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Warnings: Grammatical and spelling errors. Pardon the foolishness

Edit: beta'ed by... Me! *sobs in a corner*

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Ponds and Knives

By x X Destroyer X x

Chapter Four: Confessions

"Kufufu~ So, what's wrong, little one?" Mukuro said as he got something from his pocket. He then pulled Fran closer to him.

"N-nothing… much… just a stomach ache…" Fran reasoned; trying to back away a little, a tiny droplet of sweat pouring down his forehead.

Then, without a warning, Mukuro inched closer to him and-

"Ahh!" Fran hissed as he was pricked with something. "What in the cock-sniffing hell did you inject me, pineapple?" He asked; putting pressure to the pricked area for it to stop bleeding.

"Aphrodisiac." Mukuro said; chuckling like an evil. And, Fran's face darkened.

"I will sue you for sexual harassment, drug use on minors and article 35 of the Uni-.."

"I'm just kidding, little one." Mukuro said; amused by the younger's reaction. "It's just Paracetamol."

Fran sighed. "Damn you, tropical master." He insulted before he sat on a nearby chair. Mukuro just let the insult pass as he chuckled and grabbed a chair to seat next to Fran.

"Feeling better?" Mukuro asked; checking the syringe that pricked Fran.

"No, you haven't even cleaned the area where you injected me. Are you really a doctor?" Fran asked; a bit annoyed that the injected area is still hurting.

"Of course, I just wanted it to be fast." Mukuro then chuckled.

"You haven't changed." Fran murmured; slightly annoyed.

"So are you…" Mukuro smiled. "And, by the way, that silver-head-"

"Gokudera." Fran interrupted.

"Fine." Mukuro sighed. "That Gokudera kid earlier… I think he has feelings for you" He said; crossing his legs and armns to indicate it was a serious talk.

Fran looked at him with uninterested and disbelieving eyes. "What do you mean?"

"Hmm, I think he likes you…" Mukuro said; sighing a little that gives off an adult atmosphere.

"What?" Fran nearly shouted; slightly shocked. "What kind of like?"

"That like…" Mukuro explained; standing up.

Fran's eyes widened at the information he just received. "What? I don't want to die yet!" He shouted; his façade slightly breaking.

Mukuro looked at him with a 'seriously?' face. "What makes you think that you'll die?" He asked.

"I saw it on the movies!" Fran stated; his arms moving up and down, left and right to explain. "Uhm, you know that scenes, right? In which the husband will say "I kill you then I kill myself!" because of his love for his wife…. I don't want to die yet…"

Mukuro felt an urge to laugh. He didn't know that geniuses could be this stupid. "What…?" was all he could say.

"It may happen to real life…" Fran murmured; his face darkening by every thought that would cross his mind.

Mukuro sighed, inhaled and exhaled. This kid might be a genius but he's also incredibly stupid. Mukuro then ruffled Fran's hair as he let out a defeated sigh. "You are literally too stupid to insult, Fran."

Before Fran could say something, Mukuro asked. "Is your stomach fine now?"

Fran became silent for a moment; trying to identify the state of his stomach. When he confirmed it, he nodded. "Yes."

"Then go back to class." Mukuro immediately said.

"But…"

"No buts, he will not kill you." Mukuro tried to reassure the other.

"Fine…then…" Fran convinced his self to believe his master. He got out of the room and proceeded to head towards his classroom.

Gokudera was walking back to the classroom; feeling tired for an unknown reason. Suddenly, and to his horror, a familiar arms wrapped around him.

"Ah~ Hayato~!" Bianchi squealed; hugging Gokudera tightly.

"Ahahaha…" came a very familiar laugh.

"H-hey, Gokudera-kun… We're looking for you… because of your mother…" Tsuna said; fidgeting because of nervousness.

"Ushishishi, Bomb-freak, where's the kid?" Belphegor asked; grinning widely.

"Ah, that's right Gokudera, where's Fran? He's with you, right?" Yamamoto asked.

