"Sound block? Check! Comfy pillows? Check! No possible chance for embarrassment? Super check!"

Hiro Hamada was standing in the middle of his now sound proof room, sighing contently. His big brain definitely didn't let him down on this one: Ever since THAT Christmas party where he and Karmi… Shared a private moment, they had been waiting for the follow up.

Unfortunately, everyone they knew was very weirdly embarrassing about their relationship, to sometimes cartoonish extremes.

To remedy this, Hiro had to plan the perfect day: One where everyone would be too busy to deal with his and Karmi's "special relationship". This had taken much work, but thanks to Momakase being surprisingly cooperative (and willing to just distract his friends and do NOTHING ELSE), his Big Hero 6 teammates were out of the picture.

And Aunt Cass couldn't check on him since Chief Cruz was taking her out (which made him want to hurl violently into a trash can, but hey, take what you can get!). Pretending to be happy about it was hard, but still.

This only left Baymax, but it was easy to convince him to go to sleep. All he had to do was say "I am satisfied with my care" and bam!

So in other words, Hiro was totally alone, as he awaited the arrival of someone very close to him.

Hiro didn't like to get all cheesy and stuff, but it had been a hard two weeks, waiting to be "himself" next to Karmi. Keeping it a secret was necessary, but it was excruciating not to just look her in the eyes and tell her how he feels.

"Eww", he thought to himself. Yep, too cheesy.

He really didn't care for that junk, he just wanted to hang out with a good friend, without the entire planet shipping them.

So he was pretty excited when Karmi texted "Here, Genius Boy".

"Yes!", he fist pumped, thankful the room was soundproof. He didn't need Karmi to think he was all… You know.

Walking down in a flash, Hiro, without really noticing, straightened his hair and made sure his breath didn't smell as he grabbed hold of the door handle.

Smiling brightly (but not too brightly so she won't assume anything) Hiro greeted Karmi with a "Hey, Karmi!".

Unfortunately, Karmi's response was less than pleasant.

"Hey, Hi… Hi… Hi…", she began, her nose twitching, before she whipped out a tissue and…

"ACHOO!"

The sneeze echoed down the café, and Hiro looked on with surprise and uncomfortablness as Karmi blew her nose, revealing a very sick looking face.

Not that he was grossed out or anything: He just didn't like seeing her so…

Weak.

Her eyes were puffy, clearly working overtime to stay awake; her walk was lumbering and forced, her legs surely exhausted from walking all the way here; and her face was red hot, and not from thinking about their da… Hang out.

Her hair was also a little messy and frazzled, and her nose was red and clearly fragile.

In short, she looked like a mess. Hiro couldn't help but "ooh" in pain as she walked in, clearly out of it.

"Sorry I took some time, I got so exc… I tried to hurry up, but my body just wouldn't cooperate.", she explained, walking in and looking around.

She hadn't spent much time here; in fact, this was the first time she was here as a guest. Specifically, this was the first time she and Hiro were hanging out since their… Christmas moment, and she wanted to make sure it was special, since her feelings for the boy (NOT LIKE THAT!) were growing by the minute. He was very important to her. More than anything else, she reasoned. I can't screw it up", she thought, hoping Hiro wouldn't catch on that she was…

"So… You not feeling well?", Hiro asked, preferring to just address the situation.

It was a little awkward now, as they stood together in the café floor, Hiro standing near the door, Karmi staring at him, looking awful. Hiro really wanted things to be perfect, but at the same time, Karmi, his friend, looked like she was going to faint.

Concern flicked in his eyes; she had to shut it down.

"Not feeling well? Ha!", she laughed it off, just choking down a coughing fit. "I feel (SNIFF) great!", she said, and she walked up to hug him.

Hiro was still not sold, though, and while he enjoyed her suddenly soft embrace, he whispered "…You sure? You looked really… Um… Different, back there?", he chose his words carefully.

He did NOT want to insult her looks, especially since they were never lacking.

…Did he just think that?

Karmi, of course, continued to deny, as she began to walk up the stairs. "Uh, duh! Of course I'm sure! What, am I so childish I'd LIE about that?"

