A/N: Wah! This is a shock there are less reviewers thane before! Did something happen? *Oggles* Even my sister has had a dcerease of reviewers on her 8027 fanfics! And I noticed this sort of things with a keen eye! The thought is a bit depressing though! SO guys please REVIEW! The dying will author's flame in us is well… dying XD
The Line of My Heart
By ilYamaTsuna7227li
Chapter 2- To be a Couple
"Ya-Yamamoto what are you doing?" Tsuna said blushing when Yamamoto took his hand and held it while they were walking.
"Hm?" Yamamoto said tilting his head innocently. When he realized what Tsuna was talking about he chuckled. "Oh this, Bo-reen-sensei told me to hold your hand during the lunch so the two of us can get used to it while we're on stage."
Reborn! I should've known! Tsuna mentally cried. "Er okay… But where's Gokudera-kun?"
"Bo-reen sensei called him over. It seems Bianchi came to school looking for him." Yamamoto said as he bought some sandwiches while still holding Tsuna's hand.
"With or without goggles?" Tsuna asked.
"Without." Yamamoto answered as he paid for his sandwich and 2 cartons of milk. "What would you like Tsuna?"
Tsuna gulped nervously at the fact that people were staring at his and Yamamoto's intertwined hands. "Nothing, mom packed me a bento." Tsuna squeaked.
"Something wrong?" Yamamoto asked as they walked out of the cafeteria still holding hands.
"N-no nothing." Tsuna said as he bit his lip. Yamamoto looked at Tsuna.
"Let's go to the roof top and eat then let's practice, okay?" Yamamoto suggested. Tsuna nodded absent-mindedly.
-At the rooftop-
Tsuna looked at the sky absent-mindedly, his chop sticks halfway to his mouth as he tried to remember the lines he memorized last night.
"Tsuna say 'ah'." Yamamoto suddenly said.
"Ah?" Tsuna repeated uncertainly, suddenly he felt Yamamoto spoon-feed him when his mouth opened. Tsuna choked.
"Yamamoto! What was that for?" Tsuna asked as he drank his water.
"Sorry… but your food was going to waste with you spacing out like that." Yamamoto said as he retracted the chopsticks and gave it back to Tsuna.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that." Tsuna said as he ate his bento. Yamamoto bit on his sandwich and they continued in silence.
When they were finished eating, Yamamoto stood up.
"Now, let's start practicing." Yamamoto said grinning. Tsuna gulped. Why was Yamamoto so eager?
As though reading his mind, Yamamoto chuckled. "I'm sorry for being over-enthusiastic but I'm really not good in acting and I wanted to practice as much as I can." Yamamoto explained. "I know I don't have to drag you into practicing but seeing as we do almost all the scenes together I can't help it."
Tsuna looked at Yamamoto unbelievingly. Tsuna shook his head. "You're a good actor Yamamoto, really." He added when Yamamoto looked disbelieving.
"Hahaha… I'll take your word for it but we still better practice." Yamamoto said. He opened the script and flipped to the last page. "Why don't we practice the part where you run into my arms crying?"
Tsuna face exploded in red. And he said in an uncertain voice "Do I really have to cry?"
Yamamoto laughed. "Yeah, you do."
Tsuna turned his back on Yamamoto and mentally cried. There goes the last of his manly pride.
"Okay Tsuna…" Yamamoto said calling the attention of the brunet to him. Tsuna turned around. Yamamoto lifted his arms and smiled. "Come on, cry your heart out."
Tsuna blushed fiercely in embarrassment. In his mind he was cursing Reborn again and again for this embarrassment. He somehow knew that Reborn had something to do with this.
"Can we at least skip the crying part for now Yamamoto?" Tsuna asked. It's not that he didn't feel like crying (actually he really wanted to cry in shame right now), it's just that he didn't want to cry.
"Yeah, sure." Yamamoto said innocently, smile still intact. Tsuna inhaled deeply as he started to run towards Yamamoto. Yamamoto waited patiently like a knight in shining armor.
Tsuna closed his eyes, anticipating the impact. Then before he knew it he collided into Yamamoto who enveloped him in gentle arms. Yamamoto's gentle laugh filled his ears.
