Title: Timeless
Pairing: R27 RebornXTsuna
Rating:M
Summary: When Reborn has to go babysit a little child, he gets more than he bargains for and as the years pass, he's not seeing that little kid as a kid any more but as something else, perhaps more than he had ever wished for.
Disclaimer: don't own and if I did then the whole world would be filled with yaoi
Just to let you know, in each chapter, a year passes.
Also, how come no one let me know that the first chapter was missing its break lines?
5/30/10: This has been edited since I wasn't very satisfied with the first one.
Chapter 2
: Year Two"Giotto-nii!" Tsuna cried out loudly, running towards his big brother from the stairs. His feet shuffled along the steps and almost tripped at a few before picking himself back up to continue to his destination.
The little child was now six years old but over that passing year, he hadn't grown very much, remaining almost the same. His cuteness hadn't faded one bit and his eyes were still large and round with his cheeks all puffy. He looked absolutely adorable to any eye that gazed upon him.
Tackling the blond before him at the legs, he squeezed tightly and looked up with a large smile on his face. His older brother, surprised by the attack, managed to remain standing since the force hadn't been very strong in the first place and glanced down. All he needed to see were those large eyes before returning the smile with one of his own. Giotto, older than Tsuna by two years (making him eight), reached down to ruffle the caramel-colored locks affectionately.
"What is it, Tsuna?" Giotto chuckled, tilting his head at the adorable expression he was getting.
The child tightened his grip on the jeans his brother was wearing, looking absolutely excited. "Guess what, Giotto-nii? Guess what?"
The older brother chuckled again and decided to go along with Tsuna. "What is it? You know I can't guess very well."
"Reborn is coming today!" Tsuna beamed, delighted that the teenager was coming to visit, and then questioned his brother. "Are you going to stay this time, Giotto-nii, or leave?"
Giotto suddenly twitched and narrowed his eyes. His happy attitude from before was falling and fast and growled angrily. There was that name again. Ever since that babysit from last year, Reborn has been coming over multiple times after that, visiting his little brother each and every time. And over that year, Giotto, however, has never once seen the teenager probably because he was always out with his friends since they liked to drag him around. Strangely though, Reborn would still come over even if their parents were home and that left Giotto forming a bad feeling in his stomach, his protectiveness of Tsuna growing. Giotto nodded to himself. This time, he wasn't going anywhere (their parents aren't home at the moment) and bended over to gaze at his little brother. "I'm staying."
Tsuna gave a look of confusion, still gripping Giotto's jeans. "Really? Don't you usually have somewhere else to go?"
"It was canceled for today." The blond was lying through his teeth, he does have somewhere else to go, but right now, he didn't want to go. He needed to stay with his little brother and he could always apologize to his friends later for skipping out like this. Giotto tried to keep a straight face, hiding the thoughts that were running in his head, and spoke plainly as possible. "So when's Reborn coming over?"
"Soon!" Tsuna gave that large smile again and at that moment, the doorbell rang. Instantly, the little brunet perked his head up at the sound and cried out happily. "Ah! He's here." Pulling away from his brother, he ran straight for the front door, grasping the handle with his tiny hands. Tsuna unlocked it and opened the frame see Reborn standing there, dressed in causal clothes (yes, shocking) and leaning on one leg. "Reborn, you're here!"
"Hey." The teen kneeled down and patted Tsuna on the head, ruffling up the caramel-colored strands messily. A squeak came from the child, pouting that his hair was getting messed up, now beginning to look like some puffed up fur ball. Reborn just chuckled at the reaction, a small hint of smile appearing on his lips though it disappeared right after, and then let out a startled yet muffled cry as Tsuna tackled him at his chest. "Ouf!"
Two small arms wrapped around his waist, gripping tightly, not willing to let go anytime soon. Tsuna buried his face into the older boy's chest gleefully. "Reborn, you're here!"
