Correction: On the previous chapter, I wrote 'Namimori Middle School' as 'Namimori Middle High'. So sorry for my mistake! KHR fans please don't be mad at me!
"WHAT?!" Tsuna shouted. His voice can be heard all over Namimori.
"Why are you freaking out? I'm sure Mama won't oppose." Reborn said as he watched Tsuna starting to freak out again. Maya just watched the young boss shouting in curious.
"But…But…We cannot do that! Doesn't Maya have her own home?" Tsuna asked.
Upon hearing the word 'home', Maya's head slowly hung down. Her eyes lowered, looking at the solid ground, "Papa…Mama…" She muttered.
Reborn saw the change of her expression and frowned. He threw the Leon slipper directly at Tsuna's face without hesitation. Tsuna got hit and there was a red mark on his face.
"WARGH! Tenth!" Gokudera freaked out when he saw his boss had passed out.
"Don't mind him, little one. Come, I'll lead the way." Reborn comforted Maya. The girl silently nodded. She pick up her guitar case and went to the door.
"See you tomorrow!" The girl said to the others with a smile. Little did she know that the others found out her smile was sad. Maya closed the door and leave.
There was a silent. Nobody moved or said a word. They were all thinking about Maya's expression just now. They can see she was sad when Tsuna said about her home. As they were all thinking, the culprit that made the innocent girl sad finally woke up.
"Ow…That hurts…Huh? What are you guys thinking?" Tsuna asked when he saw his friends were in deep thought.
Hibari was the first to glare at him, making Tsuna jumped, "Hi…Hibari-san? Did…Did I do something wrong?" Tsuna stammered.
Hibari just glared at him and walked away. Tsuna the saw Mukuro grinned.
"Kufufu…I never knew that you could be so cruel to a child, Sawada Tsunayoshi." He then walked away with Chrome.
Tsuna was now extremely confused, "What? What did I do?" He asked the remaining's.
"Tsuna-kun, I think you should apologize to Maya-chan." Kyoko said.
"Sasagawa's right, Tsuna. I think you should apologize to her." Yamamoto joined in.
"Sorry Tenth…I'm with them." Gokudera said.
"You should apologize to her to the extreme!" Ryohei said.
Tsuna blinked and looked at his friends. Did he say something bad to Maya? He remembered he saw Maya's sudden change when he spoke about her home. Her sparkling golden eyes became dull and there was a hint of sadness in it. He must have said something that affected her.
"Le...Let's go apologize!"
~Tsuna's house~
"I'm home." Tsuna said when he reached his house. Yamamoto, Gokudera and the Sasagawa siblings had returned to their own home.
"Welcome home, Tsu-kun. We have a guest today." Tsuna's mother, Nana said from the kitchen.
Guest? Could it be…? Tsuna thought. He quickly dashed to the living room and saw a young girl with brown-black hair and golden eyes was playing video games with Lambo and I-pin.
"Yes! I win!" The young girl jumped up after she had won.
"No fair! Lambo-sama was faster than you!" The cow child pouted.
"But I still win~" The young girl grinned.
"No fair! No fair!"
"Lambo, Maya-san wins fair and square." I- pin said to the cow child.
Reborn was watching the three playing with Bianche and Futa. He noticed Tsuna's presence.
"Already back? Dame Tsuna?" Reborn asked while taking a sip from his tea.
Maya turned to the young boss. Tsuna jumped at the sudden eye contact. He thought of apologizing but the word doesn't seem to be coming out from his mouth.
"I…Um...That…" He stammered.
Maya just stared at him with her golden eyes. The she smiled a childish smile.
"Welcome back, Tsu-san." Maya said.
Tsu-san? Tsuna thought of the nickname Maya called him. He brushed his thought off when his mother came in shouting dinner time.
"Wow! Nice timing. I'm starving." Maya grinned as she rubbed her tummy. She followed Lambo ad I-pin to the dining room. Tsuna watched them leave.
"You want to say something to Maya?" Reborn said from behind which shocked the young boss and he jumped up in fright.
"Don't just scare people like that! I…I just want to apologize." Tsuna's voice became low when he said the last part.
Reborn smirked, "You are lucky that Maya is a kind girl. She didn't mind what you said just now." He said and walked towards the dining room with Tsuna.
Upon reaching the dining room, Tsuna can see Lambo and I-pin fighting for food, Futa was trying to stop them and Bianche was helping Nana. He glanced at Maya. The young girl watched the two children in front of her fighting as she chewed her food. She smiled broadly.
Tsuna was relieved when he saw her smile. But then he noticed her smile did not last long. Her lips were curved down and she stopped eating. Tsuna saw her eyes were alike when he spoke about her home. There was no light or happiness in her eyes. Only sadness and darkness.
Without thinking, Tsuna sat beside Maya. This got the girl's attention and she looked up. Tsuna smiled and he put a vegetable into her bowl using chopsticks.
"Here, eat some. Mama's cooking is really good."
Maya blinked and turned her head to the bowl. She slowly picks up the chopsticks and ate the vegetable. Tsuna watched her chewed and swallowed the food. Maya's eyes became bright again and she turned to him with a cute smile.
"This is really good!" She said. Tsuna smiled and continued putting all sorts of food into her bowl. Maya ate up whatever Tsuna brought for her.
"Ano…Maya-chan…" The young girl turned to her side with a mouth full when she heard her name called.
"About just now…I'm sorry." Tsuna apologized. Although Reborn said she did not mind, he still wants to apologize to her.
