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spongeguyandlelouchvibridankia · 5 years ago

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Karmiro Week 2k19 Day 1: “Missing Him/Missing Her”

I made this fanfic as quickly as possible! Happy Karmiro week!

Day 1: Confession/Future

It was a beautiful spring day in San Fransokyo, and Hiro Hamada was approaching the train station by way of Shimamoto street.

To most, this was a normal sight: A 14 year old child prodigy with black as graphite bangs and a tooth gap that made all the girls squeal.

Quite why they did that still boggled Hiro, but there were some things even a child prodigy couldn’t figure out.

Girls, am I right?

Oh, yeah, sorry.

Anyway, Hiro was walking down the street, looking a little chipper than he had in a few months.

6 months to be exact.

6 months, 4 days, 4 hours and 23 minutes, to be precise.

Not that he was keeping track.

Not that he had been keeping so much track that Go Go had to put the power dex on to wrestle him out there one night.

Ahem.

Moving on.

The sky was clear, but Hiro’s thoughts were not.

This was a normal occurrence, as an SFIT Student/Superhero/Teenager, but Hiro had, for once, different thoughts on his mind.

He would have LOVED to be focused on villains, homework and what he was going to do Friday night.

But…

She was coming back.

SHE was coming back.

She was coming BACK.

Granted, for a short visit of a weekend, but…

SHE.

WAS.

COMING.

BACK.

And…

“Your heartbeat is growing in a rapid state and your hormones levels are rising…”

Ah, I knew I forgot something. I guess I’m just used to him being there, I forgot to mention him.

It’s kind of obvious, no?

…

What do you mean it isn’t? He’s always there!

Whatever, just let me finish the story! Jeez, everyone’s a critic!

“Baymax, not the time!”, Hiro said, his head turning left and right, hoping no one overheard the medical analysis.

“I diagnose you with… Happiness. But… A sad happiness.”

Great, he was doing the finger pointing thing. That usually meant he was right.

“…Look, buddy, I’m just trying to find the station, ok?”

Hiro was approaching it now, but his mind was such a mess that he had nearly taken the wrong turn.

“I’m not usually like this…”, he thought, not liking this lack of control.

Hiro was used to being totally in control.

With a push of some keys and the writing of some programs, he could upgrade Big Hero 6’s armor just like that.

Give him a few nights and a couple dozen bags of gummy bears, and he could build incredible nano technology.

Even at the worst of situations, a good plan and Tadashi’s guidance was all Hiro needed to keep San Fransokyo safe.

But if there was one thing Hiro didn’t know how to control, it was his emotions.

And right now, they were running in every single direction, driving him insane.

Feelings of loss, longing, reunion, excitement, dread, joy, despair, anger, solitude, hope and even…

Wait, no, not that, definitely not that!

But whatever it was, it was making Hiro’s heart practically leap out of his chest as he neared the station, his brain constantly going “Any minute you’re going to see her!” “Any moment you’re going to see her arrive!” “ANY MOMENT, HIRO, WATCH OUT FOR THAT…”

BONK!

…That lamp post.

Hiro fell to the ground and rubbed his nose.

He felt embarrassed already, and she hadn’t even showed up yet.

Great. Now his face was even redder.

This couldn’t get…

“You have fallen.”

Never mind.

“On a scale of 1-10, how would you…”

Hiro clambered up, getting his balance back.

“Buddy, seriously, not now. She’s almost here and… You know what? Can you give us some time alone?”

Hiro didn’t like sidelining Baymax, but this was sort of a personal and private affair.

He did NOT need Baymax to spout out some puberty stuff.

Though it could make her laugh.

…God how he had missed that laugh.

He had heard it here and there on the webcam conversations, but he wanted to hear it face to face.

Her face.

Her incredible face…

No. No.

Stay focused.

“If it improves your condition, I will gladly move aside, Hiro.”

Hiro couldn’t help but smile at that.

“…Thanks, Baymax.”

Baymax was a machine, so he couldn’t truly express emotion, but Hiro swore he heard affection in the words “Always, Hiro.”

But Hiro had to think of other things now.

Like how she’s almost here.

She’s almost here.

She’s almost…

The sound of train tracks click clacking reverberated in his ears as a bullet train sped down, so fast it was that Hiro could barely register it.

But he saw the number on the door.

He had memorized that number: 99.

He could say it in his sleep.

According to Honey Lemon, he had said it in his sleep once during one of the gang’s sleepovers, so that wasn’t an exaggeration.

So there!

I guess.

“…”

Hiro didn’t even know what to say, his heart beating so hard he could barely hear the doors open.

His mouth felt dry and his breath short.

Would she look different?

Would she sound different?

Would she… Be different?

Would she smile?

Frown?

Would…

Did…

Did she miss him?

As much as he had missed her?

Hiro had been kidnapped by supervillians, yet this was somehow scarier.

After what felt like an eternity, she stepped out.

She looked the same, but there was some clear dampness on her cheeks.

