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Lie to Love
By ilYamaTsuna7227li
Chapter 2
"Neh, do you think Tsuna will be okay?" Yamamoto asked his fellow guardians as he expertly sliced the raw fish. They told the cooking staff to take a break because they wanted to make Tsuna's food instead.
"Of course he'll be okay. It's jyuudaime after all!" Gokudera said as he took out the eggs from the refrigerator. But then he suddenly saw what Yamamoto was doing and he turned to him. "Oi! What do you think you're doing?" The bomber growled.
"What does it look like?" Yamamoto said in honest curiosity. "I'm making some sushi for Tsuna."
"You idiot!" Gokudera said as he took the knife from Yamamoto and waved it around dangerously. "Reborn-san said breakfast! B-R-E-A-K-F-A-S-T!"
"Hm? Yeah and?" Yamamoto said not really getting it. The storm almost face-palmed himself.
"Breakfast means warm eggs and bacon! Toast or scrambled eggs! Pancakes, hotdogs, marmalade, spaghetti, orange juice or iced tea!" Gokudera explained.
"Yare, yare you're detailed explanation and enumeration of breakfast is making me hungry." Lambo said as he patted his stomach which growled a bit. "I wouldn't mind some pancakes with syrup right about now."
"Kufufu, breakfast needs fruits." Mukuro said as he and Chrome opened some of the cupboards to get the utensils.
"Huh, I'm glad to hear you know something about breakfast Mukuro." Gokudera said as he scoffed in approval.
"Of course. Who do you think are you talking to?" Mukuro said with satisfaction.
"What kind of fruits Mukuro-sama?" Chrome asked the illusionist.
"Pineapples." Everyone sweat dropped at what the male mist guardian said while Gokudera anime-fell. "Lots and lots of pineapples." (1)
"No! That's not extremely right!" Ryohei joined in. "Sawada needs a lot of proteins and calcium! Fish and milk should be the course of his breakfast!"
"Ahaha! I can't deny that!" Yamamoto- the milk lover- said with a grin. He looked at the quiet skylark and asked. "What about you Hibari? What do you think?"
"Meat." Hibari said with crossed arms. "That omnivore definitely needs meat."
"Well I can't deny that." Yamamoto said with a thoughtful expression. "Tsuna definitely needs fattening. He's too thin."
"Oi! Don't say bad things about jyuudaime behind his back!" Gokudera barked at the rain who laughed.
"Maa… I wasn't. I was just stating a fact." Yamamoto calmed the other. His amber eyes looked down once more on the raw fish. "Anyway, let's get back to making Tsuna some breakfast."
"Kufufu, I agree." Mukuro said as he took the knife from the storm's hand. He had a pineapple on his other hand. "I'll make the appetizer. Pineapples will suit the role just fine."
"I'll set the table with the cow child." Chrome said humbly. Lambo sighed as he followed the older one in lifting the plates.
"Don't forget the pancakes, Gokudera-shi." Lambo reminded the other as he followed Chrome to the dining room."
"I'll make an extreme milk shake!" Ryohei said as he rushed to the blender before opening some cupboards for the ingredients.
"Hibari, can you go slice some meat and add them to the rice?" Yamamoto asked the skylark. "You know, make some fried rice with it or something?" He said as he took another knife and handed it to the cloud guardian.
"You're annoying. I don't take orders from herbivores." Hibari said but he took the knife from the other and went off.
"I'll make jyuudaime some omelet." Gokudera said as he took the eggs to the kitchen counter.
"Ahaha! And I'll make Tsuna's favorite sushi!" Yamamoto said as he skillfully took another knife.
"Tch. Just don't mess it up." Gokudera said. Yamamoto laughed.
"Yes sir!"
"You're such a girl Dame-Tsuna." Reborn said a few minutes after Tsuna's confession to what was troubling him. The brunet boss blushed fiercely as he looked away with a frown.
"Shut up Reborn." He murmured, his face burning bright red.
Reborn's eyes sharpened at Tsuna's reply. "What?"
The young boss gulped. "N-Nothing!"
The baby tutor sighed. "So? What are you going to do now? Will you tell him?"
The brunet's brown eyes flashed at the arcobaleno in surprise before it dimmed slightly. "The answer is obvious." Tsuna said trying to keep his voice steady and uncaring. "Of course not. He's with someone else right now and they're happy. I won't ruin that or our friendship."
