Note: Hey guys! Long time no chapter, sorry about that! This chapter feels a little weird like there is no real flow, but I hope it's not too bad to read!
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. They all belong to Akira Amano
Warnings: Fan-service? Definite OOC-ness. Bad grammar (No spell check either). Punctuation and me don't mix well. If there is anything that anyone thinks I should put in warning please let me know!
"Hey, Tsunayoshi!-kun!" A voice greeted me when I got in the classroom that Monday.
It was Yamamoto-kun, a boy I talked to every so often, but never really paid much attention to. "Hi, Yamamoto-kun."
"We need another person for baseball later, wanna come?"
I blinked. Everyone knew i wasn't the best person when it came to, well, a lot of things really. I felt happy that he would ask me to join. "Sorry, Yamamoto-kun, but I'm not feeling well today." It wasn't a lie. I smiled apologetically.
He smiled back and assured me it was alright. He turned back to his friends, Gokudera-kun being one of them and heard him scoff. "Why did you even ask him? He doesn't even go to gym you think he'd wanna play outside of it?" He had a point there. It made me wonder, too, but Yamamoto-kun just shrugged and went about getting another player.
School was boring, as usual. Everyone else looked like they were having fun, but then they had friends to hang out with, whereas I had none. It's ok though, I don't need that. It's better this way. I nodded to myself, still it made me think that having just one friend might not hurt. I locked that thought away as soon as it entered my thoughts.
It feels like school is dragging today, I mused, but even so it ended quickly. I debated whether to walk the long way home or cut through the park today. Maybe I need the exercise.
As I was debating this I heard a lot of noise coming from my right.
"He's so cute!"
"He must be a college student. He looks like a foreigner."
"Wow, he looks so cool."
Curiosity peeked i looked over and almost fell over nothing when I saw who it was. Giotto! I was confused I had never seen him walk by here before and being as flashy as he was I would have noticed and there would have been a commotion everyday.
Should I call out to him? No, i barely talked to him the last time we met. Besides, just because we talked for a few minutes the other day didn't mean anything. I didn't notice I had spaced out until someone tapped me.
Looking over I saw it was Giotto and he was staring right at me. It was quiet for a few seconds before another commotion started.
"They know each Other?"
"No way!"
"Think he can introduce me?"
"How does he know him? He's practically invisible."
It was uncomfortable being talked about so openly. I just wanted the ground to swallow me. Giotto didn't look affected in the least, in fact he still had that slightly infuriating look of disinterest on his face.
"Tsuna, right?" He questioned.
I nodded and he continued. "The wallet," he paused for a moment before continuing, "I was asked to pass along a gesture of gratitude." He held his hand that was curled into a fist out in a way to put something in my hand.
I just stared at his hand for a second, blinking. He opened his hand and my heart stopped for a moment from the surprise, expecting whatever it was to fall to the ground and break. I shot my hand out to catch it only to flush in embarrassment when it hung from his hand.
A phone strap; it had a sun at the end of it and the string it was attached to was a mixture of red and yellow. Wow, it was really nice.
It was a nice gesture, but I wasn't sure whether I should accept it. I hadn't returned the wallet expecting to get something in return. Before I could decline it was pushed into my open hand and I had to close it in order for it not to fall.
I stared at it and felt unbelievably happy. It was the first gift in a while that I had gotten that wasn't from my mom. I tried to suppress the feeling.
"Umm, thank you," I stammered, "but she really didn't have to get me anything. A thanks is enough."
He just shrugged his shoulders. "Don't tell me that." This guy! He really needed to work on his people skills or maybe he just didn't like people in general?
He started to walk and then stopped, turning to me slightly. "Aren't you going to the park today?" He asked catching me off guard.
I kind of wanted to now that he asked. Maybe he wanted to go together? I hesitated, "I don't always go. It's mostly a shortcut home." I vaguely wondered how often he saw me at the park that he would ask that
He nodded after a second and turned back around, but didn't move. Quietly I started walking and once I was next to him he started walking, too. My heartbeat quickened. It has been a long time since I walked with anyone other than family anywhere.
We walked in silence until we got to the park. He bid me goodbye and I walked home feeling a little happy and attaching my new phone strap.
The days passed by like that. We would walk to the park everyday after school let out. It was always silent, but it was comfortable. Sometimes I stayed and did my own homework while he did his. He was in fact a college student and he was studying to be a doctor, I learned soon after.
"I have a doctors appointment tomorrow after school." I commented absently.
"Ok." He still didn't talk much and he still looked uninterested about a lot of things, but it kind of felt like it was natural for him.
After school I headed straight for my moms car and off we went to the doctors. I hated it. The doctor wasn't bad he always had a kind smile on his face, so it wasn't like I disliked him personally, but still I disliked doctors.
