Hello, everyone! Look at me, updating a bit more frequently! While Growing Pains is a slow process for a variety of reasons, none of which I can control, this one is fully in my control and I caught the writing bug today. So without further ado, Hiro and Stephanie's date!

The Date

If Hiro was nervous the day before his date with Stephanie, that was nothing compared to how he felt as he stood on the front porch of her house with his finger suspended over the doorbell. The boy took a deep breath and inched it forward. A little closer... a little closer... be cool, Hamada... a little closer...

DING DONG!

Lovely. The Addison household just had to have a doorbell that was loud and conspicuous. Hiro was honestly surprised the neighbors hadn't complained about it. Maybe the Addisons didn't get many visitors. Or maybe every house on this block had loud doorbells. Why was he thinking about doorbells?

Creeeeaaak!

A door, with hinges that desperately needed to be oiled, opened slowly. A young boy, no older than five years old, peeked out from behind it.

"Who are you?" he asked suspiciously.

"Hiro. Hiro Hamada." Hiro replied nervously.

"That's a funny name." the boy said through a small smile.

"Well it's my name." Hiro shrugged. "Does Stephanie Addison live here?"

"Yep!" the boy nodded vigorously before turning his head. "STEPHANIE!"

"WHAT?"

"THERE'S A BOY HERE FOR YOU!" the boy bellowed. "HE SAYS HE'S A HERO!"

"WHAT?"

Thump thump thump!

"I SAID THERE'S A HERO BOY-"

"Out of the way, squirt!"

Stephanie shoved the boy away as she opened the door a bit wider. "Oh, Hiro! Cubby, his name is Hiro." she beckoned a very confused Hiro inside. "I'm almost ready. You can sit down for a sec."

"Umm... okay." Hiro walked into the house and looked around.

Stephanie had brothers. That much was obvious from the start. Toy cars and Legos littered the floor, there was a massive roller coaster made out of K'Nex in one corner, and two more boys were running around with Nerf guns, attempting to shoot each other.

"So..." Hiro cleared his throat, attempting to make conversation. "Three brothers? That must be crazy."

"Four brothers." Stephanie corrected. "Anyway, let me run up and grab my purse and we can go!"

"Okay." Hiro awkwardly bowed to the two brothers who were now staring at him, Nerf guns suspended in front of them.

Stephanie's parents walked in at that moment, her mother holding a struggling toddler. Hiro flashed them an awkward smile.

"So you're Hiro?" Stephanie's mother said by way of a greeting. "We've heard plenty about you."

"Oh... really?" Hiro's voice cracked and he coughed awkwardly.

"Yes, our daughter tells us all about school and the people she meets." said Stephanie's father. "Your method of asking her out was a bit unconventional."

"My brother's brain was a bit unconventional." Hiro snarked. "He's the one who invented the thing."

"Well Stephanie's really glad he did. She's been excited about it all week." Stephanie's mother smiled warmly at him as Stephanie pounded down the stairs.

"Okay, all set." she chirped. "Later, mom, dad."

"You're leaving?" Stephanie's dad asked, looking, if anything, a bit hurt. "Without the proper goodbye?"

Stephanie turned red, which was quite a feat considering her naturally dark complexion, and walked up to her father, who grinned. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and immediately turned to walk out the door. Stephanie's father laughed and waved them out.

"Someone's a daddy's girl." Hiro chortled as he shut the door behind them.

"Yeah, yeah, rub it in." Stephanie shook her head. "I guess that's what I get for making him wear tiaras and having tea parties with my dolls and me."

"Your mom was unavailable?"

"Mom's the breadwinner, Dad's the homemaker. I know it's weird but it's what we've always done." Stephanie got on the trolley and squeezed herself next to him in the crowd.

They chatted amiably until they reached the bus stop closest to the Lucky Cat Cafe. When Hiro lay eyes on it, at first he didn't recognize it. It was as if someone had mixed Pepto Bismol with nitroglycerine and then shook it up until it exploded. Pink was everywhere, on the walls, on the floor, even on the pictures. There were pink streamers on the ceiling, pink cakes and cookies on display, and pink heart shaped balloons on the ceiling.

"Ohhhh boy." Hiro muttered as he pushed open the door, Stephanie following and looking quite curious.

Baymax was standing in the middle of the empty cafe, slowly waddling toward them. "Your Aunt Cass had an emergency errand to run so she closed up and asked me to wait for you."

"And... you decorated." Hiro sighed, resigning himself to an evening with possibly the most embarrassing third wheel of all time. He could almost hear Tadashi laughing at him.

"Yes. I used Stephanie's color preferences on her social media page as inspiration. I see she has dressed accordingly." Baymax nodded to Stephanie, who had on a pink dress.

"I think it looks good." Stephanie giggled.

"May I take your order?" Baymax asked as he waved them over to a table.

"Ahh... maybe we'll wait until Aunt Cass gets back." Hiro flashed the robot a very false grin.

"She has instructed me to begin your meals so that she will have less to do when she returned. This will give me an opportunity to use some of the restaurant managing and cooking information I downloaded." Baymax explained.

"This is going to end in disaster." Hiro grumbled as Baymax showed them to their seats.

"Don't be so negative. I think it's pretty amazing that he knows how to do so much." Stephanie gently chided him. "Thank you, Baymax."