She had been crying.

Her eyes hadn’t located him yet, a crowd of people still blocking him from her sight.

She was also looking to the wrong direction, left, then right, searching…

For him?

He hoped.

Suddenly, her eyes locked with his.

His eyes locked with her, how could they not, what else was there to look at?

They locked eyes with each other…

And…

“HIRO!”, Karmi screamed with joy, practically running at the robotics expert.

Hiro smiled, but for some reason, what had been a shy smile turned cocky…

Odd.

Karmi leapt at his feet, tears of joy running down. “I’VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH, MY DARLING!”

Her voice was different, almost like she was being voiced by someone else.

And it wasn’t just Karmi’s voice that was different: Her whole body seemed to turn small, cute and anime esque.

What’s the term? Chibi! Yes, that!

Hiro was also different, adopting massive abs and a cleft in his chin.

He was also 12 foot tall.

So there was that.

“Oh, hey Karmi. Didn’t see you there.”, he said, his long flowing locks blowing in the wind.

Kamri, heats in her eyes, leapt up to his face excitedly, a wild and loving grin on her face.

“Oh, Hiro! All this time away from you made me realize how much I love you, you gorgeous, genius hunk you!”

She fawned over him, her giant eyelashes batting.

“You’re so smart and hot and cool and kind! Even Tadashi is proud of you!”

Karmi then held his face in her hands, magic in her voice.

“I LOVE YOU, HIRO HAMADA!”

She then planted a huge kiss on his lips, and there was a parade of musicians, and it rained gummy bears, and everyone agreed that there was no one like Hiro, and Professor Granvile did the cha cha cha.

“And that’s how your mother and I got together!”, an older, now grown up Hiro proudly announced, sinking back in his chair.

He was still dressed about the same, but his hair was a bit longer, his body more defined, and he had a Big Hero 6 jacket on his shoulders.

But that twinkle was still there.

It would never leave.

“Daddy, did that really happen? It sounds kind of… Wrong.”

A little girl, Tamashii, with a ponytail and an adorable tooth gap, wearing a T-Shirt with Big Hero 6’s members on it, sat on the floor and gave her father a quizzical look.

SURELY none of that had happened!

Hiro smiled that smug grin of his and lifted his leg over another, not noticing the figure approaching him.

“Oh, it SO did happen, my koibito.”

“Oh, really?”

Standing over Hiro, towering over him as ever, was Karmi.

A taller, even higher Karmi, with her hair down and her lab coat confidently placed on her shoulders.

She looked most the same, but there was peace in her heart, something she so sorely lacked in the past.

She was also better at taking jokes, as she smiled at Hiro with a questioning grin.

Hiro sheepishly smiled back. “Oh, Karmi! I didn’t see you there!”

He pointed at Tamashii, who was enjoying the entertainment before her.

“Oh, Tamashii here was just asking me about when we confessed our feelings to each other.”

Karmi cocked an eyebrow, still taking it all in good humor. “I heard.”

She then knelt down and playfully ruffled his hair. “But I get the feeling that you’re misremembering some things, Genius boy.”

Hiro rolled his eyes, a flirtatious grin on his face. “Will you ever stop calling me that?”

Karmi cockily grinned. “Well… No, since it’s meaning has changed since we first met.”

She blushed now, and Hiro now smiled at his favorite sight in the world: His wife smiling.

But he was going to enjoy his joke as much as he could.

“Well, my light, can you do a better job?”

“Oh, Hiro…”, Karmi said, pulling him out of the chair and sitting down.

“I most definitely can!”

Rewinding!

The train arrived at the station, and sitting on the seat was a 16 year old bio-tech major with earplugs in her ears and tears running down her eyes.

…

6 months, 4 days, 4 hours and 33 minutes.

Had it been so long ago?

She was taken advantage of the day before.

She was turned into a monster the day before.

She nearly hurt her… Friend the day before.

But somehow, despite all that, she remembered it with painful fondness.

How could she not?

It was the day she got her first real friend.

And she hadn’t forgotten him.

She hadn’t forgotten his words.

His hug.

His…

No.

It couldn’t be that.

No way!

…

And she was definitely not hoping he was so that she could tell him that she definitely felt the same!

…

No way!

Karmi rested her head on the back of her seat, feeling a slight headache.

“I hate feeling like this.”

She felt so many things.

She was sad that she had to leave.

She was angry that her parents had forced her to.

She was happy to be back, even for a weekend.

But mostly, she…

She missed him.

She missed him so much.

She laughed quietly, a fond smile on her face. “I would never have thought I’d feel that in a million years.”

But it was true.

The train finally stopped at her station, and Karmi rose out of her seat, trying her best to ignore “Accidentally in Love” ringing in her ears.

As she saw the doors open, her body entered panic mode.

What was it going to be like?

She…

She had never even had friends, let alone stayed over at their houses!

She had never had friends to miss, and talk to, and wonder how they were doing, and longingly stare at pictures of them, and wish you could see that precious smile of theirs!

