Salvami
Summary: Tsuna is left to fend for himself when his mother becomes sick and he is left with his abusive father. Known as Dame-Tsuna and no friends can anyone save him from his father?
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR
Chapter One:
Pain. That was the only thing that his mind could register. Despite the birds happily chirping and the sunny skies shining through his window the world still seemed so dark. However, Tsuna knew that if he didn't get out of bed soon the same thing would happen all over again. His father would hit him, kick him, and drink some more until he was satisfied or until he got bored then he would move on to something more painful. Just remembering the previous night sent shivers up his back as Tsuna tried to get out bed and ready himself for the long day ahead.
"Ite!" Tsuna yelped in pain as it shot through his back. Stretching slightly to relieve a bit of the pain he gets off the bed and bathes and gets dressed as fast as he can before his father wakes up. After all, if his dad didn't find breakfast on the table before he left for work it would mean another beating and he didn't want to start his day on a bad start. Heading towards the kitchen he proceeds to take out the necessary ingredients and begins his daily routine of cooking breakfast and sits quietly at the table waiting for his father to come downstairs and eat. His father was very controlling and Tsuna knew better than to break his father's rules. For example, everyday Tsuna must do all the cooking and wait for his father finish eating first before he himself can even eat anything, also all the cleaning must be done before his father gets home from work. There were many rules, it was either obey or be beaten.
Crash! Slam!
'It looks like he's finally awake,' Tsuna thought hoping his morning would go well, 'now I just need to stay calm and act docile, hopefully he's in a better mood than last night.' At the thought of last night's events reminds him of the dulling pain in his back.
Hearing his father come down the stairs he starts mentally preparing himself as he does every morning readying himself for anything his father has in store for him.
Finally seeing his father enter through the doorway, he stands and bows to him. "Good morning, Tou-san.", Tsuna says without emotion, eyes closed, expecting the worst. Luck was on his side though as his father just sat down and began eating, as Tsuna sat back down and waited for his father to finish eating so he could eat his own breakfast.
The silence during breakfast was deafening as time seemed to slow down the only real sounds were coming from his father as he was gorging down all the food. Just watching made Tsuna's stomach churn and twist in knots thinking about food. Unfortunately for Tsuna, the more he thought about it and watched his father gobble down his breakfast his stomach growled. Tsuna tensed and closed his eyes as tight as he could hoping his father hadn't heard it, but his luck seemed to run out when his father stopped eating.
"Hmmm...Are you hungry, son~",Iemitsu said tauntingly.
Too scared to say anything, or do anything for that matter he looks down in fear in anticipation for the worst.
Iemitsu's impatience grows at his son's silence; he bangs his fists on the table scaring him further so bad that he begins trembling.
"Well!" he bellows, as he stands from his seat making his way over behind the brunet's seat.
"I-I'm sorry..." Tsuna pleads as Iemitsu stood behind him, dread filling his entire being. Tears already forming at the corner of his eyes, he takes a shaky breath before his father roughly grabs him by his hair.
"AAAGHHH! P-Please d-d-don't I'm s-sorry!" Tsuna helplessly cries.
"Shut up! I asked you a question 'Are you hungry?' he bellowed as he dragged Tsuna by his hair to the other side of the table, throwing him in his original seat forcing him to look at the half-eaten breakfast, "Well answer me damn it!"
Tired of listening to the young brunet, crying and whimpering as he weakly struggled to get out of his hold. He smashes Tsuna's face on his half-empty plate of food, easily breaking the plate.
"AAAAGGGHHHH!"
Finally letting go of him, Iemitsu watches as Tsuna slumps down from the impact in obvious agony as the brunet curled himself into a ball preparing himself for further pain.
"Tch, this mess had better be cleaned up before I get home tonight," Iemitsu calmly said as if nothing happened before giving Tsuna a hard kick to the stomach; walking out the kitchen and out of the house on his way to work.
SLAM!
"Hnn...itte..", wearily Tsuna opens his eyes only to see red, letting out a shaky breath he didn't know he was holding he touches his face realizing it was blood, lots of it. 'Not good. How am I gonna explain this at work.' He tries to get up only to fail as he slipped and fell again hurting himself further. Trying again, this time more carefully, he picks up the shattered pieces of the plate and wasted food to throw it away.
"You're late."
"I-I know, I'm sorry i-it won't happen again."
"See that it doesn't otherwise next time I'll dock your pay. Also what's with the bandages?"
