It's been a while since I last did anything, huh? Sorry you guys, it just feels like I've let you all down after all this time...

P.S. - Chrome's slightly OOC in this... if you consider her thinking dirty thoughts and being flustered OOC. For all you know she could completely be like that. (She's 16 and Yamamoto is 17. And yes, Tsuna is still a wuss even though is practically one of the strongest beings on Earth.)

I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

Chrome was just minding her own business while she was taking a pleasant little walk down the base's hallway when suddenly Lambo and Tsuna jumped out of nowhere and...BOOM! A plume of pink smoke appeared around her as the 10-year bazooka was activated.

"Eeep! Lambo what did you just do!" Tsuna turned around to scold Lambo, but he was already halfway down the hall.

"Lambooo!" Tsuna whined.

Chrome found herself in a bright apartment with numerous pictures all filled with Vongola members and friends, including ones she didn't know yet. That is when she noticed a certain picture in the middle. At that moment, she heard the door open and a voice called out, "Chrome, I'm home!"

She quickly sneaked into the closest door, which was the bedroom. Outside she heard the man put down whatever he was holding and mutter incoherent things to himself. She needed to find a hiding place until the bazooka's effects were over and quickly too. But she heard the man beckoning for her and his steps approaching the door.

'Oh no, I've got to hide!' Chrome thought.

She searched for a hiding spot and decided the best place would be under the bed. Just as she rolled under, the man entered the room.

'Please, don't notice me!' She crossed her fingers hoping that he wouldn't.

"Hmm, I guess she's not home," he mumbled. He went into the bathroom linked to the bedroom, to Chrome's relief.

"Safe!" she let a heavy sigh as she heard the shower run. There, she began to consider her options.

Should she run? Should she stay and hide? As mulled over her options, she popped her head out from under the bed and observed the room. There was a single window the right the bed that let enough light to see the room. There was a dresser near the bathroom, next to the bed. Unfortunately, before she could decide, the man left the bathroom. Shirtless.

Poor Chrome could barely handle the stress her brain was giving her at that moment as it sent millions of dirty thoughts and images of the man standing in the middle of the room. Those chiseled abs, the dangerously low waistline of his pants; Oh, it was too much for Chrome to bare! Chrome felt as if she was going to faint until...

"Chrome?" she became bright red when she heard the deep, sultry voice of Yamamoto. She watched as he bent down and found her under the bed.

"Playing hide-and-seek are we?" he smirked playfully.

She became even redder, just as red as a tomato. In reply to Yamamoto's comment she just scooted as far away as she could from him.

"Why don't you just come out?" Yamamoto sighed. He stuck his long arms under the bed and quickly retrieved Chrome.

"EEEP!" Chrome didn't exactly think he was going to do that, but apparently he did. She struggled briefly, but eventually gave up. During that time, however, she noticed how strong his arms were...

"There isn't that better," Yamamoto declared, "than being under the bed with the dust bunnies?"

He gave Chrome an enormous heartwarming smile and set her down on the bed.

"Now, why were you hiding under the bed?" he asked with the cutest frown she'd ever seen in her life.

"Ah-oh-uh-well..." She started to finger her necklace, the one Yamamoto gave her on her 16th birthday. He noticed that and put his hand over hers to stop her nervous habit. He began to talk with a small smile on his face.

"You know, I remember giving this to you on your birthday that was...three months ago, right?"

he grinned as he continued to reminisce.

"Chrome, I think you should know that..."

Chrome became extremely attentive as he said that, but before he could continue there was a loud pop and a plume of pink smoke surrounded her. Before the smoke cleared, she landed on something soft and heard a small, "Ooomph!"

She looked down to find that she was strategically placed on top of Yamamoto in a very suggestive position in which many would consider to be scandalous. Chrome just squealed like a crazy little girl and launched herself off him, resulting in her falling directly from the bed to the floor. To add to the embarrassment, she landed gracefully on her head.

"Owww..." Chrome rubbed her head, trying to relieve the pain in vain.

"Are you okay?"

She looked up to see that Yamamoto sat up off his bed, and he was quite red. More importantly, he had no shirt.

"Yamamoto-kun..." she pointed to his fully exposed and muscular chest. He chose to look down at that time and remember that future Chrome ripped his shirt off. He became even redder and dashed to his dresser to get a new, non-ripped shirt.

She turned around and attempted to ignore him, but she failed. Yamamoto had just finished putting a new, crisp clean shirt before turning around. With that, a long, uncomfortable silence ensued. During that period of time, Chrome looked everywhere except him, too embarrassed to truly think of anything else to do. That's when she registered that they were in his room. Alone.

'Alone with Yamamoto-kun. Alone in his room. By ourselves. Just us. Alone.'

Chrome's brain began to shutdown with the little, naughty thoughts she began to fantasize in her head. Why, he was practically naked a few moments ago!

'Bad Chrome, bad!'

"Um, Chrome-chan are you okay...?"

She looked up looking all too much like a deer caught in the headlights of Yamamoto's ten ton truck with ten thousand spikes protruding from the front hood.

"Oh, um, no-I mean yes-I'm fine..." she answered. She finally came to her senses with that answer. Then, it finally occurred to her that her future self must have been doing something...dirty with Yamamoto. What other explanation was there for there for that position they were in?

'OH MY KAMI!'

She shot up like a bullet, gave a short bow and an apology, and raced toward the door. Just as she laid a hand on the knob, Yamamoto called out to her.

"Wait!"

She froze when she heard him call after her, and she hesitantly turned to him. He got up from the bed and walked towards her. Chrome merely shoved herself against the door, uselessly trying to avoid him. When Yamamoto was a few feet away from Chrome he paused , red-faced, to gain his bearings and did something quite unexpected. He lunged forward too quickly for Chrome to react to give her a kiss that Chrome definitely didn't see coming. Just as she felt as though she was about to faint he gripped her shoulders and reluctantly pulled away. He rested his forehead on hers and they locked eyes.

"Just so you know, that was my way of saying that I've liked you for a very long time." He uncharacteristically blushed. A few minutes passed before she answered,

"I like you, too."

Future Yamamoto and Chrome

Both of them are lying in their bed with Yamamoto wrapping his arms around Chrome. This is when they begin to converse about their past selves.

"I guess they, I mean we, got together. After all we're still here right?" Yamamoto chuckled.

"I guess so." Chrome answered back.

"I wasn't really able to finish convincing you before time was up. I really was never the one for being punctual...except for our dates, that is." he chuckled.

"So, how'd you convince the young me to confess to you?" he asked.

"Well, I told him how I liked you for the longest time and that he should tell me that he likes me, too. Then, I ripped off his shirt and got on top of him."

Yamamoto raised an eyebrow at this.

"Oh, really?" Yamamoto seemed to be amused with this. Chrome blushed and nodded.

"It was to set it up, so that my past self would be...a bit more convinced."

He smirked at this as she became even redder.

"Well, you're quite the sly fox, aren't you?" he purred into her ear. Her face continued to become redder as Yamamoto cuddled closer to Chrome. Soon after, they both fell asleep, remembering the moment they shared ten years ago on that very day.

I hope you enjoyed reading this. Please tell me if I have made any mistakes in this story. I hope you guys haven't lost faith in me.