A/N: Hey guys! I know I've been MIA for the past few weeks- but I assure you, I have a valid excuse. Broke my arm. The cast is off now... though I have to wait for six months until I can actually participate in sports and stuff. The bone's gotta fully heal :)
So, anyways... here's my newest fic. It's gonna be a two-shot... Oh, and it's set 2YL
Disclaimer: I own KHR. I also own NASA... and Disney Land... Oh, and I also own five planets! XD
Warning: Curse words, two references to pornography (but don't worry, it's not serious- totally PG13) :)
Tsuna doesn't know why it happens, but when his guardians suddenly take a liking to his place, his senses are instantly on alert.
He never really minds Gokudera or Yamamoto's visits since those two are his best friends. They've been hanging out since middle school and Tsuna knows that to them, his house is like a second home. And when Ryohei, his older brother in every single way but blood, suddenly starts showing up at his place sometime after he graduates into high school (to this day though, there are still some teachers that ask themselves how that was even possible) Tsuna is too thrilled to think that there is something off. Besides, even when the tiny part of his mind does, he shrugs it off since they are all family.
It's only natural.
What really worries him though, is Hibari's sudden appearances. His Cloud guardian is known as the silent loner of Namimori so when he starts showing up on his doorstep almost on what appears to be a daily basis, Tsuna is unsure of how he should react. However, he always seems to end up stepping to the side to allow the prefect enough space to pass through despite his apprehension.
And as if Hibari is not enough, Mukuro decides to add himself into the mix as well. It is a cold and stormy night when the Mist guardian first enters Tsuna's house, and for one reason or another, the teen just keeps showing up unannounced and uninvited despite Tsuna's protests. By the time the Decimo realizes Mukuro will probably never listen to him, he gives up and chooses to ignore the illusionist's presence.
Although Lambo and Chrome are his guardians too, his Hyper Intuition never fires up when they are concerned.
This is mostly due to the fact that the former has already moved into his house since the day he arrived in Japan- apparently his five year old mind did not consider that it was important to ask the residents for permission to stay with them at all. Since his mother is too drawn to Lambo and he can't find it in his heart to kick the little boy out now that he's grown fond of him, Tsuna decides to let it go.
The latter however, is a different case altogether. Chrome is never around as much as her co-guardians, Tsuna notes. The female Mist guardian seems to prefer spending more time with Kyoko, Haru and Hana than with him and the others, and honestly, the Decimo can't blame her for running away.
His guardians are lunatics.
By the time Tsuna decides to actually pay attention to the strange fluxing of his Hyper Intuition when around his Famiglia, he comes to find out a disturbingly horrible truth that he was better off not knowing; his guardians never come to his place for him.
They do so, for his mother.
The first time Tsuna realizes this is when he enters his bedroom and finds Gokudera typing something on his laptop.
The silverette immediately snaps it closed when he notices his boss and with a shaky smile, he greets his boss. "Hey Tenth!"
Waving, Tsuna responds curtly as he makes his way to his usual spot on the foot of the bed and starts working on his homework. Yamamoto has baseball practice that day so he's unable to join them for their study session, but Gokudera has promised Tsuna that he'll head over to the Rain guardian's place once they're done because if the baseball idiot fails, he will inconvenience the Tenth (those are his words of course).
After about an hour or so, Gokudera stands up and heads to the bathroom, promising Tsuna he will relieve himself as fast as lightning so as to not waste his precious time. The Decimo pales and hurriedly tells him that it's okay to take his time, especially with things like that. So, as Gokudera rushes off, shouting something about the Tenth being a truly understanding and compassionate person, Tsuna returns to solving the particularly hard math question he's been stuck with for over ten minutes. After another minute, he gives up and decides to wait for his self-proclaimed right-hand man because he doesn't think he would ever be able to solve it.
Upon waiting however, he eventually becomes bored and his attention immediately shifts to Gokudera's laptop. He knows it's wrong, he knows it's a violation of privacy and he knows he could go to hell for doing such a thing but his curiosity still wins out in the end. Nervously, he moves over to the device and lifts the top. Once the black fades and the username pops up, Tsuna clicks on it. His heart is beating fast as he does so and his throat goes dry because he's afraid Gokudera is going to walk back into the room any minute, but he doesn't let that deter him.
He is on a mission.
He instantly notices a minimized webpage and moves the cursor to it and clicks. However, when it opens and shows its contents without any warning, Tsuna vows to never watch porn again for as long as he lives.
"Tenth!" Gokudera's panicked voice cuts through the grunts and moans the brunet is unintentionally listening to.
