::Well, whatever… this is now multi-chaptered. Thanks very much to Kurisutiin-chan for getting me some much-needed inspiration. And of course to KHR's awesome author, for getting Tsuna and the others back home from the future… whoops, spoiler. Oh yeah, and thank whoever invented the genius idea that is summer vacation.

::Since this chapter does contain a lot of Hayato Gokudera, meaning there will be swearing. Quite a lot too.

::I don't own KHR! But, it would be awesome to.


".Collision."

Gokudera Hayato pushed the snooze button and tried to get back to sleep. A few more minutes late wouldn't hurt… Well, at least he tried to. Of course Uri wouldn't let him. "Fine, fine." He said, forcing the cat's paws out of his hair. "I'm awake."

He grabs a towel and turns on the shower. "FUCK!!!" he shouts, waking up the entire apartment floor. "Who the hell turned the damn heaters off again?!" Well, he'll get what's coming to him, whoever he is. He takes a shower in the ice-cold water anyway, and shivers while changing clothes. He was about to charge outside and blow whoever turned the heater off to smithereens, but a voice stopped him.

"Good morning, Hayato." Bianchi said, smiling at him from the kitchen counter.

"The heck are you doing here?!" He said, thanking the gods that she didn't forget to wear her orange goggle-looking sunglasses.

"Making you breakfast." She replied. "I was worried when you passed out last night."

So that wasn't all a nightmare? Fuck this. "I can manage fine by myself." He said, while thinking up a possible excuse. "I have to go anyway."

"Where? School?" she asked, a knowing smile on her face. "It's Saturday."

Oh yeah. There's still no way I'm eating whatever that is. "Uh… I just remembered… baseball-head told me we had to go somewhere. I really gotta go." He was out the door a second later.

Coward. Bianchi almost says aloud, but just smiles and still finishes her cooking.

Well, my day's officially ruined. First the damn water is freezing… then SHE just has to be all nice and cook me breakfast… I'd rather die than eat her cooking again, I'd probably die if I did anyway.

Oh yeah, I haven't eaten anything since before last night.


"Thanks for all the help Yamamoto-san… but you shouldn't bother…" Haru said cheerfully as Yamamoto carried her shopping bags.

"No problem!" He said, just as cheerfully. "You were going near my old man's shop anyway."

"Do you usually stay there on weekends?" Haru asked.

"Yeah. When I'm not playing baseball, training, or hanging out with the others…" he answered. "…I spend some time with the old man."

"You're lucky. Haru never gets to spend much time with her dad." Haru answers absentmindedly. "He's always away on conferences or trips… but it is nice when he's around."

"Hey look! It's Gokudera." Yamamoto calls the silver-haired bomber as he passed by.

"Are you feeling better Gokudera-san?" Haru asked.

"Yeah. Whatever." He answered dismissively, without bothering to stop and look their way.

"We were just about to get some food…" Yamamoto said. "…want to join us?"

Gokudera eyed them both… "No, I'm just going to bother you two if I did."

"I-it's nothing like that!" Haru said, catching on. "Haru just happened to bump into Yamamoto-san on the street."

"Yeah. Literally." Yamamoto chuckled.

Honestly, Hayato would've left if it wasn't for the digestive acids eating away at his stomach. "Fine."

They made their way into the sushi shop and Yamamoto took care of their orders.

"So, Gokudera-san… what is your dad like?" Haru asked, remembering the topic earlier.

"Why?" he answered with a question.

"Haru was just curious…" she answered.

Gokudera pondered how to best answer the question without giving himself away. "I don't remember." I don't want to remember.

"Oh…" That sad innocence was again present in Haru Mirua's face. "…I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"It's nothing." Hayato said dismissively. "He's not dead. But I haven't seen him in a long while." And I have no plan to.

Awkward silence followed… luckily though, Takeshi was back after a short while with their orders.

"I hope you like these." Takeshi said, sitting next to Hayato.

"Arigato, Yamamoto-san." Haru replied rather cheerfully, happy for a change of topic. "Unagi is always the best."

"Well, we all have our favorites." Takeshi said. "What's yours?" he asked Gokudera.

"Uh… anything." He answered dismissively. "The food here is really different to what I used to eat."

But he did eat anyway, he was hungry, that was all. They say that hunger will make any food taste good.

"Right, Gokudera-san is from Italy." Haru said cheerfully, probably imagining what it would be like to be there. "Is it nice there?"

"Sometimes." He answered vaguely. When you're not being chased down by mafia or being forced to eat poisoned food before a piano recital. He thought bitterly. I keep thinking to myself a lot when I'm in a bad mood.

"Oh." Haru said, and just continued eating.

