Title: The Forgotten Time
Pairing: RebornXTsuna R27, there are others as well like X27, Fon27, others
Summary: An incident with the 10-year bazooka leaves Tsuna stuck in the past…what's he gonna to do?
Disclaimer: don't own and if I did then the whole world would be filled with yaoi
This has been beta'd by 'AmbiguousThoughts.'
"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." Orson Welles
Chapter 25: Run
Tsuna knew that one day he was going to die. It was obvious due to the endless amount of chaos that occurred in his life. But there were times when things just really got out of hand. Like now. The moment the elevator doors open, he literally sprung out of the metal box, only to stop for a moment a few feet forward, well aware of the curious stares he was getting from the crowd of people that were trying to move around him. Tsuna took a deep breath, calming his racing mind, and tried to think for a moment. If he had a crazy blood-thirsty manic chasing after him, what should he do?
Run the fuck away…
No, no, he had to get that thought out of his mind. There had to be better options. There had to be. Thinking a little more deeply, he quickly glanced around the room, taking in his surroundings as fast as possible as time was against him, and noticed a half opened door towards an office in the corner of the entrance area of the hotel. Tsuna nodded to himself as if telling himself that he had made the right decision and raced over there, entering and closing the door slightly so that he could still see what was going on the other side. Luckily for him, there was no one else inside and he hid inside for only a few moments before he saw a flash of yellow blur down the stairs and stop into the middle of the hotel entrance hallway. Belphegor was standing there curiously, glancing around the place as he turned his head, and then ran out the glass sliding doors, entering the outside world. Tsuna could still hear that familiar laughter echoing inside his mind as the teenager left his vision.
Releasing the breath he had been holding, Tsuna collapsed to the ground and sighed, shoulders relaxing at the fact that he had somehow managed to escape his doom. It had been nothing more than just pure dumb luck that Belphegor had went a different route than his own and hadn't really checked the surrounding area. If the blond had actually decided to look around more thoroughly then he would be found eventually and who knows what would have happened to him. He shivered at the thought.
Waiting for a little bit more to give time for Varia storm guardian to wander further away, Tsuna snuck out of the office, still unnoticed by the workers of the hotel and carefully made his way towards the back of the hotel. No way was he going to go through the front and chance himself getting caught by the blond. That was almost suicidal. He could almost see those little knives flying towards his head, claiming it.
Passing through the various hallways, he eventually came up to a door that led out to a side entrance to the parking lot. Tsuna took a deep breath and prayed to all those above that Belphegor was not, by any chance, waiting for him outside. He opened the door carefully, able to hear the creaking of the hinges, and poked his head out. There was no one around, he was free. At last. Tsuna sighed in relief at that.
"So you managed to escape him of all people."
Or not.
Tsuna mentally cursed to himself, wondering what kind of god above hated him. He should probably know better than to think he was in the clear when there was all sorts of people around, just waiting to get their grabby little hands on him. Slowly turning around, he glanced over Mammon who was floating in the air with his little halo thing above his head going in a circle. Tsuna sighed, why him…
"It was just dumb luck that he went a different way than I did." The brunet took a few steps away, not sure what the Arcobaleno wanted with him. He hadn't really done anything to catch Mammon's attention before, not that he really wanted to, despite the little memory problem that was going on. "So, yeah, I'll be going now. Reborn will probably kill me if I don't go back soon. So um… Bye?"
Tsuna waved for a second before taking off, racing away from the floating baby who remained in his spot. The brunet didn't want to know if Mammon was following him nor cared since he had more important people to run from, mainly a blonde whose name started with a B and perhaps another baby whose name started with an R. Oh, yes, those two would probably kill him multiple times.
Tsuna had to say that the past few days were anything but quiet. He had been repeatedly lectured (tortured) by Reborn for leaving like that to Varia's place. But he managed to survive and come out in one piece despite all the bruising and aches he suffered, no missing limbs. It was better than the alternative. He had already expected such a reaction from the hitman, tormenting him for actually going. However, he hadn't been expecting the other one.
Belphegor had somehow taken their little encounter as a game and was finding all odd sorts of times to chase after him for no good reason. Whether it was at school, which definitely gained the attention of his guardians and classmates, or at home where crashes could often be heard along with some screams. The blond enjoyed swinging on those wires of his and crashing into windows to scare the living crap out of him then would just laugh that crackle of his and chase after him when he ran.
Whenever his friends were around, Gokudera and Yamamoto instantly attacked, trying to defend him, thinking it was a threat, but Belphegor just dodged around the two and came after Tsuna only, who normally ran away the moment he noticed the other. There was no time for questions from his friends, he just continued to run around the school with a crazy blond after his tail, dodging the knives. He had a pretty strong suspicion that the other was enjoying this but didn't think much on it.
"Seriously Tsuna, what did you do to get him of all people to chase you around? It looks like some kind of game like tag." Yamamoto laughed, though there was a bit of an edge in his voice. Tsuna knew he was concerned about his safety.
"Jyudaime, is he that bothering to you? I will make sure that the next time he appears will be his last!"
Tsuna sighed at that, exhausted. Once more he had been chased around the school for two hours, not only by Belphegor but by Hibari as well, saying that he was disturbing the peace. It was like death was really behind him and he wanted nothing more than to disappear from the two of them. "I don't know. It started ever since I visited the Varia."
Gokudera stopped. "You went to see them?"
"Yeah, a few days ago. After that, he just started coming after me." No need to tell them the real reason why. He could still feel the kiss burning on his lips whenever he thought about it. It was such an odd thing, Belphegor was the only person around his age that had ever kissed him.
