Sherry here~ When reading 'Tsunaru', please make sure your room is brightly lit, your face is of considerable distance away from the computer and that you enjoy this fic~ If you happen to hate Fem!27 please back out now and please bear in mind that I do not own KHR~ X3 Whee~~ Hiya peeps~ Aren't you glad I can update? (Bet you guys are sharpening weapons to kill me huh? OwQ)
Tsunaru's currently closed eyes snapped open and she suddenly bolted upright on the bed. She was drenched in cold sweat and she was panting heavily, grasping onto her school uniform as if in some form of reassurance that she is still alive and not strangled to death by her ex-best friend, Kyoko. She started to tremble and her arms wrapped around her shoulder area, trying to soothe the goosebumps that had formed as her bully was mentioned. Tsunaru tried to calm herself and succeeded after ten agonizing minutes. "... Are you alright...?" The sudden voice caused Tsunaru to look up quickly from her position.
It was the dog and swallow's master, the one she had called fake. "Ah... eh... yeah, I think so... this happens.. often..." Tsunaru murmured as she looked down at her lap. "Listen... about earlier-" She was cut off by a friendly, but genuinely fake laugh, she twitched again, this time in annoyance. But it was soon wiped clean off her face when she heard the following sentences.
"Haha, don't worry about it!" The laugh died a little on his lips and the tanned teen plastered on a serious expression. "I... the baseball god must have given up on a no-good bum like me... I'm so useless... Maybe I should just jump off a building and die...?" Tsunaru jumped out of her bed and ran towards the tanned teen, reaching out both her hands and wrapping them against his torso, as if to prevent him from going anywhere. Tsunaru's eyes were shadowed by her freed bangs, which were curiously removed and blinking slightly in the sunlight on the side table.
"Don't... Life itself is already a miracle, don't waste it..." Tsunaru looked up and frowned. "Besides... did you think that dying will really solve anything? What about your family? Friends?" The tanned teen's eyes widened and his mind slowly started to present images; His father working at their family sushi bar, his mother lying on the bed and how devastated and broken he felt the day she died, Kojirou and Jirou's elated faces whenever he suggests a game of fetch or a simple stroll around the neighborhood, a young girl dressed in a pink yukata,with half her hair in a slight braided ponytail and smiling so brightly it made even the sun seem faint in comparison.
"Ugh..." Yamamoto released the tears that he held back for so long. He cried for his mother, who had died when he was at a tender age of ten, young enough to remember but not old enough to understand, he cried, simply because the heavy burden of high expectations was too much to handle, how his so-called friends shunned him because now that his arm was fractured, he is unable to let them gain popularity. And lastly, he cried because he himself knew that, even thinking about wanting to die, was a foolish and selfish act to commit.
Yamamoto cried for a good half hour before he stopped, still sniffling now and then. Tsunaru smiled as he blew his nose into a tissue she had found in the nurse office. "Do you feel better now?" She tilted her head slightly to the left and smiled slightly. Yamamoto found himself unable to tear his gaze away from her face, his own face flaring up with a certain warmth that he had never felt before, his stomach was tickling and he could not help the genuine grin that was gracing his lips.
"Yup, thank you! Let's be friends from now on, 'kay? My name is Yamamoto Takeshi, you can just call me Takeshi!" The tanned teen smiled eagerly, and Tsunaru only smiled confusedly and nodded.
Recess~~
"Mochida-kun! Eat lunch with me!"
"NO! ME!"
"Mochida-san~ I've made your favourite omelets!"
Mochida sighed in annoyance, he hated this time of the day, when his so-called fangirls all force him into having lunch with them. "Look, I'd love to have lunch with you guys but I already have an appointment..." with that said the raven turned around and was met with a brown blur.
"Mochida nii-sama!" The black haired teen smiled and hugged the brown haired girl back, drawing gasps from the crowd of fangirls around them.
"That's Mochida-kun's little sister?"
"But I've never seen her in my life!"
"She looks so cute!"
"Mochida nii-sama, let's go have lunch!" Tsuna smiled as she proceeded to pull onto her adopted sibling's sleeve. The mentioned big brother just laughed and followed the brunette girl, who seemed completely oblivious of the blushes and whispers about how cute she was. "Hurry up, my friends are waiting."
Mochida's smile twitched a little at the scene laid out before him, his beloved, pure and angelic little sister had somehow managed to get herself a whole harem full of handsome boys. First there was, Smoking Bomb Hayato, Sword emperor and star baseball player Yamamoto, Champion boxer Ryohei and the bloodthirsty-(Hibari: Herbivore... *_*) er... I mean, sophisticated and japanese oriented prefect. "Tsunaru, are these your friends?" Tsunaru smiled obliviously and nodded, "Yup!"
"I am Gokudera Hayato, pleased to make your acquaintance, Hime's older brother!" Gokudera slammed his forehead onto the roof floor and sent Tsunaru into a fit of panic. Mochida sweatdropped, 'To think I thought he was normal...'
"Haha, I'm sure you know me but, my name is Yamamoto Takeshi." Mochida nodded at the baseball player, smiling slightly in approval. 'My little sister is finally growing up~~'
"Hibari..." The lone skylark murmured before he turned away from Mochida and left the roof. Mochida sweatdropped again. 'Must have seen Tsu-chan fighting... Heard he wasn't interested in anything but that...' Mochida shrugged inwardly and was rudely interrupted by a certain tanned boxer.
"EXTREME! MY SISTER USED TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOUR SISTER! LET'S GET ALONG! MY NAME IS SASAGAWA RYOHEI!" Mochida's eyes widened.
