Forcing You – D27
6.
"So you're in love with someone who won't return your feelings. And on top of that, she thinks that you're being unfaithful?"
"Well…"
"She got angry thinking you were with another girl but you're not in a relationship with her…"
"You could say that."
"Jealousy, perhaps?"
"How could he be jealous?"
"He?" Yamamoto scratched his head. Had he heard that right?
"Yeah, that's right. I said it. He. And he is seven years older than me." Tsuna looked down. His eyes were watering already. He felt so pathetic and no-good, as his nickname suggested.
"Do I know this person?"
"…Yes."
"Well this makes things a bit more…" he laughed it off.
"But I'm being serious, Yamamoto." He bit his lip. He was never serious with his friends.
"I, uh, can't give you advice on this. Honestly, I'm a bit confused." Yamamoto tried to smile.
"It's not your problem anyway. I just needed to tell someone how I feel." He sniffled and put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Feels good to let it out. Thanks. L-Let's go find Gokudera."
Yamamoto frowned and walked after Tsuna. How could this not be his problem? He was now involved. He shouldn't have asked. Who was the person he liked anyway? Would it be a good idea to look into this? At least he knew not to tell Gokudera. The short-tempered boy would most likely throw a fit.
"Ah, Tsuna," he wanted to add something. "I don't know who it is, but if you're sure that he's the right one for you… Good luck." He hoped it wasn't some strange pervert who was tricking his friend.
"Thank you." They saw Gokudera still standing in front of the cinema.
"Say… Who is it?"
"I…"
"If you don't want to tell me, that's fine…" Yamamoto gave him his signature grin.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you…"
"Yeah, yeah, the situation is pretty delicate. I get it, I get it." Curiosity was gnawing at him.
Gokudera came running towards them. He asked what had happened and why his beloved boss was crying. Yamamoto lied, saying that Tsuna had lost something. He hoped that he was simple-minded enough to believe that.
They had sent Tsuna back home and walked together until the intersection that normally made them go their separate ways. Gokudera wanted to know the truth and Yamamoto definitely wasn't a good liar. So he told him bits and pieces of the story, trying to protect Tsuna as much as possible. He even added that if he mentioned this to anyone else, Tsuna would definitely hire a new right-hand man. This kept the silver-haired boy quiet. They parted ways silently. One was wondering how to help his boss and the other one was still trying to figure out who had captured his friend's heart.
Back at home, Tsuna had been lectured by his mother, who had been worried. Dino had called her and pretty much everyone else he knew because he had panicked. Having his little brother disappearing for a couple hours had worried him so much, he had wounds from tripping all over the house as he paced up and down. He breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw Tsuna return.
"Ah well, I didn't get all of the things that I wanted, but I got most of them." Nana consoled herself. "Next time, tell Dino-kun if you're going out! Don't make us worry like this."
"Well, I thought he was busy so…" he thought again. "He was up in his room so I thought that he didn't want to be bothered."
"No, no, no! Not at all! I'm never busy at all!" Dino felt guilty for his silly actions earlier. "Y-you can always come to me."
"I didn't think so, but I'll keep that into consideration." The brunette walked upstairs, ignoring his mother's warnings. He was tired. He decided to give those worksheets another try.
Tsuna had never been this sharp-tongued. For the past year or so that Dino had known him, he had always been clumsy with his words and actions. Dino was moping on the couch with Lambo and I-Pin on his lap and Fuuta on his right side. Reborn had not returned yet. He lazed in front of the television for a long while, reflecting on Tsuna's changing personality. In a way, he was this. In a way, he was that. Maybe he wasn't changing after all. He was still retaining most of the aspects of what made him "him." Having someone like you was so complicated. Being loved one second, being hated the next. Tsuna was being irrational. He was acting like a jealous girlfriend. And of course he knew how jealous girlfriends acted. Of course he knew that love made one irrational. He sighed and leaned back on the couch. Lambo laughed.
Soon, it was dinner time again. Last night's meal didn't seem far away at all. Dino felt like he was reliving it. Tsuna was sitting at the same place as always, with a blush on his face, as if he had run a kilometer to reach the dinner table. He had avoided Dino's eyes ever since he had returned home and did not speak during the entire meal. Reborn still wasn't present and no one seemed to mind. Everyone except for Tsuna seemed to be perfectly natural.
"Mama," Dino started, picking up the mess he had made while eating. "I think I'll go home tomorrow."
"Oh, so soon? I thought you wanted to stay longer. It doesn't bother me you know. And I think Tsu-kun likes having you around. Don't you?" Nana reached for Tsuna's plate as he simply nodded. "Oh, look at him, he's embarrassed. He doesn't want you to leave, Dino-kun."
"I have some things to do." He helped her clear the table. "But I'll be back when I'm done with them."
"I guess it can't be helped…" Nana sighed. "Kids, why don't you prepare the bath?"
"I'll help." Dino tucked his chair in and walked upstairs.
The following morning, a lovely Sunday morning, Dino was gone. And Tsuna was awake to hear him clumsily drag his luggage downstairs. When he had crept into his room to check, nothing was left. There seemed to be no sign that Dino would return. Not even a forgotten toothbrush in the bathroom or a pair of underwear in the laundry basket. Tsuna wanted to sleep until he came back. Yet he knew that he wouldn't be back.
Kinda hard to write Yamamoto's part after I wrote an 8027 haha ^^;; I also hate writing dialogues... Why am I so twisted for making this story this way? I don't know. At least I wrote Fuuta in.
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