[MoM] IC CONTACT POST

[microbrobotics]

"Hey, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Text me like a normal person and not a weirdo."

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[microbrobotics]

youuu betcha. resistance is futile.

[bombshelled]

...that's a reference isn't it

[microbrobotics]

uh huh. and it's required watching for all nerds everywhere. i'll priate us a copy of it.

also ... yeah, that was my brother. Tadashi.

[bombshelled]

How psyched are you he's here?

[microbrobotics]

[ There's a pause. He ... has to think hard about what he wants to say about this. ]

it's great. i'm glad to see him again, really glad.

[bombshelled]

[ It may be text, and therefore hard to pick up on Hiro's hesitation, but... ]

I sense a "but" coming

[microbrobotics]

[ Still pretty transparent, huh. Well, he has two options: dodge around it or just tell Lana the truth and trust she'll be discreet about it. Ultimately, he decides on the latter. ]

he's dead.

[bombshelled]

[ Okay, now it's her turn to have a pause. ]

... the fuck?

[microbrobotics]

back home. there was a fire and he went back inside the building.

he doesn't remember that. he's got fifteen minutes left and he has no idea.

[bombshelled]

Holy shit.

Hiro I'm so sorry.

[ Then, after a bit, ]

Are you gonna tell him?

[microbrobotics]

no, I can't. you can't either. anything i've told you about being a superhero, you have to pretend he was there too.

[bombshelled]

No, I wouldn't. That's not my secret to spill.

How much does he know about the Big Hero stuff?

[microbrobotics]

im gonna tell him everything. except that one part.

nice Steve username

[bombshelled]

Good. He should know what you're up to. He's family

[ You don't keep secrets from family. Lana personally thinks not telling Tadashi he's going to die is going to backfire horribly, but she won't tell Hiro that. That's not what he needs to hear. ]

SHHHHHHHH

[microbrobotics]

yeah. yeah i think so too. and i mean i suck at lying to him anyway so the less i lie about the easier it is.

[ Oh it totally will. But that will come later. ]

[bombshelled]

This doesn't undo my promise, btw. You ever need a big sister, I'm here.

[microbrobotics]

[ Gosh. That brings tears to his eyes in real life. He has to swipe at his face before he can continue. ]

im still really grateful. for that. for everything.

[bombshelled]

any time, hot shot

[microbrobotics]

ha. well good. you won't be able to get away from me. even with tadashi here.

[bombshelled]

Not if you're gonna nerd me up

[microbrobotics]

exactly.

also. uh. fair warning. if you flirt with him? be really, really reaalllly stupidly obvious about it. just as heads up.

[bombshelled]

[ Oh god now she's laughing. ]

Are you trying to set us up?

[microbrobotics]

no jeez that's gross. but you're the one who was talking about cute boy and stuff so there's your warning. my brother is the most oblivious guy alive.

[bombshelled]

[ Yeah, still laughing. ]

Good to know.

But just cause you like boys doesn't mean you go flirt with every cute boy you see

[ Was that a roundabout way of admitting that Tadashi's cute? ...Maybe. ]

[microbrobotics]

[ Tooootally picking up on that. His turn to laugh, just a little. ]

uh huh. sure. just the special ones.