September 15th

Dear Friend,

I'm sorry I didn't write yesterday. I was really busy doing a project for my science teacher. She wanted me to do an extra credit assignment after school to help even out my grade since it was currently a failing grade, which I was grateful for because none of my other teachers would allow me to do that. I was also able to meet another classmate of mine! His name is Yamamoto and I heard he's the captain of the baseball team as well as an idol around the school. He was also staying after to do the science project. It turns out that Yamamoto is smart, but because he's so busy with baseball he never gets the chance to actually study. He's really nice to me. He even invited me out to eat dinner at his father's restaurant, TakeSushi, since we ended up staying at school really late. He told me he was meeting some friends there and that it would be no trouble at all if I came as well. I was really happy.

When we got there he showed me to the back on the restaurant where a large booth was situated. There was a girl sitting there. She was another one of my classmates and she was really pretty. I don't remember her name. When we sat down, me in front of the two of them, she introduced herself as Kyoko.

"Where is everyone else?" Yamamoto asked her as a waiter came by to take our orders.

"Haru had a competition in another town and won't be back for a few days." She responded. "Did Gokudera tell you anything?"

Yamamoto shook his head. "Nope. Maybe Hayato's sister visited. I heard her boyfriend from Italy was coming here and she wanted to come before him and set up a place for them."

Kyoko giggled. It sounded like bells. "Gokudera's sister is really passionate, ne?"

"Yep!" Yamamoto smiled before looking at me. "How do you like Namimori High so far, Tsuna—is it okay if I call you that?"

I told him that it was okay. It was kind of nice to have someone call me Tsuna. Both Mom and Giotto call me Tsu-kun and Dad calls me Tuna Fish, so it was nice to get a normal nick name for once. I mean, I refer to myself as Tsuna, so I'm glad that other people are starting to as well. Kyoko asked if she could call me Tsuna-kun and I tried not to flinch. I said she could, but I think she caught on that I didn't want her to call me that so she asked if she could call me Tsu-kun, which I agreed with. I tried not to think about how intimate that sounds. They asked me a bunch of questions about myself, though they weren't anything personal—what's your favorite color, what's your favorite food, things like that. We then started to talk about our classes and the school. Throughout the whole conversation I noticed that the two of them seemed pretty close. I wonder if they're going out. They look good together. I didn't think about the pang in my heart when I thought of that.

After about an hour, I told them that I needed to leave and go home. Kyoko said she had to leave as well and, with the little courage I had, I asked if I could walk her home. She said I could and the two of us left. She led me to her house since I didn't know the way. We made small talk as we walked and I was really happy. When we got to her house, her brother was just leaving. He caught sight of me and asked who I was (really loudly, and with a lot of "extremes" in his question). After I told him my name he introduced himself—his name is Ryohei—and asked if I wanted to join the boxing club. Every sentence had an extreme in it and he was always really enthusiastic about everything. I turned him down. Kyoko then asked if he was going out and he said yes. She asked if he was going "there" and he replied yes again, which caused her to frown. I stayed quiet since I had no idea what they were talking about and it wasn't my place to speak, so I bid Kyoko and Ryohei good-bye and went to my house.

When I got home yesterday, Mom told me that the tutor will be here today after I get home from school. And he was. His name is Reborn and let me tell you, he is scary! I think I'm more scared of him than Hibari, and that is saying something! He dresses like he's in the mafia and he keeps telling me he's the world greatest hitman. And HE HAS A GUN! IT HAS REAL BULLETS! HE SHOOTS AT ME! PLEASE HELP ME! Luckily he hasn't actually shot me yet, but I think he will! Oh my god, I'm going to die. Oh my god. Oh my god. OH MY GOD HE'S GOING TO SHOOT ME WHY DID DAD RECOMMEND HIM?! HOW DID GIOTTO SURVIVE?! I think I might be over-reacting.

He has a gun.

He's looking for me.

Oh god.

I really hope he doesn't find these letters before I can send them.

If you don't get a letter for more than a week, then please assume I am dead and send a search party.

Thank you.

He has a freaking real, loaded gun!

Love always,

Tsuna