Okay so in my defense i've been looking forward to this. specific chapter. for a very long time. Seriously. Only because of one part makes me smile [because i'm a jerk] and so I had to write it all at once.
Wow, I'm almost done! I'm so happy. I can finally finish this story up. Do you know how stressful and tiring it is to have like 5 ongoing stories? Geez. [It SUCKS because I have more stories that I'm planning on starting afterwards. I'm going to die]
Disclaimer: Nothing really belongs to me as all the characters belong to Akira Amano, but the baddies belong to me.
Weight of Responsibilities
It's been 2 days since the guys left for Italy to help the Cavallone famiglia.
Perhaps they were too busy to report on their situation?
The school seemed less scary for some only because Hibari was gone.
Of course his goons were still around but they weren't as scary if Hibari wasn't around ordering them to beat up anyone who was crowding.
The school was peaceful for most people but there were those that found the school extremely nerve-wrecking.
Yamamoto and Gokudera weren't around and neither was Hibari. So if anything were to happen at school, there was a lower chance of them being able to protect everyone.
Luckily nothing ever happened at school, it was needless to worry about it.
After school, sometimes Haru would stay behind in the class just staring out the window blankly.
"Haru? You're still here?" Tsuna asked walking into the classroom to get something that he forgot.
She continued to look out the window, not realizing that she was just spoken to. She sighed, "I feel like going over there myself to see the situation... Ah but that's dangerous and stupid of me." She laughed quietly to herself.
"You definitely can't do that! I won't allow it!" Tsuna slammed his hands on the desk, shocking Haru out of her thoughts.
"Ha-Hahi!" She moved backwards and almost fell out of her chair. She pounded on her chest with her hand trying to calm herself down. She felt like her heart was going to jump out of her chest!
Tsuna took the chair right next to him and sat down in it, waiting for Haru to calm down.
He looked at her face trying to gauge how she was feeling right now.
"Sorry for scaring you like that, but that's really a bad idea. Yamamoto would probably kill me if I let you." Tsuna said shivering at the mere thought.
Yamamoto was a loving guy. Everyone knew that. He was always so easy going and friendly but what everyone did not know is how scary Yamamoto could be when he was angry.
Haru huffed and rolled her eyes a little bit. "Haru knows that she shouldn't go over there. It's not safe and she'd only get in the way." She said.
Tsuna's face relaxed upon knowing that she really wasn't thinking about going there at all. He wouldn't know what to do if she was dead set on doing so since she was a stubborn one who stopped at nothing to get her way. Or at least, almost nothing.
He couldn't relax quite just yet however since upon looking at her closer he could see that she didn't look very good. She obviously wasn't sleeping very well and she wasn't eating still.
No wonder Kyoko said that she was worried about Haru. She was still smiling when she was with the group, but when she was alone she let her smile fade away.
"Haru, you need to take care of yourself more. Kyoko-chan has been really worried about you. You won't last that long if you don't take care of yourself." He said noticing how pale her complexion was.
It was easier to see now that the classroom was kind of dark and the light from the outside shone on her face.
Haru went back to looking out the window, thinking to herself. Her mind was full of how worried she was about Dino. Of course she worried about the others as well but she couldn't help but only focus on Dino. Call it a worried maidens heart perhaps?
Wait a moment.
Something he said didn't make sense.
"What did you mean by 'Yamamoto would kill me'? What does Yamamoto-kun have to do with this?" She asked.
Tsuna sat up straight and looked around the room nervously not expecting for her to ask him that.
Crap he let something slip and got her curious.
It hurt him to see that Haru hadn't realized how Yamamoto felt for her and he even went all the way to Italy to ensure that the guy she liked would come back to her.
He understood how it felt to like someone so much but have her not know how you felt. It hurt a lot.
"You really don't now? Yamamoto loves you. The main reason he went to Italy was to make sure that Dino would come back safe so you wouldn't cry over him. He just wants YOU to be happy, even if he has to watch you be with someone else." Tsuna's temper got the better of him and he told her everything.
Tsuna froze. OH NO!
He promised Yamamoto he wouldn't tell her anything! He didn't want Haru to feel jealous. Maybe... She'll take it well?
A small glimmer of hope blossomed in Tsuna's heart. He looked at her face slowly to see her shocked expression and tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
"H-Haru didn't know he felt that way..." She said quietly remembering about all of those times he was there to support her.
Always around to protect her if she needed it. Was that why he had such a fake smile when she told him she liked Dino?
It all hit her. What he was going to ask before. Was he going to ask if he wasn't good enough for her?
"Ah! Please don't think too much about this. Yamamoto didn't want me to tell you because he knew you'd feel guilty." Tsuna tried to stop her from crying but it was too late.
Tears were rolling down her cheeks already. How could she be so cruel and stupid? How could she not realize his feelings for her?
She could only imagine how much pain he was going through. Of course she understood it very well since she used to have a big crush on Tsuna but he only had eyes for Kyoko. No matter what she did, and no matter how hard she tried, he wouldn't stop looking at Kyoko.
There were even times when she would think to herself, 'Why aren't I good enough? How am I inferior to her?' so much that it would hurt. She eventually grew out of her crush phase on Tsuna.
Memories of all of her tears she shed when she realized that Tsuna would never look her way romantically resurfaced in her mind. The emotional pain that went along with those memories came back.
Haru's guilt for unknowingly putting Yamamoto through all that pain hurt her deep. She cried in the empty classroom while chanting the words 'i'm so sorry,' and 'I didn't know' over and over.
Tsuna sat next to her and stayed with her as she cried. He held out a handkerchief and waited for her to finish crying.
Though the situation was awkward, he wanted to make sure she was going to be okay. She was a friend and he was going to make sure she'd be fine when she went home.
If anything were to happen to her when she's in this state, Yamamoto would surely kill him, if the guilt for letting her get into danger didn't kill him first.
"It's okay Haru. We didn't know either until he told us. Come on, stop crying. You just need to wait patiently and welcome them all back with a big smile, okay?" Tsuna consoled her.
Haru nodded her head dabbing her eyes with his handkerchief, trying her best to hold back her tears.
"Haru will greet them with the biggest and brightest smile she has." Her voice shook with every word she muttered.
It wasn't hard to see that she was worried. It's been two days since they've heard anything about what was going on.
What if something was going on? Did they get seriously hurt? Was the opposition really that strong? Or rather than being strong, maybe they just played dirty too much?
"Haru, it'll be fine, have faith in all of them." Tsuna told her, tapping her shoulder gently.
A small smile formed on her face and she nodded her head. She had to have confidence that the guys were going to be just fine.
They will definitely return to them with their usual smiles and their sounds of laughter.
She definitely was going to welcome them with a big smile on her face.
Hahahha Yes Haru. Realize Yamamoto's feelings for you. Feel the guilt. FEEL IT. Yes, this is the part that I was looking forward to because I LOVE to torment people that I love sometimes. It's a lot of fun. Pfffttt
Hope you liked this!
Since I just mass updated this, you can wait for me to update the other stories before I get to this one, right? Literally only 3 chapters left. I'll probably upload the last and second to last chapters at the same time, so this means there are only 2 updates left before this is done. 8)
-Neospice21
Ps: If I start taking too long to update feel free to message me on any site that I probably frequent to remind me to update. Sometimes I need reminders.
Not sure how much I can update after this. Gonna be busy with school. 2nd week starting up so this means more work. OTL
