Say "I Love You"
A.N. Sorry for not updating like usual! I've been busy preparing for Anime Los Angeles and trying to get better from my flu. Once everything calms down I'll try to update my usual twice a week and my usual length.
Also I would like to give a shout out to Fan Senri, xxaikixxeden, Evileh Kitty, Anello di Tempesta, XxShiroumiArisaxX, PuroCieloFiamme, Taira-keimei, Little Tsuna 27, WaiiKitsune, excap1st, Belletiger, kihlia, and Asuka Tanku. I greatly appreciate your support and input! Thank you!
Giotto sped through the streets heading towards Tsuna's house.
The younger teen's abrupt dash out of the room concerned everyone.
After a conversation to what to do, it was decided that Giotto would go see what was going on. Much to the protest of Yamamoto, who wanted to go along, he was forced to stay to salvage the rest of the celebratory party.
Weaving through the cars, Giotto thought of Tsuna. Doubting if he should even go Giotto considered the fact that maybe the teen didn't want to be friends and that he was intruding in what was going on. Shaking the thought from his head Giotto turned.
No. I want to be a friend. He needs a friend even though it seems he doesn't want to get along with anyone... but he sure got along with Yamamoto. The blond thought.
A sudden rising in heat in his body caused him to frown. The feeling of jealous making his drive faster.
Why was it that Tsuna took to Yamamoto and not to him?
Turning into Tsuna's neighborhood the blond shook the thoughts clean from his mind.
Suddenly the bright red and blue lights in the distance caught his attention.
"Shit." Giotto cursed to himself as he neared. Realizing it was at Tsuna's house he parked across the street.
Quickly getting out, he dashed toward the house seeing the EMT's bring a semi-conscious women out with Tsuna not too far behind. Holding the woman's hand Tsuna was covered in blood and refused to let go until the EMTs pushed her into the ambulance.
As they pushed the woman, she looked at Tsuna and said a few words Giotto couldn't hear.
Finally in the ambulance the EMTs said a few words to Tsuna, and they drove off. Their sirens in the background as they disappeared into the darkness.
Finally taking notice of Giotto, Tsuna stared at him blankly.
"Tsuna…are you okay?" the older teen said as he approached the younger.
Tsuna looked down to the ground in response.
Giotto put his hands on the slightly shorter teen's shoulders.
"Tsuna?" he questioned hoping to get the younger teen to look up to him but the only response he received was a few mumbled words.
"What? Can you speak up please? I can't hear you."
"I'm sorry…" he said raising his voice for Giotto to hear him.
Hunching over to meet Tsuna's eyes Giotto spoke.
"You have nothing to be sorry about."
"…I'm sorry…" Tsuna said again his hands rolling up into fists.
"I'm sorry." He repeated.
Pulling Tsuna into his embrace, Giotto nuzzled his nose in the other teen's hair not caring for the blood that was staining his shirt.
"Tsuna" he whispered to the brunette. "I wish I understood what was going on with you. I can help. I just need you to let me in."
Silence overcame them and they stayed that way for a while until Giotto felt Tsuna wrapped his arms around him and muffled some words into his chest.
"I'm sorry."
After Giotto left, mostly due to Tsuna's insistence, he didn't see the brunette for a week at school.
It was like he disappeared off the face of the earth.
After leaving several voicemails with no response, Giotto decided that the younger teen needed his space.
It was in the middle of the week when Tsuna finally showed up.
Giotto promptly headed to the shorter teen's class room when he heard the news from Yamamoto.
Sliding the door, Giotto was greeted to the sight of Tsuna eating lunch.
Approaching the brunette he stopped in front of the desk before greeting him.
"Hey."
Looking up Tsuna put his chopsticks down.
"Hey."
Pulling a chair from a desk Giotto sat. After staring at Tsuna's delicious homemade bento the blond finally looked at the brunette face to face.
There it was. Huge red scratches marking the brunette's pale face. It looked like someone had been clawing at him. Moving to catch the brunette's chin Giotto turned his head to inspect it closer.
"What happened?"
"I fell into some bushes" the brunette lied.
Frowning Giotto let go of Tsuna's chin and went to rummage through his bag. Pulling out some bandages, he leaned over and place one on the red marks.
