Title: Third Time's The Charm
Pairing: Tsuna/Hinata
Prompt: Reincarnation
Food (Because a Bistro fic needs it...): Tea
(Note: This is unbeta'd.)
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In the first life, the two only met briefly.
The Yoshido family were conducting a tea ceremony, and she was sitting beside him, in an elegant kimono for the occasion. Her midnight hair was longer then, and pinned up into a neat bun, with her bangs framing her soft face and place lavender eyes.
She daintly took a sip from the bowl, cleaned the rim where she drank and passed it to him.
It took all his resolve not to stare and to proceed with the ceremony.
Beside her, a brown haired male gave a wary glance from the corner of his eye. Deciding to leave it alone, he focused his own lavender eyes back to the host, who was cleaning the utensils.
After the ceremony was over, Sawada Tsunayoshi took one last glance towards the kimono-clad girl before he had to leave.
They would meet again someday.
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Over a hundred years later, he got his wish.
They were students at an elementary school. Despite this, the attraction was still there.
At least for Tsuna.
Hyuuga Hinata, as the girl was named, was head over heals in love with a blond boy named Uzumaki Naruto. The blond was bright, charismatic, and brave, all of which Tsuna was not.
The brunette sighed as he watched the girl he loved attempt to paint a portrait of him. According to her, her artwork wasn't as good as Haruno Sakura's, the pink-haired female who held the blonde's heart. The pinkette had no eyes for Naruto; she was in love with Uchiha Sasuke.
And sadly, it seemed that all of them would be broken hearted that way.
"I think your work is really good," he commented one day. Hinata, not expecting anyone around, had jumped in shock, turned, and reddened. "I mean, you've captured the details perfectly."
She smiled shyly, face coloring even more. "T-thank you. I still need more practice..." Her eyes looked at the portrait of the blond once more.
"Well, maybe you can try to practice on me." The sudden statement shocked both of them, as he wasn't expecting to say it and she thought she would never hear it.
"If you'd like, then how about tomorrow?" She hurriedly asked. It was an opportunity she didn't want to miss. Tsuna smiled and nodded, and the deal was sealed.
Maybe in the next lifetime, they could become more than friends.
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Maybe 10 or 20 years had passed, he didn't know.
But this time, when he saw her, she was stronger than she'd ever been.
After realizing the blond had sisterly feelings for her, she started to accept that love, and use that and the love from all her friends to get stronger. Not to mention, her admirer from her past lives.
Tsuna's eyes, despite being in Hyper Dying Will Mode, were wide as her watched her fight off a rouge ninja that tried to ambush her team. Her palms were blue with- what was it, chakra? Her eyes were narrowed in concentration, and she was moving at incredible speed, fending off the enemy with rapid strikes.
His heartbeat quickened as she turned to him, her eyes finally taking in the last detail she failed to miss in her past lives.
'He's the one that loves me...'
Making a quick apology to her team, she ran over to him, smiling in joy. Tsuna couldn't help but think of the old saying:
Third time's the charm.