Disclaimer: I only own Tsukiyomi Akane! :) All rights to their rightful owners! This is the seventh chapter of this story! XD I actually can't believe that I actually had the patience to write a story. 0_0 really…I'm a lazy bum normally that has absolutely no patience. :p not my fault…it's the way I was made. Anyways, I'm actually doing an early valentines episode. Early by like 3 weeks…but never mind that, let's get started with the chapter! Don't forget to review~

Release Date: January 29th, 2013

Next Chapter: February 1st or 2nd , 2013

IMPORTANT NOTE PLEASE READ: Dear my readers, I need to notify you guys that from February 4th till February 8th morning, I will not be updating any chapters due to a five day overnight field trip for school purposes. Sorry and I promise to update right after I come back. As soon as possible and thank you for reading!

Chapter 7: Developing Friendship

"Hey, Akane!" my father's voice bellowed from the bakery.

"Yeah?" I yelled back at him from upstairs while doing my homework.

"You know what day tomorrow is?" my father said while making a cake for his customer.

"Uhh…Friday?" I answered back obviously uninterested.

"No. It's Valentine's Day~" my dad answered back.

Awkward Silence…..

"…oh shit." I said to myself while face palming. How the hell could I forget that?

It was the day that girls usually give chocolates to a boy that they like or love. Not that I love anyone but I do want to give some to Tsuna, Gokudera, Yamamoto, and Hibari. Yes, the Hibari that everyone fears. I believe in my skills as a baker or patisserie, whatever you call it. I believe that I can make him say that it was yummy.

Wish me luck…and I closed my homework book and went to bed.

Anyways, I decided to wake up in the morning to make the chocolates. Except there was one problem…I have no idea how to make chocolate. Cakes yes but chocolate, no.

Oh well….I guess small bite-sized cakes will have to do.

Firstly, I made chocolate cake batter by scratch of course. I decided to bake them in flat cake pan so that I could cut the cake into 36 pieces that are exactly 1x1 inch wide. Nine for each of the four people that will get my chocolate.

Once it finished baking, I decided to cover some of them with dark, milk, and white chocolate. 9 for each frosting. I filled each cake with chocolate mousse and chopped fresh fruits. On the top, I decorated with chocolate hearts that I made earlier and topped everything off with sprinkles and more fruits. Lastly as a finishing touch, I sprinkled on a little bit of powdered sugar.

Don't worry. It won't be too sweet.

I made sure to mix the bitter chocolate ones with sweet fruits and extra sweet frosting to make sure that it tastes okay.

Same with the extra sweet ones. So by the time I was done, I put them into 4 small boxes wrapped with different colored wrapping. An orange colored box and white ribbon for Tsuna. A red one with a pale grey ribbon for Gokudera. A light blue box with dark ribbons for Yamamoto, and a black box and purple ribbon for…the fighting maniac. So I was done and proud of my finished product.

I left them in the refrigerator so they wouldn't melt and went to school.

When I went to school, I saw a group of girls in front of the classroom…. forget what I just said.

I saw a stampede of girls in front of my classroom.

The only classroom that had about 100 girls in front of it. I wonder why…well duh because it's valentines day and I think I know who the targets may be…I pushed through the crowd…but when I reached the other side, I tripped over someone's feet. I almost fell but I hit somebody's back, which saved me from falling flat on the ground. It hurt though.

"Ow…" I said before looking up at the person who I rammed into. It was…Yamamoto.

"Oh! Are you okay?" Yamamoto asked as he bent over to me.

"Other than being squished like a sandwich by a stampede of girls and almost being late to school, no I'm fine…" I said sarcastically.

"Haha! Must be a bad day for you." Yamamoto said while still smiling.

"YAMAMOTO-KUN!" a random girl that popped out of nowhere just said.

"Here's my chocolate!" she said.

"Oh, thanks!" Yamamoto said and accepted it.

I looked over to his desk and saw that he had a mountain of chocolates on his desk. I sweat dropped. He really has a lot of fans…could be because of his sports ability that makes him cool. I doubt it though…these fangirls are like dogs that follow their owners around...Before I could say something to Yamamoto, I heard a loud voice coming from somewhere in the school.

"Oi! Stop following me around!" Gokudera suddenly yelled while trying to run away from his fangirls.

"KYAH!" Gokudera-kun!" some random girls yelled.

I walked out of the classroom and turned around the corner.

I saw Gokudera running away with all his might. I decided to help him a little…It is nice to have him owe me one after all. I smile evilly. Anyways I saw him running towards my direction so I hid inside the Janitor room and waited for him to run by. Once he did. I quickly flung open the door and dragged him inside and closed the door to make sure that no fangirls were following him.

I turned to face him in the dark and tiny room.

"That was a close call." I said.

"Che…" Gokudera snorted.

"What…I don't even get a thank you?" I asked frowning.

"I didn't ask you to…" Gokudera said while ignoring me. I frowned.

"…this is probably why you may never be the right hand man of Tsuna." I said while sighing loudly.