She had never had that!

Karmi’s heart pounded like a jackhammer and her eyes darted wildly as she searched for him.

Where was he?

Had he forgotten?

No, he had sent her at text that he was going to the station, he definitely remembered.

But had he missed the station?

Had he…

Had he decided to not come?

Karmi sighed. “I guess it’s what I deserve.”, she thought as she kept looking for him, only seeing strangers..

“I never treated him well. Why would he…”

“KARMI!”, Hiro suddenly screamed, turning Chibi and handing her roses.

Karmi smiled smugly and accepted them. “Why, thank you, Hiro! It’s pleasant to see you too!”

“More than pleasant for me, Baby!”, Hiro said, planting a large kiss on her lips and going down on one knee.

He took her hand and, with his other hand, he retrieved a diamond ring.

“Karmi… Will you marry me?”

“THAT did not happen!”

Hiro now had an annoyed expression on his face, as Karmi innocently smiled back at him.

“Oh, whatever do you mean, Hiro?”

She was using that sing songy voice. Hiro didn’t like that!

“Karmi, you know that I didn’t propose then!”

Tamashii laughed, enjoying her parents silliness, but she was getting impatient.

“Mommy, Daddy, why can’t you just tell me the real story?”

Hiro and Karmi looked back at their daughter and laughed nervously.

Perhaps they should just tell her the real story.

“Sorry, Tamashii, Mommy and Daddy just like messing with each other.”, Karmi apologized.

Hiro laughed. “It took us a long time to actually realize we should just be friends.”

Karmi lifted Tamashii and kissed her on the forehead, making the girl giggle, and she then placed her on the now seated Hiro.

Positioned on Hiro’s lap, and staring directly into her mother’s sparkling eyes, Tamashii once again asked how it had happened.

Hiro and Karmi exchanged blushed looks.

It was a little different to their previous stories, to say the least:

Just like before, Hiro watched the people leave the train and just like before, Karmi got off and looked around for him.

Unlike before, they had something to give each other.

Unlike before, the reunion was… Different.

“Where is he?”, Karmi thought, searching and searching.

Hiro couldn’t say anything: His body was still frozen.

All he could see was her.

All he could hear was her.

All he could feel was her.

Finally, he got enough strength to say “….Karmi…”

Karmi, hearing this, turned and…

“…Hiro…”

They stood in front of each other, hundreds of strangers passing by them, dozens of sounds playing off their ear drums, but all they could notice was each other.

“…Hey.”

Ladies and gentleman, writing romance! It’s easy!

Hiro and Karmi blushed and smiled at each other, Hiro’s hand instinctively rubbing his hair and Karmi’s hands instinctively protecting her body, as if she had to close herself even from him.

For a while, they couldn’t say anything.

It was just incredible to them that the other was even there.

It felt like a dream after the nightmare of the last 6 months.

He had… Missed her so much.

She had… Missed him so much.

“…How was the trip?”

“…Good. I liked seeing all the buildings out of the train.”

“Good.”

This wasn’t supposed to be this awkward.

Was there a way to…

“You must have really missed me, eh Genius boy?”

There it was!

Hiro actually laughed this time, though, and it sent Karmi’s heart a fluttering.

Had he always had such an amazing smile?

It was a smile that made her feel like…

Like it would all be ok.

He was here.

Hiro stopped laughing and smugly grinned.

“I see you haven’t changed a bit.”

“Thank god”, he thought.

“Still as perfect as ever in your eyes?”, she asked, continuing the banter.

Hiro shrugged. “That’s a funny way to say pain in the butt.”

Once, Karmi would have shouted at him for that insult.

But today, she could see the humor (and lie) in it.

So she laughed.

And Hiro wondered how he had ever lived without it.

As she stopped laughing, she suddenly noticed that Hiro was taking something out of his backpack.

She quizzically observed him as he looked up at her, a shy and… Scared look on his face?

That was new.

He seemed a little reserved as he picked whatever it was up.

What could it be…

“I… I kind of… Made you something.”

…Oh.

Oh!

He immediately backed up. “I mean, like, it’s stupid, it’s just a silly gift, it’s not what it, you know, this is stupid, I shouldn’t have…”

But Karmi had managed to see what it was.

And oh, did she see.

Over the time they had known each other, Hiro had done many surprising and frustrating things, but this had to be the height of it: He had managed to somehow make a plushie of Captain Cutie…

Giving her a rose.

Specifically, the rose she had made that had helped heal the virus all the way back then.

Hiro blushed wildly, wondering what insanity had taken over him to do this.

“Honey Lemon helped me make this, I just thought that I had never really given your invention the credit it deserves, and I know you like cute stuff, so…”

Karmi took it and, with awe struck eyes, looked back at him.

“…Thanks.”

She smiled that smile he so loved.

And after taking a moment to register that, he smiled back.

“…You’re welcome.”

Karmi then looked very flushed as she took her backpack out.

