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TIME SKIP~

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Tsuna's 21 now

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It was a busy day today. She would have been making a bunch of tips if she where to waitress today. Unfortunately though she was stuck in the kitchen.

"Order up!" She turned as an order was out in front of her face. She snatched it from the girls hand. The girl pouted. "Tsuna desu! Don't be so mean!" She rubbed her forehead.

"Haru, quite bugging me and go waitress. We're slammed." Haru groaned. "But there's so many people desu..."

Tsuna rolled her eyes and shooed her off. She turned and started making what seemed like the 50th burger of the day. Only her and Haru where working today. The others had the day off. Kyoko was going to work today, but had to leave early for some appointment.

She almost rescheduled, but Haru and Tsuna had pushed her out of the door. They struggled a bit with the crowd, but they got the hang of it real quick. They had been running circles around each other. It helped that the place wasn't to big and people mostly got to-go's.

Near closing time when the crowd died down, Tsuna let Haru deal with the stragglers coming in. She grabbed her purse and took out a cigarette as she stepped out back. Lighting up, she inhaled the deadly chemicals and leaned against the wall. The ally was always good to her. No-one ever drove or came down this ally except for some strays. She blew the smoke out her nose.

She picked up the bad habit not long after she went to the facility. Along with drinking. A few kids somehow got their hands on that stuff and they had been more than willing to share. Tsuna being very curious, got hooked. Surprisingly Mukuro and Nagi never found out.

'They wouldn't care in the first place.'

She leaned her head back, flicked her ashes, and raised a brow. It hadn't been talking much recently. Maybe cause she's been so busy.

Today had been tiring. She brushed a few strands of hair away from her face and took another puff. She amused herself by making circles with the smoke. She adjusted her black finger-less gloves.

She pushed herself off the wall and put out her cigarette, putting it in her pocket. She went to open the door when it opened quickly. She moved back quickly as Haru came outside.

"Hey Tsuna desu! Kyoko's creep is here again. We need you as the waitress." Tsuna snickered and started to go inside. "I though we scared him off last time." Haru laughed.

"Yeah, well he used to stalk Kyoko, now he comes whether she's here or not. Your food is hard to resist." They both laughed at that. Mochida was supposedly an ex of Kyoko's. She had dumped him when she realizes he had cheating on her. Hana, Kyoko's best friend, would have fended him off, but she had her own job at a different place.

Once Tsuna got the job three in a half years ago, he had shown up quite a lot. The last time he showed up, he had gotten into it with Haru. She had threatened to call the cops on him if he didn't leave. It was getting pretty heated. He eventually left huffing. He had complained that he just came for the food. They had agreed that only Tsuna could waitress for him since he seemed to be an annoyance to everyone else. That happened two years ago.

She followed Haru. As she came into the main area, she scanned the room. A group of people sat in the corner and Mochida sat near the door.

Tsuna brushed her hands off on her apron and grabbed an order form and pen. She walked towards him. He lifted his head from the menu and looked up. "What ya want Mochida?" Mochida looked towards the group in the corner. They weren't paying attention. "Medium Sunday"

She never understood why he looked so uncomfortable when he ordered. He wasn't the only guy who came in here ordering Ice-cream alone. He almost always only came in when there where barely anyone in.

She nodded and walked away. She went into the kitchen and started building a medium sized ice cream Sunday. Two bananas coated in hot fudge. Two scoops of ice cream on top. One vanilla, one chocolate. She then poured more hot fudge over it.

She grabbed the whip cream and smothered the two scoops. Putting a drizzle of caramel, she added two cherries on the very top. She stepped back and admired her work. It looked pretty good.

She took the little boat of ice-cram cream on grabbed two spoons and stuck them in her pocket. She came out and Mochida lifted his head from his phone and glanced around nervously. He would be a horrible drug dealer.

She set the boat down and slid into the seat in front of him. She sometimes sat with him if she wasn't busy. She took out the spoons and handed him one. Taking her spoon she took a bit from the side of the Sunday. She smiled. Damn she was good.

Mochida scowled at her. "Don't eat my food." He took his own bite and relaxed back into his chair. It was a lot less embarrassing when she sat down with him. Tsuna put her head on her hand, covering the old scar.

Mochida shrugged and took another bite. "You know, that group looked pretty annoyed at Haru. How has she not gotten fired yet? All she does it talk." Tsuna rolled her eyes. Well, no it wasn't a good trait for a waitress to have. To just keep talking and talking and talking….

