A/N: This will be a rather short multi-chaptered fic (perhaps 3 or 4 chapters), featuring Haru and Tsuna. They'll be around 17 or 18. This idea has been in my mind for a while now, and I'm finally just putting them into words. Enjoy! Also, I love reviews because they make me happy. So if you like how the story is going or if you have any comments or suggestions, please make sure to drop me a one!

TsunaHaru forever! :]

Into the Night

Chapter 1: Late Night Visitor

There wasn't much that Tsunayoshi Sawada had wanted in life. He had wanted a nice, stable job in the future, a loving family (preferably with Kyoko), and he didn't want to be involved in any trouble. Unfortunately, the way things were looking, none of these dreams were going to happen.

So he thought a lot about little things he wanted, instead. At the moment, he wanted to flop heavily onto his bed, and sleep a good twenty full hours or so. There was only a week left until the end of high school, and finals had pretty much killed him. Under Reborn's constant tutelage (which had been nerve-wracking; non-stop studying was the only thing on Reborn's agenda for Tsuna), there had not been a lot of sleep included in Tsuna's week.

He was finally given a break after all the exams were over, and Reborn himself decided to take a break as well, deciding to spend the night curled up in Bianchi's arms.

Reborn wanted to push Tsuna to do the best he could, so he would be able to get into a good university and lead the Vongola with the wisdom and knowledge necessary to be a good boss others could look up to. As a result, Tsuna studied intensely for the past couple of years in high school.

Sometimes, he supposed it was good that he met Reborn. Even though now his life was always chaotic and dangerous, at least now he had a goal. Before, he was drifting aimlessly, only going to school to see Kyoko. His mother never pushed him to do anything, he was always No-Good Tsuna at school, and no one would give him a second look.

Now, he was surrounded by close friends, and even through all the dangers they had to go through, life wasn't as aimless. He might even go as far as to say that it was fun. In any case, at least it wasn't dreadfully difficult go through each day.

Knowing his future as boss of the Vongola had given him a sort of determination as well. He tried hard in his classes in high school, making much better grades than he did in middle school or even elementary school, though his grades were still far from perfect.

He had a lot of thank Haru about, he thought to himself, crossing his arms behind his head and staring off at the ceiling of his room. She had helped tutor him in many subjects that he had difficulty in. Reborn had encouraged him to get help from his peers, and Haru was one of the smartest people his age that he knew.

She still went to a different school from everybody else, a prestigious school for people striving to go to prestigious universities, and then later a prestigious job in engineering, business, medicine, or law. But she never failed to make time to help Tsuna with his homework and projects when he asked her for help.

He felt kind of guilty, knowing she undoubtedly had much more workload on her then he ever would have, but she had assured him that she was always caught up in her studies, and of course she would come help him.

Now that his finals were over, and after summer he was going to enter a pretty decent university, he made a mental note to call Haru in the morning and thank her.

He smiled to himself, and closed his eyes, falling asleep almost immediately after his covers were pulled up.

He imagined not much time had passed when in the quiet of night he heard a loud rap on his window. Groaning, he cursed himself for not being a heavy sleeper, and wondered what on earth the noise was.

The teenager laid still on his bed for a while, thinking perhaps he had been hearing things, nearly drifting off to sleep again, until another loud clunk landed on his window.

Knowing something was up, he reluctantly pulled himself out of bed, pinching his face a couple of times to wake himself up. He glanced at the clock on his bed stand. 1 am. It seemed to be mocking him.

Who would be throwing rocks at his window at such a late hour?

He opened the window, shivering at the chilly breeze that drifted into his room and through his thin pajamas.

"Um... who is it?" He asked quietly, squinting into the dark. His voice was still deep, heavy with sleep. He wanted so badly to go back to bed, and a part of him wanted to strangle whoever it was who dared interrupt his sleep when he wanted and needed it so badly. His toes curled in displeasure, from the cold of the floor.

An all too familiar girl's voice responded quietly and happily, "Tsuna-san! Good evening! Well, I guess it's morning now, huh? Good morning!"

There was confusion evident in his voice when he spurted out a surprised "What? Haru? What are you doing?"

He heard her voice, strained, as she said, "One second, Haru will tell you once she gets up there!" The rustling of some branches and bushes sounded out in the darkness below him, and Tsuna was surprised to see a small hand reach up to his open window. He grabbed it, and helped boost her up into his room.

His hand groped for the light on his desk, and after turning it on, both of them groaned and covered their eyes. The light momentarily blinded him, but when he slowly opened his eyes and let them adjust, he saw Haru standing by his window, pulling out leaves and dirt stuck to her clothes and tossing them out the window to his front yard.