“Um… This is going to be a little weird, but…”

Hiro couldn’t help but smile (albeit with a massive blush) as Karmi began to take her present out.

“Great minds think alike, huh?”

Karmi couldn’t help but blush at that.

No one…

No one had ever been like this to her.

It felt…

Nice.

She finally gave it to him.

“Is… Is that?…”

A small robot that looked a bit like Hiro’s bot from his bot fighter days shook his pinky and gleefully showed its gift: A heart locket.

“…A heart locket?”

Karmi nodded, now feeling very shy.

“I… I just thought that… If you feel lonely…”

She then added quietly “Or if I feel lonely…”

She looked away, blushing. “You can look at this and remember that my half is safely with me… And that we’ll be able to join them together the next time I visit.”

Hiro took this all in…

And he closed his eyes…

And smiled.

“…Thanks.”

“…You’re welcome.”, Karmi said, happy that she did it despite her fears.

Suddenly, both geniuses realized something:

“You missed me?”

And then, they both answered at the same time:

“…Yeah. I did. Every single day.”

Emotions took over them, as finally being able to see each other after all this time led to…

A big, squeezy hug.

They buried themselves in each other’s light, and, overcome with relief, they gazed at each other.

Suddenly, the two blushed, realizing they were making a scene and showing…

Gasp! Affection!

But…

That didn’t stop them from doing the next thing.

Their breaths stopped cold, their hearts stopped cold, and their eyes locked as…

They kissed.

It wasn’t perfect. In fact, it was quite the small kiss.

But as they kissed, all the feelings of longing spilled out, the masks finally off as the two were able for the first time to truly show how they felt about each other.

As they parted, still feeling each other’s warmth, they grinned.

“…You better not tell any of your friends that we kissed, Genius boy.”

“As if I would dream of bragging about such a disgusting thing!”

They laughed and hugged again, now almost slowly rocking each other.

“I’ve really missed you, Hiro.”

“I’ve really missed you too, Karmi.”

And finally, all was right with the world.

Later that evening, after Tamashii was put to bed, Hiro was overseeing some upgrades to the gang’s armors.

There were rumors of Momakase (how was she still out there?) planning a bank robbery too, so he may have to head out.

The rest of the gang was busy, though, so it seemed like he would be the only one going tonight.

He and Baymax of course.

He was feeling a little lonely though.

It was going to be a long night, one that he would spend in the skies instead of his bed.

With the love of his life.

Pretty sucky.

Karmi suddenly showed up behind him and, her arms around his neck, lifted her part of the heart locket.

“Feeling lonely?”, she whispered, caressing his face.

Hiro smiled back and held his part of the locket, connecting the pieces together.

“…Not anymore.”

It had been 10 years, 4 months, 8 days, 5 hours and 6 minutes since they had gotten together.

They didn’t feel lonely anymore.

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spongeguyandlelouchvibridankia · 5 years ago

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MY DAUGHTER DOING HER ALL TO PROTECT HER LOVE. IN THIS HOUSE WE RESPECT AND LOVE KARMI!

same energy

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spongeguyandlelouchvibridankia · 5 years ago

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Karmiro Week 2k19 Day 7: “Friends”

There we go! My final submission for this week!

The sun was gracing the sky with its rays, its descent to the bottom of the sky approaching very slowly, as Hiro Hamada and Karmi Khan, former rivals, now… Well, they weren’t sure, but whatever they were, they were ordering Ice Cream together.

Karmi looked around, catching with her eyes the beautiful spring sights of the park.

This time of year rewarded the park visitors with wonderful blossoms, especially cherry blossoms, and the flowers gave off a relaxing vibe, one that Karmi wished she had in her heart.

“What’s your order?”, The Ice Cream woman asked, her bored expression a contrast to Karmi’s sad expression and Hiro’s cheerful expression.

Unlike Karmi, who felt blue, Hiro felt quite on the up.

KARMI was BACK.

After such a long time, Karmi had returned to San Fransokyo and SFIT, and Hiro, who had spent months talking to her online and missing her, was so happy to be reunited.

It incited a warm chuckle in the teen genius, who stepped forwards to order his cone of choice: When the school year had begun, he and Karmi had started off… Rough, to say the least.

But over time, Hiro began to see who Karmi truly was: A kind and incredible genius with a heart of gold and a smile that made him believe it would all be all right.

Damn, that smile. It sent his heart racing (not that he would ever admit it, especially next to his friends!).

“I’ll have the chocolate swirl.”

Karmi, despite her mood, couldn’t help but playfully chide him. “Hiro! You didn’t say the magic word!”

Hiro playfully raised his eyebrow, playing innocent. “Who, me?”

The duo laughed and Hiro looked back at the Ice Cream Woman and said “Please” like a good boy.

Karmi enjoyed the moment of levity (it was nice that she and Hiro could now joke with each other instead of at each other), but it didn’t last.

Her fears of the future still held her down with invisible chains, her hope still locked away where no one else could see.

