Realised I missed a couple of prompts by accident whOOPS

(Also 'Kyoko' readers, updating will recommence soon-final exam two days from now and then I'm frEE. And it's physics by the way :D)

-Star-

Kahiro stops going to sport practice for a couple of weeks after Tsuna's realization on the Kyoko matter.

Instead of doing what she clearly loves so dearly, she spends her new free time in the cafe with Tsuna practically every day after school, making it her business to make him smile and laugh.

Tsuna voices his displeasure at his friend's decision to spend time with him instead of doing what she loved multiple times, desperately trying to crush his secret feelings of joy that she was serving as a distraction from the numb feeling in his chest that still hadn't gone away.

Kahiro always waves off his comments with an easy laugh, prodding him in the shoulder and saying it was good to have a break from sports once in a while.

(He always sees her shooting a brief wistful look at the sports field when they leave school together though, replaced with guilt when she looks back at him).

In these couple of weeks, they're usually accompanied by Yamamoto and Gokudera too (who he sees casting looks of worry at him because of how down he looks sometimes), but often Kahiro and Tsuna stay in the cafe longer than them, spending these moments alone to talk about Kyoko and what has happened.

Tsuna suspects they know Kahiro knows what's up with him, which is why they usually leave before them so that they can talk. Their reaction is surprising though since he'd thought they'd be the ones trying to extract the information most-Reborn most likely had something to do with it, he decided.

"I thought her smile was like the Sun." Tsuna tells Kahiro as they sit without Gokudera and Yamamoto again. He's sure he's told her this a thousand times before but Kahiro never seems to mind or ever lessen in attention to his words. "If I look at it now though it just seems...normal. Dim." He elaborates.

"Well, the Sun isn't that bright a star you know." Kahiro responds, taking another sip of her coffee. They're both practically drunk on the stuff now, which is perhaps why Tsuna's tongue is so loose and he's saying things he's said before so many times.

He blinks. "It isn't?"

"Come on Tsunayoshi, we've got a physics test soon!" She laughs and pushes herself off of her chair, opening up her bag and grabbing a book out of it. The girl then positions herself on the arm of Tsuna's armchair, leaning over so that she can show him the contents of the book. "The Sun is a typical star, see?"

He can smell the coffee on her breath as she speaks, her shoulder touching his lightly.

"Just because it's closer it seems brighter. Stars further away however seem dimmer just because of the distance when some actually have a higher luminosity. The luminosity depends on the size and temperature of the star by the way." Her eyes meet his. "Do you know about Cepheid variables?"

"Uh...I think so?"

She cocks an eyebrow.

"...No..."

Kahiro laughs, full of fondness and free of judgement. "I'll send you my notes on it later." Patting him on the shoulder sympathetically, she returns to her armchair, sliding the book back into her bag. "So, Tsunayoshi, don't feel bad about viewing her smile as not being so bright anymore." Her ability to drag the conversation back to what it was before never ceases to take him aback slightly. "She's still a star and her smile is still like one even if it doesn't seem so bright anymore to you."

Tsuna likes the way she speaks about Kyoko. She doesn't encourage him to go further than his loss of crush into dislike of the girl, nor does she encourage him to look at all her good points again and rethink his decision.

She talks about Kyoko like she is.

"Instead, think about how you're a star!" Kahiro grins and there's a teasing lilt to her voice, like she knows she's speaking to him in the same language a teacher would talk to a young student.

"You're ridiculous." He manages to reply, unable to stop the tug on his lips, cradling his mug in his hands.

She puts a hand to her heart dramatically. "You're meant to say that I'm a star too!"

He's not quite brave enough to say back that she's a far brighter star than Kyoko was in his eyes.