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Warning: Unbeta'ed.
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RAIN
Rain is a type of precipitation, a product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface. It forms when separate drops of water fall to the Earth's surface from clouds.
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He was happy. A tall man wearing black suit visited him and his mother to their small house at Nanimori. Her mother asked him to go to his room, but he couldn't help but overhear the words of the man.
"I'm here behalf of your husband's mother, ma'am. She wants to see you and your son."
His father died half a year ago and Tsuna suddenly became aware of their status in life. The sacrifices that her mother had to do in order for him to go to school and the different works that Nana had to take in order for them to eat a proper meal at least three times a day.
They were living a hard life, but Tsuna wasn't complaining.
He couldn't complain. Not when he could always hear her mother crying every night, while calling his father's name.
So his interest was caught upon hearing what the man had said. His grandmother was alive... Tsuna gulped as he listened more to the conversation when suddenly, he heard his mother screamed.
"WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY HELP FROM HER! MY SON AND I ARE DOING FINE! PLEASE LEAVE!"
Tsuna blinked, his mouth gaping. What's wrong? What happened?"
"Please think about it more, ma'am. The child needs the financial support of the Vongola Family. The mistress is willing to take him under her wings and –"
"You're not getting my son. He's fine without any glamour from your world. He's a kind kid and he doesn't have to be tainted with your family's name. He's a Sawada, not a Vongola! Please leave!"
"Ma'am, your boy is one of the legitimate successors of Vongola Family. He's a pureblood. You can't take that away from him."
Tsuna couldn't see her mother's reaction. But he could see the trembling back of Nana and seven year old Tsuna felt like crying.
He could feel that his mama was crying.
"Please leave," the voice was laced with pure hatred and that was the first time Tsuna had ever heard his mother spoke with that kind of voice.
Nana was a kind mother and wife. She never raised her voice to Tsuna.
What's happening?
"Iemitsu Sawada-dono was a Vongola. I hope you're not forgetting that, Nana-dono. Tsuna was his only son and that makes the boy a pureblood Vongola," the man said while still deeply staring at her mother.
"My husband was a Sawada," Nana whispered.
Tsuna could clearly see his mother shaking.
"Iemitsu-dono was just using that name just to spite the Mistress. He was a real Vongola and all of the guardians of the Family acknowledged that."
Tsuna felt the string of tears falling to his cheeks. Her mother clearly doesn't want to associate themselves to his father's family. Why? Were they unwanted?
"Please think about it more, Nana-dono. We're talking about your son's future here. Don't deny him of something that he rightfully deserved," after saying that, the tall man bowed to her mother. Tsuna wasn't sure of it but he thought he saw the man glanced to where he was hiding and he could swear that he smiled faintly at him. But before he could confirm that, the man was already gone, leaving her mother shocked and emotionally stressed.
Tsuna couldn't understand it back then – the heavy burden that her mother was carrying. But Tsuna understood it later, when he was diagnosed with Lobar Emphysema* and her mother was left with no other choice but to seek help to the famous and widely recognized Vongola Family. A kind of irreversible gamble with his life at risk.
And there, Tsuna met him, the only child of Gesso Family – his cousin, Byakuran, who was five years older than him. Tsuna finally understood the twisted minds of the people leading the main Family, the Vongola, and the people behind the success of the most powerful family in the world. Tsuna finally understood the reason why his father was adamant in not letting him and his mother know about his family.
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Tsuna was staring at those white orbs and the way light danced around it, like they were trapping the light in their surrounding and enclosing it inside their spheres. Tsuna thought it was beautiful.
"Nee, you're Tsu-kun, right?" A beautiful white-haired boy asked him while passionately staring at the small kid. Tsuna blinked, not really knowing what to do. The Italian accent of the older kid was so thick and Tsuna couldn't help but be mesmerized by the way his mouth formed the Japanese words.
Despite his nervousness, Tsuna tried to nod.
A smile lit the boy's face and he walked closer to the small kid. He stared at his eyes and Tsuna felt a hand on his locks, gently shuffling it. "Tsu-kun is so cute!" He exclaimed as he smiled again, his eyes were never leaving Tsuna.
"From now on, you'll gonna play with me, alright? It's only the two of us, Tsu-kun. Don't ever forget that."
Tsuna, for the first time he was transferred to the main house and be bedridden in the hospital for one month ago, smiled. In his mind, Byakuran became his instant hero, besides his father.
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But months after meeting Byakuran, Tsuna still wasn't able to see her grandmother yet. The kind old man, Val-san, who was always accompanying him when Byakuran was not around said that she was busy at the moment and won't be able to see him for the meantime. Instead, the old woman sent a dog to him so he wouldn't get bored playing inside the house. When Tsuna would ask about his mother, the old man would just smile; a strange emotion was coating his face, and said that his mother was currently leaving at the second mansion.
"But why can't we live together here, Val-san?"
Val-san would just ruffled his hair and explain that he was still covering from an illness and therefore shouldn't be put under too much stress.
"But my mama will surely take care of me..."
"But we can take care of you better, Tsuna-kun. Besides, all you have to do is be well enough to see your mother soon. I'm sure you can do it."
Tsuna would just glance at the huge window on his room while his new dog that might probably doing right at that moment and as he closed his eyes, his thoughts were drifting to his mother's lovely voice and her warm embrace.
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The next morning, Tsuna found Finny horribly mutilated under his bed.
Tsuna screamed.
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A loud crashed wake him up.
He could almost see the white ceiling of the room. His head was kind of aching. He blinked, his eyesight suddenly became perplexed. It turned out that it was his poor body that crashed to the floor.
"Ow, ow, ow..."
He massaged his throbbing head as he tried to sit to the bed again. He remembered cleaning the library for the Oni... Then...
"Oya, you're finally awake. Thank God, I thought you were... Hey, what's wrong with your head?" A tall, almost six foot man, suddenly popped out in the room. He was wearing a white robe and clutching a notepad. His eyes were scrutinizing Tsuna from head to toe.
"N-nothing. N-nothing at all, sir."
The doctor, who looked like he didn't believe him, smiled. "Are you feeling alright now?"
Tsuna scratched his cheeks and stared at his feet. "Yeah. Better." He didn't know that there's a new nurse in their college. He was wondering what happened to Ms. Becky. This new guy looked so young...
"I'm new here. I'm a fresh graduate," as if hearing Tsuna's thoughts, the new nurse said while busy writing something on his pad. "I just came this morning," he smiled again to Tsuna, "and you're my first patient."
Tsuna blushed, somehow ashamed with himself. The guy seemed nice.
"I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada, sir. Thanks for taking care of me." Tsuna bowed. The man laughed as he returned the gesture.
"I'm just a newbie. No need to call me sir," he said as he looked at Tsuna again. "But are you sure you're okay now?" There's a speck of worry etched on his voice.
Tsuna tried not to look different and he smiled.
"I'm alright now. Thank you for worrying..." He trailed, waiting for the man to fill him in.
The guy smiled again, getting what he was implying. With a bit small voice, he said while scratching his head, "Takeshi. Takeshi Yamamoto."
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Notes: While uncommon, emphysema can develop in children. In most cases, emphysema takes years to build up, typically as the result of long time smoking. Yet, in some cases, the virus is caused by a lack of alpha1-antitrypsin protein, which protects your alveoli from damage by a certain enzyme in your body. This protein insufficiency can be passed on genetically and may lead to early development of emphysema in children, but this is still rare. Damage to the alveoli generally takes years to build up. Another type of emphysema, called lobar emphysema, can develop in children before they are even born. Left untreated, it can be fatal.