Reborn was waiting for him in the hall when the bell rang. He was leaning against the window sill and staring at nothing as he waited. People gave him looks, turning to their friend with hushed whispers as they talked about him excitedly. Tsuna knew Reborn could hear them and saw the slight smirk he was wearing. Tsuna would probably never understand Reborn.

When he noticed Tsuna was walking to him, he stood up. It was impressive considering how tall he was and he ended up towering over most people. Tsuna wasn't as lucky as he had to struggle to even try to get by the tidal wave of students going through the halls. He broke through the tide easily and took Tsuna by the elbow, gently guiding him to a stairwell. They got out of the thick of the crowd easily, only a few people taking this route. Tsuna bowed his head in appreciation and Reborn nodded.

"I thought I'd help you out there. It's a Friday and being on the main level isn't the best thing on a Friday." Reborn explained as he started up the stairs. Tsuna followed at a much slower pace and was surprised when he saw Reborn waiting for him at the top of of every flight.

When Tsuna tried to shakily sign out a question, Reborn waved it off. "I'm not going to how you into a stairwell then leave you. You could fall again."

" You know [of that?] " Tsuna asked, stopping and thinking over what sign he needed.

"Word travels fast in a school. Especially when nobody has much to do other than gossip."

" No[t like it's] important. "

"People gossip about anything and everything. Especially since they're grasping at straws to talk to me these days."

" You [seem] con-fi-dent ."

"Because I have a grasp at the hierarchy this school has. It's annoyingly tedious but since people think I'm amazing they want to talk to me. They aren't wrong either."

Tsuna pursed his lips but didn't say anything else. He was too busy trying to not hyperventilate then bicker over Reborn's image.

They walked back into their dorm but Reborn froze in the doorway, looking straight ahead at somebody sitting in the living room. Tsuna peeked around Reborn but hide back behind him as the pink haired lady from before, Tsuna finally remembered her name was Bianchi, was sitting on the couch. Her entire face simpered and contorted happily when she saw Reborn walk in and she shot up, rushing over to him.

"Oh, my love!" She said in a sing-song voice. "I waited for you to get back!"

"You didn't have to." Reborn said tersely. She didn't register the tense atmosphere as she cupped his head in her hands.

Tsuna reached out and tugged on Reborn's wrist, looking at his feet. He held up his pinky, held his hand palm up, pressed his middle and ring finger down so the other two popped up, put three fingers facing the floor, and holding his first two fingers and thumb splayed towards the floor. Reborn took a second to think before nodding, recognizing the finger spelling as, "I'm leaving", and signed back, "Waiting",

When Tsuna registered what Reborn had said, he was gone, retreating as quickly as possible back to the hallway. It was always gross looking at how infatuated Bianchi was with Reborn, you just never really saw that. It also reminded him of how his parents used to interact. He liked to avoid that subject.

But now that he was gone he realized he had dropped his backpack in the doorway and left so fast he didn't pick it up again. He had his phone in his pocket but there wasn't much he could do with it. He had kind of a habit of reading news articles though so he decided he would do that on the roof since that's the farthest away he could get from Reborn and Binachi as possible.

As he walked up there, it sounded like there was a small commotion going on. People were running to the roof, talking in low, excited voices as they went. He couldn't hear what they said as they went by too fast for him to hear so he gave up. He was curious as not much exciting happened in this school. He didn't try to hurry after everybody but kept going to the roof at his own pace.

Tsuna heaved a sigh of relief when he finally made it to the roof door. He had climbed too many stairs and he was huffing hard enough to blow the door down. He opened it and winced at the sharp creak it had, slipping through the crack he could make. The door was heavy and it was a little embarrassing that he was only able to open it so much. He ignored that thought though as he saw the crowd gathered around the fence.

They were looking over at somebody standing on the edge. They were gripping onto the chain link of the fence but they were teetering too close for it to be comfortable. Tsuna tried to step around to see who it was until he felt himself being pushed forward until he was suddenly in the middle, the only thing close enough to speak to Yamamoto.

"Hey, Tsuna!" Yamamoto tried to sound cheerful, like this was an everyday conversation, but there was a shake to his voice. It was a mix of grief, fear, anger, and sadness that made his voice shake and Tsuna felt his stomach churn.

