A/N: so this is chapter TEN wows never thought I would get so far so quickly. Remember R&R ~

DISCLAIMER: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Still belongs to Akira Amano *sulks* however I do own the plot and the character.

CHAPTER TEN – suppressed feelings and a kiss

She stood in the study in some twisted stare off with Gokudera as he yet again snatched the purple I-pod from her hand in a last ditch effort to get her attention. He watched with a smirk on his face that was border lining smug as her eye twitched in annoyance while she crossed her arms under her chest and released a strangled huff of air.

"Gokudera Hayato if you want to live I suggest you hand over the I-pod." She spoke in a sickly sweet voice with an angelic smile on her face. His smug look wavered she was a frightening female when she needed to be.

"Hmm and what do you intend on doing if I don't hand it over?" He taunted the smug look returning to his face. However yet again his smug expression dissipated as a wick smirk worked its way onto her lips. "Oi don't just sit there and look at me like that woman." He struggled.

Across the study Bianchi sat alongside Kyoko and watched the two with a questionable look. "You know Kyoko I can see it but I can't." she sighed.

"What do you mean Bianchi-san? Gokudera makes it painfully obvious that he likes Ina-kun but you know him better than anyone, he will never just admit to it like a man, we can also all see that Ina-kun likes him but she won't admit either." She smiled as she looked at the two on the leather couch.

"They so alike it's actually scary." Bianchi sighed.

Inari eyed Gokudera cautiously. "I see what this is Hayato." She chimed in her sickly sweet voice.

The hurricane bomber flinched at her tone, swallowing the lump in his throat that had formed due to the implications behind the very tone she had used. For the pure and simple better lack of a term, Inari was wicked beyond belief.

Once upon a time in their younger days Gokudera had considered her weak. She was nothing more than a pest in his eyes which he wouldn't have hesitated to eradicate. Yet here she was sitting beside him with that devilish smirk of hers spread across her perfect red lips. All he had assumed to know about her had been a façade which Reborn had by some strange chance managed to crack. The two of them ever unreadable about what had taken place between the two of them.

Gokudera however was adamant that more than "nothing" had happened between the two of them as on odd occasions he would catch Reborn watching her when she walked into the room which unnerved him a little.

One would ask why, but the answer was simple. Gokudera Hayato was in love with Inari. But would he ever admit it? No he wouldn't, well not just yet.

"Go-chan?"

He blinked a few times and looked at the confused assassin beside him.

"What?" he grunted as his cheeks heated up at the fact he had zoned out thinking about her when she was right with him.

"You zoned out and mentioned my name in your daze." She stated simply.

He looked at her and for the first time he noticed the pink hue that dusted her cheeks. He then looked over at Reborn who sat on the corner of Tsuna's desk, his deep onyx eyes watching their every single move. It was quite obvious that he knew Gokudera had deep feelings for the small female.

"Go-chan, god your worse than a brick wall today." She huffed swatting down the puffy frills on her uniforms skirt. While still stuck in his daze she snatched her I-pod and left the study. Feeling a shift in the weight beside him he eyed the empty spot beside him and groaned.

'The whole purpose of snatching the I-pod was to get her attention so I could speak to her while I had a chance not sit and zone out like an idiot.' He scolded himself. 'Seriously nice going Hayato, you'll just have to wait till after dinner tonight.' His subconscious taunted him.

"Are you really going to wait till later Gokudera?" Reborn inquired hopping up next to him. He raised an eyebrow and looked down at the infantile devil incarnate who smirked up at him. Finally giving up Gokudera stood up and left the study to find the maid.

"I'm such a jerk why can't I just tell you? Why must it be so difficult." He grumbled to himself.

"Go-chan, if I didn't know you any better I'd have thought you insane, who can't you, tell what? She chuckled lightly at his antics as she waited for his reply.

But instead of telling her, the extremely flustered bomber simply closed the small space between them by pushing her gently against the wall and claiming her lips in a sweet kiss. He smirked when he felt her cave immediately letting a blissful sigh escape her lips as she allowed him to deepen the kiss they shared.

For the need of air Gokudera reluctantly pulled away resting his forehead gently against hers. "I think that conveys everything I couldn't tell you." He whispered pulling her closer. She smiled sweetly and snuggled against his chest not wanting the moment to end as she listened to his racing heart. "I know I'm not the best with words or emotions Inari, but would you consider being my woman?" he murmured into her hair.

Tilting her head she looked up at him a wide smile on her face as she pulled him down into a passionate kiss.