Chapter 5: The Sun Siblings

Late at nights, I have conversations with the moon. She tells me about the sun. And I talk about you


Maya likes to think that she is a good person. She is respectful to other people. She helps the elderly cross the road. And she follows the rules. Sure, she may be a tad bit arrogant from time to time. And the ice skater can be annoying from time to time. However, let it be said that Maya did not, under any circumstance, deserve this sort of harassment.

Maya was innocently taking her morning jog when a very angry, loud, and vengeful boxer interrupted her. She recognizes him as the man with the Sun Vongola Ring. Before today, Maya hasn't had the chance to meet him yet. However, looking at him now, she can't say that it's a pleasure meeting him.

He points his finger at her angrily and demands, "What the hell is wrong with my sister to the extreme?"

The ice skater blinks at the accusation. Then she closes her eyes and rubs her forehead as she makes the realization.

Maya blames all of this to that accursed letter.


Kyoya was in the plane when he felt his phone vibrate. Taking a look, he saw Maya had sent him a picture. The prefect blinks. Why did Maya send him a love letter?

He reads the content. Again, he blinks, why did Maya send him a love letter from a herbivore? He remembers this herbivore. She's the sister of the boxing herbivore Sasagawa Kyoko.

Why did Maya send him a love letter written by Sasagawa Kyoko?

Kyoya sighs. After sixteen years of friendship with Maya, he has learned to just ignore it. So he rolls his eyes and puts his cellphone back in his pocket.

The plane has landed when Kyoya decided to call her back.

"Do you have any idea what time it is right now, Kyoya?"Maya's voice was annoyed and laced with sleep.

The skylark ignored Maya, getting straight to the point. "You sent me a love letter, written by a herbivore. Explain."

From the other side, he hears Maya groan. "It was a love letter?"

Kyoya unconsciously raises an eyebrow. "You didn't know? You sent it to me, Maya," he reminds.

"Dyslexic," Maya reminds him. "I wanted you to read it to me."

'Right,' Kyoya thought as he makes a mental reminder to buy phonetics books. If Maya's going to stay for the rest of the year, he's going to have to help her. And he considers a doctor's appointment as well.

"I hate love letters," Maya whines. "I really don't like rejecting people."

"Just bite them to death," Kyoya says casually. "It always work for me."

From the other side, Kyoya can physically feel Maya's annoyance. "Kyoya," she says patiently, "I know you don't have many experience with being a functional part of the society but biting people to death isn't always the answer," Kyoya brings his phone away from his ear, knowing full well of what's coming next, "ESPECIALLY TO SOMEONE WHO HAS FEELINGS FOR YOU," Maya shouts. Kyoya was honestly surprised to still hear her voice even when his phone was far away from his ear.

Kyoya waits a couple of seconds before bringing the phone near his ear. "Have you calmed down now?"

"Yes," Maya bites out. "But what am I going to do?"

Kyoya shrugs, uncaring. "I told you, just bite her to death." The skylark raises an eyebrow when he hears a loud crash from the other side. "Did you just fall off your bed?" Judgment clear in his voice.

"H-her?" Maya stutters, ignoring Kyoya's question. "I-it's a her?"

Kyoya sighs. He forgets that his friend acts like a herbivore from time to time. "Yes, your admirer's name is Sasagawa Kyoko. She's in the same class as you." Kyoya waits for his friend's reply but all he can hear is silence. Raising an eyebrow, he asks, "Maya?"

"It's official," Maya's voice was weak and dazed. "Kyoya, I'm officially freaking out!"

Again, he brings his phone away from his ear. Still, it doesn't stop him from hearing Maya's frantic cries. "What am I going to do?! I can't handle rejecting other people! And this is the first time a girl confessed to me! Emotions are too much for me to handle! What if I make her cry?! Even worse, what if I cry?!"

'Knowing Maya, she probably will," Kyoya thought. He rubs his forehead tiredly. He sighs and brings his phone near his ear again. "Maya, listen to me," he says in a firm voice. He continues when he hears silence from the other side, "You will stop this incessant display of herbivore behaviour. You will act as you see fit and you will stop whining. Are we clear?"

Sniffing, Maya composes herself. "Understood."

Kyoya nods, satisfied with himself.

"But, you know, this is why I hate love letters." Kyoya wants to hit something. "I mean, they know I'm dyslexic. If they were really my admirer, they'd just confess."

"But you hate confrontation," Kyoya reasons, taking a deep breath to calm down. His friend is thinning his patience.

