Title: Gazing at the Sky

Author: SecretsTellNoLies

Rating: K+

Genre: AU, Romance.

Pairings: 9527, 2795, (KyokoxTsuna)

Summary: She does not know him, she does not know his name, she has only ever seen him from afar. Yet with but a smile he has captured her heart. AU, fluff, love for 9527.

Warnings: Do clichés count?

Disclaimer: NO, that is a lie, I do not own any part of KHR! No part of it at all. All I own is the plot. I also DO NOT own my cover image, I got it off google images, so yeah, all credits go to whoever made the image.

A/N: Tsuna is 22, Kyoko is 19.

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Because there was no helping it

She was frail, pale, always sickly and she would stare out her window each morning just to see him.

It was two months ago that she first laid eyes on the man and from that first sight, she wondered if she would see him again. So when, for that first week, he passed by her house at the same time and with signs of a routine being established, her small bud of happiness bloomed into a flower of joy.

Over time she came to both anticipate and dread his appearance on her street, as she both awaited eagerly to see him and cringed at the thought that today might be the day he fails to show. But he never failed to, managing to look the same as he always did; dressed in a (she was sure artfully) dishevelled suit, jogging by in measured steps and holding a piece of toast or fruit in one hand, a sleek black briefcase in the other.

Sasagawa Kyoko thought he was just about the cutest thing she ever laid eyes on.

As he jogged past her house this morning, Kyoko's eyes followed him adoringly. She knew, over the long weeks that she had continuously watched him pass by, that she had fallen in love with a man she didn't even know the name of. And today, as all days before, his head turned in her direction and his soft, shy smile that was directed solely at her lit up the whole world.

Why his eyes were drawn to her though, Kyoko didn't know. She had, in all honesty to herself, the presence and complexion one would expect of a haunting spirit. Explaining why no-one noticed her ever present vigil at the second story window, unless it was pointed out to them by someone who knew her older brother or Hana. Which was why, when those kind brown eyes and uplifting smile turned away from her, the punishing reality of her situation engulfed her fleeting moment of joy and plunged it into darkness.

You don't even know him and yet you claim love?

But Kyoko dismissed the cruel voice in the depths of her mind, allowing her own smile to spread across her cheeks as she turned her face so the sun could warm her cold grin. That smile made everything better, it was after all the one she showed to everyone and they drunk in its authenticity like one would a cheap knock-off brand of soda. They obviously knew it wasn't the real thing and yet they took it as a fitting substitute regardless.

Only, Hana hated when she forced one of those smiles, so she never smiled unless it was from her heart; around her, that was nearly always. The mere presence of her only – and therefore best – friend caused her stomach to clench and a glimmer of happiness to peek into her heart. The same feelings she had whenever that man passed by her window.

Which was silly, she had known Hana all her life so the reactions were viable. She had merely seen the man over the course of roughly 60 days. Give or take a couple, so the reactions were outrageous. Kyoko didn't even know a thing about him aside from his physical appearance, that he lived nearby and he was probably the most stunning creature on this earth.

But this strange man, whose eyes were doe-like and a lovely brown, whose hair defied the natural law of gravity, whose features portrayed innocence yet inferred strength and whose very presence filled her with comfort, surety and a reassurance that 'everything will be alright' until it faded once he was gone. It was this man whose first smile had shot her heart through, with an arrow straight from Cupid's bow.

So despite her circumstance, despite the longing pain that was slowly crushing her, despite all logical reasoning, she let herself fall and fall and fall until she wasn't sure which way was up and which way was down but that she never wanted to stop falling because hitting the ground would surely destroy her.

TBC

A/N: Well, this is sort of a prologue/first chapter which is why it's so short. Ok, so onto my inner musings, it is of my belief that Tsuna's crush on Kyoko was partly because he thought she was cute and partly because of that kind smile she showed everyone, even him, 'Dame-Tsuna'. And so I wanted to sort of switch the roles here; Kyoko fell in love with him partly (well majorly) because of his kind smile, and also because of his 'stunning' looks (just imagine TYL!Tsuna).

More will be explained in later chapters. Speaking of, I plan for this fic to be short – around 3-4 chapters. But it may be longer, I'll see how things work out anyway.

Now for some trivia (if you're at all interested) – I got the plot bunny for this fic a while ago while I was getting dropped off to school. So I was in the car and I looked out the window and saw a man with a backpack jog past in measured steps, the one thought that crossed my mind was 'aww isn't he cute' because well, the backpack was quite sizeable and he was holding this small umbrella and had this cute expression on his face. I don't know, don't ask me. It wasn't an attraction so much, more of an observation like one would see a baby as cute. Anyway, for some reason I was reminded of Tsuna and wondered what he would look like in a suit, jogging past houses like that…then it just snowballed from there and this (unfinished) fic is the result.

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I extremely thank you for reading and hope to see you in my next chapter.