Hello guys! Nina-chan reporting for business

How are you all doing? I hope you are all doing better than I am, considering I can't keep any food in my stomach, yay me. Funny enough, the things that I can keep in my stomach are the ones I hate. But anyways, enough about my gross pregnancy report. Here's the new chapter! Sorry it took me a little while to finish it, is just that I've been doing so much! I've been working on finishing some of my other fanfics, as well as working on some new ones and new chapters for the ones I have already. I don't know why, but lately I've been on a mood to write, but there's just so much I want to write! I have like 10 different fanfics going on, all of them from different series/books. But regardless, here's the new chapter, I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you all for reading and all the support you guys have given me. You rock! I'll see you all next chapter!

PS: Am I the only one suffering heart attack after heart attack thanks to Game of Thrones?

PS 2: I saw Captain America: Civil War. WHY MUST YOU PLAY WITH MY FEELINGS LIKE THAT MARVEL!? WHY!?

Nina~

Chapter 4: The Reality of the Situation

Tsuna's day at work was….interesting to say the least. Because of her school, she was accustomed to work nights, and very rarely did she had a day shift. And in all honesty, that was fine with her. Nights at the small cafe were usually calm and slow, and there wasn't much to do. Usually, her job consisting on cleaning up the place and making sure everything was in order for the next day. But mornings were a complete different story. The place was so busy there was hardly any space for people to walk. There wasn't a single quiet minute until after lunch time, when it finally started to slow down. Despite how busy and stressful it had been, it made the day go by so much quicker than at night.

"You going home already Tsuna?" Her coworker asked as they were heading towards the break room.

"Yeah, my shift is over."

"Thanks for coming in this morning, honestly, none of us would've made it without your help."

"No problem." Tsuna didn't mind getting the couple extra hours. The extra bucks always did her good. Besides, if she was too leave soon, she mind as well help them out as much as she can.

Once she was able to leave, the first thing she did was grab her phone and call Hayato. She needed to talk to her best friend, like right now.

"Hello." A very sleepy voice answered the phone.

"Did I just woke you up?" It was already two in the evening. Hayato was usually a morning person. 'The Hell is wrong with her?' Tsuna smirked, she knew exactly what was going on with her best friend.

"Yes you did."

"Well, I'm glad to see Takeshi did a good job screwing your brains out to the point of you sleeping in. I'm also assuming G isn't there because otherwise he would've killed your boyfriend by now. So I'm stopping by, I'll bring food, so be fully clothed by the time I get there. Also, make sure Takeshi is fully clothed. Actually, he can be shirtless I won't care. See ya in a bit." Tsuna could picture Hayato's blushing face. She knew her too well by now.

Tsuna's walk from her job to Hayato's apartment wasn't close, but she rather enjoy the walk. It was a nice day out, and the time alone allowed her to organize her thoughts a little bit. She was hoping Hayato would answer some of the burning questions she had. She wanted to ask Giotto about this all, but Tsuna felt like he would just sugar coat everything and not tell her the way things really were. Besides, she didn't want to overwhelm him and make him feel bad for dragging her into all of this. That sound like the kind of thing her boyfriend would do. Besides, Tsuna felt like she could freak out in front of Hayato in a way she couldn't freak out in front of Giotto. Before reaching Hayato's apartment, Tsuna stopped by a chinese restaurant a couple blocks away and ordered all of their favorites. Soon enough, the food was ready and Tsuna was on her way to Hayato's apartment.

Once Tsuna got there, she knocked on the wooden door and waited for someone to open it. Finally, Takeshi open the door, dressed in nothing but a pair of dark, ripped jeans.

"Well, this is quite a sight." Tsuna said as soon as she saw her best friend's dress state, causing Takeshi to laugh.

"I figured you'll enjoy it." Takashi said with a grin.

Tsuna has had this conversation with her girlfriends a million times already. They had a rating list for the guys of the groups, and in Tsuna's list, Takeshi was number 2. Giotto was, of course, her number 1 and Takeshi was actually tie with Kyoya for the second place. Takeshi was not only a really good looking guy, but he was just a nice person in general. He was kind, funny and sweet. Sure, he can also be extremely dense and carefree, and he wasn't the brightest bulb, but that was part of his charm. He was the perfect balance for Hayato's fiery, stubborn, aggressive and explosive personality. It was truly a match made in heaven.