Was there any chance for someone like her…

“Hello!”, The Ice Cream Woman suddenly said loudly, waking Karmi up from her thoughts.

“Are you going to order or not, Missy?”, The Ice Cream Woman said impatiently, hoping to end her shift so she can sit around and do nothing like a normal adult!

Karmi got a little flustered now (she didn’t like being called out in public), and cheeks red, she ordered herself a strawberry cone.

As the ice creams were given, Hiro looked at Karmi, who seemed off in her own world, looking at the clear sky with stormy eyes.

Karmi, used to wearing masks to hide her true feelings, was sure that Hiro hadn’t noticed how silent she was.

But Hiro was not “Genius Boy” for nothing.

He could tell something was up.

And he was not going to back down, even if Karmi would say “I am satisfied with my care”.

After paying for their ice creams, the two walked over to a grassy patch near the pond, where some ducks could be found swimming merrily.

Karmi gazed at the ducks and wished that she could be one, swimming her worries away with her tail feathers, basking in the warm rays of the sun.

She sighed, her chin slightly cupped by her free hand.

Hiro, sitting next to her, decided that it was time to find out what was bothering her.

But he didn’t want to go straight to the point: Karmi would just weasel out of it like… A weasel.

No, he’d need a different strategy!

“…Nice weather we’re having.”, he coughed, knowing it was cliché, but still a start.

Karmi looked over him, and, despite her mood, cocked her eyebrow, unimpressed. “Nice weather? Gonna have to try harder than that, Genius Boy!”

Hiro cocked an eyebrow in response. “Try harder? In what, exactly? Last I checked, I’m pretty much an expert in everything.”

Karmi knew that Hiro was just messing around, and, deciding that perhaps this could distract her from her inner turmoil, she continued the banter.

“Well, clearly you missed the “Charming a lady friend you fancy” class.”

“Huh. Must have missed the memo.”

“More like they decided you’re not fit to have a girlfriend, weirdo.”

Hiro grinned in response. “What ARE you talking about? I’m a real ladies man!”

He pretended to flex a muscle, and Karmi couldn’t help but giggle at his silliness.

Hiro’s heart began to beat like a marching drum. How had he lived so long without her laugh?

How had he lived without the sight of her being happy?

Karmi stopped laughing and smiled that genuine smile that made Hiro want to soar through the clouds, and thanks to her sitting in the angle she was in, the sun reflected off of her in a stunning way.

If he hadn’t realized that Karmi needed some help, he may have kissed her at that moment.

But Hiro knew that that was the last thing Karmi needed right now.

If he was to help her, he’d have to ignore his attraction to her.

He cleared his throat as she turned back to the sky, the melancholy already back in her eyes.

“…So, um… Karmi…”

Karmi turned to him, a little less cheerful this time.

“…Yes… Hiro?”

Hiro tried to word this carefully. He knew that one wtong word could really hurt Karmi. And that was the LAST thing he wanted.

“I was just wondering…”

Think, Hiro, think!

“…What are you thinking about?”

Not bad, if I do say so myself!

Karmi wanted to avoid this talk. Hiro didn’t need to get piled up with her mess.

Hiro didn’t need her.

“…Nothing. Just thinking.”

“About nothing?”, Hiro said, a little bit of skepticism in his tone.

“Yes. Nothing.”, Karmi said, hoping that would shut him up.

Hiro tried to make this a joke too. It might just work. “Well, technically, you can’t be thinking of nothing. It’s impossible to do that. As a genius, you should know this.”

Karmi, truly desperate to avoid this, to not force Hiro to deal with her, shot back. “Well, I am thinking of something now.”

“You were before too.”

Karmi snapped her head to him, and a little too sharply, she said “I’m thinking that you should shut up, Genius Boy!”

She snapped back, and immediately filled herself with guilt and regret. Did she have to be so harsh? He didn’t know!

Hiro, a little taken aback by the response, tried to carefully fix things. “…Sorry, Karmi. I didn’t mean to annoy…”

“You’re not the one who needs to be sorry.”

Karmi got quiet as she buried her head in her hands.

She felt her breathing get heavy and her heart beat hard.

“…Karmi?”, Hiro asked, now even more concerned for his friend, abandoning the joking strategy.

Karmi’s mind raced, her hands shook and her eyes began to well up with tears as the horrible thoughts she had been trying to supress bombarded her head:

How she had treated him.

How she had been turned into a monster.

How she had almost hurt him.

The closest thing she had to a friend.

How she deserved nothing.

Not even…

“Are you ok?”, Hiro asked, a hand moving towards her shoulder.

How could she even DARE consider herself worthy of such things?

How could she DARE sit next to him now and pretend that she wasn’t who she was? That this was ok? That this was something she had earned?

She…

She was going to hurt him.

She had to stop this before it was too late.

For his sake.

She turned away from Hiro, back to him, eyes still welling up with tears.

