It was a weird couple of days. Tsuna had never experienced this. He guessed it was something akin to an asthma attack he had. He had little knowledge on how asthma worked but that's what the nurse told him.

He had blanked out after a while, waking up in the infirmary the school had. Reborn was slouched in a seat, his feet kicked up onto the end of the bed and his chin tucked onto his chest. When Tsuna tried to sit up, Reborn snapped awake, leaning forward and pushing Tsuna back against the pillow.

"You've been out all night; I don't think moving so soon is a good thing." Reborn said. Tsuna flailed his arms a little but didn't protest too much. He was tired.

Reborn handed Tsuna his phone so he could speak.

"What happened?" Tsuna typed.

"You've probably already guessed but you had an asthma attack. And before you say you don't have asthma, I know, but you do. So you have to stay here for most of the day in observation since this was a more serious attack. Whatever, whatever. You're also excused from class so have fun with that."

"Why aren't you in class?" Tsuna asked.

"Because I was told I had to stay with you. The nurse had to leave ten minutes before you woke up too so I have to sit with you and make sure you're feeling okay before you can actually get up."

"Where'd the nurse go?"

"There was some kid that was about to come into the school and the nurse went to see how his mental state is and how he's feeling; all that garbage."

Tsuna nodded. He rubbed at his eye, trying to actually not fall asleep. Reborn didn't seem to mind it though as he stood up, lifting his arms above his head, letting out a small cough. Tsuna was about to ask when Reborn shot him a glare, seeming to just remember Tsuna was there too.

"Get some more sleep. There's nothing else you can do today since the nurse would murder you if you tried to lift a chair." Reborn tossed a bag onto Tsuna's lap before breezing out, closing the door with a snap.

Reborn was right of course, The nurse almost fainted when Tsuna tried to get up. He immediately started lecturing him on the ways to make him heal better; to eat right, to rest up, to do as much exercise as he could. The speech was lost on Tsuna but he tried to listen, wanting to appease him. He was scary.

But he had a nice smile and was easy to talk to. Tsuna enjoyed his time in the infirmary. But he still wanted to be able to go back to his dorm.

His dorm was the closest thing to home he had. His dad didn't even try at conversation anymore. Any attempt would have been futile anyways because of how Tsuna couldn't exactly answer. But the attempt was still missed. It was like the final strand of their relationship had been severed.

Reborn was really the only person Tsuna could even call a friend. They never really did anything together except homework though. And he was always with his girlfriend so it wasn't like there was much of a bond. But it was something.

The time the nurse came in and said he could leave was probably the most bittersweet. He felt fine but he didn't want to have to suffer through going back to the apartment and being alone.

He went though. But Reborn was making something when he walked in. Tsuna sniffed in curiosity, dropping his bag of clothes near the door. It was what Reborn had thrown at him, an extra pair of clothes.

Tsuna crept into the kitchen, knocking on the door frame to announce he was there. Reborn wasn't surprised though and just looked over his shoulder at Tsuna.

"I told them to call me when you were allowed to leave." He said with a scowl. "I would have been there to walk you back."

Tsuna blinked in surprise. He started to sign out something but Reborn stopped him.

"I know what you're going to say; 'I don't have to". I know I don't but I will anyways because it's not fun walking back from a hospital alone."

Tsuna decided to ignore that. It sounded like Reborn spoke from experience and he wasn't sure he wanted to overturn that stone.

"I'm making pasta by the way, if you were wondering." Reborn said after a beat of silence. "The food they send us is gross and I want no part of it."

Tsuna snickered, agreeing. He walked closer and leaned around Reborn to see if he could help. He had tried but Reborn shooed him away, telling him to work on some of the signs he had been taught already or to do something. Reborn had a write to be wary of Tsuna in the kitchen as Tsuna was too clumsy for his own good. He still wanted to help though.

"You can help me by not being in my way. I don't need help." Reborn led Tsuna back into the living room and shoved Tsuna's backpack into his chest. "Now get working some, see what you can do."

Everything seemed to be going fine that night. Tsuna was getting a good grasp on sign language and was able to have a conversation, albeit a very broken one, with Reborn. Reborn even praised him, which was weird because he usually just kept going if he knew Tsuna got it.

But of course it just had to be ruined as Tsuna had another nightmare.