"Now was that so hard?" Yamamoto asked while chuckling.
"Yes." Tsuna muttered his face very red.
"HEY!" The two of them jumped apart at the sound of a familiar voice.
"Oi baseball idiot! What do you think you're doing?" Gokudera shouted as he opened the door. "How dare you hug jyuudaime like that?" He shouted ignoring the fact that it was Tsuna who ran into Yamamoto.
"Please calm down Gokudera-kun." Tsuna said brushing his bangs to the side with an embarrassed sigh. "We were just practicing the last scene of the play."
Gokudera who had grabbed Yamamoto by the collar looked at Tsuna. "Practicing?"
"Yes, so please let Yamamoto go now." Tsuna said pleadingly.
"I-If jyuudaime insists, then…" Gokudera let go of Yamamoto.
Yamamoto smiled at Tsuna. "Thanks."
"No problem." Tsuna said trying to push out the last bit of embarrassment from his face. "Let's go, everyone might be waiting."
"Act more like a couple!" Hana shouted at Yamamoto and Tsuna that afternoon as they practiced the scene.
"Hahaha… but Kurokawa-san, they're not a couple in this scene yet!" Yamamoto said scratching the back of his head as he held Tsuna's hand. "They're just friends…"
"Yes but this is the crucial part where they fall in love with each other Yamamoto-kun." Kyoko answered. "Because of that they seem to act like a couple already."
"That's right." Hana said bossily. "And you should blush more like Sawada."
Tsuna tried to hide his embarrassed face behind his bangs as he cleared his throat.
"I'm not as talented as Tsuna so that's really hard for me." Yamamoto said earnestly. In the corner of the room Gokudera was glaring at Yamamoto.
"Just try." Hana said. "Let's do the scene again: the part where Jiro tells Na-Tsu to meet him tomorrow."
Yamamoto straightened his back as he held both of Tsuna's hands and looked at the brunet.
"Sawada! Stop blushing! It's suppose to be Yamamoto who's blushing since he's going to propose tomorrow." Hana stage whispered.
Tsuna inhaled deeply trying to will the redness of his face away. He looked up and met Yamamoto's gaze as Yamamoto said his lines.
" 'Na-tsu, tomorrow… I have something important to ask you.' " Yamamoto said trying his utmost best to blush like Tsuna. Tsuna inhaled again as he tried to act innocent and dense (as said so in the script).
" 'And that would be?' " Tsuna asked tilting his head to the side slightly as he met Yamamoto's hazel eyes with curious brown ones.
" 'I-' " Yamamoto began but was distracted as he met Tsuna's eyes. Tsuna rarely met his gaze these days and seeing the other boy look at him curiously made him speechless.
"Yamamoto! Your line!" Hana shouted. Yamamoto shook his head slightly to clear it.
" 'I-I cannot tell you now… But let us meet tomorrow at the place where you rescued me.' "
Yamamoto shifted his gaze away from Tsuna's eyes. He felt uncomfortable for the first time.
"'O-okay…'" Tsuna said disheartened when Yamamoto broke their eye contact. He gently pulled away from Yamamoto's grasp. Yamamoto was so shocked he almost reached out again before remembering that Tsuna letting go was part of the script. He sighed before he began to think of what he was supposed to do next.
"Yamamoto!" Hana shouted again.
Yamamoto smiled a bit nervously at Tsuna as he stepped forward and gave him a brief hug then let go. "'I do hope with all my heart that you say yes.' " And with that Yamamoto turned around and walked away leaving a stunned Tsuna.
There was a few minutes of silence before the whole classroom broke into applause.
"That was really good Tsuna-kun! Yamamoto-kun!" Kyoko cheered as she clapped.
"Wow, for a moment there it really seemed like the script came alive." Hana said shaking her head in amazement.
"Hahaha really? It was that good?" Yamamoto said laughing. Tsuna just laughed uncertainly with Yamamoto.
"Yes, yes it was good." Hana said. "Let's move on to the scene where Uri (who made this name? Isn't it for girls?) comes to Na-Tsu's house."
Kyoko and Gokudera stepped forward.