“No… Stay away from me…”

Hiro was surprised at this statement, and, quickly throwing away his ice cream into a thankfully near trash can, he turned his entire body towards her.

“Karmi… You can tell me.”

His tone was so comforting, it was so strange to Karmi.

She had never heard such…

Love?

No.

She was a fool to think it was that.

But something inside her begged to tell him everything.

“I… I…”

To tell him or not?

“It’s ok, Karmi…”, Hiro tried, hoping to ease her soul.

“You’re not alone.”

Finally, Karmi couldn’t hold it in any longer.

“Yes I am, Genius Boy.”

Hiro turned quiet as Karmi looked at him.

Her eyes were puffy, and tears ran down them in small but noticeable pools.

Hiro felt an urge to kiss them away and hug her until she felt better, but he knew it wasn’t the time.

It wasn’t only her eyes, though: Her hands shook violently, her lips trembled and her heart pounded, making her sweat a bit too.

“…Hiro… I’ve… I’ve never…”

She struggled to choke it out, but the look on his face, full of sympathy and care, made her want to try.

Maybe he could understand…

Maybe finally someone could understand her…

“I’ve…”, she swallowed the ball of saliva in her mouth, freeing her vocal chords. “I’ve never… Had friends. Ever.”

She continued to tremble and shake as she recounted to him her past, Hiro listening intently.

“When I was a little girl, I tried to make friends with the other kids. I really wanted to. More than anything, I wanted someone who would listen to me, and who I would listen to back.”

She looked at the horizon with an almost dreamy expression, the embers of an old dream showing up on her forlorn face.

“I wanted someone to play with, and laugh with, and share with, and be with for all eternity. Someone to care for… And someone who would care for me.”

Her voice got quiet again as she remembered…

“The other kids didn’t see it that way, though. They looked at me, in my little lab coat, with my human body diagrams and books about viruses and they…”

She let out a choked sob, some extra tears flowing from her eye lids.

“…They saw a freak.”

She recoiled as she remembered the past, Hiro visibly recoiling as she mentioned it.

“Some of them laughed… And some of them jeered… And some of them…”

She brought her sleeve up, showing a few faint but ever painful scars.

“Some of them hurt me.”

Karmi didn’t let up on the crying this time, more tears running down her face.

Hiro too felt a little weepy.

But he would let her finish.

Karmi took a few deep breaths, the vivid and painful flashbacks of shoves, punches and kicks reverberating still.

“Sometimes they’d just… Pretend to invite me to things… And then leave before I could come.”

She really began to tremble as she continued with this: “I once invited them to my birthday party… But no one showed up.”

She sighed, calming down a little bit, crossing her arms and protecting herself in a bubble.

“It didn’t help that my parents were super protective. So… I got scared.”

She shivered.

“I got scared of making friends. How could I know if the next one who came along wouldn’t be even worse?”

Karmi continued hugging herself, wanting to disappear. “My only friends were the viruses I studied… Why not? In a contained environment, viruses don’t hurt… Or bully… Or exclude… They just… Sit there. And say nothing.”

Hiro tried to put a hand on her, but she removed it.

Hiro wasn’t going down without a fight, though.

“I… I had no idea…”

“That’s not your fault. I didn’t let you.”

The wind blew across the park, making her pony tail blow in the wind, which only made her more beautiful in Hiro’s eyes.

He HAD to make her see…

Make her see herself the way he did.

“Karmi… I…”

“Hiro, it’s not your fault. You can’t do anything. I’m…”

She had to say it.

“I’m sorry. I’m SO sorry. This is the reason I treated you like that. And… And I feel terrible for doing so.”

Hiro decided to listen and let her finish, he knew she had to let this out.

“All you wanted was to be my friend… But I was so goddamn worried about getting hurt… That I ended up hurting the only real friend I ever had. I chose another bully over the one person who truly cared for me.”

“Karmi, it’s not like that…”

Karmi blew up. “Of course it is, Hiro! Look at me!”

Tears really began flowing now as Karmi described it all in rapid fire.

“I shouted at you for no reason! I never let you explain yourself! I took embarrassing photos of you and I made fun of you and I insulted you time and time again!”

She really began weeping, realizing the extent of her damage.

“I… I hurt the one person who cared for me.”

She began crying on his knees, sobbing almost uncontrollably now.

“I’m so sorry, Hiro! I’m so sorry!”

Hiro got serious, refusing to see her like this.

“Karmi… I’m sorry too.”

Karmi couldn’t help but bite. “Genius Boy, it doesn’t take a genius to see that the only one at fault here…”

“We both fucked up, ok?”

Karmi looked up into his eyes, and she saw that he meant it.

“…Hiro, I…”

Hiro put his palm up, signifying to her to stop.

“Karmi, you got your rant, now let me have mine.”

Karmi slowly nodded, deciding to listen, slightly looking up at him, as he talked to her in a calm and soothing voice.

“You think you were the only reason we fought all the time? I was a big jerk too, remember?”

He sighed, remembering some of his actions, actions he regretted.

