Kayla: Welcome readers! We hope you like the third chapter; we worked really hard to get it done for Gokudera's B-day, so please enjoy reading it! OH! And we have a special guest writer who helped us by writing Mukuro for the first part of the fic.
Miki: Ello peoplez! ^_^
K-Chan: Hi~ everyone and yes! we did try hard to get this done and we really hope you enjoy it! Though it should be known next chapter will be a bit delayed, right Kayla?
Kayla: Right! For two reasons actually, one being that we want to work on the sequel to our twins' fic. The other being that from the 16th until the afternoon/evening of the 19th, I will be away at AWA (Anime Weekend Atlanta, IF ANY OF OUR READERS ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND YOU SEE A RATHER SHORT AMERICA COSPLAYER GLOMP ME AND SAY HI!) but don't worry as soon as those two tasks are complete we will get to work on the next chapter.
K-Chan: Yes... TT^TT soooo mean Kayla... advertising that when I can't go and receive glomps with you... CURSE BEING ALL THE WAY UP HERE IN NEW YORK STATE! *pout* anyway, Miki have any words or comments she'd like to add?
Miki: ...I don't know...Oh! Mukuro rulez! Though a lot of others do too...
Kayla: Yes we do all love the pineapple, and I'm sorry, but trust me I would trade states with you in a minute K-Chan. To make up for it you get disclaimer?
K-Chan: Ok... *still pouting* anyway Disclaimer! Neither the characters in this Fic or Katekyo Hitman Reborn! belong to us, that would be the awesome Akira Amano-sensei whom many Fangirls most likely worship for giving us such a Slashable Shounen Series 3!
Tsuna was walking along with Mukuro as they discussed their friend's birthday that happened to be on that very day. He was determined to try to make it one of the better birthdays his friend had. "So what should we do? Balloons, surprise party, usual birthday stuff or should we- oh… isn't this the place he mentioned was his usual stopping place after classes?" He said as he noticed they were currently in front of Takesushi. "Hey! Let's go in! Gokudera said they had incredible sushi here!" He asked looking over at his friend.
Mukuro continued to look straight ahead, "Fine, it's not like I have better things to do," he said sarcastically. As they walked into Takesushi he thought about the previous question Tsuna had asked. "I think we should throw a surprise party. Kufufu! I think I'm going to get him cigarettes," Mukuro said smiling quite evilly.
Tsuna nodded "Surprise party is what it'll be then… and of course you would think of cigarettes as a good present for him… though he does smoke a lot…" he said trailing off as he followed Mukuro inside and looked around. "So where do you want to sit? Or do we order first…?" He said aloud as he was thinking about if they were to sit down or not.
Yamamoto looked up to see two new customers had entered the restaurant, "Oh! Hello and welcome to Takesushi, please come on in and request your order!" He smiled happily at them and gestured for them to come to the counter.
After Mukuro heard Yamamoto he turned to his friend Tsuna, "Kufufu! There's your answer." He said as he walked up to the counter pondering what to order. "What are you getting?" Mukuro questioned Tsuna.
"Ah… umm… I think… that, that, and that," Tsuna replied as he pointed out a few random dishes, the last one ironically the same as Gokudera usually got. "Are you getting the same, Mukuro?" He asked with a curious tilt of his head.
Mukuro considered Tsuna's question for awhile before he replied, "Kufufu! Why not? I'll leave my poor stomach in your hands." He looked around Takesushi due to boredom before he turned back to Tsuna, rather bored looking, "Where are have Gokudera's surprise party?"
"Okay coming right up!" Yamamoto smiled as he started preparing their orders, he suddenly stopped upon hearing Gokudera's name, "Excuse me, but would you happen to mean Gokudera Hayato, the one who comes in here regularly?" he asked curiously.
"Aww come ooooon, I don't choose that badly!" Tsuna replied making a face before thinking a moment "I wonder if Hibari-Kun would like this place…" He then blinked at the mention of his friend's Full name. "Ah, yeah. He told us this place had good sushi and we ended up at the front of your store so we decided to try it" He said with a smile before blinking "Ah! Could you be the High School Student he's been helping with homework?" He asked curiously as he looked at Yamamoto.
"You do more often than not." Mukuro muttered with a small smirk on his face.
