Title: Timeless

Pairing: R27 RebornXTsuna

Disclaimer: don't own and if I did then the whole world would be filled with yaoi

Tsuna is now 15 and Reborn is 23

A/N: And three chapters left, almost there! Once I finish this one up, I should be able to refocus on 'The Forgotten Time' hopefully

Beta'd by WhiteAngel128 and Persephone Crux

"For the man sound in body and serene in mind there is no such thing as bad weather, every day has its beauty and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously." George Gissing

Chapter 11: Year Eleven

Reborn stretched from his position, yawning softly, and shifted slightly in bed before settling into a single place to get comfortable. It was a weekend, a no-work day for him, and it was cold outside with snow falling gently from the windows. The world beyond the glass was pure white, snow covering everything it touched, and the clouds was a dark grey instead of the usual bright blue. And yet, despite all the discoloration, it was wonderful to the man's eyes. It was such a beautiful sight compared to the normal dull grey of the buildings. He peeked at the clock on his nightstand, finding it only eight in the morning, and thought to himself whether or not if he wanted to stay in bed.

Before long, he made a small huff and snuggled deeper into the thick blankets, finding it incredibly warm compared to the rest of the condo and the air surrounding him. He turned slightly to face the other direction and then paused. Reborn remained still, unsure on what to think about the situation before him, and continued to stare. There, on the other side of his bed, spiky brown locks sticking out from underneath the blankets. The head was completely covered and he could hear the soft sounds of breathing, alerting him that the person was fast asleep.

He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the sight, knowing that that hair could only belong to one person. Reaching over, he pulled the sheets down slightly to get a better look and smiled softly at the sight. Tsuna was curled up tightly on his side of the bed; face buried into the pillow, and had a small pout on his lips as he slept. The older man was so close that he was able to make out the individual strands of the eyelashes and watched them flutter slightly at whatever dream the brunet was having. A few locks of hair fell down onto the face, tickling the teenager gently, enough so to make him move around to get rid of the feeling. At that, Reborn reached over to let his warm hands run along the soft cheeks and chuckled at the slight squirming that resulted.

He listened to the brunet make a little sound and eventually nudged closer to his body for warmth, gently rubbing up against him as if he was some sort of pillow. It was cute, Reborn would admit, letting his fingers run through the soft hair, enjoying that soft silk-like feeling the strands brought to him. Very cute. The man quickly shook his head at that, no, he couldn't be having those sorts of thoughts, not towards Tsuna of all people. Yes, the brunet was adorable and so very understanding of him, but Tsuna was a teenager…and he was an adult. Reborn sighed loudly in frustration, stopping his movement as he turned away and peered up at the ceiling. Tsuna was nothing like those other women he had dated in the past; they were too clingy and never knew when he wanted space. Tsuna was clingy, but it was cute how he did so, and always knew when Reborn wanted space. The women didn't like it when he brushed them off, Tsuna didn't seem to mind and was a little cunning in getting Reborn to come right back. The women liked to give the same expressions, the seductive smiles and stupid laugh, but Tsuna…

Reborn grumbled to himself, peering back down at the brunet momentarily before closing his eyes to turn away. He really couldn't be thinking of such things and about Tsuna of all people. The brunet was an innocent person, he didn't know anything about the type of person Reborn really was…or maybe he did…The black-haired man rolled to the side, facing away from Tsuna and looked out at the window to watch the snow continuously fall as those tiny flakes gather up at the bottom of his ledge very slowly and touched his window, only to melt away from the heat inside. It was peaceful right now, the normal sounds of traffic and people outside was gone or so muffled by the snow that he could no longer hear them. The stillness was really nice, it was like the whole world had fallen into a deep slumber, and he appreciated it.

As he continued to stare with his mind drifted off onto different topics, he hadn't felt a pair of arms wrapping around him until he had a body pressed close up against his back. Reborn moved his head up in surprise and slowly twisted it around to peer down at the brunet, who had moved again during his sleep. Apparently, he was going to be used as a pillow and shifted uncomfortably when he felt a leg rose a little higher between his own when Tsuna began to curl around him. It was an innocent action, one that Tsuna wasn't aware of doing, and that made things so, so much harder. With women, Reborn knew exactly what they wanted, what they desired from him, it was too clear, but with Tsuna, the brunet wanted nothing but his presence. It was a sweet concept, but it could get a little frustrating on his part.

'Ah, what am I thinking…' Reborn rolled around to see the brunet better and noticed that the sleepy eyes were now open, staring up at him curiously as they rapidly blinked to clear their vision. The two stared at each other, neither of them saying anything until Tsuna tilted his head and shifted to snuggle closer against the older man.