“I took embarrassing pictures of you too. And I bit back when you insulted me. And I almost hurt you with the table and the ketchup. And… And I…”

This was a little harder to say, but Hiro knew he needed to say it.

“…I was jealous of you.”

The sun was getting closer and closer to setting, and the light reflected off of Hiro as he chose to forgive himself and move closer to the light.

“I was so jealous of you, and I didn’t know why, but I’m sorry. I was such a jerk to you, and I’m sorry. I’m sorry because you didn’t deserve it.”

Karmi disagreed. “Hiro, I suck. It’s my fault that…”

“Is it your fault you were bullied? Is it your fault that you were sheltered? Is it your fault that Di turned you into a monster?”

Karmi felt a small pang of pain as she remembered the transformation, the trauma still fresh after all this time.

“Hiro, I shouldn’t have…”

“Karmi.”, Hiro said sharply, determinedly, fixated on making her see. “You were manipulated by that monster into becoming one, but…”

Tears began falling from his eyes as he remembered. It was traumatic for him too. “I came to you… And while you were being controlled… I told you that… You’re the smartest person I know…”

A small gasp came from Karmi.

Did…

Did he really think that?

Hiro continued, a quiver in his voice. “And… That you’re my friend. And that I care about you. And I do. Despite all the messes, and all the fights, and all the insults… I CARE about you.”

He began to hug her, she clung to him and to his shoulder, he buried his head in her shoulder, more tears flowing as he felt his deep love for her.

“Because even when you’re being a huge pain in the butt… You’re smart. And kind. And incredible. And loving. And funny. And… And…”

He removed himself from the hug, cupped her face on his right hand, and, with utter genuine emotion, stated “…And you’re beautiful.”

Karmi couldn’t believe she was hearing this.

Hiro kept smiling at her as he softly caressed her damp cheek.

“I… You have… A smile. The smile that you have when it’s genuine. ‘Cause when it’s genuine… Man. There is nothing prettier in the world than you when you’re really happy. It makes me think… That it will all be all right. And it all will be.”

He wiped away her tears with his thumb.

“…Because as long as I live, I will ALWAYS care about you. No matter what.”

Karmi began crying again…

But this time, they were tears of happiness.

“…You… You really think all that… You really do?”

“…Every word.”

Karmi looked down, blushing uncontrollably and smiling shyly. “…I think… I think that about you too.”

Now it was Hiro’s turn to blush.

“You’re a genius. Just… You’re brilliant. I wish I could be as smart as you. And you’re funny. And you’re so kind. You are always genuine, and you never pretended with me.”

She got really shy now as she gazed into his eyes. “And like you, it’s the smile that gets me. Your genuine smile, the one that feels like… Like magic to me. Not the shit eating one, I hate that one.”, she joked, and Hiro couldn’t help but laugh at that, sending Karmi’s heart racing.

They continued to hold on to each other, gazing at each other’s eyes.

Karmi’s ice cream had fallen on the grass ages ago, but they hadn’t noticed.

Karmi and Hiro slowly leaned each other’s faces on each other, eyes closed and noses touching.

“…Do… Do you really think this could work? I’ve… I’ve never had… Friends…”, she whispered in a voice only Hiro could hear.

“…You have one now.”, he whispered back.

He parted from the hug and extended his hand.

“Karmi: When I was in Bot-Fighting, Tadashi gave me another chance. He helped me becomes someone better, and believed in me when no one else did.”

Karmi looked at the hand with fear and hope.

“…Let me do that to you. A fresh start, for both of us. What do you say?”, he said with a smile.

Karmi took a deep breath…

She thought of all that happened…

And…

Finally…

She forgave herself.

She took the hand, and said “…I would love that… Friend.”

Hiro smiled back at her and she smiled at him, both entranced by each other. “…Right back at ya… Friend.”

They hugged again, feeling each other’s warmth and love.

Time stopped as their hearts beat in synchronization, two people who once couldn’t stand each other now finding it impossible to live without each other.

Binded by trust and understanding, a silent question was answered.

“…I… I…”, Karmi started.

“…Me too.”, Hiro answered.

They turned to the sky, and leaned into each other, head’s lightly touching, as the sun set on the day, but the sun rose on their friendship.

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Karmiro Cute Short Piece Fanfic: “All’s Fun In Love and War”

Not technically part of “Karmiro Week 2k19″ (This doesn’t really qualify as Future) but I got this idea and I really wanted to write it, so...

Dedicated to bh6trash for coming up with Karmiro week, being an amazing shipper and just a great person!

(This is set after the inevitable return of Karmi to SFIT, and is not a sequel to “Missed Him/Missed Her”)

Professor Grace Granville was closing up shop at SFIT that night.

Windows locked? Check.

Doors locked? Double check.

Security system that will terminate any potential threat to her students in the even of Big Hero 6 being late or absent? Triple check.

