Okay, this idea wouldn't leave me until I've written it, so you get another chapter. Yay!
I don't know when or even if I'll be adding more chapters to the story, but you're welcome to send in requests.
Reviews are welcome.
*I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn, I only own the plot and my OC's*
Pretend this is abreak-line
Hamasake Asuka, Kimura Ayame, and Yamada Etsuko, dressed in casual clothes and comfortable shoes, walked through the streets of Rome, drinking in the sights the city had to offer. Being flight attendants was exhausting at times, but seeing all kinds of new and exotic places, meeting exciting people from all manners of life, it was truly and utterly intoxicating.
Asuka was a bit absent-minded when they weren't working during the last couple of weeks, often getting lost in thoughts and ends up with this far away look on her face, sometimes she got distracted when they were working!
The three women worked the same flights more often than not, that plus their similar personalities and being close in age helped the young women forge a good friendship. Asuka being the youngest of the three sometimes caused the older two to worry about her and be overprotective. Her recent change in mood was not lost on her friends, and since they were not able to get her to talk about it, they figured that a sightseeing trip in one of the most beautiful cities they've ever been to might help get whatever's bothering her out of her mind for a bit.
To their utmost relief, it seemed to be working; Asuka was laughing and enjoying herself, taking pictures and looking at the sights with childlike wonder.
Asuka knew what her friends were doing, so she tried her hardest to -at least for today- have fun and not think of the person who had occupied much of her thoughts during the last two weeks; Sawada Tsunayoshi.
It had started when she met her old friends from middle school on one of the rare occasions she was home in Namimori, they had been catching up with each others lives and talking about trivial things when the subject of their old classmates was somehow brought up. They spent some time trying to remember their old classmates' names and speculating on what they were doing now, and of course Gokudera and Yamamoto were brought up (being two of the most popular boys in their class) which led to the mention of Sawada, or as her friends called him Dame-Tsuna.
Asuka was reminded of how horrible their classmates, other students, and even the teachers had treated Sawada, and although she never participated in the bullying herself, she had not done much to stop it, and she felt bad about her actions in middle school.
She tried to defend Sawada when her friends started trashing him (you'd think that they've matured at least a bit since middle school), stating that if he was such a useless person then why would Gokudera and Yamamoto be friends with him, not to mention Sasagawa Kyoko and her brother, Chrome, that brown haired girl from Midori Middle, and even Hibari seemed to somehow respect him, plus a lot of weird and quite frankly strong and attractive people that they occasionally saw around Namimori seemed to have some sort of relation to Swada.
Needles to say that she had failed to defend her former classmate, and guilt has been eating away at her ever since.
She was laughing at something Ayame said when a man caught her attention. He didn't stand out in the crowd so it was weird that she noticed him, he was dressed in dark jeans and sneakers and jacket with the hood pulled up so that his face was hidden, his height was slightly above average and seemed to be lean, with his body leaning more towards an androgynous appearance.
The man was looking at the window of an antique shop, seemingly unaware of his surroundings, and Asuka didn't know why she was approaching this stranger when he could be very dangerous for all she knows, but her gut feeling was telling her that she had nothing to fear from him and that he'll help ease her guilt regarding one Sawada Tsunayoshi.
Etsuko and Ayame noticed her heading towards the man and were trying to stop her when she interrupted them.
"...Sawada Tsunayoshi?" Asuka asked hesitantly.
Surprisingly enough, the man turned to her and answered in perfect Japanese while removing his hood to reveal his soft brown eyes and gravity-defying hair, "Yes?".
The young Don had sensed someone approaching him, but his hyper-intuition wasn't acting up so he knew he had nothing to fear from the people approaching him, though he surprised to hear his name spoken by a clearly Japanese young woman.
Turning to look at the three women before him, he quickly noted that he wasn't familiar with the two tense women that were standing behind the speaker, but the black-haired blue-eyed girl that spoke to him jogged something in his memory.