Reborn pursed his lips and he just shook his head as he tipped his fedora forward. "Suit yourself."
Tsuna looked at his tutor in surprise. Reborn wasn't going to kick him for what he just said? Wouldn't the hitman even attempt to change his mind and force him to confess? "Huh, really?"
Reborn crossed his arms. "Yes, really. You're an adult now Dame-Tsuna. I can't always be there to tell you what to do and what not to do. The time for that has long passed."
"Oh." Tsuna breathed out in surprise. "Huh. Well, thanks I guess," He shrugged. The two of them continued to walk in silence until they reached the double-oaked door of the dining room. Reborn opened the door and Tsuna followed suit after his tutor.
Brown eyes widened when he saw the different courses on the table. His mouth opened in shock as his guardians (messy guardians by the way) turned to him with a smile.
"Jyuudaime!" Gokudera greeted the other respectfully.
"Oh Tsuna! Just in time!" Yamamoto said with a wave.
"Yare, yare now that the Vongola is here. Can we eat?" Lambo said as he sat down immediately at the sight of the brunet.
"D-Did you guys make all of these?" Tsuna said as Chrome approached him and led him to his seat.
"Extremely yes!" Ryohei said with a proud punch in the air.
"Hmph." Hibari said but then he pushed the fried rice he made in front of Tsuna when he was seated before moving faraway again.
The brunet sweat dropped when he saw the thick slices of meat in the rice. All of the guardians moved to their respective seats. Reborn sat next to Lambo who froze in fear.
"Let's eat!" Everyone said and Tsuna watched as they dug in to the food. The brunet's eyes moved to the slightly burnt omelet and he reached out for it and placed some on his place along with the fried rice. He could see at the corner of his eyes that Gokudera's eyes were shining.
Ah, so Gokudera-kun made the omelet. Tsuna thought with a sweat drop. Suddenly something shined on the corner of Tsuna's plate. Mist enveloped the space and before the young boss knew it, there were slices of pineapple.
"Kufufu…" Came Mukuro's creepy laugh. Tsuna sweat dropped again but before he could dig in, a glass was suddenly shoved in his face. Tsuna nearly squealed and fell off his chair at the sudden action.
"Sawada! Don't forget to extremely drink some milk shake!" Ryohei said and all the brunet could do was nod politely. Gokudera glared angrily at the sun guardian for scaring the tenth.
"Ahaha! That's not fair, Tsuna has everyone's food except mine." Yamamoto said before he pushed a small plate of sushi at his best friend. He gave the brunet a charming smile. "Here Tsuna, a takesushi special." He winked.
The young boss flushed and he heard Reborn sigh in exasperation. "T-Thanks Yamamoto. Thank you everyone." He said turning to the rest of the guardians.
He looked down at the food and one by one tasted it. He sliced the omelet and got a spoonful of rice before putting it in his mouth and slowly chewing. Next he moved on to the pineapple and the sushi, afterwards he drank the milk shake.
Is it alright for him to eat that all at once? The guardians thought.
Maybe we should've made food that complimented each other. Gokudera thought guiltily. He was beginning to regret the fact that he was angry at the others and began to make food for Tsuna individually.
He'll get a stomachache. Lambo predicted.
Omnivore through and through. Hibari thought. He knew that Tsuna ate it all at once so that no one's feelings would be hurt.
Kufufu, I'm looking forward to his reaction. Mukuro thought in his mind.
Sawada is so extreme! Eating that all at once! Ryohei thought.
As expected of Tsuna. Yamamoto's eyes softened.
Boss… Chrome said as she looked at the brunet. She wished she could've made him some rice ball.
Idiot. Reborn thought as he sipped some espresso Chrome made for him.
"W-Well jyuudaime? H-How is it?" Gokudera asked out loud.
Tsuna's eyes were shadowed. "It t-tastes a bit weird…"
The guardian's expression became downcast but then they're eyes widened when they saw Tsuna blushing with a small and soft smile on his face.
"But it has a very kind taste." The brunet said as he closed his eyes savoring the food. "Thank you everyone. I love it."
Gokudera, Yamamoto, and Ryohei cheered, Chrome giggle, Lambo sighed with a smile, Mukuro laughed creepily, and Hibari just crossed his arms. With that done, they all went back to their own food.
