Disclaimer: I own Senna but not KHR! Maybe someday…
Lilac hair swung in its high pony tail, onyx eyes wondering lazily…Senna Hiyashi was in school and sighed impatiently. Her thoughts were currently elsewhere - On the attitude of a certain Tsunayoshi Sawada.
Ever since he beat Mochida, Tsuna had been treated differently and Senna was happy for him but she was curious how he became so strong and confident in a matter of a few minutes or less against Mochida. Senna knew that although Mochida was a show off and a prick in general, his skills were still fairly good…The two once picked a fight with each other at the very beginning of the year but a winner was never decided. So how did Tsuna manage?
She sighed again and flipped her ponytail over her shoulder. Her art folder was clutched to her chest like always.
"Good morning Senna!" Yelled a boy from her class.
"Hm? Mornin' Nakamaru" She raised a hand in greeting.
"Have you heard about Tsuna!?" He yelled after her and she froze. What did that guy do now? And worse…Did she have to bail him out?
"No? What about Idiot-Tsu?" Senna looked over her shoulder.
"He's helping with the volleyball match today? Isn't that amazing…He really is a hero!" Nakamaru then ran off to join his friends, leaving Senna gaping with wide eyes. Did he just say that Tsuna was entering a volleyball match…willingly? Okay now there was something wrong with that.
Several people were talking about it and it only ticked Senna off more and more. As she sat in her seat by the window her mind began to wonder. The sky outside was entrancing and a sweet, faint scent of honey filled her nostrils, probably from somewhere in the street. She heard a bee buzzing around just somewhere behind the open window.
If only it could stay like that all day…so peaceful and quiet. Tsuna had looked back at her several times and she blatantly ignored him. She however did exchange a few words with the guy sitting next to her…a player on the volleyball team. Apparently Tsuna had indeed willingly chosen to play.
She wanted to catch him just before the match but was shunted out of the classroom by the rush of people and by the time she had made it back inside, the idiot was already gone. So much for asking him what's been up with him lately…
It was hard to believe so many people had shown up. It was even more shocking on how much they supported him…Banners with just his name had been lifted. Senna found it all a bit daunting and noisy. Perhaps it was just annoyance at the people who were so simple-minded as to just jump ship like that. Perhaps it was a jealousy that her only friend was suddenly so popular?
Still a lot of people stared at her for being there. Shocker, shocker - She was Senna Hiyashi after all, she wasn't one to gather in large groups of people and just watch sports tournaments on a whim. Most people had tried several times to get her to attend these sorts of events but she always shot them down.
"Um Senna came to watch?" The speaker was Hana "I didn't think Senna liked volleyball very much"
Senna grinned "Well I couldn't just skip while everyone came, I'd be out of the loop tomorrow wouldn't I?" She half lied. But there was no way she was going to say something 'I came to cheer Tsuna on...'…Not anytime soon!
"Go Tsuna!" Other people cheered and Senna looked up to see the spike-haired boy with an anxious look on his face. So he was regretting agreeing to this after all. Clearly all the respect had gone to his head a little and gave him an ego. Senna could only sigh, this was exactly the type of situation she had expected.
It wasn't unpredictable about was going to happen to Senna. Tsuna's side was losing and Tsuna sucked at volleyball…typical. But it sort of made Senna smile because it felt normal again. But it did look painful whenever he got hit and she winced once or twice.
The crowd seemed to be surprised and blank looks appeared on their faces. Clearly they were doubting him already. But not Senna. Although Tsuna's team were losing, he would a way to make entertaining at least.
Even the team members were getting on Tsuna's back as well as the crowd. Once again she found that it really got on Senna's nerves. Just like she had thought, people really were just dumbly following who they thought was the strongest.
Idiot-Tsu, look at the others, they're all trying their best. You don't have to win but just give it your all for once Senna thought as the team gathered after the end of the first set. Then she saw the look in Tsuna's eyes…He noticed the efforts of the rest of the team too. But then why he still walking away?
"Idiot-Tsu…" She mumbled and heard someone, who sounded awfully like Kyoko, whisper something similar.
People began to whisper when he was out of sight.