The black-haired teen tried to contain a laugh that made its way up his throat but failed slightly as some slipped through, falling onto his ass, and rubbed Tsuna's back tenderly to try and nudge him off but the child didn't let go. He gave a hard push. "Tsuna… Come on, I need to get up." Slowly, Reborn managed to pry himself away and stood up, dusting and straightening his clothes, however, Tsuna just attached himself to his legs.
Using a little of force, he pulled their bodies inside the house and away from the heat of the outside world. Tsuna just smiled happily, not caring that he was making things harder for Reborn. As the teenager closed the door behind him, he noticed that there was one more presence in the room and rotated towards it.
His eyes caught sight of an older looking Tsuna with spiky blond hair and bright blue eyes, glaring directly at him, a scowl on the person's lips. Reborn blinked at the fierce stare he was getting but didn't let it affect him, remaining as normal as possible. "Who's this, Tsuna?"
Tsuna grinned, continuing to stand right next to Reborn, and pointed towards his brother while his other hand was gripping the long legs beside him. "That's Giotto-nii! He's staying over today!"
"Oh?" Reborn raised an eyebrow at that, finding it suspicious.
Giotto just huffed and folded his arms, snapping his head away from the duo. "They just canceled today. Hope you don't mind me joining you two." Though his head was turned away, he was glaring with a venomous aura surrounding him. Giotto didn't like this person at all.
The black-haired teen noticed the obvious atmosphere on the blond but remained uncaring. And as he spoke, he placed an arm on Tsuna's shoulder. "Well I guess you already know who I am from Tsuna but I'll introduce myself anyway. My name is Reborn."
"Oh, I know. I know all about you. Tsuna doesn't shut up about you." Giotto's fingers were turning white in frustration as they dug into the palm of his hand and even more as he watched Tsuna continue to hug the other person at his legs. He didn't like that at all. In rage, he reached over and yanked Tsuna away, keeping his brother close to his side with a firm grip.
The poor brunet, meanwhile, didn't seem to understand what was going on and just tilted his head cutely with a finger on his lips in confusion. He looked between the two, wondering what was happening.
A few seconds passed before Reborn sighed and scratched the back of his head, running his hand through his spiky hair. 'This is going to be tough… Who knew Tsuna's older brother would be this protective?' Stepping to the side to get some distance between himself and the overprotective brother, he peered down at Tsuna and leaned over with his hands on his knees so he could be at eyelevel with the child. He continued to try and act as if nothing was wrong, that there wasn't someone wishing and perhaps plotting for his death right next to him. "Well then, what would you like to do for today, Tsuna? We also need to include Giotto in as well. Something we can all do together."
The brunet placed a finger on his lips again, scrunching up his face, deep in thought. "Um…" He pouted when he couldn't think of an answer and turned to his older brother. "I'm not really sure. What do you think, Giotto-nii?"
The blond blinked in response and then sighed, glancing over to the television that was on the other side of the room. "How about video games? You did say before that you wanted to play that new game with me. Reborn can play too or, well, take turns between the two controllers."
"That's a good idea!" Tsuna's face brightened up at the proposal and after that, turned back to Reborn. "Reborn, you better play too, okay!"
The eldest of the group nodded. "Sure, whatever you say."
Once more, Giotto started glaring with the air around him darkening again, but Tsuna didn't notice it. No, he was too busy running towards the TV to hook everything up.
"Look," Reborn grumbled, his soft smile that he wore only for Tsuna changed into a dark sneer. One that scared Giotto but refused to show the effect it had on him (though he did shiver at the sensation it brought). The blond clenched his fingers together, bringing pain to keep himself from freaking out. Tsuna, on the other hand, was no longer within their range and couldn't see or hear anything that was going on. Folding his arms and allowing his darker personality slip through, Reborn literally stared down the younger boy. "I'm not sure what I've done to offend you but you can believe me when I say that I'm not going to hurt or steal your little brother away."
Giotto snorted in disbelief. "You're just saying that. I'm not stupid to fall for something like that." He tried to give his own death glare but it wasn't even close to Reborn's, whose was deadly enough to send anyone running at a moment's notice.
