Akari: ...
Kitakami: ... *coughs* Uhhm...
Akari and Kitakami: ... *awkward silence*
Akari: ...WE'RE SO SORRY! SCHOOL IS SUCH A TORTURE!
Kitakami: Sort of... Our authoress started off with a bad new year and got an F in English for the semester...
Akari: I still cringe at that! It makes me sad too...
Kitakami: So because of the F, our authoress basically was banned from her laptop on school days. It doesn't seem like a lot of time to freely write the next chapter...
Akari: But she has an iPod touch -I think it's the 3rd generation- so she's been reading fanfics to calm her down, study why some of them are popular, and find out how to improve our other stories! XD
Kitakami: Pshyeah, she must've improved by 2%... *sigh* We'll just shut up now...
Akari: Enjoy the story though!
"Do you see him, Tsunayoshi?"
"Fon, for the eighth time, I don't see the guy with the silver hair." Tsuna said, holding the pacifier tightly with his right hand close to his chest in a little anxiety.
The brunette was currently in Namimori's shopping district; walking around to find the boy named "Hayato". Tsuna didn't really know where to go since he rarely goes to the shopping areas.
The reason was because he knows that the students that pick on him would hang around the area. Plus, he also knew that if he went to such area, they would spot him and try to embarrass the brunette in front of the passersby. Tsuna didn't want to take a risk.
"...-ayoshi? Tsunayoshi. Tsunayoshi!" Fon kept calling the boy.
"Huh—what? Ah! S-sorry, Fon. I was just thinking something."
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah! Completely fine!" He grinned looking at the pacifier. "Let's keep looki—oomf!" Tsuna had just bumped into someone the second time that afternoon. The good news was that this time, he didn't fall. 'Note to self: Stop. Bumping. Into people! Gyahh! Why does this happen!'
"Oh dear Tsunayoshi, I think this is the third person you've bumped into that I've known so far." The Storm pacifier mused.
"Oya?" A smooth voice sounded amused. "What do we have here?"
"HIIIII! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I'M SO SORRY!" Tsuna started to panic, and started to bow many times; making the people nearby turn their heads for a moment before resuming to whatever they were doing.
"Hoh? Why are you apologizing so much?" The voice asked.
"Eh?" Tsuna stopped bowing and straightened his back. But he kept his head down so that he was staring at Fon in his hand and not the person in front of him. "W-well it was by u-um, reflex..."
The stranger hummed. "Then, is it also by reflex that you don't look into the other person's eyes when you talk to them?" he asked.
"Eh! W-well um, th-that is..." Tsuna started to feel a little embarrassed.
"Kufufu," The stranger laughed... or at least that's what Tsuna thought it was. "I'm joking. But really, it's a little rude to not look directly at the other person's eyes when you speak to them."
"O-oh..." Then slowly, Tsuna raised his head and his eyes towards the person... and he didn't expect to see such a... different sight. 'Wait, what?'
The stranger in front of him was taller than him, has a pineapple-like hairstyle that made Tsuna think about pineapples... and Hawaii. The noticeable feature that the stranger had was his mismatched eyes. His left eye was blue, and his right eye was red and had the number "six" on it.
...Tsuna vaguely wondered if the guy wore contact lens on his right eye for show. 'People sell weird contact lenses these days...'
And without knowing, Tsuna was staring at his red eye for a while with his mouth slightly gaping.
"...Kufufu, could it be that you are attracted to my face or is my right eye hypnotizing you into a trance?" He smirked.
"Tsunayoshi, please do not waste your breath on this man. Leave him be and let's look for this 'Hayato' person." Fon said calmly. But to Tsuna, he felt that Fon was getting a bit annoyed.
He wondered why.
"...-uro-chaaan! Mukuro-chaaaan!" A female's voice called in a distance. "Mukuro-chaaan! Show yourself! We're still on a date!"
"Hm, and here I thought I lost that girl." The stranger said, sounding irritated.
"E-etou... I think I should go. I need to find someone..." Tsuna laughed nervously at the end. "So..." he started to turn the opposite way of the man and took the first step. But a hand gripped Tsuna's arm.