"Quit complaining. Your lucky your not them." He huffed again. He didn't know why he put up with this. Wait, yes he did. Their food was just that good.

"No. Plus I pretty much only come here for the food. Stalking Kyoko had it's ups I suppose..." Tsuna laughed.

"You flatter me." He took a bite. "Your not the only cook. It's either you or Kyoko. There's probably a few more back there that I don't ever see." Tsuna raised an eyebrow.

"It's just the two of us back there. We switch out every other day." He looked surprised. "Well then." She stabbed her spoon into the left-over ice-cream.

She looked behind her and got up. "I have to go check on this table. I'm not sure if they're done or need to order." She mumbled under her breath. "I'm going to hound her if she didn't take their order."

She picked up he order form and pen with her gloved hands and put them in her pocket. She may not need them. She walked towards the table and smiled. "Hey there! Is there anything you need?" Okay they had drinks so that was a good sign.

They seemed to be in a deep conversation when she walked up. They all glanced at her. The blue eyed blond dressed in cameo grinned at her. "Hey there kora! We're just waiting on the food." She blinked. She had been sitting over there a while. Why hadn't they gotten their food yet?

"If I may ask, how long have you been waiting?" She was worried. This was bad customer service. Nearly all of them but four scowled at her. A raven, the blonde, someone dressed in robes, and some guy who had a hood over his face. The green haired dude snapped at her. "We've been waiting forever." The blonde looked over sharply. "Hey Verde, Kora! Don't be mean." He looked at her apologetically as Verde scowled.

"I'm sorry, I'll go check on your food no-" She got cut off by a yelp coming from the kitchen. Her eyes widened and all of their heads snapped toward the noise. She smiled. "I'm sorry, I'll be back in a moment." She took off towards the kitchen.

The group watched as she moved away. "Collonelo. Quit flirting with the waitress." The blond got smacked in the head. He pouted. "She was cute…" Lal rolled her eyes.

The one in the hood looked annoyed. "We should leave while we have the chance. I don't know what's going on in there but I doubt they have food worth the money."

The raven scowled. "Shut up viper. I'm not leaving till I have my food." Collonelo nodded his head in agreement. "Reborn may want the food, but I'm just eager to see the cute girl again." He winced as Lal smacked him again.

A guy with purple hair look towards the kitchen in a worried manner. "I hope they're okay." They glanced at Skull. Fon looked at them all in exasperation. So noisy. Though he to glanced over to the kitchen They where all a bit curious as to what happened.

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Tsuna stood in the kitchen and stared with wide eyes. "Haru! What did you do!?" A bunch of food was scattered on the floor. Haru was sitting on her butt with wide eyes. "I'm so sorry desu! I messed up their order and had to redo it! Then there was a puddle in the floor and I was carrying so much and-"

Tsuna put up her hand. Haru looked ready to cry. Tsuna rubbed her temples. Ugh. "I'll pay for their meal Haru. Just clean up in here and I'll go let them know. I'll cook the food so don't worry about that." She helped Haru up and left her to clean the mess up.

She approached the group. This was bad service. "I'm so sorry but we had a small problem in the kitchen. If your willing to wait again, I'll have your food soon. It'll all be on the house." Reborn tipped his hat. "I'll wait, but I don't know about them." He shrugged and leaned back while watching her. The rest of the group nodded. Viper seemed to have a satisfied aura around him. She nodded and walked away.

Reborn looked over to Viper. "Good things come to those who wait." he smirked a the annoyed expression. He tilted back his chair and covered his face with his fedora. He didn't know how much longer he would have to wait.

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The food came surprisingly fast. She came out with a cart of food. They had ordered a lot more than she thought. She listed off the food and put them in front of the person who ordered it. Reborn fell forward on his chair and adjusted his fedora. Pulling at his curly side-burn, he took in the sight of food.

He paused when he realized there was more food on the cart then they ordered. "We didn't order this much you know." He pointed towards all the dessert in the cart. She smiled sheepishly and adjusted her finger-less gloves.

"I know. I felt bad for making y'all wait so long, so I made a bunch of desserts." She then paused. "These are my own recipes, so please enjoy."

She walked away when she heard a few 'thank you's'. She looked over to where Mochida was sitting. He was still there, messing with his phone. She shook her head and walked over to him. He glanced up as she practically fell into the seat she was in earlier.