Gokudera glared at them, with the exception of Tsuna. "Before you all flood me with questions, get this thing off me first!" He shouted; trying to pry Bianchi's hands off him.

Suddenly, Bianchi pouted. "Hayato, you were so cute before, how did you ended up being a delinquent like this?" Bianchi asked; her face filled with sadness.

"When did I become cute?!" Gokudera shouted; still trying to pry Bianchi's arms off him.

"When you were five…." Bianchi started.

Then, a wild and a sudden flashback appeared.

[Bianchi's Flashback]

A young, silver haired boy stomped towards her mother. "Mom." He called out with his tiny little voice.

His mother turned to him and smiled. "What is it, Hayato?"

"I heard that Barney's show is not airing…" He said; angriness cleared in his voice.

Bianchi seemed shocked at this, but she answered. "Yes, why?"

Gokudera clicked his tongue in annoyance and clenched his fists as he glared at his mother. "Tell that fat purple fuck that I want him here, right now." He ordered before he stormed away.

'How cute…' Bianchi thought.

[End of Bianchi's flashback.]

"Ohh~ you were so cute before…" Bianchi squealed; hugging Gokudera tighter than before, so tight that Gokudera was finding it hard to breathe.

But all of the three other men have one question in their minds. 'How the fuck is that even cute?!'

'Who knew Gokudera liked Barney…' Tsuna thought. It didn't seriously cross his mind that Gokudera would like that purple gay dinosaur.

'Ahahaha….' Yamamoto laughed; mentally

'Sword-freak, stop wasting spaces in this document.' Belphegor ordered; mentally

'Ahaha, sorry, sorry…' Yamamoto apologized; scratching the back of his head. 'Now that I think of it, do we have this kind of telepathy or something?'

'Now that I think of it, for the past 5 paragraphs, we're talking mentally…' Tsuna added; mentally.

'Ushishishi~ isn't it amazing? We could talk mentally…' Belphegor informed them; mentally.

Then, they all laughed; mentally, amused by their newly found way of conversation.

Gokudera noticed the silent but not awkward atmosphere and decided to break it. "Hey, what's with this silence?!" He shouted at his comrades.

His comrades seemed to snap back to reality. They turned their heads to him and greeted. "Hello…"

"What the fuck just happened to all of you?!" Gokudera questioned; his face filled with worry, anger, confusion and many other things that can be described in one word- un-describable

Suddenly, and luckily, the bell rang. Bianchi's arms immediately let go of Gokudera. And Gokudera, for once, felt freedom as he inhaled all the oxygen he could to fill up his lungs.

Bianchi then ran towards somewhere while shouting. "I'll see you later, Hayato!"

After Bianchi was out of sight, smell and hearing, Gokudera sighed. "Agghh, Finally…"

"What a loving mother…" all three other men said in sync.

"Why the fuck are you all in sync? Don't make me an outsider!" Gokudera shouted. And suddenly, another outsider's voice was inserted in this document.

"Sawada-dono, Yamamoto-dono, Belphegor-dono, Gokudera-dono!" the outsider's voice greeted.

"Hey, Shakespeare the second." Belphegor greeted.

"Do you really have to state our name individually?" Gokudera asked in a mocking and angry manner.

"Hey, Basil. Why are you here?" Tsuna asked.

"Ahahaha…" Yamamoto laughed, again.

"You baseball-freak, stop wasting spaces in this document!" Gokudera shouted at Yamamoto.

"Ahaha… sorry… again." Yamamoto apologized; scratching the back of his head.

"Anyway, why are you here, Basil?" Tsuna asked.

Basil handed out a package. "You forgot your lunch, Sawada-dono." He said; turning on his heels to leave.

Tsuna smiled at Basil's retreating back. "Thank you."

Yamamoto looked amused. "Wow, Tsuna, your cousin is so kind."

"Yeah… hahaha…" Tsuna agreed; nodding his head.

"You really know a lot about him, huh?" Belphegor said.

"Haha… we're childhood friends…" Yamamoto said.

"Yep, when we first met he attempted suicide because he broke his arm." Tsuna informed; earning an embarrassing blush from Yamamoto.

