One Day, Ten Years Later
By: PhoenixJustice
Disclaimer: Katekyou Hitman Reborn is owned by Akira Amano. I only own this story and make no profit from this.
Warning: TYL!spoilers, angst, etc
Pairing(s): 1059/1027 (TYL!Gokudera/TYL!Tsuna)
Setting: TYL!arc
Summary: In having everything he had ever desired, as hard to believe as it was, he had grown much too complacent, and because of that...
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He often wondered, in the days after, what he should do, no, what he could he possibly do now. How could he go on after that? He had failed; as a right hand man and a person. He had left down the person who meant most in his world.
"Tenth...tenth...T-Tsuna...god, I know I don't deserve any forgiveness, but I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I know I failed you. I let myself get blinded by everything around me. If I had watched more carefully, had gotten there faster. You wouldn't have..."
He couldn't say it out loud, even now, as if he did, then it would be well-and-truly final and he would never see the Tenth's face, see those eyes light up, be worthy enough to see those lips form those smiles; in those touches he hadn't ever truly expected to be able to have, in the kisses where he would be left breathless, the unworthiness of being to touch and take, and more.
And most importantly, to love.
He loved the man, Tsunayoshi Sawada, the tenth, his everything. Nothing had ever, or would ever compare; that day they met...nothing had ever been the same. In having everything he had ever desired, as hard to believe as it was, he had grown much too complacent, and because of that...because of his shortcomings and failures...he had let the tenth down. And he had...
"You're gone," he whispered brokenly. He had thought about ending it all when he knew that Tsuna was gone, but realized that that would be too easy; he should suffer for failing the Tenth. "You're gone."
He didn't realize that tears streamed down his face onto his suit jacket; his arms lay atop the coffin of Vongola Decimo, clinging to it desperately, as if it were a lifeline. The last tangible thing to connect it to the person he loved most.
"I know you can't forgive me, but I'm so sorry. And I'll...see to the fall of Millefiore no matter what."
Broken in his grief, burdened by sorrow and destiny, Gokudera did not even notice the rustling of leaves in the background, nor the shadow of a person looming behind him. A set of eyes blink in confusion for a few moments before looking at the man in front.
"G-Gokudera-kun??"
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A/N: 5927 CAN be surprisingly angsty lol. I have absolutely fallen in love with the KHR! manga, the anime, and of the fandom in general. I have NEVER seen a fandom that not only has many great pairings, but one which in ALL the pairings make sense and can work; you can pair pretty much anyone and make it work and each pairing is AWESOME. It is an amazing fandom and I am very honored to be apart of it. (And in case anyone is wondering, I'm liking pretty much every pairing I've come across, but at the moment I'm reading 5927, S80, D18 the most ^.^, but I would like to find more X27, and read more 5148, 10051, 5980, 6996, 6918, and others--like I said, I noticed a lot of great, great pairings. There is so many too choose from! =D)