Title: Obsessed With Fingernails

Chapter 2: Rejection

Warnings: Tsuna being super OOC and over-passionate about nails. Teen!Reborn and many more.


"Ciaossu," the unknown raven teenager greeted.

"Ciao," Tsuna greeted back in proper Italian.

"You're Sawada Tsunayoshi right?" the teen asked, his hands slipped into his pocket and retrieved a paper from it. "Yes and who might you be?" Tsuna replied. The teen showed the piece of white paper to the brunet.

The paper contains only three words, 'Home tutor, Reborn.'

"I'm the home tutor from the flyer, Reborn,"

Both of the two teenagers stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds before Tsuna broke it. "How old are you?"

"13."

"How many university math questions have you solved?"

"Solved at least seven thousands of them and created two thousands of them too."

"Hm… That is a pass for that section, I don't really care whether if it is true or not. Now show me your hands," Tsuna ordered. Reborn gave him a bewildered look and he did not like to be commanded either but somethings tells him that he has to do it.

The raven teen was about to show the brunet his hands, but his hands were suddenly yanked forward by the brunet.

"Your fingernails are too long and chipped! You need to trim it down as fast as possible, quickly follow me," Without waiting for his reply, Tsuna just dragged the unwilling raven teen all the way to school and it was done using a lot of effort. Reborn kept trying to yank his hand out of the brunet's hand with a great strength but unsuccessful in doing so.

'God! What strength does this guy have?!' Both the two thought at the same time.

Before Reborn knew it, he was dragged into the school compound.

"Good morning," the brunet cheerfully kept greeting to whoever had walked past them. Though all he got was weird looks directed at the holding of hand and me. Reborn was then pushed down to sit on a chair in the brunet's classroom.

"Stay," Tsuna commanded and walked to his locker at the back of the classroom.

The brunet soon returned with orange pouch and place it carefully without a single shake onto the table. The raven noticed the steady motions of his hand and was rather impressed, there was never once he had seen someone with such steady hand and that is when he saw the sunset on the brunet's fingernails. "Such accuracy on the details and blending," Reborn muttered out, not knowing that his tone had amusement mixed in it.

"Thanks for the compliment," Tsuna merely said. Without another word, he took the raven's hand and did a closer scan. "A few chips on both index fingers and your thumbnails are brittle. Gosh why don't you take care of your nails for once, just look at how long are these nails," The brunet smoothly criticized, too smoothly that it made the raven cringed guilty for neglecting his nails.

The brunet took out a basin and poured water from a new bottled water. He then asked the other to soak his hand.

Tsuna took his tools out one by one unlike most people would just pour the whole thing out. He lined the tools according the ordering that he is using first to last. First was the nail clipper, Tsuna picked it up and swirled it around his nails for a show. He held the other teen's soaked hand up gently and wiped the water off with a clean cloth before the nail clipper does its magic and soon Reborn's nails were nicely cut down into a straight line. The file was the next in line, Tsuna swiftly but gently filed the sharp edges down into a perfect round shape, and finished it off by coating the nails with gel. He then took a bottle of olive oil and applied it at cuticle area and massaging it to the rest of the nail by hand.

"Look so much better," Tsuna said loudly. Reborn held his fingers up against the sunlight. His nails were literally shining brightly. It looks flawless, a complete difference from what it was just a few minutes before. "Not bad…" he mumbled.

"Now let me paint your nails," the brunet demanded with sparkling eyes. Reborn was not expecting that request and strongly rejected the request, "No way! I have my pride for a reason!"

"Oh~ come no! Just put aside your petty pride," Tsuna countered without a break. "Please! Just the pinky finger," Tsuna pleaded with his puppy eyes. Reborn shifted uncomfortably under the brunet's puppy eyes and what added oil to the fire was the brunet's classmates who are staring intensely at him. "Argh, fine. Just the pinky fingers," Reborn dejectedly slammed his face on the table, letting the brunet do whatever he wants to the sacrificed fingers.

"You're from my dad's company right?"

Reborn peered up from the sudden serious question and nodded.

"Is my dad really from Mafia?" Tsuna asked solemnly. The raven rested the side of his head on the table and replied, "Yea."

The brunet just sighed as he continue focusing on the nail.

It was all silent before an orange short-haired girl came to their table. "Ano… Sawada-san, I need to talk to you," the girl said. The brunet did not spare her glance and said, "Sasagawa Kyoko right? Ah, sorry but could you wait downstairs, I have to finish this first." The girl named Sasagawa Kyoko just nodded and went out of the class.

"That girl has a crush on you," Reborn supplied as he look at how concentrated the brunet is.

"Ah… I know. Now I have to think of a way to nicely reject her. Sasagawa Kyoko, the school idol and also another possible candidate to take the throne of the student council."

Reborn just stared dully at the brunet, wondering if he is a playboy or just too nice.

