Disclaimer: I do not own anything and I don't want to make profit with this~.

Alright, this is my longest chapter EVER! I hope you enjoy it as much as the other ones and thank you again for all the nice reviews. In this chapter I showed yet again another flashback. I don't want to spoil any of this chapter's content, so please just read it. A/Ns are boring anyway~.

Please enjoy;D


Tsuna stood panting before a huge, wooden door, that prevented him entrance. From inside the room the beautiful and shooting sound of a piano being played was heard. He swallowed once, straightened himself and then...finally knocked.

No answer. The melody didn't stop, it didn't even falter, so Tsuna knocked again, but with more vigor.

Suddenly the sound stopped abruptly and the movement of a chair being pushed in a haste penetrated the silence.

'Wh-Who is there?'

Tsuna smiled in relief at hearing the voice, he wasn't so sure, if he ran the right way or ended up lost in this huge underground system...again. For someone his size the whole building was confusing and like a maze.

'It's me, Tsuna, can...can I come-'

Before he was even able to finish, the door was being opened and a kid with gray, unruly hair and deep silver eyes looked at him with a bright smile.

'Juudaime! What a pleasure to meet you at this time of day. Please grand me the honor and come into my humble room.'

The boy, that looked around 5 years old, knelt before the smaller one, grabbed Tsuna's hand and placed a kiss on it's back.

'IIIIIIIHHHHHH! Goku-Gokudera-kun, wh-what are you doing? Please stand up and stop calling me Juudaime. I'm Tsuna! T-S-U-N-A!'

The little one blushed furiously and snatched his hand away from the strong hold. Suddenly a loud chuckle was heard from beside the two.

'Hahaha, I see, you two are having fun again. I want to join in, so what do I have to do?'

The newcomer also knelt before Tsuna and placed a kiss to the back of his hand.

'Yamamoto! Not you, too!' Tsuna cried out and his blush even deepened.

'You...you BASEBALL-FREAK! Let go of Juudaime's hand this instant!'

With that a furious Gokudera tackled the other boy and held him by his collar. The boy just laughed even louder.

'Ma, ma it's just a game Gokuera. Aren't we supposed to have fun together?'

The boy, named Yamamoto brushed the gray haired boy off of him, stood up and turned to look at Tsuna. He was really tall for a 5 year old and had short black hair, that let you see his expressive brown eyes. A huge smile graced his face and Tsuna couldn't help, but feel the previous tension lighten up.

'So Tsuna, what are you doing here all alone? Did you finally escape the wrath of Reborn-san?'

Tsuna pouted at that and Yamamoto ruffled his hair in an affectionate way. He loved doing that.

'His hair is so soft...~'

'Oh, that's right! I nearly forgot!', he turned towards Gokudera,' I have a message from Reborn for you.

Gokudera's eyes widen at the mention of the elder's name. He felt very intimidated by the man, since he first encountered him. But that was also the day, he had met Tsuna for the first time.


Flashback:

It was a stormy and rainy night. The sky hung dark and heavy on the horizon, preventing the moon from shining it's rays onto the earth.

A three-years-old Gokudera sat in his room, that was located on the first floor. He felt so lonely and empty, because of the gruesome news he had just overheard. His mother had died in a car-crash. His beloved mother that was always playing the piano with him. As if that wasn't awful enough he found that Bianchi his sister was only his half sister.

Everything around him came suddenly crashing down on him. He felt so overwhelmed and he didn't know how to deal with it. No one knew, that he was now a confidant. So no one came to explain to him the circumstances or help the little boy come to terms with the loss he now suffered.

He sat on the windowsill and looked at the stunning piano, that graced the room. Tears kept flowing down his cheeks and sobs whacked his body. His heart had felt like it would be stabbed with a thousand needles, the pain stayed and never subsided.

He looked out of the window and watched the raindrops fall like a heavy curtain onto the earth. The weather made him strangely feel comforted, because within him, he and his feelings resembled the storm so well.

Suddenly he saw something in the corner of his eye. At first he thought he had imagined it, but then,when he looked closer, he saw a little child cowering under a tree. Gokudera's eyes widen and his thoughts were now focused on this new problem.

'No way...what is that child doing out in this storm? That Idiot!'

Gokudera ran towards the front door of the mansion he lived in, took out an umbrella and put on his rain coat. Now prepared for the stormy weather he rushed outside and went to the tree, that he had seen from his window.

Only a few minutes later he arrived and saw the little child that he assumed to be two years old, still cowering under that same tree. His hands covered his ears and tears ran down his cheeks, mixing with the rain that poured down on him. He neared the boy with slow steps as to not frighten him, until his umbrella protected the both of them from the heavy downpour.