Then, they all headed towards their class.

When Fran arrived in the classroom, the first thing that entered his mind was, 'Woah, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore!'

The second one was more relevant to the situation. 'Where is everyone?'

And, as if on cue, the group of men who Fran was looking for suddenly appeared.

"Yo, kid." Bephegor greeted as he walked towards Fran and ruffled his hair.

And then, the rest ruffled his hair also. What the fuck is wrong with them?! "O-oi… oi… what happened do all of yo-…"

"Sit down, students. Class is starting." Announced the English teacher; his aura bored, somehow angry and pissed.

They all settled down and Fran sighed. "Ahh… I hope it won't take us 6 hours…." He mumbled before he got his lecture notebook out.

The English class took 3 hours and it was now 5 in the afternoon. All of the students tiredly got out of their seats and of the room. The only ones left were the important characters of the story.

"So… I'll be leaving now… Good bye…" Tsuna waved as he walked towards the door; Yamamoto following after him. They knew that if they stayed too late, they'll be bitten to death by a certain student. And this fact was not known by the trio that was left on the classroom.

After a good five minutes, Belphegor spoke. "Hey kid, I'm going home first. " He then waved off and bid them good bye. No one will ever know that he was coming home early because he is secretly playing "Lovely ponies." In which is a total shame for a prince to play. But how could he resist? Those unicorn-to-be ponies are so cute!

Now, only Gokudera and Fran were left. An intense, awkward and silent atmosphere has begun. But, Gokudera broke it as he shifted and stuttered. "H-hey… Fran."

Fran looked at Gokudera with bored eyes. "Hm?" He mumbled; urging the other to continue what he was going to say.

"Y-you've got a moment?" Gokudera asked; somehow nervous and flustered.

"Maybe… Why?" Fran was getting curious and confused as the seconds passed by.

"Uhhmm… yeah…. So I want to start this with…" Gokudera fidgeted a bit. "Uhm…. I actually like cute cats…"

Fran was really getting confused, curious and awkward as Gokudera stated his stuttering words. "Huh…?" Fran mumbled.

Gokudera then pulled his hair as he shut his eyes close. "Ahh! That's not the point here!" He shouted to himself as he strode closer to Fran; eyes still closed. "So, I really like you!"

BOOM!

Fran was dumbfounded by the information that suddenly crashed his mind. What just happened? "What…?" He tried to confirm.

Gokudera fidgeted a bit as he blushed. He inhaled to regain composure and tightly close his closed eyes. "I-I really like—"

Fran didn't hear Gokudera's full-length confession as he immediately bolted out of the room; fearing what Gokudera might confess.

Meanwhile, in the room, Gokudera was still confessing. "I really like you, Fran. Like, I really do! Please… Please let's be friends! I really want to be your friend from the start!" He then bowed. After 5 minutes or more, and still no response, Gokudera stood straight and what he saw made his stomach all crunched up and his eyes roll back to his skull. "M-mom?!" was all he could shout before he fainted.

What a bad day….

When Fran arrived home, he was immediately greeted by a melodic sound. He followed the melody and it turned out to be coming out from his senpai's room. He grew curious and opened the door. What lays there was his senpai…

His demonic senpai looking at…

Looking at a video of cute cats and dogs.

Wow…

He didn't expect that.

He held back a giggle as he closed the door as silently as he could. And all night, he was thinking it over and over again until he fell asleep. He even dreamt of it using it to blackmail his senpai.

He was happy, so happy that he forgot what happened before...

What will happen tomorrow, then?

Tsudzuku.

Yay! I'm going to start a conflict in the next chapter.

Yeah…. Sorry for grammatical and spelling errors.

Please review! Flames are highly accepted.

Everyone… I just noticed on chapter 2… when I was re-reading it… yeah… the "In which a devil cannot cook"… they had an indirect kiss…. O_O you know… bel using the same spoon he used to shove the food down Fran's throat…. Sorry for not highlighting it… I just realized it now… sorry for being naïve… Sorry…. I just realized….