*DISCLAIMER*

"I'm really breaking up with you," Isabella repeated while sobbing.

"That's not very convincing at all when you're crying like this," Gokudera said as he hugged Isabella and caressed her back.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I didn't mean to make you suffer," the lady continued to sob.

"Calm down, what the hell are you saying?" Gokudera said as he pulled away from the hug to cup Isabella's cheeks and looked at her. "Tell me what the hell is going on in your head."

Isabella didn't speak nor stop sobbing. She just stared into Gokudera's eyes quietly, not calming at all.

Gokudera wiped the girl's tears first before pushing her gently to sit on the bed. "What's wrong? This isn't like you at all," he whispered with seriousness as he sat beside her.

"I…" Isabella breathed as she tried to calm down. "I saw you last night."

Gokudera's eyes widened as he did not expect to hear those words.

"I-I'm sorry. I followed you last night," Isabella had stopped crying but her hands were fidgeting, her whole body was trembling.

Isabella wasn't the only one nervous, Gokudera too. He wouldn't know how to explain if she had seen everything, right? "W-What did you see?" he asked, unable to stop himself from stuttering.

"I saw everything… after you left your boss' house. I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have followed you but I… I'm really sorry," Isabella replied as she apologized repeatedly.

Gokudera gulped as his mind panicked. If she had seen him after leaving his Juudaime's house, then she must have heard the words he said to Yamamoto. She must have seen the two of them kissing… But instead of feeling sorry, shouldn't Isabella just get mad at him for cheating? Why does she keep on apologizing? "H-Hey, is that the reason why you're breaking up with me? T-That was just, he was drunk and—"

"It's fine. There won't be any war. You don't have to force yourself on me either so…" Isabella started crying again.

Gokudera felt guilty after hearing that. Oh crap. "Hey, I know I shouldn't have done something like that but…" She definitely heard everything he said last night and that obviously made her feel like this. "We already ended our relationship properly so you don't have to cry anymore," he said as he looked away from her, trying to lessen the guilt he was feeling.

"No…" Isabella whispered. "Hayato, I shouldn't have been selfish. I shouldn't have done those. I'm really sorry."

"Hey"

"I didn't mean to make you suffer. I just didn't want someone to take you away from me. I shouldn't have done something like that. I'm really sorry."

"Hey," Gokudera didn't know why the hell Isabella is panicking more than him. He didn't know what Isabella did wrong. Wasn't he the one at fault here? "Calm down first then tell me everything." He commanded.

Isabella took several deep breaths as she tried to stop crying. "I—"

"Just stop trembling first."

Isabella stared at Gokudera and tears started to form in her eyes again. "Uwahhh!" she sobbed, throwing himself to Hayato, hugging him tightly.

"I just told you to fucking stop crying, didn't I?" Gokudera said as he caressed her back. His actions were unexpectedly gentle (but he couldn't do a thing to how he speaks). Well, seeing Isabella like this, he couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Hayato. I purposely stole you from that baseball guy. I'm sorry… I—"

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Gokudera felt Isabella's hug tightened around him.

"Please don't get mad."

"Just what the hell are you saying?" Gokudera almost shouted. He pulled away from the hug and stared at the lady seriously. "I don't understand a thing at all. Calm down." He himself couldn't keep calm. He couldn't catch up with what she's saying.

Isabella stared into Hayato's eyes first before bowing her head. She took deep breaths again to relieve some tension. "I had you investigated before. I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have done that but I really thought you were going to attend my birthday so I… I really miss you that time, I'm so sorry."

Investigated? If she had him investigated before, then she must know something about him and Yamamoto. Then that's what she meant by purposely?

"I didn't know you were serious. I didn't know you would be like this. I shouldn't have been selfish. I didn't mean to hurt you. I—"

"You mean that you know everything?" Hayato asked with his deep voice.

Isabella twitched at the question and she closed her eyes, knowing that her answer would make the silverette angrier. "Y-Yes," she replied with a low and hesitant tone.

"And the reason we came back here is?"

Isabella clung to her skirt for dear life. Oh, how she regrets what she did. "Because you always have that sad expression on your face, I'm not a kid anymore not to realize that you feel lonely being in Italy. So I thought that if you go back here, you'll show me your smile again."

Hayato only frowned. "You haven't even seen me smile before."

"I've seen you smile when we were young."

"That was a long time ago." Really… what makes her think that he would smile just by coming back here?