"Oya? Where are you going? I would like your help for a moment." The guy grinned.
But Tsuna could only give a blank smile and say, "Eh?"
"Mukuro-chan! Mukuro-cha—AH! There you are Mukuro-chan!"
When Tsuna looked at the voice's source, he saw that there was a girl with short, red hair and a clip to hold her hair to the side. She was wearing a lavender tank top, black mini skirt (it looks like a school uniform too), black high-heeled boots and a handbag with her.
She was running towards them.
"Mukuro-chan! What were you doing? You shouldn't leave me while I used the restroom!" She stopped in front of them. Noticing that Tsuna was also there, she gave him a glare. "Who's this brat?" She said rather rudely.
"Kufufu~! Oya, this here is a good friend that I haven't seen in a long time." The guy "Mukuro-chan" replied, wrapping his arm around Tsuna's shoulders, bringing him close to his body.
'HIII! Wh-wh-what is he doing!' Tsuna's face felt hot.
"Tsunayoshi, it seems that this man does not want to be around this woman. So please, leave him here with her and leave." Fon advised the boy.
'I wish Fon, I really do... But this guy's arm is really holding me down. It's like a headlock...!' Tsuna had comical wavy tears streaming down his face.
The girl raised a skeptical eyebrow at' Mukuro-chan'. "What? I don't believe you Mukuro-chan." She crossed her arms.
"Kufufu, it doesn't matter if you believe me or not, M.M. But this boy is very close to me."
'We're not even close to each other! We're far from each other! No—I don't even know this person!' Tsuna struggled to get away.
"Then wouldn't I have heard of that brat" She rudely pointed a finger at Tsuna, "from you, Chikusa, or Dog-breath?"
"I don't remember any of us telling you about our personal business." Despite the playful smile on his face, there was a visible animated vein that popped on his head. "Now M.M., I would like to put our so called 'date' on hold."
"WHAT!" The girl, M.M., stood up straighter with both fists on her sides, also looking outraged. "Are you putting our date on a 'hold' because of this brat!" She glared at Tsuna again.
"My, what an ill-tempered woman... I think now is the great time to leave this man with her Tsunayoshi."
Tsuna can only sigh at all of these moments.
"Mukuro-chan! You promised me this date! I did what you told me to do! You said that if I completed that stupid task, you'd take me out on a date!"
"I never said such thing. You were the one who chose such an outrageous reward for yourself. I offered you money, but you wouldn't seem to take it."
"Five hundred dollars isn't a lot of money for me, Mukuro-chan."
This time, 'Mukuro-chan' frowned. "It is. Now please, I would like to stay with my friend here for a while. We can resume our... 'date' some other time, M.M."
"No." M.M. crossed her arms stubbornly.
This time, 'Mukuro-chan' sighed, also running his free hand through his hair. "Oya, M.M., your personality is really... how do you say this in a nice way... basically that of an annoying brat."
She gasped, "Mukuro-chan!"
Tsuna was still trying to get away from 'Mukuro-chan's' strong hold. 'I don't want to be here anymore!'
"Strike his abdomen, Tsunayoshi. He will surely let go of you. I guarantee it." Fon encouraged the boy.
'...I can't do that Fon.' Tsuna looked at Fon in his hands.
"We must find that 'Hayato' boy," The Storm pacifier reminded him.
'Ah! That's right!' "Uh! Umm... I'm in a hurry right now, s-so can I go? ...Please?" The brunette asked tentatively.
"YES! Please, go away so Mukuro-chan and I can be on our date!" M.M. huffed.
"No. Please stay. I would like something satisfying to... well, look at." 'Mukuro-chan' looked at Tsuna and grinned.
Tsuna tilted his head in confusion when he heard Fon sigh loudly. '...What? I don't get it.'
But M.M. sure did. She gritted her teeth and walked up to Tsuna to pull him away from 'Mukuro-chan'. "You!" She shoved Tsuna. "I don't know who the hell you are to have Mukuro-chan's attention more than me, but you're a nuisance!" She harshly poked Tsuna's chest multiple times; it was scaring the brunette.
