He smiled brightly as the class moved around to group together to create a poem for the class project. His bushy brown hair moved as he looked around to find a partner but he couldn't find any. He tried to ask but they just ignored him and told him to go away. His fingers shook as he gripped his folder, most of the kids had already went outside to get inspiration. The small boy could only look down at the floor and keep in tears that poured at the corner of his eyes. Slowly his shoulders shook as he tried not to cry, the teacher had closed the door and left him with the lights off, the younger kicked a pencil that was by his foot. Slowly be walked to the door and opened it, his small shoes tapped against the cement as he had a loose grip on his pencil.

The sun shone brightly as he regretted bringing his jacket, the cool air brushed against him as he walked on the grass. With a sniff, tears ran down his cheeks, his mouth opened slightly as he felt his vision blur. Slowly he sat on the grass and rubbed his wet eyes, the salt water that poured out of his eyes made it hard to see and it burned more if he never dried it off, his heart clenching as he breathed deeply. The grass grazed against his skin as he pulled his legs up to his chest, the loneliness had always made a gap through his heart as he never really felt love. The mother he had or has, works day and night to keep food on his plate and clothes on his body. He remembered staying awake up until twelve since he was worried for his mother and he noticed the way her body moved more slowly. The small brunette never really had attention from his mom as she was still upset about the divorce from his dad, plus the extra hour shifts she took. The old man he once knew never really did anything while he was home as all he did was really drink and smoke, making his mother tired of the everyday crap.

So slowly his family faded away from what it was used to, but he was too young. Way too young too feel like the way he felt and be treated like crap. All the other kids had beautiful families but he was stuck trying to tape his own back together. Sniffling, he looked at the paper In his hand and pouted at it, wanting to tear it to shreds so he can vent everything. Vent every little problem he had in his still young life. But then again, he'll get over it. After all he had a long way till he hit the highway to adulthood and misery.

A shadow crossed over him and slowly he looked up, the tears stained his cheeks as his wide bright caramel eyes stared at the newfound stranger. His eyes ran over the person and found it to be one of his upperclassmen, his fingers shaking as he feared of being beaten or taunted since whenever someone came up to him; they beat him.

The brunette flinched as a hand was outstretched in front of him. He bit his lip as he didn't know what to do, was getting going to get hit? Was he going to be tricked? Was he goin-

"Hey, are you just going to sit there like a bafoon and get dirty in the grass or are you going to take my hand so we can get inside and finish the damn project. "

He squeaked as the slightly deeper voice spoke, their spiky hair bounced as he shifted on the other foot. Slowly he took hold of the others hand and almost screamed when the older pulled him up roughly. His fingers laced with the other boys but he didn't care. His head shot up as he heard the next question, "what's your name? "

The brunette blinked a few times then softly spoke as he feared of being rejected, " I'm Tsunayoshi but it's better to call me Tsuna."

A hum was heard from the other boy and a tug pulled Tsuna through the grass. The brunette blinked and looked up at the others face, his cheeks puffing out when the others narrowed eyes looked at him. Tsuna bit his lip, making a piece of skin come off. "what's yours? "

"Hmm? "

"what's your name? " tsuna asked softly as he softly gripped the others right hand. The feeling of warm slowly coursed through the younger, the corner of his mouth twitching upwards. The older male, as Tsuna barley noticed, had an intimidating aura. Their raven dark hair blew with the wind and curly sideburns bounced as they walked slowly.

"Reborn. "

Tsuna blinked quickly and raised a browser, "excuse me? " The grip tightened on his hand and it made him wince, fear quickly coursing through him but something deep down within his mind told him to calm down. "My name's Reborn, don't make me repeat it. " The younger quickly nodded his head and muttered a yes when the other said 'got it. '

"Good, now let's go before the teacher wonders where we were at. " They both walked forward and Tsuna smiled brightly as he gripped the others hand. His head turned to his right as he looked at the school building, he never noticed the ravenette looking at him from the corner of his eye. A smile twitched on his lips.

A/N: I actually got part of the idea from remembering 19 days, it's an awesome yet sad heartbreaking comic that you guys should really read! But yeah I got the idea for this(well the chapter titles) by a post I've read on what love is and the different ways it's used, so I thought 'Hey! Why not forget about everything and write a really sentimental story and update everything else later! ' So that's where I'm at now. And excuse my mistakes and I hope you'll stick with me and R&R! It helps!

P. S. No mafia will be mentioned since well, it's a AU.

Age:

Tsuna- 6

Reborn- 7