It was a normal day.
Just a normal day.
No abnormalities.
Nothing out of the norm.
A normal day for Tsuna at least.
Until IT happened.
He was still kicked out of bed by Reborn. He was nearly bitten to death by a certain prefect because he was almost late. He didn't manage to answer any questions posted to him during class again. He had to stop Gokudera from fighting Yamamoto the entire day. He blushed so much till he resembled a tomato when Kyoko smiled at him. He had fun talking to Kagome and chatting together with his fellow peers during lunch break. That was what Tsuna had thought, until he ended up in a game that Yamamoto organised… A game that he could never forget.
"Hey Tsuna!"
The brunet turned in reply and looked questioningly at Yamamoto.
Yamamoto grinned and asked, "Do you know what day it is today?"
"What kind of question is that?! Don't answer him Tenth! He had played too much baseball till he lost track of the days of the week. It's Thursday you baseball fool!" Gokudera snapped in annoyance.
The taller teen shook his head, "Ah, no. That's not what I meant."
"So what day is it, Takeshi-kun?" Kagome probed on, preventing another argument from breaking out among the two. Sometimes, she swore those two teen had too much sexual tension between them. They quarrelled like old married couples!
"It's…" He started, mischievously dragging on the 's' sound in an attempt to create tension in the air.
"POCKY DAY!" He beamed and whipped out a few boxes of Pocky out of his bag.
Both Kyoko and Hana chuckled at Gokudera's and Tsuna's dumbfounded expressions while Kagome looked genuinely amused beside them. Kagome had heard of Pocky day before. Her old middle school friends from her previous lifetime together during some random outing which she couldn't remember.
"And so, I've decided to invite everyone to my house for Pocky Day to play the Pocky Game and then we can eat all the Pocky!" Yamamoto rambled on excitedly.
Kyoko giggled and asked, "Who will be coming, Yamamoto-kun?"
"Hmmm…" He tapped his chin thoughtfully, "Everyone! All of us here, the children, Senpai, Hibari, and Haru!"
"Y-y-you even invited Hibari-san?!" Tsuna shivered in fright.
"Well yeah, he's our friend right?" said Yamamoto, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Tsuna had a strong urge to smash his head on the edge of a desk. Trust Yamamoto to make friends with anyone. He shivered at the thought of Hibari's glare when he actually came. The prefect hated crowding. Or maybe he just greatly dislikes humans, seeing that little cute animals only surrounded him.
Shaking his head, Tsuna voiced his thoughts to his friends.
Yamamoto patted Tsuna on the back, "No worries! I doubt he would mind." Glancing impishly at Kagome who returned with a puzzled expression.
"Damn you baseball freak! Didn't you say that we'll be going to your house? But why the hell are we in Tenth's bedroom?! Who gave you the permission to go to the Tenth's room without asking him? Let alone his right hand man! Why do we have to play this stupid game in Tenth's house?!" The silver haired teen exploded after school when the merry group went to the Sawada household after school ended.
Yamamoto looked confused, "Eh? But I thought we'd usually meet in Tsuna's house when everyone is here? My room is too small to fit everyone, and Dad would be busy minding the shop."
Tsuna quickly interrupted the two and tried to calm Gokudera down. "It's okay, Gokudera-kun. My mother likes to have guests in the house. It makes her feels like she has more children. She loves kids so much."
Kagome smiled and silently agreed with Tsuna. She did not expect Nana-san to give her a motherly embrace the moment she stepped into the Sawada household. The older woman hugged her and told her that she was always welcome in her house and that she had always wanted another daughter, causing both Tsuna and Kagome to blush crimson at the underlying assumption. Apparently, Nana-san had found out from Reborn that she was an orphan, living together with her kid brother alone in an apartment when Kagome walked home together with Tsuna one day.
"So what do we do now, Yamamoto-kun?" prompted Kyoko.
"Well, we can play my version first before Haru takes over." He replied, taking out his stash of Pocky.
"Oh right, I've got this!" He took out a piece of paper and tore it into smaller pieces and passed it around, making everyone write their names in it. After he placed the folded paper into a container, Yamamoto picked out the names by succession so everybody was to sit next to the person that was called after them.
And so, Kagome was sitting between Gokudera and Tsuna. Yamamoto sat on the left of Tsuna and Haru was on his left. Ryohei was placed opposite Kagome, with I-Pin on his right and his younger sister on his left. Lambo was seated among Gokudera and Kyoko.
"So what we have to do in this Pocky game is to pass the Pocky around." Yamamoto explained. "We have to pass the Pocky in an clockwise direction. The first person to break away from the passing will have to do a penalty!"
Tsuna raised his eyebrows, "It's that simple?" He asked suspiciously.
The baseball player laughed and nodded. "Just on one condition, we have to pass the Pocky by mouth to each other. All right! Let's get started!"
Silence loomed across the room.
And then, chaos ensued.
AN:
Hey guys! As promised, this is the side story I was working on. I had already done a few scenarios for the game, but if you guys wanna see the character's reaction to a certain character, please review and I'll work on it. :)
Review and request on which character you would like to see! ^^
Chiibiisuke~