"Good morning, Reborn…" The teenager muttered under his breath, yawning at the end of his words. He made a small stretch; moving his feet to spread his toes, before going straight back into his previous position. "You're not…getting up anytime soon, are you?"

The older man simply stared at the sleepy eyes and the small but full lips. He mentally shook his head before responding. "No, I'm not."

"Good." Tsuna simply went back to cuddling against the other, budging over more so that he could wrap his arms all around Reborn's waist, and placed his head onto the shoulder as if it was a pillow. Reborn had never minded before so he figured it would be the same now too. The older man, like the brunet expected, didn't say anything towards the action and allowed everything to happen without a second thought. Instead, the black-haired man's left arm went around Tsuna's body and pulled the younger one closer against him, enjoying the physical warmth that formed between them.

It was the winter holidays and that meant freedom from school on Tsuna's side and boy was the brunet taking advantage of the time. Almost every day they were together either at Reborn's place or Tsuna's, though they seemed to enjoy being alone more often without any interruptions from outsiders. Tsuna didn't mind, he had already thought up plans to go through so that he could spend as much time as possible with Reborn and still be with his friends. Apparently, whenever Reborn had to go to work, it was around that time that the brunet would make his rounds to each person or an individual he knew, and when the raven was coming back, Tsuna would leave to head over. It was a brilliant system that seemed to be working and none of Tsuna's friends or family seemed to mind.

Nana didn't care that she didn't get much chance to see her darling son and instead tried to push the two together more often than not. Other times, she would offer to cook food for the older man whenever he came over, making sure to give leftovers so that Reborn would never go hungry when she wasn't around. Or if Tsuna came over during the times Reborn was at work, she would package something for him to bring over to share.

Tsuna sighed as he listened to the soft lull of Reborn's heart, the thumps already becoming a comforting sound he was used to. It was nice and it made him almost want to go back to sleep once more. But he wasn't as tired as before and anyway, it wasn't often that he was able to see Reborn's drifting expression, trying to fight going back to sleep. His honey-colored eyes trailed on the other, watching as the onyx ones closed gently, almost in defeat. Reborn's head rolled over against Tsuna's hair and seemed to bury his face into the soft locks, finding it more silk-like in feeling than the pillow sheets.

'Reborn is really too handsome for his own good.' The brunet sighed to himself, placing his chin up onto the chest gently so he wouldn't be accidently rubbing the bone part in. He was older now, he knew much more than before than when he was younger and of course, that sex education class had really opened up his eyes. And he hadn't realized what many of the innocent things he had asked of Reborn in the past really were about until then. It was too clear now, his blushing responses, the quickness in his heart rate whenever the other looked at him only, and the jealousy whenever someone else was around Reborn, it all connected to one thing.

He was in love.

Tsuna cheeks turned red at that thought, immediately burying his face into Reborn's chest to hide that fact. His heart was already beating painfully fast within his chest and he hoped that the other hadn't seen his little plight much less wake back up. It was terrible enough that he was feeling like this, it would be worse if Reborn was to find out. Still…Tsuna peeked up to look at Reborn and paused. Apparently, the other had fallen back asleep during the brunet's mental breakdown and was breathing softly, telling Tsuna that Reborn wouldn't be waking up anytime soon.

'Curse my affection.' Still, the brunet didn't move from his spot, wanting to remain close. And anyway, this was so much warmer than sleeping in thick blankets, Reborn's body was just too hot. While, the teenager was complimenting on something, he hadn't realized that Reborn had rolled around to face him until his head was shifted. His honey-colored eyes trailed up at the face, mapping it out happily, and was tempted to reach up to touch the warm skin and those signature curls. Instead, the brunet simply nudged closer to the body and buried his face into the chest. With a few careful flicks of his wrist on the other side of Reborn's body, he managed to get the covers closer up to their necks and silently chuckled.

It was a good day after all. Even better now that he was up against Reborn, no point in getting up just yet. That's right, Tsuna told himself, he had Reborn to keep him company. Now, he just had to do something about that annoying secretary that kept trying to seduce his crush during work. He had only found out about it a few days ago through a phone call and had asked Reborn about it. The older man didn't mind laying out the answers and didn't seem to notice the odd narrowing of eyes the brunet had yielded in return.

Tsuna couldn't help but pouted at the memory, looks like he would have to do some plotting to prevent Reborn from falling in love with someone else. But he was expecting towards such things. He'll just have to get some advice from some of his friends while not giving away the name of his affection at the same time. Hopefully, they'd be good enough. If not, then he'd have to be around to prevent such things. After all, Reborn'd always paid more attention to him than to anyone else. He'll have to take advantage of that.

