Sounds & Emotions - Prologue
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Full Summary:
Somewhere far, faaaar away, lives a lonely TYL!Tsuna. Well, in a parallel world that is extremely different from the original storyline. In this world, Tsuna did not meet Reborn, did not make friends with Gokudera NOR Yamamoto, and therefore continued his miserable life alone. He is an adult now, yet he still lives with his mother who neglects him, has the most boring job ever, and is NOT linked with the mafia in ANY way.
One day, Tsuna was typically walking to work and was suddenly engulfed in a cloud of pink smoke! He ends up in a parallel world, where he lives with a bunch of crazy kids, where Tsuna is a young teenager again, and craziest of all...he's the tenth generation mafia boss!
Sounds & Emotions - Prologue
Click.
There was the sound of a door opening, which echoed throughout the small home. A pair of leather shoes were placed neatly together in a cubby and a pair of feet slipped into plastic slippers.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
A soft sigh escaped from parted lips as a figure made his way to the kitchen, seeking for something to quench his thirst.
This person had successfully found his way to the kitchen, and quietly hummed a cheerful tune as he grabbed an empty grass; just after filling it to the brim he tilted the cup to his lips—only to chug it empty in mere seconds.
The figure leaned over the sink and refilled his cup, lightly tapping a loose slipper impatiently.
He looked up sadly at the blank ceiling and his eyes were clouded with tears that never failed to appear, not at will that is. It was the mere thought of his life that always brought him to tears.
It wasn't the fact that in this pitiful life of his, or even that his mother always neglected him and never failed to come home drunk—and that, he got adapted to very quickly. It was none of that. It was the fact the only person who genuinely cared about him, never come back home.
They were quite happy together, but eventually that picture of perfect family slowly crumbled apart. His mother started drinking and his father started coming home late, which it was obvious that he did so to stay away from his mother.
He was lonely and every time he thought about it, it brought him to tears.
Not that anyone in this lifetime would care about him, anyway.
The grown man ignored the small tears streaming down his face and combed a hand through his deshevelled hair. Suddenly, he heard strange noises coming from the sink and moodily turned with limp arms following suit.
The man then noticed the cup overflowing and sighed as he turned off the tap and emptied his cup.
"Tsunaaaaaa-chaaann…?"
The figure apparently dubbed as 'Tsuna' whipped his head around at the speed of light and his eyes widened in surprise at the kitchen intruder.
"Mama!" Tsuna shouted, stumbling back a bit in surprise and held onto the countertop for support.
"Mmmmm, come here. Mommy wants a hug from her adorable Tsuuuu-chaan!" Nana giggled, stumbling into the kitchen on her crimson high heels before collapsing drunk on the floor.
Tsuna slowly steadied himself before striding over his unconscious mother; he slung her arm over his shoulder and mercilessly dragged Nana to her bedroom. During the process, Tsuna smelt a hint of obviously cheap cologne and that her clothes were sloppiness put on sloppily.
Tsuna wasn't the strongest of men. He was below average—actually, he was very below average.
To him, dragging Nana to her bedroom, which was a staircase and two rooms away, was not an extremely difficult task. Above all, it was a 'fricken' mission.
As Tsuna was halfway up the stairs, he was now a third carrying, a third dragging and a third rolling* Nana up the stairs.
'Ugh, I hate doing this every single time!' Tsuna mentally complained, crying little comical tears as he shifted position to roll Nana up the next step. Luckily, she was an extremely heavy sleeper, which benefited him when he had to bring her to her bed.
On the other hand, and unluckily, she snores as loud as a herd of constipated elephants and a sperm whale** communicating with his buddies underwater, all them combined.
The strange thing was that: Tsuna never got any stronger, although the many years he had spent doing this little 'activity' every night.
He continued to roll the sleeping Nana up until the very top; after then, he did a small victory cheer and realized he still had a little dragging left to do. Gathering the very last of his strength, Tsuna linked his arms with his mother and speed-dragged her the last bit of the way, using the intense adrenaline moment to swing her up to her tiny bed.