"Ah! Yes, that is me. My name is Yamamoto Takeshi, nice to meet you." Yamamoto smiled as he introduced himself, "I hope you don't mind that I heard your conversation, but I was wondering id you needed any help with Gokudera's party?"
"Mukuroooooo I do not!" Tsuna complained as he heard his friend's remark before he looked back at Yamamoto. "Ah… well… we need to figure out where we're holding it and stuff… we got out of class early cuz our teacher knows and likes Gokudera and he wanted us to have time to plan a good party for him, though it was mainly self study anyway… um! I got off track… heh… back to the point, we need to find a place to hold the party and decorations and stuff before Gokudera gets out of class in a few hours…" He said, rambling a bit, as Gokudera, still in class, sneezed a time or two before shaking his head and continuing to work.
Mukuro couldn't resist the urge to tease his friend, "Oh really? I wonder what your guard dog would say about this? Maybe I should call up Hi-"
Yamamoto unintentionally interrupted Mukuro, "AH! You can have it here if you like? I am sure my dad won't mind closing the place to customers a bit early if it is for one of our best customers!" He suggested excitedly.
"Well that's one less thing at least, as soon as we finish eating here we need to head out and buy the supplies and food," Mukuro thought aloud, glad he didn't' have to worry about using his own place.
"Okay then, oh and as far as food goes, my dad and I can supply the sushi, for free of course, for the party! Oh! Speaking of here you go!" Yamamoto told them happily as he handed them their own orders, "I hope you enjoy them."
"Ah! Thanks again! And thanks," Tsuna said first to the letting them use the shop and second as he accepted his sushi.
"Yeah, thanks," Mukuro said as he took his sushi and sat down to eat it.
"No problem at all." Yamamoto nodded at the two of them as he began to clean the counter area to prepare for any other customers to enter before they started preparing for the party.
-Few hours later-
Gokudera walked along his familiar route home, heading towards his usual after school stop. He wondered what Tsuna and Mukuro had to do since they hadn't met him per-usual to walk partway home together, leaving him alone as he headed towards Takesushi, still a little ways away.
Yamamoto was smiling happily as he prepared the restaurant for Gokudera's surprise party, he had been trying to figure out what to do since he had seen the date marked on Gokudera's calendar and was very happy he had been able to talk with Gokudera's friends, 'I just hope he likes what I got him since I didn't have much time to get it.'
Gokudera continued to head to the shop moving along the usual intersection him and his friends usually split at, him to the left, Tsuna strait, and Mukuro right. He headed on till the shop came into sight.
Yamamoto had just finished putting up the decorations on one of the last few walls when he noticed the time on the clock, and turned to Tsuna and Hibari in the room, "Ah! We need to hurry and finish up, this is almost the time that Gokudera arrives!" He then quickly but carefully started speeding up the work on the parts of the decorating he was in charge of and to make sure the sushi and other food was all ready.
"Ah! Yeah let's hurry Mukuro!" Tsuna said as he too started speeding up his work to be sure everything was done by the time Gokudera arrived at the shop. Lest they lose the element of surprise, something that is essential for a surprise party.
"Alright, I'm done with this part anyway," Mukuro said as he pointed to the last now empty boxes from the store.
Gokudera had almost reached the shop front which should be about the time Tsuna was finishing up his part of the decorating.
"Okay I think that's all," Yamamoto told the other two as he looked around the room, happening to notice familiar silver hair heading towards the shop, "Ah! Gokudera is coming, you two both hide and I will be behind the counter like normal. Haha! Gokudera is going to be so surprised!"
"Ah! Ok!" Tsuna said before he looked around for a hiding spot. He took a little time to find a good place and Gokudera was just about at the store front "Ah!" He exclaimed and went to hide in his chosen spot, with Mukuro having followed his lead.
Gokudera yawned some as he reached the store door; it had been quite the long day for him. He had done three of his assignments in his study time before he left the school, leaving him with only his math work to do for once. He was glad that he would be able to relax when he got home, spending his birthday as he liked best sometimes, home and by himself for the most part.
Yamamoto waited patiently behind the counter as he saw Gokudera approach the entrance, ready to see exactly what Gokudera would think of all this, ready to great him as soon as he entered.
Gokudera pushed open the store door, not looking around yet due to being lost in thought of how fast he could finish his math work. He wanted to be free to enjoy his birthday without the worries of work and he wanted to have that privilege as soon as possible.
