Tbh idk what the hell this is, but enjoy this early valentine's gift nonetheless. Also, this collection turns a year old on the day as well. I just wanted to thank all of you for the support you've given me and make 2727 as popular as it can be! I'll be sure to treat all of you a lot this year with this pair. :)

KHR belongs to Akira Amano.

36. Two years

The campus' coffee shop would be busy around breakfast, filled with students studying their respective majors. It used to be such a chore to get up at 7am in the morning but somehow, Tsuna managed to get used to it and showcased a lovely smile to the customers as he served them throughout his shift. He always earned smiles back which increased his ability to be more confident. He was still shy, but the customers didn't seem to mind, as they were everyday people visiting and were used to his style of greeting.

Tsuna always did take his job for granted, as being a university student himself was even more of a chore. As much as he liked his courses, the work was a tremendous amount of pressure on him. It was why he thanked his manager for not making him work the usual hours and let him out earlier than the rest. Except for Fridays though. He had a one hour class at twelve and was put back on shift until six after his lunch break. He didn't mind it though. There weren't many people around after three, so he used those times to study near the cash register.

Today was Friday just after three, so the shop was peacefully quiet with many students either on their phone or laptop doing work. The young barista was studying away with his text book until the sound of door bell chimed. Without looking, Tsuna began to get up from his seat but a voice stopped him.

"Ah, Tsuna! I'll take it from here." Tsuna looked over to the voice of his co-worker, Haru and smiled, nodding as he sat down again flipping another page in his textbook. A few minutes later, he felt a tap on his shoulder and he glanced up to see Haru smiling at him sheepishly.

"The customer's asking for a Pumpkin spice," the girl said quietly scratching the back of her head. Tsuna let out soft laugh and nodded as Haru thanked him and went off into the back room. The barista went to work in making the drink, as he was the only one in the shop who could perfectly pull it off hence why Haru had asked him to make it. Once he was done, he sprinkled the spices in after giving the mixture a good stir. He carefully picked up the cup by its handle and turned around to face the customer.

Only for his body to freeze and drop the cup, it shattering into pieces with the spillage of the latte covering the floor. The customer heard this and snapped his head up from his phone, looking startled. His then looked towards the barista and his eyes widened.

Tsuna felt his heart beating considerably faster as he stared at the man in shock, the sting of the hot liquid not fazing him the slightest. He shook when tears started to leak from his eyelids unintentionally, then sliding down across his cheeks one after another.

Kototsuna.

Why...was he here?

"Tsuna!" Haru's voice rang and she came running out of the back room. The female barista then looked at the spilled drink before lifting her head up to see her the tears falling down her co-worker's face. She rushed over to him in concern.

"Tsuna, what's wrong?" she asked the male in a soft tone, placing a hand onto his shoulder. Tsuna suddenly snapped his look away and averted his gaze at his wet hands. Noticing he was crying, he used both of his palms to rub off the tears from his cheeks and shook his head, quickly running off to the back room so he wouldn't embarrass himself further.

Haru sent an apologetic look to Kototsuna before going after him.

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Tsuna sipped his coffee quietly as he sat near the cash register, his full attention plastered onto his textbook. He continued to write down relevant notes into his notepad until he heard the customer door bell chime. Knowing that Haru was busy with another order, he tore his attention off of his work to see Kototsuna walking his way to the front, phone in hand. Tsuna's mood quickly soured when the memories of yesterday came flooding back. Taking a few deep breaths, he put on a smile and greeted him.

"Hello, how may I help you?"

Kototsuna looked at him, putting his phone back into his pocket. He leaned forward slightly. "Can I talk to you?"

Tsuna's smile dropped at the request. He stared at the other with his mouth a little hung open. He noticed the soft plead in the man's voice as well as in his beautiful orange orbs. The barista's cheeks were tinted pink under his gaze as slowly he nodded. He walked over to Haru, who was wiping off the counter table, for the keys to the booth. She asked why but looked over to his shoulder to see Kototsuna and immediately understood. She fished into her pocket and gave him the keys with a comforting smile. Giving a small smile back, Tsuna took the keys and thanked her, leading Kototsuna into the private booth. When they got in, Tsuna locked the door and put the keys away in his pocket. He didn't bother switching the lights as the natural night light from outside the window was enough. The both of them took a seat near a table opposite each other.

"Are you okay?" Kototsuna asked, breaking the small silence. His tone was soft and concerning.

Tsuna's eyes started to quiver but he averted his gaze down. "I-I suppose so."

"Sorry about yesterday," the man suddenly apologised causing the other to look up at him. "I didn't think my appearance would upset you. I had no idea you worked here."

"It's fine," Tsuna said quietly shaking his head. "It...It wasn't your fault."

"Mm," Kototsuna hummed resting his cheek into hand as he looked at him.

"H-How was America?" the barista suddenly asked feeling intimidated by his stare.

"The course went fine. Though, I didn't need to stay there for a third year because I was already doing well in the first," the brunet explained.

Ah, so that explained it. Tsuna gave off a small smile. "That's good! Congratulations."

The other smiled back faintly. "Thanks."

"So you're attending university here?" he then asked.

Kototsuna nodded. "Yeah, just for a year to fill in the gap for my qualifications."

Tsuna nodded, slightly disappointed as he had to stay here for another two years. He didn't let that show though. "I wish you good luck," he said with another smile as Kototsuna thanked him again.

"So," the man started off. "How have you been?"

And boom. There was the question.

He knew Kototsuna well enough to know that he wasn't asking about how he was doing in university. He was pretty sure that the man knew the answer to that already, knowing that the male had caught him studying away when he came into the shop.

