Tsuna barely managed to dodge one of Yamamoto's swift slashes, backing away a few meters to get some distance between him. Just as he did, the Rain Guardian came up to him, not giving the mafia boss a chance to blink.

Tsuna made a determined face. This is an easy attack to read. Easy to block. He's got this. But he somehow he didn't.

The brown haired boy slipped clumsily, his body not bothering to obey his commands. He fell to the floor, landing on his back and just as he did the Rain Guardian stabbed his sword to the ground of the Yamamoto family dojo, next to Tsuna's face.

Tsuna, panting, turned away ashamed to look at his friend who was standing on top of him.

"Tsuna, what's up?" Yamamoto asked in a semi serious tone.

The flame on Tsuna's forehead died off, and Tsuna's face contorted to a look of shame of embarrassment.

Tsuna had a crush on the Rain Guardian for the longest time. It was a difficult thing to accept, as it would have to mean that he was gay, or at least bi. He hated how his friendship morphed into something as troubling as this, but it was something he couldn't control. Watching Yamamoto every day, seeing him laugh, watching how friendly he was to everyone, and how he lived his life in general. He was ashamed of how attractive he found Yamamoto.

He admitted that he liked Yamamoto, but he refused to admit he liked guys. It was only Yamamoto after all. And he still found Kyoko pretty attractive.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Tsuna mumbled, slowly getting up. Yamamoto lent his hand for Tsuna, in order to help him up, but the brunette slapped it aside. "I said I'm fine."

"Okay, okay," Yamamoto shrugged. The older male picked up his sword and sheathed it. All the while his eyes were glued on Tsuna, with a look of worry in his eyes. "Hey, are you okay? You seemed… distracted."

"Haha, yea," Tsuna laughed, not wanting to worry the teenager. "I was… I was just thinking about how much I hate this new training program Reborn made." He thought about how Reborn somehow convinced him and his guardians that having the guardians spar with the boss every day would help Tsuna get stronger and build healthier relationships with everyone. Gokudera was completely against it. He claimed that he would "rather die" than to "lay a finger" on the "boss."

Tsuna sighed. Yamamoto chuckled, ruffling the shorter boy's hair.

"Yea, this sparring thing gets me all sore…" Yamamoto grinned, stretching his arm. "You sure nothing's bothering you?"

Tsuna flushed.

"Y-Y-Yea I'm sure! HAHA!" Tsuna stammered, forcing a laugh at the end. The laugh was so awkward, Yamamoto started laughing too. Tsuna felt his heart melting when he heard Yamamoto laugh whole-heartedly like that.

When they went out the door, they were immediately greeted by a raucous shout.

"TSUUUNNAA!"

"HIEEEE!" Tsuna shrieked in surprise. He instinctively backed away and hit his head on the door's frame.

"I'm going to be your next opponent tomorrow! LET'S HAVE AN EXTREEEEME FIGHT!" Ryohei roared, punching the air in enthusiasm. After rubbing the back of his head, Tsuna looked at the shirtless Sun Guardian. Tsuna's eyes instantly scanned the boy's nicely sculpted chest until they reached the waistline of his shorts. Realizing what he was doing, he slapped himself quite hard in the face.

"Uhm. Are you sure you're okay?" Yamamoto asked, clearly worried about the state of his friend.

"Yea, yea, I'm good, I'm good. There was this annoying mosquito on my face so I killed it. Haha! Killed it! Squish, squish, squishie!" Tsuna laughed again, which sounded even more fake than before. Oh god, how Tsuna wanted to kick himself from embarrassment right now. Acting like such a freak in front of Yamamoto.

It was normal to look at another guy's body right? Tsuna didn't have to be gay to admit that Ryohei had a nicely sculpted body. He already knew that he liked Yamamoto; there was no question about that. But to feel attracted to another guy? That was just too much. He felt a blush begin to form and in response he pulled his hoodie over his head.

"What are you doing here anyways?" Yamamoto asked Ryohei politely.

