Written for Sayasama, for the KHR Christmas Exchange.

Prompt: Clueless

Rating: G

It was a faint pulse at first. A slight increase of his heartbeat, a brief flutter in his gut. Tsuna tried to ignore it, thinking it would pass. It wasn't anything to be concerned about. Just a minor thing.

Only, it didn't pass. If anything, it only got worse.

At certain times, he face would get hot, and his mind fuzzy, clouded and lightheaded. He caught himself daydreaming and zoning out on several occasions, only after Reborn himself had smacked him upside the head and told him to 'snap out of it'. Only he couldn't snap out of it. It was some sort of disease or sickness. An addiction he didn't know he had. He felt flustered and anxious.

When a concerned Gokudera and Yamamoto approached him about his apparent lack of concentration and constant anxiety, Tsuna attempted to explain his predicament. Gokudera, always being the over-protective right-hand man, immediately broke out into giving him a hundred possible reasons what could be wrong, and proclaimed that they take Tsuna to the Vongola doctors immediately. Yamamoto on the other hand, just simply laughed and clapped a hand over Gokudera's shoulder to prevent the Italian from running off in search of Dr. Shamal.

"It sounds like you have a crush on someone, Tsuna." Yamamoto simply stated, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Gokudera of course immediately opened him mouth to yell at the baseball player, but then surprisingly shut his mouth before uttering a word, and calmly sat back down.

"Oh. Well…that explains it too. That's easy." Was what he simply said.

Tsuna on the other hand didn't think it was that easy. Him? Have a crush? He thought he'd long since outgrown the silly schoolboy crush he had on Kyoko (who had long since moved on), and he honestly couldn't think of anyone else he might have an interest in.

Fortunately for him (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), Squalo just happened to waltz by. It was then that Tsuna began to suspect that strange cosmic forces were at work, because not only did Squalo not immediately begin bickering with Gokudera, he actually sat down and asked (demanded) to know what their conversation was about. Clearly something was not right in the balance of the world.

Ignoring Tsuna's gawking and protests, Yamamoto plainly spelled out Tsuna's dilemma. Tsuna winced and prepared for the oncoming laughter and insistent teasing. However, he was soon reminded that the world was currently skewed and this wasn't the "normal" Squalo he knew. For the only response he got was a hushed "Fuck, not you too". Before Tsuna could question Squalo about his statement, the swordsman quickly launched himself from his seat, roughly grabbed a protesting Gokudera and an equally confused Yamamoto, and hastily excused them from the room, dragging the two along. Tsuna was left to ponder the new turn of events by himself.

Several hours later and after much unsuccessful pondering, Tsuna was ready to resign and call the whole thing hopeless. He simply couldn't accept that he harbored feelings for someone in a more-than-platonic way. Honestly, how could he like someone, and not know who it is!?

Apparently the other members of the Vongola had other ideas, and were more than willing to help Tsuna discover his one true love. In fact, Tsuna was convinced they knew who the mystery person was.

"Can't you just tell me who it is?" Tsuna whined, becoming more and more frustrated with the situation. Lussuria, the self-proclaimed love-guru of the Vongola, simply tsk'd at him, waggling his finger back and forth like you would a child.

"It doesn't work like that, little Vongola. You must be the one to tell us who it is, because truly only you know." He explained in a dreamy-voice, apparently having a field-day with Tsuna's case. Tsuna thought that was complete and utter bull-shit, but he wasn't about to voice his doubts, especially when the 'love-guru' could easily break his face with his knee.

"But how is that going to help figure out who it is?" Tsuna asked, completely clueless on what to do. He tried picturing the person who could be his crush, but only a flood of emotions and a feeling of nostalgia appeared in his mind. The mystery person remained a person.

"It's like this, Tsuna-san!" Haru piped up, having become just as equally excited about the news of Tsuna's crush. Her and the other women of the Vongola, Bianchi, I-pin and Chrome, quickly became a small pack of support, eagerly supplying him with their 'infinite wisdom o f women'.

"It's someone who obviously grabs your attention the minute you see them!"

"You can't stop thinking about them, and you have the irresistible urge to see them all the time."

"When you're near them, you become flustered and can't get your words out right because your mind's too preoccupied at just looking at them."

"Your heart feels like it's going to leap from your chest when they speak to you, or just look your way. "

"You start to---" "Ok I get it! Enough!" Tsuna halted the 'infinite wisdom of women', as he obviously didn't have infinity to listen to them. The sound of the door opening caught Tsuna's attention. He secretly hoped it wasn't Reborn coming to give him a bit of his own personal "advice".

"That's enough you guys. I don't think I'll ever…be…able…" Tsuna's words trailed off as his eyes met the ones of the newest occupant of the room who just entered. His mind came to a complete and total stop, like a train hitting a brick wall.

"Oh." And suddenly, something clicked, and Tsuna suddenly understood everything. Not that it helped much, as his brain suddenly felt as if it was filled with air and butterflies just hatched in his stomach.

The chorus of muffled giggles and snickers, along with the scampering people leaving the room went completely unnoticed by Tsuna, as he stared at the cause of his plight.

Amber eyes met crimson red.

Coughing slightly, Xanxus walked up to Tsuna, and took a seat next to him. A brief thought flickered through Tsuna's mind, again reminding him that the world must be wrong somehow, seeing as Xanxus wasn't kicking or swearing at him, but the thought didn't last long as all the blood seemed to rush to Tsuna's face, and his mind began tripping over itself over and over again.

"Yo" Xanxus finally spoke, seeing as Tsuna wasn't going to greet him first.

"Wha-!? Oh…I'm mean…Hello…err..Hi." Tsuna's face, if possible, got even redder. He was probably glowing like Rudolph's nose at this point.

But honestly, how could he have known!? Xanxus of all people was who he had a crush on. The same Xanxus who, just a few years prior, was determined to burn Tsuna's bones into ash. But somehow, despite how much it defied logic, it just worked in Tsuna's mind, and he just knew he wanted to know everything that was Xanxus.

The rich rumble of Xanxus's laugh next to him snapped Tsuna out of his interior monologue, if only to further send his mind into a tumble and the butterflies in his stomach to a flurry.

"So…" And suddenly, Xanxus was much too close, as the larger man leaned over towards Tsuna. "Did you get the 'infinite wisdom of women' talk too?"

Tsuna snorted, and attempted to stifle a laugh, but the grin on Xanxus's face made it impossible, and the two of them were soon laughing aloud, enjoying the sound of each other's voice.

That was until a pair of impossibly warm lips clamped over his, catching Tsuna off guard. A large and calloused hand cradled the side of his face, curling around his jaw and behind his ear. He could feel the blood pumping within his fingertips, which were now clutching the other's jacket. And suddenly the floodgates in Tsuna's mind opened, and everything that had muddled and confused his mind he now felt flow freely. The butterflies were set free, and the imbalance in the world suddenly became right again.

Everything would be alright.

*Flails* I'm never been confident in my ability to write pure pointless fluff. I always get agitated and annoyed when it feels like it's lacking something. I tried at least.....