He wanted to tell the man that everything that happened in the past two years wasn't good as he knew it would be. How it wasn't the same without him. He missed his presence. He missed his touch. He missed his comforting words. He missed his smile. He missed the days where they made love and the male would whisper loving things into his ear. He missed their dates. He missed his teasing. He missed those mesmerising orange eyes piercing into his brown ones that made him go so weak.

He missed those comforting lips dominating against his.

Their breakup absolutely destroyed him inside.

He thought he could let it go. Forget about it. Using his studies, playing video games and working in the shop as a get away from it all.

But no. It was impossible.

He'd cry himself to sleep. He'd have a habit to look at their past text messages, and no, he didn't delete those. He couldn't. Neither the photos. They were all so special to him.

When Kototsuna told him about moving to the U.S to continue his studies, he knew their conversation about it wouldn't end well. While he was glad that Kototsuna got invited to attend a well-known university in the country, he was devastated through their talk about their relationship. Saying that their relationship might get wonky. Saying that none of them would have time for each other. Saying that neither of the two would be able visit each other in person during the span.

They argued about it until Kototsuna finally came to the conclusion that they should break up.

And that. That stopped Tsuna's world completely.

Ignoring the consequences that would happen to him, Tsuna wholeheartedly agreed.

That day was such a blur but could clearly remember the moment where he broke down crying after the man left.

He had missed Kototsuna so much.

"I-I've been great," Tsuna said forcing an uneasy smile upon him even though he was dying inside.

"You know I don't believe that," Kototsuna sharply replied back, his eyes shooting daggers at the younger.

Tsuna dropped his smile and buried his face into his hands. He immediately began to cry quietly, the emotions hitting him all at once. He felt so weak, here crying, in front of the man he still loved whom probably didn't have any sort of feelings towards him anymore. It crushed him. Everything that happened crushed him. He couldn't remember the last time he was genuinely happy after the breakup.

Great? No, he had been a disaster.

He hated making Haru comfort him when it came to times like this. He felt like he was using her for his problems. But she always said that he wasn't and insisted that it was okay.

"Tsuna..." Kototsuna softly let out, his glare replaced with tenderness. He reached out to pull away the younger's hands away from his face. Tsuna didn't resist and let the man see his reddened face filled with endless tears smearing his cheeks.

"I-I'm sorry," Tsuna choked out, a hiccup following as he sniffed. "I'm so sorry."

"No." Kototsuna shook his head and reached out again to wipe off the boy's tears. "It's my fault."

Tsuna closed his closed his eyes as he did so, enjoying the warmth of the man's fingers touching his face. "I-I didn't want you to leave me," he sobbed. "I didn't want you to leave me a-and find somebody else."

He felt Kototsuna retract his fingers away from his skin. Tsuna slowly opened his eyes to see the man giving off a hurt expression.

Tsuna wiped the excess tears and sniffed a few times before getting up. "I-I should get going now." Still sniffing, he walked his way towards the door but his wrist was caught by the man. He was then spun around and Tsuna had to regain himself by placing his hands onto the other's shoulder. He opened his eyes, salty water vacating his eyelids. Those gorgeous orange eyes looking down at him and the sight of it made him wanted to cry harder.

"Why would I try and find somebody else when all I've thought about these past two years was you?"

Tsuna's eyes widened. "K-Koto-kun..."

"You were the only person on my mind," Kototsuna said, smiling as he placed a kiss onto the other's forehead. "I'm sorry," he then said as he delicately touched the brunet's cheeks. "I'm sorry for putting you through all of this."

He sniffed again and glanced up at those tempting lips. Not wanting to wait any longer, he kissed him and the older male was taken off guard by the sudden movement. Kototsuna just stared into him for a brief moment even though Tsuna's eyes were closed. When he felt his lips press harder, the man also closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around the younger male's waist, pulling him close. Tsuna opened his mouth as Kototsuna slipped his tongue inside to meet his.

As their tongues danced together, Kototsuna heard these tasty moans come from the other. The sounds drove him forward as he gently pressed the brunet's back against the wall. Tsuna moaned louder and longer, his hands moving from his shoulders and around his neck. He gasped out Kototsuna's name countless of times within their miniature breaks before they went back to tasting one another.

When they finally broke away, Tsuna couldn't help but place sweet butterfly kisses across the other's cheeks and a last one on his lips. The older smiled tenderly at the action as he began to trail his hand underneath the honey-eyed brunet's shirt. Tsuna yelped at the contact and bit his lip when his hand began rubbing his stomach.

Kototsuna suddenly paused in his administrations, concern washed all over his face. "Have you been eating properly?"

The honey-eyed brunet averted his look elsewhere.

The man sighed. "I'll take that as a no."

"Sorry," Tsuna muttered.

"We'll get it sorted," the orange-eyed then said, lifting his chin up with a smile. The younger smiled back, still teary-eyed.

Tsuna's phone had vibrated in his pocket. Pulling his arms away from the other's neck, he got it out and read the text message.

"I'll let you close the shop for today. Hope everything went okay! Good night! :)" - Haru

He stiffened for a moment before quickly running up to the door, unlocking it. Once the door was open, he looked around to see that the place was empty with the curtains closed and the lights dimmed.

How long had he been in the booth?

Tsuna didn't jump when he felt kisses along his neck. He relaxed underneath it. Something that he hasn't let his body do in a long time.

"You wanna go back to my place," Kototsuna whispered into his ear sending a shiver down the barista's spine. He nodded but didn't go off to get his things just yet. Instead, he turned around and claimed the man's lips once more.

"Can't get enough of me, hm?" Kototsuna said teasingly as they pulled away for a brief second. Tsuna shook his head, staring upon his eyes and giggled when the man kissed him again.