Hi there. Well...I'm not one for long A/N's but anyway. I now I still have 'Intertwined Bonds' in progress and I will update soon, but this idea just came to my mind and I really wanted to write this, So here I go :D Hope you enjoy it!

Tsunayoshi = older one

Tsuna = younger one

A small brunette boy was sitting on his windowsill looking at the world outside through the thick glass that seperated them. His hand was pressed tightly to the glass, as if he could somehow touch the outside world, if he would just press hard enough. But no matter how much he longed to be a part of the other, the normal world, there wasn't any choice in the matter. It was not that he had anything to miss in the world outside his safe house, he hadn't known so much of that world anyway. But what he missed was the the normality that any other boy or girl had in their lives. They would go outside, enjoy the sun on their faces, play in the rain or just lay in the grass, savouring the completeness, the utter bliss that was offered to them by mother nature. You see, this small brunette, that was now 15-years-old, had an incurable sickness.

15 years ago, there had been a happy couple that couldn't be any happier, because the woman was expecting. Soon they would be a whole family and live in a cute little house in a nice neighborhood. Everything was prepared, the married couple was now only waiting for their child to be born. They hadn't wanted to know whether it would be a boy or a girl, they would love it either way.

So then, on one day, it was finally time.

The woman was in great pain because of her labor. It was very strenuous and excruciating, but eventually after 6 hours of painful cramps she could hear the first healthy and loud cries of her child. But then the pain didn't stop, and it only got worse by the minute. After some time the woman could hear another cry of a child. But this cry sounded weak and shaky.

The doctor had come to the family with a saddend and sorrowful look on his face. But without their child.

The woman was frantic and demanded to know what happened to her child. But the answer of the doctor wasn't a good one.

'I have a good and a bad announcement to make. The good one is, that you have given birth to not only one child, but to two children. Twins to be exact. The older one of the two is a completely healthy and strong child, but his brother...I don't know how to tell you these news in a pleasant way, so I'll just say it. The younger one...has a very weak heart. This will affect his entire life, he will never be able to act like his brother or other normal kids his age. He has to undergo many treatments in the future, to help him strengthen his heart and to help him cope. Do you think, you can do this? It will not be easy and there is a lot of pain that your family will have to go through. What will you do?'

The woman, named Nana looked at her husband, Iemitsu, with determined eyes and a fire burning within them, that let no room for disagreement. Iemitsu himself already had made a decision, when he heard the sad news about his youngest child.

He turned to the doctor and spoke on his and his wife's behalf.

'It doesn't matter, that one of our children is sick. We will love both of them equally and do anything that is in our power to protect and help our child. We will love them, both of them, whether one of them is sick, or not.'

And that was it.

The small brunette boy sighed heavily, a sad look appearing on his young face. It was night time now and everyone around him was fast asleep. But for him, sleep never came easily. The bright rays of the moon were shining down on him through the closed window, making him seem to glow. He raised his hands and looked down at the trembling limbs. He closed them firmly, trying to sooth the shivers that were coursing through his fragile body. He had sat there for some time now without knowing and slowly the cold of the night was getting to him. But he didn't feel like leaving already. So he just sat there, his weak arms wrapped around him for at least a little warmth and kept gazing out of his wide window. He looked up at the night sky filled with so many shining stars contributed by the beautiful full moon. He was so captivated by the sight that he hadn't heard the creaks of a bed and the quiet footsteps that were coming closer to him. He was suddenly startled out of his reverie, when he felt warm and strong arms wrap around his tiny body pulling him back a little into a firm chest. The boy closed his eyes, enjoying the warmth and the presence of the person behind him. He leaned his head in the crock of the other's neck and inhaled deeply.

'Tsu-chan, what are you doing out of bed?'

The brunette felt the deep rumble of the other's voice in his chest and snuggled closer to him, wanting more of that comforting warmth. He raised his head a little so he was next to the other's ear. His breath tickling the newcomer and made him laugh a little.

Tsuna had always liked the other's laugh. It sounded so sweet, so honest and full of life.

''couldn't sleep.'

He mumbled into the other's ear.

'Aww...Tsu-chan you know you can always wake me up. Look at how cold you already are.'

A sad smile stole itself on Tsuna's lips. But it went unnoticed by the other for his head was buried in the taller one's neck.

'Say, Tsu-kun...can I come tomorrow?'

Tsunayoshi blinked. A remorseful look went through his bright honey eyes as his arms tightened around Tsuna.

'Tsu-chan...you know i would love it, if you came along, but...you know...well...'

Tsunayoshi rang for words that could actually express his feelings in the right way, but what could one say, when there just wasn't the words that would make his little sibling feel better. Tsuna noticed the other's struggle and sighed to get his brothers attention.