"But the investigator saw you smiling!" Isabella shouted as she raised her head to look at Hayato with determined eyes. I also wanted to see you smile," she whispered while bowing her head again. "I really want to. I'm so sorry."

"Tch, how the hell can I get mad when you're like that?" Gokudera whispered to himself.

"I-I'm really sorry."

"No, it's fine… I guess," Gokudera whispered the last part with a sigh. "That's not the only reason why I broke up with him anyway," he said, forcing a smile on his lips.

"Eh?" Isabella was finally able to raise her head again. "What's the other?" she asked as she looked at Hayato with curious eyes.

"Nothing, it's nothing," Hayato said as he lied on the bed again and covered himself with blanket.

"Hayato, you're not coming back to that baseball guy?"

"No, and he's Yamamoto Takeshi," Gokudera corrected the girl before going back to sleep.

Monday, at school

Gokudera had his eyes closed while frowning. It was still in the middle of the day and yet, there he was, lying lazily. He actually intended to sleep but he couldn't, not when he couldn't stop thinking— thinking that he is single now and he could go back to the baseball idiot.

"Herbivore, how long do you plan to stay here?"

"Shut up." Yes, Gokudera was lying on the sofa of the disciplinary office. He skipped classes— again. He decided to stay here and Hibari 'allowed' him because Hibari owes him. That Japanese caused him so much trouble the other night.

"Hibari-san?"

Tsuna spoke from outside as he knocked on the door twice. He opened it and then walked inside.

"J-Juudaime?" Gokudera quickly sat up as he tried not to freak out too much. He fixed his hair as to not disgrace himself in front of his Juudaime.

"Gokudera-kun, why are you here?" Tsuna asked.

"I-I slept a little because I wasn't able to sleep last night, Juudaime." Gokudera explained nervously. "How 'bout you, Juudaime?"

"I'll eat lunch with Hibari-san," Tsuna answered with a shy smile.

"Herbivore"

Tsuna heard Hibari call him and when he looked at the Cloud guardian, he saw the man signaling him to come near him. He walked towards Hibari and was surprised when the man suddenly pulled him closer, wrapping his arm around his waist.

"Herbivore, go out."

How the hell can Juudaime distinguish between the herbivore-me and herbivore-him? Tch. Not that he would make a big fuss about it. "What? You're shy now? You were so clingy the other night, you looked so lame," Hayato commented, insulting the older Japanese.

Hibari kept quiet but he intensified his glare, telling the Italian to just shut the hell up and leave.

"Fine, tch." Gokudera stood up and walked outside, leaving the two Japanese alone.

"Herbivore," Hibari spoke as he lifted Tsuna and placed him on the table. "Forget what happened the other night or I'll bite you to death," he threatened the Sky with a glare.

"Eh? But Hibari-san, even if you say that, it's impossible to forget something that happened just recently— ah, itai…" Tsuna explained but whined afterwards when the older Japanese suddenly bit his neck. "Hibari-san, I don't want to forget because I thought that you were really cute that time and haa…" he said breathing deeply afterwards as he tried to lessen the pain he was feeling on his neck. Even though Hibari does this to him most of the time, he really just can't get used to this. "I-It hurts, Hibari-san."

Hibari sucked Tsuna's neck first before he finally let the Sky go. Then, he stared into the herbivore's eyes.

"Hibari-san, they started avoiding each other more now than before."

"Hn?"

"What should I do? They shouldn't be like that. I-I think I should go and talk to Gokudera-kun's fiancée. Maybe, she will under—"

"Calm down, herbivore," Hibari commanded with his deep voice.

"I-I'm sorry," Tsuna apologized. He actually spoke too fast and it was obvious that he was in panic.

"Hn…" The herbivore surely cares for them too much. "Be patient and just wait. We'll make another plan."

"H-Hai. But let's not inform Reborn. They really made you all drink sake."

"Hn," Hibari complied, giving Tsuna a kiss on the forehead.

Monday, After School

Yamamoto just finished his practice and he's on his way out now, with the team of course. He was just walking idly 'til his teammates called him.

"Oi, Yamamoto, this girl has been following us for a while now," his sempai said as he gently grabbed the girl who was hiding 'til now.

"Yeah, and her eyes are glued on you," another sempai said.

"Hey, let me go!" the lady shouted as she struggled from the man's grasp. "Yamamoto-san, you remember me, right?" the girl said as she stared intently into Takeshi's eyes.