"Done," Tsuna announced. "Stay here until I come back," he instructed once again and he ran out to find the girl. Reborn took a look at the design on his nails. It was a sun with a black background plus a red border around the nail. 'How fitting.'

Reborn turned to stare at the leaving back of the brunet, "I wonder how much he knew about the mafia. He is way different from what you described, Iemitsu." He then glanced outside to the yard and he happens to find the brunet and the girl.

"Oh! Sawada is getting another confession!"

"From who?!"

"T-That's our school's idol, Sasagawa Kyoko!"

"Another jackpot for him, ahh~ I'm so jealous."

Reborn ignored all the comments and watched with his sharp eyes.

"Sawada-san, I know you will reject me, but I want you to know my feelings, I really, really like you," Kyoko started. Tsuna only looked down at the grass not looking at the girl. "And I hope that you will go out with me even just for one day," the girl bowed with her eyes shut tight. The brunet had an unchanging expression on and said, "I'm sorry."

"Eh?"

"I know your feelings are sincere, but I cannot accept your feelings," Tsuna started with sad eyes locked on the shocked girl. "You have beautiful nails and I myself acknowledges it, but I feel that I am just not the right person for you," he ends it with an apologetic bow.

"I… I understand so it's okay," Kyoko assured, but her voice betrayed her. Her face was shadowed and Tsuna could only watch as she walked away. A lone tear could be seen floating in the air, shining.

"AH?! He rejected Kyoko?! Who is on their right mind to do that?!" A voice yelled from a storey above where Reborn is. Tsuna swept his head to look if the girl had left before walking his own way back to class.

By then Reborn had already left his seat and went elsewhere.

Tsuna looks at the empty seat and sighed. The girls once again crowded around, reporting the usual things.

Then, the school bell rang, signalling the start of Homeroom period. The homeroom teacher, Izumi-sensei, strolled in with a happy face. "Alright everyone, please return to your seats. I'm starting homeroom now."

"I know that it is a short notice, but I will be introducing a transfer student," she started chirpily. "Please come in."

On cue, the door opened. The students looked at the person who walked through it. The silent echoes of his footsteps resounded through the classroom. The once wearing a suit raven teen is now wearing the school uniform and without his fedora, his hair is styled as a way where his fringe is styled to the side and the rest of the hair is spiked everywhere. His swirly curls are there, framing his handsome face. The students all looked judgmentally at the raven before a commotion broke out.

"H-Handsome!"

"Hey, don't you think that he's really cool?"

"Those cool eyes and that mysterious air around him… What a hottie!"

"He is like the same level as Sawada-kun!"

"I'm Renato Sinclair, I come from Italy. Nice to meet you all," Reborn simply started. "You could also call me Reborn if you like."

The brunet who had been listening looked up in surprise when he hear the familiar voice and released a loud surprised shrill.

"EH?! REBORN?"

Everyone in the classroom turned to look at the brunet. The raven smirked and winked mischievously at him. Those who saw the wink squealed loudly making both winced at the loudness.

"You know each other?" Izumi-sensei asked in the midst of the commotion. Reborn nodded back and walked towards Tsuna. "We meet again," he chuckled at the shocked expression. Tsuna quickly regained his composure, he leaned forward to other's ear and whispered, "Why are you studying with me? Aren't you supposed to be my home tutor or something like that?"

Reborn maintained his smirk and whispered back, "Because I can."

"You got to be kidding me."

"Nope. Not at all."

"Ah? I bet you are just trying to be cool."

"Am not."

And because of the secretive whispering, their classmates finally knew why Tsuna never accepted a love confession. From that moment onwards, they had a different view on Tsuna.


The bell rang for the sixth time, signalling the start of lunch.

"Hey Sawada! Captain Mochida says he wants to fight you in the gym right now," a male student from the Kendo club informed. "Eh? Why?" Tsuna asked. He really dislikes fighting, no he detest fighting. It always makes him sick in the stomach whenever there is a fight and now he is going in a fight. And also it will also chip his nails which he does not want to happen at all. Tsuna turned to look at Kyoko who is looking at her table edge with a depressed look.

Hana who is next to her, explained, "Mochida-senpai said he wanted to get revenge on the rejection you received from Sawada, Kyoko."

Kyoko looked at her friend in surprise. Hana continued with her hands on her hips, "He said he won't forgive anyone who makes Kyoko cry!"

"No, we're just both in the same committee," Kyoko tried to explain but obviously no one was listening.

Reborn watches quietly from the sides. 'Tsuna, what will you do in this situation?"

"Where is he now?" Tsuna asked.

"In the gym, he is waiting right now."

He muttered a thank you and said that he will be there in five minutes.

Reborn followed him and only to find coating the brunet coating his nails with gel. He immediately facepalmed at the serious look that the brunet has on his face.

"So… What are you going to do when you go to the gym?" Reborn questioned. The other teen just hummed a tune as he dries the gel on his nails.

