Oki: Hihi ppl! Same old us!
Yama: We don't own KHR so enjoy~~
Oki: This is rather hard chapter, honestly :D (P.s we actually had an alternate truth :P)
Yama: Oh well...
Oki: Enjoy and plz review!
A/N: Same old same old, not pairings, but maybe hintings! Maybe there's new character further down~ :P
Tsuna stretched widely after sitting up, his skin rather tanned after lying under the sun for an hour or more. How much time actually passed, the brunette was not sure. After all, Tsuna was too comfortable to bother to keep track of his time.
Taking a deep drink from his coconut, Tsuna decided to take the time to check his cell phones, since he had to take a break from the blazing sun. His intuition, since the start of the day, told him that something was going on.
Tsuna had managed to shake off the uneasy feeling all day, and finally he was sure it would be best to check, just in case.
Digging out his buddy keypad phone from his bag, Tsuna pressed a few buttons, only to find an insane number of texts and missed calls glaring at him. Some of the calls were from Reborn and Hibari, which did not really surprise Tsuna.
What startled Tsuna was the number of calls and texts Lambo sent since the day before. How did the spokesman even managed to type that fast?
As the brown-haired designer continued scrolling down his list of received messages, he could roughly get the situation in Italy via what Lambo wrote.
Holding back a gulp at the content of Lambo's later threatening messages, Tsuna had to admit that he was more worried about the consequences for ignoring or missing Lambo's calls and texts than the change in the conference date.
An irritated Lambo may lead to continuous nagging and ear-dropping lectures...which in Tsuna's case, was bad…
Taking a reluctant look at the beautiful sunset, Tsuna sighed heavily as he started making plans for the flight home. As much as he loved the warm weather and friendly people, Tsuna knew when it was time, he had to head home.
Someday, he would come again, for a longer vacation.
However, before he actually head home, there was no way the brunette was going to give up on shopping for souvenirs.
Yes, Tsuna was going to get some souvenirs.
Aloha.
The day of the conference
Lambo stared at his watch, conscious of the previous time ticking away. It was finally the day of the conference, almost time and Tsuna's and the imposter's appearances, but the brunette was still nowhere to be seen.
"He better makes it in time." Lambo frowned, a little impatient. Ryohei, the makeup artist, was in the same room, doing some preparations.
"I don't know who you are waiting for, but don't worry, I'll clean him up nicely!" Lambo nodded his thanks and snapped his head towards the direction of the door when Tsuna suddenly burst in.
"Did I make it?" Tsuna panted heavily as he stood at the doorway, left hand holding on to the doorknob and an orange luggage on his right.
Lambo clicked his tongue and stood up, quickly taking Tsuna's luggage and giving the brunette a light push towards Ryohei, who waved at the familiar face. Shaking his head at Tsuna's dress sense, Lambo pointed a stern finger at Tsuna.
"You barely made it in time. Right now, you need let the makeup artist help you, you need to look presentable." Tsuna opened his mouth to protest, but Lambo cut him cut with a glare.
"I'll bring in a new set of clothing for you. The ones you are wearing right now is definitely a no-no." Slamming the door shut behind him, the black-haired man left Tsuna alone in the room with Ryohei, who grinned eagerly.
Pouting as Ryohei began to help him with his messy hair, Tsuna glanced down at his bright orange Hawaiian shirt with green tree patterns on it. What was wrong with his newly-bought shirt? What was wrong with wearing shorts and slippers?
Tsuna was definitely keeping the Hawaiian shirt.
"I'm glad we meet again, Tsuna. Today's showcase is on smart look?" Ryohei was obviously unaware of the major event that was going to take place soon in the Cloud Studio.
Shrugging helplessly at Ryohei's cluelessness, Tsuna just laughed along, his nerves starting to get to him. The brown-haired designer had to admit that he was a little disappointed that his vacation had to end early, what was done was done and all that was left is to face it.
As Lambo waited outside for Tsuna to change into the 3-piece suit and tie he had prepared beforehand, the spokesman briefly wondered how Tsuna managed to even enter the Cloud Studio like that. In a way, it was rather daring of Tsuna to walk around dressed like that; minus the fact that the CEO was lucky he was not stopped by the guard.
Lambo could not say how glad he was to be able to predict such a situation and prepared a set of appropriate clothing just in case.
He could not bear to think what would happen if Tsuna just walked up the stage looking like a tourist…
"How do it look?" an uncertain voice broke Lambo's thoughts and he lifted his gaze, finding himself looking at an obviously-uncomfortable Tsuna. Judging from Tsuna's pulling and tugging at his tie, anyone could tell that the brunette was not used to wearing suits and ties.
"It's better." Lambo gave a simple and curt answer and looked at his watch again. It was almost time for the conference to start. It was time for them to head to the hall, where hundreds of people await.
"Lambo, regarding those costumes…" Tsuna began, but Lambo waved a hand, dismissing Tsuna's question.
"Tough, but I managed, so you don't have to worry about anything and just be yourself. Be confident, Mr SkyZ boss." Lambo smirked and gave Tsuna a thumbs-up before leading the shorter man to the hall.
Giving his best friend a grateful smile in return, Tsuna took a deep breath and let himself be led to the hall by Lambo.
