A/N: Hey~ I am here to bring this week's update! 😄
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Me: 😧 Anyway... Thanks for following and adding this to your favorites list! For those who reviewed, here's a little 🍣 (sushi) for you guys to enjoy! Review please! Corrections and Criticisms are always welcome~
On A Side Note: Thanks to TsunaMoe for suggesting that I use bold/italics to differentiate the two languages! She's (he's?) right. I shouldn't use Google translate because it's sometimes wrong so:
The Italian language will be written like this, m'kay? Remember it, sweeties~
(This is a secret between us, TsunaMoe, but please accept this 🐟 (tuna-fish) for your help~ 😜)
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn! It belongs to the awesome Amano Akira!
A/N: Now, on to the story~
Chapter 2
The Unsmiling Rain
Tsuna sighed before he looked outside his window at the darkening sky, thinking that this disaster is not yet the end of everything.
'And I am right.' Tsuna thought as he stared at Yamamoto's younger splitting image. Except that this boy wasn't wearing the smile that he was so used on seeing on his Rain Guardian's face. It was not a fake smile. God, no. He wasn't smiling at all. It was actually a bit unnerving. He hasn't even seen that kind of blank face on his friend before.
'And it feels like he's kind of negative or something...' he thought as he saw Asari (who else could it be?) bite his lip after he looked around. Looks like he noticed he's in a different place and that he didn't want to be here.
Tsuna was standing infront of Asari, who doesn't seem to notice yet, that is, until Giotto (that cute sneaky little fucker) tapped him in his forehead... quite painfully.
Asari sent a glare (it was actually more of a pout) at the blonde before realising that he didn't know said blond. Or that older brunette standing a little ways back. He started backing away with a bit of a scared look, almost tripping on the hem of his kimono. "W-Who are you...?"
Giotto gave him a confused look (this boy speaks just like his Papa and the other 'nice people'). "Are you lost?" He asked with a smile.
Tsuna resisted the urge to sigh as Giotto once again attempted to talk to someone with a different language and decided to interfere, "Giotto," he placed a hand at the blonde's shoulder, making the boy look at him, "Let me talk to him, okay? He can't understand you, yet."
"Yet?"
He smiled then turned to look at Asari, "Hello, may I know your name?"
Asari looked at the brunette and he couldn't help but blurt out his name. There was something about that stranger's smile and kind voice just makes him feel at ease for some unknown reason. "A...Asari... I'm Asari Ugetsu..."
The brunette smiled at him, "I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi. Or Tsuna." 'Tsunayoshi? So that's his name. It somehow fits him.' Tsuna gestured to the blonde who tapped his forehead and briefly introduced the two of them to each other. 'He has a foreign name. Is he not from around here?'
Asari directed a confused look to the older male, "Is he not from here?"
"Giotto?" Tsuna placed a hand on top of the blonde's head and smiled, 'Calm down Tsuna. Don't let the fact that you're lying show. Say he's raised in Italy or something.' "He's raised in Italy. By my father who works there."
"Is he your son? The two of you look very much alike."
Tsuna choked on air. When he recoved, he said as his eyebrow twitched, "Y-Yeah. You could say that."
Before Asari could question him about why he choked, the door to the brunette's room suddenly opened to reveal Tsuna's one and only Rain Guardian.
"Yo, Tsuna!" Yamamoto greeted casually.
"Yamamoto!" Tsuna blurted out in surprise. He hadn't heard the doorbell ring. His Mom must've happen to be outside and had just let Yamamoto in.
"Good Morning!" Giotto greeted, smilling like a little angel.
Asari shielded his eyes from Giotto's smile, 'His smile is too bright!'
"Good Morning to you, too." Yamamoto ruffled Giotto's already unruly hair.
When the blonde stopped smiling so brightly, Asari took it as his chance to look at Yamamoto. And... let's just say he's really shocked. At least, that's what Tsuna thinks. Asari's eyes had widened slightly but other than that his face was oddly blank.
"Ne..." When Asari spoke, it was then that Yamamoto took notice of him, "W-What's your name?" Yamamoto was taken aback. Asari spoke so seriously with a blank face. He had never actually seen the older Asari with a blank look before.
Yamamoto blinked at him curiously, "Yamamoto Takeshi... why?"
It was then that the younger boy's eyes became cloudy. He was about to cry. Asari knew that, too, so he turned away from everybody in the room and wiped his eyes with his Kimono's sleeves. Yet the tears didn't stop there. More fell until he couldn't stop them anymore and just helplessly let them be.
Everybody was panicking when they saw the young raven do that.
Tsuna was the first to come to Asari's side. "Hey, are you alright? What's wrong?"
Asari placed his hand away from his face and stared at the wall infront of him, speaking shakily, "H...His name."
Yamamoto was next to come to Asari's other side, "What about my name? Is there something wrong with it?"
Tsuna looked at Yamamoto and sweatdropped, thinking, 'I don't think it has something to do with 'What's wrong with my name?', Yamamoto-kun.'
Asari shook his head furiously, "You don't understand! You have the same name as him!" He slowly turned to look at Yamamoto, and this time, instead of an emotionless kid, to Yamamoto, Asari looked like a very hurt child, "The same name... as my long dead father..."
The two older male froze at revelation while Giotto looked at evreybody in the room in confusion. Who knew that the happy go lucky Asari had a such a past? It would explain why he wasn't smiling like he should.
...
Maybe they could do something about it...
"Yamamoto-kun..." Tsuna turned to Giotto and gently ushered him out of the room, following closely behind, "Please take care of Asari-kun." It was a request yet from Tsuna's tone, it sounded more like an order.
"Tsuna?"