Tsuna continued to eat the food on his plate slowly. He watched with a soft expression as the guardians conversed with each other (except Hibari of course who was just contented in eating the fried rice he made).
"Hey Tsuna…" Yamamoto, who was sitting on his left side said and the brunet automatically looked up. The rain guardian smiled at him, making him blush faintly.
"Y-Yes?" Tsuna said as he absently took another spoonful of Hibari's fried rice.
"Are you feeling okay now?" Yamamoto asked as he drank some milk shake. "What did the kid say to you? You look better."
Tsuna watched in slight amusement as Yamamoto put down his glass. He chuckled as he took a napkin and leaned towards the guardian. "Before you ask me that, you should look at yourself in the mirror first." He said as he wiped the milk moustache on the other's face.
Yamamoto laughed. "Ahaha, oops, I didn't know I had something on my face."
Tsuna's eyes softened as he wiped the rain guardian's mouth with his napkin. His mind began to drift off in thought and his expression hardened as he remembered his and Reborn's conversation.
"Isn't the stain gone yet?" Yamamoto asked when Tsuna rubbed forcefully. The brunet blinked, snapping out of his thoughts as he immediately retracted his hand.
"O-Oh yeah, sorry. I got distracted." Tsuna said with a small laugh. Yamamoto raised an eyebrow at the cover-up laugh.
"What were you distracted for?" He asked in curiosity.
"Nothing! Nothing important!" Tsuna said as he raised his hand defensively. He began to panic when Yamamoto frowned at him. He was so distracted with fooling Yamamoto that he failed to see his guardians stop conversing and stare at him in worry instead.
RING! RING!
Tsuna's eyes flashed seriously as he immediately placed a hand on his pocket and retracted his phone.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi." The brunet said in a serious and brisk tone. There was the sound of the chair scraping as he got up and walked away from the table. All of the guardians (except Hibari and Mukuro) rose from their seats. Reborn just looked at Tsuna with wary eyes.
"Again?" Tsuna said in an exasperated tone as his eyes flashed tiredly and his form hunched in exhaustion. He placed a hand against the wall. "Please send them my apologies but I'm really not interested."
Gokudera and Yamamoto exchanged puzzled looks while Ryohei walked towards the brunet, intent on finding out what the call was about. Lambo and Chrome just watched silently. Lambo had a bored expression on his face while Chrome looked worried.
"Sawada…" Ryohei said when he was but three steps away. The young boss raised a hand, stopping him. The sun guardian frowned.
"I understand." Tsuna sighed and then for a brief moment his eyes flashed at Yamamoto who returned his stare with a questioning look. Tsuna's eyes shadowed. "No I will not accept. Even though I understand the situation I cannot go through with his request. I can merely offer the Vongola Family's alliance not their marital rights…"
Everyone's mouth dropped (except Hibari and Mukuro whose eyes just widened).
"My guardians are all perfectly happy and taken." Tsuna explained on the phone as everyone continued to stare at him. Reborn stood up from his seat and stealthily made his way to the brunet. "Yes, they already have girlfriends of course…" Tsuna's eyes looked at Yamamoto and an unknown emotion passed through the brown orbs as his hand tightened on the phone.
But then suddenly brown eyes widened at the suggestion that came from the person he was conversing with. "Eh?"
That's when Reborn made his appearance, performing and excellent air kick at Tsuna who was perfectly distracted with shock. The brunet yelped in surprise as the phone he was holding dropped to the ground and with a 'beep!' the loud speaker came on.
"He said: If you're guardians are all in a relationship, then why don't you offer yourself to be engaged to the Cielo Family?" The speaker spoke in a business-like tone. "My boss would like the Vongola and Cielo to be tied by marriage between two important figures of the family. His daughter is very much interested in you, seeing as you are probably the youngest boss ever known and also you don't have anyone right now so, why not? I can tell you with confidence that she's very pretty and you'd make a wonderful couple…"
"Then why don't you marry her instead, moron!" Gokudera suddenly shouted, breaking the stunned silence in the room. "Forcing jyuudaime into a marriage with a complete stranger… Who do you think you are?"
"E-Excuse me? Who do you think you're speaking to-?"
The atmosphere in the room tensed. The guardians who had been listening to the explanation of this unknown character in the phone, on how their boss should be married against his will just so he could be allied with a strong family, was ridiculous to them. They were prepared to kill the person on the other line.
