A brunette trotted cheerfully to the front door of her house as her perfectly layered hair bobbed around with every step.
Her hair was up in a ponytail giving it a cascading look as her layers stopped at different points.
She didn't waste any time at all to take the mail straight from the mailman, accidentally making the said employee drop his mail.
She gave a few bows and apologized several more times before going into the house after being reassured that he was alright.
"Tsu-Chan, did you get the mail?" The brunette's happy-go-lucky mother chirped from the kitchen as anyone nearby could smell the delectable breakfast she was choking.
"Yes mom-!" The brunette replied before finding a certain envelope and gasping. "I.. I got a message back from Vongola Academy mother!"
It wasn't long til her emotions decided to become adrenaline junkies and go sky diving and whatnot.
They started from happy, quickly becoming nervous and anxious, going to a real awkward melancholy feeling as she awaited on her young mother.
"Oh! Were you accepted? If you were, I'm all support, and in sure Papa is as well!" Sawada Nana, the mother, squealed at the thought of her daughter going to a well-known prestigious school despite her average, and sometimes below average, grades.
The brunette, Sawada Tsukina, shrugged her shoulders realizing that she had started to shake in anxiety. "Can.. Can you open it and tell me the results?" She asked closing her eyes tightly.
Without hesitating, her mother ripped the envelope away from the younger's hands and opened it while Tsukina's eyes filed with tears at her own premonition of her future.
"Tsuki, you..." The said child in question covered her face sobbing at what she thought was reality. "You made it! Of course.. There are conditions though..." Mama started as she read further.
"' To get your wanted job in acting, you must dress as a man, act like a man, live with the men, be a man, and do not get caught.' It says.." Nana finished reading and noticed that Tsuki was still trying to process that she had even got accepted into the school.
After she realized that she had made it, she had gave a short-lived cheer until she realized the condition. "W-wait.. There's no way.."
"Tsu-Chan! This is great! And to think that all you have to do is pretend to be a boy!"
Tsuki paled at her mother's enthusiasm and unconsciously stroked her hair.
"I.. I don't think I c-can do it Mama.. I can barely speak in front of others right! There's no way I could pretend to be a boy, or even worse, I'm expected to live with them?!"
The girl whined when her mother grabbed her shoulders quite roughly. Tsuki sniffed before looking up at her mother, who's smile seemed to promise danger.
The only thing that Tsukina could do in response was pale as she now knew how determined her mother was.
"You can talk perfectly well I'm a stage. You can talk perfectly right now. All you have to do is speak your feelings without the whole ' I'm female' and it shouldn't be too hard. Now I'm going to cut your hair and you're going to pack and go on your way to Vongola Academy." Her mother spat the words out in a bitter sweet tone that gave her no choice, but Tsuki had to at least try.
"..b-but..." Nana proceeded to tie her to the chair and cut her hair earning no resistance as Tsuki knew better.
"There! Now you're my cute little son, Sawada Tsunayoshi! You're so adorable! Don't let anyone eat you up, alright?" Tsuki, or now Tsuna, cocked her head to the side in confusion as to what her mother was talking about. They're weren't any cannibals, were there?
"Now tell me all about yourself!"
"My n-name is Sawada Tsunayoshi.. I'm a 16 year old first-year with the sky attribute. I live in the Vongola Castle in the Decimo Room along with eight other people who are known as the sky's guardians. The section of the room that I sleep in is known as the Cielo Grande.." Tsuki recited the facts in which she was doomed to remember for the next three years.
"Great! Now go ahead and put on your uniform, pack your bags, and head down to the train station, alright?"
The high school student only nodded in disdain at her short and gravity defying new hairstyle.
She slipped on a thin vest after her undergarments to flatten her chest, then proceeded to put on an orange dress shirt and black dress pants and shoes. She then put on another vest, but this one being part of the three piece suit and black. And finally, she slipped on the black suit blazer and an orange tie all neatly.
She froze for a second to think. 'I'm a boy, so shouldn't I be a bit less neat?' She tried it with the dress shirt unbuttoned a bit and the tie loose with an open blazer.
'I.. I don't like it, but if it makes others believe I'm not a girl..' She flustered a bit at the sight of herself before clearing her throat and heading to the station still a bit pink faced.
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'What will the school look like? Will people like me? Will I ever make friends? I hope this school isn't too boring or mean or strict or-' Tsuki's thoughts were cut off from some yelling at the station.
"You think that since he's your brother that you can keep his attention all to yourself?!" A girl yelled.
"He doesn't belong to you, so stop hanging around him so much!"
"What? You don't have your own damn friends to be with?! Then stay all alone, trash!"
Tsuki growled lightly to herself at the words she was once use to being used against another person and walked over to the group of girls crowding one girl.