Tsuna knows he's been caught but he still tries to smile and hide the fact that he's just watched a pornographic video on his friend's laptop without permission. "H-H-Hey Gokudera-kun." He says nervously as he gently places the computer on the bed, "…uh… this isn't really what it looks like… I swear." The way he utters his defense sounds lame and he mentally berates himself for being so pathetic.
On the other hand, Gokudera looks pained, and for a moment, Tsuna thinks he's going to lash out on him, but what happens next surprises him to no end. The Storm guardian drops to his knees and bows down, repeatedly apologizing for tarnishing the Tenth's residence with his desires. Tsuna is a little shocked, but he lets it go because he's glad he's not in trouble with his most temperamental guardian. "It's okay Hayato," he opts for the first name to make his friend feel a little more at ease, "we're all guys so it's okay. It's only natural… for boys our age to… you know."
The Storm guardian stops his apology when he hears Tsuna's understanding words, and nothing but worship shines in his emerald orbs as he stares at his best friend. "You-you don't mind?"
Tsuna raises a brow at the question. "No. Why would I mind. It's just… porn right?"
Gokudera blushes since he's never heard his boss say such a dirty word.
"Besides," Tsuna adds once he remembers the title of the video he just watched; 'My best friend's Mother wants-' he can't even find it in himself to finish the name because although the woman in the scene is just an adult film star in her early thirties, she looks a lot like his own mother. But nonetheless, he still smiles at his friend. "It's not like you have some strange feelings towards my mum or anything." The brunet means it as a joke because of the tiny clip he's seen, but Gokudera understands it in a whole different way.
Panicking once more, the Storm guardian prostrates and immediately confesses. "I'm sorry Tenth! I can't help it! I have betrayed your trust… I don't deserve to be your right hand man!" Tsuna is confused for a moment but that is all cleared up when Gokudera continues. "I never meant to have those dreams about your mother! They just came… and she's so nice to me all the time even though I'm always angry… She's pretty too-" the silverette stops himself before he goes completely off topic and immediately goes back to his apology. "I assure you Tenth, I have never intended to act out my fantasies with her! I swear! I respect her as I she were my own mother!"
Tsuna isn't sure how he should react to that so he simply lies on his bed and sighs. He's too shocked to be angry so he doesn't even spare Gokudera a look of disgust. Instead, he wonders just how his right-hand man can sleep at night with those lewd thoughts of his swirling around in his head. A brief scenario concerning his mother and Gokudera runs through his mind, and Tsuna is forced to cover his mouth with his hands because he suddenly feels like throwing up.
The Storm guardian is still apologizing by the time Tsuna finally manages to shake off the last concoction of his wild imagination. Feeling pity for his ever so loyal friend, the Decimo finds himself kneeling on the floor with him as well and telling him to forget about it because he's glad Gokudera doesn't intend to do anything about his dreams. "What matters is you… um… told me. Not many people would have done so…" He tries to desperately find the right words because the sad look in Gokudera's eyes kills him. Before he continues, he wonders if the universe is playing some kind of joke on him because he's sure their roles are supposed to be reversed, but he instantly dispels the thought. "I'm just glad you wont act on… your… fantasies Gokudera-kun. That proves you're the only one fit to be my right-hand man."
By the time Tsuna finishes his sentence, Gokudera is shining. "Tenth…"
Tsuna doesn't know what it is that has made his Storm guardian brighten up so much so he merely smiles in return before he tries to make them focus on what they were doing before all the awkwardness began. "Ne, Gokudera-kun? How do you solve question fourteen?"
And just like that, the tension in the room disappears.
Three days pass after the incident with Gokudera, and for some reason, Tsuna finds himself in a similarly uncomfortable situation once more.
Only this time, it's with Yamamoto.
Tsuna is just returning from his stroll with the kids in the park when he hears Nana's laughter coming from the kitchen. Wondering why his mother would be laughing all alone on a Saturday morning, he leaves the children playing on the lawn (his tutor has long been kidnapped by Bianchi), and makes his way inside. He doesn't know why he's keeping his movements silent but he still continues in that fashion. Opening the door silently, he pushes it only far enough so he is able to peek inside.
A small part of him thinks he does so because he doesn't want to intrude.
A bigger part tells him he's just being a coward.
"Excu- Eh?!" He cuts himself off once his eyes fully take in the whole situation, and his high level of shock causes him to push the door wide open. "What the heck are you two doing?!"
Yamamoto seems surprised, and as he slowly turns to face Tsuna, there is a slight blush that tints his cheeks. Nana however, simply stares confusedly at her son. "What do you mean Tsu-kun?" She asks the question so innocently one would think she hasn't just been caught standing unreasonably close to a boy old enough to be her son.