"You shouldn't have done that, Jyudaime! It's too dangerous! You should have left me to do the job as your right hand man!" The silver-haired teen puffed out his chest to try and make himself look tough. It failed though since Tsuna obviously saw through him and Yamamoto just laughed at the antics.
"It's alright. Everything turned out fine." If one didn't get almost chocked to death by Xanxus himself… "I mean, everything will turn out fine. Nothing bad has happened so far, thank goodness."
"Well, if you say so, but next time, let us know that you're visiting them. I want to see Squalo." Yamamoto laughed, placing his hands up above his head, and grinned.
"Stupid baseball idiot!"
Tsuna decided to zone out when the argument between the two occurred. It wasn't anything new. He had more concerning matters to worry about…like that sneaky laughter he could hear a little ways. 'Looks like he's back…' The brunet groaned, he was so tired and his muscles were sore from running everyday. He could hear Reborn's little snarky comments that his was actually good for him. 'Ah, I'm starting to hallucinate if I can imagine Reborn's lectures. That's not good.'
That "Ushishishi" laughter got closer. The moment he waved goodbye to his friends, Tsuna turned towards the direction of the laughter and pouted, waiting for the other to randomly pop up. He didn't have to wait long as the blond jumped up and down from a brick wall and landed right next to the brunet, his usual grin on his face.
Tsuna groaned and looked the other over, checking over the clothes the blond was normally wearing. The crown was in its usual spot on Belphegor's head, how it remained there throughout the chaos was beyond him. "Again?"
"Ushishishi, the prince enjoys this game."
"Of course. Can we please not do it today? I'm really tired."
Belphegor looked over the brunet for a moment, his grin gone for a second, and Tsuna saw those blue eyes hidden underneath those bangs. "The prince has decided to follow the peasant along. You should be honored."
"I…see." Honored…right. Tsuna wasn't sure how this was going to go with his mom much less with Reborn. He just hoped that nothing bad would happen…like his wishes ever came true. As he started to trek home, he was well aware of the presence behind him, following right next to him. If he didn't feel like he was going to die at any moment, he wouldn't have minded Belphegor's presence. And to think that the other was closely related in age wise. Belphegor was only a year older than him but lived a completely different life and even had a twin, had.
As they got closer to the house, Tsuna didn't know how he was supposed to introduce Belphegor to the others at home. He could just see how that conversation would go. "Oh, hi Mom, I brought a homicidal mass-murdering killer from an assassination squad called Varia home with me today. Hope you don't mind." Tsuna groaned, like that was going to happen.
Deciding that it was best to get there when he did, Tsuna opened the front door, announcing to everyone inside that he was home. There were a few calls back and he smiled at the warmth of the greeting. When Belphegor came in, he knew that it was probably best to immediately introduce the other teen to Nana and just hope that everything will be okay.
"Hey, Mom, I have someone with me." Tsuna peeked into the kitchen where he could see his mom with the other children, cooking a snack for them as they ran around her feet. Nana turned to him with a smile before noticing their new guest. Meanwhile, Belphegor stepped further into the room, chuckling, and leaned against the door frame to look over the group of people.
"My, who is this?" Nana smiled, looking at the blond before turning to Lambo who yelled out for attention. "Someone from school?"
"Not exactly. He's not from my school," Tsuna admitted, putting his school bag down to the ground, far away from the kids. He looked around the room, searching for Reborn but didn't spot the other anywhere. "Where's Reborn?"
"Right here." Something hard hit the top of Tsuna's head and he automatically shrunk down at the pressure, managing to catch himself before tumbling over. Reborn smirked at what he had done before rotating to Belphegor with those dark mischievous eyes of his. "I see the Varia storm guardian is here with you. You've been busy, Dame-Tsuna."
"What do you mean by that, Reborn? And he followed me home…well, around." Tsuna sighed, peering up however best he could in his situation. He glanced at Belphegor, who continued to grin like usual, and wandered what was going to happen next. It was a little tense in the room but he sensed nothing wrong. "Reborn?"
"Well, it doesn't matter, he's welcome to stay for today if he likes."
"Hiee!" Tsuna cried out only to be interrupted soon after when the sun Arcobaleno yanked on that soft caramel-colored hair painfully. Instantly, Tsuna yelped in agony and almost cried at how badly it had hurt. "Reborn, that hurts!"
"So?" Reborn smirked and did another pull, resulting in another cry. When he got enough of torturing the brunet, he turned back to Belphegor. "And what are you here for?"
"The prince wants to return that kiss."
Tsuna blinked at that, eyes wide. This made those in the same room pause and turn to stare. "What?"
"The prince wants to return that kiss," he repeated and with that, Belphegor leaned forward and pressed their lips together, not caring about the so called audience that was in there with them. Tsuna's breath was immediately taken away at that and his honey-colored eyes widened in surprise, well aware of the sensation of that burning feeling on his lips. Nana gasped in the background, almost dropping a plate in shock. I-pin and Lambo could only stare, not sure what was going on while Reborn looked at the scene with a dangerous look in his eyes after jumping off Tsuna's head.
What seemed like hours were seconds as the kiss broke and Tsuna felt his entire face turning bright red as realization began to set on what had just happened to him. The numbing feeling didn't go away and he automatically reached up to touch it, his lips puffy. And then he screeched, "Hieeeee!"
Belphegor chuckled, hands on his waist, and grinned, looking over the other happily. Tsuna couldn't get his redness to go down and eventually fainted, his body tumbling down to the ground from shock. He heard some cries and before he blacked out, he saw a floating figure in the background, recognizing that indigo pacifier as it glowed in resonance with the yellow one on Reborn.
Well, we're getting somewhere hopefully. Also, my thanks to those that left those awesome long reviews :D
Anyone noticed I tried to make a small change and use humor in this story for once!