A/N: Tsuna refers to Reborn as Mano all the time. The speaker is Tsuna. And yeah, 27R means Tsuna is on top…if ever they you know. *wink*
…And, before Lenore forgets, whole dialogues in Italics means that the characters are speaking in Spanish. Reborn's original name in this fic is Miguel, Lucas is Colonello.
Oh! Oh! And of course, standard disclaimer applies.
Estoy Enamorada de mi Hermano
(I'm in love with my brother)
II. CAPITULO DOS
The garden looked quaint and delicate as flowers in full bloom danced upon it. Some of the petals had flown down the river where I was bathing. It was weird that even as I bathed, I kept glancing at the beautiful garden. At last, I would not be contented with just stealing glances that I went out of the water to see the garden up close. I reached out one hand to touch a rose. It was so beautiful. It did not register in my mind how weird the flower was for not having thorns growing on its stem. I pulled it …
And came a whack on my head.
My eyes popped open as pain and surprise hit me. I realized I that I had fallen down the floor after being punched hard on the forehead. "It hurt…" I complained rather drowsily.
"You deserve it," mano declared in that authoritative tone of his. I noticed that he was rubbing his nose which looked slightly red. How adorable. I clambered on the huge bed that had once been mama's and otou-san's, chuckling a little at mano's discomfort but slightly wincing at my own.
"Well, now, at least we're even, right?" I asked. I knew it wasn't so. The pinch on his nose was way too little a recompense for the throbbing bulge on my head. And it really hurt. I took the tiny mirror from the bedside table to examine my head. "Whoa! It's huge! You hit too hard, mano!" I groaned.
"Shut up," he snapped. He pulled the blanket, completely ignoring me and my protests, and folded it neatly. "Little things like that need not be mentioned especially today that you have important matters to attend to."
Important matters. "Ah!" I ran straight to the bathroom and hastily turned the shower on. Bloody turnips! Today was the day of the university entrance exams! How could I have forgotten? A hand slipped inside the shower curtain and handed me a towel. I shrieked.
"It's me." It was mano. "You forgot this."
"…Oh, thanks."
I finished my bath in just five minutes. I dressed up for another five minutes, grabbed a pimiento sandwich and ran straight to the train station. Of course, I had to be quick or I would be late. The examinations would not wait for a tardy examinee but an aspiring examinee would have to wait for another year to take the exams. As I munched on my sandwich while waiting for the train to arrive, I happened to glance at my watch. It proclaimed that the time was only five in the morning. The examinations would start at eight thirty.
A dark cloud fell on my face as I walked very slowly back home. When I arrived, the door opened to reveal my grinning brother who patted my shoulder. "What a punctual guy you are. You will most definitely become a very good business man in the future."
He was mocking me. I glared at him tiredly and deposited myself on the sofa. Mano sat calmly across me and sipped his coffee. Just looking at him was enough to comfort me (although he was mocking me) that I decided to strike a conversation. "I'm so stupid," I started.
"I know," he replied. The nerve!
"I didn't look at the clock," I talked on, ignoring his mockery of me. "I panicked."
"I have always known that you are such a paranoid guy," he said. "And it's pretty amusing to see you panicking so I let you be."
I scowled. "You're supposed to comfort me there, mano."
He chuckled. He was both annoying and adorable at the same time as he had always been. He stopped teasing me and downed his coffee in a gulp. "Anyway, you should stay relaxed. I know you're nervous about the exams but don't allow your tension to get the better of you."
A peaceful smile dawned on my face. "Yeah."
He tossed me five sandwiches. "Eat it. All of it. Your brain won't function well if you're hungry. Besides, I don't want our neighbors to think I'm not feeding you well."
For the second time, I scowled. I decided to ignore him and grabbed a reviewer but mano intercepted me.
"No cramming."
"Yeah," I said sullenly and munched a sandwich.
The exams proceeded without much to say. The questions were not really easy although I could not say they were difficult either. I did not stay long in the examination room for it was my policy to leave my test papers be after reviewing them a third time. Without nothing much to do at home, I went to my brother's office only to have his secretary inform me that mano had gone for a court hearing. Bored and yawning, I went back home and ended up falling asleep on the floor.
I was awakened by the sound of laughter and the creak of the door as it swung open to reveal my brother and a blond guy. Who was that? I sat up rubbing my eyes. I realized that the blond's arm was slung over mano's shoulder! What?! Que horror! Que barbaridad!
Without saying a word, I lit at the man and punched his face.
"Will you explain why you attacked my guest, Tsuna?" I averted my brother's eyes and stared instead at the nearby windowpane. Mano never raised his voice to emphasize his point but there was something about him that would make anyone in awe of him. But let that go. For now, I was so angry at his display of affection with the anonymous guy who stared at me rather coldly (I gave him a stare just as cold), or maybe his eyes looked naturally cold because they were naturally blue.
"Just forgive him, Miguel," said the blond rubbing that part of him which had been hit by my straight right jab. "Other than my jaw, I'm fine." I was quite surprised that he spoke in fluent Spanish but I was pretty unready for the next revelation. He eyed me directly and said, "So you're the little step-brother Miguel kept mentioning in his letters. Don't you worry about me, kid. Miguel and I are close blood relatives. His mother is my father's sister and his father is my mother's brother so you can say that we're double first cousins." Uneasy at the fatal mistake I made, my fear dissipated when he grinned and held out his hand. "I am Juancho Aniceto Lucas de Chavez. It's nice to meet you."
"Me likewise." I took his hand and shook it, hesitatingly glancing at mano all the while. Mano had the look on his face that said 'if you don't shake my cousin's hand, I will eat you alive'.
Lucas laughed and told mano, "From what you had told me, I pictured this boy as some timid, adorable Japanese cutie. I was surprised, man, he could punch real hard."
"Yeah," mano sighed. "And if you annoy him at the very least, he'd kick you just as hard."
"I'm sorry already," I said scowling. "I just thought you were lovers or something of that sort."
The statement made Lucas laugh louder than ever. Mano eyed us severely, me and his crazy cousin. Then he turned to me. "Tsuna, I prefer women not men. Not even curiosity would make me interested in men. I hope I have made that clear."
"Yeah," I murmured. I was pretty heartbroken, but I preferred it that way. If mano would not be mine, at least no other man can have him.
Lucas kept laughing until he coughed and hiccupped. When he had gathered himself again, he waved his hand groggily at my brother, "Away now, Miguel. Just let your brother and me have a nice private talk."
Mano seemed to want to complain but seeing that I was not intimidated by his cousin, he left us alone to prepare some snacks. When my brother was at a safe distance, Lucas leaned over the table (which made me raise an invisible eyebrow) and asked, "So, how old are you, Tsuna-kun?"
Oh wow…this turned out into something like a PWP. Anyways, may Princess Lenore repeat it again: Lucas = Colonello. Uh...reviews? Please? *wink* (Lenore flies)
