A few years have passed, now Tsuna and I are first years in Namimori Middle. I never knew middle school could be so scary…
Anyway, Tsuna and I are still best friends, even though people call us names like, "No-good Tsuna", or "Loser Tsuna", or when they're referring to me: "Loser", "Bookworm", or the ever common "Freak".
Sure the names haven't changed much, but that doesn't mean they hurt us any less. It affected us pretty bad. Tsuna believes he's really no good and I think that I really am a freak.
Fortunately, there's a silver lining. Tsuna and I still have each other. We somehow keep ending up in the same classes (I have a sneaking suspicion it's because of our parents), we have sleepless sleepovers because we play videogames all night, we study and do our homework together, and just hang out every chance we get. Still…
…It gets kind of lonely every now and then.
But we have our families! My family, Tsuna's family, all we need is each other.
Morning, Sawada Residence
Nana-san was humming as she was finishing a breakfast omelet. She turned off the stove and placed a delicious looking ham omelet on my plate. Did I mention Nana-san forced me to stop calling her 'Sawada-san'?
"Eat up Chi-chan~!" She said happily. I smiled, hesitantly.
"Nana-san, my mom already made me breakfast…" I protested.
"Oh nonsense!" She waved her spatula around in short circles, "I know Ma-chan makes Tsu-kun breakfast whenever he comes over in the morning~!"
I sighed quietly, "A-alright…" I put my hands together, "Thank you for the food," and proceeded to eat, ah~ it's really good…
Nana-san looked and the clock and sighed, "Speaking of mornings, I wonder if Tsu-kun's woken up yet?"
Huh? I thought Tsuna was getting ready by now, "I can check for you if you'd like?"
She shook her head, "What kind of host would I be if I made you do that?" She started up the stairs with me following.
"It's alright, really, you should finish making his lunch," I argued.
Nana-san let out a light giggle, "Well, if you're going to fight about it, we'll both check on him."
She opened the door to reveal her son's messy room. Nana-san sighed heavily, "Oh honestly," She began walking around picking up various pieces of wrinkled clothing and papers with numerous red marks from past tests and tossing them in their respective places.
I was still standing in the door way, my eyes were wide open in shock, 'Didn't I help him clean up his room yesterday?'
Nana-san was pulling another piece of paper from Tsuna's desk. He had most likely tried hiding it, but stuffing it in a drawer filled with past crumpled failed tests probably wasn't such a good idea…
I frowned a little and glanced over at my best friend contently sleeping away, a bit disappointed in his choice of a hiding spot.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi!" Nana-san exclaimed, her lips set into a small frown. Tsuna immediately shot up, arms and legs flailing everywhere.
"AH! Wha?" Tsuna was tangled in his blanket as he stared at his mom. I think he's still half-asleep, "What! Why do you have that!"
He threw out an arm to tear away the test Nana-san had in her hand. Ah…guess he wasn't as tired as I thought…
After Nana-san's lecture about Tsuna's grades and lack of excitement in life, we ran off to school, the bell was about to ring. And we really didn't want to be late.
But, honestly, no one at Namimori Middle wanted to be late, or else they'd have to face our school's head prefect, Hibari Kyoya-san.
He's the head of our school's Disciplinary Committee known to be incredibly violent and has a league of followers bearing rather…risqué hairstyles…
Maybe it makes them appear more intimidating? The members are pretty scary looking already…but then again, I think a lot of people are scary…
"Chi! Hurry up!" Tsuna called, "The bell's gonna ring any second!" Uh oh…better start sprinting…
And safe!
Tsuna and I got to our seats not a moment too soon. We sighed in relief. Tsuna turned around in his seat to look at me.
"Good thing Hibari-san didn't catch us running, huh?" he laughed hesitantly.
I nodded, "Yeah…I really don't want to be on the receiving end of his tonfas…"
Note: those things are almost solid steel. How do I know this? …Let's just say Tsuna and I came late to school rather frequently…
Ah, the teacher just stepped in. Tsuna and I don't really like him. He always picks on Tsuna for his below average intelligence and me for not speaking loudly enough. Hmph…we can't help it if we're not the ideal students…
Oh well…
Time for our daydreaming to begin…
After School, Nami Middle Field
I sighed. Girls were playing softball out on the field while boys were in the gym today. I hope the other boys don't trouble Tsuna too much…
M-maybe I should worry about myself right now…
Note to self: the female race is downright scary...
"Hey Freak!" I flinched, gripping the school's bat tightly. What do they want now…?
"Hey! We're talking to you!" One of the girls grabbed my hair. It didn't hurt too much though, it was in a ponytail.
They pushed me onto the ground and kicked me around a bit. Wh-where's the teacher…?
When they were finished the other girls left me there to pick up all the equipment.
Ugh…my ribs hurt.
After I cleaned up, I tried running to the gym, the boys most likely left Tsuna to pick up after them too.
When I went inside, Tsuna was gazing out the window, holding the push broom with a loose grip. He had that dreamy-eyed, drooling expression again. He was probably looking at Sasagawa-san again.
Sasagawa Kyoko-san is Namimori Middle's 'school idol'. Rumored to be dating the kendo team's captain, Mochida…something, I can't remember, all I know is that he scares me. A lot.
Sasagawa-san's pretty, has a nice smile, and a nice voice.
You're all probably thinking I hate Sasagawa-san for taking Tsuna's attention huh? I don't hate her, really.
...She's just one of the most terrifying people I've ever met.
She has this air about her that unwillingly DEMANDS attention. Her presence is just too much for me to handle so I end up blacking out…
Anyway, I get nervous whenever Tsuna blocks out everything but her. I get scared that he'll leave me alone and get closer to her…
Ah! He has that despondent look again, better get moving.
"Tsuna…" He jumps and looks around, then spots me standing a few feet away.
"Ah, Chi, how long were you there?" I smile.
"Long enough to see you gawking at Sasagawa-san," Just because I find her scary doesn't mean I shouldn't support Tsuna. Oh, his face is turning beet red.
Mmph, I should've worded that more gently.
He spluttered incoherently before giving up and started to furiously sweep the floor with the push broom.
Mm…I'll make it up to him when we're done. I'll buy him a double scoop vanilla ice cream cone with chocolate syrup. He always enjoys those.