Team 7 [Hiro Hamada x Reader]

Chapter 1: The Prodigy and the Designer do Something Illegal

"Hiro, I don't know if this is such a good idea. Last time we went bot fighting, I lost my sketchbook and you got a bloody nose," [F/N] says to me, her face contorting into a scowl. We cross over the deathly quiet streets of San fransokyo.

"We'll be fine, [F/N]. Don't worry," I reassure her with a wave of my hand.

"It's also illegal!" She whisper-shouts, fiddling with the controller I told her to carry.

"Like I said, we'll be fine. We've never been caught before."

"Besides Tadashi."

"Yeah, but that's Tadashi. He'd never tattle on us. Only scold."

[F/N] lets out a grunt of frustration. I liked how I could always stump her. Her slight annoyance to my "irrational" decisions was cute.

"But I can't go to every bot fight with you. After the end of summer, I'll have to be going back to high school. I wasted half of it helping you design ... well ... all of your robots! I'd like to do something else for once."

"Well, look at it this way! You're earning money by helping me."

"From betting on bot fights."

"It's a fun and easy way to get tons of cash."

"From betting on bot fights."

"Plus, you have to admit it's a little funny to see the competitors' reactions once I beat them."

[F/N] goes silent for a moment in thought, letting out a deep sigh and a twitch of a smirk. "Well, yeah, I guess it's funny. But I've heard stuff about this Yama guy around school. One of my friend's brothers went against this guy and got destroyed. It hurt his pride so bad that he skipped going to school for weeks! And he's a Senior."

"[F/N], I'm not some dumb jock who thinks the entire universe revolves around me. I can handle this guy." I give her a kiss on the cheek, knowing she could never resist my affections, only because I wasn't the type to always show it. "Okay?" I ask, a tint of pink on my cheeks.

She rubs hers in surprise before nodding. I smile and take her hand, dragging her around the alleyway and stopping in front of the large crowd of rivals, on-lookers, and junkies. Money was being passed back and forth between people and a large chant came from the crowd, shouting, "YAMA! YAMA! YAMA!"

A lot of people must know him. I chuckle and carefully maneuver both [F/N] and I around the front of the crowd.

A thin woman with an eyepatch walks out between the two fighters, announcing, "The winner, by total annihilation ... Yama!"

The crowd of onlookers go wild, lifting their hands up and whistling. It was really obnoxious in all honesty. I looked down at my Mega-bot, a confident smile lingering on my face. Then, a big and large fat man rises up with a jump, practically shaking the gravel beneath us. His voice shook around the alleyway, putting his bot up in the air with a jolly laugh.

"Who's next?! Who has the guts to step into the ring with little yama?!" He exclaims, gesturing to the fighting bot in his chubby fist.

[F/N] gulped nervously, shuffling a little behind me as she watched the other players either run away or break their robots. I glance at her and pat her shoulder, stepping out of the circle. "Can I try?"

Yama turns to me, a slight raise of his dark brow.

[F/N] quickly steps next to me, stuttering out, "H-He has a robot. He built it himself."

I nod with a cheeky smile, showing off Mega-bot to the dumbfounded crowd. Although it looked small and weak, they shouldn't underestimate it. The crowd bursts out into laughter, which didn't break my confidence at all. Well, maybe a little.

The hostess with the eyepatch rolls her one eye at us, saying, "Beat it, kids. House rules: you gotta pay to play." She holds out her flat porcelain pot, shaking around Yama's winnings inside of it.

"Oh! Is this enough?" I ask, digging through my pockets and pulling out crumpled cash.

Yama finally takes interest, leaning down close to [F/N] and I to intimidate us. "What're your names?"

"Oh, uh, I'm Hiro. Hiro Hamada."

[F/N] remains silent. Probably feeling too frightened to even speak to this giant. I wouldn't blame her. I almost choked on my words.

Yama chuckles darkly. "Prepare your bot, Zero."