"Hey we're here at my place now guys. It was fun hanging out.. Even if it was doing homework." I winked at Tsuna at the last part. He blushed in return. "It was fun hanging out with you too Eclissi-Sempai." Tsuna said to me as he recovered from blushing. Kami, I'm in his class yet he still calls me sempai? Well I am older by a year and a few months..

"Oi baka onna! Next time I'LL help the Juudaime. Instead of having a stupid woman like you, he only needs me." Gokudera had stated proudly while glaring at me. Ha. He looks kinda cute like that. "Yeah ok, I'll see you guys at school tomorrow." I waved as they turned to leave.

"Haha goodby sempai!" Yamamoto waved at me. "We'll see you tomorrow, Shirae." Reborn said as he hopped on Tsuna's shoulder. "Yeah, bye." I took out my keys to my house. As soon as I came in I instantly noticed the house was clean. I guess mom was in a mood for cleaning, I usually do it. 'Yeah more like forced.' I thought bitterly.

"Hey mom? I'm home!" Where is she? And all of a sudden a figure came out of the living room area. "Where were you? Why are you home late?" Mom crossed her arms. Well isn't that a great sign? Note my sarcasm.

"I was helping my friend out with homework, so we stayed after with some other friends." Shit. I'm already starting to sweat a little on my cheek. "I thought I told you to call me if you stay back ahead of time. And if not come home right away, unless la crosse practice." Now I know where I get my good poker face, because her face is nerve breaking blank.

"And you think that staying to help a friend is enough to not listen to me?" She walked over until she was five inches away from me. 'Well someone needs a breathment!' "Well.. I'm sorry mom?" And as soon as I had said that, I've instantly regret it. Because I'm gonna need to wear A LOT of cover up to hide the bruises I'm going to get in a second. I just hope no one will see the bruises..

I walked to school the next morning, hoping the guys won't run into me. 'Yeah right, we're definitely gonna run into each other.' We always do. Hopefully the make-up is enough to cover up the bruises. Yup! This shall totally go unnoticed, this is fool proof.

….. Wait, I've got a busted lip too. I'll just say I fell or something. Yeah! Here comes school. Huh, I didn't run into the boys today. That's odd, I would usually here Gokudera's bickering, and Tsuna's yell for him to calm down. Or Reborn having to lecture Tsuna.

"Eclissi sempai! Konichiwa." I turned to see Kyoko catching up to me. I smiled down to her. (I'm taller by three inches.) "Kyoko, we're in the same class, please stop calling me that. And besides, we're best friends. Call me Shirae." I replied casually as I nod to Hana who just arrived.

"Haha, I guess I keep forgetting to do that, huh?" She chuckled to herself then asked "Have you seen Tsuna-kun? You guys usually come to school together." Tsuna would so blush when I tell him that she asked. "Well, now that I think of it, I kinda left the house a little early.." I replied as I placed my finger to my chin in thought. And then I heard her gasp. "What?" Was there a bug on me?

"What had happened to your lip? It's all cut!" She exclaimed as she looked in worry. "That does look pretty serious there Eclissi." Hana came closer to look at it. There's Tsuna and the guys! Time for me to escape.

"Hey I need to go, I have to tell Tsuna something. Bye guys!" And with that I ran over to the guys. "Hey there guys!" My cheeks had hurt when I had said that. Maybe because of my huge smile. Tsuna, who seemed a little surprised by my sudden appearance, uttered a quick 'morning.'

"Hey Shirae, where were you this morning?" Does Reborn know he's NOT light? Anyways he hopped on my shoulder and just punched my head to the ground. "Eclissi sempai!" Tsuna rushed on over to me yelling frantically in my ears. Ugh, that probably just increased my bruises.

"Nngh. Thanks for that Reborn." Take note of the sarcasm in that. "Anyways, I left my house early apparently." I dusted off the dirt from my uniform. We were now walking to class now, and Reborn had up and left us.

Gokudera had decided to speak up on our way to class. "Oi woman, what the hell happened to your lip? It looks disgusting!" Wow Gokudera. You're so nice aren't you? "Now that you mention it, what did happen to you?" Yamamoto peered at me from his place next to Gokudera. "I fell down some stairs." Gokudera and Tsuna face planted while Yamamoto laughed. "Ma ma~ You're not the clumsy type Shirae. Watch out next time!"

We've arrived in class and were sitting by one another at this point. We were joking around for a bit, well, more like Yamamoto and I were, and Gokudera yelling at us to shut up. And then there was Tsuna smiling at us guardians.

At lunch we went to the rooftop as usual, where we met up with Reborn. "Dame-Tsuna. We have training after school so be prepared. You three shall be accompanying too." Training with Reborn? I've always wanted to do that when I was younger..

"Yosh! I'll be ready alright!" I pumped my fist in the air, and Tsuna looked like he was gonna pass out. "It's a pleasure to train with you, Reborn-san." And then we have Gokudera bowing down repeatedly. I had to sweat drop at this. "Oh? Is this part of the game kid? Sure I'm up for it! Haha." How is my best friend so… Oblivious. Then I remembered.

"Hey I gotta ask my mom first though guys." If I didn't, I'd be dead. "Sure. But you're usually the type to not ask for permission. Why?" Reborn asked me. Tsuna looked like he was thinking the same thing. "Oh I know.. I just don't want her to worry that's all." And from there we ate our lunch and had chatted.

But I didn't notice Tsuna's look of worry when he looked at me. His hyper intuition was telling him that, that most likely wasn't what had happened.