"I brought food." Tsuna lifted the bag in her hand so Takeshi could see it.

"Oh bless you. You know Hayato and I can't cook for shit without burning the kitchen down."

Takeshi moved aside to let Tsuna enter the apartment. She made her way to the kitchen, where she started to take all the food she had brought. Soon after, Hayato decided to make an appearance. Her hair was tied into a messy ponytail, and she was dressed in a pair of white shorts and a turtleneck shirt. 'Well, that's odd.' It was scorching hot outside, and while the apartment was nice and cool, it wasn't to the point where you wanted to wear such a warm piece of clothing. Then Tsuna noticed the faint pink color on her friend's cheeks, and she able to put the two and two together.

"No time for makeup?" Tsuna asked loud enough for just Hayato to hear. Hayato's face immediately became as red as the shirt she was wearing.

"I wasn't expecting any visitors."

"Well, just be glad it was me and not G."

Hayato paled at the thought of her brother walking in on the situation Tsuna had walked into. G and Hayato didn't have the nicest childhood. Actually, that was an understatement. Both G and Hayato had been the product of one of their father's many affairs. Something neither one of them knew until later on. Their dad had taken them from their mother when Hayato was a couple weeks old, her brother had just turned 3. Ever since then, they lived under the impression that their step mother was their birth mother. Their mother was allowed to see them only twice a year, on G's birthday, and on Hayato's birthday, and she was not allowed to reveal her true identity. To them, she was just a lovely lady who would come to play the piano for them on their birthday. She even started teaching them the basis! G wasn't very talented at it, but Hayato was. However, one year, on G's 7th birthday, she didn't come. She wasn't there for Hayato's 4th birthday either. It was then when they learned she had died on a car accident. From then on, things started going downhill for her and her brother. As they grew up, they started to become aware that their family...didn't want them there. Their father was always busy, and wouldn't bother even looking at them. Their "mother" treated them like they were garbage, and she always made sure to express how much she didn't want them around. The only person in the family who treated them like they were family was their older half sister, Bianchi, and that was because she didn't knew any better. Some time after that they discovered the truth, that they were their father's illegitimate children and that their mother was actually the kind lady who came to see them twice a year, not the woman they had been calling "mother" for over ten years. And so, after learning the truth, G and Hayato ran away from home. They could no longer deal with everything that was going on with that family. Luckily for them, G and Giotto had become really close friend, and once he learned everything that was going on, Giotto took them in, and they practically became family. However, thanks to everything that happened, G became really overprotective of his little sister. She was the last family member he had, he was not going to let anything happen to her. The only reason why G didn't killed Takeshi when him and Hayato announced that they were dating was because G knew Takeshi since he was a little boy. Not to mention, G and Asari were best friends as well, otherwise Takeshi would've been long dead by now.

However, despite G "approving" of Takeshi for his sister, that didn't mean he didn't behave like a big brother around the two of them. Hayato knew better than to bring Takeshi over when G, or someone else, wasn't present. The only reason why she had spent the night with Takeshi was because she knew G wasn't coming home, he was staying somewhere else for the weekend. He has told her the night before he was going to visit a "friend," and by friend Hayato knew he meant one of his on and offs girlfriends. So, she figured she could have Takeshi over as company. But now that Tsuna had brought it up, she couldn't imagine being discovered by her brother. There wouldn't be enough detergents to clean the bloodshed.

"Don't mention it. If G would've walked in on us, I don't know who would've been on a bigger problem, if me or Takeshi." Hayato said once she snapped out of her thoughts.

"At least you had some chances of surviving, however, I doubt Takeshi would've stand a chance."

"Me what?" Takeshi interrupted their conversation, walking from the bedroom, where he had gone to get a shirt.

"Nothing!" Both girls shouted.