"You're welcome." Baymax said with enthusiasm. "May I start you off with something to drink? Perhaps Surge? My scans indicate that you have 'liked' it on your social media pages."

"He's good." Stephanie giggled. "Sure, why not?"

"Why not?" Baymax cocked his head to the side like a confused puppy. "I suppose because Surge is high in sugar and caffeine, which should only be consumed in moderation."

"He takes everything literally." Hiro explained. "I think she'll be okay just this once."

"Hiro, your usual beverage preference is chocolate milk so-"

"Ahh no, Baymax, I think Surge is fine for me too." Hiro couldn't quite explain why but chocolate milk seemed like a childish drink when he was sitting across from his date.

As Baymax waddled off, the reality of the situation struck Hiccup like a blow to the head. He was on a date! What did people do on dates? Was he going to be expected to kiss her? He'd never kissed a girl before. What if he was bad at it? What if she wasn't as attracted to him as he was to her? These possibilities flashed in Hiccup's mind like a disturbing slideshow.

"So is it just me or does SFIT assign way too much homework?" Stephanie asked.

Great! An icebreaker! Hiro could do icebreakers!

"I know, right? You'd think they want to keep us doing busywork instead of actually doing anything of use."

"Exactly! I get the point behind figuring out the theories and history of technology but come on, we didn't' sign up to do that stuff!"

Baymax waddled back with two bottles of the once discontinued soda. Hiro raised an eyebrow. Had Baymax seriously just gone to the vending machine? He and Stephanie could have done that.

"May I take your orders?" asked Baymax cordially.

"May I try the French onion soup?" Stephanie requested.

"Certainly." Baymax said, the nutritional information flashing on his stomach. "Cass has dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets in the freezer, Hiro. I know they're your favorite so-"

"French onion soup sounds great!" Hiro shouted over the robot, who cocked his head to the side.

Baymax paused for a moment before nodding once. "I will prepare your soup. Have a good time on your date."

Hiro breathed a sigh of relief as Baymax waddled away. Stephanie breathed a laugh and turned to her date.

"So... dinosaur chicken nuggets?"

"Don't knock 'em until you've tried 'em." Hiro said with a small shake of his head.

"Four brothers. I've tried them." Stephanie placed her chin on the palm of her hand. "So you have a brother?"

"Um... had. It's a long story." Hiro said quietly. "But you know, not really the one for right now."

"I didn't know, sorry." Stephanie reached forward and placed her hand atop his.

Hiro felt heat rising to his face. He was about to say something to change the subject when loud alarm bells sounded from the kitchen. His head perked up just as he heard Baymax's voice drift toward them.

"Oh no."

Hiro and Stephanie looked at each other for a split second before both jumped to their feet and ran into the kitchen. When they opened the door, a cloud of smoke poured out of the room, making them both cough.

"Please evacuate calmly!" Baymax was telling them as they backed away from the smoking kitchen. "And if your clothes catch fire, don't forget to stop, drop, and roll."

"Thanks a lot, Baymax." Hiro yelled over the alarms as the three of them jogged out of the cafe. As they stood panting outside of it, the sirens of firetrucks growing nearer, Hiro finally caught his breath enough to say "what happened in there?"

"My cooking database was intended for human use." Baymax said almost sheepishly.

"You knocked something into the stove?" Stephanie suggested as the fire trucks came into view down the street.

"Paper towels ignite quickly." Baymax confirmed.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?"

Hiro looked over to find his Aunt Cass practically flying out of her truck, her eyes wide as she watched smoke pour out of the kitchen window.

"It was my fault." Baymax admitted serenely. "I did not account for my girth or lack of nerve endings when I attempted to make soup."

Fire fighters were getting out their hoses and dousing the kitchen. The fire was out within seconds, though the kitchen was a little worse for wear. The wall behind the oven was black with soot and the burner that had ignited was irreparable. Even Aunt Cass, who was nearly spitting with rage, admitted that the damage could have been worse. Stephanie and Hiro stood outside the cafe, watching Cass bellow at Baymax with equally amused grins.

"I can't wait to tell my friends Baymax set fire to the kitchen." Hiro told her. "Best first date ever."

"I'll say." Stephanie giggled. "It's a lot funnier now I know everything's going to work out okay."

"Right?" Hiro chortled. "I remember telling Aunt Cass that once and she nearly blew her top. But hey, what are we going to do about food?"

Stephanie paused for a moment, thinking this over. "Pizza?"

"Pizza sounds great." Hiro agreed. "And staying away from Aunt Cass when she's this mad is even better."

As they walked to the nearby pizza place, they continued to talk about whatever came to mind. As they were walking into Tony's Pizza, they suddenly realized that, during their stroll, they had started holding hands. Hiro's face turned beet red but he hid it as he opened the door for his date and ventured into the restaurant himself, deeply thankful that Baymax wasn't around to measure his heart rate.

Well I don't know if this lives up to the previous chapters but with my other fic currently stagnating, I felt like it was time to finish up a chapter for this. I recently saw Inside Out and I loved it! I could possibly be persuaded to write something that combines Inside Out and Big Hero 6. I've already done it for Growing Up Haddock.

Don't forget to review!

~KateMarie999

P.S. Because a lot of you are Growing Up Haddock readers, I feel like I should apologize for not updating that recently but we'll explain why in the author notes there. I just wanted to upload SOMETHING on June 25th because that's a special day.