Hey Readers! Its been some time since I have updated the story and I apologize! I know you guys are used to frequent updates but sadly i'm in school and I tend to come home and sleep and do other things. But I will try to update more often regardless! But hey I got plenty of stories for you guys to read so check them out in the meantime!

Tsuna attempts to get Nagi and Haru to reconcile on their friendship and send them off to a bath house along with Haruka, Nagisa, and Keiko. However Haru and Nagisa once again faces the sad reality of the loss of their best friend Kyoko as Keiko speaks greatly of her mother and earnestly believes she's alive and will come for her. And when Keiko hears Nagi and Haru confess they both love Tsuna to each other, Keiko becomes enraged and tells them that he belongs to her mom and they can't have her. Luckily, Nagisa's powerful illusions knocked both Haruka and Keiko ,who began to argue, unconscious and they forgot about the event. They all go home with the heavy weight still on all their hearts and Tsuna unknowingly being the center of the problem...

It had been some time from when the girls went out by themselves that starry night. Today marked November 26th, only four days left until Tsuna must depart for Namimori once again for a meeting of the Vongola. Tsuna was feeling indifferent about returning after so long to such a place. A place filled with many memories, it was where Tsuna was born and raised. Where he met all his friends, where he became a Vongola boss. It was where he first...fell in love. As much as his home has good memories, it also bears the pain of which he has tried to avoid in his life. Making himself ignorant to the fact he has not completely gotten over Kyoko's death. Though the fact of the matter is, Tsuna cannot say he now loves a dead woman. But he can say he definitely loved her. He knows the past is in the past, but the past will always find a way to show up in one's present. For our pasts decide the present, and every action in the present will create our futures.

Tsuna has become aware of how different Haru and Chrome were acting around the house. Chrome actually didn't show up for two days after they went out and Haru continued in her work but became seemingly afraid of Keiko. Whenever Keiko would come over to either pick on Haru or ask for something, Haru would try to end things quickly with her and dive back into her work. Seemingly burying herself in a hole to avoid Keiko and hide herself from something. A pain that Tsuna could easily recognize in her as well as Chrome who also acted differently around Keiko. Besides that, Haruka came over more often to play with Keiko and Nagisa. But the children acted weird as well, Haruka and Keiko couldn't remember what exactly happened at the bath house when Tsuna asked them about it. He couldn't have much of a conversation with Nagisa as she's too young though he tried anyway with unsurprising results some time ago.

"You know what happened Nagisa?" Tsuna knelt down before and asked Nagisa who was playing with shapes and blocks. Nagisa had looked up at Tsuna and proudly with her finger in her air spoke...sorta.

"Well you see Mr. Sawada. There had been quite a commotion between Haruka and Keiko-san, my dearest friends. Keiko got quite upset with Haru and my mother after they admitted their feelings of love and admiration for each other to you. I bet you could imagine how that is quite the conundrum, however my two best friends began to have a quarrel thus frightening me. So I on instinct, used my powerful illusions to create distraught in their minds and putting them to sleep as you will. They subsequently forgot all about their farce, and so we can play again. You understand right Mr. Sawada sir?"

But all Tsuna heard was mumbles and gibberish from Nagisa and sighed from the thought she could actually talk. "Thanks Nagisa, i'm sure you would explain the whole thing to me if you could." Tsuna patted Nagisa on the head and walked away. Not knowing how saddened Nagisa was at that moment as she crawled into a corner.

Now Tsuna looks for a chance to talk to Haru about what has been bugging her for a while. He checked to see if the children were preoccupied with something. He saw that Nagi was playing with the three girls. At the same time Haru had gathered some cleaning supplies for the bathroom to clean up. Tsuna saw it as the perfect chance to corner her and finally get her to open up. Haru and Nagi had been avoiding one on one confrontations he noticed. He had to get to the bottom of things. So when Haru opened up the door and walked inside. She set down her supplies next to the tub and then washed her hands. Haru's eyes were staring down into the sink as the water flowed from the faucet. She tried to avoid looking in mirrors, for she believed mirrors deceive people on how they really look. Looking at the mirror in your house, you may believe you look perfectly fine. Then you get to school and look in the mirrors in the bathrooms to see many imperfections and flaws all along your face. Of course she used it to make herself presentable, but she didn't want to look at it again unless she had to. Mirrors can mislead us into thinking we look one way instead of the other, yet they can never show how we truly look. It is up to other to decide how we appear for our eyes cannot look at ourselves, and thus the true "mirrors" that one relies on are people. And people themselves are easily just as bad as a regular mirror as one can deceive another for various reasons, so which "mirror" can one trust to be honest with another? At least a regular mirror has less reasons to lie when one looks directly at it.