"Eh? Uh…I-It's nothing I t-tripped and fell t-that's all."
"Right then get to work, table five hasn't been served yet."
"Hai, I'm on it."
After he was sure his manager was out of sight he tried to hide the bandages around his head more with his bangs as he changed into his uniform. He got ready as soon as he could, he was already late he really didn't want to be in trouble than he already was. Finally dressed in uniform he made his way to table five to take their order as he was instructed.
"Welcome to Vongola Café, are you ready to order?"
Tsuna took out his pen and notepad, ready to take their order. When he looked back at the customer he was shocked he hadn't had expected to be someone from his past. Despite the time that had passed, he could tell it was same person. The same person who helped him against the bullies when he use to go to school was sitting in front of him. The same blond hair and captivating sky blue eyes were staring back at him, it was Giotto. Could his luck get any worse, if Giotto recognized him the manager would fire him for working at the café while he was still underaged. He can't afford to lose this job especially with the bills due soon, and his father spending any money he does make on liquor and various hookers. The money he brings in can only do so much and all the jobs are starting to take their toll on him, after all he can only do so much.
"Hmm…can I get the special of the house, please." Giotto said still scanning the through the menu double-checking what he wanted. When he looked back at the waiter his eyes widened when he realized that he knew him. It was hard to forget someone like Tsuna, all the memories rushed back at once. He could tell that the brunet hadn't changed much over the years; he was still the timid, shy kid from before. But what concerned him more was the bandages covering his forehead and hands even more disturbing was the paleness his round face held.
"O.K., w-would you like anything else with that?"
Giotto smirked 'It looks like he really hasn't changed since we were kids.'
"Uhm…Sir?"
"No that's everything," he smiled back at the brunet, "it's been a while hasn't it, Tsuna~"
"Ah, I'm sorry I t-think you have me c-confused me with someone else." Tsuna tried to avoid eye contact to try and lessen his nerves, but Giotto was making it hard for him.
"Are you sure about that? Then you might want to change your nametag." He said pointing at him.
"Eh?" Tsuna looked down and sweat-dropped. It was just like Giotto to be able to not only tell when he's lying but also to point out the obvious like his nametag on his uniform.
Giotto couldn't help but chuckle at Tsuna's cute flustered face. It seems that neither of them has changed much over time.
"So are you going to explain why you're pretending like you don't know me?" he said playfully.
"No it's nothing, c-can we t-talk about this l-later?" the brunet whispered, trying not to make his manager suspicious on why he was taking so long on making a simple order. He could tell that the manager was watching him, it was some kind of intuition that let him know when something was off.
"Huh?", Giotto was confused why would he want to talk about it later, then he looked behind Tsuna and noticed a man was staring intently at Tsuna. It wasn't till he read the man's nametag he noticed that it was manager. It was no wonder he seemed pissed, the café was busy after all and they appeared short-handed. That was probably why he wanted he wanted to talk later. "Alright then, how about when you get off work we can hang out like the old times."
"S-Sure ok, I'll go get your order…excuse me."
Giotto couldn't help but smile as he watched the brunet go place his order. He couldn't help and wonder why Tsuna was even working to begin with they were the same age so he shouldn't be able to get a job. Though that could explain why he was pretending like he didn't know him. But what he really wanted to know is why he hadn't seen him at school for so long.
After Work…
Tsuna hurried out of his uniform as quickly as he could, he had to leave as soon as possible before he was late for his next job as well. He knew he promised Giotto that they would hang out after he was finished at the café, but he can't risk getting into any more trouble than he already was.
'I go to hurry before I get yelled at again' Tsuna grabbed his things as ran out the door and into the alley to his next job. Unfortunately right when he turned the corner he ran right into someone.
"Itte…I'm sorry I was in a hurry."
"Are you-ah Tsuna you're finally off work?"
"Eh? GIOTTO! What are you doing here?" yelled a surprised Tsuna. Then he remembered he was going to be late again to his second job so he picked himself up along with his bag. And tried to pass Giotto before it was too late.
"I'm sorry but I really have to go…"
"Wait!" Giotto grabbed the brunet's arm before he could any further. He pulled him back but lessened his grip when he felt Tsuna flinch. He looked back at him and could see the fear in his eyes; it was as if he expected him to hit him.
"P-please let me g-go, I-I'm going to be l-late."
"Ah…sure ok…," Giotto let go of his arm and watched him turn back around as he tried to pass him again. 'Something isn't right, I'm sure of it.' He stopped Tsuna again this time more gently, "Hey do you want to hang out and catch up, and it's been a while since we last saw each other."
