Once the two students were out of earshot, Amaya turned to Yamamoto. A row of pearly white teeth raked against her bottom lip as her eyebrows knit together, clearly worried about the wellbeing of her fellow classmates. Although she hadn't known them for long, she'd quickly grown attached to them, something not unheard of when it came to her personality.

"Have you heard about the injured students?" Amaya asked as he shook his head.

"No, I don't think so, but something weird happened this morning. I heard someone scream and a thump from one of the houses that I ran past on my jog. You don't think the culprits would injure a girl, do you?" Yamamoto asked, oblivious to the flush on Amaya's face.

"I don't think so… It was probably just someone rolling out of bed." She said, as they both laughed. Amaya rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. "Anyways, all that stuff would happen at night, I'm sure. It would be less suspicious that way." Yamamoto nodded again, tapping his index finger against his jaw.

"That makes sense." Yamamoto said after a pause, as they arrived in front of Tsuna's house. "Oy, Tsuna!" Yamamoto greeted, with a smile on his face as Tsuna stood barefoot in his front door, left wide open.

"YAMAMOTO! I'LL BE OUT IN JUST A MOMENT!" Tsuna called, rushing back into his house, leaving his door ajar. Amaya hadn't known that they were walking to Tsuna's house so she turned to Yamamoto.

"Oh! I didn't mean to walk you to Tsuna's house! I can leave if you wanted me to." Amaya said, before a little bundle of hair ran and clung to her legs. A little bundle of hair in a cow suit. She picked up the crying child who pointed at Gokudera.

"EVIL! Mean! Demon! Octopus-Head!" He sobbed as Amaya's heart strings tugged. He reminded her of Izanagi, when he was the cow-child's age, and she knew exactly how to stop his crying.

"There, there, sweetie." Amaya cooed, patting the top of the child's head, who cried into her shirt. "After school I'll go visit the candy shop, and you can come with me. Is that okay?" She asked, as a little girl stood in front of her shyly. Amaya kneeled down and offered a hand out to her, with a smile on her face. "Did you want to come with, Princess?" The girl simply bobbed her head up and down before she took Amaya's outstretched hand.

"I-Pin does want to go too!" The girl squeaked in her high voice, before the small brunette picked her up as well. A laugh escaped her lips.

"Then, it's settled!" Amaya said, before turning around to Yamamoto. "Yamamoto, there's a candy shop by the hospital. Maybe we can go there after we visit Izanagi?" She suggested.

He shrugged his shoulders as a casual grin graced his features.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, no problem." Yamamoto didn't mind. He liked kids, despite the loud volume each one of them seemed to come programmed with. He'd been a kid once too, so he understood.

"Kato-San!" Tsuna exclaimed, seeing the girl in his front yard and the two kids in her arms.

"Call me Amaya, Tsuna-Kun. We are in the same class, after all. Oh! You don't mind if I take these two out for candy after school, do you?"

"Ah! Tsuna, I'll be going with her, so you don't have to worry about them!" Yamamoto said, laughing. Gokudera sneered from the front door, with his arms crossed over his chest.

"A-ah. That sound be fine, Kat- Amaya." Tsuna replied.

"Take them, Kato. Especially that stupid cow. On second thought, leave I-Pin and take the baseball-idiot instead!" He exclaimed, as Amaya shook her head.

"I wish! They're so cute!" She laughed, as Yamamoto gave her a sideways glance. Maybe she was talking about the kids? That was a little strange of her to say, if she wasn't…

Amaya caught Yamamoto's glance as she felt the heat rushing to her cheeks. That wasn't what she meant.

"Oh, no! I meant taking the kids home, not the… so-called baseball idiot." She teased, as Yamamoto laughed.

"Got it." He chuckled, glancing over at the scowling Gokudera.

"Anyways, stupid cow is pretty rough as far as nicknames go. What's your real name?" Amaya asked, tickling the little boy's side with one hand, as she kept I-Pin steady with the other. Loud laughter escaped his squirming body as he tried his best to answer her.

"L-L-L-Lambo-San!" He managed to choke out, as Yamamoto laughed as well, their antics making him grin. So she was good with the kids. That was admirable, since even Tsuna didn't seem to be able to control Lambo as well as her. He glanced at his watch as Tsuna rushed back inside to get something.

"Oy! We should get going soon!" Yamamoto called out, before Amaya grabbed two lollipops from her bag.

"To Lambo-San!" She said, handing him a purple one. "There you go, Princess!" Amaya grinned, handing I-Pin the other one. They leapt out of her arms and ran off into the house, chattering noisily about something, before Amaya turned to a bored Gokudera. "Ready to go, Octopus-Head?" She teased, as he frowned at her. Even Tsuna couldn't help letting a smile dance upon his lips, as Yamamoto laughed loudly. They took off in the direction of the school, chattering pleasantly to one another as they walked…

"Ah, Yamamoto… How do you feel about Amaya-San? Just curious, I mean…" Tsuna trailed off as Yamamoto shrugged. Honestly, he hadn't given that much thought. Her brother was who interested him, so he paused as he wiped his hands off on the paper towels in the boy's bathroom.

"Eh? Well, she's nice and it's cool that she gets along with the kids. I mean, just look at Gokudera. He's smart, but he can't help but fight with Lambo." Yamamoto laughed as Gokudera shook a fist in his direction. Tsuna had a sheepish expression on his face. That's not what he meant at all, but it's not like Yamamoto knew that. He walked to the classroom with Tsuna without a second thought, until Gokudera started to yell at him.

"BASEBALL IDIOT! That's not what the Tenth meant at all!"

"Eh…? Then, Tsuna, what did you mean?" Yamamoto questioned, before Tsuna shook his head.

"Ah… Oh, never mind." Tsuna said before he finally seemed to understand what the other boys were getting at. He was a guy, sure, he was a little dense, but… he got it. This got him questioning himself. How did he feel about her? She was pretty, cute with children, loved her brother… What else did he know about her? Virtually nothing. Did he want to know anything? Or was it going to be a waste of time? No girls were his type, and besides… He didn't have time for a girl.