So…this is chapter 2, and as I promised, the pairing is 5927. Stupid Cow has requested for Varia pairing, and I will do my best to make it. Thanks for the review~! I don't know if I can make RL, but if it just a hint, I will slipped some on this chapter.


Tsuna sighed in relief as he finally rest on his bed, "So, I don't need to follow the Vongola Tradition for this year, right?"

"Wrong, Dame-Tsuna." Reborn jumped to his own bed, clad in his pajamas, "I just postponed it. You will still need to follow the tradition."

Memories of last year New Year tradition give him a chill, "Do we will fight Dino-san and his family again?"

Reborn smirked, "If we keep doing the same thing, it will get boring isn't it? I have a new opponent for you guys." Reborn covered himself with his blanket and lay down, "But you're free to do anything you want until January 2nd. Make sure you bond yourself with your family. And if your bonds only get worse this new year…." Reborn let the threat hanging like that, though Leon loyally climbed to it's master fingers, and Tsuna knows better what that means.

"A-alright. I will visit the others tomorrow." Tsuna lay in his own bed, and sighed again, "What should I do tomorrow? Do I need to bring something with me? Who should I visit first tomorrow?" and many other question flow into his brain, but he decided he will just wait until tomorrow to know the answers. He covered himself with his blanket, and closes his eyes.

"I wonder what Gokudera-kun will be doing tomorrow…" a light blush rose on his cheek as he remembered his self proclaimed right hand man. He shook his head to clear his thought, "Ahh! I can't sleep! Stupid crush…." He muttered as he slowly opened his eyes to look at his ceiling.

Tsuna murmured as Gokudera's smiling face come into his mind, "Will he spend the New Year Eve with someone?"



Tsuna tied his shoelaces and get up, "Okaa-san, ittekimasu! [1]"

"Itterassai, Tsu-kun! [2]" Nana comes from the kitchen with a smiling face, "Say to your friend 'Happy New Year' from me, okay?"

Tsuna nodded and opened the door, "I will!" and as Tsuna go, Fuuta tug Nana's sleeve, "Mama! Lambo is fighting with Reborn again!"

"My my…" Nana smiled reassuringly, "Little boys sometimes fight to show how they care about each other. Boys can't reveal their true feelings because of their pride after all."

"Reborn!" Nana and Fuuta look at the garden, where the little Bovino kid is holding hand grenade in both of his hand, "I will defeat you this time!"

Reborn just look at Nana, "Mama, can I have my espresso now?" completely ignoring Lambo.

Nana smiled warmly, "Of course, wait a minute." Nana went to the kitchen to make the requested drink, while Fuuta is searching for I-Pin.

"Don't ignore Lambo-san!" Lambo wailed childishly and throw the grenade at Reborn. Reborn just turn Leon into a baseball bat and hit the grenades back to Lambo, which then stuck to his open mouth, and the little kid blasted away.

"GUPYAAA!" Lambo thrown by the impact of the explosion to the tree, and started murmuring, "Gotta…stay….calm…."

"Here, Reborn-kun." Nana gives the steaming mug to the baby hitman, who drink it slowly, "Mama's espresso is the best." Nana blushed at that, and goes back to the kitchen to prepare some snack.

As Reborn watched the little cow run away, he smirked, "Love is always hurt." And he sipped his coffee again.



Tsuna stretched as he inhaled the fresh morning air, "Umm….now, where should I go first?"

"You stupid baseball-freak! You stepped on my foot!" Tsuna hears the familiar voices.

"Oops! Sorry, I can't look at my feet while I'm holding these!" Yamamoto cheery voice attracts him as Tsuna come nearing the two closest friends he has, "Oh, Tsuna! Happy New Year!"

"Don't dare to use the Tenth as a decoy, you bastard…!" Gokudera is about to pulled his weapon when he heard Tsuna's voice, "Happy New Year to you too, Yamamoto."

"Te-Tenth!" Gokudera quickly turn to face him, and bowing deeply, "I'm sorry that I let this guy distract me and not greet you right away!"

"I-it's okay, Gokudera-kun." Tsuna sweat dropped at his Storm Guardian, "Happy New Year. My mother said so too for you guys."