"Tsuna-san!" She said pleasantly and naturally, as if it wasn't 1 am at night and she didn't just crawl in through his window.

He couldn't help but look down at her disbelievingly. She looked as lively as ever, dressed in her normal clothes. During the span of high school, Tsuna had spurted upwards at an exponential rate, so they were no longer around the same height, and though Haru grew taller too, he was still nearly a head taller than her.

As she straightened her flowery skirt, and brushed dirt off her leggings, Tsuna couldn't help but look at her a little in the rather dim light.

She had these long, straight legs, and though she wasn't as curvy as Kyoko, she had rounded out at all the right places. Sometimes he wondered what it would be like if he didn't have a massive crush on Kyoko, and tried asking Haru out instead.

He wondered if Haru still even liked him that way. As if on cue, Haru looked up at him and laced her fingers together in front of her skirt, her dark brown eyes bright even in the low light. She smiled up at him, and his slight anger evaporated, though his confusion was still evident.

Tsuna ran his fingers lightly through his messy bed-hair, and sighed tiredly. "What's up?", he asked.

She grinned like she had a secret, and pointed at him, before declaring nonchalantly, "Haru has chosen Tsuna-san as her accomplice in her adventure tonight!"

The mafia boss could only gape at her in disbelief. This was a bad dream, he thought to himself. There was no way Haru wanted to drag him around at 1 am at night to go adventuring. It was crazy, just another one of Haru's crazy ideas.

He shook his head. "Can't this wait till tomorrow morning?" She shook her head quickly. Turning back to his bed, he laid down and made some room, and patting the space next to him, told her, "Look, it's late. You can sleep here, okay? I'm really tired."

Sleep was threatening to claim him again, when Tsuna felt a sharp poke on his cheek. Groaning, he opened his eyes to see Haru's face close to his. His eyes widened when he saw the intensity of her gaze. Her eyes looked different.

"Tsuna! Tomorrow is no good. You will definitely regret not going with Haru on her adventure tonight."

There was almost a sort of finality in her tone, a kind of desperation that he sensed with his intuition. He looked into her eyes and saw how much she wanted him to go, and saying no didn't seem like an option anymore.

He bit his lip, before saying, "Fine, Haru. I'll go. But I'm not sure what this is about."

Haru's eyes were shining again, all traces of what he had seen disappeared. Her face relaxed and her pink lips curved into a giant smile.

"Haru can promise that it will be fun." She pulled Tsuna out of his bed, and said, "Maybe it would be better if Tsuna changed out of his pajamas. Haru will wait outside!" Without another word, she lifted herself up to the windowsill, and carefully climbed out, using branches on a nearby tree to make her way down.

Tsuna heard a soft thud of her feet landing on the ground, and breathed out. He randomly tossed on a sweater and jacket, and pulled on a pair of jeans he had left strewn on the ground.

He had no idea what he was doing, but for some reason he knew it meant a lot to Haru, so after brushing unsuccessfully through his hair a couple of times, and slipping on an old pair of sneakers, the teenager climbed out the window.

It was dark outside, and he blinked a couple of times, trying to adjust to the darkness. He made out Haru's figure sitting on the grass on his lawn, but when she saw him land on the grass, she stood up and went up to him.

She grabbed his hand, and led him to her car, which was parked by the curb in front of his house. A swift touch to the remote control button to unlock the car, and a sharp beep shuddered into the night. The neighborhood was very quiet at the late hour. Haru opened the door and sat down on the driver's side.

Tsuna scratched his head, before going around and sitting down on the passenger seat.

"So, where are we going?"

When she turned to look at him, her hands lightly placed on the top of steering wheel, he could just barely make out a devious expression adorning her face.

"Haru has a list of things she wants to do tonight."

She paused dramatically, before sticking her index finger in the air, and continuing, "One, Haru wants to break into her high school." Another finger went up, as she said, "Two, Haru has some unfinished business with some of her old friends, so we will go pay them a visit later. Three, Haru wants to enjoy some cake."

Now four fingers were in the air, but she just mysteriously grinned and told the puzzled brown haired male, "Four is a secret, but it's something Haru has been wanting to do for a while now."

As confused as ever, Tsuna asked, "But why am I here?"

She laughed, patting his hair a little. "Tsuna-san, you're the only one I want to accompany me. Feel honored, okay?"

Revving up the car engine, she smiled at Tsuna's disgruntled look, before lightly saying, "Shall we go now?", and stepping on the gas.

chapter 1 end

A/N: Well? Well? :D What do you guys think? Next chapter will probably be up in a week or two! Or sooner if I get inspired or encouraged enough. :]

-Whims