Opening Up – 1827
7.
Tsuna dragged his feet on the floor, reluctant to go to school. His mother had asked what time he had returned home in the morning, and why he did. Had he not enjoyed his stay with his friend or had he forgotten something? Tsuna had forgotten indeed, that they were not friends. He did, however, enjoy Hibari's company. He did not say too much, but just his presence was enough not to make him feel alone.
Tsuna grabbed a pink pill and slipped it once again into his pocket. Maybe if he took it and got sick, he could go home earlier. The brunette walked outside his house and was greeted by his two friends and Guardians.
"Tenth! Where were you yesterday?" Gokudera was happy to see his boss, and so was Yamamoto.
"Skipping class weren't you?" he laughed and then narrowed his eyes. "Did something happen?"
"What do you mean?" the shortest boy asked, trying to put on an act.
"You were monitoring Hibari. What happened after that?" Yamamoto lowered his voice almost to a whisper.
"I brought him home, that's all." Tsuna smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Did he do anything to you?" The silver-head exclaimed, worried. "Or did he die from his fever?"
"N-nah. Don't worry about it. Otherwise, he should be pretty healthy."
The brunette changed topics and asked what the other two boys had done the previous day. The three friends walked to school, talking about how the teacher got angry and the homework assignments they got.
Soon, they arrived at the school gates. As usual, Hibari was waiting in front. The prefect glared at the three boys and approached them swiftly. He grabbed Gokudera's arm without warning and placed a rough kiss on his lips. Hibari wiped his lips and pulled Yamamoto, who was too speechless to move, and forcefully kissed him too, as if it were the most normal thing to do. After getting rid of Yamamoto's germs and whatnot, Hibari turned to Tsuna and gently brought him closer.
"Augh! What the hell was that, you bastard! Hey! What are you doing to the Tenth!" Gokudera spat, watching one of the most shocking scenes of his life unfold.
Hibari licked Tsuna's closed lips and in turn, kissed them too, but softly. One could even say he was passionate. After pushing the herbivore away, the prefect turned around and stormed into the school building, possibly to wash his face and brood in the committee room.
"What the hell was that about?" Gokudera wondered. "A-Are you all right, Tenth?"
"I'm not sure what Hibari was thinking, but that wasn't fun." Yamamoto sighed, "He's probably confused."
"Confused?" The silver-haired boy wondered. "That's not an excuse to assault the Tenth."
"And you. And me." The baseball nut added, looking around. "I hope no one saw that."
The two Guardians turned to their boss, who was crying silently.
"Tenth!"
"Tsuna!"
Both of them exclaimed, after seeing the shorter boy in tears. They patiently waited for him to stop. Gokudera took on his job as the right-hand man and rubbed his back while Yamamoto sacrificed his towel to wipe his boss's messy face. After a while, the bell rang. The silver-haired boy nodded to the baseball freak, and then picked up the distressed boy. Tsuna was flung over Gokudera's shoulder and carried at a speed one could rate as 'extreme' to the classroom.
"Sorry! The Ten—uh, he's not fit for class, so I'm taking him to the infirmary."
"I'm going too, sorry!" Yamamoto briefly bowed to the confused homeroom teacher.
The three boys ended up in the infirmary. As usual, the nurse wasn't there, so they were free to talk about their pressing issues. Tsuna was seated on a bed and his two Guardians had pulled stools. They closed the curtains. Gokudera knew he had to keep quiet. He was relatively loud and once in a heated discussion, would not calm down. He let Yamamoto do the talking and the convincing, even though he was the one who wanted to be closest to the boss.
"Tsuna, what happened to you back there? Do you want to tell us about it?"
"F-for this morning, it's my entire fault," Tsuna started, but was unable to continue.
"What do you mean?" the baseball club member urged.
"We could never blame it on you, Tenth!" Yamamoto gave Gokudera a hard stare that silenced him for the rest of the time in the infirmary.
"I-I think Hibari's gay." Seeing as the other two boys weren't responding, Tsuna took the chance to spill out everything that happened the day before in one go. "I'm still wearing his uniform," he concluded.
"So that's why he kissed us." Yamamoto rationalized. "To test if he was really gay. But you know, Tsuna, looking at the way he kissed you, I could tell he likes you best out of all of us. Suppose he's in love with you?"
"Th-that's not possible! He hates me! Plus, I wouldn't go so far as call it love… if that were even possible." Tsuna looked down. "He's a guy…"
"Hahaha, I thought the point was that he's gay." He smiled, trying to push some logic into Tsuna's little head. "Well, see ya later. I'm going to class."
Tsuna nodded and Gokudera merely bowed and they both left.
Tsuna contemplated whether or not he should take the pill. He took it out of his pants, Hibari's pants, and stared at it. Desperate to skip class, he swallowed it in one gulp, not bothering to savor the strawberry flavor. He closed his eyes and tried to sleep. He twisted and turned in the bed, wrinkling the white sheets.
'I'm wearing Hibari's clothes and thinking about him. Does this make me a pervert?' Tsuna's mind drifted off. He thought about Hibari, he thought about his feelings. 'What if Hibari really likes me?' He thought it was illogical. A boy his age would probably be off with a girl. How did he feel towards Kyoko? He didn't feel his heartbeat get faster whenever he saw her. He did think she was cute, but he didn't dream of marrying her any more. How did he feel towards Haru? She was clingy and obsessive but he didn't hate her. She was attractive in her own way, but he didn't feel like they were more than friends. 'Maybe girls aren't for me…' He laughed to himself and fell asleep.
This story is going on a short break until the weekend, I think. I can't keep writing or all my ideas will go away~ Thanks for the comments as usual. If you liked it, feel free to leave a word. Meanwhile, I have a draft of the D27. ^^