"Your forgiving heart has never failed to amaze me, Tenth!" Gokudera stand with his back straight, and grinned, "Happy New Year for you, Tenth!"

"What are you doing here, Yamamoto, Gokudera-kun?" Tsuna asked, curious to see his two friend together, "And what are you holding, Yamamoto?"

Yamamoto is holding a black round boxes that almost covered his face, "Oh, these? My father told me to bring these sushi box to my friends, and when I'm about to go to your house, I met Gokudera. So when he is about to help me bring these, I accidentally stepped on his feet. Then you come."

Gokudera scowled, "I won't help you again, you moron." Then he grinned at Tsuna, "Tenth, where are you going?"

"A-ah…" Tsuna smiled sheepishly, "Well, Reborn told me to meet my family and bonding with them. Also, to tells them to be prepared for the Vongola Tradition on January 2nd."

"Ahahaha! We are doing that game again? Will Dino-san come too?" Gokudera and Tsuna sweat dropped at Yamamoto's naivety.

"How many times I need to tell you, those are not games!" Gokudera hissed at his best friend, though he will never admit that.

Tsuna calms him down, "Gokudera-kun…." Then he remembered, "Will you two come with me? To visits everyone."

Gokudera immediately agree, "Of course, Tenth! I will make sure all of them listened to your words!"

Yamamoto smiled apologetically, "Sorry, Tsuna….but I have to help my father with our restaurant." He sighed, "New Year Eve tends to be busy day."

"Oh, then I will helped you to deliver those sushi box to everyone." Tsuna smiled knowingly, "You want to spend more time with your father, right?"

Yamamoto is surprised, before he smiled, "Yes…going to the future makes me cherish my old man more. He is my only family after all." Then he nodded, "Is it okay, though?"

"Of course! Here, let me help." Tsuna takes the boxes away from Yamamoto, but when Yamamoto released them, Tsuna almost drop the sushi boxes, 'Heavy!'

"Tenth!" Gokudera quickly used one hand to get the boxes while the other encircled around Tsuna's waist, steadying him, "Are you ok? Let me bring these for you."

Tsuna blushed as Gokudera's hand gently holding him, "O-ok…." He stuttered as he lets Gokudera takes most of them, leaving just two boxes to be carried by him.

Yamamoto grinned, "Well then, the contents of the boxes is the same, so you can give it randomly." There are five boxes in total, "One for Hibari, one for the Kokuyo Gang, one for Senpai and Kyoko, one for Haru, and the last is for you." Yamamoto waved as he sprints back towards his house, "Happy New Year! Enjoy the day you two!"

Gokudera and Tsuna watched until Yamamoto is gone, when Gokudera asked, "Tenth, who is the first we will visit?"

"Well…Onii-san's house is the closest from here, so we will go there first." Tsuna murmured.

Gokudera grinned as he walked with Tsuna, "This is truly a good day indeed, to be able to be with Tenth without that baseball-freak!"

"Gokudera-kun…." Then it hit him like a splash of cold water. He is just alone with Gokudera Hayato, his self proclaimed right hand man, his Storm Guardian, and moreover, his crush! After the fight from the future, his puppy love to Kyoko has disappeared, to be replaced with a new, more intensive affection towards his Storm Guardian. Gokudera is his first friend, and also the first person who is always protecting him. It's true that his action is rash and always put him in danger, but at the last battle, Gokudera has finally treasured his life better. Tsuna will never forget his Storm Guardian's words at that time.

"I seek to be a right hand man for Vongola Decimo, who survives to laugh side by side with the boss."

That is all the reassurance he need, to know that Gokudera will never throw his life away for him again. Tsuna smiled serenely at that thought.

"Tenth?" Gokudera's voice startled him, making him almost dropped the boxes, "We have arrived."

"E-eh?" Did he that long lost in thought? "So-sorry, I kind of lost in my thought."

"It's nothing! I have ringed the bell, so turf-head will be opened the door soon." Gokudera smiled, not sounding annoyed at all. Tsuna smiled back, although a bit shyly. Their peaceful moment is interrupted when the door opened with a loud bang and…

"EXTREME HAPPY NEW YEAR! SAWADA, OCTOPUS-HEAD!" Ryohei's loud shouting make Tsuna flinched and Gokudera to glare deadly at him.