Tsuna popped out of his spot quickly with a loud "SURPRISE!" that quite startled his friend.
"Surprise." Mukuro copied Tsuna simultaneously though with slightly less energy to it then Tsuna had used.
"Hahaha! Surprise Gokudera! Happy Birthday!" Yamamoto said happily as he came out from around the counter and walked over to the others.
Gokudera blinked in surprise as his friends popped from their Hiding places. "Tsuna? Mukuro? What are you guys- Birthday? You guys threw me a birthday party?" He couldn't quite believe it for a moment that the party was held in what had become his favorite food place.
"You seem more shocked about us throwing you a party then you so about the party itself..." Mukuro commented at seeing his friend's reaction.
"You seem really happy about this Gokudera! I'm glad that I am able to celebrate it with you!" Yamamoto smiled as he held out a plate of the sushi Gokudera seemed to like the most for him, "Eat all you want and enjoy your Birthday!"
"Well usually you guys don't throw a surprise party…" Gokudera said before he accepted the sushi and looked around "How did you know about it Yamamoto?" He asked after a moment.
"Ah, well I found out that today was your birthday when you your dropped your pocket calendar a few days ago, and then when your two friends came in I heard them talking about giving you a party I decided to offer my help!" Yamamoto explained as he rubbed the back of head and looked a bit to the side.
"Ah, you did? I was wondering where it was…" Gokudera replied before adding "Thanks Yamamoto," he said before looking at his friends "Aren't you guys usually busy…?" He asked as he headed to his usual place to eat.
"We are, and have to leave soon anyway, but we thought we would do this much, your gifts are over there," Mukuro pointed to the table were the presents were set out along with the other food. "Anyway we need to leave now; Tsuna has to go meet up with his little boyfriend soon."
"Ah… well thanks for throwing it guys," Gokudera said just as Tsuna blushed a bit at Mukuro's words.
"W-we don't have to leave just because of him Mukuro! We have other stuff to do too!" Tsuna exclaimed before he started pushing Mukuro to the door with a call of "See you tomorrow Gokudera!" from the both of them before they were out the door. Gokudera smiled some as he watched his friends leave, he did appreciate the work they and Yamamoto had put into the party.
Yamamoto couldn't help but laugh a bit at the exchange between Gokudera and his friends, "Your friends are really fun and energetic Gokudera!"
"Yeah, they're great friends," Gokudera replied before beginning to eat his sushi after he pulled out his math work. "This is all I have left, going to finish it before I head home since today I wanted more free time, in case you're wondering," He said as he worked and ate.
"Ah! Yes, you should be able to enjoy your birthday as much as possible," Yamamoto nodded in agreement. "Oh! Do you want to open your presents now or wait until you can relax and open them when you finish working on your homework?"
Gokudera nodded "I'll open them when I'm done with this, shouldn't take me too long" He replied before he continued to work on his math work.
"Okay then, I am going to clean up the kitchen while you work, let me know when you are done!" Yamamoto nodded as he went to work wiping up the counters and putting away the sushi ingredients into their larger containers.
Gokudera nodded to indicate he heard and continued working, soon he only had a few problems left and only a couple of bites of sushi left. He finished up quickly before heading up to the counter to let the younger boy know he was finished.
Yamamoto looked up from his cleaning to see that Gokudera was at the counter, "Ah? Ready to open up your gifts now Gokudera?" he smiled as he came back around and placed Gokudera's gifts in front of him, "I hope that you enjoy them, especially the one that I got for you!"
"Mm. You got me one too?" Gokudera asked, slightly surprised before he started opening one of the presents.
"Huh? Of course I did, it wouldn't have been nice of me not to get you something after I found out when it was, especially since we are friends now too right? Oh, and also for all the help you give me on my homework," Yamamoto smiled goofily as he watched Gokudera start to unwrap his presents.
"Ah… I guess that makes sense," Gokudera replied as he continued opening the present to reveal a pack of cigarettes. "Tch… Humor… Mukuro is full of it," he said before he glanced through the card. After setting the cigarettes aside he began opening Tsuna's present to find a few accessories he liked; rings, belt chains, wristbands and the like. "Heh… Tsuna usually gets me this stuff for anything, he knows I like them and I almost never could have too many" He then moved on to the last present, Yamamoto's present, and started to open it.