As he did so Tsuna looked at the blond.
"Have you called?"
Blinking in surprise the blond tilted his head and responded.
"I've left several voice mails for you. I just assumed you needed some time for yourself"
"My phone broke…when I fell in the bushes."
Looking at the brunette curiously Giotto ruffled his hair when he was done putting on the bandage.
"Did you get hurt anywhere else?"
"Already taken care of." Tsuna responded.
That was when Giotto looked at the brunette fully. The rumpled clothing, the dark bags under his eyes, and the stress facial features, something was wrong.
"Where have you been?" Giotto inquired.
"The hospital." Tsuna responded. He wasn't going to lie.
A silence hung over them after that. Tsuna lost his appetite and he didn't want to talk about it. He never wanted to talk about it.
"Can I go?" Giotto asked breaking the silence.
"Go where?" Tsuna responded confused.
"To the hospital. You need someone there for you just like you are there for your mom."
Tsuna stared at the blonde for a moment. An internal battle evident in his eyes. It was a few minutes before he could respond.
"Okay."
Tsuna decided he was out of his mind. That maybe he was accidently drugged by the school fountain.
Keeping a straight face Tsuna headed to the hospital in Giotto's car.
Dear god he thought as he looked out the window
What was I thinking?
Giotto on the other hand pulled into guest parking at Namimori Hospital oblivious to the younger teen's freak out.
"We're here" Giotto said turning to Tsuna.
Keeping a straight face Tsuna tried to calmly get out and lead them to the hospital but the nervousness of Giotto meeting his mother caused him to trip and nearly fall several times.
It's okay he continued to think. Giotto won't do anything stupid. He thought as they headed up to his mother's room.
Finally there, Tsuna took a deep breath. This was getting too personal. Giotto was getting too close for comfort.
Unable to turn back now, Tsuna opened the door.
"Tsu kun!" the brunette woman coughed out.
"Oh you brought a friend!" she continued.
Hugging his mother Tsuna squeezed her before pulling away.
"Mom, this is Vongola Giotto. A school mate."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Sawa-"
" Oh please call me Nana" Nana said interrupting Giotto.
Giotto nodded as he and Tsuna took their seats next to Nana.
Giotto stayed quiet as Nana and Tsuna discussed their day and how Nana was doing when suddenly a nurse came in.
"Sawada san? Oh there you are. Can we have a talk?" The nurse said to Tsuna.
Nodding he got up and left the room looking back at his mother and Giotto with concern before closing the door.
"So you are Vongola San. Tsuna talks about you" Nan said a few minutes after Tsuna shut the door.
Pleasantly surprised Giotto smiled.
"Please call me Giotto."
Patting the teen's hand Nana smiled too.
"Giotto, Tsuna talks a lot about you."
"Really?" Giotto said.
"Oh yes. You are the first person he's ever talked about." Nana reconfirmed.
Fighting the overwhelming sense of joy, Giotto just continued to smile.
"He talks about how you call even when he hates phones. Even though he doesn't want to admit to it I bet he rather enjoys your company." She coughed out
Giotto gave a sigh of relief.
"I know it's hard to stay by his side. He pushes people away because he's scared. Can you promise me something Giotto? Will you stay by his side?"
Giotto was taken back. The weight of the words pulling down on his shoulders. He looked into Nana's earnest eyes and nodded.
"I will."
"Thank you." She replied "Please continue to treat him kindly."
The two sat in silence enjoying each other company. Every once in a while Giotto would get Nana water. Their silence was only broken when Tsuna returned.
"How was everything?" Tsuna said right as he walked in.
Giotto turned to look to Tsuna to respond but was caught off guard when he saw the teen's puffy red eyes.
Taken back, Giotto waited for Tsuna to sit next to him. Nana eyes were laced with concern too.
"Good. How was the talk?" Giotto asked.
Tsuna tilted his head down refusing to let any of them to see his face.
"We just went over some medical stuff."
Giotto looked at the other teen and chose to stop it at that. Instead he grabbed the Tsuna's hand in his and they continued onto other subjects.
Nana smiled knowingly.
A.N. Thank you for reading! Please review!