Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, but partially owns the plot of the story here.

A/N: I've always wanted to write something about the first generation and that they're the main characters, I just don't have the right idea. This is mainly inspired by the song, 'Kimi ni Todoke' by Tanizawa Tomofumi. The song's meaning is the story's title. I don't know how many chapters this'll be. It's my first time to write a series story and not just One-Shots, so bear with me if the updates might be slow. And also, don't expect romance too soon, I'm still building it up. Although there are hints. About other pairings, I'm still thinking about that, so don't rush me too much. Part 2 is already on the works so it might take a while, but I will definitely post it once I've finished.

I also made Giotto's name here to be Ieyasu for him to be very much Japanese. I made a couple of tweaks here and there, but I'll gradually write about the others as well, for now they'll only be mentioned. I'll try to make them as In-Character as possible, but do correct me if there's things that I've missed. Btw, Nana calls Giotto 'Yasu-kun' similar to how she calls Tsuna 'Tsu-kun'.

Out of the corner of his right eye, he secretly watches over as she recites the poem that their teacher asked her to read aloud for the whole class. He doesn't know why, but there's something about this girl that makes his eyes follow her whenever he sees him. Always making him feel something he's not quite sure yet. He turns to his book again to try focusing on their lesson but his mind still wanders to the girl. He secretly heaved a sigh, making another quick glance at the girl again. He then notices that her hair is in a braided bun today. It makes her look cute.

'Stop it right now. You're already failing this class Ieyasu. Stop it already.'

He sighs in defeat. Really, there's something about this girl that he just can't…. He just can't, period. Thankfully for the blonde, the school bell rang, signaling that class is over and that it's lunch time now.

"Hey, Ieyasu! Let's go to the roof already! I'm starving!"

"You're always starving G!"

"I do not!"

"You really do G"

"Not you too Cozart! Man, why is everyone's on my case?"

Ieyasu laughed while secretly glancing at her. Currently, she's talking to a few of her friends, hearing her infectious chime-like laughter on his end. He couldn't help but smile a bit. To him, her laughter is akin to music. Before his friends notice that he's ogling her for the nth time, he pushes them towards the door, earning a few grunts and groans in annoyance.

"Let's go you two. You can go argue like an old married couple again on the roof."

"Hey!"

What the 17-year old didn't know, the girl looks over his way when she was sure that he wasn't looking. One of her friends notices but didn't say anything, she's confident that her friend will tell her in said friend's own time.

"Haru, what's your lunch for today?"

Haru looks at her best friend in mild surprise not really liking the grin plastered on said best friend. But, true to her nature, she smiles widely and takes out her bento [1] from her bag.

"Well, I'm not too sure. Let's just see, ne, Elena-chan?"

Elena on the other hand, nodded, also taking out her own lunch. As they eat their lunch, Elena couldn't help but look over Haru in mild concern. She's sure, that Haru will tell her in her own time. When she does, she'll do all that she can to help out her friend.

"Try my tempura [2], Haru. It's to die for"

"Domo [3]! Here, try some of mine as well!"

"Sankyuu [4]!"

"Hey! That's mine baka [5]!"

"It's mine now, and there's nothing you could do about it!"

Ieyasu shook his head, chuckling slightly at what his two friends are doing.

'Really, Cozart should've known better than show off his food to G'

Currently, both redheads are arguing about the piece of yakitori [6] that is originally Cozart's lunch. And G, being the glutton that he mostly is, tried stealing some. Unfortunately for him, Cozart always retaliate, and tries back getting his lunch. They've been like this for as long as Ieyasu had known the two. And they have known each other for years now, Cozart really should have known better. 'But then again,' Ieyasu thought, 'they wouldn't be them if they don't act like that'

He looks up to the blue sky, lowering his bottle of Calpis, his thoughts once again wandering to a certain brunette classmate of his. He stretched up his free hand, as if trying to touch the sky above. He then wonders, or rather thinks, of what he really feels for the girl. Sure, they talk from time to time, she often helps him with his failing subjects at times, they've even been partners a couple of times for school projects. He gnawed his bottle a little, the shouts and insults of both G and Cozart in the background. Only a few months, and soon, they'll be third years, one more year, and they'll be in college. There's a big chance that he won't see her again.

