"Congratulations, Mrs. Sawada, he's a healthy boy, the only problem we could find was... He's blind ma'am. We tried to save his vision, we did, but nothing worked. Other than that, there are no other issues," the doctor told the new mother, handing the baby to her.
Tears streamed down her face as she cuddled the newborn in her arms, his whines stopping as soon as she did so. "It's alright, you tried your best, there's nothing that can be done about it, and I'll love him regardless." 'Not that I'll be telling Iemitsu. He didn't even show... He promised...' Nana, the mother, shook her head and continued to cradle her baby.
A gentle smile made its way to the doctor's face. "What would you like to call him, ma'am?" The doctor was patient, and certainly would make a good parent, if Nana had a say in it.
"O-Oh, yes... Tsunayoshi... I'll name him Sawada Tsunayoshi. Aren't you a cutie, Tsuna-kun?" Nana playfully asked with a spinning finger which landed on Tsunayoshi's nose. The baby giggled and grabbed his mother's hand, surprising her and the doctor. "Tsu-kun?" Nana tested, waving her hand a little, and Tsunayoshi giggled again, waving his arms up and down.
The doctor and Nana both were shocked when Tsunayoshi turned his head to the doctor and pointed a finger, a babble leaving him. "Mrs. Sawada, if it wouldn't be any trouble to you, I'd like to be Tsuna's personal doctor." The doctor turned to Nana, a serious expression on his face.
Nana blushed and nodded, before looking up. "Of course, but I do need your name," Nana said, her gaze split between her Tsu-kun and the doctor who wanted to become Tsunayoshi's personal doctor at such a young age, and willingly too.
The doctor blinked with a sudden realization that he had taken off his name tag, and hadn't bothered to tell her his name. "Oh, right, how clumsy of me. I'm Onishi Shuta, nice to officially meet you." Shuta held out his hand as he stared expectantly at the brunette.
Nana grabbed his hand with a bright smile and suddenly Tsunayoshi joined in too. Tsunayoshi clumsily rolled and put his hand up, making the doctor reach for it. "Nice to meet you, too, Tsunayoshi."
Five years later, Nana got a call from Iemitsu. She was furious and upset. His work was so important that he could put off the birth of his own child? 'No,' she thought. 'It's not...' Nevertheless, she answered and even called for Tsunayoshi.
"Yes, this is the Sawada residence, how may I help you?" she asked, answering like she answered every call. It wasn't even a second later when the male's voice came through, loud and bubbly.
"Nana! My dear wife, how are you?" Iemitsu thought everything was like normal, but his wife's next statement made him realize something was off.
"Iemitsu, did you even know I was pregnant?" It was short, simple, but got the message through.
"Nana?"
"Tsu-kun! Come down and say hi to your father!" The realization hit Iemitsu like a bullet train. He had missed his wife's birth, he'd missed his child being born. Because he had work.
"Yes, Mama?" Iemitsu was shaking. He sounded so sweet and so innocent. Iemitsu wanted to speak to him, and get to know him, and come home to see him, but... He couldn't. He had to work. It was as simple as that.
"Tsu-kun, come speak to your father, here, I'll help you, just hold the phone to your ear, and wait for the other to speak, okay?" Nana's voice was kind and sweet, but Iemitsu heard some sorrow in it, making him confused. His child didn't know how to use a phone? It confused him more, but he shook it off as Tsunayoshi spoke.
"Papa? Um... Papa, my name is Tsunayoshi... And uh... Papa? When are you coming home? Mama cries... I don't want Mama to be sad, but she is," Tsunayoshi had shocked both Nana and Iemitsu in seconds, as Iemitsu began to squeeze at his chest, an unwelcome pain inviting itself inside.
Iemitsu was careful with his next words, hearing Tsunayoshi tell his mother to listen. "Tsunayoshi-kun, Nana, I love you both, but I don't know if I can go home..." And maybe, Iemitsu should've been more careful with his words, because all he heard after was the sound of beeping.
At the age of six, Nana decided to put Tsunayoshi in a private school, but that didn't last long as Tsunayoshi was easily a target to bully. They had picked on him, telling him that because he was blind he was useless, and he believed them. As soon as Tsunayoshi told his mom about them, she pulled him out of school and decided to homeschool him.
It was also while he was eight that Tsunayoshi began to like his doctor more and more Tsunayoshi could easily tell anyone that his father was Shuta because he loved him that much. Every time he would go to his doctor, he would get a hug and a slice of strawberry cake.
Along with that fact, Nana seemed to like him too, but she never told him which made Tsunayoshi wish that they would just hurry up and get together so he could move in. After all, that's how it worked, right? Tsunayoshi got the giggles just thinking about it.
At age of fourteen, Nana finally decided to let Tsunayoshi go to public school. He was so excited! He had his backpack on and ready, and homemade lunches to top.
His admiration ended on the very first day.
End!
Shuta is a special male figure I made specifically to be Tsunayoshi's 'father'.
The next chapter is being worked on! The upcoming chapter will include Reborn, and introduce Yamamoto.