" 'Oh dear Na-Tsu… I heard you are meeting Kojiro's son later?' " Kyoko said as she read her lines.
" 'Yes, he was going to ask me something.' " Tsuna answered.
" 'Oh my, I see. The two of you will be a wonderful couple.' " Kyoko said giggling.
" 'Couple?' " Tsuna said blushing. " 'What are you talking about mother?' "
Gokudera pretended like he was knocking on an invisible door.
" 'Oh my can you get that dear?' " Kyoko asked Tsuna. Tsuna obliged and opened the door. On cue, Gokudera kneeled.
" 'Are you the daughter of this house?' "Gokudera asked.
" 'Y-yes…' " Tsuna said nervously.
" 'I have come for you.' " Gokudera said bowing his head.
" 'F-for me? W-why?' " Tsuna said fearfully.
" 'I know this may come as a shock but you are the last granddaughter of the emperor Timoteo-'" Gokudera stopped for a while and cleared his throat. " ' –and I have come here to bring you to the palace, princess.' "
" 'W-what? ME? A princess?' " Tsuna squeaked as he tried to sound like the time Reborn told him he was the mafia boss.
"Okay Gokudera this is the part where you sweep Sawada away and into your horse!" Hana shouted looking very much like a director.
Gokudera stood up, grabbed Tsuna's wrist and proceeded to carry him bridal style.
" 'I'm sorry princess, but it is by the order of the emperor.' " Gokudera said looking very much happy at carrying Tsuna. Too happy in Tsuna's opinion.
HIIIIIIIIIII! Tsuna thought as he was suddenly air born. He bit his tongue suppressing it.
"Sawada! The girly scream I told you!" Hana shouted banging the script on the desk. Kyoko sweat dropped. Hana was too into it.
" 'Kyaaaa!' " Tsuna said forcing the scream out in the girliest way possible as he closed his eyes. Goodbye my manly pride! Tsuna thought in shame.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Tsuna. Tsuna who was too busy saying goodbye to his manly pride did not notice.
"That was really good Sawada!" Hana suddenly said.
"Eh?" Tsuna said opening his eyes.
"You really sounded like a girl there Tsuna-kun! It was really great." Kyoko said smiling brightly.
I don't think I can take that compliment. Tsuna thought sweat dropping.
"Okay let's get to the part where the samurai's son passes by! Go Yamamoto!" Hana said.
"Hai!" Yamamoto said cheerfully stepping up. Tsuna was still in Gokudera's arms. "Ah wait, what was my line again?"
Hana threw the script at the baseball star. Yamamoto opened the page to the right scene and read out his lines. He pretended to pass by then stopped.
" ' Eh? That's- Na-tsu!' " Yamamoto said as he read. He pretended to unsheathe an invisible sword. " 'Hey! Who are you? What are you doing to her?' "
For a few minutes Gokudera and Yamamoto exchanged lines while Tsuna waited in Gokudera's arms. The only line he said was 'Jiro'!
"Okay! Okay!" Hana said. "That's good guys, stop there!"
"Hm?" Kyoko asked as Gokudera and Yamamoto stopped. "Is there something wrong Hana?"
"Uh no, it's just that Sawada's needed for the fitting of the kimono." Hana said reading the schedule. "Gokudera you can put Sawada down. Kyoko take him to the class next door."
Gokudera reluctantly put Tsuna down. Tsuna self-consciously adjusted his uniform. Kyoko grabbed Tsuna's wrist.
"Let's go Tsuna-kun." Kyoko said. "Hana don't let any of the boys go in the next room okay? I want Tsuna-kun's look to be a surprise."
I'm a boy too you know. Tsuna thought mentally crying. Hana nodded.
"Wait Kyoko bring the other boys who're playing village girls with you." Hana said. "Ah, and also the emperor since she's a girl playing a guy's role. Do something to make her more manly."
"Ah yes… let's go everyone." Kyoko said to her classmates.
After classes…
"Hm, I wonder what's taking Tsuna so long?" Yamamoto wondered out loud as he and Gokudera stood outside the room Tsuna vanished in earlier.
