Me: So here we are again huh? Another update... (Possibly another disappointment) sigh..

Tsuna: R-Reborn do something!

Me: Siiiiigh...

Reborn: Hm? Do something about what?

Me: (My life is oveeeeer... D:)

Tsuna: C-can't you see!

Reborn: uh, I can see perfectly fine Dame-Tsuna...

Me: T_T (Hmm... Maybe I should go on hiatus...)

Tsuna: W-wahh!

"I don't think this is a good idea, Reborn..."

Smack!

"You fool. You really think we're just about to let an opportunity like this go to waste? Now hurry up and finish getting dressed."

The harsh words of Reborn rang in Tsuna's poor brain as he unwillingly took hold of his loose black tie and began to lazily loop it together.

"Would you like me to do your tie tenth!" Gokudera seemed more excited than ever as he had just finished adjusting the open collar of his stark red dress shirt. Beside him, Yamamoto was clumsily shifting the silk fabric of his own navy blue tie around his neck.

"Ne, why do we have to dress up anyway? Won't we stand out like this even more?" Yamamoto asked almost innocently as he struggled with his tie until Reborn became fed up with his fiddling and hopped up on the dresser beside him and yanked the tie in his small hands to do it himself.

"They're going to a restaurant out of town, nobody will recognize us there."

"Ah, that's not what I meant..."

Ignoring the slight worried look that crossed Yamamoto's face, Reborn tugged on the his tie tightly around his neck before hopping back down from the dresser to pick up his fedora and place it on his head, Leon stirred on the rim of his hat before settling comfortably down.

"Reborn-san, he's coming with us too isn't he?" Gokudera asked just as he had proudly finished doing up Tsuna's tie and left him with a small smile before his expression suddenly turned grim.

Tsuna knew why but his lips were kept shut as he was afraid that he might say something that could stir the air.

"Of course he's not coming with us." Reborn said plainly. "He has his own ideas, in the meantime, we need to confirm the information the CEDEF sent us over this morning."

"Right..." Gokudera nodded with his lips pursed together as a tight expression fitted itself on his face. "About his accomplices?"

Tsuna casted his eyes downwards as his hands absently formed into fists by his sides.

"Those two... The transfer students. It really could have been anyone." Gokudera almost sneered out the words as one of his own hands clenched tight enough to leave red marks from his rings on the white flesh of his palm. Hit outrage was only fueled by the momentary pain he felt in his hand but that soon disappeared when Yamamoto's forever cheerful laugh rang out in the room.

"We just have to rescue Ayame-chan before it's too late right?" The confident grin on his face made the other two grow still with slight shock at the sudden change of expression on their friend.

"No problem."

Reborn can only hide the smirk that almost grew wild on his face under the shadow of his fedora.

"Are you cold?" Ryuuji asked turning his eyes down towards me as we walked through the sidewalk in some silence.

Shaking my head as 'no' he simply smiled and nodded to himself before tilting his head up as if to look at the sky which was no stark black. Curious as to why he was looking up, I did so myself and found that I was surprised to find it to be cloudless sky.

Clouds...

Being a cloud must be lonely. To float around all day, to disappear then reappear only when they want to. During the day they made the sky look so much more beautiful, like they really were trying to convince the people below that somewhere up there was some sort of heaven, a utopia that everybody would have at one point, wanted to visit. But in the night time, it was a completely different story.

The clouds hid away the bright stars and you could see nothing more but the hazy moonlight as it struggles to break through and show everybody just how bright the moon can be.

Some people preferred cloudy days and nights to clear ones.

I suppose I was teetering just in the middle. A clear sky always did make me feel more relaxed whilst a shrouded sky made me feel uneasy and quite depressed, like the sky itself was upset but decided that it was better to hide away its emotions instead which is something I did often now that I think about it...

"It's a nice night for a walk huh?" Ryuuji's soft voice brought me out of my stupor and I turn to see him smiling to himself, giving me a side glance as if to make sure I was paying attention.

For some reason, I couldn't smile back and I simply nodded.

"Yeah... It is."

As my eyes fall down to the tips of my shoes as we walk, I loosely wrap my arms around myself as a soft gust of wind rustles our hair and clothes. I shiver from the sudden coldness of it ticklingmy skin and Ryuuji is there at an instate, his strong lean arm is draped around me as he tugs me unceremoniously closer to him.

I hear him hum a soft tune to himself, he was more relaxed than me at least despite my silence.

Why couldn't I say anything? We were supposed to be on a date. Everything so far was perfect, the walk to the restaurant didn't bother me at all and he had his arm wrapped warmly around me. So why didn't I feel as happy as I did back then? He was finally within my grasp and I wasn't taking it, his hand was right there for me to clasp onto but as I simply stared at the ground, my hand never moved from its place.

Something was missing... And as I looked up to glance at him, I found that I realized something and I suddenly stopped in my tracks. He did so as well with a sudden troubled look on his face mixed with confusion.

"What's wro-"

"I love you."

Everything stopped as butterflies began to stir in my belly once more. That's it. Just like old times.

Ryuuji tilted his head and smiled as he withdrew his arm in favor of brushing the strands of hair away from my face because of the wind that blew through us.

"I know." He said before stepping closer to press a soft chaste kiss to my chapped trembling lips.

When he withdrew, I found that i was able to breeze easy once more and a small smile crept its way onto my face. I was happy... I was definitely happy, I decided to myself.

"Hn, if you make such a cute face like that I don't think I'll be able to hold back." He suddenly says into my ear in a low almost purr that caused heat to break out on my face and my smile to disappear as I stepped back to his my face into my hands.

"Q-quit it..."

Ryuuji just laughs before he's back to sliding his arm around my smaller form and leading me down the sidewalk and into the restaurant that was only a few blocks from where he had parked his car.

Me: Mehh... It's short and I didn't really edit it. My brain is totally friend right now. o.O So sorry if i disappointed you... (Yet again) Siiiiigh...

Tsuna: I'm really worried now...

Me: I promise to update as soon as I get my brain working though! D: " FIGHTING~

Tsuna: Maybe we should try and get Hibari..

Reborn: It's no use Dame-Tsuna.

Tsuna: Urk...! For a second there, I actually went along with that idea...