"I-I'm sorry—"
Tsuna tried to apologize but he was pulled by the waist protectively. His back was facing the 'Mukuro-chan', so all Tsuna can see is M.M. and people passing by and/or staring at the three of them. He really didn't know what to make out of this situation.
"A-ah I'm..." Then two hands covered Tsuna's ears firmly, making sure that Tsuna couldn't hear anything... much. Tsuna tried to look up at 'Mukuro-chan', but the guy's hands made Tsuna's head stay put. So the brunette moved his eyes to the girl in front of him. Tsuna could only hear muffling sounds. He could tell that M.M. was shouting at the guy behind him while sending glares that the smaller boy every few moments.
Then suddenly, M.M's face turned from angry to tense.
'I guess the guy behind me is talking to her,' Tsuna tried to sharpen his hearing a little to hear what 'Mukuro-chan' was saying to the girl, but sadly, all Tsuna could hear are muffled, bubbly sounds.
Then M.M.'s eyes started to tear up and she looked frustrated. After a few more moments, M.M. looked at Tsuna one last time, flipped him the finger, and stomped off in another direction. He saw that there were some people pointing and whispering at M.M.'s direction.
"...Ehhh?" was what all Tsuna could say after that.
'Mukuro-chan' removed his hands away from Tsuna's ears to make the boy face him. "I must thank you for helping me. But, I'm not able to repay you right now." He smiled.
Tsuna shook his head quickly. "I-it's okay! Really! I'm actually busy right now, so, yeah..." His cheeks turned a little pink.
The other guy chuckled. "I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?"
"U-um, well I heard that girl call you 'Mukuro-chan'..."
"Kufufufu, I'm Rokudo Mukuro. And who might you be?"
"Ah, w-well..."
"Tsunayoshi, do not give this man your name. There's a high possibility that he is a, ah, what was that word again... Hmm, oh! Yes, he might be a basta—"
"My name is Sawada Tsunayoshi, Rokudo-san! But you can call me Tsuna!" Tsuna introduced himself quickly, so he wouldn't have to hear the rest of the sentence Fon was about to say. It seemed so awkward for such a polite, calm, and gentle-like uh, pacifier... or whatever they are, to just suddenly cuss out of nowhere.
"Kufufu, it's a pleasure to meet you, Tsunayoshi-kun, and please call me Mukuro." Mukuro put a hand in front Tsuna.
'...This guy wears gloves too? Am I missing out on "in style" looks?' "Y-yeah, it's nice to meet you too, Mukuro." Tsuna took Mukuro's hand and shook it lightly.
But when Tsuna tried to let go, the other's hand reluctantly left Tsuna's.
"Um, I'll see you later... I guess." Tsuna said, giving a small smile.
Mukuro chuckled. "How cute,"
Tsuna felt his face go a wee bit hot. "B-bye!" He said hurriedy.
So the brunette ran off in some other direction, leaving Mukuro stare at his back.
"Kufufufu... You are indeed a satisfying sight." Mukuro said with an amusing look in his eyes.
When Tsuna ran off in some direction, it was inevitable that he wouldn't get far and would be out of breath in 30 seconds or less... He was gasping for air right now. "Hahhhh! OmiGOSH...! I feel a little pain on my side...!" He gasped. "Kinda hurts...!"
"Tsunayoshi... do you not exercise?" Fon asked.
"Hahhh! N-no...!" He gasped as he stopped running to catch his breath. "My—hahhh! Energy runs out... hahh! Fast...! Ahhh, itai..."
"I wish I could assist you; you look like you're going to pass out."
Tsuna took a couple more deep breaths to control his breathing. "I'm okay... hahh... I just need to calm down..."
"Alright, are you able to move now?"
With one more deep breath, Tsuna said, "No, not yet... my side still hurts,"
"...Tsunayoshi?"
"Yeah?"
"Your physical aspect is... well... very weak."
"Tell me something new..." Tsuna rolled his eyes. "Okay, I feel fine now." Tsuna looked in the place he stopped in, and wondered where he was.
"Do you know where we are, Tsunayoshi?" Fon asked.
