A/N: Another Gokudera fic—just finished with an 8059 fic (First Base)—and this time it's het. I paired him up with Haru.

Morning After

Gokudera woke up with a splitting headache, and immediately knew something was wrong. For one thing, he was in an unfamiliar room. This room was too gaudy, too girly, for his taste. This wasn't the room assigned to him.

Another was that he had no recollection of what happened last night. He remembered that it was the Jyuudaime's bachelor party...

Lawn-head held the Jyuudaime in a headlock.

"Sawada! Please take care of my little sister! Feel free to call me Onii-san from now on!" Ryohei was loud, drunk or sober.

From beside him, Yamamoto laughed. "Doesn't he already call you that, senpai?"

"Oh! You're right! Sawada! You couldn't have been planning this right from the start, huh?" The Sun Guardian asked, trying to look Tsuna in the eyes, which was proving extremely difficult since he was seeing two Tsunas in front of him.

How disrespectful! Gokudera started to stand up, ready to scold the older guardian. But then, he saw that the Jyuudaime was laughing, and so he forced himself to calm down. This was the Jyuudaime's bachelor party he wouldn't ruin it, although he made a mental note to scold the Sun Guardian for his behaviour tonight in the near future.

He stood up to go to the bar. And then...

Haru was beginning to stir from her sleep. She was slowly becoming aware of her surroundings, but she chose to remain on her bed. She felt tired, yet also strangely refreshed. It was comfortable to lie here, after last night. Hahi! Weird...she doesn't remember much of what happened last night. How did she get into her room again...?

*Clink*

Haru shared a toast with Chrome and Bianchi. The ladies were out to celebrate Kyoko's last night as being a single woman. Although they were celebrating, they made sure to not get anything strong, since I-Pin was with them.

Kyoko laughed when Bianchi-san chided her for going ahead all of them. The Poison woman was still pinning after Reborn. Haru excused herself to go to the bar. The cocktail they were drinking was simply not enough for her. She needed something stronger. Chrome asked her if she wanted company, but she turned her down and told her to stay and watch over I-Pin and Kyoko.

She made her way to the bar, and ordered a drink, a strong one, which was immediately followed by another, and another. Telling herself, that she was drinking to her bestfriend's happiness, and not to drown her own sorrows. She loved, no, still loves Tsuna-san. It was hard not to. Tsuna only grew more handsome as the years passed. Gaining more self-confidence on himself, and becoming cooler in her eyes.

She had always known, that Tsuna only has his eyes for her bestfriend, that it was only a matter of time before the two of them got together. She wasn't Kyoko-chan's bestfriend for nothing, she knew that Kyoko had also fallen inlove with the Vongola Boss. So she just contented herself with just staying by their side.

"You're unexpectedly quiet tonight, stupid woman," Gokudera took the seat beside her, and ordered what she was drinking. When the bartender handed it to him, one silver eyebrow rose.

"Hahi! Gokudera-kun! How surprising, not finding you beside Tsuna-san," Haru commented. She had grown used to Gokudera calling her 'stupid woman'; it was like his pet name for her, like the way he calls Yamamoto, 'baseball idiot' and Ryohei, 'lawn-head'

"What's surprising is to see you drinking here so calmly," the storm guardian said. "I expected you to be bawling your eyes out somewhere."

"Well, excuse me," Haru said pouting. "I refuse to ruin my bestfriend's bachelorette party." She stuck her tongue out to him. Gokudera looked a bit taken back before smiling. He decided that she can be pretty cute then. At least, she wasn't sulking.

The two of them shared stories together. Haru was interested to what has been happening to Tsuna and Gokudera was only too proud to tell her about their boss latest exploits and the expansion of Vongola's influence. Before they know it, they were talking about the past, the first time they met Tsuna-san, the first time they met each other, what they like about Tsuna, what they dislike about each other.

"You're too loud!"

"I can say the same thing about you!"

"You're always sticking around the Jyuudaime."

"I can't believe you're telling me that Gokudera-san"

The pair burst out laughing. She can't believe she's bonding with him, of all people. She must be really drunk. She glanced back at their table, the other girls were long gone. She stood up to go, only to catch her balance. She couldn't even walk in a straight line, much less get back on her room. Gokudera, upon seeing this offered to take her back. He must also be really drunk to act like a gentleman around her. She decided to tell him just that.

"There's no need for you to do that Gokudera-san," Haru told him. "That isn't like you," she giggled.

Gokudera bristled. "Then, I'll just head to my own room too." He looked back at their table. The boss wasn't there, but Yamamoto and Ryohei was still going at it. The two muscleheads can take care of themselves. "Let's go."

The trip at the elevator was quiet. It was pretty late so they were the only ones in it on the way up. Haru pressed 27 while Gokudera pressed 23. They were 4 floors apart.

The door opened, and Gokudera made to step off. "Then I'll—" He paused when he saw that Haru was staring, no, gaping at something behind him. He turned...and saw the Jyuudaime. He and his wife-to-be were making out in the hallway. He could tell that this was supposed to be a brief goodnight kiss, because the door to Kyoko's room was opened, but it seemed to have gotten a bit out of hand.

Impulsively, he stepped back into the elevator...and hugged Haru, blocking the girl's view of the couple. What happened next...no one knew who initiated the first move. One moment Haru was looking up to him, wondering why he did what he did, the next, they were kissing—passionately, caught in the moment. The elevator opened and they walked to her room, hands still in each other. She fumbled for her keys, and Gokudera opened the room for her. Then they were inside, and tearing each other's clothes off...

Suddenly Haru was painfully aware of the feel of the fabric against her bare back. She felt the bed move, as if someone had shifted their weight on the other side. Dare she look? If she was right (and she had a feeling she was, call it woman's intuition), she knew who she'd find on the other side, and she doesn't know how to face him. The sound of something metal hitting the floor forced her to turn on the other side.

Gokudera seems to be massaging his temples when his elbow hit his belt on the bedside table. When she looked at him, he seemed surprised to find her beside him. They stared at each other for a short moment.

Two loud screams erupted in the hotel.

A/N:Uhh.. yeah, slightly lemon-y. That's why I rated T for safety. I think this could stand as a one-shot, let the readers decide how the pair deals with it. Or, I could decide it for them. Whatever works. R&R please.