The boy looked up with fear in his eyes as he noticed the other's sudden appearance. Gokudera knelt before the frightened boy and looked closely at him for the first time.

The boy way smaller than by a few inches. He had a mop of brown hair, that clung to his face, because of the rain, as well as matching soft caramel eyes. His cheeks were round and puffy and still had their baby-fat. All in all, Gokudera was stunned by the cuteness of this tiny child,

'Hey there. My name is Gokudera Hayato. What is your name?'

The smaller one still looked at him with his big warm eyes, that sadly held fear deep within them.

'M-my n-nam-e i-is T-Tsuna.'

Tsuna shivered because of the cold and tried to pull his little jacket tighter around him for at least a little warmth.

Gokudera smiled at the child.

'What are you doing here in this weather?'

'I-I don't know...one minute I was there, and then I'm here...it s-started to rain and I-I didn't know where to go! So I thought I-I sit here and wait for Reborn to come and find me.'

Little Tsuna sniffed and wiped at his eyes in a futile way to keep the tears from flowing down his cheeks.

Gokudera looked down at the smaller one and grabbed his hand firmly. He stood up and pulled the other with him. The pull was so strong, that Tsuna stumbled and fell into Gokudera's arms. The other blushed a deep red color, because sudden warmth enveloped him and he felt very comfortable with the smaller in his embrace.

'Let's go into the mansion. We can dry off there and get warm.'

Gokudera wanted to go, but Tsuna stood rooted to the spot.

'I-I can't go! Reborn will get even angrier, when he finds out I went with someone I don't know! He always told me to keep away from strangers, it is one of the 'must follow rules.'

Gokudera himself got angrier by the minute. It was raining dogs outside, he was cold, wet and the stubbornness of the brown haired child just irritated him.

'Listen here. This Reborn-person will be angry anyway, so a little bit more anger isn't going to be all that horrible (oh, he doesn't know Reborn~ hehe xD). Besides I'm not a stranger. I know your name and you know mine. So we are friends now! So come on, it's starting to get really cold out here.'

With that the silver-haired boy dragged the other boy, who silently complied, along with him into the mansion.

After they arrived back at Gokudera's room, the taller boy pushed Tsuna down on his bed and got some towels to dry off. He threw one at other boy and started to dry his own hair. But then he noticed that Tsuna hadn't moved an inch and sighed in annoyance. He sat behind the brown-haired boy on the bed and started to rub his hair. Tsuna closed his eyes, liking the feeling of the gentle hands.

'G-Gokudera-kun...why are you helping me?'

Gokudera was taken aback by this and stopped his movements. Tsuna turned around and looked him in the eyes.

To tell the truth he didn't know either. He just felt an urge to help the smaller boy. May it be because of his utterly adorableness or just because of his helpless state...he didn't know it.

Suddenly Gokudera's previous thoughts, his problems and fears overwhelmed him again. He thought about his mother's death and the emptiness took over him. He didn't even notice the tears were running down his cheeks, until he felt a small, but oh so warm hand brushing against his wet cheek.

'Don't cry. I'm here for you. Everything will be alright, you don't have to be alone anymore.'

Gokudera cried even harder at this. His heart beat so fast and sobs shook his entire frame. Tsuna circled his skinny arms around Gokudera's neck and pulled him into a strong embrace.

Gokudera slowly lifted his own arms and hugged the other in a desperate manner. He clung to him and sobbed even more, but the other never eased his embrace, instead he pulled him even tighter.

After some time the silver-haired boy finally calmed down and pulled back, but not entirely.

'T-Thank you. It is kinda embarrassing to say this, but could...could I hug you again?'

Tsuna only smiled and pulled the other against him. Then both of them toppled over and lied down on the bed, still in each others embraces.

'This, this feels so nice...it reminds me of the warmth and love of my mother...this boy...I feel so calm.'

They stayed like that for hours, or so it seemed for Gokudera, until his tired and exhausted mind surrendered to the darkness of sleep.


The next morning a sharp pain to Gokudera's head woke him from his dream. Confused and startled he looked for the cause of his pain, only to lock eyes with the scariest gaze he had ever seen.

'What did you doing to Tsuna?'

Gokudera's tired mind didn't follow as quickly, but when he wanted to move his hands to rub his eyes, he felt them immobile. He looked to is side and saw the most beautiful and adorable sight he has ever seen in his short life. His arms were tightly closed around a tiny child. He looked so breath-taking beautiful. His eyes were gently closed, with long eye-lashes. His hair was a wild mass that framed his puffy cheeks. His mouth was a little opened and his lips were moist and plumb, They looked so inviting.

When Gokudera couldn't take his eyes from the angel that lied in his arms, the other man in the room grew angrier by the minute. Then he snapped and grabbed the silver-haired boy by his hair and yanked him out of the bed.