Granville let out a content sigh as she made her rounds, looking for any rogue students who were “just finishing a project” or “just grabbing a snack from the cafeteria” or “just working on their Kaiju suit” (that Fred boy was a mystery).

There was nothing she wasn’t prepared for right now.

If a bunch of supervillains came in, she’d know just what to do!

If a disaster struck, she would hold the key to victory!

Everything was ready and accounted for.

Nothing could surprise her.

...

Except for this.

Giggling.

She could hear giggling from Karmi’s lab.

Her eyes darting to her left without turning a single muscle, she slowly repositioned herself and edged towards the lab’s entrance.

At first, the sound of joyous laughter having died out, she thought that it might have just been her hearing things.

With no further evidence to the existence of students over staying their welcome, Granville began to retreat, shaking her head at the idea that...

“Two in a row! Boom!”

...Life truly was disappointing at times, eh Grace?

She retraced her steps, fully planning to march in and escort the students (read: kick them out) for their intolerable behavior.

That is, until she overhead their voices:

“Quiet, Genius Boy! Granville will hear us!”, Karmi uttered, clearly frightened of the potential punishment.

“It’s ok! She’s probably still locking her office up!”, Hiro relaxed.

“And you know this how?”, Karmi raised an eyebrow (at least, Granville assumed. The room was completely dark)

“...Can we go back to the fun part?”, Hiro replied, sounding less than amused.

More giggling.

“All right.”, Karmi said, with a bit of fondness and shyness.

“I... I’m not used to so much of this.”

“We’ve done it before.”

“I didn’t say I don’t like it!”, she said, defensively.

Silence, momentarily.

“It’s just that... All my life, I didn’t get much of this. In any form. So... It’s nice to know that someone thinks I deserve it.”

A red blush could be seen by Granville’s hawk eyes, despite the darkness.

“I don’t think. I know.”

“...Thanks.”

Granville couldn’t see it, but she was sure that a hug was what was obscured from her sight.

“Ok, enough mushy stuff, let’s get this going! Can I get 3 in a row?”

“In your dreams, Hiro! I’m getting the next one! I’m getting the prize!”

All her life, Granville was sure of her next step.

Even with... Bob... She knew what to do.

Now, she wasn’t so sure.

Should she barge in?

This felt... Personal...

“8!”

“10!”

“Dang it!”

“Ha ha, Hiro! Pay up!”

...Also probably really stupid.

“5!”

“4!”

“Well... The master is back.”

“It’s not like I’m suffering when I’m losing. No need to rub it in.”

“Hey, it’s you. This is more than a fair reward.”

Maybe she should...

“Ace! Beat that!”

“...Ace too, Genius Boy.”

“...Oh. We didn’t plan for that. Any ideas?”

“I don’t know. What about you?”

“...”

Suddenly, whispers, but ones she can’t hear.

“...Did I ever tell you just how much I love you, Hiro?”

“Not as many times as I have to you.”

Ok, that’s it. It’s really late and this is getting weird.

Granville opened the lights, yet Hiro and Karmi failed to notice.

Their eyes were locked to each other, playing cards on the ground between them, the space made up by their near faces.

Karmi blushed, shy and a little nervous. She looked down, and then slightly up, her eyes sparkling.

Hiro, for all his prior confidence, was also a little shy and nervous, his smile that awkward but winning one that had melted Karmi’s heart.

They both smiled...

And they both neared, eyes closed, lips puckered...

But just as they began a sweet, tender, small kiss...

“Mr. Hamada, Ms. Khan, it is closing time.”

Karmi let out a tiny yelp and Hiro fell backwards onto the floor, hitting his head on the surface.

“PROFESSOR GRANVILLE! I CAN EXPLAIN!”, Karmi started, a wild look in her eyes, waving her hands every which way.

“IT’S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!”, Hiro tried, still scrambling off of the floor.

Granville let on a smug grin and a cocked eyebrow as she waited for the explanation.

Hiro and Karmi both looked at each other, and, resigned to their fate, they looked back at Granville.

They did not notice that they instinctively pinkie locked to protect each other from the oncoming storm, but Granville sure did.

“...We were playing “War”.”, they started explaining.

“But, um, the rules were different. ‘Cause... Um... Whomever loses a round has to kiss the winner.”

“NOT that that is losing in my opinion. At all.”, they said at the same time, blushing slightly.

Granville shook her head, but she was more maternal than disciplinary.

“You two can continue your little game, but do please take it somewhere else. It is getting late, and SFIT needs to sleep too, you know.”

A twinkle in her eyes could be seen as Hiro and Karmi sighed in relief, amazed that they had escaped punishment.

They quickly picked the cards, and excitedly, Karmi took Hiro’s hand.

“Come on, let’s go to your house: Your aunt’s pastries have a date with my stomach!”

Hiro laughed as she carried him off, the two enjoying the rush of each other’s hands touching. “Lead the way!”

As they ran off giggling, bright smiles on their faces, Granville could only shake her head lovingly at them.

“Teenagers.”

Hope you like it!

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