Takeshi stared back at the girl but he couldn't remember her. He narrowed his eyes to see the girl's face more clearly.

"Yamamoto-san!"

"Ah," Yamamoto finally remembered. "You're Hayato's fiancée."

A smile was quickly formed on Isabella's lips when the Japanese finally remembered her.

"Eh? This is Gokudera's fiancée? She's a beauty," One of his teammates commented.

"Gokudera isn't here," Yamamoto said seriously, breaking the lively atmosphere.

"I-I know," Isabella stuttered. "I came here for you. I want to talk to you," she said in a whisper.

"About what?"

"Hey now, Yamamoto, don't be so cold to her," Yamamoto's sempai said, noticing his coldness.

"What do you want from him?" Aya came into the view. "Our team will eat dinner together so—"

"Aya-san," Yamamoto stopped Aya from scaring the girl.

"I…" Aya gulped. "I just want to talk to you about Hayato," she informed Yamamoto.

Yamamoto thought for a moment. Does she plan on asking him to stop loving Hayato?

Tch. "You see, we're—"

"P-Please, don't reject me," Isabella pleaded, bowing her head.

"Hey, don't do that," Yamamoto said, gripping Isabella's shoulders to make her stand straight again.

Isabella stared into Yamamoto's eyes with determination. "Please," she pleaded again.

Yamamoto frowned, surprisingly for his teammates. "Fine," he agreed. He couldn't reject her when she's acting like this. "I'm sorry, I'm leaving first," he apologized to his teammates.

FF at a Restaurant

"Yamamoto-san—"

"If you want to ask something about Gokudera, then you picked the wrong person," Yamamoto interrupted Isabella as he forced a smile and tried to still be friendly. "I'm not actually on good terms with Gokudera so you should just ask someone else," he explained and suggested while scratching the back of his head.

"T-That's not it, Yamamoto-san," Isabella told the Japanese as she bowed her head lightly and started fidgeting. She's really not used to talking with other people. "I know about you and Hayato," she whispered.

Yamamoto was surprised, hearing those words and he couldn't force a smile anymore. His expression turned serious as he looked away from her. "If that is what you want to talk about, then there's no need for that anymore," he told the lady before sighing in annoyance. He didn't want to talk about his relationship with Hayato anymore. He didn't want to talk about how they ended their relationship because that was really painful. But he had to. For this girl to stop and for Hayato also, he had to explain this. "We already ended our relationship. I won't go after him. We already talked about it so I won't take him away from you. There's no need for war. We had already given up so—"

"That's not it, Yamamoto-san. Please don't give up on him."

"Eh?" Yamamoto was, again, taken aback by what he heard. He turned his gaze to Isabella and saw that the girl was crying already. "H-Hey"

"I'm sorry for ruining your relationship. I didn't mean to, I'm so sorry. Please don't give up on him, I don't want him to be lonely."

"Hey, please stop crying first."

Isabella wiped her tears as she calmed down. Then she took a sip from her juice before speaking again. "I saw you two the other night and heard everything. Then I realized that what I did was wrong so I broke up with him. I didn't mean to hurt the two of you. I'm really sorry Yamamoto-san. I told him to go back to you but he refused. He said that there's another reason why he broke up with you but he didn't want to talk about it with me so I thought you could go and talk to him instead. Please talk to him, Yamamoto-san!"

Yamamoto tried to understand what she had said but she spoke so many that he didn't understand most. "I didn't really understand most of what you said. Your Japanese is really bad," Yamamoto said with an assuring smile as to not insult the lady.

"Eh? Ah, I'm sorry, I'm still learning. Please, just talk to Hayato and fix your relationship with him. I already broke up with him. D-Do you understand me, Yamamoto-san?" Isabella repeated her explanation clearly and shortly, hoping that Yamamoto would understand him.

"Y-yeah. But why won't he just go back to me?"

"He doesn't want to tell me. But please, I really want him to be happy again!"

Yamamoto smiled at her. "Okay, thank you for understanding us."

Isabella was about to reply but her phone rang. "E-Excuse me for a while, Yamamoto-san," she took her phone and answered it. "Hello, Hayato?"

"WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU!"

Hayato's voice was so loud that Isabella almost dropped her phone. "I just went out for a bit."

"Don't fucking go out without me."

"I'm sorry, I'm going back now."