Haru sighed as she slowly looked up into the mirror. At least Tsuna, a very honest person, thinks highly of her looks. She hopes. A girl's biggest down fall is their insecurities as are all people's downfalls. But in this world, a girl's appearance is important if she wishes to find that special someone. For guys work with their eyes first before they work with their mind. Not to say that a guy chooses based on looks solely, but a girl's looks is what draws the guy's eyes to her. And gives the guy an incentive to pursue her and get to know her. Though there are many problems with the way things work like this, Haru's main concern was trying to look appealing to Tsuna instead of some old "housewife" appearance. Her hair was messy with strand of hair all of over the place sticking up on her head. A tired face with dreary eyes and her cheeks seeping lower than usual. She wore a yellow hoodie and blue jeans with an apron in the front. She really did look like a housewife in some ways ways and she was only nineteen years old! She really hated looking in mirrors but when she looked at the corner of the mirror, she saw a brown spiky hairdo stick out from it. She almost screamed in fear before Tsuna covered her mouth and told her to calm down.

She flailed around for a moment with her arms but Tsuna held her back and calmed her down until she finally agreed to stop thrashing around. Haru turned and faced Tsuna once he moved his hand from her mouth with a face of fury. "Tsuna!" She yelled out but got cut off by Tsuna again. "Please Haru...keep it down. I don't want Nagi or the children to wonder what were up to okay?" Haru and Tsuna then peek out the door to check up on that. Nagi was still preoccupied with the children and they were thus safe for the moment. Tsuna closed the door gently. "So...what did you want to talk about that was sooo important you had to stop my chores?" Haru said coldly as she quickly turned from Tsuna to the tub. She truly was avoiding direct contact with Tsuna. Tsuna wasn't precisely sure what to do in this situation. He obviously believed himself to not be savvy with girls and their feelings. Then again what guy truly is? He was afraid what he should say or do, but he felt there is something he should do.

He took a step forward and hugged Haru from behind suddenly causing her to drop the cleaning items in her hand as the blood ran straight up to her face. Her cheeks now a rosey red, she turned to see Tsuna with his eyes closed as he hugged Haru as tightly and closely as possible. She was confused at first what Tsuna was intending to do, but she knew the look he had. It was the look of when he was trying very hard for someone. He was trying to get his heart to reach out to hers and she looked down at her waist to see his around wrapped around there. Almost like a child who was big enough to do so would. She then put her hands on top of his and listened to the combined efforts of their hearts that were beating rapidly in synch. No more words were needed, and Haru went straight to talking. She knew what Tsuna wanted to know, he knew she was going to tell him anyway. They knew that this was inevitable between the both of them.

Haru began talk about a time years ago back in high school. The day Kyoko had told them about her sudden pregnancy in the home economics classroom after school. She had told only the girls that would one day be her bridesmaids. Haru, Yuni, Chrome and later that day she would tell Hana.

"W-what...are you...joking with me right now Kyoko? Seriously?" Haru proclaimed to Kyoko after she just gave the girls the news. Only a short time before Tsuna confessed to Kyoko and Haru moves away. Kyoko's eyes stared down into a bowl of batter that she was stirring up with a ladle. Chrome was in front of her across the table with their pots and dishes set on it with Yuni right next to her. Everyone but Kyoko with a shocked expression and wasn't sure what to say.

"Are you truly pregnant Kyoko-san? This is quite a shock you know..." Yuni said softly to them all. Yuni was younger than the rest of them and could easily be considered the "purest" one out of all of them. She understood the intimacy between a man of a woman but actually hearing about it came as a shock to her. Especially since it was a close friend of hers to tell the story. Kyoko couldn't look them in the eyes but simply nodded much to their shock.

"Oh my god! Who did you...have sex with Kyoko? Why? I mean..." Haru stumbled on her words, she knew this was a sensitive topic to talk about. But it was such a surprise and shock to Haru and the group.

