Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OCs.
To Kain13: Oh, yeah I guess it is kind of confusing. Sometimes I change my ideas while writing and… yeah. I'll make the next chapters understandable since the plot is kinda progressing weirdly. Oh, and my fav number is 15. Not sure why, but we're all weird in our own way.
To angelacorus: Tsuna X Aura? Gosh, I'll try making it happen. I kind of wonder what other pairings people have now…
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Aura-chan's sleeping, but the game starts soon," a voice said from beside me.
I lifted my head up and opened my eyes. I was back on my desk on the classroom. That made me glad, but somehow also worried me as well. There was a sick feeling in my stomach.
'Was that a dream? It felt… different from what I usually dream… It felt so real…'
"Hahaha, what are you talking about? She's completely awake!" a certain sports star laughed, wrapping his arm around my neck. "Right? Aura-chan?"
"Someone woke me up, and I have a feeling it was you Takeshi," I replied, slipping out from his grip. "Don't poke me while I sleep."
"Hahaha, sorry, sorry," Takeshi apologized. "But, the game is about to begin, so we have to hurry up Aura-chan."
"I don't wanna," I whined, but got up anyways. "Muu… why did I join volleyball? I'm already busy with boxing and Kyoya…"
"You say that yet you always try your best during the game, Aura-chan," another one of the boys said, smiling. "I heard we're up against your brother, Ryuto, today."
"I know, my sister was telling him I would win since this morning," I mumbled, as we walked towards the gym. "I can't believe her."
"Hahaha, but Aura-chan is one of the best sports players, and is very smart too," Takeshi said, wrapping his arm around me.
I pouted and turned away, my face burning with heat.
"Oh, and we can't forget about Tsuna. He's been very amazing lately since he beat Mochida-sempai!" one of the players added.
"I still can't believe it happened," another one added. Meanwhile, I turned my head to Takeshi.
"You seem troubled, is something wrong?" I whispered softly.
"Hm? Really?" Takeshi asked, his eyes sharpening.
"You can't lie to me Takeshi, I've known you for a long time," I muttered, looking ahead. "You don't have to tell me, but I'd love to know." I looked back at him. "You're my friend, even if we aren't as close as Tsuna and I. Though it doesn't matter, I treat my friends all the same way."
"Right, right, you're an amazing friend Aura-chan. Just being by you makes me really happy," Takeshi said, his eyes returning to normal from the once serious look, and his smile turning even more brighter than the sun itself.
"Don't say things like that," I said, looking away again with a flushed face. "It's weird."
"Hahaha."
And with that, we arrived at the gymnasium.
"Let's give this game our all! We've been training hard for this!" one of my classmates cheered, and we split up to go and change. Well… excluding me. I always was the lazy type, so I wore my gym clothes under my uniform.
Standing off to the side, I pulled off my white blouse, red bow and navy blue skirt, leaving me in my blue gym shorts and white t-shirt.
"I'll prove that Melody is wrong!" Ryuto yelled from the other side of the court when I walked on to my side.
"I don't exactly care what she says, but this is for my pride!" I yelled back.
'And for my physical health. Kyoya will kill me if I lose,' I added mentally, looking at said black haired male. His steel-gray eyes pierced into mine. 'Scratch kill me, he'll torment me then kill me.'
"Let's do our best Aura-chan," Tsuna said, snapping me out of my trance of imagining what Kyoya would do before he finished me off.
"Yeah," I looked ahead, "our best."
Then, the game started.
The ball was served over by Ryuto himself, and there was a smirk on his face. I knew right then and there what was going to happen.
"Tsuna, move left two steps and bump it," I muttered towards the male. He immediately followed my instructions and managed to get it over, causing a loud cheer from the crowd when it landed on the other side's weak spot.
"Thank you Aura-chan," Tsuna whispered to me.
"It wasn't me," I said, smiling slightly, "the action was all you. I'll give you hints. Follow them, and you'll do fine."
The game went pretty smoothly for the rest of the 3 rounds. Well, with the exception of Tsuna having to serf of course.
~ Time Skip ~
"You were amazing again Tsuna!" my teammates praised while I sipped my water. Ryuto was grumbling from beside me.
"What's got you down? It's just a game. You make it seem like you'll never get another chance," I said, pausing from my drinking(not alcohol mind you). "If you don't beat me in volleyball, beat me in something else. There are plenty of things I'm not good at. Nobody's perfect."
I started drinking the cold water again.
"Yeah, you're cooking are off the charts… below the graph," he said, smirking. "I just wanted to prove Melody wrong for once," he sighed.
I wasn't paying much attention to him. My eyes were on Tsuna and Gokudera walking out of the gym doors by themselves. A couple minutes later, Takeshi followed after them. That was when the sick feeling entered my stomach.
"Hold this," I commanded, and jogged off after Takeshi. The feeling inside my stomach worsened when I heard an explosion from around the corner of the back of the school.
Rounding it, I saw something unexpected. Tsuna was putting out the flames on dynamite that Gokudera was throwing, and Takeshi was watching it obliviously. Of course, I knew that he wasn't that stupid, and was just hiding the fact that he was smart.
'What is this sick feeling?' I thought when Gokudera dropped his bombs and Tsuna started to put out the flames. 'It's telling me to run. I have to run to them!'
My legs moved before my mind could process what was going on. It turned out that Tsuna had slipped on the last dynamite, and it was about to go off. I managed to reach the two on time and pushed them out of the way just as the explosion ripped through the air.
I felt pain course through my arm when I smashed against the wall. I thought I even heard a loud "crack" come from my arm too. I knew right away that I had a broken arm.
"Aura-chan!" Tsuna yelled and ran over to me. "Are you okay?!"
"You need to put on some clothes," I replied, trying to ignore the pain in my arm. "Seriously, what if you catch a cold or something? I'll have extra work when I have to tutor you."
He touched my arm, and I pulled away sharply. That just caused more pain to stream through my arm, and I clutched it tightly, blinking away the tears that were threatening to spill. I could feel my body shivering from the pain. It really did hurt, no matter how much I wanted to deny it.
"I-I'm going to see the n-nurse," I said, standing up. "Y-you should go and get into your uniform before Kyoya finds you."
"I'll walk with you, Aura-chan," Takeshi offered, and walked right beside me towards the nurse's office.
When we were a far enough distance away from Tsuna and Gokudera, that was when I let the tears of pain come down my cheeks.
"Are you okay Aura-chan?!" Takeshi exclaimed, clearly freaking out.
"S-sorry, it just really hurts. I think it may be broken," I told him, forcing a small smile on my face. "Can you promise not to tell Tsuna? I don't want to worry him."
"Okay," Takeshi said firmly, nodding his head.
Ryuto had great timing as always when he ran up to the both of us, and hugged me tightly when the tears started coming down again.