"How about we not pick on other people? Actually, it'd be best for you all to leave now." Tsuki said in a low menacing voice with an almost straight poker face if it wasn't for her eyes that glared.
"This is none of your-" one of the girls with pink hair turned to argue with the person who interrupted before looking him(her) over with curious and delighted eyes.
'Oh goodness! I need to say something! What do I say?! Maybe something cool?!' "Girls don't look good bullying nor with bruises." She finally decided to say turning her head to the side realizing how lame she must've sounded.
It took a while, but after a sigh came from each one(which sounded more satisfied than disdained to Tsuki) they all left.
Tsuki also sighed in relief that it worked, because how would a guy look like if he fought with girls and maybe even lost?
She went to go help the girl up, who now obviously had violet hair that looked to be in a... Pineapple form? Her uniform was the same as Tsuki's but with a black dress skirt, and an indigo bow in place of the tie and an indigo dress shirt. "Are you okay?" The brunette asked the girl who stood.
"I.. I'm f-fine.." The girl said looking down at her feet and looked to be uncomfortable with talking.
Tsuki smiled thinking that the girl was cute and extended her hand to her. "I'm Sawada Tsuk-..Tsunayoshi, a first-year. Nice to meet you."
The girl looked up with her eye in surprise before blushing and looking down while shaking his hand. "I-I'm C-Chrome R-R-Rokudo-o..." She said getting quieter with each word.
Tsuki kept up her smile as she took her hand back. "I.. I hope you wouldn't mind being good friends in the future." Tsukina said blushing and scratching the back of her head.
Chrome snapped her head upwards to look Tsuki straight in the eye as if searching for any evident lies in her words. "you... R-really would want... T-to be friends w-with... Someone like me?"
Tsuki nodded unsure at the way she said it. "Someone like you?"
"No good.. Ugly.. Related to Mukuro... A waste of space.. With only one eye.." Tsuki's eyes widened at her description of herself and put her hands on the shorter one's shoulders giving the girl a shock.
"Do you believe these things about yourself? Everyone has a purpose in life, and there's no such thing as a 'no good' person. You aren't ugly, you're actually very cute! And I don't know who Mukuro is, but you shouldn't be judged by relatives, it's wrong! And your eye.." Tsuki put a hand on her eye patch. "It only adds to the mysterious beauty of you."
Chrome's mouth gaped and after a moment started crying with a flustered face.
Tsuki jumped in fear before removing her hands. "I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean t-to make you cry! I'll s-s-stop! I'll go o-over there! I'll do a-anything, but please don't cry!"
She giggled almost inaudibly at Tsuki's antics before wiping her tears. "N-no it's just.. I'm.. I'm so happy.. It's the first time a-anyone other than my brother has.. Has said something s-so nice t-to me before.."
Before Tsuki could reply now relieved of her previous guilt, she was hit in the back of her head roughly.
"Ow! Wh-what was that for?" She winced crouching on the floor holding back sneak tears that threatened to show.
"Oya oya, seems that I've come across a big bug, but don't worry my cute little sister. I saved you." A deep voice of a man said.
Chrome stood in shock for a second before looking worried. "Mukuro-nii! You hurt him!"
She ran to Tsuki's side to ask about her well-being when her brother looked confused.
"I thought that was the point? He was bullying you! He made you cry!" Mukuro pointed out to save his case as his sister looked angry for the first time in a while towards him.
"He saved me earlier! I was crying because.. Because I was happy.." She said blushing a bit at the memory.
"I see why people might not like your brother.." Tsuki murmured which irked Mukuro himself.
"What was that? Would you care to repeat yourself?" Tsuki stood up after thanking Chrome and looked irritated at the man who looked just like Chrome, but his eyes mismatched with one being an indigo color and the other crimson. He had the same hairstyle as Chrome, but it was an indigo color as well as his tie and dress shirt.
"I would care if I had to repeat myself, actually. Thanks for asking." She replied smartly still rubbing the back of her head.
"Do you want to go?" The indigo haired child asked bringing out a trident.
"Mukuro-nii! Stop it!" Chrome yelled stealing the trident from her brother and putting it away. "He's my... We're friends.."
Tsuki shined at the fact that she was acknowledged as a friend and looked smugly to her brother who sighed in reluctance, but still glared at the brunette.
The train had then reached a stop, and Mukuro decided to take advantage of this.
"We'll be leaving first then. Watch your back, kufufu.." Mukuro warned while Chrome followed behind him waving her goodbye as Tsuki did the same.
She looked on to the grand building (' basically a castle' Tsuki thought to herself) in hopes of a great and exciting school year.
What little did she know.
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From here on out I'll refer to Tsuki as Tsuna, so please keep that in mind! I'll still say her she and whatnot