Newfound Feelings

Three months ago, he had caught words of the infamous Vongola Decimo from other families. The white haired teen, despite being the boss of one of the most feared family, was starting to get bored with the mafia. Being the curious and playful man he is, he started the Millefiore out of boredom and for his own personal interest of course. In the end, it turned out to be disappointing seeing how he easily climbed to the top of the mafia world in a mere year. After much persuasion by his allied family, he unwillingly and lazily organized a meeting to form an alliance with the Vongola. However, he hadn't expected to meet a young brunet instead. His frail features reflecting innocence, one which could have never been seen coming from a boss of the strongest family in this blood-filled mafia world. The brunet stood proudly with an indifferent gaze, showing not the slightest hint of weakness from his glowing ambers. An orange flame with the highest purity he'd ever seen flickered on his forehead. The boy had utterly shocked and amazed him at the same time.

But now…..

Byakuran shifted the dark coloured gun to it's target but realized that the other end of the barrel was melted. The brunet must have used his flames while he was distracted with the other gun falling off his hand earlier. Byakuran looked back as the young mafia boss bent over the window screaming her name before finally backing in, his brown locks covering his eyes.

Oh well, at least now the 'lover' is gone…

Byakuran sighed, he knew she was a fake from the start but he never knew that getting rid of a single girl could be this troublesome. He gaze curiously as the brunet stepped back a decent distance away and ran towards the window with all his might. Byakuran's eyes widened as the Decimo passed him, those cold, orange orbs that he remembered now filled with fear and desperation. Tsuna clenched his teeth as he bent one leg on the windowsill and jumped without hesitation, his dying will flames shot out from his gloves for a second before retreating back as he reached out for his 'lover'.

He could fly with his flames but couldn't possibly carry a person with him, his flames could hurt those not recognized as its' owner. Byakuran held the window ledge and watched as the brunet held the orange haired teen in his arms protectively before both fell into the water. Various thoughts passed his mind.

He could have used his flames to fly if he needed to just keep her alive.

He could have another replacement as his 'lover'.

More importantly, he didn't need to risk his life protecting her, a normal civilian girl!

But why?

Byakuran froze as he remembered the cause the brunet's daring act. It was the girl he claimed to be useless and would only drag the Mafioso down.

'Stop!'

"That girl…she risked her life to save him too." He muttered before slumping down and leaned against the wall under the window.

"Looks like I lost this time…..you really found a daring woman, Tsu-chan~" the playful Mafioso sang. He stifled a laugh as the merry smile spread across his face once more.

"Oh, and she's as reckless as him too~"

Kyoko kept her eyes shut, the cold water surrounding her body as she submerged into the lake. She felt a hand around her own and was soon pulled closer to land as she placed a palm over her mouth, preventing air from escaping. She emerged from the water gasping for air and let out a series of coughs, the water level now barely touching her chest. The icy cold liquid had soaked her entire being, making her shiver and skin pale as the evening breeze came. Kyoko snapped her head up at the sound of another cough coming from the brunet. His gravity defying hair now damp and dripping from the tips, causing it to cover his orange orbs that had then reverted back to chocolate browns.

"T-Tsuna-kun? Are you alri—"

She asked worriedly but was cut off by an arm that wrapped around her, pulling her in a tight embrace.

"What were you thinking!" he screamed but his voice soon grew lower, concern evident in his voice as he held her firmer in his grasp. "….Do you know how worried I was?"

"Y-You were worried about me?" she choked.

"Of course I was!" the brunet said without hesitation.

Kyoko's eyes widened as she sensed the brunet's voice cracking. She couldn't even remember the last time anyone would sound so sincerely worried for her, a long time since anyone held her and made her feel safe. Before she knew it, the orange haired teen found herself leaning into the warmth and hugged him back.

Maybe she could really trust this person after all…..

"I'm sorry…" she muttered under her breath, but clear enough for the brunet to hear.

"Don't ever try to hurt yourself for me….please…" He whispered with an edge of plea.