The three of them decided to eat before the food got cold. They all ate in silence, and they could tell there was some tension in the air, which was coming from Tsuna. It was so strong that even the ever so dense Takeshi notice it. He also figured that Tsuna came to Hayato because she wanted to talk to her, and he probably shouldn't be around for that.

"Well, I better get going. Last thing I want is for G to come home and find me here." Once he was finished with his lunch, Takeshi got up from his seat. "Besides, it looks like the two of you have a lot to talk about. I'll get going now, thanks for the food, Tsuna.." He gave Hayato a soft kiss on her forehead and wave Tsuna goodbye.

Once Takeshi was out of the apartment, Hayato took a deep breath and gave Tsuna her complete attention.

"So what's going on with you? You seem out of it."

"Why didn't you guys tell me anything sooner?"

At first, Hayato was extremely confused. But then, she remembers what's been happening and finally puts the pieces together. "I take it Giotto told you everything, right?"

Tsuna nodded. "Why didn't you told me anything? I've known you guys for how long now? Almost five years? And you all have kept this from me. Why?"

"Honestly Tsuna, I wanted to tell you, we all did." Hayato defended herself. "However, we didn't because of Giotto. For starters, Giotto wanted to tell you himself. He thought he had to be the one to tell you because, despite all of us being your friends, he was your boyfriend. Besides, he said he needed more time. He was scared to tell you, because he feared you would take it in a bad way. He thought it would ruin your relationship. Given what he is, Giotto was never able to have a "normal relationship" until he met you. Before coming here, most of the girls who were interested on him was because he was a prince. And we all know just how much Giotto wanted to be loved for who he is, not what he is. You were the only person who had ever loved him like that, and he didn't want to lose you. He was terrified of losing you, he still is. That's why no one ever told you anything."

Tsuna was incredibly touched, but also incredibly sad. Hard as she try, she couldn't imagine the kind of life Giotto had before they knew each other. In her eyes, Giotto was the sweetest, kindest and most loveable person around. She imagined it must've been horrible living in a world where people only liked you for what you are, nothing more. However, she still had a million questions running through her brain.

"I have so many questions."

Hayato sighted. "I'm guessing Giotto didn't tell you anything but the basics, so go ahead and ask away."

"How come Giotto is a prince and no one knew him? Are you guys royalty too? Why is it that if he goes back, you all have to go back as well? What's goi…" Before Tsuna could continue blabbering questions, Hayato stopped her.

"Okay Tsuna, one question at a time." She had expected Tsuna to have question, she just didn't expected them to be asked in such a desperate manner.

"First question: Giotto is technically not a prince, yet. Giotto's grandfather is the current king. Traditionally, there's a ceremony, in which the princesses and the princes get "crowned" princesses and princes, and then, when the king steps down, they become the new king of queen. Giotto's grandfather wanted to give him a "normal" childhood, or as normal as it can get when you are a royal. Giotto has yet to have his prince ceremony, which means that he's been able to keep away from foreign media and all those fun things. However, since Giotto's grandfather hasn't been doing so well, he asked Giotto to go back and start taking over things, until his grandfather decided he was ready to become king. Second question: no, not all of us are royals. Actually, besides Giotto, the only ones with ties to a royal family are Elena, Daemon, and by default Mukuro and Chrome, and Asari and Takeshi." At the mention of the last two, Tsuna gave Hayato a funny look. "I swear one day I'll go over their family tree and discuss the Japanese royal family with you, however, I think we have more important things to address than my in-laws. Those are the only royals. Alaude and Kyoya, along with another brother who you haven't met, are the sons of a very important businessman, and a noble lady who is a close friend of Giotto's mom. He has business all over the world, but the biggest ones are located in Italy and China. Lampo is the son of an important Italian aristocrat family. Giotto has known him since they were little kids. Knuckle and Ryohei are the only normal ones out of all of them. Quite frankly, I don't even know how they came to meet Giotto. As for G and I, we were the children of a nobleman who had worked with Giotto's family. We were childhood friends. Actually, him and G were childhood friends, I just kind tagged along. Third question: the reason why we travel with Giotto is because G, Alaude, Knuckle, Asari, Lampo and Daemon are Giotto's "guardians". Guardians are pretty much the king's most trusted men. They swear their lives to protect and advise the king, and in return, the king also vows to protect and listen to them. When Giotto becomes king, those six will be the ones he goes to for advice, or whatever else he needs. That's why they are always around Giotto, unless he orders them to do something else. In our case, we happen to be their little brothers and sisters. If something were to happen to them, we would take their place. Besides, Giotto also trust us, and asks of for our help from time to time. After the guardians, we are the people Giotto trusts the most."