"WHAT? You have a problem?" He said. I was going to say something back but he shoved me towards the wall and slammed a hand next to me so that I wouldn't move away from him. He looked very mad…scary. He was glaring hard at me and I felt like I could faint just because of the pressure. I tried to make sure that I wasn't flinching or backing away from fear.

I gulped and said back.

"You can never be the right hand man if you don't get along with the family members…." I said while ignoring the fact that he was so close to my face glaring at me hard.

"All you are doing isn't making life for Tsuna easier…but it's being a nuisance to him. I understand that you have devoted your life to Tsuna but…have you ever wondered what Tsuna thought of you? All you are doing is forcing yourself on him…and isn't the right man somebody that the boss trusts the most? Someone like you who hasn't gained the trust of the family members can't do this job. You keep pushing everyone and that isn't a good thing…" I explained slowly.

Gokudera froze and thought hard at what I just said. He slowly backed away and lowered his head down. I put my hands to my side.

"But…" I started. Gokudera put his face up to look at me. I could see that he was…sad and angry at himself. I smiled warmly at him.

"Gokudera…you're not alone you know. If you open yourself to others, I'm sure that would relieve Tsuna a lot. Besides…I…uh…" I started to fidget with my fingers and avoided his gaze. He stared at me confused as to why I was acting nervous.

"I…trust…you. I don't care about your decisions but I trust that you will do your best for Tsuna. You've already gained my trust so don't worry about that." I said gathering confidence and looking at him straight in the eye. He froze. Just then I heard the bell ring for class.

"Oh! We should hurry and get to class, otherwise we'll be late." I said as I walked over to open the door but before I could open the door, Gokudera grabbed me from me behind me. I turned towards him confused. Suddenly, he hugged me. My eyes slightly widened.

"Gokudera…?" I said softly.

"…Hayato is okay. Anyways…thanks." He said and left the room.

I turned towards and started out the door as well. I smiled. Goku-I mean Hayato…I guess this means that we could become best friends. Then I heard the bell ringing that class had already started.

"Oh crap!" I said and ran inside the classroom.

"Tsukiyomi-san! Care to tell us why you are late?" the teacher said.

"I..uhh…went inside the janitor room to put away a broom that somebody forgot on the ground and accidently got locked inside. I'm sorry…" I said while apologizing.

"Sigh…well don't let it happen again." The teacher said and continued teaching. I walked over to my seat which was next to Gokudera's. He turned to me.

"And now you're the one that was late when you told me to hurry up and get to the classroom…nice excuse." He said to me while smirking.

I pouted a little bit and replied, "It was your fault too you know…"

He just chuckled amusingly seeing my pout again….God…but I guess this means that we are friends. I smiled.

Gokudera's POV

I still can't believe I let her call my first name like that.

Che. Annoying woman…but…she taught me a lesson.

She may act mean and emotionless but she might actually be kind and cheerful inside. Oh screw this.

Anyways, I saw her coming in through the door being late. She got a little scolded by the teacher. Then she walked over to sit next to me. I commented a bit about how she was late. She pouted. I just chuckled. I was actually feeling happy because she actually pouted without trying to hide it. It meant a lot coming from and…what was it again? A Marionette with no emotions?

Honestly...I have no idea why she was called that. From the outside, she did look like a marionette but I think it is more...forced and personal. Did something happen?

It wasn't my business to pry so I didn't want to ask her. I'll just have to wait for her to open up.

But it didn't matter what her reason was.

Because she was still the same person. Tsukiyomi Akane. Her identity wouldn't change no matter how much she tried to change it.

I just hope that she'll open herself up some time soon...besides...

I don't like to keep debts without repaying them back.

Back to Akane's POV

I didn't notice that there was someone watching all of Gokudera and my encounters earlier. Up on the roof top, Reborn was watching and listening to all of our conversations with his binoculars and who knows what he uses to listen on us. He smiled.

"That Akane actually managed to earn Gokudera's trust and became a friend that he can trust in the family….I knew it. Akane will be a good deed to the family. Things have gotten even more interesting…." Reborn said while smiling at the two of us.

After school, I ran as fast as I could to my house to get the valentine chocolates. I took them out of the fridge and put them in my bag for safety reasons. Then, I ran towards Tsuna's house. When I got there, I was greeted by Tsuna's mother.

"Oh! Akane-chan! Are you here to see Tsu-kun?" she said with a huge smile on her face.

"Yes. Do you mind if I come in?" I asked.

"Of course not! Come on in! Gokudera-kun, Yamamoto-kun, Kyoko and Haru-chan are already inside!" She said. Well that saves the time for finding them. Nice.

"Oh, and may I put something in the refrigerator for a little bit? I don't want it to melt…" I asked while holding out the boxes.

"Hm? These are…OH I see! Tsu-kun will be happy to finally get one from a girl." She said while smiling. I smiled back.

"Thanks!" I said.