'Finally…' Tsuna sighed in relief, swiftly making his way his own room. With some efficiency, he quickly stripped out his casual clothes and chose a little more formal wear, containing a pair of grey slacks and a white button-up shirt.
He hopped down the stairs, struggling to put on his socks with only one hand while also attempting to pull on his dark blazer with his other hand. Tsuna swooped down beside the shoe rack to pick up his briefcase and dress shoes, only to throw them in front of him. He took the short amount of time walking to his shoes to fix his blazer and button up the top of his shirt, and then he processed to slip into his detestable 'work' shoes.
Tsuna looked down at his shoes and noticed a little dirt plastered on its side.
'It was a bad idea to wear these to the park earlier,' Tsuna thought, while giving a mental slap for his earlier choice. 'I thought I had cleaned all of it! Ugh, if it wasn't for that strange encounter…'
He thought back to his little jog at around mid-afternoon.
Earlier that day, Tsuna's P.O.V
"GYAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Take this Reborn, Lambo-san will defeat you this time!" said a little boy, who was in the most hideous cow print clothes I've ever seen.
Who laughs like that, anyway? Someone must have given this kid their leftover Halloween candy or something. Just walk around Tsuna…Just walk around.
I had to increase the speed as I walked around the crazy child, and I'd already started to straight out sprint when I heard mysterious explosions coming from the background. I took a look back in curiosity, only to see the little boy running around with grenades in his tiny hands and ranting about some 'Reborn', although nobody seemed to be around.
All of the sudden, a grown man with strange silver hair strolled right into a spot where one of the grenades were going to fall.
I felt my eyes widen and my feet suddenly move on their own. Letting myself sprint to the man and full out flying, I tackled him to the ground and we landed with a loud 'FOUMF!' sound as we fell on the ground. I let out a small squeal.
'Good job Tsuna, already embarrassing yourself. This should be the newest world record.' I thought, mentally cringing at my lack of manliness.
"Che, I didn't need your help, shithead."
Eh? Is he talking to me?
I looked down at him in surprise and propped myself up with my arms in an erect position. I saw that he quickly analyzed my face and suddenly his face turned into a bright shade of red.
Huh, I wonder if he's sick?
"Would you mind getting off me now?" the man said in a rude voice.
Teenagers have no manners these days...Oh wait, neither did I.
I blushed in embarrassment and quickly stand straight on my feet, stuffing my hands deep in the pockets of my sweatpants, "I-I'm sorry." I hear myself stutter and look down, finding the ground much more interesting than the man before me.
I stood there for a while and I eventually found the courage to look up again.
I was alone in the park, and it seemed like nothing had happened.
All the broken playground equipment and the holes in the ground had all been repaired.
It was like nothing had ever happened.
Tsuna was brought back to reality by the annoying sound of his watch.
He shifted his dazed eyes down to a very worn out watch resting on his left wrist. His eyes widened in surprise as he saw he was already ten minutes late for work. Tsuna quickly gathered his briefcase and lunch bag before finally scurrying out.
Click, was the sound of Tsuna closing the front door.
A/N: Thanks for reading this far. Which isn't very far. Anyway, I hope that I'm doing good or at the very least, OKAY, on the writing. I apologize for any OOCness, except for Nana because she's supposed to be that way. I am a beginner, a total and utter noob so I would appreciate it if any of you guys would give any advice or if you spot any grammar/spelling errors, just review! Though I won't force you guys to review like many other authors do so you can just chill and ghost-read, which I am totally fine with. I know how it is to try to review every chapter just to get onto the authors note but I feel that reviewing every chapter is too much work and troublesome, so I'll just straight out thank you for reading each chapter. I give props to those who dare to try, because I feel that this one will take a while.
P.S If you still don't get the little flashback thing, it was just explaining where Tsuna was before he came back home.
*It's possible to roll one up the stairs without them waking up. I'm just going to say that it has been done before.
**Sperm Whales are apparently the loudest animals in the world, but we can't hear them because they live underwater.