Trust

Gokudera felt a slight pain in his neck. Everything he could see was black. He thought it's weird. Was he send to hell? Until he realized his eyes were still closed. His eyelids felt heavy. But he still tried to open them. Whatever a few seconds after he opened them his eyes fell back into the closed state. It was bright, too bright, in the place where he laid. Yeah, he recognized too. He laid on a soft something. Again he tried to open his eyes slowly. The size of his pupil decreased. After half a minute he could finally identify his current viewpoint. He was in a totally white room, the infirmary room of his school. A loud sigh escaped his throat and he tried to remember what happened. But his concentration was disturbed by noisy steps and a rowdy door slam.

"H-Haru, you should be more careful." That was Tsuna's voice. Gokudera would recognize it between those of thousand's. There's no way he would mistook it for another. He got quite happy knowing Tsuna was there to see him. But on the other side he felt uneasy about making his beloved boss worry about him. "When you wake him up he will bite you to death, ne?" 'Just who will bite who to death?' Gokudera thought. Was Hibari also in this room?

"Hahi! No, Tsuna-kun. That's what Hibari would do!" Haru corrected the Vongola Boss moving to the curtain that hid the bed Gokudera was lying in. Tsuna-kun. She called him that since a while trying to act cool. Gokudera knew she was broken inside, maybe everyone else did to or they did not. But no one ever mentioned a thing about this. Maybe they were considerate about Haru and didn't want her to worry about them that they are worried about her or they didn't care. Whatever it bugged him. It really went on his nerves and he couldn't control it neither did he know why he's feeling so strange.

"Haha, sorry. I couldn't resist bringing that up." The tenth laughed while scratching his cheek and followed the hahi-girl. Maybe he knew. Well, she was so obsessed over him he couldn't possibly be so dense that he didn't realize. But he really liked Kyoko and she really liked him back. There was nothing Haru could have done against that mutual love.

"You know what Tsuna-kun." She grabbed the curtain but turned around to face him before she opened it. "You really have no sense of humor." She smiled. An honest smile. She tried hard to get over her unrequited love and to cover her sadness. It felt worse a while ago but now somehow she felt lighter. She could speak normally to Tsuna again. And one she will surely be able to say that she's very happy for those two. She hoped for it.

"Well, maybe you're right." Tsuna admitted.

"Shh. Seems like Gokudera-san is still unconscious." Haru whispered and sat down on the chair next to the bed. Glad she couldn't see his face cause his back was turned to her. He didn't want her to see somehow her presence made him blush a little.

"Okay, then I should come back later to see him." With those words Tsuna left the infirmary room and those two alone.

"Hahi." The brunette girl sighed. She took an apple and a little knife out of her bag, peeled it and began talking to the supposedly unconscious. "Tsuna-kun is really worried about you. That's why you should wake up soon and get well. Haru thought you were strong enough to bear Hibari-san's attacks. Maybe you got weaker these days or Hibari got stronger. But you should do some more training every day. You know having a lot of muscles in the head is good but you should have them all over your body or you'll turn into a weird chibi like those in manga and anime. Haru bets Gokudera-chibi-chan would be very cute."

'She said Juudaime should be quiet but she herself talks and talks and talks so annoying.'

That girl she could talk for hours and not getting tired of it. Even talking about the dumbest, most nonsense stuff. She could talk for hours but what she meant could have been explained in few words and seconds. And she could talk hours about various things but it had no sense. Gokudera always felt about it as annoying and disturbing. But other while, at times when he is all alone and injured in a hospital room when everyone else fought, her silly words could cheer him up because he knew he was not alone. Yeah, he would just lay there, sometimes pretend to be asleep, and listen to her bubbly and cheerful but also gentle and calming voice. There were a few times he felt at ease when hearing her voice. He couldn't understand why but never gave it a thought.

"But Gokudera-san's sleeping face is also very cute. You're so quiet and calm. But Gokudera as you always are is also pretty good. Whatever I really like you lots." Suddenly Gokudera sharpened his ears. Did she really say she liked him? He got his hopes up for a while. No. His inner self shook his head wildly. She likes Tsuna. Not him. Why did he even hope for it? 'It's just stupid.' There's no way that they could possibly feel about each other that way. Because ever since they first met they disliked each other by the first moment they saw each other. It's their fate. "Because Gokudera-san, Haru thinks we are already good friends no matter how much we quarrel." Yeah, it's always like this and it always will be. He knew it. He knew it already for a long time. That there's nothing more than friendship. So why? Why does it make him feel uncomfortable and disappointed? Why was he suddenly feeling anger when hearing her saying that? It's not like he was expecting something, isn't it?

"Oi, stupid woman." He turned around to face her. She was wearing that cheerful bubbly smile she always had and looked at him with relieved eyes. "You shouldn't speak with that annoying voice of yours when others are peacefully sleeping. And what's with that Chibi-Gokudera shit. I'm pretty strong ya know. Wanna feel my biceps?"

"No, Haru is not very interested. But Haru's glad you have recovered yet." She said still peeling the apple. "But Haru thought we have agreed on you not calling me stupid woman again."

"Since when have I agreed on such a thing?"

"Well, you started calling me freaky-cosplayer this morning which Haru's not fond of though. And Gokudera-san called me by my name when you tried to protect Haru from Hibari-san."