Tsuna stopped halfway out of the room and inclined his head towards his rain, "You know how it feels to lose a parent, right?" Yamamoto froze.
Tsuna's right. He does know how it feels to lose a parent. And since he was so young back then, it really hurt. He didn't know yet what death is back then but when his Dad told him he would never see his Mom again... it became even worse. He couldn't handle the thought that he'll never see his Mom's smile again or feel her gentle hugs anymore.
Yamamoto looked at the crying Asari with a determined look and gently wiped his tears away like what his Mom used to do to him, smiling genty at the young raven.
Tsuna smiled at his Rain Guardian's smile. And just before he left, he whispered, "Good luck, Yamamoto-kun."
Awhile later had passed and no one has even left the room yet. Tsuna's Mom has already went shopping for Giotto's clothes and the two 10 year olds are taking their afternoon nap with Fuuta and still no sign of the two rain.
Tsuna was sitting beside Giotto in their living room watching TV while the blonde continued to draw random images at blank papers using different coloured crayons.
"Papa..."
Tsuna looked at Giotto, "Yeah? What is it?"
"Who was that boy? Why is he so sad?" The blonde innocently asked. (He's so friggin' cute~)
"His name is Asari," Tsuna smiled sadly at that one innocent question and patted Giotto's hair, "And he's sad because... he lost his Papa."
Giotto gasped, "He did?!" At Tsuna's nod, he looked down sadly, somehow feeling pity for the raven. After awhile, he looked at Tsuna seriously, "I wanna be friends with him."
The brunette could have sworn that the blonde's blue eyes turned orange for a split second, "Giotto?"
"It's just that... he looks so hurt." Giotto slumped a bit before he looked up, determined, "I just felt that maybe if I became friends, he would start smiling!"
Tsuna smiled a bit and sighed, "Looks like you already know how to read one's emotions."
"Hm? Papa, what did you just say?" Giotto blinked up at him curiously.
"Oh, nothing." Tsuna turned to look at the clear sky in his frontyard to hide the smile tugging at his lips. "Nothing, at all." Even though he couldn't admit it now, he was actually very glad that his small ancestor was here. His innocence and curiosity were way different than those of Lambo's and I-Pin's. Giotto just felt... normal to Tsuna.
It was actually a good thing for a change.
Meanwhile, at Gokudera's apartment, everything is quiet and peaceful.
After all the chaos that they caused yesterday about whether or not G would sleep with Gokudera at the only bed ("I refuse to sleep on the couch!" "Why not?!" "Because this is my apartment!"), they both ended up fainting from exhaustion from all their bickering and fighting and thus, were forced to sleep together on the same bed.
Gokudera was sleeping quietly (something you don't really expect from the usually loud bomber) and right beside him was G, sleeping safe and soundly under the safety of Gokudera's arms. The two really looked like they're father and son. It was rather cute.
And needless to say, they would both have a long day when they wake up in each other's arms.
Let's just hope that they won't end up destroying the place. That one huge gaping hole in Gokudera's living room (which is still covered in soot from the explosion yesterday) was already enough damage as it is.
After a few moments, the long awaited Yamamoto and Asari entered the living room, holding each others hands. Tsuna stared at Yamamoto's big fat grin while Giotto beamed at the sight of Asari entering the room with a small smile.
Giotto tugged at the sleeve of Tsuna's jacket happily, "He's smiling!"
"Y-Yeah, I can see that." Tsuna sweatdropped. He turned to Yamamoto and asked, "What happened, Yamamoto-kun?"
Yamamoto turned his grin into a sincere smile and patted the young raven's hair, "Looks like Asari's got a new parent~"
Tsuna smiled in Asari's general direction, "Heh... that's good." He was startled though when the young rain smiled back at him. He rested his head in his hand, "Ah. I knew it, a smile looks better on you."
Both adults chuckled when Asari blushed a little making him even more embarrassed.
From beside Tsuna, Giotto started becoming hyper, "Papa! Can you tell Asari to be my friend?"
'He's so determined, huh?' Tsuna thought.
"What is he talking about?" Asari turned to Yamamoto.
Yamamoto once again grins, "He wants to be your friend."
"..." Asari turned awfully silent. And for awhile, too. It worried Tsuna and Yamamoto. Does he not want to befriend Giotto? I mean, they both have different language and all but the adults knew they can somehow manage. Just like how their future selves did. They're sure of that.
"D-Do you want to, Asari-kun?" Tsuna asks hesitantly. He doesn't want to force the boy into agreeing. He would feel horrible about it afterwards.
Finally, Asari smiled once more.
"... It will be nice to have one."
At Gokudera's Apartment.
The two Storm were just waking up and when they did, it was already past noon. But that wasn't what caught both of their attention. It was each other.
They spent a few moments staring blankly into each other's faces... before their expression turned into surprise. Then shock. Then, finally, into horror.
They scrambled away from each other, the younger one falling off the bed while the older one tried to calm his fast beating heart.
...
...
...
When they both calmed down, they started yelling profanties at each other. But one thing that was heard in the entire street and it's neighbouring ones were...
"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?!"
"!"
Tsuna turned into Gokudera's current direction, "Hey, Yamamoto-kun, did you just hear something?"
Yamamoto turned to look at him from where he perched on with a very cute sleeping Asari in his arms, "I didn't hear anything."
Tsuna adjusted his own sleeping blonde on his arm in a more comfortable position, "I see. Never mind."
Then off they go into their merry way that Tsuna is sure will not last very long according to his Hyper Intuition. Needless to say, he is yet again right. Oh, what am I typing? He's always right about these kinds of things. God, I should have learned that from the start.
Me: Done! 😊
Natsumi: No comment about how shitty this chapter is.
Me: ... 😢