"So, what brings you in today?"
"My mom." I replied a little exasperated. She glared at me.
He chuckled a little and went about checking my vitals. He listened closely to my heart. "No change." He mumbled, mostly to himself. "Well, that's a good sign." I could tell he was just trying to be optimistic.
I smiled tightly, but guessed that it was a good sign that nothing was worse. "He's been feeling rather tired, lately." Mom, chimed in.
"That's normal with some of the medications he's taking." He assured, and although not happy with the response she seemed relieved. "Well, if there is any major change or concern feel free to give us a call." He said after talking a little more.
"Tsuna-kun, can you wait in the waiting room for me?" I headed for the waiting room glad to be out of that room. The magazines in the waiting room never seemed to change; they were always the same.
"Let's go, Tsu-kun." Mom was out. The car ride was quiet and she was gripping the steering wheel tightly. I didn't say anything as she was obviously stressed about something.
By the time dinner came around she still stemmed stressed. Wanting to cheer her up I was talking before I could think of what to say. "I made a new friend." I smiled when her head shot up. She was always going on about how I needed friends and she always worried about me being alone.
"Really? What are they like?" There was an eagerness in her voice and in her smile.
"He's really cool." I replied. I wasn't sure if I could really call him a friend, though I didn't say that to her. "He's attending a local university and is studying to be a doctor." She looked awed by this.
Curiosity lit her eyes. "How'd you two meet?" I explained everything from always seeing him at the park, to the wallet incident, and meeting him that fateful weekend. She looked impressed and she looked much more relaxed. I smiled at that.
I left home earlier than usual the next day. I hadn't been able to sleep anymore and figured I might as well go to school.
I yawned even though I really wasn't all that tired. Someone was calling me and when I turned I saw it was Yamamoto-kun. "Good morning." I greeted back when he was next to me.
"I didn't know you lived around here." He commented once he regained his breath.
"I didn't know you lived around here either." I replied back.
He laughed a carefree laughed and I felt envious. "We've been attending school together for awhile now, but we don't know much about each other, huh?" He mused.
"Yeah..." I trailed off, unsure of what to say. I didn't have to worry about it though because he continued talking.
"I've actually wanted to talk to you for a while," he paused and smiled sheepishly, "but I didn't want to bother you."
I stared at him and blinked. Why would he think he would bother me? "You always seem to avoid everyone, so I thought maybe you just didn't want to be around anyone." Oh, right.
"I..." What could I say that won't make me sound like a jerk? I don't want friends? No. I don't like being around people? Not that either. Being around people makes me feel kind of sad? Definitely can't say that. "I'm kind of shy." I finally replied.
He surprised me by laughing a little. "I should have known. You seem like that kind of guy." I wondered if I should feel offended.
We continued walking to school with Yamamoto-kun practically talking my ear off about baseball. I didn't much care for the game, but the chatter was a nice change from the silence.
We parted ways once we got to school and I mostly thought about Yamamoto-kun. He was nice, I decided, a little air headed, but nice.
Lunch was different that day. I settled down under the tree I called mine and started eating when someone sat across from me or rather two someone's to be precise.
"Hey, Tsunayoshi-kun, mind if we join you?" It was Yamamoto-kun and... Gokudera-kun? That wasn't really a surprise though, wherever Yamamoto went Gokudera wasn't far behind and vise-versa.
"No..." I trailed off even though they were already sitting. Lunch consisted of Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun basically bickering about why they were sitting with me. I didn't mind, Gokudera-kun seemed a little rough, but he wasn't that bad. He was a nice guy, too. You just had to get to know him, from what I've heard.
Yamamoto-kun would steal food off my tray when he thought I wasn't looking and so would Gokudera-kun, surprisingly. It felt rather intimate, as if we were close. The chatter started a little after that and I suddenly felt out of place because this is what I had been trying to avoid, so now being a part of it made me anxious.
The rest of the day passed in a blur of Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun. Yamamoto-kun suggested we walk home together, but I told him I was meeting with a friend. He asked if it was that really cool guy I always meet at the front gate and I nodded.
Next time, then. Before I could explain that he helps me with my homework, which was a lie, but it was the most relaxing part of my day, aside from sleeping, he made me promise.
We walked to the front gate where, sure enough, Giotto was leaning against the wall waiting, ignoring all the fawning girls around him. After saying goodbye to Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun I approached him and when he saw me he started walking and I fell into step beside him.
That cool afternoon in October, even though I wasn't even sure if Giotto was actually listening, all I did was talk about my day, but mostly about Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun.
So, Tsuna has met Yamamoto and Gokudera now, too! Yay. Thank you for reading and I hope it was at least an ok chapter!
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