"They seem to know you very well," Yamamoto smiled as he watched Gokudera begin to open up the present he had gotten for him, a bit worried that Gokudera might not like it, since he didn't know as much as his friends did. He looked back and forth between Gokudera and the now opened package that had revealed a rather large sketchbook with Gokudera's name written on the cover, and a set of new sketching pencils.
Gokudera blinked as the present reveal itself to a personalized sketchbook and pencils "Wow, my pad was starting to fill up…" He said trailing off; he was surprised that the other had gotten him such a well matched present after only knowing him for less than a month. "Thanks Yamamoto."
"I'm glad you like it Gokudera, I really couldn't think of anything at first but then I remember when you were drawing, and this came to mind," Yamamoto said as he rubbed the back of his neck again, not realizing the faint color that had begun to appear on his cheeks.
"It's a great present, you chose pretty well even without knowing me for very long," Gokudera replied "Thanks," He repeated before stretching and glancing at the clock. "Need any help today at all?" He asked once he had finished stretching.
"No, it's fine for today, all my homework is easy tonight, and even so I couldn't ask you for help on your birthday, you need to relax today!" Yamamoto laughed a bit hiding his slight embarrassment at being thanked so much.
"Alright, I should head off soon then…" Gokudera replied as he glanced around the store again before looking back at Yamamoto, barely noticing the younger's embarrassment as his mind started planning out what he would do when he got home.
"Okay, are you sure you want to spend the rest of your birthday by yourself though?" Yamamoto asked, a bit worriedly, not wanting the other to be lonely on his birthday.
"Ah, well, maybe just hang around here for awhile? We could enjoy the rest of the snacks that are left and maybe go to the house part and watch a movie or something?" Yamamoto suggested, instantly coming up with ideas, feeling a bit sad about how Gokudera had explained his normal birthday routine.
"Guess I could since I have nothing else…" Gokudera said leaning back on his heels a bit with a small yawn, feeling a bit tired. "So… what are we going to do while hanging around here?"
"We could take up the rest of the snacks to eat while we watch the movie? Oh, maybe we could even play dome of my video games? Ah! But not the baseball ones since it doesn't interest you that much!" Yamamoto suggested happily as he started gathering some of the things up to take with them.
Gokudera nodded before blinking at Yamamoto's perceptiveness in his dislike for baseball, he had thought the younger boy had not noticed his lack of interest in his favorite sport and hobby. "Ah… yeah… alright." He said with a few nods.
"Okay then, lets head up," Yamamoto smiled as he started walking towards his house, but was having a bit of trouble carrying all of it, "Ah! Gokudera, I don't mean to bother you on your birthday, but could you take a few of the things I am holding? Haha! I think I tried to carry to much!"
"Yeah, you did grab too much, ok, give me half then," Gokudera replied before taking half as he said before, he shifted a bit and set to follow Yamamoto upstairs.
"Thanks Gokudera," Yamamoto nodded as he headed upstairs placing the food on the table and going over to his DVDs. "Which one of these do you want to watch Gokudera?"
"Thanks Gokudera," Yamamoto nodded as he headed upstairs placing the food on the table and going over to his DVDs and turned back to the other, "Which one of these do you want to watch?"
"Ah… pick any one you think we'll both like, that ok with you?" Gokudera suggested as he went to take a spot at the table. Once he chose a spot, he sat and made himself comfortable.
"Okay then, hmm this one looks like something you might like," Yamamoto said as he placed the disk into the player and sat down next to Gokudera, pressing play when they were both settled.
"Okay then, hmm this one looks like something you might like," Yamamoto said as he placed the disk into the player and sat down next to Gokudera, pressing play when they were both settled.
"What is the movie?" Gokudera asked as he glanced over at Yamamoto when the younger boy sat down next to him.
"Oh, it's this movie about people trying to find a computer hacker, it's really good actually, and it doesn't even have any baseball scenes in it haha!" Yamamoto laughed as he reached for one of the snacks.
"Oh? That does sound interesting," Gokudera replied as he settled his Malachite gaze on the TV screen, ready to keep it there for however long the movie ran for.
"Mhmm," Yamamoto smiled as he watched Gokudera focus on the TV, happy that he was able to make him happy on his birthday. He turned back to the TV screen himself and started watching the movie, but was more focused on the older boy next to him then the pictures on the screen.