Tsuna was starting to get a headache after all the information Hayato had just dumped on her. She had expected it to be complicated, but never this much. Now she had even more questions than before. However, she was glad she had gone to Hayato instead of Giotto. Hayato always told her things the way they were, while Giotto always tried to sugarcoat things. However, this conversation had lead Tsuna nowhere. If anything, she was more confused than before.

"Wait a second, you said Giotto's grandfather was the current king. Shouldn't Giotto's mom or dad me the next in line for the throne?"

"Technically speaking, yes. Giotto's dad should've been the crowned prince and future king. Giotto would've taken the throne after his father. However, there's been some...family disagreements and Giotto's grandfather came to the conclusion that his son was not fit to be king. Giotto can tell you the rest of the story, is not my place to tell it."

Tsuna was still trying her best to take everything in. It all seemed so...so...unreal. She couldn't believe it;s all true.

"I know it's a lot to digest, but we have all the time in the world. Don't try to learn and understand everything in a day or two, it won't happen." Hayato could see the confusion written all over Tsuna's face. Hayato figured she was going to react this way, but she hoped that with everyone's help, Tsuna would get the hang of it. Because given how serious Giotto was about Tsuna, she was sure her best friend would become the future queen.

"You are going to help me out, right?" Tsuna knew there was no way she could handle this alone. And while she knew Giotto will always help her, she could also use the help of her best friend.

"Of course I will. That's what best friends are for. Besides, I won't be the only one helping you, I'm sure Elena and Chrome would be thrilled to help you out, Elene more than Chrome. Hell, I think even the guys will help you out."

Tsuna sighted in relief, at least she wouldn't be doing this completely alone.

"You know what?" Hayato asked."With everything that's been going on, we haven't had time to do anything fun. Let's go out tonight. We can bring the boys and see if anyone else wants to join us. What do you think?"

"I think that's a great idea, but shouldn't you be worried about showcasing your neck?" Tsuna smirked at Hayato's redden face.

"I'll take care of it!"

"How bad is it anyways?" Tsuna asked. Still blushing, Hayato pulled on the neck of her shirt so she could show Tsuna the many hickeys that laid there. "Holy crap, tell Takeshi to lay off in the biting department."

"Shut up, it's not like Giotto doesn't do the same thing."

"He never bites that much." Tsuna took out her cellphone to see that she had a text from her mom, who had asked to bring some ingredientes she was missing for dinner. "Listen, I gotta go, mom asked me to pick a few things for her. You contact the guys and plan something, then send me the details. I'll be home."

"You don't want a ride?" Tsuna's home was a tad bit far from Hayato's apartment.

"No, I'm all good. It's a nice day out anyways."

Tsuna stopped by a local store on her way home and bought all the things her mother had asked for. Soon enough, she made it home, only to find it completely empty.

"Mom?" Tsuna yelled for her, but no one responded. She headed towards the kitchen and she found a note on the dining table.

Tsu-chan

Your dad and I are out buying some things. We'll be back by dinner time.

Mom

"Then what was the point of having me buy anything?" Tsuna asked out loud. Sometimes, she didn't really understood her mother. As she was putting the things way, she heard her phone go off. It was a text.

Be ready by six, and wear something nice, we are going somewhere fancy.- Giotto

Tsuna didn't know if she wanted to cheer out with excitement or shiver in fear. She wa excited about going out with her friends, but the fact that she given no information, besides the whole "going somewhere fancy" detail didn't make her feel too relax. Anyways, she hoped to enjoy it.