"N-not really..." What Tsuna knew was that he was near a pastry shop called, "Cake and Bread" in English letters. "...Was there a shop like this before?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Am I supposed to answer that question?"
"No, not really..." Staring at the pastry shop a little longer, Tsuna saw his classmate, Kyoko, walking out of the pastry shop with a small box in hand. "K-K-Ky-Kyoko-chan!" Tsuna was so nervous he stuttered the girl's name loudly without thinking, his face feeling like it was sweating.
The said girl looked in Tsuna's direction with a bright smile. "Tsuna-kun!"
Tsuna was panicking inside. 'Uwahhh... I don't know what to doooo...'
"Tsunayoshi, who is that girl?" Fon asked out of curiosity. "What is your relation with her? Does she mean anything to you? Do you see her as a woman?" Fon kept bombing questions to Tsuna, forgetting that the boy couldn't really answer him at the moment.
"Hello Tsuna-kun! What are you doing here?" Kyoko: Tsuna's first crush. This girl with such an innocent appearance and voice is Sasagawa Kyoko; Namimori Jr. High's idol. Tsuna wasn't really sure what made him feel attracted to the girl. It basically just happened when he saw her for the first time since he started his first year in Jr. High.
"Eh! E-etou... I'm um..." The brunette didn't know if he could tell Kyoko that he was looking for a person named 'Hayato'. 'Oh... Wait! Maybe Kyoko-chan knows who he is! Luckyy!' "K-Kyoko-chan! Do you know a guy named 'Hayato'?"
Kyoko blinked a few times before putting a finger on her chin, laying her eyes on the ground; thinking. "Hayato... Hayato... Hayato?"
Tsuna sweat-dropped. "Um... Yes-sss...?"
"Nope!" She smiled .
Tsuna hung his head dejectedly. "Oh... okay... Well, I... I have to go now, Kyoko-chan. S-see you later in class!" Tsuna said as he waved shyly while walking away.
"Mm!" The girl waved back in goodbye.
Tsuna hurriedly walked in another direction, wanting to have his very warm face to calm down. "Uwahh... Why do I feel so embarrassed?" He asked himself with a crush-struck smile. "I should really calm down! I feel like a dork since you've seen me like this Fon." His crush-struck smile turned into an awkward smile.
Then a small, quiet laughter came from red pacifier.
"My, my, this is the first I've seen you like this Tsunayoshi. It's... very soothing to see you in different sides. It feels like I'm getting closer to you and that I'm able to know more about you day by day."
For some reason, Tsuna felt touched by hearing those words... Maybe because he has never heard anyone else say those words before? Or maybe because there were honest feelings behind those words...
Then Tsuna smiled brightly. "Arigatou, Fon..." He lightly brushed his left thumb on the pacifier. "That was very nice of you to say that. It means a lot."
"I'm... glad," Fon responded, sounding surprisingly -not really noticeable- shy.
Tsuna hummed in response. "We should look for that guy now, right?"
"Yes, Tsunayoshi,"
So for forty minutes, Tsuna walked around Namimori's streets looking for the silver-headed guy. He didn't understand why it was so hard to find a person with silver hair. He doesn't know anyone else with silver hair that wears badass clothing either! 'This is impossible! I don't know wher—'
"UWOHHHH!" A loud crowd of people's voices boomed in some distance away from him. They were many voices saying about something "amazing" or "cool" or something along those lines.
"Eh? What's over there?" The brunette asked himself, also unconsciously walking towards the crowd out of curiosity, but there were pretty packed, so Tsuna couldn't see what was happening. And of course, when there're a crowd of people, it'll obviously be hard to get through them... That is, if you don't try. 'Where was that loud booming music coming from?'
"E-excuse me! Can anyone tell me what's happening! I-I can't see anything! Can any of you move a little! Is it—okay, this isn't going anywhere." Tsuna gave up.
"Try to find small spaces between these citizens! You'll be able get through if you try!" Fon said, trying to make his voice sound much louder than the other loud people.
"...That looks sorta dangerous... for some reason."