"Oh," Maya answers lamely. "See, I don't win. It's a lose-lose situation!"

Kyoya really wants to hit something. "You're not in a fight with your admirer, Maya."

"No!" Kyoya will hit something. "That's what they want you to think, Kyoya! When you have your guard down, they'll attack you with their….feelings," Maya conspires.

Kyoya kicks the nearest object to him…which happens to be Dino. Kyoya sighs. And he's the recluse of society?


It's been two days since then. Maya had talked to Kyoko. And it went down hill from there really fast. The girl cried, Maya was close to crying, and apparently her brother was fuming with anger. The ice skater didn't need this right now.

"Look, Sasagawa-san," she interrupts the boxer. "I am not homophobic. I am not heartless. And I am certainly not a heart breaker. I am dyslexic, so it took me a while to understand the letter. I confronted her because I do not want any unnecessary misunderstandings happening. I think Kyoko-san is an amazing woman and anybody would be lucky to have her." Maya pauses, she can't believe she'll be saying this. "It's not her, it's me. I'm just not ready for a relationship. And I just met her. Don't you think it's better to just be friends first?"

Ryohei blinks, quietly taking in what she had just said. "EXTREME!" Unconsciously, Maya steps back. "You are extremely right!" The silver-hair nods to himself. "You'll do just fine for my sister." He takes Maya's hands and looks at her directly in her eyes. "Please take care of my sister to the extreme!"

Maya sighs. A morning jog, that was all she wanted, not a brother-in-law. "Look, Sasagawa-san-"

"Call me Ryohei-nii to the extreme," he interrupts.

Maya wants to hit something. Hell, she wants to bite something to death. "Ryohei-san," she calls out patiently, "Instead of worrying about your sister's romantic escapades, shouldn't you be worrying about your match tonight? And you absolutely do not have a say in your sister's feelings and who she dates so please let it go. She will talk to me when she wants to."

"That's another thing I want to talk about, Akiyama," Maya blinks at the seriousness of his tone. "During my match, can you please distract Kyoko." The boxer claps his hands and bows at her. "I beg of you to the extreme!"

"Kyoko-san doesn't know? Why?"

Ryohei goes on a spiel about childhood promises, distraction, worrying, crying, and other things Maya didn't understand. All in all, it just made Maya angry. "So let me see if I understand this correctly. You're lying to your sister, and you want me to be an accomplice. Much more importantly, you're going to a battle, in which the worst case scenario is your death. And you won't tell her."

Ryohei nods. Maya realizes she's dealing with an idiot. "Look, I just met you and you seem like a nice guy. But you're an idiot. Here's a piece of advice, your sister is strong. Stop treating her like a doll and tell her the situation. If you love her, and I know you do, tell her what's going to happen and what's at stake. And if she loves you, she will understand, childhood promises be damned." Maya knows this scene painstakingly well. She knows the feelings and doubts so well. It feels just like her damn life. And it hits way too close to home.

May sighs. If she's going to give advice, she's not going to half-ass it. "I'm from a family of soldiers," she says. "And I'm the only civilian." Maya pauses, looking at Ryohei, searching for something, anything. "My childhood is filled with once every three months calls from my parents because they're in a hostile environment. Now, those calls are made by my sister. It's been two months since she last called me. You barely know me, but I know how your sister feels. It's doubts and insecurity and sleepless nights. She's worried about you and she has a right to be. She also has a right to know. You told me your parents were killed in a car accident. So that means, you're all she has. Realize the gravity of this situation and just tell her the truth."

Damn it, it hits way too close to home.

Their moment was interrupted when a baby carried by an eagle arrives. Maya raises an eyebrow. Namimori is a melting pot for weird people. "What is happening here, kora?!"

"Colonello-shishou!" Ryohei exclaims.

Maya tilts her head. Where has she heard that name before?

"Maya, it's been a while," the weird baby, Colonello, says to her.

"Shishou, do you know her to the extreme?"

Maya waits for his answer, curious as well. "Yes, kora. She's my goddaughter!"

"EH?!" Both middle school students exclaim.

"That can't be possible," Maya says. "My godfather is a man, not a baby."

"That's me, kora. I've been sending you post cards, did you not get it?"

"That was you?" Maya feels a head ache coming. COMSUBIN, she realizes. "You're my grandfather's subordinate in COMSUBIN."

"Former subordinate," he corrects. "Your mother and I also worked a few missions together, kora."


