Tsuna was on a whole new level of furious than he ever thought Haru could put him on. She had left Gokudera and could have been hurt and that would have torn him apart. And as he saw the sheepish but unrepentant look in her eyes he felt his narrow. They needed to talk, later when they had the chance. Haru was becoming more distant in the passing years but not in a noticeable way. She still came over, she still smiled and hugged him, but there was something off. Something that made her seem more reclusive than before and it made his intuition ring about something fierce, he wanted to know what.


Kyoko's not here, neither are the kids and Bianchi. Fiddle sticks.

Haru's eyes darted from face to face, each holding a different emotion. Curiosity worry, anger, they warred on expressions and Haru decided it was time to do damage control.

"Haru's sorry for leaving Gokudera unattended but Haru only was about thirty feet away at the ice cream shop getting something cold." She said, pointing behind her. All eyes shifted to and fro and she hoped they would see that she was still within the perimeter, that she truly didn't go far. By the looks of them they (namely the mafia folk) still looked disapproving. She walked toward the silver haired boy and stuck out her hand. "Haru thought you might have passed out from heat stroke and brought you this." That was a lie but she was so good at faking the truth, it flowed like water from her lips. Like she didn't know why he really passed out and hadn't purposely caused his descent into unconsciousness.

"T-thanks." Ah, no stupid woman this time, he must be really embarrassed or feeling disgraced about letting Tsuna down. She resisted the urge to pout, he didn't have to deal with an angry sky staring at him. Turning to finally face what felt like her impending doom, her eyes connected with Tsuna's.

"Haru though I appreciate you getting something for Gokudera's heat stroke, I would have preferred it if you came to get one of us before doing anything."

She wanted to roll her eyes but refrained, that would probably be seen as rude. See Anela's bad habits were rubbing off on her! "Tsuna Haru only went thirty feet, Haru didn't want to brother you with something as unimportant as this-"

"Your safety isn't unimportant Haru, you're a friend and I don't want to see you hurt." He interjected firmly and Haru felt her hackles rise.

"Why would anyone harm Haru here? It's just a park and Haru is just Haru." She didn't know why she expected him to come out and tell her anything but she did and his reply sorely disappointed her.

"You're a young defenseless girl alone. What other reasons would there be?"

Oh, how bad she wanted to prove him wrong. Show him that she could become strong, become someone who could protect him, protect all of them. But she couldn't, telling him about her skills would lead to how she discovered them, who taught her, and eventually to the band. And though she was loyal to the Vongola family they weren't officially apart of or linked to her family nor was she associated with theirs. She hoped to one day join but for now her place was to watch from the shadows. And from the shadows she'd observe with sharp eyes.

Haru blinked and let a dawning look of confusion and realization cover her features. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't-" She gnawed on her lip before nodding once before bending at the waist in a bow.

"Haru begs Tsuna-san's forgiveness, Haru never meant to cause anybody worry!" She apologized with an honest heart, she really hadn't and she felt bad for the extremes she had to go to. But then her training kicked in, the moral that had been instilled within her since day one replayed within her head. What's done is done for the sake of the family. Tsuna stood with a wide eyed bemused look on his face as he looked at her, his mouth moving uselessly.

"Are you gonna hurry up and forgive her or are you gonna let her stay like that all day to appease you?" Reborn said, jumping to land on Tsuna's shoulder. He gave his head a whack. "Let her up Dame-Tsuna, she already apologized formally."

"W-what? No! Ah, I'm sorry Haru. It's fine please stand up straight." He squeaked, his calm cool persona gone with the reprimand of Reborn. "Just next time be more careful."

She beamed at him. "Of course!" She'd work more to not get caught and set back.


They had ridden six rides and through each one Haru had squealed like a pig earning laughter from the stupid man. She could wield a weapon no problem but a crazy drop on a metal contraption with only a metal seat belt holding you down? Psh, a no. Don't get her wrong, she loved roller coasters or rather she had before the band had gotten to her. She paused, speaking of the band where the hell was Alexii? Her time limit was coming to a close and she would rather not hear Anela's snubbing words about how inadequate she was. The rain flame user was supposed to be here a while ago-

"LOOK, LOOK I WON THE PURPLE LION!" A jovial voice yelled, followed by muffled giggles and Haru turned around to see a blonde haired man with large stuffed toy sitting on his head dancing around the water race stall.

Looks like she found him.

Okay I tried to keep Haru in character considering things and do you think I did a good job? I was going to have this come in during the Varia arc but I might stage this after all of that is done. Opinions anyone?