AN: here is chapter two.... orz so tired rofl. not much but I'll be updating more often now that I'm stuck in english lab. XD It's like the only way that I have motivation to write. Well! There will be more~ Unedited. I am sorry for my fail~ -showers you all with hearts- Thank you for being patient.
Over the next few months, the two boys became closer and closer, spending as much time as they could with their new friend. Harry sat in his little cupboard, mentally counting down the time until he would be let out to do his 'chores' and see Tsu-kun. He didn't mind doing the chores for now, but he disliked having indoor chores because he wouldn't be able to play with Tsu-kun. His face took on a happy grin, with a far-off look in his eyes.
Whenever Harry would have chores outside and Tsu-kun saw him [which was pretty much every time so far], he would come out and help him with his chores before sneaking back into the smaller boy's house. Nana was an incredibly nice woman, always petting his head, giving him hugs and snacks whenever Tsu-kun did. With them, it felt like he'd finally found a family and he took what he could get as he was starving for affection that he was never given with his own blood relatives.
Harry would never ever forget what it was like the first time he went to Tsu-kun's house after they had literally popped from the alleyway to a park nearby. There was a kind woman there that looked like Tsu-kun, with the same soft, caring brown doe eyes. When they got there, Tsu-kun was immediately swept into a hug, and briefly Harry felt a stab of envy and guilt. Envy because he had a mother that openly showed him affection and guilt for feeling envious. Imagine his surprise when Tsu-kun started talking to her excitedly and pointed at him with a smile, and then she smiled at him as well. He couldn't help but have another tiny flare of hope from that smile so much like Tsu-kun's and he was completely pole-axed when she reached over and pulled him into a hug that was just the three of them. This nice looking woman was like the mother of his dreams, and she smiled at him and hugged him. She hugged the freak, and made him feel normal, warm and welcomed.
A dreamy smile came over his lips as he wrapped his arms around his knees. Family. It seemed liked before he'd ever met Tsu-kun's family, he'd never get to experience anything like it himself because everyone thought he was a freak and a bad kid, but they were different. Surprisingly even though Tsu-kun didn't know English words, his mother was actually quite good at it, even though she had an accent and sometimes she missed some words. But that was ok to Harry, it didn't bug him because she understood him, and so did Tsu-kun despite their lack of being able to actually communicate well through words. Wasn't there a saying that actions speak louder than words? Harry totally believed in that now, because the Sawada family treated him like he was a part of them despite having just moved here and that he was just completely...different. But he liked to think that he fit in with them somehow, because that was how it felt.
He blinked out of his thoughts when he heard approaching footsteps. Quickly, he wiped the smile off his face and took on a blank, submissive look because 'they' didn't like it when he smiled. He nearly smiled again as he compared 'them' to the Sawadas, who actually liked to see him smile.
"Boy!" Ah, it was Aunt Petunia outside of the door. He heard the locks being undone, and closed his eyes briefly for the onslaught of bright light from the outside of the small room. A bony hand grabbed onto his arm and yanked him out. Harry bit on his bottom lip to prevent any sound from coming out because that had hurt, but didn't want to make a big deal out of it because it was how he was usually treated. A bitter and slightly angry feeling formed again inside of him as he thought of how they treated him just because his parents were bad people. He didn't think that the people who gave birth to him were actually bad at all and that the Dursleys were just saying it to make him feel bad.
"Diddy-kins has a party today, and we don't want you here mucking things up, so you're to go over to the Sawada's and stay there." She let go of his hand, and Harry looked up blankly to see the obvious look of disgust as she wiped her hand with a wet towel. "I've already called Mrs. Sawada to let her know that you're to be staying the night over there as well."
That was ok with him, Harry didn't mind staying over there as it was much better than being over here. He was actually getting excited, but tried not to show it as it was going to be the first time that he would be sleeping over at a friend's house since they would make him stay with Mrs. Figgs instead. It wasn't that he disliked her and her cats, but rather how boring it was there and how stifling it could be sometimes with the smell of herbs and cats. He watched her lip curl downwards in distaste and turn her nose upwards, sniffing in a self-important way. "Get out of my sight, and don't let us see you coming out of that house."
Harry gave her a brief nod, just in time for the doorbell to ring. His head snapped towards it and he couldn't help but let his smile fly from ear to ear as he scuttled eagerly over to the door and opened it to see the petite Asian woman standing right there. "Dursley-san, I'm here pick up Hari-kun!" The small boy watched her poke her head in and wave cheerfully at the horse-like woman, still holding her head up high in a snobby way. He scooted closer to her, something that she noticed and wrapped an arm around his shoulder for. "We are leaving now! Sankyuu!"
With that she led him out of the oppressive house by his shoulders, and he was nearly giddy and bouncing off his feet with excitement. If happiness was to ooze out of him, it was because Kaa-chan [something that Nana insisted he called her and he wasn't going to argue against her with that since that just solidified that he was like family] came to pick him up. He was slightly disappointed that Tsu-kun hadn't come as well, but they were just one house over and he was probably studying. And then there was also that genius baby. Harry had no idea that babies could be smart enough to tutor both him and Tsu-kun in English and Japanese at the same time. And he had a feeling that they weren't only going to be taught just those two languages…
He bounced into the house before Nana followed in at a sedate pace, looking around immediately for Tsu-kun and Reborn, which Harry thought was an odd name for a baby. His eyes searched around what he could see of the house until they finally landed on the two in the living room, Reborn sitting like a king on top of his cushion and Tsu-kun partially leaning over whatever he was studying at the coffee table, eyebrows furrowed together in thought. The green-eyed boy glanced back at Nana, who nodded at him encouragingly with a small wave of her hand as she disappeared into the kitchen to most likely make lunch.
He approached the table cautiously, both boys having learned their lesson to be cautious around Reborn when they realized that he followed them. They weren't entirely sure of the reasons, but Harry thought that Reborn felt like an adult chaperone whenever he happened to be around.
Tsuna slid into a cushioned chair next to him, eyes wide and warily set on the well-dressed toddler in front of them. Clink. Reborn set the fork down onto the plate and wiped his mouth.
"Have you been practicing the vocabulary I gave you?" Reborn's stern, large-eyed gaze was fixed on Harry. The green-eyed boy nodded, having expected with recent experience that Reborn normally wasn't the type to beat around the bush. Unless he wanted to get under your skin or make you figure things out yourself.
Obediently Harry recited the words he learned the last time he came over, pronouncing most of them right because he had taken care to practice them in a very quiet voice. Once done, the toddler nodded and then slid over a sheet of paper, pointing at each word to say it out loud and give the equivalent of it in English so that he knew what it said. Afterwards he faced Tsuna who tensed and nervously spouted out his own set of foreign words, sometimes having trouble forming the sounds while Harry tried to concentrate.
They continued this until Reborn told them to clean up right before Nana came out with the first few dishes of food. "Ara? You boys are so hard working~ But, it's time for a break!" She said as she put the plates in front of them. "Right after this you should go out and play since it's nice outside today." With a smile, she retreated back into the kitchen.
Harry smiled and dug into his food, savoring every bite and eating as much as his small stomach would allow.