Lunch sees Maya in the rooftop. In front of her was Kyoko, fidgeting nervously. "A-anou," she says nervously, "Nii-san told me what you did. He also told me the truth."

Maya smiles. "I'm glad then. How do you feel?"

"I-I'm nervous and worried," Kyoko smiles sadly. "But it's nii-san. And I can't stop him."

"But you can support him," Maya reminds her.

Kyoko nods resolutely. "Thank you, Akiyama-san."

Maya licks her lip, "Maya. Call me Maya, Kyoko."

She knows she made the right decision when Kyoko smiles, blush seen on her cheeks, "Thank you, Maya."

The ice skater scratches her head, "And about the uhm," Maya coughs, clearing her throat, "the love letter."

"You're worried that we don't know each other yet, right?" Kyoko interrupts her. "So will it be alright if we start as friends first?" she asks cutely.

"You took the words right out of my mouth," Maya replies.

"But you better be careful, Maya-chan." Kyoko says, her blush can still be seen. "I'll make you fall in love with me. Just you wait." And then she leaves Maya, face red and eyes widened.

"Dangerous. That girl is dangerous," Maya murmurs, fanning her face.


Maya decides to stay in the rooftop, looking over the scenery before her. Now that she was alone, she couldn't help the worry that was slowly creeping on her mind. Not just for Kyoya, but for Tsuna, and the rest.

She snapped out of her reverie when a finger poked her cheek. "Yamamoto-san?"

The man in question smile at her. "You were thinking too deeply," he says with a smile. "Are you coming to watch later?"

"I don't know. I'm just an outsider who never really left," Maya replies.

"Well then, you better make sure you never leave." Yamamoto looks at her. "Come later. I'm sure senpai would love to have your support."

Maya smiles. "You know it's funny, Ryohei-san is too much like Kyoya sometimes."

Yamamot blinks, confused. He shakes his head, laughing. "You're weird, Maya-chan."

"I'm not weird. Ryohei-san is weird," she pauses, pointing her finger at him. "And so is Kyoya. And they're both stupid as well. And a little sexist, now that I think about it." Maya sighs. "They're idiots as well."

Yamamoto laughs as well. "But they're our idiots, Maya-chan."

Maya looks at him, trying to think of a comeback. "You're an idiot," she says lamely.

Laughing, Yamamoto bumps their shoulder. "Am I your idiot as well?"

Maya sighs and crosses her arms. "I suppose so. Thanks for cheering me up, Yamamoto-san."

He ruffles her hair, "I'm your idiot. It's my job."

Maya smiles.


To say that the sun fight was horrendous would be an understatement. The tension was high. Everybody was worried. And Maya could feel her anger rising. To her right, she holds Kyoko's hand. Everybody was surprised when she showed up earlier. Now though, the whole focus was on the fight. Kyoko's hand tightened around hers when Ryohei took another hit.

" I can't lose him as well," Kyoko whispers. "I can't, Maya."

"You won't," Maya whispers fiercely. "Your brother is strong. So believe in him alright."

"Maya's right, kora," Colonello says. "Just wait. Ryohei will win this, kora."

Maya releases a relieved sigh when Ryohei finally got a punch. It was smooth sailing after that. After the match, Kyoko rushes towards her brother.

All in all, it was fine for the first match.


When the next fight was announced, Maya feels her blood boil. It was the Lightning Match. She clenches her fist. How do they expect a five year old to fight? Again, she felt someone poke her cheek. And again,it was Yamamoto. "You worry too much, Maya-chan." Then he turns serious, "I hate this too but Tsuna has a plan so trust him, 'kay?"

Maya bites her lips and nods.


Omake:

Dino blinks. He deserves none of these. Still, he asks, "Kyoya, why do you have foxes with you?"

Kyoya only smirks. "Souvenirs."


Sneak Peak for Chapter 6:

"Quit smirking at me, I'm serious," Maya yells out.

"I'm not smirking," Yamamoto tells her, the smirk threatening to come out.

"Well, stop laughing at me."

"Maya, I'm not laughing!" Yamamoto bites his lip to stop the bubbling laughter from coming out.

"Well, quit whatever it is your doing," Maya growls.

"This is me with a cheery disposition. A ray of sunshine in the mist of bleakness. Don't put a cloud over my sunshine."

"It's an excuse to laugh at me!"

"But Maya, your hair is pink!" Yamamoto couldn't help the laughter after that.

"I'm going to kill you," Maya growls.

To be continued...


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