Tsuna hurriedly pulled out his phone, typing out and showing Yamamoto, "I can't talk so I have to use my phone. Why are you doing this?"

Yamamoto let out a bitter laugh. "Why am I doing this? Well, i broke my arm and nobody's treated me the same since. I'm always the slacker, the loose end, the weak one on the team. I'm the star player. I'm supposed to be the one to take us all the way to the championship."

He faltered, looking longinly at the ground. It was too much. He had always felt distant from everybody in school but he didn't know that it was like this. Nobody liked him unless he was the baseball star of Namimori. If he wasn't that...what was he?

Tsuna snapped his fingers to get Yamamoto's attention and held up his phone. "You're on a team, aren't you? You pull your weight than have your team help with what you can't do."

"Yes, that's usually it. But I hit the ball really far, make it go boosh."

"I'm not good at anything but if I take a break and then come back to something, that helps me focus better. Maybe you just have to have a break."

"I don't want to take a break, Tsuna. You wouldn't understand, you've never done anything."

Tsuna blinked in shock. Yamamoto had never joined in with the class teasing but he tried not to let it get to him. He was just angry at everything. It still stung a little bit though. And Tsuna didn't know what else to say so he did the only thing he could think of.

He quickly typed out something, slipped his phone back into his pocket, and climbed over the fence. Tsuna hadn't really noticed the noise going on behind him but he did when he settled on the edge. There was a lot of screaming, crying, and yells for Yamamoto to get down. None for Tsuna though.

"Tsuna...What are you-?"

Tsuna carefully pulled his phone out and handed it to Yamamoto. "If you won't come over, I'll join you. I don't want you dead, at least."

Yamamoto looked thoughtful, almost stunned. Tsuna felt a blush creeping up his collar when he realized what he had said. Most people don't usually tell people they don't want them to die. It was the truth though. Tsuna felt a sort of kinship with Yamamoto. They were always the lower two in classes. Whenever one had a slightly higher score than usual, they'd high five. Or they'd shrug if they got a worse mark. That small bond was enough to keep Tsuna moving because he enjoyed having something and he didn't want to have that small connection gone so suddenly.

There was nothing for Tsuna to do though as he couldn't say what he wanted to without taking his hands off the fence. He didn't think he needed to though as Yamamoto sighed. He looked like he was thinking before he finally nodded.

"Alright", Yamamoto said. "Sorry to worry you guys!"

Yamamoto climbed back over the fence, Tsuna following close behind.

It was perfect timing as Luce stormed onto the roof, looking livid at everybody gathered before walking forward, grabbing Yamamoto and dragging him away. Tsuna blinked, surprised he wasn't taken too. He didn't complain though as he fell into the group being herded into the school again by teachers.

When he got to the dorm, Reborn was sitting on the couch reading his math book and Bianchi was nowhere in site. He looked up to see who walked in and closed his book with a snap.

"Why did you almost jump?" He demanded. Tsuna flinched, terrified at Reborn's tone.

"No!" Tsuna signed hurriedly. He stumbled as he tried to get close to Reborn so he could see better. "Yamamoto [was already on the] edge and [he wouldn't] come over [and] I [didn't] know [what to] say."

Reborn looked skeptical but didn't push it. He would know all the details the minute he checked his phone anyways. He had to put it on silent from how many times it had buzzed in the last hour. Tsuna sat down shakily, staring at the floor.

"Where['s] Bianchi?" Tsuna asked after a while.

"We had a fight. Same thing as always but it's been one time too many that it's been the cause of a fight. We broke up so careful. She has it in her head that I'm leaving her for you."

"Me?" Tsuna looked incredulously up at Reborn. What could he possibly do that would've seduced Reborn away from Bianchi.

Reborn shrugged before he got up. "I'm going to bed; coming?"

Tsuna looked around, wondering if Reborn was serious. He had always joked about the two sharing a bed to help calm Tsuna down enough to sleep. This time felt different than usual though. Reborn rolled his eyes, motioning for Tsuna to follow him.

"I don't mind, Tsuna. This just means I won't be able to wake you up with fun ways anymore."

Edited: 02/05/16