A/N: First published in AO3. Apologies for wrong use of grammar and incorrect facts. Please correct me if there are some mistakes, it would be very much appreciated! I feel rusty when writing this since I have not written for years, but I got struck with inspiration and here it is. A nurse-OMC. I hope he will receive alot of love.
The first sun that Tsuna met was not Reborn.
He remembered how the bullying used to be so much worse, even to the extent of him receiving physical injuries. Naturally, Tsuna being the himself, he did not want to inconvenient the school nurse and often treated the injuries on his own.
(Of course he lied to his mother about the source of his injuries - "I was clumsy!" "I tripped down the stairs kaa-san.." Though he was sure that Nana saw through them but decided to let him go with it, seeing her usually frail son to be so determined to not make her worry caused her to relent. )
This cycle continued on, until the school nurse just happened to stumble onto a scene of bullies beating up the poor brunette who grimaced and held his voice because he knew the bullies loved it when he shouted helplesly- (because no one will help him) or so he thought.
Tsuna heard a sharp, shuddering gasp which went unnoticed by the others,through the spaces between the bodies of the students surrounding him, he could see a lean figure, hidden by a long white coat and- wait, is that person walking towards us..?
"Stop, STOP! What do you think are you doing!?"
It was a man's voice. Tsuna's brain registered through the haze of pain as he curled himself into a ball once the beatings stopped, though he was slightly surprised as he assumed that the newcomer was a woman.. seeing that he saw long, sandy brown hair that reached his mid-back.
He heard shoutings as his consciousness fade away, though he remembered feeling arms enveloped around him and a faint smell of the spring's sun. 'So warm..' he thought, finally letting himself to close his eyes and hold onto the single warmth that reached out to him for the first time.
-sun'sspringsocheesylmaosorry-
When Tsuna opened his eyes, he was greeted with a sight of light amethyst eyes, the man's face was graced with furrowed eyebrows in worry, his lips pursed but that soon changed once he realised that Tsuna was awake, who in turn was staring at him with a dumbfounded look.
"Ah, you're finally awake! I was so worried.." The nurse smiled softly, helping the brunette when he moved to sit up. There was silence between them as the nurse settled to sit on a stool next to the bed Tsuna was resting on, a gentle smile on his lips. "Never have I ever thought that I would stumble on a bullying case on the first day I work here!" He started lightheartedly.
Tsuna flinched, feeling guilty as if he was the one at fault- and the man noticed this. "Ah! It's definitely not your fault. Honestly, kids these days are very scary.. Just what on earth are on their mind? Just look at you.." He had a sad look, but not a pitying look. Tsuna noted, that he was looking at Tsuna with understanding in his eyes.
"What's your name?" The man asked, pushing his tied hair off his shoulder (It was very beautiful in Tsuna's opinion, it suited him, even though it made him look frail in way.) - as he pulled out a permission form for Tsuna to stay out of classes.
Hesitantly, he managed to utter his name, "Ts..Tsunayoshi, Sawada Tsunayoshi." The man hummed in response, filling out his form and put it away instead, "I'll give it to your homeroom teacher later, for now.." He suddenly scooted closer to Tsuna, a heartfelt grin on his face.
"I'm Arata Haruki, pleased to meet you Sawada-kun! From now on, I'll be the nurse of this school, and you are to come here on a daily basis whether you are hurt or not. Understood?"
Beautiful.
Tsuna thought, even if the man, Haruki was literally bursting into his personal bubble and was not acting like a proper, mature adult.
Feeling gentle fingers running through his hair when Tsuna nodded in response, he felt his lips quirking up and closed his eyes. The smell of spring..
Haruki... it was fitting for him. "Sun.." he murmured softly as the sandy-brown haired man continued to lay down rules for Tsuna (which was very odd in Tsuna's opinion because all of them consisted of caring for the brunette).
"You listening, Sawada-kun?" Haruki inquired, an amused look on his face as the brunette looked at him with bright eyes, tentatively smiling. (He didn't realise that the warmth he felt did not just emerge from his happiness, he was also finally accepting a sun.)
"I am... Just, I wanted to thank you.."
Haruki's face reddened slightly, as if he wasn't used to gratitude and waved his arms around wildly, spluttering reasons about his job and how he was really genuinely worried.
"- Also I refused to work as doctor because of things like this! I feel like I have to protect students like you y'know!"
The soon-to-be mafia boss wondered just how on earth was it possible to be fond of someone so quickly.
A/N: And that's it, at first I planned this to be a one -shot, but it got surprisingly some loves in AO3, so I thought why not continue? Wwwww and I might as well give it a try here. Please read and review, and tell me what you think of Haruki, Tsuna and anything that caught your attention! It will be very much appreciated! Thank you.