Chapter 1:
Tsuna couldn't help but feel sorry for his twin brother Nagime as he fell down the stairs of their little mansion on another Saturday morning. He and his twin brother were never cared for and were left alone when they were only 3 years old.
He had to take charge and get jobs for the both of them to survive; he did small things that'll only get him up to 25 cents at most. Now he had sturdier jobs that help both of them with food, clothes, school supplies, and things for the house.
That came with a price though, Tsuna juggled 8 jobs just so he could do all of that. That meant he couldn't go to school either, he had to beg the principal to let Nagime go in too.
"OW!" Nagime shouted when he reached the floor.
"You ok Nagime-kun?" Tsuna asked as he set the plates of their tiny meal on the table.
"I'm fine Tsu-nii, do we still have bandage? I got a small cut on my cheek." Nagime asked.
"No, we ran out yesterday when we were racing home and I fell, scraping my knee a little in the process remember?" Tsuna informed.
"Oh yeah, do we have enough money to buy some more?" Nagime asked; as he got up and went over to give Tsuna a little peck on the cheek and sat down to eat.
"We do, buy a lot though, I'm getting my paycheck today for two of my jobs and you know we both fall a lot." Tsuna told Nagime, handing him a 20 bill.
"Tsu-nii, it's too much for bandages!" Nagime exclaimed as he stared at the money in worry.
"Don't worry, we need to buy more food too, this is the last meal unless we buy more, also you need another notebook right?" Tsuna said with a smile.
"I'm fine without a notebook so just give me 10 dollars, besides; the notebook doesn't even cost 10 dollars!" Nagime argued.
"Nagime, buy what you need and give me what you don't need, I'll use the notebook the bullies tore." Tsuna demanded in a strict tone.
"Tsu-nii, I'm serious, it's fine!" Nagime tried again.
"Nagime, your teacher is strict with your notebook's organization, what will he think if your notebook is torn?" Tsuna asked.
Nagime looked down, "He'll hit me and send me to the principal."
"We don't want to disturb the principal when he was so kind to let you go into his school even when we are struggling to get by right?" Tsuna asked.
"Right." Nagime muttered.
Tsuna sighed at his brother's depressed look, "Nagime look at me."
Nagime slowly looked up; his bright yellow eyes stared into Tsuna's midnight blue eyes. They once both had the same brown colored eyes but it slowly changed for some odd reason, even the doctors didn't understand.
"It's fine, get that notebook and whatever you need, I'll get two paychecks today, so don't worry ok?" Tsuna said softly.
Nagime's eyes sprang up tears as he nodded slowly, "Ok…" he said hoarsely.
Tsuna nodded satisfied but when he glanced at the clock his eyes widened, "I got to go Nagime! I'm going to be late for work! Leave my food in the fridge for me!"
"Hurry Tsu-nii! And I will, don't work too hard ok?" Nagime yelled as Tsuna ran out the door.
"I won't!" Tsuna yelled back as he rounded out of the gate.
Nagime sighed as he placed Tsuna's food in the refrigerator and went upstairs to get ready for school. He placed his ripped notebook in Tsuna's room and left the house as well.
"I'm going." He muttered as he locked the door and left.