Making frantic gestures with his hands, Tsuna points at them, the area, then he also tries to show the difference in age gap, because no matter how much effort he puts in, his voice just doesn't seem to be working. After all, who knew Yamamoto rolls that way?
After a while, the Rain guardian picks up on what his friend is saying and he only blushes further. "This isn't what you think…" He says with a laugh that sounds fake even to his own ears. "I was just teaching Nana-san how… to… make Sushi."
Tsuna doesn't buy it.
But when his mother decides to involve herself in the conversation as well, he's left with no choice but to believe them. "It's true Tsu-kun. You can come join in too if you want. We could use all the help we could get." She smiles as she points at the various large fish spread out on the kitchen table. "Yama-kun was just helping me slice through this fish's bone."
There. That is all that's needed to explain why Tsuna saw Yamamoto pressing himself onto his mother's back when he came in. But, really? Couldn't he just grab her hand and help her from the side? Or better yet, take the fish from her completely? Surely, that would have been much easier.
Something with Yamamoto's reasoning doesn't sit well with Tsuna, and even though the rest of the morning is spent peacefully, a nagging question still lingers in his mind. He is only able to ask it when he and his friend leave home and head off to pick Gokudera up at his apartment. There is a new arcade in town and they all want to go and try out the games there.
"So… Takeshi, do you have a crush on my mum?" Tsuna asks tactlessly because all other forms of phrasing that question sound sick and perverted.
Yamamoto's steps falter and his face is once again darkened by a blush. There is silence between the two for a while until the Rain guardian's nervous chuckles break through it. "No… Whatever gave you that idea Tsuna?"
"My Hyper Intuition." Tsuna lies. He does so because there is no way in hell he's going to say he saw those love struck looks Yamamoto was sending his mother during lunch. But as he thinks about it, his answer may very well be the truth because if it weren't for his intuition, he probably wouldn't have noticed something off in the first place. "It's also telling me you're lying right now."
Now, he is simply lying because he is on a role.
Yamamoto looks hesitant for a moment but then he finally relents. He does so because he thinks Tsuna is just being his usual honest self. He does so because Tsuna is Nana's son and he has a right to know. And, he does so because the wide-eyed expression on Tsuna's face makes him feel like he's a criminal. "Yeah… I guess you're right." The Rain guardian smiles nervously to lighten the mood, even though he is sure his friend is going to punch him on the face and storm off. When his mind registers no pain, he fully focuses his attention on the brunet only to find him staring at him with absolutely no hostility.
"Yo, Tsuna? Are you okay?" Yamamoto asks. He has just confessed about having a crush on his friend's mum, so he is pretty sure he should be eating dirt right now.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Tsuna says as he shakes his head with a smile of his own. It's almost as if his Rain guardian hasn't told him about his disturbing feelings.
"Wait… you're not mad?" Yamamoto asks apprehensively.
The brunet shrugs. "It's just a crush right? Besides, it's not like you intend to… you know…" He trails off but the Rain guardian instantly understands.
"N-N-No! I'd never do that!" Yamamoto exclaims as a blush creeps up his face. "I respect Nana-san as if she were my own mother Tsuna!" The baseball player's words strike Tsuna as sincere so he finds no need to dwell on the subject any longer. A comfortable silence follows after their awkward conversation and it's only after Gokudera's apartment complex comes into view does the Decimo speak once more.
"Yamamoto, do you think the arcade will have FIFA 13?"
A hearty laugh answers his question, and Tsuna is glad that they'll both put that conversation behind them.
Ryohei has always struck Tsuna as the innocent type.
That's why, when Tsuna catches him bending over his mother in the living room, he almost has a heart attack.
"Onii-san!"
At the sound of Tsuna's voice, Ryohei stops whatever it is that he is doing and moves a full meter away from Nana as if burned. He has a smile on his face as he speaks, but it's less genuine and enthusiastic as it usually is. "Hey Sawada!"
Hey yourself! What are you doing to my mother?! Tsuna wants to scream, but Nana starts speaking before he can even form coherent words. "Oh, Tsu-kun? Are you here for some fitness training too?" She asks as she sits up from her position on the floor. "I had no idea Ryo-kun was such an amazing trainer-"
Yama-kun? Ryo-kun? Just where are these names coming from?!
"-You should ask him to help you out some time. Your body could sure use the exercise." Nana smiles even though she's insulting him, but Tsuna shrugs it off. His mother barely ever knows how to choose her words when it comes to him- which, on some level, is a blessing because he knows she'll never lie.
"So… you guys were just working out before I came in?" He asks as he eyes Ryohei wearily.
Nana laughs. "Of course not."
Tsuna blanches.