"I bet that Kurokawa is working jyuudaime hard again!" Gokudera said growling. But then suddenly the door in front of them slid open. It revealed a very tired looking Tsuna.
"Yoh Tsuna!" Yamamoto said grinning Tsuna blushed when he saw Yamamoto lean in to his face.
"Hey you idiot stop giving jyuudaime a heart attack!" Gokudera growled at the teen as he pushed him away, then he smiled at Tsuna. "Jyuudaime are you okay?"
Tsuna placed a hand over his heart and sighed. "I'm fine." He said softly brushing his bangs away from his eyes. "Just tired."
"Was measuring for your kimono really that hard Tsuna?" Yamamoto asked when he saw the worn out look on Tsuna's face.
Tsuna looked sideways with a depressed expression. You have no idea.
"A-anyway, why don't we take you home then jyuudaime?" Gokudera said smiling at the brunet.
"Yeah, let's go Tsuna! So you can rest!" Yamamoto said as he automatically took hold of Tsuna's hand. Gokudera's eyes almost bulged out of his sockets while Tsuna who didn't even noticed the action just nodded.
"B-Baseball idiot! What do you think you're doing holding jyuudaime's hand?" Gokudera said pointing at Yamamoto and glaring at him.
"Hm? Oh… I didn't notice. Hehe… I guess I got used to holding Tsuna's hand." Yamamoto said scratching his cheek sheepishly but not letting go of Tsuna's hand.
"G-got used to?" Gokudera said his jaw dropping.
"Yeah, I was holding his hand the whole lunch break hour. Didn't you know?" Yamamoto said tilting his head innocently. Gokudera's hand twitched to his pocket to pull out a dynamite but thankfully Tsuna noticed this action and grabbed Gokudera's wrist.
"Gokudera-kun, calm down." Tsuna said sighing tiredly. "Yamamoto was just instructed by Rebo- I mean Bo-reen-sensei to hold my hand for practice."
"I-I see…" Gokudera said but he did not relinquish his glare on Yamamoto. Tsuna let go of Gokudera's wrist as he pulled on Yamamoto and signaled Gokudera to get moving.
The next day…
"What do you mean he's not here Reborn-san?" Gokudera asked when he and Yamamoto went to get Tsuna the next day.
"Just as I said: He's not here." Reborn said. "And from what I see he's not at school either. He must've fallen asleep on his way there."
"Whoah… Tsuna must be very tired." Yamamoto said frowning as he put a hand on his pocket. Reborn nodded.
"Why don't the two of you find him and bring him back here?" Reborn said. "I'll tell the school that he'll take a day off."
The 2 loyal guardians nodded as they rushed off in different directions. Yamamoto fished out his cell phone from his pocket and immediately speed dialed Tsuna.
On the fifth ring, Tsuna's voice mail answered: "Hello this is Tsuna. I must've left my cell phone at home or Reborn must've taken it but either way… I'm not available right now. If this is Lambo I don't have any candy and how did you learn to dial my number anyway? And if this is Reborn then… don't leave a message!"
Yamamoto chuckled at Tsuna's voice mail. Then there was a beep. "Hey Tsuna, this is Yamamoto. Where are you right now? Gokudera and I are looking for you. If you get this message call me okay?" Yamamoto said and after a few seconds he put down his phone.
The rain guardian then began to look around for the brunet. That's when he suddenly passed by the park. He noticed a brown-haired boy lying leisurely on a park bench.
Tsuna? Yamamoto thought. He then rushed over to the boy.
Yap, it was Tsuna.
"Ah! It is you, Tsuna!" Yamamoto shouted out happily but then he became quiet when he noticed that the other boy was sleeping. Yamamoto neared the sleeping brunet and observed the slow but steady breathing of his boss. The wind slightly ruffled Tsuna's brown locks as he slept.
Yamamoto leaned in smiling gently as he brushed away Tsuna's bangs to the side but then it fell back curtaining Tsuna's eyes. Tsuna's nose wrinkled slightly at the disturbance but then almost immediately he fell back into a restful sleep.