'I ask you one last time: what did you do to Tsuna!'

'I-I...I-I..um...I'

Gokudera stuttered, too scared of the tall adult to even form one coherent sentence.

'W-What's going o-on Gokudera-kun?'

All four eyes instantly focused on the owner of the quite voice. Tsuna sat there rubbing his eyes with one hand and looked just so cute. When Tsuna finally saw the people in the room, his eyes widen.

'R-Reborn!'

He tried to get out of the bed, just to get tangled up in the sheets again and tumble to the ground.

Reborn shook his head and went over to Tsuna and freed him from the sheets. Then he pulled the tiny child into a tight embrace and stroked through his soft hair.

'Where were you Tsuna? I told you to stay at the camp! Did you know, what i went through? I didn't know where you were. You are my charge,Tsuna, I promised your mother! My responsibility, I have to take care of you. Are you hurt anywhere?'

Tsuna was taken aback by Reborn's words. He thought Reborn would be angry with him and yell at him non-stop...but...this was different, He felt so guilty and therefore started to cry. He clung to Reborn and wailed loudly.

'I-I'm so sorry Reborn. You were gone for a long time and I was worried. I went to look for you, but then I got lost and it started to rain. And then, and then I met Gokudera-kun and he helped me! I'm so sorry Reborn, please don't be angry with me!'

'It's alright now Tsuna. But you will receive hard punishment for your mistake. You broke the number two rule and that, I will not let go so easily. You will train TRICE as hard for ONE MONTH and no TV for you!'

Tsuna wailed even louder, but knew, that Reborn had been really worried about him.

'Umm...umm...Tsuna, who is this man?'

Both of the two turned to the boy. They had totally forgotten about him, because of their reunion.

Reborn narrowed his eyes again and neared the boy with slowly predatorily steps. Gokudera started to sweat and backed away on all fours.

'No Reborn, this is Gokudera-kun. He helped me yesterday! Don't hurt him.'

But Reborn ignored him and crouched down before the trembling boy.

'Do you know who this boy is?'

He pointed a long finger at Tsuna. Gokudera opened his mouth but no words came out.

'He is the Vongola decimo, future boss of the Vongola famiglia. And I ask you one last time: why were you in bed with him and why were you touching him?'

'T-the Vongola d-decimo! No way, Tsuna is THE Vongola decimo?''

Gokudera stumbled to his feet, brushed past the older man and went over to Tsuna, where he knelt down before him.

'Juudaime, forgive me for my insolence. I didn't know who you were. But now, in this faithful moment, I will swear on my soul that I will be your must humble companion. You proofed yourself to be worthy of my unwavering loyalty. I will give myself to you, please except me as your right-hand-man.'

'B-but Gokudera-kun! You are my friend! You don't have to swear or anything!'

'No, this is my destiny. I want this. Please let me become your right-hand-man? PLEASE, PLEAAAA~SE!'

Gokudera turned his puppy-dog-eyes on Tsuna. He didn't have another choice.

'F-fine...'

At hearing that, Gokudera jumped to his feet and hugged the smaller boy tight to his chest.

'Thank you, thank you, thank you! I promise to be the best right-hand-man you can ever hope for.'

Suddenly Gokudera found himself on the ground with a foot on top of his back, that pressed painfully down on him.

'Don't touch him!'

'Reborn-san, we didn't do anything yesterday, we just fell asleep like that and woke up in each others embraces. I didn't do anything!'

At hearing that, a vain popped up on Reborn's temple and he turned towards Tsuna.

'Tsuna, please go outside for a minute. And STAY RIGHT THERE! I will follow you in a minute.'

Tsuna didn't feel all that convinced to go, but being the naive kid he was, he just complied and left the room with a smiling face.

'See you again sometime Gokudera. It was fun.'

After the door closed behind Tsuna, Reborn turned around to Gokudera again, rolled his shoulders and cracked his knuckles, as to make him ready.

'Now it's time for your punishment...'

That day Gokudera learned the meaning of real fear and pain, but all that didn't matter in the end, because he had met the heir to the Vongola throne and ... fell in love for the first time.


Present time:

'So what is this message that you're supposed to deliver?'

Tsuna looked Gokudera in the eyes and a blush spread across his cute face.

'Well...he said...that now that you are also staying here, that I should remind you of that day. He told me to tell you, that you would know what he meant by that.'

Gokudera paled at hearing that. Oh yes, he remembers exactly what Reborn meant.

That day on which he received his fear of Bianchi's food. The day on which Reborn had punsihed him for hugging Tsuna in front of him. The day he had forced him to eat over a hundred of Binachi's aweful muffins.

But all that didn't matter to Gokudera. If he had Tsuna by his side, than he would even eat a thousand of Bianchi's awesul muffins.