"Kufufu… How about you? Do you know who we are?" Mukuro said in a dangerous tone that made the person in the other line pause.
"Wha-?"
"If you keep yapping your trap like that, herbivore… I will look for you and bite you to death." And for effects, Hibari swung his tonfa creating a very threatening sound with them. The guardians heard the man gulp.
"Yare, yare… Forcing Vongola into an arranged marriage…" Lambo drawled in a bored tone but there was a fiercely protective edge on it. His green eyes flashed as he actually took out a pink grenade. "You must have an early death wish."
"Boss in an arrange marriage." Chrome's staff reappeared in her hand. "Boss not having the chance to find true love… I won't accept it."
"That's extremely not right! People should meet and then fall in love! Arranged marriages and black mails are against the extreme will of God!" Ryohei roared.
"Maa… I don't think it's right either." Yamamoto said with his usual smile as he tried to ease his fellow guardians. He turned towards the phone on the floor. "You know, forcing a person into marriage is not good, right? It doesn't matter to us if you're a strong family and if you refuse our offer for alliance, we don't care about that." The rain said in an innocent tone. "But if you threaten our boss, then we simply have to take actions!" He smiled. "Besides, Tsuna deserves to find love just like us."
The sky guardian's eyes widened at what his rain said.
"T-That's-!" Came the fearful tone. Tsuna stepped towards the phone, his expression shadowed by his bangs as he picked it up.
"I accept." He said towards the phone, his expression not showing. Everyone's eyes widened.
"Boss?"
"Wha-?"
"Jyuudaime!"
"Oi Sawada! What do you extremely mean-!"
"Sawada-san? Is what I heard correct?" The voice on the other end was surprised as well.
"We… really need this alliance." Tsuna said his voice slightly shaking and the guardians watched in worry as his hand shook. "I don't want my guardians pressured with the idea of being forced into marriage or else hunting down the Cielo family… The Vongola doesn't need another war…"
"Tsuna." Yamamoto said, his amber eyes shining in worry. "But you don't have to go through with this-!"
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, what do you think you're doing?" Mukuro said as his eyes flashed at the brunet. "Offering yourself to someone other than me?"
"Omnivore." Hibari's eyes narrowed.
"Oi, Dame-Tsuna…" Everyone's eyes turned to Reborn who was looking at his student seriously. "Are you sure? Don't you have someone you like?"
All of the guardians looked at Tsuna in surprise. Tsuna had someone he liked? Yamamoto was also surprised, he knew about that years ago but Tsuna was still in love with the same person? He never showed it before now.
Tsuna was looking at Reborn his eyes shadowed but his mouth slightly open in shock at his tutor's sudden interruption. But then he pursed his lips and the hand around the phone tightened almost breaking the object.
"It's fine." Tsuna said, his eyes tearing. "The person I like will never notice me and will never know about how I feel. That person…" Yamamoto's smiling face flashed in his mind. "…already has someone else. It's foolish to keep hoping and praying that…" He trailed off unable to say anymore.
Chrome's eyes widened. Boss' special person liked someone else? How long has this been going on?
Reborn's eyes narrowed. "But you've liked 'that person' for ten years… Are you sure it'd be easy to let that person go?"
"T-Ten years…?" Gokudera said, surprised. For so long! His fist clenched as he gritted his teeth. Who was this person that couldn't even return the tenth's love?
"So long…" Yamamoto said his eyes wide. Reborn gave him a side-way stare.
"Kufufu… Sawada Tsunayoshi, you've clearly liked this person whole-heartedly for a long time. Offering yourself to be wed with a person you do not know or even love is a sin." Mukuro reasoned. "Do not be so foolish."
"Think about your happiness too Vongola." Lambo said as well.
"Sawada, you have to think this through." Ryohei said. "If you like another person then you shouldn't-!"
"My happiness doesn't matter." Tsuna stated blankly. Everyone fell into a shock state.
"No! That's not true!" Chrome said desperately.
"Jyuudaime please think about this more!"
"Vongola I'm sure the person you like will like you back! Definitely!"
"Omnivore I will bite you to death for losing hope-"
"Stop." Tsuna said in a loud voice. Everyone became quiet as they looked at the brunet. He turned to look at them his expression in pain. "It's easy for everyone to say that. It's easy for everyone to stop me and to tell me that I should keep hoping and that the person I like will like me back…"
You're a great guy! I'm sure there are a lot of girls there who like you.