He had always hid from spotlights and from attention. Never had he thought he would be willing to step right into the limelight on his own accord.
How ironic.
(A/N: A good place to end a chapter… :P) But no :))
The hall was filled with many people, including famous models and company bosses, reporters and photographers as well as random people.
A stage was set in the centre of the hall, a red carpet laid from the entrance and across to the stage. An emcee was standing on the stand, a microphone in his hand. Everyone was seated, waiting for the main star of the evening.
"Now, let us welcome our long awaited and anticipated guest, the SkyZ's CEO!" the emcee announced and everyone clapped, turning their heads to see who the mysterious boss really was.
Instead of one there was two men walking side-by-side to the stage, before sitting on the chairs available on the stage.
One was a brunette; the other was a red head.
Enma held back a frown when he saw Tsuna on the stage beside him, not expecting the brown-haired model to be able to reach Italy on time. He had changed the timing of the conference in secret in hopes of Tsuna not turning up.
It seemed that it had failed, not that it mattered much to Enma. Since Tsuna was there, it would be hard for the brunette to avoid the public and be disgraced in front of the press.
He had to take revenge on Tsuna...for his brother.
Tsuna on the other hand, was rather shocked that the imposter was Enma. He expected the imposter to be present, but why was Enma the one? Enma was the brother of an old friend of his. A little hurt, the designer wondered why the red-haired man planned the whole thing.
The hall was waiting for either one of the men to speak. In fact they were confused. Were there two bosses of SkyZ? Were there more than one SkyZ designer?
Among the crowd, Hibari raised an eyebrow at the familiar figure on stage. Tsuna's hair was nearly gelled and combed back; he was wearing a well-pressed navy suit and sat in a straight and confident posture.
Such change was indeed startling, but Hibari decided that it was interesting enough for him to sit back and do nothing. Even if Hibari hated crowding and the growing stuffy air, he would just wait and see what would happen.
In one corner of the hall, a group of people sat, their jaws agape in surprise. What was Tsuna doing up there? Sure, the young man's clothes changed, his hair style changed, the way he presented himself changed, but there was no doubt it was Tsuna in the fresh.
They had all thought that Tsuna was just a mere errand boy before he became a model. Yet all along, the seemingly shy and low-profile man was more of a celebrity than them!
Gokudera got over the shock quick and pumped his fist in the air. As expected of Tsuna-san! Yamamoto just laughed, as if it was perfectly natural for Tsuna to be the boss for SkyZ.
Mukuro and Xanxus were still taken back, but they grew more amused by Tsuna every minute. The brunette was indeed interesting. There were so many unforeseen events always occurring around Tsuna and it never failed to amuse them.
Who knew Tsuna could hide such a large secret from them?
Reborn narrowed his eyes as he watched on. He thought that Tsuna was part of the designer team, but it appeared that the manager was wrong. The brown-haired model had much more influential than they do, much more power and money. It explained why Tsuna was able to afford his nice apartment and why he knew so much of SkyZ's design.
Yet still, Tsuna as a boss of a world-famous company, Reborn found it quite hard to take it all in at one go. Cunning, Reborn had to say.
"I thank you all for coming to my conference, my name is Enma Kozato." Enma began, smiling at his audience.
"Today I've invited you all to discuss my upcoming plans as SkyZ, other than to disclose my identity to everyone here."
Enma was calm; he believed that taking the first step would result in people believing him more than Tsuna. He was able to continue when a reporter raised a hand for a question.
"How can you prove that you are the real CEO of SkyZ? What about the one sitting beside you?"
"I understand your concern, so I've brought some of SkyZ's original sketches that have not been show to the public." Enma gave the reporter a cool smile as he placed the sketches on the projector in front of him.
Tsuna's eyes widened when he saw the sketches Enma had. Those sketches…he never thought he would see them again.
The amazed gasps and breaths taken could be heard clearly from the audience as they took in the awe-inspiring designs on the screen. Those unique designs were quite the proof that the person sitting in front was the designer.
Slowly, mumbles could be heard from the crowd, all of them wondering who actually Tsuna was, if Enma was the designer and the boss. There were rumors that there was an imposter, could it be that brunette on the stage?
"I know him, he is a model from Vongola, Tsunayoshi Sawada!" a sudden exclamation came from the floor, and there Mochida was, pointing a finger at Tsuna, whose face was still blank.
"You mean he is a model, not the SkyZ designer? An imposter?" an unknown reporter called out, causing the whispering in the crowd to grow louder.
Enma sneaked a side glance at Tsuna, expecting the man to be frantic at the excusing, but Tsuna did not appear to be affected at all, his eyes still ahead and clear, not a single doubt or fear in his eyes.
"What do you have to say for yourself, Sawada Tsunayoshi?"
"Good evening everyone, I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada, pleased to meet you all." Tsuna gave the crowd a slight smile, ignoring the wary looks that people gave him. The whole hall grew silent as Tsuna straightened his back, a confident smile gracing on his lips.
Somewhere in the front row of the seats, Lambo gave Tsuna a smile while cheering silently for Tsuna. His best friend was not one to be underestimated.
Not one at all.
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