"I..can't really say who I had sex with..." Kyoko said lowly.

"Don't tell me you were..." Chrome thought for a moment that Kyoko was raped. But Kyoko nodded her head no to that.

"But what do you mean...? You don't know or...won't say...?" Yuni asked.

"Its...hard to talk about it...but its not like I don't want to tell you but..." Kyoko looked away from the rest of them. "its hard...but I guess you could say it was consensual between us both..."

"...Is the father...Tsuna?" Haru asked without looking at Kyoko this time. And Kyoko didn't bother to look at her best friends. For this was a topic that went even deeper than Kyoko's pregnancy. Because at times before this, Kyoko had realized something about each of them. All four of them had affection for Tsuna and cared for him. Kyoko knew very well Haru and Chrome feelings for Tsuna, however Yuni was a different story. She just saw Yuni's affection for Tsuna as an older brother but all four of them cared for Tsuna. And to hear if Tsuna was the father, it is hard to say if it would break their hearts.

"No...I didn't...with Tsuna..." Kyoko sighed and became teary eyed. "Definitely...not Tsuna..." And the tears now became rain droplets on her face. "No way it could be him...I don't...I made a mistake didn't I guys? I picked the wrong person to love..." And now it was raining on her face as the tears came down. Haru quickly embraced her best friend and comforted her, a similar way to what Tsuna did for her. She was then joined by Chrome, and then Yuni who all surrounded her and embraced her. Showering her in in warmth and love.

"Guys...?"

"Its okay Kyoko." Haru said with a smile. "Were best friends right?"

"Best friends do this normally. Correct?" Chrome said smiling next.

"Its only natural that we would care for you especially when you need us most." Yuni said with a cheery smile.

All these smiles, no way Kyoko couldn't smile even if she was saddened deeply. She wiped away her tears and thanked them.

"You guys are the best..." She said smiling at them all. It was not too long after that the four of them grew even closer and supported Kyoko. They took care of her as if the child growing inside her was their responsibility as well. But Kyoko was the child, as she was taken care of so gently by each of her friends. Haru covering for her when she acted strangely. Chrome using her illusions to hide Kyoko's pregnancy from others and protected her. While Yuni helped her through each stage of pregnancy and helped her deal with the baby. She was even there when she had the baby. She was surrounded by true love.

"Lets all make a promise!" Haru yelled out. "A promise between the four of us! We will always take care of Kyoko and be there for her. And no matter what...us best friends won't do anything to hurt her!"

"And I keep thinking now...that...she's gone now. After we all...promised to be there for her...and take care of her child. But Tsuna...tell me...what do you do when the promise you made ends up hurting you? When you wish you could keep the promise you made, but the feelings you have interfere?"

Tsuna thought about this for a moment and he then looked in the mirror. He had broken many promises between Kyoko, Haru, Chrome, and Haru. His feelings interfering with those promises were nothing new. So he told Haru this, "When one makes a promise to a friend. The friend should do everything they can to keep it. But if the promise is broken then...well it is better to have a broken promise than none at all. Because a promise is more than just a promise, its something so much deeper we share between friends. Like words that ride along the bonds we share. But when a promise is broken, its the words that are broken. Not the bond that holds them as long as the bond is filled with love. For love only creates, it never destroys. The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. And what is broken, can always be fixed no matter how hard it may seem. And then you can make a new promise, a stronger promise. One that can never be broken."

"I see...so perhaps the promise the four of us made...even if it may become broken...can simply be made anew...and be stronger than before?"

"Yeah...that's what I think at least...if you guys promised her that. Then perhaps right now...Kyoko will be willing to make a new promise since you guys were all best friends. But...does that mean you feel you broke that promise somehow? So you been acting strangely because of that?"

Haru quickly realized she couldn't exactly tell Tsuna that she felt she broke her promise because she's in love with Tsuna. But in all honesty she broke it a long time before all of this happened.