"Then you can ignore this and move on,"
Tsuna made a small, dramatic gasp. "That's a mean decision! ...But fine... I-I'll try-y..."
Looking at the crowed people for a few more moments, Tsuna took a deep breath and slowly stepped into the small cluster of people, using every inch of his not-so-there muscles to find the center that the crowd was looking at.
So after a few shoving, elbowing, and hard bumps from the horde of people, Tsuna manage to get to the center of what the people's attention were at. But when he laid his eyes at what they were looking at, he couldn't help but gape slightly in amazement. "...S... sugoi...!" His face turned into an admiring expression.
And what deserved such an expression from Tsuna were two entertainers that were break dancing. BUT! What was different about their break dancing was that it had a martial arts style to it. The two performers were making dangerous -yet amazing- stunts. Another thing to add for eye-catching features was that they both were making sunglasses. 'How do they make those stay on their faces?' Tsuna couldn't help but ask... although for no one.
Tsuna didn't know how long he stood there or how long the performance went on. He was just so mesmerized with all the action going, he forgot that he was supposed to be looking for the "Hayato" boy.
"Uwahhh~! Martial art styles are so amazing! Whooa... It made their performance look so epic! ...Well in my opinion." Tsuna couldn't help but say it out loud.
"...Do... you really think so, Tsunayoshi...?" Fon asked, sounding surprised (if you can notice it though). "You think martial arts are amazing?"
Tsuna noticed the change of voice in the pacifier. He brushed the thought away when he brought the Storm pacifier close to his lips, toning down his voice, not wanting to look like he was talking to himself. "Hm? Well... yeah! Don't martial artists make their movements look smooth and strong? It's sort of like... a... shooting star!" He made a pause. "...Oh man, I bet that sounded lame..." Tsuna hung his head in sigh.
Fon chuckled lightly. "No. Not at all Tsunayoshi, it was... charming."
"Right... Oh," A thought popped into Tsuna's head.
"What is it, Tsunayoshi?"
With a small blush surrounding his cheeks, Tsuna gave a small smile and said, "Now that I think about it, whenever I see certain people perform martial arts, I really can't help but think that they look graceful..." He gave a small laugh. "They're usually the people who do it slowly, like in a motion of a soft wind; but when they strike fast they make it look like a smooth waterfall that lands with strong power. It's really amazing. I sometimes feel amazed by just watching it... on T.V though..."
Fon chuckled lightly again. "...Is that so, Tsunayoshi?"
"Un! It'd be nice to actually meet one in person too!"
"...I'm sure that when you meet one, Tsunayoshi, that person himself will be happy to meet you."
"Mm!" Tsuna nodded a little. "Well then... we should really get go—"
"OI! Get outta my way! Why the hell are you people standing around here for! ARGH! MOVE!" A voice cut Tsuna off.
It sounded pretty close too!
Looking in the direction where the voice came from, Tsuna saw that there was a small commotion.
"Go towards that Tsunayoshi." Fon told him suddenly.
Tsuna froze. "...What?" he breathed out.
"It's him. I can tell by his voice."
"A-are you sure ab-about that-t?"
Tsuna's question was answered when the guy they were looking for pushed his way out of the crowd, making his appearance.
"...Oh... never mind then... Oh, and you know what Fon?"
"Yes Tsunayoshi?"
The brunette already had comical wavy tears running down his cheeks. "Did I ever tell you that I can't wait to go home?"
Kitakami: ...It's official. This story is WAY too slow. What are we doing wrong?
Akari: *changes subject* Oh Tsu-chan... YOU'RE SO ADORKABLE! XD
Kitakami: ...Just like Kim Jaejoong.
Akari: *gasps* That guy is THE MOST beautiful human being in the planet!
Kitakami: Yes.
Akari: Damn- I mean! DARN! We didn't reply to any of your reviews! Forgive me- I mean! US!
Kitakami: That's it, we're going to force this onto us... We'll make a deadline for the next chapter.
Akari: That's... okay! ...I think. Let's name it! Drum roll please!
*DRUM ROLL*
Akari and Kitakami: ...April 23 (2012)!
Akari: ...*giggles at date* Bye-bye! XD