Are You The One?
Written by: CherryDrug
Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn doesn't belong to us. If it did, we would have shipped anybody with everybody, and the series wouldn't be as dead as it was now. Thank freaking sprite for fan fiction having not died yet.
Rating: T-rated, 'cause we're still a bunch of pussies who can't put on their big girl panties and publish a smutty chapter
Genre: *slaps every genre here*
Characters: Everybody. Duh
Summary: It has been said long ago that actions speak louder than words ever could; however, when you live in a world where the first thing your soulmate says to you is etched upon your skin—well, suffice to say, actions don't even hold a candle to how important words can be.
Pairing(s) (for this chapter): NA
Warnings: Alternate Universe where people bear soul-identifying marks; yaoi AKA boy x boy in the future; All27; drabble series
CHAPTER 2
Tsuna meets the first of his soulmates
He meets his first soulmate at the age of six. He's still the same child as he was last year, with fluffy hair, brown eyes that seem too big for his face, and chubby cheeks.
And he still wears long sleeved hoodies and pants, since his mother placed a line before baggy clothes. They have enough money, so why should she allow her son to look unloved and unneeded?
Tsuna's in first grade when he meets his soulmate, sitting on the floor with the rest of the children in a big circle. He's sitting between two girls, both that make him squirm for two completely different reasons.
The girl on his left could be compared to night. Black hair, dark eyes, and the heated glare she sends to whomever meets her gaze is the reason for why he squirms so uncomfortably. She's been quiet the whole time, not even speaking a peep when the teacher hauls her up by the arm and places her directly in front of a ginger-headed boy that's been sitting to her left. Tsuna silently admired her for her coolness.
The girl on his right, however, is a completely different story. With orange hair and eyes a bright yellow, Tsuna can't help but squirm in the radiance of her sky-like smile. She's pretty, Tsuna can admit. The prettiest girl he's ever seen, aside from his mother of course because nobody is more beautiful than his mother.
Tsuna doesn't realize that the teacher already has her hand on his arm and is already hauling him up. He notices it a minute too late when the teacher puts him in front of the girl, places him as the object of that pretty girl's bright smile, and Tsuna feels a little light-headed as all the blood goes to his cheek and makes him blush a bright red color.
Kami. Tsuna doesn't know whether to treat this day as his best or worst.
"Get to know each other, okay?" Was all the advice the teacher would offer before she's moving on to force another child into meeting a complete stranger.
Tsuna and the girl sit there in complete silence, with him playing with his fingers and the girl continuing to give him that beaming smile of his that hasn't yet begun to lose its light.
It's only when Tsuna sees the girl's smile falter and her eyes dim a little, does he speak up.
"You're really pretty," he blurts out the first thing that'd come to his mind. It takes him a moment to realize what exactly he'd just said, and his eyes widen in horror to match the girl's eyes who've widened in surprise. Internally, he's already berating himself for being so stupid, because now the girl probably thinks he's creepy and probably doesn't want to be friends with him anymore and—
"Thank you," the girl says with reddened cheeks, a rather embarrassed and happy smile playing on her lips. "You're very nice," she tells him, fiddling with the edge of her white skirt. Then, with yellow eyes looking up at him through dark lashes, she tells him, "I like you."
His heart skips a beat at those words, his face flaming into a very dark shade of red, and he stutters out a jumble of words that makes the girl laugh.
"You're funny," the girl tells him, giggling, and Tsuna feels abashed, squirming even more. "I'm glad you're my soulmate," she beams brightly at him.
Tsuna blinks. Once, twice, thrice, then—
"EH?"
Word Count: 777