"Please…don't ever hurt yourself for me anymore."

Her caramels snapped open as an image of a boy flashed through her mind.

He finally let go and turned to the shore. "I had enough surprises for a lifetime….let's just return home now..."

Kyoko unconsciously tugged on his sleeve, causing the young Mafioso to turn his head back with a questioning look. Time seemed to stop as caramels locked with chocolate browns before a single word slipped out of her rosy lips.

"Tsu….kun?"

Tsuna's eyes widened and immediately gaze straight at her while grasping her shoulders, he couldn't believe what he just heard and did not plan on letting it slip by. She snapped out of her daze and slapped both hands over her mouth with a tint of red crawling up her cheeks.

"K-Kyoko….you—"

But of course, this is Tsuna we're talking about. The sky surrounded by his oh-so-reliable guardians that will come to his aid without hesitation, whether he want it or in this case, not at all.

"Tenth! Miss Kyoko! Are you two alright?" Gokudera called as he ran up to the lake from the bushes.

Soon the five guardians came to view from the forest and were then watching the 'couple' with different expression. Mukuro started laughing eeriely in amusement, the skylark gave a simple 'hnn', Yamamoto laughed happy-go-luckily and flashed a thumbs up at his boss. Lambo, being the young boy he is, stared dumbly and tilted his head, wondering what was happening. Kyoko flustered as she pushed the brunet's hands off of her while Gokudera finally realized his grave mistake as Tsuna stared dumbly at his own hands that used to hold her.

"Umm….Was I interrupting something?" The storm guardian scratched his cheeks and gave a sheepy grin.

"N-No, o-of course not! T-There's nothing to interrupt between me and him. N-Never!"

Kyoko screamed in denial as she shook her head and hands in embarrassment, her face resembling that of a tomato as she blurted out any excuse that passed through her mind. Meanwhile, Tsuna flinched at the word 'Never' that seemed to mock him as it echoed in his head again and again.

As the word finally registered in his mind, he whipped his head at the storm guardian. His looks ready to kill and Gokudera took a step back unconsciously as he gulped for dear life. Unfortunately, after years of being his right-hand-man, the silver haired guardian could already guess what his boss would do and the brunet's intense glare said it all.

You're gonna get it later, Gokudera….

The storm guardian's face became pale with horror and Yamamoto walked up to pat him on the shoulders while chuckling happily.

"Ahaha, good luck, Gokudera!" He grinned and the silvernette finally snapped back to reality.

"Don't act so friendly with me you baseball-idiot!" He snarled while whipping out a few grenades in his hands.

Tsuna sighed and held out a hand to the orange haired teen who stared at it for a moment, glancing from the hand to his chocolate eyes. He raised a brow before she slowly took the hand with her head hung low to hide her reddening cheeks. The young Mafioso quickly averted his gaze and coughed to his fist, attempting to hide the warmth that crept up to his face while walking out of the lake with her following closely behind.

"Herbivore, we caught this white omnivore on the way." The skylark simply said before roughly pulling up a rope from the bushes, revealing a tied-up white headed mafioso as he fell to the ground on his butt.

"Oww…you don't have to be so rough Hiba-chan~" Byakuran whined.

Hibari twitched at the nickname while the pineapple head snickered in the background. The skylark was about to bite them both to death before the brunet spoke.

"Leave it, I don't feel like punching him anymore….." Tsuna sighed and scratched the back of his head.

Gokudera's jaw dropped and he looked at Tsuna then back to Kyoko who was squirming in place as the brunet refused to let her hand go no matter how hard she tried. The guardians almost face palmed when they realized how easy it was to please their boss.

"Ahahaha you're so nice Tsu-chan!~ But there's something I want to say though…." The marshmallow addict sang.

"What?" Tsuna asked impatiently, just because he let him off doesn't mean that he forgive the marshmallow head.

