large spoonful and excitedly stuffed it in his mouth. A wave of new flavors bombarded Hiro's tongue and they were all wonderful. It was sweet and cold but so smooth and though he couldn't identify all of the flavors, they were all amazing. As Hiro swallowed his throat started burning a little but thinking it was part of the experience excitedly took another bite.

"How you like it kiddo?" Uncle Zeb asked.

"Yummy!" Hiro said through his second mouthful. As he swallowed though Hiro found he was having some trouble breathing. Was this why mommy and daddy said he shouldn't eat sweets?

"Umm guys? Something's up with Hiro…" Sabine said, eyeing Hiro worriedly.

"Hiro are you alright?" Kanan asked. Hiro tried to answer, but he could barely breathe.

Hera looked over at Hiro and gasped, "I think he's having a reaction!"

"Come on we need to get you to the hospital!" Kanan exclaimed, scooping Hiro up.