September 18th

Dear Friend,

Today was the day where Yamamoto invited me out to eat with him and his friends at TakeSushi. I was so excited I couldn't sleep, but once I did, I ended up waking really late and I had to rush to make it to TakeSushi on time. It really didn't help that Reborn was the one who woke me up and in order to do it he hit me with a large mallet. It irritated my injuries. They're healing, but they still need time. Time I don't think I can give them.

On my way to TakeSushi I ran into Gokudera, who was also on his way to TakeSushi. When I was about to greet him in hopes of getting on his good side, I saw someone about to attack him. I can't remember exactly what they looked like, but I know they were short. I pushed him out of the way and got hit instead. I was able to shield myself, but now my arms are really bruised. After the attacker saw he couldn't get to Gokudera he ran away. Gokudera was able to piece together what had happened and it seemed like a flip had been switched. He was really nice to me and he started to call me "Juudaime." He explained that because I had warded off his tenth attacker—why he was getting attacked in the first place, I have no idea—he was going to call me Juudaime and become my subordinate. I told him I only wanted a friend. I don't think he listened to that part.

When we walked into TakeSushi, Yamamoto, Kyoko, and another girl—who I assumed was Haru—were already there in the large booth in the back. Kyoko and Haru were on one side and Yamamoto was on the other. Gokudera slipped in next to Yamamoto and I sat next to him, unsure where I should sit. They welcomed me with smiles.

"This is Tsuna-san?" Haru asked Kyoko, who nodded. The brunet then turned to look at me. "It's nice to meet you, Tsuna-san! I'm Haru, desu~" She said childishly as she held out a hand. I took it and shook it with a smile.

"It's nice to meet you as well, Haru-san." I greeted. Next to me Gokudera mumbled something about a "stupid woman." It seemed to have upset Haru—apparently, it was about her.

She slammed her hands on the table and glared at him. "Haru is not stupid! You are, you octopus head!" She huffed in anger as her voice rose slightly. "At least I'm being nice to Tsuna-san! I've heard you're being mean to him! That's not nice!"

Immediately his face paled. Swiftly he turned to me and, as best as possible in our semi-small booth, bowed to me as he profusely apologized. "I'm so sorry, Juudaime! I was so rude to you!"

I was really shocked about this and had no idea what to do. I glanced at Yamamoto for help, only to see him smiling at us. I also glanced at the girls and saw that Kyoko was calming Haru down. Not sure what to do, I said, "I…forgive you?" I didn't mean to make it sound like a question but I was just so unsure what to do. No one's ever really apologized to me before.

Apparently my answer was the right one because his eyes seemed to glow. "Oh thank you Juudaime!" He said happily.

"No problem?" I was really out of my element.

Yamamoto seemed to take it from here. He looked at me with a smile. "I told you he'd warm up to you, though I'm not sure how he began to call you 'Juudaime.'"

Gokudera then began to explain how I had "attacked his attacker and threw him to the ground before sending him away with a threat." That is definitely not how it happened, but Yamamoto seemed to pick up on Gokudera's exaggeration and decided not to call him out on it. He laughed before looking at me. "Wow Tsuna that must have been cool!"

"Of course!" Gokudera smiled. "Juudaime is amazing!"

At this Yamamoto playfully pouted. "Aw, Hayato, you're making me jealous."

Gokudera stuttered as a blush rose to his face, though I had no idea why. The girls were watching and giggling. Kyoko, who saw that I was totally lost, explained, "They're going out." When she said that it made perfect sense. I looked at the two, who seemed to be looking at me anxiously, though one was able to hide it more than the other.

I smiled at them, totally happy for them. "Congratulations."

They smiled at me. Yamamoto then said, "I know you probably were going to do this anyway, but could you keep this a secret? We'd rather not have anyone snooping into our business." I noticed the girls whispered a few things to each other before looking at me.

"We'd also like for you to keep our relationship a secret too." Kyoko said with a smile. "Haru and I are together as well."

That had shocked me greatly. When I had learned that Yamamoto and Gokudera were together, not only was I glad for their happiness, them being together meant that Kyoko was free. Now that I knew that she and Haru were together I felt my heart began to sink. The one girl I fall in love with is with someone else. I tried to keep the sadness off of my face and out of my voice as I said, "I will. And congratulations to you as well." I think I smiled. I don't remember. I'm pretty sure I did because after that we ordered and talked and no one had asked why I had looked sad or anything, so that must have meant they didn't know how I felt. Good. I didn't want to lose my first friends here.

After about two hours everyone left, Yamamoto and Gokudera going one direction and Kyoko and Haru going another. I walked alone to my house. On the way home I passed by the park and saw this really strange kid sitting on a bench all alone. He had really curly black hair and he was wearing a cow print shirt and black shorts. There was a guitar case next to him with a matching cow print on it. He seemed to be crying, so I walked over to him and after I asked him what his name was (Lambo), I asked what was wrong. I found out that he was kicked out of his home and had nowhere to go. I couldn't leave him alone so I told him that I could ask my mom if he could stay at my house. After calling her (she said yes) I showed him the way to my—our—house.

My mom was thrilled when I brought him home. She began to fuss over him and talked about preparing a room and getting him into school and being glad to have another child in the house. Reborn, on the other hand, was not so thrilled. Apparently Lambo was from Italy—why he is now in Japan, I didn't ask—and Reborn knew Lambo and did not like him. Lambo doesn't him either and they've been avoiding each other. They'll still come together during meals out of respect to Mom.

Reborn's girlfriend, who was supposed to come over today, is instead coming over tomorrow to begin my tutoring on cooking and the arts. He said she might bring her little brother if he doesn't have a date, but I shouldn't hope for his arrival. I wonder what Reborn's girlfriend is like. I hope she isn't scary like Reborn. I also wonder how old her little brother is. Maybe he's my age, or maybe he's Lambo's age. Either way, it would be cool to meet both of them. I'm starting to think my life is turning around. I shouldn't hope for it, though.

Love always,

Tsuna

A/N: Note: To anyone who hasn't read Perks of Being a Wallflower, the friend that Tsuna is writing to is anonymous. You may interpret the friend as being you, the reader, or you may interpret the friend being a person we will never know. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask in a review or feel free to PM me. I'll answer every question.