"We were EXTREMELY working out!" The Sun guardian pumps his fist in the air as he exclaims, and as if Tsuna isn't standing just a few feet away from him, he faces Nana and states, "We should EXTREMELY do this more often Nana-san!"
Oh, hell no.
Walking out of the room, Nana simply laughs as she gives off a list of days and times she's free. Tsuna is forgotten as the exchange goes on, but that is fine with him because once his mother disappears, he has Ryohei's full attention. "You like my mother, don't you?" He asks bluntly. He's already been through two similar situations already, so he doesn't even bother to give his friend the benefit of the doubt.
Ryohei who has never run out of words before, suddenly finds himself speechless as he stares at Tsuna's level gaze. "I-I-I-" That question is definitely not something he expected. Who in their right mind asks such a thing out of the blue?
"It's okay" The brunet states calmly. He's only trying to make Ryohei feel at ease because he knows that the talk they're going to have is going to be the one of the most uncomfortable conversations they'll ever have. "I don't mind."
"It's EXTREMELY not- you don't mind?"
Tsuna nods. "Nope. I just have one question though… what about Hana?" He is sure that he has heard Ryohei say that he and Hana are an item in the future. "…Or have you-"
The boxer's eyes go wide with shock, and he doesn't even let his friend finish his sentence before exclaiming, "No! It's EXTREMELY not like that!" The brunet jumps up slightly at the loudness, and he is glad Reborn is not around that morning because he knows he would have been shot in the head for showing such weakness. "Then wh-"
"Hana EXTREMELY hates my guts in this timeline!" Ryohei's expression looks broken as he says that, and Tsuna can only wonder just how many times his friend's been turned down. Forcing a smile however, he tries to give his Sun guardian hope, and at the same time, persuade him into forgetting about his crush on his mother. "Well, maybe it just… needs time. I'm sure she will come around soon enough."
The Sun guardian's fallen expression morphs into one of excitement. "Do you really think so?" Tsuna has no experience with girls so he doesn't want to lie to his friend, but since his mother is at stake, he willingly makes the sacrifice. "Y-Yeah, sure… You're a great guy. Once Hana realizes that too… in a few years… she'll be head over heels." Ryohei stays still as he thinks Tsuna's words through, and once he comes to a conclusion, he pulls his friend into a tight hug (despite how sweaty his own body is).
"You're EXTREMELY better than my therapist!"
Somehow, Ryohei having a therapist doesn't really surprise Tsuna as much as it should.
As he lets go of the brunet, the Sun guardian exclaims, "I'll EXTREMELY try it out with Hana in the next few years!" However, his eyes gain a strange gleam as he continues, "But until then, I will EXTREMELY try to win over Nana-san's heart!"
"What?! Are you crazy?!" Apparently, Ryohei seems to think that he's some kind of Casanova.
"… I thought you said you don't mind?" Tsuna can tell that his Sun guardian isn't mocking or trying to use his previous comment against him as he asks, but he can't help but become exasperated. Sometimes, his friend's clueless nature really grates on his nerves.
"Just because I said I don't mind doesn't mean you should-"
Once again, Ryohei cuts him off. "Relax Sawada! I would never do anything to hurt Nana-san! I EXTREMELY respect her as if she were my own mother, so don't you worry!"
Sighing, Tsuna shakes his head. He doesn't know why, but he chooses to believe his onii-san at that moment. "If you love her like your own mum then why do you-" the brunet pauses as a thought runs through his mind. "Fine. Just don't go overboard… as in, no touching, no- on second thought, don't even come near her. Admire her from a far distance. A very far distance." He says because he knows no matter how much he tries, his Sun guardian will never listen to him. It's best to control his actions from earlier on.
Ryohei nods and accepts his little brother's request. He doesn't try to argue because he knows he's going to forget what Tsuna asked him to do anyway.
The brunet senses this too, but he doesn't comment on that. Instead, he makes his way out of the room and heads to the stairs. "C'mon Onii-san, I think you really need to take a bath."
And, for the first time since they've started their conversation, Ryohei actually takes notice of his sweaty condition. As he follows his friend upstairs, he merely laughs and exclaims that sweat is extremely what a true man is about.
With each passing comment, Tsuna just smiles and shakes his head.
He could never stay mad at his brother even if he wanted to.
A/N: So... Hibari and Mukuro are up next.
Reborn, Lambo and Chrome are also going to have a part in the next chapter... though they won't be romantically interested in Nana. That'd just be weird :(
Anyways, review guys. I'd really like to know what you think. Plus, reviews seriously motivate me :)
(I'd also really appreciate it if you guys actually listened to my request instead of blatantly ignoring it (: )
