[Acacia]
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On Saturday, Tsuna had come to school since their Science teacher wants to make an extra class to cover the chapter he did not manage to teach two weeks ago when he got sick.
With Tsuna's table positioned right beside the window, his attention was torn between the teacher speaking in front and the beautiful blooming Sakura tree outside. Well, the brunet chose that the Sakura tree is more worth watching than the babbling science teacher.
Time seems to walk slowly when Tsuna succumbed to the beautiful pink petals of the Sakura tree and his mind wandered to what had happened last week.
'I wonder who is that unfortunate person that had to give me the flower. Well, I hope whoever it is, are quite satisfied with their prank.'
Yes, Tsuna had really convinced himself that the moss rosebud he received last week was nothing but a simple… pranks.
'Just why did I raise my hope at that time?' At this, Tsuna let out a bitter smile. 'Now look at who is crushed.'
As Tsuna is lost in his mind, little did he notice when one of his classmates -a boy- that sat at the back of the class to suddenly stand up and ran towards the door, bumping quite harshly with Tsuna's table? Poor brunet yelped out of shock.
Hayato immediately sprang up and throw curses and "How DARE YOU BUMPED INTO TSUNA YOU IDIOT!" while Takeshi tried to calm him down.
As the boy run – Out of the classroom, he somehow managed to shout a sorry and something about needing to go to the washroom ASAP.
The class laughed at the sudden scene as their teacher could only sigh at the boy antics.
For Tsuna though, he did not laugh. He stood still… in wonder that's it.
It seems like, from the impact of the bumping just now, something had rolled out of under his desk and fall into his laps.
Tsuna stared in a daze for a while. His honey coloured eyes focused on the shining, healthy red petals.
A single Tulip Red had fallen into his laps and the brunet seems to be too entranced with the fact that there is another flower under his desk.
It took a few more seconds too woken up from his dazed state, Tsuna immediately picks up the Tulip and hide it under his desk. The brunet looked around him to see whether there is someone had noticed his behaviour.
Tsuna sighed in relief when he saw that everyone had focused their attention on the new topic their teacher got into so no one had noticed anything just now.
Remembering what is under his desk now, Tsuna's brow knotted while he tried to remember the meaning of the Red Tulip. He knows he had found that flower meaning somewhere before.
'Red Tulips…'
'Red Tulips…'
'Red Tulips…'
'…'
'…'
Feigning to look focused on what was written on the whiteboard in front, Tsuna could not help when he had to put the back of his hand on his face to cover the blush that had exploded on his face.
'Red Tulips; declaration of love'
The brunet was seriously grateful that Hayato and Takeshi are now bickering though their voice is hushed and that his friend did not see his red face. Who knows how protective and panicked his friend will be if they see him now.
Tsuna didn't sure he wants to deal with that now. Going back to the current situation, Tsuna titled his head a little in confusion.
'So it wasn't a prank or a dare?'
Slightly taking out the tulip so that he can inspect it more clearly, Tsuna was surprised at how fresh and beautiful the Tulip is. Now, his focus is solely on the flower and this mystery person.
'Why did this person give to him this flower now? Why not just met him and confessed?'
After a minute of inspection, Tsuna slightly jerked his head up at the conclusion his head has somehow formed.
Right after Tsuna had taken the Moss Rosebud home, the brunet did not do anything to search for the person or left something, anything under his desk to declare that had he accepted the feelings or not.
Tsuna just waited with the thinking that the person will come to him and reveal their identity or something.
He slapped his forehead in realisation now that he knew his mistake.
'Did the person expect some kind of reply from him?!'
'Uwaa! How do I know what I'm supposed to do with this type of confession?!' Tsuna mentally scolded himself for his own mistake.
Well, seeing that there is a new flower under his desk, Tsuna was glad that the person didn't give up that easily.
'And here I am thinking that this is some sort of prank.'
But it isn't. He knows it isn't a prank and he was entirely sure of it. Call it his famous intuition for that. 'That's bad of me. Bad Tsuna! Bad Tsuna!'
Right after calming himself down Tsuna once again wondered.
Who? Who is this person? Why didn't they show themselves to him so that he would know who? So that he can learn about them. So maybe he would fall in love towards them just like how they fall for him.
Looking at the tulip again, Tsuna's eyes soften. Maybe this person is shy. Maybe the person is afraid. Was it a junior? Are they at the same age? Or even a senior? How does this person look like? Why did they hide their identity in the first place? Does he know them? Does-
Ahh, there is no use in thinking about the appearance of his crush. Now, he needs to decide whether he wants to accept the mysterious feeling or reject it.
Thinking deep, Tsuna had thought to reject it at first but… The rose and tulip that is now his, that neat and beautiful penmanship that had written his name so elegantly, the loving aura and sheer sincerity that little note gave…
Tsuna then comes to the fact that all those things had made him happy and warm. It made him feel loved as his face would flush a little every time he remembers.
Wait… Does that mean that Sawada Tsunayoshi had somehow fallen for this unknown person? Was it even possible?
'Give them a chance then.'
Something inside of his head whispered to him. Ah, his intuition is acting up. 'A chance, huh.'
Unnoticed to everyone in the classroom, Tsuna brought the tulip up to his face as he closed his eyes in contentment as he comes to a conclusion. Tsuna gently kisses the tip of the flower, loving the floral scent the flower emitted.
Why not?
So, that is how one Sawada Tsunayoshi left a Red Carnation under his desk as his answer. 'Yes'
That is how the routine of giving flowers each week started. Tsuna didn't know at what day his lover would give him flowers so he would always be surprised when he found one under his desk and blushed hard.
Nana never asked the increasing quantity of flowers in Tsuna's room.
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[Secret Love]
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Flowers Meaning:
-Tulip (Red): Declaration of Love
-Carnation (Red): Yes
Half revised 11 July 2019
-Sky