"You reduced my beautiful and favourite mansion to a pile of rubble….surely you would compensate for the damage and hospital bills for all of my subordinates, right?" Byakuran smiled. The brunet was about to retort about how the Gesso boss was the one who started it all, but decided otherwise.

"Fine, I'll pay for it." The brunet waved his hand.

"Oh but you still have to do something else for me or I'll tell on you to the other families~" Byakuran smirked playfully like a child.

"What else do you want?" The young mafia boss did not like where this is going.

"Hmm~" He tilted his head playfully "How about I live in your mansion until mine gets completely rebuilt?"

"No." Tsuna answered plainly with a deadpanned expression.

"Then Tsu-chan is going to have HUGE stacks of paperwork all the way from Italy. Oh don't worry, I'll remind them to tie it up in a nice ribbon to make it more inviting~" Byakuran laughed.

"...That's it." Tsuna walked up to the white head and cracked his knuckles "How about option 3 then?"

He rose his head and the guardians could see a sweet smile plastered on him, too sweet actually. "Me….burning a certain marshmallow to ashes till he couldn't speak anymore…."

Gokudera immediately sprang up and held his angry boss from beating the hell out of the marshmallow addict.

"W-Wait, Tenth! You'll just make things worse!" Gokudera pleaded.

"GOKUDERA, LET GO! I'M GOING TO KILL THIS FUCKING MARSHMALLOW HEADED FREAK!"

"Tsu-chan, you're so scary~" Byakuran cupped both of his hands on his cheeks, pretending to be a frail maiden which failed as he laughed out loudly soon after, making the angry brunet twitch from irritation.

"Why you…." Tsuna grabbed the Millefiore boss's collar and was about to punch him when a muffled sneeze came from behind. All eyes snapped to the orange haired teen.

"Ah, um…excuse me."

Kyoko grinned as she rubbed her hands on her shoulders for heat, her body quivering from the cold. Tsuna turned to the other mafia boss once more and scowled before letting him fell to the ground.

"Do what you want, we're going back to the mansion."

The right hand man took it as cue to get the limo and he ran through the bushes only to come back minutes later with the elegant vehicle on the pavement across the lake. The guardians entered first followed by Kyoko and lastly Tsuna—

"Tsu-chan, you're so mean! You don't have to slam the door, I haven't even entered yet." Byakuran pouted as he held the door from it's openings.

"Tch."

Tsuna clicked his tongue as he let the handle go and unwillingly allowed the white head to slide in the car. Byakuran poked his head in the vehicle happily before squeezing himself on the seat beside Kyoko who was across Tsuna, to the distaste of the brunet of course. The marshmallow addict flashed a sly grin at the young mafioso, causing the latter to glare at him threateningly.

"Kyoko-chan, are you alright?" Byakuran asked.

"I-I'm fine." Kyoko bit her lips, feeling the coldness through her damp clothes. She hated the man but the coldness of her shirt made her forgotten. Well…for now.

"Ehh? You don't look fine…."

Byakuran stretched out a hand towards the orange haired teen but was a second late as the Vongola boss pulled her in towards him. She landed on his lap with all spectators staring at her, minus Gokudera who was driving and Hibari who was too irritated for having to be in a place crowding with herbivores.

"W-Wha-!" She was about to protest when an arm wrapped around her waist.

"You're freezing." Tsuna simply said as he placed his chin on orange locks, making the teen blushed more.

"I-I'm fine! A-and you're drenched too!" She was about to stood up, away from his grasp when he spoke.

"And whose fault is that?" He smiled brightly, causing her to flinch at the question.

"….me?" her smile grew crooked.

"Thought so….now just stay still till we reach home."

Kyoko opened her mouth before the brunet moved a hand over her head and placed it on the nook of his neck. Knowing that the orange haired teen couldn't resist, the brunet grinned victoriously. Strangely, Kyoko felt her stomach flutter and her heart seemed to beat faster than before for some reasons unknown to her. The orange haired teen decided to shrug it off and closed her eyes, taking in the new found warmth of her 'lover'.

Just this once…