Yuni was visiting Kyoko at her house one day to check up on her. She had brought along some learning CDs you sometimes see mothers playing to their unborn child. It is said to help them with their learning abilities. She was let in easily by Ryohei who was on his way for a jog and left the house to the two of them. Yuni went upstairs and was about to knock on the door until she heard Kyoko talking to herself. Kyoko was crying to herself when she muttering things to herself. How she made such a big mistake and hurt somebody she loved deeply. "Why...why did I have to say those things to him...he didn't deserve that? But what could I say to him...? I'm pregnant...with another guy's child...so I can't be with you...Tsuna..."

Yuni gasped when she heard the name of Tsuna get called. She didn't know that Kyoko had rejected Tsuna like that, Yuni made a sound suddenly that anyone could have heard. Kyoko recognized the sound and wiped away her tears. "Come in Yuni..." Yuni came in slowly and awkwardly. "I...i'm sorry! I didn't mean to eavesdrop...but...is it really true? Did you reject Tsuna like that?"

Kyoko buried her head in her legs and shook her head yes. Yuni and Kyoko then had a deep and long talk that day, and she told Yuni who the father was. Part of that conversation got transferred to Haru and Chrome the next day by Yuni who talked to them on behalf of Kyoko. Who just couldn't bring herself to come to school that day. However Haru had already knew Kyoko rejected Tsuna like that, but she didn't want to talk to her about that day. For that day, Haru did witness what happened to Tsuna and she confronted Kyoko who was in the bathroom. She barged in with tears and fury. Kyoko saw her from the corner of her eyes and sighed.

"You come to scold me...?" Kyoko said softly to Haru in the bathroom. Haru had caught her as she was fixing up her hair and makeup and checking out her baby belly. Haru with her hands balled up as fists stared Kyoko down while they both stood in front of a mirror. "Why...why did you reject Tsuna?"

"Why? I'm...pregnant with another man's baby! I can't...go out with Tsuna..."

"And? Sure you're pregnant...but...that doesn't mean Tsuna is just going to hate you or think anything differently of you! He isn't that kind of person! And he's one billion times better than the guy that knocked you up! He's caring...loving...and would be a much better father than him!"

"You don't think I know that!?" Kyoko cried out to Haru who matched her tear for tear and word for word. "I know very well how great a person Tsuna is...and I know what I did will hurt him a lot...but I don't...I don't care..."

"You...what? You don't care? After everything he has done for you? Kyoko he loves-"

"I know! But...I...I...don't..."

"Don't you dare try saying that lie to me. Don't. Just don't Kyoko. We both know how we feel about Tsuna...so don't try to bullshit me! We both love him to death...but the fact of the matter is...he wants to be with you...and he can take care of you...so please...give a second thought Kyoko...don't do this..."

"I can't...because you want to know why I said no? The real reason? Not because i'm pregnant, and not just because I want him to deal with being the parent of another child. But because I don't feel I deserve him like you do Haru."

"Me...?"

"Yes...I want you to take care of Tsuna...I want you to be with him...you deserve him so much more than I do Haru. I said no, so you still have a chance to be with him. And...once I leave school. I doubt I will ever see Tsuna again...so promise me this Haru..."

"You will always be there for Tsuna..."

Promises that are broken...can they really be fixed and renewed?

It seems the four best friends all wondered about the answer for this question. Perhaps the missing piece they need is with the final mother of the story.

"Yuni...Tsuna will be arriving soon. Do you wish to see him?"

"Ah...of course I will see him. I haven't seen him in so long! And I know my little Yume wants to meet Tsuna. I do have a promise to keep after all..."

The pain that comes with a promise! Kyoko loved Tsuna but gave him up for Haru! And the promises that are broken, still lie in pieces around our mothers' hearts. Next time the time comes for Tsuna and the gang to return to Namimori! A reunion with the Vongola and the past memories he wishes to hide. And will the final mother Yuni shed some light on the mysteries to the story? The Namimori Arc is next! Were at the 1/4 point to the story being complete! Thanks for reading up to this point and look forward to more!

Next chapter: The Mystery Unfolds!

From the Author: Hi everyone, Ramen here. Remember some time ago when I mentioned there being a lot of symbolism I use in this story? Well I would like to see what symbols you guys see and how you interpret them! And to help you understand what I mean, each major character represents something different in this story. I already said the children represent a missing part to the "mother" they are paired with. And the "mothers" of this story obviously are mothers but each represents a different aspect of being a mother. Of course there are also things like the setting and the connection to the title. Just to see if people see the story differently than I do :).