"Don't know but there is no way I'm going to let Kyoko fall into his hands. Especially not that bastard," Tsuna said in a dark tone. Reborn could tell that he was serious, dead serious.

Soon the two made their entrance to the gym, almost everyone cheered for Tsuna, just a few exception of Mochida's club members.

"There you are, you playboy that only knows how to play other people's feelings. God may forgive a piece of shit like you, but I won't!" the kendo captain proclaimed as he held on his stick.

"And?" Tsuna asked, pulling his hair with his fingers, unintentionally showing a handsome side of him. But in his eyes tells another story, there is orange hue in eyes as flames blaze in it.

Mochida flinched under his hot gaze but continued to push his luck by forcing a laughter, "Since you are a beginner in Kendo. So in ten minutes, if you can get a one point from me, you win! If you can't, then I win! The prize is, of course, Sasagawa Kyoko!"

"Pri…prize?!" Kyoko said with slight anger.

"What a jerk," Hana commented. Mochida did not pay them any attention and said, "Here I come, Sawada Tsunayoshi!"

"Tsuna!" the baseball ace, Yamamoto called, throwing a kendo stick at the brunet which he catches it gracefully.

"Tch. My nails is going to get damage," Tsuna said with annoyance as he scans the nails on his hand that he caught stick with.

"You better worry about other things, other than your petty and unimportant nails," Mochida warned as he jumped into the air and came crashing down with his stick aiming dangerously at the brunet's head. Tsuna dodged it by sliding against the floor and then hitting the kendo captain's head with his stick. "Is this one point?" He asked dully. But the judge did not raise his flag. "So you're not his side. Such unacceptable behaviour made my stomach sick," he said darkly, he threw his stick away.

He mercilessly stepped on the fallen Mochida, he then kneeled down and held the limp hand up. Within seconds, he threw the hand away, "Gross! Your nails look like fungus have infected it as soon as you were born! Please stay at least three metres radius away from me next time you meet me!"

"Argh…" was all Mochida could respond to the demand.

"But since you dared to use Kyoko as a prize, I shall have no mercy for you," the murderous aura around him starts to flame brilliantly. "What should I do? Plucking out your disgusting nails would be a good one. What do you think, judge-kun?" A sadistic smile surfaced on his face as his hand took a pair of pliers. Out of fear for his captain, he quickly raised Tsuna's flag, "Point! Red wins!"

Reborn smirked and put down his binoculars on the ledge that he is sitting on as his legs swung carefreely in the air. "This might just be an easy job."

The hall immediately cheered for the brunet. Tsuna quietly walked to Kyoko and bowed with his eyes shut close, "I'm sorry. There are just too many reasons to why I cannot go out with you. There are many other nice guys out there who are waiting for you so please do not get sad because of my rejection on your confession."

When Tsuna opens his eyes, he saw droplets falling onto the floor.

"I know, but I just don't know how to stop these tears from falling. I'm really sorry for causing so much trouble for you," Kyoko apologised once again. Tsuna looked at the crying girl and went for a hug. The gym fell into silent as they all watch the two hug. Kyoko froze at the sudden action, but somehow she does not want it to go away.

'What is this familiar feeling?'


"So why did you reject Kyoko?" Reborn asked, laying on a certain brunet's bed in his previous suit.

"Che. My nails got chipped, this is why I don't like fighting," Tsuna wailed as he filed his nails down carefully. Reborn did not waste any time to threaten the boy to answer. Tsuna sighed, "The reason you're here is because of Mafia isn't it?"

Reborn glanced at the brunet and explained, "I came here because I was requested by the current Vongola family boss, the ninth, to train you to become an admirable Mafia boss. The title is Vongola family tenth generation boss." The raven watch the unchanging expression on the boy's face. It was as if he was already expecting it.

"This is why I rejected Kyoko, I don't want to drag her into such organizations furthermore a group of mafioso that only knows how to kill people as their daily life."

"So are you going to accept the role as Vongola Decimo?"

"Sure."

"Just like that?!" Reborn was certainly not expecting that simple answer.

"Tenth could mean anything. It could mean that I have ten beautiful fingers and it is the truth," Tsuna retorted with sparkling eyes. "What about the first generation, though, do they only have one beautiful finger? Well, that sucks."

Reborn look at his future boss with a deadpan expression.

"I think I might want to quit my job soon."


A/N: Second Chapter~ Just within two days. Won't be updating until Friday due to school.

I swear this OOC-Tsuna is going even more OOC. And yea, I changed some parts of the original plot, making Reborn enroll in the school.

For readers that are curious, the manga that inspired me is Cherry Boy, That Girl, a manga with very funny plot twists but I never liked the characters. It was just the part where a guy painted his nails got me to think of this plot.

Many thanks to the readers who took their time to review and of course, to those who had favourited and followed this story.

Hope you liked this chapter!

R&R!


Word count: 3043