A/N: Just for the record, no this isn't a sequel for the Did you know? I care about you story, it's a standalone. A really lo~ong standalone, probably three chapters of unknown length each…
Disclaimer: I do not have any ownership of KHR.
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Chapter 1
You might die…and is not a risk I can bare to face
A couple of days after his father and his boss left, Tsuna was diagnosed with some cancer that had a strange pronunciation. The little boy was quickly taken to the ER after the sudden nosebleed that came out of nowhere.
The young mother had tried to call Iemitsu, but the man never answered. She was left alone to watch her little boy slowly fade away through treatment after treatment.
Then one day the doctors told her, Tsuna might not make it.
The little boy was her only link to Iemitsu and now she feared for its possible loss. Unable to bare the that on top of being left alone, Nana stopped visiting her son.
It was rather fortunate the little boy never saw this fear before he went into a deep sleep, yet he was aware of the absence of any familiarity.
Days passed, weeks ended, and just before the next month began again, the little lonely boy woke up. The warmth of flames was now a distant echo of a memory and the strange dreams of laughter faded away.
What little he could understand; the doctor spoke of miracles and his cancer went into remission meaning it no longer actively trying to kill him. Yet he doesn't care much staying in the stale cold hospital room with no mother waiting at his bedside.
Before the little boy's tears began to fall, the young mother, who on the day before was just finishing up her preparations to leave the town, came running through the hospital room's door.
Little Tsuna gave his mother a small smile, not minding how once they were home she quickly whips up simple the party for his recovery she made for him once they were at home. He was happy that after the last weeks of not knowing he will get to see another day.
Even though the little boy knew somewhere toward the end of his treatment, the lack of warmth from the absent grip in his tiny hand meant his mother stopped coming.
There will be days afterwards that the very sight of parents hugging their child on parent visiting days or the horrible blank look that enters his mother's eyes as he recovers from a simple cold brought pain and fear.
But its ok. She came back. That is all that it matters.
She's here now…
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Tsuna was happy everything was over. His tutor would live, and his friends are closer than ever. Hibari and Mukuro only fought once since he last saw them!
Speaking of which, Reborn had left a week earlier to do something in Italy. Probably to update the new training regimen for Neo Vongola Primo or worse, for inspiration.
Takeshi and Ryohei had a field trip out of town for their respective sports club. At first, they didn't want to go, but Tsuna insisted with some newfound self-confidence that they should enjoy their school time while it lasts. Ryohei left crying about what an extreme guy he was and promised to bring souvenirs. Takeshi only laughed in similar agreement.
Bianchi practically kidnapped Hayato, which wasn't hard when he was K.O. by seeing her face. They should be in Italy by now, probably trying to bond with their father. Lambo also joined them as well, but was going to be dropped off at the Bovino mansion. Something about reloading his weapons.
Tsuna is very worried and wary when the younger boy returns.
Fon decided to take I-Pin for some student and teacher bonding around the world. They should be back in a couple of weeks.
Hibari is out somewhere fighting Dino to his heart content, leaving Kusakabe in charge of overseeing Namimori.
Although he was alone without his friends, Tsuna he didn't mind. Tsuna would enjoy the quiet and lack of Reborn's insanity while it lasts. Unfortunately, after days and days of surprisingly calm from the lack of chaos from everyone, Tsuna was jumpy, waiting for the other shoe to drop. He hopes he was just being paranoid.
He was right, but it wasn't the annoying trouble related to the mafia.
If only it was.
Tsuna was humming a nonsense tone as he walked back home from the store. Just as he entered the front gate, he felt dizzy. He leans against the gate until he got his bearings back. This is the seventh time in two days!
Once he was feeling balanced, Tsuna opens the door, "I'm home!"
"Welcome back, Tsu-kun!" his mother shouted from the kitchen, "Can you put the groceries on the table?"
"Yeah," Tsuna placed the bag on the table and turned around to go back to his room, when everything turns dark.
Tsuna groans as he felt his body heavy. He wonders what Reborn made him do and what did he do to annoy him so much to be condemned to receive deep pain in his bones, unable to twitch a finger.
Wait a minute, Reborn left to do who knows what in Italy! That means something happened! Where's Mom? I hope she is alright.
After a long eternity, the teenage boy opened his eyes. What he saw was a sea of white. It took longer than he thought it was possible for his vision to adjust.
The white sea turns out to be the bed covers over his body that he knows for sure he didn't own. Starting to feel his other senses wake up, he feels a foreign sensation inside of his elbow. He barely turns his head to stare at the clear tube that was strapped into his arm. The brown-haired teen followed the tube to the machine next to his bed.
Before Tsuna can formulate his thoughts from the foggy sensation that reminds him from the days before Reborn, a door opened.
The doctor enters the room once she caught Tsuna stare. Once her steady and hard steps stopped by his bed, she pulls a chair and takes a seat.
The doctor gives him a small smile, "Glad to have you awake, Sawada-san."
"What…happened?" Tsuna whispers. Even talking was a huge effort, but the tiredness was already starting to disappear.
The doctor eyes soften for a split second before they turned indifference. She flips a page on the clipboard that was under her arm and reads through it quickly before looking up, "Comparing your lab results with your old medical records, Sawada-san, there might be a high chance of you being out of remission."
Tsuna stares at her. He isn't sure how to feel about that.
"For now, you are free to go, but expect for our call in the incoming days for the results of your status so we may help you stabilize your condition if the results show positive."
The brown-haired boy looks down and stares at his lap, "Okay."
He ignores her soft sigh before pressing a button to call in a nurse to have prep him to be checked out.
Despite Tsuna was given some medication for the pain he would get before he left the hospital, he didn't bother taking any on his way home. By the time he got home, he was dragging his feet at a snail's pace.
He opened his house's front door and felt a chill. Tsuna looks around after taking off his shoes and realized the kitchen was silent. He looks over the clock and saw it was afternoon, the time she usually making lunch.
"Mom?" Tsuna calls from the bottom of the stairs.
There was no response. He frowns. Tsuna climbed up the stairs slowly, partially from paranoia how there is something off about the situation and partially because he is too tired from the long walk from the hospital.
With a slight hesitation, Tsuna knocks on her door. To his surprise, the door creaks open. He frowns at the made bed and turns on the light. He eyes her room.
Usually her dresser is covered by hairbrushes and creams. Now it was all cleared away. Worried, he rushes to check her drawers and found them empty. Tsuna started to panic and slides her closet door open only to find it empty as well.
"She wouldn't…" he whispers and looks to see her small table next to her bed. There was an envelope.
Tsuna shakily opens it. There was some cash and a small note. The money flutters down the ground, ignored as he takes in a deep breath before reading the note.
You were the reason each day was bearable without your father, but now that I might lose you again, I cannot bear watching you die slowly. I'm sorry, but I cannot go through this.
Not again.
It's best for both of us not to see the worst of each other.
Goodbye,
Nana Sawada.
Tsuna felt numb, not realizing drops of water falling on the slightly crumpled paper.
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A/N: Just so you know, I don't hate Nana nor Iemitsu, but there bound to be an alternative universe where she isn't much of a good mother, but in this case, I tried to touch on the fact how Nana was very young and was basically abandoned by Iemitsu's support and didn't cope well, being alone like that of lack of support of anyone and after years in such a state, she broke. Sometimes things don't work out, yet sometimes something new comes along that wouldn't happened if the former had never happened…