'I...understand, Tsu-kun. I know that it can't be helped, I'm just who I am, right? I gotta accept it someday. I'm sorry for asking and troubling you. Don't mind me.'

Tsuna stood up and turned his back towards his brother in an attempt to hide his face from him. But at the first step he took, his foot suddenly slipped on thin air, making him stumble forward. He instantly closed his eyes and braced himself for the impact with the hard ground.

But the impact never came. Instead he felt strong arms embrace him from behind and pull him to his feet and into the chest of his brother.

'Tsu-chan! Are you alright?'

Tsuna opened his eyes again and looked into the beautiful, although worried eyes of his older brother. He put his head on Tsunayoshi's chest and hugged the other closer to him.

'Yeah I'm alright. 'just slipped. You know I'm such a klut-'

'Tsu-chan! Please, you have to be more careful. What if you bruised your ankle or you hit your head?'

Tsuna crinked at Tsunayoshi's frantic words. His brother had always been so over-protective of him. And Tsuna truly loved his brother, but at times like these, he felt himself being crushed under the weight that was a constant pressure on his slender shoulders. He felt a need for freedom and independence. But Tsuna knew that he would never get those things. It will always be only a wish to him. An unrealistic wish.

'Yeah. I'm sorry for worrying you Tsu-kun. I'll try to be more careful...'

Tsunayoshi instantly sensed the depressive mood his dear little brother was in and felt now guilty for accusing him. He knew that his little brother desired to be a normal boy, like him, like his friends and that he would never be able to live an ordinary life. Tsunayoshi had always felt so angry that fate had cursed his little brother with such a cruel life. He was the kindest and purest living being he had ever met and that such a a beautiful creature had to suffer as much as Tsuna, was just unfair. His brother never did anything wrong, he doesn't deserve the hell that fate had thrown him in. And Tsunayoshi wished at every minute and every hour of everyday that it would have been him that had to suffer instead of Tsuna. He wished he could lift that crushing weight from his younger sibling's body and put it on his own. He wouldn't hesitate one second to switch with him. Never. Most of all, he hated the fact, that he was so helpless. He would do anything for Tsuna without any doubt, but even his power and ability had a limit somewhere.

Tsunayoshi was lost for a moment in those dark thoughts and was only pulled out of it by a squirming Tsuna in his embrace.

'Tsu-kun...I'm sleepy. Can I go to bed now?'

'S-Sure! Yeah, let's go to bed now. It's so late, right Tsu-chan?'

Tsunayoshi shoved Tsuna gently towards his bed which was located on the right side of their shared room. His own bed was placed on the opposite side. Tsunayoshi hated the fact that their beds were so far apart from each other for he loved all the contact he could get from his little brother. He would often wake up in the middle of the night and just stare at the sleeping form of Tsuna, wishing he would somehow come closer to him.

Tsunayoshi drew the blankets back for Tsuna to slip into and tucked him in. He kneeled before his sibling and brushed his soft strands out of his serene face. He looked down at Tsuna's closed eyes and kissed him lovingly on his forehead, before he stood up in an attempt to go to his own bed.

But then he felt a sudden pull on the back of his shirt. He looked back down on his brother again and found his small fist tightly holding his shirt. Tsuna looked pleadingly at the older one and stuck his bottom lip a little forward.

Tsunayoshi sighed and smiled a little. He knew exactly what Tsuna wanted and he wouldn't think about denying him this tiny favor for he liked it too much himself.

Tsunayoshi turned around to his brother, lifted the blankets only a little and quickly slipped under them. He instantly searched for his sibling and pulled him gently towards his own warm body when he found him.

Tsuna laid his head on Tsunayoshi's chest and closed his eyes in content while curling his body around the other's leaving almost no space between them.

Tsunayoshi wouldn't have it any other way and only pulled the smaller one as close to him as possible. He started to stroke Tsuna's hair, making the small brunette sighed again in delight. Tsunayoshi took his free hand and intertwined it with Tsuna's holding it tightly. Tsuna squeezed it reassuringly.

The both of them didn't say anything. No more words were needed for they felt perfectly content in this single moment. No worries, no problems, nothing was keeping them from enjoying these little moments they shared together. Just warmth and comfort and the silent promise of the other's presence. Now no one would get in their way, not even the harsh reality that was lurking in the morning rays, waiting to pull them back into it's world of weight and pressure where they were forced to face another day in the constant fear of loosing something very precious.

They could sleep now and escape it all. Together, one heart beating next to the other's. One was leading, the other close behind, a little slower, a little weaker...but nontheless alive.

Alright! Did you like it? I'm still thinking if I make this a One-Shot or a whole story. I will let you decide so please tell me what you think :D

Thank you!