It was still just as incoherent as the others. It was just blank terror. Yet it affected him as he was afraid to go to bed.

He expected Reborn to be in bed when he started to wander through the dorm but he was sitting at the table reading. Tsuna later realized that he was reading a math book and was even more confused.

"Do I even need to ask why you're up, Tsuna?" Reborn asked, not looking up from his book.

Tsuna shook his head and sat across from Reborn, tracing the grains in the linoleum printed table. Reborn didn't feel the need to say anything so he kept reading, scribbling something once in awhile. Tsuna frowned, laying his head on top of his arms.

He didn't wanted to go back to bed. It was dark, stuffy, and filled with remnants of his dream. Out here he at least had a person he could talk about it with. He didn't feel the need to though but the option was there.

Tsuna couldn't help but regard Reborn, completely ignoring everything as he read. Tsuna doubted it could be that interesting as it was math but he was curious as to why Reborn wa so captivated by it. He wanted to ask but there seemed to be just a moment you couldn't interrupt since Reborn usually seemed on edge a lot, ready to jump at a moment's notice and always tense.

"What?" Reborn sked. Tsuna felt his face heat up and looked away, shrugging. "I'm not asking again. You were staring at me and I want to know why."

Tsuna dragged a piece of paper out of the pile Reborn had and started writing with a spare pen. He slid it across the table to show Reborn what he had wrote, which was, "I'm curious how you're so interested with math."

"It's easy." Reborn said shortly. He didn't offer anything else but Tsuna felt like there was more to it. If he didn't want to answer fully though, Tsuna was willing to drop it.

And so the silence between the two continued, Reborn continuing to read and Tsuna trying to find something to do with his hands. Everything was eerily quiet; there was the occasional sputtering of the heating, sporadic little noises going throughout the rooms of different appliances trying to work, the idle footsteps from people in surrounding rooms, the infrequent small coughs Tsuna couldn't help but emit. The environment felt more welcoming then anything his dad could offer.

That just made him sad though. His mother was the one thing that kept him grounded and since she was gone that was the only constant in his life, gone. His dad was usually busy at work all hours of the day. That meant he didn't come home until near six and was in bed almost immediately to go back into the grind of working life. It was gruelling and had cost so much time Iemitsu and Tsuna could have used to spend time together. But after his mother died, Iemitsu threw himself back into work more then ever. Since Tsuna had been bed-ridden for a few weeks, he was basically wasting away with no company and the fact Iemitsu didn't try to stay by his side for a few extra hours just locked down that distrust he harboured.

"What's up?" Reborn asked. He looked over the edge of his book at Tsuna. He had been watching Tsuna's face slowly morph into the melancholic look he had now and wasn't sure how to feel about it. On the one hand, it was fascinating that you could slowly watch more and more expressions and emotions build into Tsuna's deep brown eyes but on the other hand he was almost crying by the time Reborn spoke up.

But Tsuna tried to deny it, waving his hand and smiling to try and offset his eyes. It wasn't working though and Reborn closed his book and slide it to the side.

"This isn't something to wave off, Tsuna. What is it that's bothering you?" Reborn asked.

It looked like there was struggle in Tsuna's entire being. He was on the verge of saying something but he still really didn't want to. Reborn waited though, not saying anything. He just looked at Tsuna, watching and waiting for him to make the first move.

Tsuna broke first, a small ear falling out of his eye as he tried to blink them away and scribble down quickly on the piece of paper he used previously. Reborn sat back, slouching in his chair, as he waited for Tsuna to finish.

When he did, there wasn't much on the page but Tsuna sure looked like he was fighting himself on this. The note only explained how Tsuna was thinking about his mom but Reborn knew the minute he saw 'mother' on the page that it wouldn't be good. And he was right as Tsuna tried to look everywhere but Reborn as he waited.

"It's fine to miss a person; but you shouldn't let it consume you for too long." Reborn said. He slid the page back to Tsuna and got up. "I'm going to bed but feel free to talk to me if you need it. You don't have to suffer on your own."

Edited: 02/04/16

I think it's good ending it there. Hopefully it's fine and there aren't that many errors in it. I don't feel like looking it over since I've been staring at this thing for four hours maybe. But tell me what you think, it's very much appreciated if you review.

One other thing: My god! This has almost 100 followers with 55 favourites. I feel so loved by you guys and want to thank everybody who has so far.

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