"Sheesh what a pathetic guy…He must have bruised his useless ego and left…"
"He really is so very useless"
Senna grimaced and then rounded on the nearest guy who had insulted her friend after having had enough of these people "Listen up! You're the ones who are pathetic…You were the ones who gave him an ego and pretended that you saw him as a friend but now you're abandoning him! But if I know Idiot-Tsu the way I do; he's not the type to run out when someone really needs him! He's useless but reliable at the same time!" She yelled furiously in one breath.
People stared at her and she heard Kyoko whisper again "Senna?"
Senna grinned at the general direction that she heard the whisper "Don't worry…That idiot's not a total loss!"
Just like predicted; people didn't believe Senna and were totally shocked when Tsuna came back. She could only smile and think I'm proud of you idiot.
Suddenly she saw it…Was it just her or did she just see a bullet fly into Tsuna's leg - She seemed to be the only one to notice because when Tsuna fell over, everyone stared at him in shock. Senna however panicked. Did someone just shoot Tsuna!? But he seemed to be okay seeing as he stood up.
The game barely had time to continue when she saw something that perhaps mankind was not ready to see; Tsuna leapt several feet into the air! He didn't seem to have planned it though; his face was just as shocked as everyone else. Senna's eyes couldn't have gotten any wider…This was an inhuman jump!
The rest of the match was a blur, a blur that Senna wanted to sharpen. Tsuna was acting up again and she was itching to find the reason behind it. But once again, the not so elusive Sawada escaped her after the match.
Luckily that night she had to come over to the Sawada household to help Tsuna with his artwork. Seriously the guy counted himself lucky to be friends with the 'Art Queen of Namimori'…It sure came in handy.
Tsuna sat on his bed when he heard the doorbell ring "That must be Senna" He began to climb off his bed. Then he saw that Reborn wasn't there. Obviously he was downstairs and Senna was there…Oh no! What if she found out about the Mafia thing…How would she react!?
But upon a quick further thought he decided he didn't want to know. Rushing down stairs, he saw Senna with Reborn…On her shoulder!? What the heck? Reborn wouldn't let Tsuna even touch him yet he was riding on Senna's shoulder.
"Oh hey Idiot-Tsu" She smirked "Reborn and I were just introducing ourselves properly. What took you so long to get down here? Leg cramp? I'd understand, after all the jumping today" Her voice was slightly icy and questioning and Tsuna knew she wanted answers. This was bad.
"Let's just get upstairs and do the artwork…" He began to walk up and the lilac-haired artist followed him. They sat on his bed with Reborn watching them. Senna pulled out her pad and began to explain.
"See idiot? Surrealism is the drawing of someone or something that is unreal or doesn't go together…Often surreal art can be based on dreams that the artist has had…Seeing as no-one knows what dreams are exactly and they are often very unreal…So for our picture we have to keep a dream diary for one week that's all and then pick just one of the dreams and draw it…Simple" Then her happy face faltered when she saw Tsuna look confused.
"Come again?" He laughed and rubbed his head "I get the first bit but it's just that last part..."
"Here…" Senna let out a heavy sigh and showed him a picture of a purple cloud that had a thorny vine wrapped around it and instead of sunshine from behind the cloud there was a red flower. Also instead of normal birds, there were flying cameras and the sky wasn't blue but black and white "It's my artwork from the dream I had exactly three days ago…Just try to remember a dream you had recently" She smiled.
"You're a very talented artist Senna" Reborn was suddenly looking over her shoulder at the drawing.
"Thank you Reborn"
A rough sketch lay on Tsuna's bedside table. He had re-counted a dream he had and Senna had spent an hour sketching a rough version for him…But she said that he had to the rest colour it. Reborn mentally agreed.
"She seems interesting and talented…" He said to a half asleep Tsuna who had his face buried in a pillow.
"What's that supposed to mean Reborn…Don't get her involved in anything stupid yeah?" Tsuna looked up and his face was slightly serious "She's had to deal with a lot of things so stupid things would really burden her"
"Things like what?"
Tsuna paused before answering "That's her business and not mine to talk about…" Then he began to drift off into sleep.
Reborn was definitely interested in this Senna Hiyashi now…It seemed like she had more than a perfect flair for art. Hopefully she would prove to become a valuable and good member of the family.