"Onii-san!" Kyoko scolded him, before smiling at them, "It's too soon to say this but, Happy New Year, Tsuna-kun, Gokudera-kun."

"Hahi! Tsuna-san is here! Happy New Year, Tsuna-san, Gokudera-san!" Haru voice coming from behind Kyoko.

"Haru! You're here?" Tsuna is surprised to see Haru in Kyoko's house.

Haru nodded, "Haru is visiting Kyoko-chan. Did Tsuna-san come to visit too?"

"Yes, and I helped Yamamoto to deliver this to onii-san and you." Ryohei helped Tsuna and take one of the boxes, "It's a present from his father. He is busy helping his father, so we voted to help him."

"OWH! EXTREME THANK YOU, SAWADA! I WILL THANK YAMAMOTO LATER!" Ryohei ran inside to put the sushi box. Haru thanked Tsuna before taking the last box Tsuna holding, "My family will enjoy this."

"Sorry about that, New Year makes onii-san become more energetic than usual." Kyoko smiled warmly, "Do you want to come in, Tsuna-kun?"

"No, we still have to visit the other." Gokudera reminded him, "Also, the Reborn-san is inviting us to Vongola Tradition again on January 2nd."

"Oh, that game? We will come, right Haru-chan?" Kyoko smiled at Haru, "I will told onii-san later."

Haru is delighted, "If I win this time, Tsuna-san and I will…." And off her go to her imaginary land.

"OCTOPUS-HEAD, SAWADA! HOW ABOUT A SPAR TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR!" Ryohei quickly come and challenged them.

"You obnoxious turf-head! I will blow you away!" Tsuna quickly stopped him, "Gokudera-kun! You will drop the sushi boxes!"

"EXTREMEEEE!"



After Tsuna and Kyoko managed to stop the fight between those two, Gokudera and Tsuna bid good bye to them and go to the next house.

"Sorry for that, Tenth…I lose my cool whenever that turf-head is around." Tsuna laughed awkwardly. Gokudera lose his temper quickly whenever he is around the other Guardians.

"It's okay. The rest is for Kokuyo Gang, and for Hibari-san…." Tsuna wondered, "Do you know where Hibari-san lives, Gokudera-kun?"

"Unfortunately, Tenth….I don't." Gokudera wanted to bow, but the boxes in his hands are obstructing him, "I'm sorry Tenth! As your right hand man, I should know where your Guardians live!"

"It's okay, Gokudera-kun…." Tsuna sighed, "This is Hibari-san we are talking about."

Gokudera nodded, "Kokuyo first, then?" Tsuna agreed and both of them taking a long walk to the Kokuyo Land…



"Bossu….Happy New Year." Chrome greeted them once they stepped a foot on Kokuyo Land.

"Happy New Year for you too, Chrome. This is for you and the other." Tsuna picked one of the boxes and give it to Chrome, "This is from Yamamoto's father. Since Yamamoto is too busy, we help him to bring this, since we are about to visit you."

"Thank you, bossu…" Chrome smiled serenely, "Ken and Chikusa will be happy for this…."

Tsuna looked around, and he just saw Chrome, Ken and Chikusa on the room, "Where is Mukuro?"

Chikusa not bothering to glance at Tsuna from his book, "Mukuro-sama is together with your Cloud Guardian…"

Ken, who is about to eat the sushi on the boxes snapped, "Kakippi! You told me that Mukuro-san is gone to buy me some snack!"

"He did. And he visited that guy too along the way." Chikusa sighed.

Chrome stopped Ken when he is about to pounce on Chikusa, "Ken, Mukuro-sama doesn't appreciated blood stain on his sofa." Then Chrome looked at Tsuna, "I suppose bossu is about to visit the Cloud man as well? Mukuro-sama told me that Cloud man is on his school."

Gokudera shocked, "That guy…even on the New Year he is on school!"

Tsuna laughed awkwardly, "We-well, we will go there then. Oh, do you want to come on the Vongola Tradition? It's on January 2nd." Tsuna smiled gently when Chrome looked at Ken and Chikusa, "Of course, they can come too. Kyoko-chan and Haru too."

