Hello everyone! I originally wrote this story several years ago but lost interest, however I decided to continue the story. I'm rewriting every chapter, and hopefully the updates should be frequent. Hope you enjoy!
It was early morning when Tsuna found himself being forced awake by a strange tugging sensation on his fingers. In an attempt to shoo away whatever was trying to wake him, Tsuna rolled over and covered his head with his comforter to shield himself.
"Five more minutes..." He murmured half-heartedly; however the tugging on his fingers still persisted, much to his displeasure as he slowly found himself becoming more and more awake. Finally, he pushed the cover off from his head and cracked his eyes open, the sunlight from the window too harsh on his non-adjusted eyes. He lazily extended his hands out in front of him to see the source of the pulling. He saw red on his petite fingers in his still blurred vision.
'Huh? Am I bleeding?' He thought to himself as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes, the chocolate brown orbs now fully adjusted to the light. He could now see clearly what was on his fingers: four red ribbons. Two on each hand.
"Hiiie! What is this?" The brunette exclaimed, pulling at the ribbons in attempt to take them off with no such luck.
"What is what?" Reborn asked as he walking into the room, a fresh cup of coffee in his left hand.
"Reborn! Is this you're doing?" He asked, extending his hands out for Reborn to see the ribbons, which flowed freely from his fingers, each one leading in different directions.
"Is what my doing, No-good Tsuna?" Reborn questioned, his confusing present at his student's odd behavior so early in the morning.
"These ribbons!" He answered, shaking his hand for extra enthusiasm.
"Stupid Tsuna, there isn't anything there." Reborn said as he looked at Tsuna's hand, which looked completely normal.
"Huh? Yes there is! There are two red ribbons on each of my hands, both on my middle and pointer fingers. See? One of them is floating right next to you and out the door." Tsuna tried to convince the hit man, his eyes following the crimson colored fabric out the door and into the hall. Reborn pulled his fedora down to cover his eyes, a smirk plastered on his face.
"Perhaps it's the Red Ribbons of Fate."
"The what?" Tsuna asked, not sure if he had heard right.
"The Red Ribbons of Fate, they say it connects one to the person they are fated to be with." Reborn explained.
"Fated to be with? You mean as in love?" The younger boy asked, his jaw dropping in disbelief.
"That's correct."
"Well what does it mean when you have four of them?" Reborn's smirk got even wider, and Tsuna was beginning to regret asking.
"It means that fate has chosen more than one person to be with you, however you must choose one of the people that you are attached to. If you don't do that within one month, than it shows none are right for you." Tsuna sighed a breath of relief.
"So if I don't like any of them, if I just wait one month, then the strings will just disappear?"
"You can't fight fate, Tsuna. These people are the ones who are chosen for you. If you don't pick one of them, then they will disappear from your life. The same goes for them, if they don't choose you or try to break the ribbon, it will have the same effect."
"Wait, wait, wait! How is that even possible? Are you lying to me, Reborn?" Tsuna interrogated, but before he got his answer, the ribbon on his left middle finger yanked him hard in its direction, causing Tsuna to fall over on his bed.
"W-what was that?"
"I believe that when the other person is thinking of you, it does that to pull you both closer together." Reborn speculated. Tsuna sighed, the story becoming stranger as he heard it.
"Anyhow, I'm not ready to fall in love!" Tsuna complained.
"Well, you won't know until you try, I suppose." His home tutor reasoned as they fell silent. A few moments later, Tsuna realized something.
"Wait a minute; is Kyoko-Chan one of the people I'm connected to?" He asked, his hopes high.
"We won't know until you go find out yourself." He answered. Tsuna jumped up and got some clothes to shower, Reborn grinned.
"Good luck, Tsuna."
After being fully dressed, Tsuna proceeded to head down stairs when he faced a predicament.
'Can anyone else see the ribbons? What if mom sees them, what will I tell her?' He thought, peering into the kitchen to where his mom was happily cooking while humming a song.
'Reborn couldn't see them, so hopefully I should be fine.' He decided as he entered the kitchen.
"Good morning, Mom." He greeted her as he sat down at the table.
"Ah, Tsu-kun, good morning! I was just about to come wake you up for breakfast!" She smiled as she placed a bowl of steamed white rice and toast in from of him.
"Would you like an omelet?" She asked.
'Thank goodness, she doesn't seem to notice the ribbons.' He thought relieved, seeing as how the ribbons flowed throughout the room, somehow passing through solid objects.
"No thank you, this is fine. I'm going to go out in a little bit."
"Do you have some kind of plans today?" Nana questioned in her usual cheerful tone.
"Not exactly, I was just going to- Ah!" Tsuna dropped the bowl he was holding as one of the ribbons yanked his hand, the white rice spilling all over the table.
"Goodness Tsu-kun, you should be more careful! Anyway, you were going to what?" She scolded lightly, cleaning up her son's spilled mess.
"Go for a walk, see where things take me." 'Things' obviously referring to the ribbons.
"You're acting awfully strange today, although I'm glad you're going to get some fresh air instead of staying cooped up in the house on this beautiful weekend." Nana giggled as her son blushed.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll be leaving now." He said, standing and going over to put on his shoes.
"Have a safe trip, Tsu-kun!" She called to him.
"Thanks." He called back as he left out the door, wondering which ribbon he should pursue first. His mind was made up for him, however, when he was yanked to the left, almost tripping. Tsuna glared at the ribbon.
"Fine, I'll follow you first!" He growled as he proceeded down the road as he followed the ribbon.