Tsuna woke up with multiple flutters of his eyes and a painful twinge in his gut. He didn't know where he was and he felt somebody holding his hand but he didn't remember anybody coming in. He really hoped that the nurse from before wasn't back. He blinked to clear his vision and looked over to see who was beside him.

No matter how much he tried to prepare himself, Tsuna still wasn't prepared to see Reborn there. He never really took Reborn for a person to hold hands so willingly. Tsuna wasn't even sure this was willingly though.

The minute Reborn realized Tsuna was awake and watching him, he yanked his hand out of Tsuna's. He had a mild sneer as he shifted back into a sitting position, letting his feet drop down, shifting his shoulders around to loosen them. Tsuna waited for Reborn to say something, wanting to know what happened, but Reborn didn't offer anything. He just readjusted himself to be more comfortable.

"What?" Reborn asked. He shot a look over at Tsuna. "Why are you staring?"

Tsuna jerked back, clumsily trying to bring his hands up. He managed to spell out, " Curious " before Reborn waved off his signs.

"You want to know what happened, right?" He asked. Tsuna nodded eagerly but regretted it after it stirred up a headache. Reborn sighed but didn't comment. "You were taken to the infirmary. You've been here all night and last time I checked you might not be released today so get comfortable."

Tsuna made a face but it wasn't very effective from how he had an oxygen mask covering almost half of his face. Reborn ignored it and handed Tsuna something. He didn't register what it was but Reborn was already up and leaving.

It was a bag but there seemed to be stuff in it like toothpaste and other toiletries. Tsuna wasn't sure if he'd be able to use them though since it seemed like he might need the mask.

A nurse came in soon after and started doing things with the machines, asking how he felt, if he remembered the procedure of what would happen. She left after a few minutes, ruffling his hair playfully. He liked her a lot better than the other nurses he had taking care of him.

Soon though, he was alone again. Reborn came back in, a bottle of water swinging from his hands as he went. When Tsuna pointed to it questioningly, he refused to answer and just batted the question away, instead, answering with, "Yamamoto's here."

Tsuna jerked in surprise, his eyes brightening in excitement. Reborn just rolled his eyes.

Yamamoto walked in a few minutes later and soon the two were talking away. Reborn acted as the translator for Tsuna since he could only use sign language. He had been getting better at it and remembered the signs a lot easier. Reborn was surprised how fast he actually picked it up. But Tsuna was getting tired soon and Reborn forced them to stop talking.

"Tsuna's about to fall asleep; we need to leave so he can." Reborn said. He got up and Yamamoto reluctantly followed suit.

"I'll be back later, okay?" Yamamoto promised, giving an easy smile to Tsuna.

Tsuna waved at the two as they left, falling asleep a few minutes after they were gone.

Reborn stuffed his hands into his pants pocket as he walked back to the dorm part of the school with Yamamoto. The two made idle talk, not really going in depth to much. But it was easy to walk together like this because both didn't really feel the need to say anything.

They separated at the Reborn's dorm as it came first. Before Reborn could retreat into his dorm for a nap though, he felt somebody tap his shoulder. He turned, almost glaring at the person before he realized it was just Bianchi. She smiled up at Reborn. Since he was almost a head taller than Bianchi, he had to look down when she talked.

"Hello, Love!" Bianchi practically purred as she talked. Reborn had no idea why she was so friendly with him right after they broke up. It wasn't even a full twenty-four hours and she was all over him again.

"Hello", he said. He dipped his head before he unlocked his door. That didn't deter Bianchi in anyway though as she Followed Reborn inside.

"Don't be like that!" Bianchi protested. "I only came to ask if you would go on a date with me tonight."

"No." He said. He walked off into his room. Bianchi still followed though. "I'm going to bed; leave."

Bianchi pouted, crossing her arms. She stood near the door, not saying anything as Reborn got ready for bed. "There's no need to be so mean. We've known each other since we were kids!"

"We aren't dating anymore, Bianchi. I would much rather sleep on my own. Please, show yourself out."

Reborn climbed into bed, flopping under the covers finitely. Bianchi sniffed before leaving. Reborn was relieved and also slightly guilty. He knew she meant well. The two had been dating on and off for years so she was bound to be attached. But he couldn't handle some things she tried to tell him. It was exhausting.

Before Reborn could fall asleep though, his phone he had put on his bedside table rang. He sighed as he grabbed it, seeing the caller ID as Tsuna. He had no idea why he would be calling but he picked up anyways, saying a tired, "Hello?"

"Is this Mr. Reborn?" Somebody that definitely wasn't Tsuna said.

"Yes, how may I help you?"

"Ah, I was just calling to let you know that some people have come to visit Tsuna and he seems uncomfortable. I would like you to come and varify that these people aren't a threat to Tsuna before they can visit again. If that is okay?"

"Sure", Reborn said, trying to swallow a yawn. "I'll be over soon. Just give me a few minutes."

"Of course, thank you for your time."

Reborn grumbled as he got up, throwing pants on and pulling his shoes on. He just wanted to take a nap. Was that too much to ask?

Tsuna woke up to voices around him and was curious as to how there were so many people in hi room. He didn't believe it but when he opened his eyes, he sincerely regretted it. He expected Reborn and had hoped Yamamoto to be there; he did not expect to see his ex-girlfriend there though.

The last they had spoken, she left in tears and hurting. It made him feel worse about everything and he had resolved to never speak to her again. Yet she was sitting there talking easily with Reborn.

Reborn was the first to realize he was awake and he smirked over at him. It made Tsuna get shivers because it felt like he was about to get beat. But Reborn just looked back at Kyoko and listened to her talk about something. Tsuna clued in at the middle of the conversation and heard stuff about him at his old school and was extremely curious as to how they got onto this topic.

Kyoko looked over and stopped abruptly, emitting a small 'oh!', of excitement as she realized Tsuna was awake. She smiled brilliantly at him and he looked away, finding his blanket very exciting.

He heard Yamamoto laugh and he looked up to see Yamamoto and Ryohei talking together just outside of the door. He was surprised Ryohei was there because last time they talked Tsuna was getting threatened by him because he made Kyoko cry. It was honestly the exact moment Tsuna thought he would die.

"Good to know you grew out of the screeching phase, Tsuna." Reborn commented as he got up. Tsuna looked over quickly in confusion before he glanced accusingly towards Kyoko. She had the grace to look away at leas but her hand was covering her smile.

Tsuna waved so Reborn would look at him as he signed, " Please tell me she didn't tell you much. "

"She said enough." Reborn amended before he swept off to tell Ryohei and Yamamoto that Tsuna was awake.

They both piled in and Tsuna felt his heart stop a little bit in fear. Last time he talked with Ryohei had affected him as Ryohei was an accomplished boxer in their school. The prospect of being on Ryohei's bad side was not something Tsuna wanted.

But Ryohei seemed excited to see Tsuna, bouncing in place as he sized Tsuna up. Reborn settled back into his seat and didn't seem to bothered at the building excitement Ryohei had.

"You do extremely well in my boxing club!" Ryohei yelled a moment later. Everybody jerked in surprise from the yell but Reborn as he seemed to contemplate what Ryohei proposed.

"Maybe." Reborn agreed. "He's too weak as is; can you fix that?"

"Definitely! He will make an extremely good boxer!" Ryohei was yelling now. Kyoko was quick to tell him to be quiet and he seemed to deflate from that. Kyoko was really the only thing that could calm him down this drastically.

Tsuna reached over and tapped Reborn's arm, getting his attention. " Please don't make me take up boxing. " Tsuna signed.

Reborn snorted softly. He signed out, " We'll see. "

Updated: 01/31/17