Chrome smiled happily, "We will, bossu…."

"What!" Ken snapped, "Who will come at Vongola's event!"

Chrome looked at her feet, disappointment and sadness evident on her face. Chikusa scolded, "Ken, Chrome is sad because of you."

"Wh-what! Stop that, stupid woman!" he surrenders as tears glistening on Chrome's eyes, "O-okay! We will go!"

Chrome smiled and hugged Ken, who blushed and squirmed, "Thank you, Ken." But when Tsuna look closely, there is a mischievous smirk on Chrome's lips, which Ken can't see. Tsuna wondered if the sweet and innocent Chrome has finally been corrupted by Mukuro….



Tsuna looked at the closed gate of Namimori Middle, then at Gokudera, "Gokudera-kun….do you have any idea how to get in? Or at least call Hibari-san here?"

Gokudera thinks for a bit, "We shout? Or do I need to explode something?"

Tsuna quickly refused, "Don't! We will be bitten to death if we make a ruckus or destroy the school!"

"Oya? Tsunayoshi-kun?" Tsuna turn back to see Mukuro is running from the school building, and to the gate, "Kufufufu, on your date with your own Storm Guardian?"

Tsuna and Gokudera blushed red, "Wh-no! We're not!"

Mukuro easily jumped the gate, and landed in front of them, "Oya oya….but you two looked so romantic to me. With dating on New Year Eve and all…."

Gokudera quickly changed the topic, as his blush only get worsened, "H-how about yourself! You are visiting Hibari right!"

Mukuro remembered, "Oh shit, I forgot." Then he quickly hid behind Gokudera and Tsuna, "Don't tell him you meet with me!" then Mukuro used illusion to make himself invisible, while still hiding behind them.

Both Gokudera and Tsuna is bewildered, and was about to ask when they hear that voice, "You two…" and they can feel the air becomes colder as the feared man comes, "What are you doing here?"

Gokudera and Tsuna slowly turn back, to see a really, really pissed off Hibari Kyoya standing behind the gate. They can see his tonfas is surrounded with purple flames, and his usual death glare is even more deadly, if possible. Both of them dared not to speak, but when Hibari jumped the gate and is on a range enough for him to swing his tonfas, they gulped in fear.

Tsuna stuttered, "Hi-Hibari-san….! W-we are co-coming t-to give you, th-this…!" Tsuna take one of the boxes and give it to Hibari with trembling hands, "Th-this is a gi-gift from Yamamoto's fa-father! Since Yamamoto is bu-busy, we are the one t-to give it to you!"

Gokudera nodded, wanting to get out from that place as soon as possible, "Y-yeah! And Reborn-san is inviting you to Vongola Tradition on January 2nd!"

"That baby? Tell him I don't like crowding." Hibari let Hibird fly towards the school, "Tetsu will be here soon, give that box to him."

Gokudera and Tsuna hurriedly take a step back, don't want to become involved in Mist and Cloud Guardian's fight, "We-well then, Hibari-san, see you later!" but when they are about to run, Hibari's words stopped them.

"Wait." Hibari holds his tonfas in front of him, the purple flames promising slow and painful death, "Did you two see that illusionist?" Hibari's cold glare challenged them to lie to him.

Tsuna and Gokudera can't say any words. When they are certain that they are about to get killed, Hibari suddenly throw his tonfa between Tsuna's and Gokudera's head. The tonfa flew deadly and hit it's target with a loud thwack, "Aw!"

Mukuro's illusion disappeared, and both of them can see Mukuro sitting on the road while massaging his sore head, "That hurts, Kyoya."

"Mukuro…." Hibari walked swiftly to Mukuro and using Alaude's handcuff, cuffing his hand with his, "You won't be able to run now….give it back."

Mukuro tried to pull at the cuff, before sighing and picked Hibari's red armband from his pocket, "Release me?" Hibari take the armband, and smirks.

He pulled Mukuro back to the school, "No. You're going to clean my office as the punishment." Mukuro tried to break free, but the handcuff is not an ordinary handcuff. He can't even use his illusion to free himself.

Tsuna prayed for his Mist Guardian life, so that he won't get into another new cycle of samsara[3].



Tsuna sighed as Gokudera walked him home, "Man, today is exhausting."