Yamamoto chuckled lightly as he grabbed Tsuna by the arms. He was going to carry the brunet back, piggy-back style. Careful not to disturb Tsuna, Yamamoto shifted the other boy's position so that he can hang on to Yamamoto's neck. Yamamoto grabbed Tsuna's legs holding them firmly so Tsuna wouldn't fall.
Tsuna's arms hanged on to Yamamoto's shoulders loosely. Seeing that Tsuna was secured on his back, Yamamoto gave off a smile before he carried off the tired boss back home.
"Good job Yamamoto." Reborn said smirking when he opened the door and saw his pupil in the arms of the rain guardian. "I should really have to reevaluate you. Perhaps you would like the position of Tsuna's right hand man?"
Yamamoto grinned at Reborn. "Hahaha… thanks kid but I'd rather not. Gokudera might faint if that happens."
"Hm." Reborn said still smirking. "Very well, then can you take Dame-Tsuna to his room? I'd drag him there myself, of course, but he deserves a proper treatment just this once."
"Okay!" Yamamoto said cheerfully. He passed around Reborn and carried Tsuna to his room.
"You're one lucky guy, Dame Tsuna." Reborn said pulling his fedora down with a smirk.
Tsuna opened his eyes slowly. Everything was blurry. He blinked again. He recognized the ceiling of his bedroom.
"I'm home?" Tsuna mumbled he looked around as he sat up but then his hand came in contact with someone's hair. Tsuna looked down; Yamamoto was lying asleep on his bedside.
"You took a long time to wake up, Dame-Tsuna." Reborn said. Tsuna looked up. "Be thankful that I excused you from practice today."
"Reborn! What's Yamamoto doing here?" Tsuna whispered to his tutor.
"He was the one who took you home stupid Tsuna." Reborn said frowning. "You fell asleep on your way to school."
"I… I did?" Tsuna said trying to remember. He was about to scratch his cheek trying to remember but then he realized that Yamamoto was holding his hand. Tsuna's face became red from blushing. The brunet tried to pry his hand off but then Yamamoto stirred awake.
"Arre?" Yamamoto said his voice heavy with sleep. "What happened?" He yawned as he rubbed his eyes. He looked at Tsuna dazedly and then blinked three times. After a few seconds, Yamamoto realized that it was Tsuna looking at him. He stared for a few more seconds before he gave Tsuna a cheerful smile. "Tsuna, you're awake!"
"Ah… yeah I am." Tsuna said momentarily forgetting that Yamamoto was holding his hand again. "Thanks by the way."
Yamamoto tilted his head, an action several fan girls would find cute. "Thanks for what?"
"Reborn told me… He said you took me home." Tsuna said smiling at the rain guardian.
"Oh yeah… hahaha! No prob." Yamamoto said grinning. Then there was silence.
"Well, uhm… I guess I should get going." Yamamoto said as he looked at his watch. It was already one in the afternoon. "Classes were half day today so I'm going home to rest too."
"I see…" Tsuna said and then he suddenly remembered something. "Ah wait, where's Gokudera-kun?"
"I don't know." Yamamoto said shrugging. "Maybe he already went home too?"
Meanwhile…
"JYUUDAIME! WHERE ARE YOU?" Gokudera shouted as he opened the lid of a trash can somewhere on the town that was NOT Namimori.
"Ah! Octopus head! Why are you EXTREMELY here?" Ryohei shouted when he saw Gokudera as he ran by the alley.
"Shut up turf top! I'm looking for jyuudaime!" Gokudera said swinging his fist threateningly at the sun guardian.
"Sawada's here too?" Ryohei said eyes widening. "Is he also in an EXTREME training right now?"
"Of course he's not!" Gokudera said. "Only someone as stupid as you would do training in an unknown town!"
But nothing of what Gokudera said registered to Ryohei's mind. "So is Yamamoto also EXTREMELY training with Sawada?"
"What-? No! That idiot probably went home already." Gokudera said smugly. "I bet he gave up since he couldn't find jyuudaime."
"Or he already did find Sawada and you didn't know…" Ryohei pointed out, not shouting for once. Gokudera froze at Ryohei's logical, for once, response.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
A/N: Yap, boring… Oh well! 'Til next time!