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Three years, four months, one week and a day.
Nana kept count of the days of her son's sleep.
And just yesterday he had went into eternal sleep for five minutes and came back.
It was an impossible event. A miracle.
And she was expecting another miracle, a miracle that her son would finally open his eyes and say 'mom'.
Wishing that her son is up and about, she went to the hospital while holding irises.
A nurse that has been taking care of Tsuna for these past three years greeted her with a smile.
"Hello Sawada-san. The doctor said to tell you that Tsuna-kun has been stable despite his situation yesterday. So don't worry too much. He also said that there's a possibility that he might wake up. It works that way in movies. Though I told him that this is not a movie..." the nurse had said.
Nana laughed a bit.
"Nakamura-sensei is just like that I guess." Nana had said to the nurse.
"And it's not normal for a doctor to do that. He's a doctor for God's sake. Turning that aside, shall I accompany you upstairs? It's my free time right now." The nurse had said.
"No, no it's fine. Go on and rest Maeri-san. I'm fine." Nana said.
"Are you really fine alone?" The other asked.
Nana just nodded with a reassuring smile.
"If you say so...don't cry too much Sawada-san. Tsuna-kun is strong. He'll make it through." Maeri said to her, flashing her a bright smile.
Maeri was a young and lovely nurse. Nana was fond of her bright personality. But she was also worried for the younger. Being a nurse is a really hard work.
"Rest well and don't forget to eat, Maeri-san. I'll bring a lunchbox for you tomorrow." Nana said.
Maeri's face had clearly brightened up at hearing about the lunchbox then it immediately changed into embarrassed face.
"You don't need to do that for me Sawada-san. It's a bother to you..." Maeri said.
"It's not like I haven't done that before. Besides you take care of my Tsu-kun really well. Just think of it as a gratitude from me." Nana reasoned.
"If you say so then...please." The younger said with a flushed face.
"You don't need to be embarrassed by it. Now go and get your rest. I can't have my favorite nurse passing out in exhaustion." Nana said and shoo'ed the girl away to get some rest.
Nana then left the lobby and rode the elevator up to eight floor.
Within those minutes that she rode and waited inside the elevator, she had prayed that her son will be awake.
Within those seconds she walked to his room, she had prayed that maybe, just maybe he already had his eyes open was just sitting there waiting.
Her hand trembled as she hesistated to open the door.
And she opened it.
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"So you're telling me that you had to interfere in someone else's business and you got involved and now you are somehow a life force that's keeping that someone to be actually alive right now that's why you're here in this dark mindscape of yours and no ways of getting out." Tsuna said.
"Exactly. I can't get out because I'm chained into my mindscape, trying to keep that person on bay. And I need someone to take my place and check the outside. I need someone to continue what I am doing before I became like this. Tsuna, I need you to help me." Yoshi said desperately.
Tsuna saw more than just desperation in his counterpart's eyes. There was fear, worry, anxiousness and frustration. He needed help. He desperately needed the help and he had waited and that help came. That help was him.
"What were you doing." Tsuna asked him. Yoshi sighed. "I was a sixth grader. I had no friends, just an acquaintance named Ietsuna. That guy, he's surrounded by people. He attracted people to him. Also me, but we're just acquaintances. I had average grades, I only had my mother with my father away to work in a different country despite the many available high paying normal jobs here in Japan, he still chose to do a construction job in another country." Yoshi said.
"I guess that never changes even in a different world..." Tsuna commented. Yoshi chuckled. "It was like that for you too?" He asked. The older nodded. "Anyways, I was a total loner. Until one day I had came across some things in my house as I was rummaging our garage. My dad things. I wish I never found them. I wish I never knew the truth." Yoshi said.
"I guess that doesn't change too even in your dimension." Tsuna commented and Yoshi just sighed. "I saw some files and the cover was interesting, clams. I really wish I didn't read that file." He said.
"My life turned 180 degrees ever since then. I learned something dangerous. I got into it and I could not go back to what I was before." Yoshi said somberly.
Tsuna knew that feeling. It was just like the time Reborn had come into their house and his life turned upside down. Everything changed. Better and to worse.
"I started to search up some things on my computer about Italian mafias. I even got into the Vongola's database using the information inside that file. I didn't think that my father that was away was actually a part of the Mafia. It was a shock to me."
Tsuna patted the younger's back. The latter gave him a grateful smile.
"Then one day, I was invited by Ietsuna to walk home together. Our houses were in the same direction and that time he was alone so I agreed. How I wish I didn't." Yoshi said.
"Ietsuna was a relative of the Vongola's boss. I knew it when I found those files. His profile was within those files. The Vongola Ninth's grandson." He said.
"And he was attacked." He paused.
Tsuna at this point, has already wrapped his head around the whole thing. What he just didn't understand was Yoshi's situation. And to understand that part, he needs to know what happened, detail by detail.
"Some van stopped in front of us and we were pulled inside. I trashed around while Ietsuna was trembling in fear. Our mouths got taped and our hands were tied. They were men in suits. They spoke a language and I was sure it was Italian considering Ietsuna's connections to the Mafia." Yoshi started.
"We were taken to some kind of a factory, an abandoned one. We were kept inside a room. Ietsuna was being bombarded with questions, he was beaten up when he refused to speak." He said.
"I was just there, watching. Until I was at gunpoint because there was something that Ietsuna didn't want to say at all cost. At that time some guy came to our rescue. But the gun was fired, and Ietsuna being the kind and caring person he is, took the bullet for me. Unfortunately it passed through him and also hit me. He was hit three bullets. Two passed through his body and hit me."
His eyes were blank, like he was remembering those moments. Tsuna held his hands to snap him out of his trance. And it was effective. Yoshi's focus was back onto Tsuna's orange brown orbs.
"We were brought to the hospital for sure because I heard the sirens before I blacked out. The last thing I saw was Ietsuna's apologetic face. Then I was inside this place." He said.
"What happened after that? How do you know that you're keeping this Ietsuna at bay, how do you know you're his life force?" Tsuna asked.
"You're not the first one I've brought here. The first person I brought here was a person called Byakuran. He's knows very helpful things and that's how I knew." Yoshi said.
Tsuna winced when he heard the name. Byakuran was a dear friend of his that died earlier than him because of some illness. He misses his friend.
"He told me about flames. He told me that probably when we were injured at the same time, our flames bonded together and maybe we were anchoring each other that's why I can't get out I was becoming his life force and considering my situation he still didn't know." Yoshi explained.
"He said that it might be best to wait for my own counterpart and ask for help. He stayed with me for a year. And he went to the afterlife. Then I spent two years alone. Then you came." Yoshi said.
Tsuna felt bad for him. He spent two years alone in this dark place. Without anyone to talk to and nothing to do but just float.
"What will happen if I woke up in your place?" Tsuna asked.
"I don't know. I'm sure I'll still be here since the body is originally mine and I can't just disappear because I'm currently anchoring Ietsuna down." Yoshi said.
"I can visit this place anytime right? I can talk to you right?" Tsuna said. Yoshi gave him a big smile. "We'll make sure to do that. I'm sure we can. Please find a way to fix this. I'm sorry I pulled you into this mess." Yoshi said.
Tsuna hugged his counterpart. He was still a child yet he's already suffering like this. He will surely help him out of this. He will save him.
His intuition tingled a bit. It seems like there was more to this.