"Tsk"

And Gokudera ended the call. "Yamamoto-san, I have to go now. Will you come with me?" Isabella asked the Japanese.

"No, I'll talk to him tomorrow," Yamamoto said.

They went out of the restaurant and called a taxi for Isabella. Then Yamamoto started to walk home. He refused to go now because he still didn't know what to say to Gokudera. Well, because if Gokudera refuses to go back to him, then there must be a reason behind it. He really has to think first before going to Hayato. He didn't want to hurt Hayato any more than what he had already done. He was always acting without thinking and he shouldn't be like that anymore.

Tuesday

"Hey, Yamamoto, you ready for the quiz later?" One of Yamamoto's classmates asked right after he finished his lunch.

"Quiz? What quiz?" the baseball idiot asked.

"Math quiz," his classmate answered, laughing afterwards.

"Haha, I forgot," Yamamoto laughed also while scratching the back of his head. "What should I do?"

Gokudera sat still on his seat. He frowned as he heard the noises around him. That idiot… Does he plan on guessing the answers again? Tch He just couldn't bring himself to ignore the idiot. There's still a lot of time to study before the next class starts but that would be useless for Yamamoto since self-study just doesn't work on him.

He's an idiot, after all. Should I teach him?

No. Gokudera can't do that. He was the one who said that they should avoid each other.

But…

His conscience just wouldn't stop arguing with him. He used to tutor Yamamoto, after all.

Ughhh

Gokudera stood up and readied himself to leave the room. He didn't want to hear any more of the noises.

"Gokudera"

Hayato stepped out of the room. He didn't even notice that Yamamoto called him. He went to the rooftop for some fresh air so that he could relax his mind. Really… when will he be able to move on?

"Hey, Gokudera," Yamamoto (again) called the silverette who was now sitting on the floor, relaxing.

Gokudera quickly opened his eyes and looked at the person who called him. "Yamamoto..?"

"Gokudera, can you teach me?" Yamamoto asked straightforwardly. "Just today. The exam is really important so—" he paused when he saw Gokudera frowned. "But if you don't want, it's fine." Though it really isn't fine because only Gokudera could teach an idiot like him. And this is also an opportunity to talk to Gokudera.

"I'll teach you," Gokudera spoke in a low voice.

With that answer, Yamamoto smiled and he sat beside Gokudera so they can start studying.

It's fine, right?

They'll just study together, like how they used to. And it's not like he's in a relationship now. But that also doesn't mean he'll go back to Yamamoto.

I'm just going to teach him.

Because that is the right thing to do and he was sure that his Juudaime would do the same. And Yamamoto now knows his limits so there won't be any problem.

"Dera" After a while of studying, Yamamoto called, making Gokudera look at him. "You're really beautiful."

"Huh?" Gokudera's eyes widened as he did not expect to hear those words. His cheeks turned beet red and he kept quiet, not knowing what to do.

Oh crap. Yamamoto just realized what he said when he saw Hayato's expression. "I'm sorry. It became a habit," he apologized, smiling at the silverette.

Gokudera frowned and he looked away from Yamamoto to read the book again. "B-Baka," he commented.

After a few more minutes, they finished studying and Hayato stood up to leave but Yamamoto stopped him by grabbing his hand.

"Hayato, Isabella already broke up with you, right? Why aren't you coming back to me?" Yamamoto asked out of the blue as he squeezed the Italian's hand. He deeply thought about it last night but he just couldn't find the reason.

Nani? Gokudera was wide-eyed after hearing that. Why the fuck does he know? He hasn't told anyone about it so how come? "Tsk" Damn Isabella. "I thought we had already talked about this, Yakyuu baka. Stop bothering me," he whispered with annoyance.

"But Hayato, I don't get you at all. You said you still love me so why won't you come back to me now?"

"Tsk" Hayato hissed. "I fucking told you to stop bothering me with that shit," he said harshly as he freed his hand and glared at the idiot. "I just don't want to come back to you, that's all."

"But Hayato—"

"Shut up," Hayato shut the idiot. He opened the door of the rooftop to walk away but unexpectedly, Aya was there. "Tsk" He was wide-eyed at first with surprised but he frowned in annoyance after and continued to walk away.

FF Later, After School

Gokudera didn't know why he was in the baseball field with this baseball manager. He was dragged here by this girl right after the class ended, telling him that she cancelled the practice just so she could talk to him. She sure is so full of herself to do something as arrogant as this.

"So what do you want to talk about?"

