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Chrome Dokuro skipped class yesterday because she needed to get some rest from being trapped in that storage room… with Gokudera.
Memories of when she woke up from that night went rushing in. She felt so embarrassed then. The Mist Guardian will probably undergo a phase of awkwardness when she sees the Storm Guardian today while heading for school… After all, the two usually met up on the road that lead to Namirori High. Yet, she couldn't help but look forward to seeing him today… 'Maybe… Maybe I should thank him for… for keeping me warm last night…' The shy girl really was innocent, huh? Chrome actually thought that the whole reason why Gokudera wanted to keep this whole thing a secret was because he didn't want to be known as a soft person for being nice enough to keep the girl warm. So even while she walked down the street, passed the busy district, and got to the intersection where she usually meets up with the silverette and everyone else, the eye patch girl was already thinking of ways to express her gratitude. There shouldn't be a problem with saying thank you, right?
Well guess what, there was a big problem. Once they had all (Tsuna, Yamamoto, Kyoko, Haru, and Gokudera) met up, Chrome approached the bomber.
"A-ano… Gokudera-san…" she mutters, but Gokudera couldn't hear her. "G-gokudera-san…!" she raises her volume a little higher. This time, he heard her.
"Hm? What do you want?" The boy's tone, cold as always, and so was his stare.
"E-etto… T-thank you… Gokudera-san… Thank you for sleeping with me…!" with those words, everyone stopped on their tracks. Not just that, they were all getting the wrong idea as well. Chrome didn't understand what astonished everyone since she was always so wholesome and innocent. Though Gokudera was beet red… His expression was clarifying everyone's thoughts, even if the reason why he was blushing was a totally different story, and yet the Storm Guradian did not notice the way everyone else was reacting to the Mist Guardian's words. He really was thinking of Chrome the whole time since then, yet he didn't understand this feeling and so did Chrome.
""G-gokudera!"" The two others girls screamed, and they seemed mad. "What did you do to Chrome-chan?" Haru asks in a harsh tone. This snapped the boy to his senses. Well, after seeing the situation, he finally understood what she was talking about.
"What the hell are you talking about? I didn't do anything to that girl!" He defended. Well, he didn't do anything nasty to her, that's for sure. Chrome felt a bit insecure to how things were turning out now.
'D-did I say something wrong?' The young girl held onto her school bag much tighter. Being the youngest in the group, she couldn't help but blame herself. Tsuna noticing how things were going decided to put a stop to everything… Well, he tried. It was still Yamamoto who got to calm everyone down. Of course, with that, all arguments were done for now.
When they arrived in school, they were greeted by a certain Sasagawa's onii-chan who probably ran his fifteenth round around town.
"YO! SAWADA!" his cheerful greeting brought life to the group's not so good mood. What was wrong with them? Or what was fiddling with their minds? It was these words, 'T-thank you… Gokudera-san… Thank you for sleeping with me…!'.
The bell rang, so it was time for them to head to their classes. Haru headed for her school, while the others walked to their classroom together. It looks like their first period was Art Class. Gokudera excelled in art as long as he had the right calculations… while Chrome could have just used illusions to as guidelines for… let's say, drawing where all she had to do was trace an illusion that she'd conjure.
This week's Art Class was partner by partner. Partner's depended on whose name it was on the paper you'll get. The class also required you to paint your partner's face on a canvas. Unfortunately for Tsuna, he got Kyoko. Not only will he lose concentration, but he'll most likely fail as well.
"Gokudera Hayato, looks like only you and Dokuro have no partners, so I'm pairing you up with her." Says the teacher.
Gokudera and Chrome still felt awkward to be in each other's presence. The only reason they felt this way was because of the recent incident that happened to them. The two guardians didn't even talk or look at each other, which wasn't good for the painting. They've both come to the conclusion that it would probably take another day for this ineptness to go away, and since painting couldn't be done in one day, everyone in class was given till the next week to finish their paintings.
The day ended, and everyone went their ways with their partners, except for Chrome and Gokudera that is. But the walk on their way home was spent with only the two of them. And it was quiet. No one said a word, but if their thoughts could be projected into the sound of their voices, then they wouldn't even have time to go home without finishing their chat.
'Crap. How am I supposed to work with this girl… and why her? It was bad enough that I had to spend a whole night with her, yet now the whole week would be spent on painting a portrait of her face! What kind of luck is this? It's not like I dislike her or anything… I mean, she did get on my nerves sometimes, but those times weren't really her fault… Dokuro… Chrome… Dokuro… Dokuro…! I keep on forgetting that this girl is in cahoots with Rokudo Mukuro. They even have that stupid pineapple shaped hairstyle. It would be gross if they got together. They look like brother and sister… Gah! Tch. Why am I even thinking about this girl? Why should I care if we feel a little weird around each other… It's only for today anyway. I'm sure tomorrow we'll both go back to the way things were… The both of us…'
Gokudera let his mind flow out as he blankly stared at the sunset, and Chrome did the same.
'Oh my… I think he's mad at me… Mukuro-sama, what should I do? Would everything be okay by tomorrow? Mukuro-sama, please respond to me. I really want to know what to do. It's my first time having this weird feeling about this man next to me… What is it? Everytime I try to look at him, Mukuro-sama, I suddenly turn away when he does the same. It feels weird…'
The two guardians didn't even notice that they forgot to turn to the next intersection as they just kept on going straight while the sunset faded. They didn't even notice that they were inching closer and closer to each other as they walked forward, till their hands met, which quickly made them split apart. That's when the realization hit them that they were already heading for the Namirori Shopping District.
"Hey… Chrome… You missed your turn…" The Mist Guardian felt kind of surprised. He's never called her just 'Chrome'. It was usually Dokuro, or guardian, or something like that. But then maybe she was just exaggerating a bit by thinking that they were so close to be using each other's names without honorifics.
"I-I… Yes…! G-gomen…! Please excuse me now!" The girl bows, and heads back, while the boy watches her leave.
There was small shade of red on Gokudera's face.
"I… I called her Chrome…!" And for some reason, respect suddenly mattered to him.