Tsuna's mother went inside her room to put the boxes in while turning down the AC so that it would be cool in there. Then I walked towards the kitchen and saw Tsuna and Yamamoto kneeling through a small hole through the door…and the door had a huge sign saying DO NOT DISTURB! NO PEEKING! Gokudera was sitting on the floor not facing the kitchen door.I walked over to Gokudera and said, "Hayato…what are you doing?" He turned to me.

"My sister's in there so I can't look at her otherwise I'll faint…" he said.

"Oh…then what are those two doing there?" I asked Gokudera.

"Well…the girls wanted to make chocolates for us and Bianchi decided to help them with it…" Gokudera said.

"Wait…you don't mean that…" I started.

"Yes, it's going to become poison cooking." Gokudera said.

"…oh oh…don't worry. When the time comes, I won't let you eat that and die. I'll help you guys somehow." I said while smiling and giving him a thumbs up.

"Thanks." He said.

"Hey, Tsuna, Yamamoto! The door says no peeking guys…" I said. They all turned to me.

"I know that…but Bianchi…oh and hello Akane-chan." Tsuna said.

"Don't worry about that. I know how to solve that but I want you guys to help me with something…" I asked.

"What?" Yamamoto asked.

"To make this plan work…I need….the annoying cow…." I said emotionlessly.

Silence…

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"What…." Gokudera suddenly said, breaking the silence.

"Uh…I guess we can do that…but how will that help?" Tsuna asked.

"Don't worry. I have everything planned out." I said with a thumbs up.

After that, they got me the dumb cow, Lambo. I waited for the girls to be done. Then, I kicked the dumb cow once. The others were gaping and staring at me like I was a cruel murderer but I had a plan. A GOOD one at that. Lambo started to sniff a little as I beamed. Yes, it worked.

"WAHHH!" He suddenly cried out.

"Hurry up and GET OUT YOUR BAZOOKA!" I said trying to look mean.

"Got to stay…calm….WAH!" Lambo cried and took out his bazooka.

He hit himself and he switched with his older self. I smiled. Now my plan is in action. At that moment, Bianchi came out holding the finished product. I quickly ran to Gokudera and covered up his eyes so that he wouldn't faint. He soon noticed what I was trying to do and turned away from Bianchi. I sighed in relief. Thank god. And then Bianchi saw Adult Lambo.

"ROMEO!" She yelled and threw the finished product at Adult Lambo.

"AHHHH!" Lambo yelled and ran out the door. Bianchi followed after.

Then the girls came out. I told them that Bianchi accidently slipped so the chocolate spilled. They said that it was okay. They quickly made a new batch. While waiting, Gokudera asked me something.

"Oi, why did my sister just run after Adult Lambo?" He asked. This made Tsuna and Yamamoto curious too.

"Oh, Reborn said that Bianchi had an ex that looks like Adult Lambo. So, I used that to lure Bianchi out, after all, I think she would be mad at her ex." I told them.

"Oh! Your smart! Haha!" Yamamoto commented and smiled. I smiled back.

Gokudera just glared at Yamamoto. At that moment, the girls came in with their finished products. They sat down to eat the chocolate dipped fruits and crackers. I ran downstairs to get my present to them. I made sure that they weren't melted or anything. They looked fine. I smiled. I ran back upstairs and handed everyone their chocolates.

"A gift from me. Although, they aren't chocolate but chocolate flavored bite-sized cakes." I told them while smiling. They opened the boxes at the same time and saw several neatly lined up chocolate cakes.

"HAHI! So pretty!" Haru said.

"Really, it looks really good." Kyoko commented.

"Thanks." I said while smiling.

"And it tastes good too. Thanks!" Yamamoto said.

"No problem." I said back.

"Thank you, Akane-chan!" Tsuna said. I smiled at him as a response.

"…not bad for a stupid women like you." Gokudera said while munching.

I looked at him.

"Oh, come on…stop calling me that…I have a name you know…" I said.

"…Akane…Thanks." He said and continued eating. I froze but smiled soon after.

After that we separated ways to go home but I had to stop by at the school first, after all, I still have one more to deliver. I walked into the reception room. Nobody was there. Thank goodness. I left the box for Hibari with a note and walked home. Today was another hectic day…but I managed to make a new friend. So I guess everything worked out somehow…thank you, Valentine's Day.

Third Person POV

Hibari walked into the Reception Room after patrolling. He went to sit in his seat when he saw something like a box of candies on his desk. He frowned. Who the heck sent him candy? He was about the throw it away when he saw the note attached to it. He read it. It said…

Dear Hibari-san

Just think of this as a Valentines Day gift or as an apology for having to waste your time to save me twice. Whichever one you prefer. Anyways, enjoy. Happy Valentines, Inchou.

Signed, Tsukiyomi Akane.

After he read it, he decided not to throw it away and eat the contents inside instead. He opened the box and popped one into his mouth. He savored it well.

"…Not bad…no it's delicious…" Hibari said while munching more.

"Now she owes me one more…"

To be continued…

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