Great, now she thinks she said something wrong. "It's okay there, they have museums, and ruins, and Rome is there too…" he said, trying to sound a bit more cheerful. Well that was pathetic, 'come to Italy! You can find Rome there!' I should've given her a travel brochure while I was at it.

To his surprise, Haru was again, back to her cheerful self, and smiled. "Haru has always wanted to go to Rome… Haru thinks it's fascinating."

If you consider a city where prisoners fought to the death in gladiator matches just to entertain a few people fascinating, then yeah.

Another long, dragging moment of silence followed. Broken only when Yamamoto' s dad enters and gives them another plate of sushi, on the house.

"Thanks otoo-san!" Yamamoto said, glad to be able to finally talk. The atmosphere between these two is suffocating, but it was kind of funny watching them fake each other out. Why do they bother? They should be shouting at each other by now… usually. He chuckled to himself.

"What're you laughing at, baseball-idiot?" Gokudera said.

You. "Nothing, no reason, like you always say." Yamamoto said brightly.

Something is definitely going wrong here… he would never say something that smart… "Fine. Well, I'm outta here."

"Thank you, come again." Takeshi said jokingly.

"Haru has to go too." Haru said, taking her shopping bags.

"You sure you can carry all that by yourself?" he asks, looking at all the bags.

"Yes. Haru will be fine." She said brightly. "Thank you, Yamamoto-san."

"Okay." Takeshi said, and he cleaned up the dishes.


A few steps away…

When you get those two together they're so cheerful I could barf. Hayato thought as he fingered a cigarette, absentmindedly wondering whether to light it or not.

Back in the sushi shop…

Just as Takeshi was about to get the new customer's next order, a shout from the street stopped him. So much for them not shouting each other's heads off… he almost chuckled, but the next thing he heard made him run out the street and leave the customer wondering.

"CALL AN AMBULANCE! Someone's been hit by a car!" a random passerby screamed.

When he came out, Hayato was on his phone and the sirens could be heard from a distance. And Haru was… lying on the asphalt, shopping bags scattered all around her.

"Stupid woman… she shouldn't have bought so much stuff if she wouldn't be able to carry it all." Hayato said angrily, kicking down a trash can in the process.

Takeshi would've shouted at him for calling her stupid at a time like this if he wasn't worried himself, and if he didn't know that that was just how Hayato handled himself.

The ambulance was there in a matter of moments, Haru was put on the stretcher, and Takeshi and Hayato came with it.

"What happened?" Takeshi asked, staying calm.

"Someone tried to steal one of her bags, I was already on the other side of the street, so I was able to get a hold of the guy… but as she was running to him, this car came from out of nowhere, and… I… I wasn't able to stop her. And the thief escaped while I was distracted." Gokudera said. "What kind of right-hand man messes up like this?! The tenth is going to kill me! A right-hand-man who can't even protect the family properly. Shit, I am so stupid!"

"Calm down a second. It's not your fault. I'm sure Haru and Tsuna would say the same." Takeshi said. "Besides, we have other things to worry about…"

"When I see that fucker I'm going to blow him up and he's going to wish he never tried to harm the Vongola Family." Hayato said, clenching his fist, looking at the unconscious Haru. "He's going to go the same way as the ones in that car."

"Let's get Haru safe first." Takeshi said, getting down from the ambulance so the medical staff could get her to the Emergency Room.

Once she was out of the Emergency Room and moved to a private room, Tsuna, Kyoko, and the others arrived at the hospital.

Hayato however, was nowhere to be found. Takeshi explained everything to the others. Kyoko was next to tears, but Tsuna was relieved that she was going to be okay. There were no life-threatening injuries. Haru was going to be fine.

Bianchi however, still had a worried look on her face, and it had little to do with Haru's injury.


Three days later, Haru still hadn't woken. The room was now filled with different flowers, and some of Haru's favorite cakes, and lots of get well soon cards from her friends in school, and the walls were sticky-taped with Lambo and I-pin's drawings. Mostly pictures of some Lambo-like creature eating something that resembled candy… Haru's parents weren't angry at all about what happened, just shaken, and they actually wanted to thank Hayato for acting quickly… but, he still hasn't shown up. 'Give him our thanks, and tell him not to blame himself.' They said.

"So the doctor keeps going on about how kids are getting to adventurous these days…"Takeshi said jokingly as they watched over Haru. "He even asked me when I was planning to return to get myself fixed up again."

"It's not like we get hospitalized every week…" Tsuna said.

"Yeah, but every month is still more than the usual person." Reborn replied. Everyone laughed.

"You should be more careful though." Kyoko said as she was slicing up some cake, she suddenly stopped when she saw Haru's blanket move.

"Uh…" Haru stirred.

"Haru-chan! You're finally awake!" Kyoko ran to the bedside, welling up with tears of joy.

But the biggest surprise? Haru's next words:

"Huh?... who are you?"


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