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4. Weight

4.

GoGo Tomago is slightly self-conscious about her weight (and, on an associative note, her height and figure too.)

There, she's admitted it. She just doesn't let it show. GoGo's not obsessive about her figure. She's stopped doing that years ago when yet another one of her stepmother's strict diet schemes has failed spectacularly. From then on, she's told herself that nothing else about what she ate and how she looked mattered so long as she was fit and healthy. And she still goes by that belief, even now.

She's just the slightest bit put out that Honey Lemon's not only tall; (she almost towers over GoGo by a whole head. More than a whole head, in fact, when in heels.) she's also slim and beautiful. And while GoGo never lets their differing appearances get in the way of their friendship, she can't help envying Honey Lemon's appearance at times, especially when the latter's sweet tooth became strongly evident in the desserts she orders when they're out (1).

GoGo tries her best not to let that trait blemish her self-esteem. She's pretty happy in her own skin- she's already shown that she's strong enough even without a standard feminine figure. Hell, she's even an adrenaline-junkie, in fact.

But that doesn't help when its 'Healthcare Day', and Professor Callaghan invites a few nurses from the San Fransyoko Medical Institute to take the heights, weights and blood pressures of the Institute of Technology students to give some other long-winded healthcare talk. Since the Nerd Lab only had five participants, it was deemed troublesome to set up screens and stations when taking down the particulars of the patients.

Which is why anyone's weight will be known to everyone in the room. And that thought makes GoGo just the slightest bit uncomfortable.

GoGo hopes (just a little) that Honey Lemon would go a few places after her- so nobody would compare the weights between the two girls. But no, luck wouldn't have it that way. The nurses insists on alphabetical order and GoGo is forced up, because G comes before H (even though she wants to protest that GoGo's technically not her real name). GoGo stands by the measuring tape first, trying to look bored and discontented as she pops her bubblegum loudly. She's long given up trying to seem taller than she actually was (which originally involved heels at Honey's insistence. GoGo dropped the idea within 24 hours) and she patiently waits for the nurse to write down 162.5 cm on her clipboard because GoGo knows she's not growing any taller at nineteen years old. Fred ambles close to the nurse curiously, and GoGo swears if he makes any comment about her height, she's going to stomp on his feet- shoeless or not.

When it's time to take her weight, GoGo sighs and spits out her gum at the nurse's insistence. Almost tentatively, she steps onto the weighing scale, risking a slight glance at the beeping numbers beneath her.

53 kg.

GoGo's taken aback, inwardly. She knows the average weight for her size is 50 kg, and the fact that she's still managed to exceed it despite her petite stature comes as somewhat of an unwanted surprise.

"Wow, GoGo, you're-" Fred's curiosity peaks and he squints down at the numbers displayed on the minuscule screen.

GoGo's eye twitches just the slightest, and she steps down from the weighing scale just in time to stamp her right foot on Fred's.

"Fifty-three." Fred winces at the impact, but it doesn't stop him from reading aloud the mortifying news. GoGo says nothing, either to deny or confirm Fred's words, but shoves her feet back into her trainers when the Nurse spouts Honey Lemon's name next, maintaining a nonchalant air. GoGo shuffles to the sidelines, and just as she thinks it's safe and no one is poking fun about her statistics, Fred cheerily announces that Honey Lemon's a 177.5 cm (which meant she had grown slightly taller. Again.) and that she weighs three kilograms lighter than GoGo- at 50 kg. GoGo merely gives a small smile when Honey Lemon lights up at the news of her weight, evidently pleased that her new diet's worked, and tries not to notice Tadashi Hamada staring at her with a thoughtful look on his face.

It's Fred's turn next, but GoGo's distracted, trying to ignore Tadashi, who doesn't seem to have the same qualms as her, given how he's smiling at her with a musing look.

"Amused by my weight?" GoGo mutters out of the corner of her mouth. She can't help it. Her best friend's starting to unnerve her and the sooner she find out the reason behind it (even though she's pretty convinced she has the general idea about it by now), the sooner she can punch him. Hard.

"I think I can carry you. You're pretty light," Tadashi comments off-handedly. GoGo turns and just stares back, because of all things, that, is the last thing she expects to hear from him.

"What. Are you talking about?" GoGo enunciates slowly, wondering if Tadashi's knocked his head too hard on his fortieth test earlier when Baymax punched him.

"Can I try lifting you up now?" Tadashi visibly brightens.

"N-No!" GoGo almost splutters. She hastily lowers her voice. "What the heck are you saying? Honey Lemon's lighter than me." She hisses, then regrets it almost immediately because for one reason or another, GoGo doesn't quite enjoy the idea of Honey Lemon in Tadashi's arms.

"It's more fun if it's you."

This time, GoGo's completely and utterly stunned. She's just staring into Tadashi Hamada's warm brown eyes, and he's almost trailing closer, closer and closer-

"Tadashi Hamada!" The spell breaks at the exact same time the nurse shatters the silence, and Tadashi smiles at GoGo one last time before turning away to heed his turn. That leaves GoGo standing motionlessly, eyes still wide with surprise and shock. Hurriedly, she crosses her arms and leans against the wall, acting as if nothing has happened even when she notices Wasabi's look of suspicion, and Honey Lemon's suggestive smile.

But when no one's looking, GoGo can't help but let her usually stoic mask break into the smallest of smiles.

Maybe her current appearance wasn't too bad after all. In fact, GoGo decides she's perfectly happy in her own skin.

And she wouldn't force herself to change that for anything else in the world.

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(1) Honey Lemon's really sweet and nice, and she does strike me as someone who might have a sweet tooth too!

I think I need lessons, or at least tips, on how to end stories nicely. I tried to portray GoGo as being mildly self-conscious about her height and weight (I'm pretty short myself, so I know a bit of that feeling), but not being obsessive about her figure, or deathly jealous of Honey Lemon's. She might envy it, but I believe GoGo's comfortable in her own skin- even though she may still worry about what he friends think of her (particularly Tadashi, in my fic). I researched about their heights on , and I googled on average weights of their respective heights, at eighteen-nineteen years old or so. Honey Lemon should be around 56 kg in that case, but I decided to make her lighter because of a diet or so. I may update a little slower these days as I have matters going on, but thank you for reader's support, I'll do my best!