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Chapter 1: Math Sucks

Creak… creak… creak… creak…

The sound of the slow moving fan hypnotized the class of 35 students to sleep. Except maybe for a few who tried their hardest to concentrate as, they used up the last bit of their energy. The summer heat was not helping much. To top it off, it was one of the deadliest subject on earth.

Mathematics.

Among the few students was a boy who was short for a 15 year old. He had hair that defies gravity and chestnut-like. He had caramel-brown eyes and if the light hit the irises just right, you can see hint of orange swirling in it. The boy's name was Sawada Tsunayoshi who was one of many that sucked in Maths. Actually, he sucked in every subject.

Tsuna looked at his wristwatch. 5 more minutes and school will be over. He thought. He sighed and stared at the whiteboard filled with black inked numbers not understanding a thing being said by the teacher. His mouth opened slightly and his eyes were sliding shut. The heat was getting to him.

As you all know, Tsuna was not your average student. He was below average; always getting single digit for his exams. On good days, he would achieve double digits; still it remained below passing marks.

And because of his constant failing grades and bad socializing skills, he did not have any friends. But it doesn't matter much to him as he kept on reminding himself that he doesn't need them.

Tsuna was actually a smart student. Since seventh grade, he had been bringing home good news with lots of As in his report book. But when he started as a middle-schooler, he did not expect so many homeworks and projects.

Thus, he delayed his works and only does them at the eleventh-hour. As this habit goes on, laziness got to him. The I'm-not-bothered attitude came by soon after. Resulting in getting red marks in his report, bad remarks from his teachers and the disinterest in paying attention in class. He knew that there was no point in going to school but life at home was boring too so… school.

The reason why he was concentrating in the lesson currently was because high school entrance exam was in less than 5 months. He wouldn't exactly be bothered by it if he hadn't known that Kokuyou High was a place filled with students who are failures and the majorities are bullies and delinquents.

Tsuna didn't want to spend his high school life getting his ass kicked. So, there's no other choice but to study and go to a better school. Problem was, he missed out most of the lesson due to daydreaming and skipping class and now, nothing made sense.

To Tsuna, that was one big problem. (He can't ask for help since he was friendless)

"What the—" someone cussed. "That's like 100 questions! You planin' to kill us?"

"Aw man!"

Tsuna went wide awake and looked around. There were complaints from every direction; and lots of moaning and groaning. He narrowed his eyes at the board. Oh, homework…

"Don't worry," the teacher said. "They're all easy to solve."

Curious, Tsuna took out his textbook and scanned the questions given.

"I expect all your books in a week. Class dismiss."

And there goes the bell.

~o~

"Tsuna! Would you like a cup of iced tea?"

"Um, sure, Mom!"

Sawada Nana smiled at the response as she proceeded to make the drink in the kitchen. While upstairs inside a room, Tsuna blinked back tears as his hands clutched onto his head; hoping that somehow it would keep him sane.

Sensei is a big fat liar! He thought. It was half-true. His Math teacher was fat.

Tsuna read over the question again. He gritted his teeth. No matter how many times he read, it didn't made sense. Even when he looked through his revision books, it didn't help.

It was almost an hour since he began his homework. His study table was covered with papers filled with calculations and formulas. He did the work alright but the answer was wrong when he checked. And now, he was trying to figure out his mistake; which was killing him slowly.

Giving up, he stood and made his way to his bed. Sighing with stress, he thought about the works that was given in school. He had to do some research for Science, an English essay about reproduction (his teacher was a pervert) and he had to write a report for History: that had to be done in 3 days. He sighed again. He had to visit the library later.

Tsuna regretted that he did not pay attention in class. He regretted for being such a lazy bum. Eh, its not too late to pull himself back up again.

Knock knock

"Tsuna! Your tea~!" Nana entered the room with one hand holding a glass of iced tea and the other on the doorknob.

Tsuna sat up and quickly went to get the cool drink from her. "Thanks a lot, mom." He smiled.

As Tsuna drank, his mother glanced at her son's room. It was messy. Jeans and T-shirts were strewn all over the floor. Dirty socks hanging from his chair and clean clothes were not folded neatly in his wardrobe. Not to mention, comics and magazines were everywhere: under his bed, on his study table and of course, on the floor mingling with his jeans.

Nana shook her head in disapproval. She cleaned and arranged his room just a week ago! But she can't bring herself to nag at him; she loved him too much to do so. She looked at Tsuna who stopped drinking and was looking thoughtful. Her son… looked so out of character.

Worried, she asked, "Tsu-kun, is everything alright?"

Said boy blinked twice as if he just realized that he was not alone. He looked down at his almost-empty glass. He stared intently at the melting ice cubes inside.

There was silence for a few seconds. And then, he asked the most unbelievable question ever.

"Mom, could you find me a Math tuition teacher?"

Ah~ short yeah. My writing's rusty. It's been awhile since I wrote for FF. I hope its not boring; or ridiculous. Oh, and my greatest flaws are keeping the characters in-character. So, if there are any that appears OOC, please inform.

Review and tell me what you think! Oh and please share your ideas of how you want the story to go. I get constant writers block…