He puts his free hand on his forehead and silently groaned in frustration. Both G and Cozart are still fighting in the background.

'Aw hell... What do I do now?'

'Shit! Shit! Shit! I'm late! Damn it!'

Ieyasu ran down stairs while struggling to put his gakuran [7] on. Iemitsu lowers his newspaper a bit, glancing over at his oldest son as the teenager entered the kitchen. Tsuna, on the other hand, munches happily on his own breakfast, but perked up when he realized that his brother's there. Nana turned around and smiled at her eldest, Ieyasu grinned sheepishly at his mother.

"Ohayou Yasu-kun [8]!"

"Ohayou nii-nii [9]!"

"Ohayou, Ieyasu!

"Ohayou minna! Gomen [10] Kaa-san, I can't eat breakfast today. I'm late!"

"Wait! Your bento!"

Ieyasu then grabs a toast and puts it in his mouth and ran off to get his shoes from their front door. Nana looks over her husband and asks him to give it to their son. Iemitsu nodded, took the bento from his wife's hand, and got up from his seat to give the bento.

As Ieyasu puts his shoes on, someone taps him on his shoulder. Turning around, he saw his father grinning at him while holding his bento in the air. Grabbing it, he murmured a thank you before sprinting off, he could faintly hear his father laughing at him and saying something about youth. He didn't even bother to know, but got to his bike and pedalled as fast as he can. He can't be late, lest he earns the wrath of Hibari Alaude, for the 8th time this week.

He could feel his legs getting heavier but he can't stop now, it's just a couple of feet away, he has to. Haru was about to enter school when in the corner of her eye, she saw a very familiar boy panting, but still tried his best to pedal his way to school. She turns her head around and her eyes widen in surprise. She faced his direction and shouted to encourage him not to give.

"Sawada-san! Just a few more! You can do it!"

Just when Ieyasu was about to give up, he sees her in a silhouette manner, he blinks thinking that his mind is playing tricks. But when he heard her voice, beckoning him to go forward, right then and there he knows that it's not an illusion. It's really her. So, he pedalled harder, never mind the fact that his legs becoming heavier like lead.

Thankfully he manages to be on time, and not getting himself killed by Alaude, for now. Unfortunately, since he's not as athletic as Asari, his cousin who's somewhere out there, most probably at the music room again, he fainted in front of her. Not his finest moment, definitely not the manliest either. Embarrassing, really, especially if all of his friends laughed their asses off when they had visited him in the school infirmary, not to mention that it happened right in front of the girl he likes too. He realized that last night. But because he fainted, it's still humiliating for him; he was excused for three of his first classes. 'Lucky bastard' is what G and Cozart muttered under their breath.

Haru unknowingly bit the end of her pen anxiously, only Elena noticed that. She should know, because Haru only does that whenever she's nervous or worried. Right now, she's betting on the second choice, and she also bets that it's because of Sawada too. The boy did faint in front of the school gates, with everyone seeing that. 'It became an instant sensation around school, poor Sawada. When he wakes up, he might wish he didn't.' Elena thought as she mentally shakes her head in pity for the boy. He's a nice guy really; he just has some really bad luck.

What with Alaude hot on his heels trying to kill him, because for some inexplicable reason, he keeps on pissing the Discipline Chairman whether it is by accident or just plainly coincidental, on Ieyasu's part that is. Seeing this, the boxing club captain, Sasagawa Knuckles, kept on inviting him to join his club so that he'll be 'man' enough to face the scary prefect from hell. Of course the blonde declined but Knuckles was just darn persistent. The lists goes on and on, and suffice to say, it made Ieyasu wonder if the ones up there deems his life entertaining enough to give him misery.