Tsuna blinked back the tears in his eyes as he looked at everyone with a sad expression. "But that's because everyone already has someone! And I… what do I do if the only person I'll ever love loves someone else?"
Silence.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience but please tell your boss that I accept the conditions for the alliance." Tsuna said, his tone emotionless and blank.
"A-Ah, I'll make sure to tell him. The negotiation is a success, thank you." The person said before there was a tell-tale click.
Tsuna closed his cell phone and pocketed it. He turned towards the door. "If anyone needs me, I'll be in my room." And with that he walked through the doors, slamming it behind him.
"That was the first time…" Yamamoto spoke first and everyone turned to him. His face was shocked and sad. "…that I've ever seen Tsuna make such an expression."
"Perhaps that was our fault…?" Gokudera said his expression guilty.
"It is your fault." Reborn said and everyone turned to him. "If you didn't say anything, Dame-Tsuna would have refused."
"Boss would have refused?" Chrome repeated in surprise.
Reborn nodded. "But you all acted like spoiled children. You made it seem like you didn't want to let go of your boss and give him to another family."
"And is that wrong?" Mukuro said with a raised eyebrow.
"Normally, Tsuna wouldn't react to that… But then the subject was marriage and the fact that you all had someone special in your life except for him…" Reborn's eyes shadowed. "And also the pressure the other families from the alliance were giving him… his fuse just blew. He couldn't take it."
"Vongola…" Lambo stated.
"That moron, he has always been the sky who wishes happiness for everyone else. He's still so inexperienced. He's too intent in making himself miserable just to keep the family safe." Reborn said with a frown.
Hibari crossed his arms. "His herbivore-like attitude is annoying me. I will bite him to death."
"What do you propose we do kid?" Yamamoto asked.
"We should extremely do something! We should get Sawada out of that arranged marriage!" Ryohei roared.
"Kuh, if only the person jyuudaime liked, liked him back then we wouldn't be in this mess." Gokduera said with an irritated expression. "Seriously? How dense can one person be? How come she never noticed jyuudaime's feelings?"
Well, we never noticed the Vongola's feelings either. Doesn't that make us equally dense? Lambo thought. His years with Gokuder taught him to never voice out his opinions.
Reborn looked at the guardians and smirked. "I have a plan that will make Dame-Tsuna reveal who the person he likes is."
"R-Really?" Chrome said her face flushed in anticipation.
"Kufufu, as expected of the arcobaleno." Mukuro said in sadistic approval.
"That's good! Once we know who the person Tsuna likes is, we can make her to convince Tsuna to take back his decision!" Yamamoto said with a grin. "Or better yet, we can set up a date for both for them and make them fall in love with each other!"
Reborn cleared his throat. "You're getting ahead of yourself. Remember that the person Tsuna likes already has someone else."
"Oh right." Yamamoto said with a downcast expression.
"Then we'll just extremely break the two of them up!" Ryohei roared.
"What if I said Tsuna liked Hana, would you break you and Hana up for him?" Reborn challenged. There was silence.
"What? What was I saying again?" Ryohei said as he scratched his head with a sheepish expression.
"Exactly." Reborn stated.
"This is a complete waste of time. Why don't we just ask him directly?" Hibari said with an impatient expression.
"Because Dame-Tsuna will never admit it to you, his guardians." Reborn said as he crossed his arms.
"What makes you say that? Do you already know who it is, Reborn?" Lambo asked suspiciously.
"No." Reborn lied." I just have a feeling that it's someone you know very well."
"Well, whoever it is… I will make sure jyuudaime gets his chance at love." Gokudera proclaimed. "Reborn-san, please tell us your plan!"
"Very well." Reborn said with another smirk. "Just be prepared for the consequences of your actions…"
(1) Did you know Chrom actually hates pineapples? XD This reminds me of the KHR Drama CD
Preview: "And in situations like these… I would like to ask: how does dressing me up as a woman get Vongola to tell us who he likes?"
Author's note: Ooh! What could Reborn be planning? Get ready for some humor in the next chapter (although not much humor because I'm not the funny person type)! Everyone please look forward to it! REVIEWS are much appreciated as always!