"Hamasake-san… right?" Tsuna frowned, not entirely sure he remembered the gentle girls name correctly; she was one of the few people in their class that didn't participate in the bullying of Dame-Tsuna.
The girl's eyes lit up, clearly pleased that he remembers her name, "That's right, and please Sawada drop the honorific, we are former classmates after all."
Tsuna noticed that the two women relaxed a bit at Asuka's words, "Alright Hamasake," Tsuna smiled at the three women, making them blush, "who are your friends?" he gestured to the two people behinds her, "If you don't mind me asking."
"Not at all," Smiled Asuka, glad for the distraction while she gathered her courage to say what she wanted, "these are Kimura Ayame and Yamada Etsuko," she pointed to each woman as she said her name, "we work for the same air line and are good friends. Ayame, Etsuko, this is sawada Tsunayoshi, he's an old classmate of mine."
Tsuna smiled at Ayame and Etsuko, "it's a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure's ours." Murmured the two shyly, still under the young Vongola's charm.
Asuka swallowed thickly, and said what she wanted for almost two weeks now, "I'm sorry."
"Eh?"
Three pairs of confused eyes turned to her, but she stared resolutely into Tsuna's, "For middle school," she clarified, "we were awful to you and you didn't deserve it. I'm sorry!" she said again while bowing deeply to him.
Tsuna smiled gently at her, "It's alright, Hamasake, it's all in the past now. And if I remember correctly you didn't participate in the bullying and there wasn't anything you could've done about it. But," he stated when he saw she was about to abject, "I accept your apology."
Asuka smiled, feeling relief wash over her, "I'm glad."
"Well, since you work for an air line I assume you won't be staying in Rome for long," he waited for the women to nod before continuing, "then allow me to invite you to a shop that sells the best gelatos in Rome; it's just around the corner."
The three accepted his offer, and he and Asuka struck up a conversation while they headed there.
"So, what type of work do you do exactly?"
"We're flight-attendants. What about you Sawada?"
"I inherited my grandfather's business." was the vague reply.
"Oh? And wha-"
"We're here!" Tsuna interrupted her.
He asked the girls what they wanted and then repeated it to the vendor in perfect Italian and paid for it.
He turned to the stunned women, "What?" he asked innocently.
"We were not aware that you spoke Italian." Said Etsuko.
"Ah, well, I should, I have lived here since graduating high school."
"You live in Rome?" Asked Ayame excitedly, hearts in her eyes, having loved the city since she was a child.
"No. I live in Italy, just not in Rome; I'm here on business," he looked around and lowered his voice like he was about to divulge some huge secret, "I'm supposed to be preparing for a meeting, but it's with someone that I've known since I was a kid, so I snuck away to see the city."
His companions laughed at his conspiratorial tone and childish actions, but before they could respond a relieved voice was heard.
"Capo!"
They turned to see several men in black suits before them.
Tsuna just smiled and replied (again in perfect Italian), "So you finally found me! I was wondering how long that would take."
"Capo…" the man tha seemed incharge sounded exasperated, "you should at least take a guard with you, what if something happens?"
"I am perfectly capable of defending myself, Emilio." Tsuna chastised lightly.
He then turned to the three bewildered women, "It seems that I must depart now," he bowed slightly to them, "it was nice seeing you again, Hamasake, and it was lovely meeting you Kimura-san,Yamada-san. Addio."
He then turned and left with the men in black suits, who surrounded him like bodyguard-which they were- while the vendor approached the women and gave them their gelatos.
"Capo… that means boss, right?" asked Ayame.
"I think so." answered Etsuko.
Asuka stared at the direction that Sawada headed with his bodyguards and smirked, 'If Sawada decides to come to our middle school reunion when we have it, then everyone who ever bullied him would probably collapse from shock!' she thought amusedly.
If anyone knows how to add a break-line please help meee! oh and break-line
I don't know if I'll write a reunion fic, but if I do then these OC would probably make an appearance.
RogueMagic