Tsuna looked back at him shocked, how long had it been since he was last able to even go outside and do whatever he wants aside from what his father allowed him to. But that feeling of hope diminished when he remembered his father, if he found out about it he would surely get the beating of a lifetime. He looked back at Giotto with a fake smile before he ran to his second job.
"S-Sure…maybe some other t-time." With that said he started running again and Giotto could only watch as his figure was lost in the crowd.
Later…
Tired. That word alone couldn't describe how he felt right now. He had just gotten off his second job and he felt like he was going to keel over any minute. Luckily it was his day off at his third job so he could go home and sleep but before that he had to buy a few groceries and make dinner before his dad got home. Otherwise he had to face the consequences if he didn't, but the pace he was going he wasn't sure he'd make it.
'Ah…I'm so tired and hungry, I can't wait to get home.' Tsuna thought about having nice hot bath after dinner. He stumbled a bit as he went in the store to buy what he needed, he was sure that to everyone else he probably looked drunk off his ass. After paying for his groceries he started his way back home passing through the park to get there faster. But in his haste he started to feel himself sway and started seeing dark spots on the corner of his eyes.
"Hey!"
That voice! It was Giotto again, before he could respond though he felt himself falling. He expected to hit the cold, hard ground but was surprised when it didn't come instead he felt himself being caught by a pair of strong, yet gentle arms. He finally lost conscious, but not before hearing his name from the same person again.
"Oi! Tsuna! Are you ok! Tsuna!" It didn't seem to matter how many times he tried to wake his friend up he was not waking up. He checked him over to make sure he was still breathing and thankfully he was, so he was a little relieved. The sun was starting to set so he decided to carry the younger male to a nearby bench, so that he could rest a little more comfortable. 'He must've been tired, but why is he working so much?'
"Mmm…"
Giotto looked back down at the brunet's face lying in his lap to see him starting to awaken from his sleep. He really couldn't help but chuckle at the way the brunet cutely rubbed at his eyes to get the sleep out.
"Did you have a good nap?~" he questioned playfully.
"Huh?...Mmm…yea…" Wait, that was his voice. He blinked a couple times to help his vision clear up and when it did he was met with the same cerulean, blue eyes.
"Hiee! It's you again!"
"What's that suppose to mean, you're saying it like you don't want to see me. I'm hurt.~" Giotto put on a fake sad face as Tsuna could only sweat-dropped at his antics.
"It's not that, it's just…I-I didn't expect to see you again."
"He he that so, then does that mean we're still friends."
"Of course! But I mean…it's been so long and," Tsuna looked at the ground in shame, this was the only person who helped against the bullies when he was a kid and yet he was treating him like he didn't want to see him. 'What do I do, it's been so long.'
"Soo…how about it are we going to hang out sometime soon."
"Eh?...Yea sure…it's just that right now is not a good time…"
"Really? I haven't seen you for a long time so what school are you going to? Maybe I can visit you sometime."
"Oh I don't know about-HIEE! Oh no! I'm late!" Tsuna stood up to fast and started to sway again, but was luckily caught in time by Giotto before he fell again. "Whoa there, don't strain yourself. Maybe you should sit a little longer."
"I can't, I'm sorry but I have to go…" Tsuna recovered enough to grab his things quickly and was about to leave when he was stopped again by Giotto.
"Alright but can I at least get your number, you know just in case you ever want to hang out again."
"Sure, here…" Tsuna gave him his number as fast as he could before running towards his house. "Bye…"
"Ah…Bye." He waved the brunet goodbye surprised at his speed as he ran off. 'Ha ha he really hasn't changed still late as always.'
With Tsuna…
It took every bit of strength he had left to get home and the sun had already set, he just hoped that this would be one of those days his dad worked late. If he did then he wouldn't have to know that he was late in not only getting home but also making dinner.
He made it inside at last, and slumped against the door as he tried to catch his breath. It felt like his heart was going to jump out of his body if he didn't get some sweet air back into his lungs.
"And just where do you think you've been?"
The malice in that voice, there could only be one person it could belong to. He looked up shakily and true enough it was his father standing before him. Angry like he's never seen him before.
"T-Tou-san…"
Ok so apparently another story decided to annoy me as I was finishing chapter six to Baby Drama and I wrote decided to write it because it wouldn't leave me alone. I hope you enjoy it let me know if I should continue. Or if you have suggestions I always appreciate them.
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