"So. What was that all about?" He looked curious. She groaned and put her head down on the table. "I just gave away half of my paycheck." He raised both eyebrows and leaned forward. "Please pray and tell why you would do such a thing? You complain about rent all the time."

Tsuna looked up and pouted. "I know….. I have a guilty conscious though." She reluctantly pushed herself back up. He looked unimpressed.

"I need to start closing up. You coming tomorrow?" She grabbed his empty bowl. "No. My boss has been keeping me more and more. I was surprised she gave me today off. I may not be here for awhile because of that." He frowned and stood up. Tsuna nodded in understanding.

"Yeah. Just know that your always welcome….as long as you got money and don't be an asshole." He scowled and reached into his pocket for money.

"Well they didn't seem very friendly. They got free food too." She laughed as he handed her the money. She reached into her pocket and pulled out his change. He waved his hand at that.

"Well a few of them where polite, so that made up for the whole group." She grinned. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'll see ya later." He walked away. "See ya." She glanced over to the group. They where only halfway through. She sighed.

She took the bowl and spoons into the kitchen. Haru looked at her and sniffed. She still felt horrible about the food."Tsuna, I'm going to pay for the food alright?" Tsuna looked up and frowned. "No."

Haru grimaced. "Look here desu. Since I know you'll pay it off without me knowing, split the pay desu?" She looked so guilty. Tsuna pondered for a second. "you pay a quarter." Haru looked down and sniffed again. "Okay..."

Tsuna nodded and patted her on the shoulder. "Buck up, it's okay! I'm sure if our roles where switched, you would do the same." Haru nodded and wiped her eyes,

'No she wouldn't. Your helping someone who would stab you in the back at any possible moment. Maybe literally as well.'

It started in the corner of the room and at the last sentence it was right in her ear. She inwardly winced at that. It was most likely right. Oh well. There was nothing she could really do about it.

'You could get rid of her. Kill her. Skin her alive. Eat her flesh in front of her.'

Tsuna grinned as she did the dishes. The voice was talkative today. Finishing them up she went to wipe down the tables. While doing this, she asked Haru to pick up any dirty plates on the groups table. Haru nodded and did what was asked.

Tsuna hummed under her breath as she finished up cleaning. She flipped the sign on the door to 'CLOSED'. She went to the back and looked over to see Haru talking excitedly. Only a few faces looked interested in what she was saying. She wondered what they where talking about. Rarely anyone finds what she says interesting.

She bent down below the counter out of sight and started counting the tips she made today. She grinned. She made quite a lot. She then pouted. She would have to sacrifice almost all her tips to pay for all the food she made. Tsuna let out a long suffering sigh and turned to the register.

She calculated all that they ordered plus the extra stuff she made. She put the exact amount in the register and shut it. She refused to let Haru pay for it. Haru had made less tips today too. Even though they constantly switch out roles from cook to waitress, Tsuna had made more.

Tsuna then leaned on the counter and opened her phone while waiting on Haru. She played a random game and put it up as Haru came back with the cart full of empty plates.

She glanced over and seen them getting ready to leave. Wow. They had eaten all of that food. Wait. She seen a few pointed glares directed at the raven. He was holding a small plate that had a few desserts on it. He must have taken the last few pieces. She laughed under her breath.

"I'll go ahead and clean the rest, go ahead and leave. Oh, I payed your part alright? Now shoo." Tsuna waved off Haru who looked confused. Haru then smiled brightly and gave her a quick hug before leaving. Tsuna smiled and waved her goodbye. She then glanced back at the colorful group.

The raven stayed by the table as he finished off the desserts. The rest moved towards the exit and they nodded to her in thanks. The blonde trotted over to her and grinned. "Hey thanks kora! I'll most likely be back. By the way your food is delicious!" He waved at her and went out the door. She looked over at the raven haired man. "So, was it good?" He walked over towards her with an empty plate.

"Very good, thank you." He tipped his fedora. She smiled brightly at the compliment. "Might you be coming back?" She hoped so. She loved getting people to become regulars. His lips tilted upward into an 'almost-smirk'. "We'll see." He waved goodbye and left.

She shook her head at the suave man. That group was weird. For some reason they reminded her of a rainbow…

How was it? Please let me know! Also- I'm curious! Who do you want Tsuna to end up with?