Gokudera grinned, "But you managed to do your task. Good work, Tenth."

"Thanks to your help too." Tsuna smiled shyly, "Gokudera-kun? You are alone for this New Year Eve?"

"I do. Is there something you needed, Tenth?" Gokudera look at him with worry in his eyes.

"N-no! It just…do you want to stay for dinner? It's lonely to be alone on New Year Eve, right?" Tsuna blushed so hard that all of his face become red.

Gokudera blushed too, although not as much as Tsuna, "Is it alright?"

Tsuna nodded while smiling happily, "My mother won't mind, she will be happy if there is another guest."

Gokudera smiled serenely, "If I'm not bothering then."


True to his words, Nana is happy to know that Gokudera is staying for dinner. She cooks many delicious foods for all of them. Gokudera's and Lambo's constant fighting, along with Reborn's and Bianchi ignorance, I-Pin's, Nana's and Fuuta's happy smile…. Tsuna smiled in content as he watched the scene before him. His family, they managed to survive another year together with happy smile and memories. Those happy and sad memories, both are precious moment in his life. He will never trade them to anything in this world.

Tsuna escorted Gokudera to the front of his house. Nana and Bianchi are tucked the children to sleep, while Reborn is upstairs, scheming a chaotic Vongola Tradition for their New Year.

"Thank you for the dinner, Tenth." Gokudera smiled warmly, "It's nice to eat dinner with someone else."

Tsuna smiled serenely, "I'm glad you liked it." Tsuna adverted his attention to the night sky, when something cold fallen to his nose, "Eh?"

Gokudera grinned when he saw the snow, "Tenth, it's snowing."

"You're right." Tsuna hold his hands out, and snow falls gently to his hands, "It's pretty."

Gokudera is hypnotized with the scene before him. Tsuna is smiling innocently as the snow falling around him. Even though the night air is so cold, he feels so warm inside his heart. Before he knows it, he already holding Tsuna's hands in his and planted a sweet kiss to Tsuna's cheek.

Tsuna's blush now rivaled a tomato, as he feels like his head is going to explode. Gokudera finally snapped out from it, and blushed as well. Both of them rendered speechless and unable to look each other in the eye.

Gokudera can only apologized like a broken record, "I-I'm so-sorry, Te-tenth! I ca-can't helped myself! You just look so….so…." he blushed again and is tempted to slam his head into a wall. He cursed himself for being so rude to his beloved boss, "I'm so sorry, Tenth! I will not protest if you want to punish me!" he bowed deeply, afraid to look at the rejection in Tsuna's eyes.

Tsuna is unable to say anything, and about to continue frozen like that, if he doesn't see Gokudera's blushing face. Tsuna smiled inwardly, so, his feeling is not one sided after all. Both of them are foreign to the term of love. That is why they are so slow at this kind of thing. But, even if they can only take baby steps at one time, they will get through it together.

"Gokudera-kun…." Tsuna put his hands on Gokudera's shoulders, "Raise your head please."

Gokudera slowly raised his head, and when he is about to start apologizing again, a pair of soft, warm lips stunned him. Gokudera's eyes widen as he is shocked that Tsuna is kissing him timidly. The kiss is short, and before Gokudera can even get over his shock, Tsuna has already ended the kiss.

Tsuna's blush never go away, but he shyly looks at Gokudera and smiled so warm that it makes Gokudera's heart melt, "I love you, Gokudera-kun."

Gokudera can't believe that his first love, and the first person that ever accept him, has declared what he wished to hear the most. He smiled in relief and happiness, as his hands slowly embrace the person most beloved in his life. Tsuna wrapped his arms on Gokudera's back too, and they standing there, content as their heart filled with warm and happiness.

"Ti amo….con tutta l'anima, Decimo….[4]" Gokudera whispered lovingly on his ear, and kissed his temple affectionately.

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The end of chapter 2~~

[1] Okaa-san, ittekimasu = Mother, I'm going now.

[2] Itterasai, Tsu-kun = Take care, Tsu-kun.

[3] Samsara = cycle of rebirth in Buddha mythology

[4] Ti amo….con tutta l'anima, Decimo…. = I love you….with all of my soul, Tenth….