"Kyoko! You won't believe who just transferred into my class.. Geh! Sawada?" Hana visually shocked seeing Tsuna, especially since the boy is being surrounded by girls.

"Hello, Kurokawa-san." The brunette greets the tall girl. "I should've see this coming when I saw Gokudera." Hana took a sit next by Kyoko. "But seriously tho, wow.. you really looks different. Are you sure you are that dame Tsuna?" Kyoko's heart skips a beat. Tsuna chuckles to the question. "I haven't heard that in a long time.. Ah, it seems like Hayato has come to get me." Hayato? "Please excuse me ladies. Kurokawa-san, it's nice to see you again." Then Tsuna turns towards Kyoko. Their eyes met for awhile. Tsuna gave her a smile, but instead of replying his smile, Kyoko quickly turned away. Only Hana notices that hurt reflected in Tsuna's eyes. The girls quickly cleared the area with disappointed groans as soon as the boy left the classroom.

"I never thought I would see that Sawada be surrounded by girls one day.." joked Hana but Kyoko didn't respond. Her eyes fixed to her desk. "Hey Kyoko." Kyoko raise her head. "What happen between you and Sawada?"

Kyoko couldn't sleep that night. Every time she tried closing her eyes, the figure of Tsuna will appear across her mind. No! She scolded herself. That person is not Tsuna-kun! That person is not Tsuna-kun..

Prrtttt!

The teacher blows the whistle. "Class 2-A won!" the boys makes racket while the girls applaud. One of the boys pats on Tsuna's shoulder. "Dude! That was awesome! Are you sure you're Tsuna?" "What happen to you while in Italy?" another boy added. Instantly Tsuna's face darkens, before laughing it off. "But really Gokudera.. You're in our team so why the heck are you assisting the other team?" one of Gokudera's classmates scolds him. "Ha? What are you talking about? Even though we are in a different class, I'm still on Primo's side!" the Italian yelled back. "There it is.. Gokudera is saying something weird again.." the boys starts to laugh.

"Kyoko, you're staring at Sawada again." Kyoko almost jump when Hana said that. "I certainly did not." She tries to deny. Hana let off a sigh. Kyoko has been acting weird since the day Tsuna transferred to their school. She tried asking her about it but to no avail. "But that Sawada really changed a lot eh. He used to be so short and now he's like two heads taller than me. He's gotten handsome too. I wonder how that happen. Is Italy has some sort of miracle spring or something?" Her babblings makes Kyoko chuckles. "I heard he got smarter too, is that true?" Kyoko simply nod to answer.

This 'Sawada Tsunayoshi' is different from the Tsuna she knows. This person is cool, smart and good at sports. He is taller, a lot taller than before, his voice is deeper, and his looks, as noted by Hana, is much good looking and has a mature and calm nuance about it. The biggest different about him is his eyes. Kyoko use to love those warm and kind eyes. She felt safe whenever she looks into those eyes. But this person possesses such cold and soulless eyes. Those eyes, they scare her. That how she knows, this person is not the Tsuna she has almost been a week since Tsuna transferred and Kyoko would avoid him as much as possible. It frustrates her on how easily others accept this Tsuna. Can't they see that this person is not Tsuna-kun? It's impossible for Tsuna-kun to be here after all. But then again, they don't know what she knows.

"Hey, Kyoko-chan.. you're coming right?" his question jolts her back into reality. "Huh?" Tsuna chuckles. "Are you coming to my house this weekend? Reborn is doing it again, one of his famous crazy party.."

"Oh, that.. I'm not sure if I'm going to be available." She answered as she packs her stuff. "I'll come if I can. Goodbye." And she tried to leave in haste.

Before Kyoko could run away, he grabs her wrist, push her towards the wall and trap her in between. "Are you scared of me?" the boy asks. "No.." she answered. Her voice quivered with fear. "Then what is it? Why are you running away from me?" he sounds hurt, his face colored with gloom but his eyes, they were cold and empty. "Tell me, please.. I want to know what I do wrong." He begs.

That is when her emotion betrays her. Tears leaks through her eyes, "I ran away because I'm scared of my own feelings! I'm scared that this is nothing but a sweet dream. I'm scared that you are just an illusion, scared that you might not be real.." there, she said it, her true feelings. She know it, all this time, the real reason she has been rejecting him is that she's afraid that once she accept him, she'll lose him again.

His thin lips formed a smile. He takes Kyoko's right hand and placed it to his face. "See, my body is solid right?" Then he moves her hand to his chest, "See, my heart is beating right?" He then let go of her hands and proceed with hugging her. "See, my body is warm right?" Kyoko manage a weak nod. "I'm real Kyoko-chan." He whispers to her ear. "I'm real."

"Oh, Kyoko.. morning!" "Onii-chan? Eh? When did you come home?" "I just arrived, sorry, I went ahead and eat first, including your portion." Ryohei gave her a guilty smile. "It's ok, I'll make some more." Kyoko said as she started working on her (and Ryouhei's) breakfast. "It feels weird seeing you at home during this time of the season. You usually only come home during the holidays."

"Well, you know.. the Sawada's home coming party, I won't miss it for anything. Plus, I heard everyone is attending the party too. You're going too right?" suddenly, yesterday's memory played back in her head.

See, my body is warm right?

Instantly, Kyoko's face turned red. She shakes her head vigorously, trying to erase that memory from her system before manage a "Yes" with a small voice. "And err.. is your friend coming too?" Kyoko cocked her head. "Friend? Which friend?" "Err.. you know.. your friend with black wavy hair.." Hana-chan? A small laugh escaped her lips. "Unfortunately, no. She has to work today." Ryouhei let out a disappointed sigh.

The siblings decided to go to the party separately as Ryouhei decided to pay a visit to his old boxing club in Namimori Middle first while Kyoko wants to buy something to be brought to the party. She decided to buy some cakes since the kids love sweet deserts (and she haven't had cakes for some times).

The walk to Tsuna's house gave her a somewhat nostalgic feeling. She use to come to this neighbourhood a lot. She still remembered every details of this street. It the persimmon tree of that house has grown bigger now, the fruits look much juicier too. Ah, the puppy of that house has her own puppy now. She keeps on observing the area until she reach the Sawada household. It took her a few seconds before she could enter the house.

"Excuse me.."

"Kyoko-chan!" three children jump at her. "Lambo-chan, I-Pin-chan, Fuuta-kun.." she held back her tears. The children are much bigger than she last saw them. "Kyoko-chan!" this time a girl of her age that tackles her with watery eyes and runny nose. "Haru-chan.."

"I miss you so much!" the girl keeps on crying. "I miss you too, Haru-chan." She replied, hugging the brunette back. Then a woman poke her head from the living room. "Ah, Kyoko-chan. You've arrive.." "Bianchi-san.." "Come on in, everyone else has arrive."

Kyoko couldn't believe her eyes, everyone was there. Chrome, Yamamoto, Reborn, Irie, Kusakabe("I'm here as Kyo-san's representative"), Dino, everyone, all of her friends are there. More importantly, Tsuna is there. "Now," said Reborn, who looks like a 4 year old toddler now. "Since everyone is here, lets start the Vongola Style Homecoming Party!"

Kyoko couldn't held her tears anymore. Dear god, she prayed. If this is a dream, please don't wake me up just yet. Let me savour this for a little longer. Even if this is not real, please, just let me hold on into this happiness for a while.