Maya blinked. She chewed her food and swallowed it down. But she was too hurried and that led her to choke on the food. Tsuna quickly brought a glass of water to her and she gulped down the liquid.
"Are...Are you alright? Maya-chan." Tsuna patted her back, trying to make her felt better.
"*Cough*Yes, Tsu-san.*Cough*What did you said just now?"
"I'm…I'm sorry. I don't know what had happened to your home but…if I say anything bad, I apologize." Tsuna said awkwardly and he scratched his cheek.
"…It's alright, Tsu-san. I know you didn't do it on purpose." Maya smiled at him. Tsuna can feel his cheeks burning.
"Eh? Tsu-san, your face is red. Do you get a fever?" Maya pointed out which shocked Tsuna.
"No…Nothing! I…I need to get to bath!" After saying this, the young boss dashed up the stairs in the speed of lightning. Maya just watched him went up and turned to Reborn who grinned.
"Reborn-sama, what happened to Tsu-san?" The innocent girl (as always) asked.
"Don't mind him, little one. Come, let's continue eating."
~Time skip~
Tsuna had finished his bath. He was wearing a plain T-shirt and brown pants. He can feel his cheeks were still hot after the bath. He slapped both side of his cheeks.
What am I thinking? Doesn't the person I like is Kyoko-chan? Maya-chan is cute, but I just think of her as a sister. That's it! But…Urgh! Why am I still thinking of Maya-chan?! Tsuna's thought was interrupted when there was a knock on the door.
"Tsu-san? Are you in there?" Maya's cute voice rose from behind the door.
Tsuna calmed himself down and opened the door. Maya was still in her Namimori Middle School uniform and she was holding her guitar case.
"What's wrong? Maya-chan." Tsuna asked. Calm down…Calm down…He told himself.
"Reborn-sama said there were no rooms for me. He told me to share Tsu-san's room." Maya said as she looked at Tsuna.
WHAT?! Tsuna screamed inside of his head. He was certain his whole face was red by now.
"Tsu-san? Are you okay?" Maya tilted her head to the side. She can see Tsuna's face was scarlet red and was worried if he got a cold or something.
"Ugh! I'm…I'm fine!" Tsuna said and he backed away from Maya when the girl starting to lean forward.
"If…If you feel uncomfortable, I guess I can sleep in the living room…" Maya said and she turned her way to the stairs.
"Ah...Wait! Maya-chan!" Tsuan cried. The girl stopped at her tracks and turned her head back to the young boss.
"Um…You can share with me…" Tsuna said nervously. He never shared a room with a girl. He was extremely nervous, especially when the girl was cute.
Maya's eyes were wide and she smiled broadly, "Thank you, Tsu-san." She said childishly.
Tsuna just nodded as he led Maya to his room. His face were hot and his brain was about to explode any minute.
"So, where do I sleep?" Maya asked Tsuna. Although she noticed Tsuna's acting strange, her childish mind doesn't seem to get the idea of why Tsuna was acting like this.
"Um…You can sleep on the bed. I'll just sleep on the floor." Tsuna said as he pointed at his bed.
"But…That was your bed. You're the one that supposed to sleep on it. I'll take the floor, no problem." Maya said with a childish smile.
"No! I can't let a girl sleep on the floor! You…You just take the bed. I'm fine, really." Tsuna smiled nervously.
Maya blinked and stared at him. Then, she gave him the sweetest smile, "Thank you, Tsu-san." She said.
Tsuna's heart was pounding fast. He turned around with his back facing Maya and leaned on the wall for support. At this rate, I'm going to have a heart attack…He thought with his face red and steam puffed out from his head.
Maya watched as Tsuna heaved a deep signed. She blinked and giggled.
~Time skip again~
Maya sat on the roof. The cool wind blew her smooth hair to the back. Maya took out her ribbon from the pocket and tied her hair into a ponytail. She was wearing a yellow T-shirt with short pants. Her precious guitar was beside her.
"Thinking something, little one?" Reborn's voice asked. Maya turned and the next thing she saw was the baby sitting beside her.
"…Can I really go back home? Reborn-sama." Maya asked. Her eyes were looking straight, as if she was seeing her future.
There was a silent and then a small hand patted her head. Reborn had sat on her shoulder. The baby patted her head slowly.
"You can, little one. I promised you, didn't I?" The baby said softly. Maya silently nodded. She then heard some sound and turned to see Tsuna trying to climb on the roof.
"Ugh! Maya-chan, it's dangerous up here. What if you fall?" Tsuna grumbled as he finally managed to sit on the roof as Maya.
"I warned you, Dame Tsuna. Don't try to do anything funny to Maya when she's sleeping." Reborn said as he gave out murderous ad dark aura.
"What?! Of...Of course I won't do anything!" Tsuna stammered with a face red.
"Maya was too pure and innocent. If Tsuna did anything to you, just tell me, okay little one?" Reborn continued saying as he patted the girl's head.
"I've told you! I won't do anything!" Tsuna shouted. Unfortunately, he lost his balance and fell down from the roof.
BAM!
"Tsu-san!" Maya cried and she looked down. Luckily, Tsuna wasn't injured because Leon managed to change into a mattress and saved him.
"Tch tch, Dame Tsuna is really Dame Tsuna." Reborn smirked.
Maya looked at Reborn then at Tsuna. She giggled.
Papa…Mama…Although I can't go back for now, I will, one day. Wait for me, Papa, Mama.