"Wait... Sasagawa? You're Sasagawa Kyoko's brother?" Mochida pointed an accusing finger at the tanned boxer. Ryohei nodded enthusiastically. "You bastard!" With that said, Mochida lunged forward and punched Ryohei in the cheek. Tsunaru had just gotten Gokudera to sit down properly when she saw her adopted sibling hurt one of her new friends.
"Mochida nii!" She screamed as she grabbed the arm that was about to deliver another punch into the boxer's gut. "What are you doing! Sasagawa-kun is my friend!" Mochida turned to yell something at Tsunaru, which turned out to be a very fatal mistake, seeing as he immediately fell into the puppy dog look. Tsunaru didn't understand why her brother suddenly blushed and had to look away but if she did the puppy look in front of a mirror she will know why.
Her sakura pink lower lip is pulled into a cute pout and her brown orbs were larger and slightly sparkly from the tears. Her cheeks were adapting a cute pink hue and her eyebrows are pulled into a worried frown. Even Yamamoto who had the purest intentions, had to look away from the cute sight. All Tsunaru could do was wonder what in the world was wrong with everyone but she sighed in relief, at least Ryohei was out of danger.
After school...
"Hiee!" Tsunaru's face re-introduced itself to it's old friend the ground as the brown haired girl is tackled by a brown blur. "Ugh... who hit me?" She groaned as one of her old wounds re-opened and she felt sure the blood would seep out.
"Hahi! I'm so sorry! I thought you looked really cute and just had to hug you!" A girl with a ponytail smiled cheerily. "My name is Miura Haru! Official leader of our school's cosplay club!" She gripped the hands of Tsunaru who looked a bit shaken up. (Probably because someone called her cute, remember, this is a girl who was called insulting names all the way from kindergarten to high school) "And I would like you to be our mascot!" Tsunaru blinked before she let out a small "Hiie?"
30 minutes later~~
"Hmm...? That's strange I thought Tsuna-chan wanted us to meet here?" Yamamoto glanced around his surroundings. The brunette girl had shyly invited the four teens to her house for dinner and all of them had no guts to say 'no', they do not want to be a victim of the puppy dog look. Plus, they all were too charmed by her cuteness to care.
"Don't address Hime so casually! Besides, she probably had something urgent to attend to!" Gokudera snapped impatiently. Despite his comment however, the silver haired teen was also looking around for a certain brown haired cutie pie. 'I wonder what happened to Hime? Did she get chased by girls jealous of her beauty? I hope she's fine... but Hime is strong! And yet, why didn't she fight back in her previous school? She's more than capable then doing so and yet... Hime...' As Gokudera continued to think of possible ways his beloved princess is late, Hibari is growing very impatient from all the yelling Ryohei was doing.
"HIBARI! EXTREMELY JOIN THE BOXING CLUB!"
"... No..."
"YOU'LL GET TO MEET STRONG OPPONENTS!"
"I do not associate with herbivorous activities... Now keep quiet or I'll have to carry out discipline in the form of biting you to dea-"
"HIIIIIIE!" The reaction was so in sync, you would have thought the action was planned ahead as all four boys turned their heads into the direction of the yelling. A very familiar brunette was currently dashing towards them in what seemed to be a maid costume? She had mechanical cat ears on which are currently pressed flatly against her skull, a mechanical tail that swished from one direction to the other. Her maid costume consisted of a black top with puffy sleeves with a white collar and a cute white ribbon around her neck along with white detached cuffs around her wrists. A black dress which puffed slightly and frilly white apron completed the outfit. Her brown loafers, socks and pins were all replaced with black boots, white stockings and a cute frilly white headpiece had ribbons trailing behind her at the ends. The apron had lots of lace designs on the top area and ended in a ribbon with bells at the end.
The brunette's eyes lit up as she caught sight of her friends and she grabbed Yamamoto, hiding behind his tall structure. "Please hide me!" She squeaked as she buried her red face in his blazer. Yamamoto had to hold himself back from squeezing the living daylights out of the ravishingly cute girl and instead, distracted himself from looking at his new friend's attacker, along with trying hard not to notice the jealous glare he was receiving from the other boys.
"Hahi! Tsuna-san, if you didn't like our costumes you could have just said so!" Haru huffed and Tsunaru sweatdropped. 'I did... but you were too busy squealing and jumping to notice...' Tsunaru had changed back into her uniform and she was currently walking home with her small group of friends. "Tsuna-san, do you mind if I came over for dinner? I'm really curious as to where our cosplay club's mascot lives!" Tsunaru smiled at that and nodded.
Yamamoto, Gokudera, Hibari, Ryohei and Haru all stared at the mansion in front of them. It. was. HUGE. It has four stories that the group suspected only two of which are used often. "Ah, come on in you guys." Tsunaru smiled slightly as she opened the door, only to be tackled to the ground once more by a toddler.
"Lambo? Why are you here?" Tsunaru sat on the floor as she held the bawling baby in her arms. The toddler has a mop of curly black hair and he was dressed in a cow printed jumpsuit. "Ah, there there... did Skull and the others come over too?"
"Lambo-san -sniff- was trying to assassinate -sniff- Reborn but then he..." Before he even finished his sentence, the toddler burst into another fit of tears. "HE SHOT ME! WAHHH! Tsuna nee-chan, you gotta help me get back at him!" Tsunaru just smiled and patted the toddler on the head.
"Alright, now, dry your tears." She instructed gently as she placed the child on the floor, and dug her pockets to reveal a small grape flavoured lollipop. "Here. Don't tell Luce okaa-san ne?" She smiled when the child took the candy and his bawling quieted down into sniffles. "Good boy, Lambo." She smiled before turning to her friends. "I have to go change, make yourselves comfortable okay?" The group nodded and they made their way to the living room.