Ch 06 :

"By any chance.. Do you like Sawada Tsunayoshi?" Hana asked which caught both Tsuna and Reika off guard. Both of them blushing several shades of red.

Everyone leaning in interest.

'Oi! Don't forget that I'm here !' Tsuna shouted in his mind.

"Next question please..." Reika replied in an embarrassed whisper.

"Request denied" Lal said sternly which made Reika flinch. "Do you like Sawada Tsunayoshi?" She repeated.

"Uhn." Reika answered in a low, almost inaudible whisper.

"What was that?" Lal asked.

"Uhn" She repeated louder than before, yet still low like a whisper.

"what? kora!" Colonello asked.

"I still can't hear her." Lal said.

"I can't hear her too." Fon chimed in.

"Me either." Reborn added.

"Oi!" Cielo/Tsuna yelled at the ex-Arcobalenos.

'What the hell is going on?! Why the hell am I the topic here?!' Tsuna screamed in his mind.

"Yes! I like Sawada-san! Are you guys happy now?!" Reika screamed, her face blushing crimson red in embarrassment.

"Eh?" Cielo/Tsuna's intelligent words. His face blushing darker red.

"She just admitted that she likes 'Dame-Tsuna', Cielo-kun" Enma said with a wide grin.

"EH?! You like 'Dame-Tsuna' ?!" Cielo/Tsuna shouted in bewilderment. "As in 'Dame-Tsuna' who failed at every subject and every exams? Or more specifically fails at everything? That 'Dame-Tsuna' who trips on air? That Tsuna who became a laughingstock during Elementary and Middle School? That crybaby Tsuna?"

"Shut up! What do you know about Sawada-san?!" Reika growled dangerously which made Tsuna flinch and speechless. Her blush slowly fades as she glare at Cielo/Tsuna. But a small blush remained as she continued talking about 'Sawada Tsunayoshi'. "All you people saw was just a part of him, that part which most of you degrades. If you look deeper enough, you would see that he is a great guy!"

*silence*

Tsuna forced himself to stare at her blankly and forced to subdue his growing blush. Everyone kept their faces stoic, mostly biting their lower lip to prevent their wide smiles to be shown.

"He's stronger than what he lets people see. He's also kind and polite. He has a big heart as to accept kids into his house even though they aren't blood related. He even sees them as family. Most of all, He cares for the well-being of everyone." She said in a soft voice. "I'll bet everything I have that he'll forgive you right away if you ask for forgiveness. He might have already forgiven you even before you ask for it. That's how great he is. That's how big his heart is, just like the wide sky. Almost boundless." She finished her defense with a small smile.

*ring**ring*

"Ah! I almost forgot about onii-chan!" Reika shouted in panic. "Hey Naomi! Do you still wanna stay?"

"She'll stay. We still got a few questions to ask her" Reborn cut in. Reika just nodded in understanding.

"Reika-chan! By any chance, do you like Tsu-kun to know about this ?" Kyoko asked.

"Uhm.. please don't." Reika almost pleaded.

"Why?" Cielo/Tsuna asked.

"Because most men claim that they fell in love from the confession of us, ladies, made. I think that, that kind of reasoning is unintelligent. It kind of resembles a charity." She explained. "And I hate that kind of charity."

*ring**ring*

"Hai~ Hai~ I'm coming ! I'm coming !" She irritably said as she answered her phone. Then her face showed confusion, then shock and anger.

"You idiot!" She shouted into the phone which surprised everyone. "What if someone saw you entering my house through the window?! My neighbors would panic, you know?" She said with a resigned sigh.

"Alright~ Alright~" she said in resignation. Then her muscles tensed and her eyes glared dangerously. "Don't you dare, onii-chan!"

"I'll be there in twenty minutes, so don't eat my strawberry cake!" Then she hanged-up angrily.

'Whats with girls and cakes?' The male population asked in their minds.

"I really have to go. My brother is threatening to eat my strawberry cake at home." She said excusing herself. "It's really nice seeing you guys again!"

"Uhm, wait!" Chrome called out. All attention was on her. "I still got one question."

Reika nodded once to indicate that she's listening.

"If were not going to tell him.. what if you missed the only chance that you two might get together. Your feelings deserve to be returned, right?" Chrome asked shyly.

"Thanks for the concern, Dokuro-san. But just like I said before, I don't like 'love charity'. I won't go on a relationship where I am the only one in love. Because if that is the case, I would rather choose to be in a relationship with a human-sized teddy bear." Reika answered with a soft chuckle.

"You'll never know, what if he really fall for you?" Yuni said.

"'Falling' in love is dangerous." Reika replied, even motioning her fingers into an apostrophe over the word 'falling', " Because everyone who 'falls', gets 'broken'."