"Excuse me," The secretary at the front peered up curiously, unable to help but raise an eyebrow at the sight before her. This was Vongola, a top company, why would there a teenager at the front of all times? She nodded her head to tell Tsuna she had heard and momentarily stopped typing on her computer before her. The screen reflected off her glasses near the bottom, giving her a sophisticated look. "Ah, do you think you can tell me which floor Reborn is on?"

Ah, that name. It was the name of her many troubles, current and future. She rolled her eyes at the boy before her and shook her head. "Look, kid. I'm not letting anyone go near that man. I already have enough trouble with those admirers trying to get in to give him things, I don't need more to deal with."

"Eh?" Tsuna blinked his eyes at that and momentarily looked down at the wrapped bento box in a bag before going back up. "But I'm actually Reborn's friend."

"And that's the same thing everyone else has repeated to me as well," The secretary sighed, rubbing her forehead in frustration. The kid was cute, but that didn't mean she was going to allow the other to do what he pleased. She had a job to do after all. "If you have something to give to him, please leave it here. I'll send it up with the rest of the gifts."

"I-I see," Tsuna sighed and reached into his pocket for his phone, getting a little desperate. This was already a hinder to his plan already. "Man, I was going to try and surprise him, but I guess that's out of the question." Dialing the familiar number he knew by heart, he placed the receiver up to his ear, ignoring the curious look from the woman beside him. He listened to ringing in the background, hoping that Reborn wasn't busy or out, and perked up when he heard that click of it being received.

"Tsuna? What is it? It's unusual for you to call me like this."

"Ah, well…" The brunet blushed slightly at the fact he was talking to Reborn and smiled gently. He was concentrating on the conversation only, zoning out on the rest of the world. "I was kinda…hoping to surprise you with my appearance, but I'm um…not allowed to come up."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm downstairs on the first floor of the company you're working at. I was hoping to give you some lunch. I helped Mom…make it." Tsuna muttered, feeling embarrassed at having to do this, but he would suck it up. He had to do this after all.

There was a pause on the other side and then some shuffling that caught the brunet's attention. Tsuna could hear a door slam occur soon after and footsteps that he could pick up. He tilted his head at that, curious on what was going on, that was, until Reborn spoke again. "Tsuna, stay where you are. I'm coming to get you myself."

"Eh? There's no need for you to do so." The brunet almost yelled into the phone, earning some attention from the guards and those passing by. Some even sent him a glare for being so loud and Tsuna almost screeched until he heard a pleasant chuckle on the other side.

"No, I want to pick you up. Stay there, I'm in the elevator heading down already. Though, you must tell me, what made you suddenly decide to come see me? I mean, we practically live together."

Tsuna blushed again at that, his hesitation clear. He was pulling the phone closer to his lips as if trying to share a secret he didn't want anyone else to hear. It was embarrassing after all. "Um well…it just gets so…so…"

"So what?" A rough voice spoke from behind, startling the brunet, who made a loud squeak and jumped, almost dropping his phone in shock. Immediately, Tsuna rotated around to catch sight of Reborn standing there in his normal suit with a large smirk and glared. Though to the older man, it just looked like a pout, and he was tempted to reach over and pat the head. Many eyes turned to the two, many of the women who were in the area stopped to squeal at the sight of the handsome Reborn donning his presence in person while others just shook their head at how everything was.

Tsuna bit down on his bottom lip, looking a little freaked out by the amount of attention they were getting, hesitating on replying back. Reborn made a slight hum to himself and wrapped an arm around Tsuna's shoulder, dragging the brunet off to the elevator to head back to his office. It was more private there than anywhere else. That and he didn't like how some eyes seemed to stray to Tsuna's petite yet cute form. It made his chest burn in anger and he made sure to not lash out accidently. As the elevator doors closed, Reborn turned back to the brunet, nudging him gently to get that answer he wanted.

Tsuna's face turned red again, feeling uncomfortable at saying such words, but he knew it was for the best. "L-Lonely. It just gets so lonely without you around. A-And I don't really want to…share you with anyone else."

Now that wasn't what Reborn had been expecting and for a sudden, he felt his heart race at those words. Tilting his fedora down to cover his eyes, he gave a smirk. "I see. Then I shall give you a badge to allow you full access to my place. Now you won't be stopped whenever you enter and if I'm not there, just stay in my office. I won't mind."

"R-Really?" Hopeful eyes peered up at the raven eagerly, a clear smile on those lips.

"Yeah," The black-haired man chuckled and reached down, patting the top of the head, ruffling that soft hair. "Come anytime."

The horror on that secretary's expression when she walked in on Reborn sleeping on Tsuna's lap was very amusing to the brunet. He smiled happily, looks like he wouldn't have to do much on his planning.

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