"I'm going to train!" Ryohei said, still punching the air. "Me and Tsuna are going to go TO THE EXTREME tomorrow! I gotta make sure that I'm at my best for Tsuna!"

Granted, Tsuna knew that Ryohei was talking about the fight. But, hearing Ryohei say that in front of him made his mind wander to less innocent places.

Unable to control his blushing anymore, he speed walked quickly out the door.

"Hey Tsuna wait!" Yamamoto hollered. The Rain Guardian bid a quick farewell to Ryohei, and followed Tsuna out the door.

Tsuna felt a warm hand press against his shoulder.

"You run pretty fast for someone so short!" Yamamoto teased. Tsuna felt a crap load of butterflies flutter in his stomach. "But seriously now…" Yamamoto started, his voice becoming serious. "…Tell me what's wrong."

"Nothing's wrong," Tsuna mumbled meekly, intoxicated with the feeling of Yamamoto's hand on his shoulder.

"Tsuna."

Tsuna laughed sheepishly.

"You were way too distracted today for it to be 'nothing'," Yamamoto noted.

"Well, I can't exactly talk about it." Tsuna definitely did not want to talk about his crush with his crush after all.

"Why not? Aren't we… best friends?" Yamamoto whined jokingly.

"Th-That's cheap Yamamoto!"

Yamamoto gave out a disappointed sigh.

"I guess we aren't as close as I thought we were…" Yamamoto said disheartened. Hearing Yamamoto say that was too much for Tsuna, even if it was just a joke. Tsuna clenched his fist, feeling something heavy tug against his heart.

"W-Well… I uh, like someone," Tsuna started, feeling a blush creep on his cheeks. "And I don't really like the fact that I like that person. And it's just been on my mind today, that's all…"

Yamamoto let out a hearty laugh.

"That's it? You're hung up over some girl?" Yamamoto grinned. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Tsuna managed to smile after seeing Yamamoto's grin.

"So, who is she?" Tsuna's smile faded and Yamamoto poked Tsuna's head in response. "Alright, alright, I get it. You can't tell me yet." Yamamoto sighed understandingly.

Definitely CANNOT tell you yet, Tsuna thought to himself. The brunette took a deep breath. Yamamoto was right next to him, Tsuna can do this. He managed to save the Earth from imminent destruction after all.

"Yamamoto?" Tsuna said squeezing his eyes shut. His heart was throwing a rock concert inside his chest.

"Hm?"

"Do you wanna go out with me this weekend? Like just you and me? N-Not that I'm asking you out on a date or anything! Because I'm not!" Tsuna stated awkwardly, covered a part of his face with his hand in shame. "It's just that we haven't hung out in a while…"

Oh gosh, Tsuna thought about how pathetic he looked right now. How did something that simple come out so wrong? Yamamoto just smiled at the boy.

"Sure, that's a great idea!" Yamamoto chuckled.

"R-Really?! I mean of course it is!" Tsuna laughed sheepishly. He mentally slapped himself in the face.

"This weekend hm?"

"Yea! I-I mean, if that's okay…" Tsuna muttered.

"Of course it's okay!"

"So, meet me at my house on the weekend?" Tsuna said, unable to contain his excitement.

"Sure!"

So I'm starting this new chapter story based on one my friend wrote for another fandom. She wrote a story called 'Want but Can't Have' for the Dance Central fandom and I loved her story so much im gonna make a KHR version of it!

Dont worry, i asked for permission of course!

So credits for the original idea and concept goes to artist18 :)

This story's main pairing is 8027. But that's bound to change. Or it could stay as a 8027 story. Or maybe the story will end with everyone hating everyone. It all depends on what you want. So review/ pm/ talk to me about your thoughts :D This is the kind of story that will be based on what you guys tell me.

Even though i love 8027, im happy with ending the story with Gokudera/Tsuna if it comes down to that. I dunno. It all depends...

This story is not beta-read, nor is it edited. Sorry, but i got too impatient... there's bound to be grammar mistakes and what not haha.