She waved him to join her, clearly unbalanced. Hiro was just able to walk up there in time and stop her from falling. "Come on! Let's not waste the little time we have!"

Hiro just shrugged and walked up with her, not noticing that he had gripped her hand to support her up the stairs.

Karmi did notice…

But she decided not to stop the moment.

As they reached upstairs, Karmi was constantly twitching her nose to stop it from sneezing, doing her best not to appear sick, but her constant blinking to stay focused was distracting to Hiro, as was her sniffing and her rapidly growing mountain of used tissues.

"So…", Karmi said, stifling a yawn and letting out a small cough, that sounded pretty throaty. "How's things been with you? I haven't been able to (sniff) visit the lab thanks to (tissue) the "situation" with all our (yawn) friends."

Hiro rubbed the back of his neck, not sure what to do. If he was to persist and ask her, he might make her angry.

But if he didn't, she would needlessly suffer.

"So, what's the plan?", Karmi asked, and Hiro felt guilty for not trying to help as she quickly wiped more snot from dripping down her upper lip, which looked sore. She was trying so hard for him: Couldn't he return that favor?

Karmi was more than a friend: She was close to his heart. He couldn't see her suffer, even if it meant she'd be angry at him.

"Someone has to help…"

It echoed in his ears.

He HAD to do something.

Walking towards her, Hiro cleared his throat and asked "Karmi… Could you throw that empty tissue box at me?"

Karmi was confused, to say the least. "…Okayyy, Genius Boy…", she said, and she threw the box at Hiro.

Hiro's ridiculous dive to the floor wasn't going to win him any Oscars, but, as he shouted out "Ow!" it did manage to win the attention of…

"Hello, I am Baymax, your personal, healthcare companion.", Baymax woke up from his charging station and waddled up to Hiro, who was already up, looking a little scared for his safety.

Karmi raised an eyebrow as Baymax turned to Hiro and said in a very familiar monotone "I was alerted to your need for medical attention when you said… "Ow"…"

Yeah, but I'm fine, Baymax! Fit as a fiddle! Karmi, on the other hand…", Hiro directed the robot towards his now very outraged friend.

"What?! Hiro, what ARE you doing? I told you I'm…", Karmi started, but she was quickly silenced by Baymax's scanning.

"I will scan the patient, Karmi."

"You will NOT…"

"Scan complete!"

"Unbelievable!", Karmi exclaimed, and Hiro nodded, knowing how that felt.

"You have an average case of "The Flu", also known as "Common Cold". It involves Sneezing (cue sneeze from Karmi), Coughing (cough), a runny nose (yep), overall body fatigue (chekeroo), a scratchy throat (not exactly to be fair), and high body temperature.", Baymax narrated, and Karmi slumped in defeat.

Hiro motioned to Baymax not to enter his standard monologue on proper healing procedures, and he sat down next to Karmi, who turned away from him.

"Why didn't you ask for help? You know I would have given it.", Hiro asked, not in an accusing tone, but in a concerned, worried tone.

Karmi blushed as she explained: "I… We waited a long time for this. I… I didn't want to ruin it."

Karmi was sure Hiro hated her now.

She was surprised when he hugged her anyway.

"Stay away… I'll make you sick too.", she said.

"Nope.", Hiro said, eyes shut. "I want to help my friend."

A few minutes later, and Hiro was sitting next to Karmi, who was soothing her throat with tea that he made himself (even if it could have used less sugar).

Karmi smiled weakly at him, appreciating his tireless effort to have enough compresses on her face. "Sorry I ruined our da… Our hang out."

Hiro shook his head at her, totally understanding. "Stop saying crazy stuff. Everything is ok."

He smiled at her, and suppressed the urge to kiss her again. "I'm with you. That's more than good enough."

Karmi snorted, as she drifted to sleep, her herculean effort to stay up finally gone. "Gee, Genius Boy: Lay off the cheese."

As she closed her eyes, Hiro covered her over and snuggled up next to her, smiling softly.

For a first date…

It wasn't half bad.