"I told you to stay away from Yamamoto," Aya spoke.

Gokudera was surprised at how aggressive this girl was. "Tsk" he couldn't imagine Yamamoto and this girl together. Her attitude just doesn't fit Yamamoto's. "I am staying away from him," he stated clearly.

The lady raised an eyebrow, much to Gokudera's annoyance. "Really? Then why were you with him earlier?" she asked, like Yamamoto was hers.

"I just thought him math, that's all. Happy?"

"No," She quickly answered. "He wants you to go back to him. I heard everything. Why can't you just disappear completely?"

"Tch. You should really do something about that bad habit of yours, miss. Eavesdropping is just the worst," Gokudera told the lady.

"What? You hate me because I always do that? If I didn't eavesdrop before, I wouldn't know your relationship with Yamamoto," Aya defended herself. "I told you you'll just be a nuisance to him. He'll be a star someday."

"And you like him because of that? Tsk" She's really the worst. "Look, I won't go back to him," he stated clearly so the girl would understand. He knows very well that Yamamoto loves baseball more than anything else and Gokudera didn't want to ruin his dream. "But that doesn't mean he'll start to like a stalker like you," he said, mocking Aya. She was easily angered by it and Gokudera closed his eyes, readying himself for the slap that would hit him. But someone pulled him from behind and Aya's hand missed. "Isabella?"

"I was waiting outside but you're taking so long so I looked for you," Isabella spoke in a serious tone. "Anyway," She looked at the lady Gokudera was talking to… the lady who was about to slap her precious Gokudera. "I'll get you for this," she whispered to the Japanese.

"Oi, Isabella"

"Yeah, let's go home now," Isabella took Hayato's hand and dragged the man with her.

Wednesday, night

"Gokudera-kun, please drink this," Tsuna pleaded as he handed Gokudera a glass of sake.

"Huh? But this is sake. Are you sure you want me to drink this, Juudaime?" Gokudera took the glass though he still hadn't decided if he would drink the sake or not. Besides, Hibari is here so drinking something like this would definitely put him in trouble.

"Just drink it, herbivore," Hibari commanded with annoyance in his tone (much to Hayato's surprise).

"Ehh?" Gokudera was dumbfounded, really. What the hell is wrong with these lovers? Are they drunk? "Juudaime?" he looked at his Juudaime to ask for permission and the Sky just gave him a smile of assurance.

Gokudera sighed. He didn't know what's going on but drinking a glass of sake wouldn't hurt, right? His Juudaime will never put something bad in his drink. His Juudaime will never hurt his friend. "Fine," he held the glass close to his lips and he looked at Hibari and Tsuna first (just to make sure) before drinking it. After drinking it, he saw the two staring intently at him. "What is it?" he asked in suspicion.

Tsuna just laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. "Aren't you drunk, Gokudera-kun?" he asked, still with uneasiness.

"Ahh, no?" Gokudera thought for a moment before answering.

"But you drank a glass of sake," Tsuna argued.

Gokudera didn't know why but it looks like his Juudaime wants him to get drunk. "Juudaime, in Italy, they make me drink wine when I was young. I'm used to drinking. I won't get drunk with just a glass," he explained.

"I-I see," Tsuna said. He moved closer to Hibari and whispered in his ear. "What should we do, Hibari-san?"

Gokudera pretended that he didn't hear what his Juudaime whispered to Hibari. But he couldn't help feeling curious about what these two plan on doing. Asking his Juudaime is not an option because that would make his Juudaime feel like he doubts him.

"Are you really not drunk, Gokudera-kun?"

"Yeah..?"

"Then, please count this." Tsuna made a peace sign.

"Two" Gokudera quickly answered.

"Herbivore, you're drunk," Hibari stated as he stood up.

"What?" Gokudera asked in disbelief. And the next thing he knew, Hibari was already dragging him somewhere and his Juudaime was just following them. "Where the fuck are you taking me? Hey, wait, why are we here?"

They went to the nearest hotel. They rode the elevator and walked then stopped at a certain room. "I'm not drunk, I'm telling you!" Gokudera insisted as he watched the older Japanese open the door. Then, he was thrown inside carelessly, making him sit on the floor. "What the fuck?"

"Hn," Hibari smiled before closing the door, leaving the silverette inside.

"Hayato…"

Gokudera turned his head to look at the man who called him and was surprised to see the Yakyuu baka. What the hell?