"Tch… I don't remember such a thing."

"Hibari-san must have hit you hard. You've even lost your memory. But don't worry, Haru clearly heard what Gokudera-san said. It really made me happy." Her smile widened and her eyes got a dreamy expression which he had only ever seen when she was with Tsuna. The young storm guardian suddenly felt warm and fluffy in is stomach. He was happy that she gave him that smile. He didn't know why but in fact he was. "Now that Gokudera-san calls Haru Haru how about Haru also calls you by your first name? Hayato-kun. Sounds nice, doesn't it?" She giggled while putting the knife away.

"No way in hell. It makes others think that we're very close." He blushed when hearing her saying his name. It felt weird.

"But Hayato-kun and Haru are pretty close, aren't we? Like good buddies or that sort."

"You were referring yourself in first person when you said it made you happy that I called you by your first name. Keep that up and you can call me whatever you like."

"Eh! But Haru saying Haru to herself is something irreplaceable cause it makes Haru Haru, don't you think so?" Well, it's special about her. Especially annoying.

"Maybe, but it's still annoying." She stared at him with insulted eyes and pouting mouth not taking her eyes off him. He tried to compete with her stare. But he couldn't keep it up for a long time. His cheeks turned into a bright red shade again. The, for him awkward feeling silence made him nervous. "W-whatever, just give me the apple and go away."

"Who said this is for you, Hayato-kun?" Haru asked offended and ate one piece of apple.

"Why are you even here?"

"Haru… I was worried about Ha… Gokudera-san. So that's why… I wanted to take care of you… stupidera." Her facial expression turned from angry into a sad one. Her eyes weren't as sparkling as they did before when she first called him Hayato-kun. And her smiling mouth closed itself after saying these few words. She was right. That's not Haru. It's like she was a completely different person. And he absolutely didn't like it even though he was the one who suggested that she could refer herself in first person. "Jeez, don't make such a face… it makes me feel responsible. Just do whatever you like to."

"How come you've changed your mind so quickly?" The brunette was surprised by his words. But her mood was certainly getting better.

"Because Juudaime woudn't like it if I made a family member sad."

"Hahi. You're always using that excuse." She laughed. Her face got brighter again. Her mood changes quickly. It's Gokudera who can make her feel every kind of emotion. For a moment she wondered why but thought that it wasn't very important. "Now be a good boy Haya-chin and eat up your apple!" Haru said taking an apple and wanted to feed him with it.

"A- are you stupid?" Again his cheeks were turning all red and hot. Only she, that woman he thought of as stupid and annoying, only she can make him feel this way. It's weird.

"Well… Haru doesn't think so." She said still offering him the apple. "Hayato-kun is injured so you better be a good boy and open your mouth widely."

"Only my head is injured. I can move freely without having any pain!" He stubbornly waved his arms to show his healthiness.

"But Haru wants to thank Hayato-kun properly." She still said persistently. Her eyes widened in eager expecting Hayato to accept her appreciation.

"Jeez, you are too persistent, stu… um… you." He slowly opened his mouth to see the girl in front of him grinning brightly while feeding him happily the piece of apple.

"Haru's name is not 'you'. Hayato-kun might not know but it's Haru!" The bubbly girl laughed.

"Whatever! I don't care." Of course he knows her name. What a lame joke! He thought.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Bad Mood. Want some more?" Well, he surely wanted her to feed him though he'd never admit it himself but it's still true. Something made him feel very weird. He had never felt that way before. So what's with this weird feeling? Making him drive crazy around that girl.

"Give it to me." Somehow Haru was really happy about feeding him. It was weird but, yeah, she really felt at ease with him. She could forget about her broken heart, faded feelings and unrequited love.

"Say Ahhhh~n." Again the hahi-girl offered the person in front of her a piece of apple. But he rejected it blushingly.

"No way in hell!"

"Hahi! Goku-chan is homeless, isn't he? So you don't know how to interact with people being nice to you. It's okay!"

"Don't give me weird nicknames and don't make up such a fuss."

"Haru's offer is still open. How about come and live with Haru?" Living with Haru? Even the thought of living with her made him even weirder than he already felt around her. His tummy somehow felt all warm and pleasant. Though deep within he wanted to take the offer he rushed that desire away from his mind and felt embarrassed of wanting that.

"A- are you stupid? What's wrong with you? Me and you and living and together is impossible!" So he rapidly refused crossing his arms to an 'X' and shaking his head.

"What makes you think that it's impossible Hayato?" She quite didn't understand why it's so impossible for them since she thought of them as good friends. He wouldn't do anything suspicious to her, would he?

"Because we always fight and your house will surely not survive our fights." Maybe they would throw stuff at each other and break everything that crosses their path. Though that surely would be funny to look at he didn't want her to regret her offer when everything descends into chaos.

"Then let's not fight. I think we can do it!" Yeah, Haru sure is almost always optimistic about mostly everything. And if something is broken they will surely find a way to fix it cause there is always a solution.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because Haru trusts Hayato-kun!" These words 'Haru trusts Hayato' made him a little happy. It's pretty nice to have people who trust oneself. He was a delinquent in school. No one ever trusted him. And he didn't trust anyone. It was like the whole world is an enemy. Until he met Tsuna and the rest of Vongola. Shall he believe in what she said?

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