But Elena thinks that it's enough to think about the boy's troubles and just focused on Haru instead. She glances at her again, and indeed, Haru can't focus on their class. She bit a back a smile that's about to form from her lips. Haru may look like that she's focusing in class, but it can't fool Elena. She has known Haru since they were in kindergarten, so she knows her like the back of her hand. Her friend might not notice it, but slowly and steadily, Sawada Ieyasu is growing on her. Elena has no problems with the boy; she actually likes him for Haru. He's a nice and kind guy, and she knows that he likes her friend very much. The scene from the school gate is proof enough. Because when Haru had momentarily forgotten about her when the latter noticed him, she even encouraged the boy to go forward. You couldn't get more proof than that.

'Still, I wonder if Haru even realizes it yet.' Elena smiled to herself, although it didn't reach her eyes. 'I guess, all I can is watch over her then.'

"I…. like you…. Sawada-san. So, I was wondering, will you go out with me?"

Ieyasu eyes widen in shock, he can't believe it. The girl he likes actually confessed to him. He couldn't help but grin widely, feeling his heart beating so fast, as if he had run on a marathon. He feels so elated.

"I like you too Miura! I've always had! I'm so glad you felt the same!"

He hugged her close to him, making the girl squeaked in surprise, but nevertheless hugged him back. He felt that he's the luckiest man alive.

"Having a nice dream, Ieyasu?"

Reborn asked the younger man, smirking in amusement. He's even taking pictures of his godchild's stupid grin, among other more embarrassing expressions. He can't wait to show this to both Iemitsu and Nana, maybe even the blonde's grandfather, or better, he'll use it as blackmail material.

"I like you too, Haru"

"Oh, so it's a girl eh?"

"I'm so glad that you felt the same way too"

"Really now? So why don't you get your lazy ass off my bed and scurry off to her already?"

Reborn then literally kicked Ieyasu off the bed, making the boy fall with a loud 'thud'. He then puts both his hands to his white coat's pockets and smirked deviously when he heard the blonde groan in pain, now fully awake. Even though technically he shouldn't be doing that, first he's the school's doctor and second, he's the boy's godfather. But he digresses, what's the fun in that? He has every right to annoy and tease the boy whenever and wherever (not to mention on 'how') he would do it.

"Oji-san [11]! What the hell!? What's the big idea!?"

"You like a girl don't you?"

"W-wha –? How –? Huh?"

Reborn shakes his head and then looks at him in mock hurt. Ieyasu stared at him blank; he could've fooled him, if it weren't from the way the older man smirks at him. Yes, Reborn couldn't be trusted.

"You still talk in your sleep. I thought you're way over your stupidity. Guess I was wrong."

The blonde glared at him in annoyance, the older man just shrugged it off, and he's still laughing at him, mentally.

A/N: Here are the meaning of some of the Japanese words mentioned in the story, but I know that most of you knows the words already:

[1] Bento - Boxed Lunch

[2] Tempura - something fried, usually shrimp but it can also pertain to vegetables as well.

[3] Domo - Casual way of saying 'thank you'

[4] Sankyuu - Thank you (This is what 'Thank you' sounds like if a native Japanese speaker says it in literal english)

[5] Baka - Stupid/Idiot/Fool

[6] Yakitori - Grilled Chicken (Yaki means to grill, while Tori literally means bird, or in this case chicken)

[7] Gakuran - old-fashion school uniform. Nowadays, it's rare for schools to have this type of uniform. for the image, just look it up online.

[8] Ohayou - Good morning/Morning

[9] Nii-nii - cute endearment for older brother

[10] Gomen/Kaa-san - Sorry/Mother

[11] Oji-san - It's not a typo, it's really the term. Oji is different from Ojii. Oji is a term for middle-aged men or your uncle, while Ojii is for senior citizens AKA your grandpa.