"Perhaps so…but I like Tsuna. He's a…really good kid." Reborn's face turned into a blank, masking himself, when the brunet looked over, completely shifting his look. But when he spoke, his voice was still the same, still filled with venom. "I don't want anything bad to happen to him and I won't hesitate in killing anyone that dares do so. I won't allow anything to hurt him." Ending their conversation right there, Reborn made one final glare before walking towards Tsuna, patting the small brunet on the head tenderly.
To Giotto's point of view, Reborn looked like he had done a personality change, almost a complete 180 from before, when he started chatting with Tsuna. The blond hummed to himself from behind, deep in thought, trying to suppress the shivers that were running over his entire body. He stared at the other's back and then finally sighed. He had been defeated in that one moment. Grumbling, Giotto went forward and flopped onto the ground, folding his legs, and took one of the controllers into his hand while holding out the other, waiting for either of the two to take it. He was already messing with the buttons to get the game started when Tsuna grabbed it.
Holding the other controller, the brunet peered up at Reborn, who had decided to sit on the couch while the other was on the ground below him. "Reborn, do you know how to play?"
The teen shook his head and leaned back into the couch. "No, I'm just going to watch for now. Maybe I'll be able to figure it out while I'm watching you."
"If you say so. Tell me if you want to play, okay?" Tsuna gave that same bright smile and turned back to the screen, hitting the buttons. For those few seconds as he tried to destroy the incoming enemy ships, he had forgotten all about the world around him and even Reborn, his mind concentrating solely on the game. At the end, Giotto obviously won, mostly from experience of having played the game before. Tsuna just grumbled, pouting when he got killed, and peered up at Reborn. An idea struck him as he did so and handed over the controller, basically shoving it into the other's hands. "Here, you try! Avenge me!" He made a short adorable giggle afterwards with a grin.
Reborn blinked at the expression and then chuckled, patting Tsuna on the head. "Well, if you say so." Honestly, the game's commands weren't that hard. It was actually quite simple though he could tell that Tsuna didn't know how to effectively dodge and destroy incoming targets at the same time or even that fast. Giotto huffed at this and pressed the button to start a new game with the two breezing through the game all the way to the end, the sounds from the television filling the room.
After a while, Reborn was victorious.
"Wow, Reborn, you won!" Tsuna cheered, clapping his hands together, applauding in happiness.
Even Giotto had to admit his defeat. "You won on the first try. That's pretty amazing for someone who's never played before."
"It's not that big of a deal." Reborn placed the controller onto his lap and peered down at Tsuna. "But everyone had fun, right, Tsuna?"
"Right!"
The black-haired teen tilted his head and gave a smirk. "Now, if I remember correctly and I must admit, I have a pretty good memory, there's some ice cream in the freezer."
Tsuna's face brightened instantly at that and jumped up from his spot to run into the kitchen, praising for his ice-cold treat. He almost tripped along the way but kept going, nothing able to stop him from getting his dessert. Reborn couldn't contain his laughter anymore at the antics Tsuna would pull, putting the controller down onto the ground, while Giotto shook his head, grinning.
From what the blond could tell, Reborn wasn't that bad of a person, perhaps a few attitude problems here and there, but other than that, he knew that Reborn wasn't going to hurt Tsuna at all. Call it a brother's intuition, a gut feeling. He stared at the other for a few more seconds before sighing in defeat. Smiling as his younger brother came running back carrying three small tubs of ice-cream, he pushed anything game related away to give room. Giotto remained on the ground at his exact stop while Reborn shifted a little on the couch, getting into a more comfortable position. Handing one tub to each person with a spoon, Tsuna flopped down onto the floor to open his own and instantly began scooping the cold goodness into his mouth, devouring it.
The other two followed suit afterwards.
Perhaps something good came out of today after all.
There wasn't as much fluff in this one sadly but I tried to include it. The next one should. And I tried to keep Reborn's personality as his usual self though I had to remember that he's younger here. Also, theres no mafia in this story since its AU.
Thanks for reading.