Author's note: Hey guys! SOOO sorry on the late update! Well, as you know, there was a mass deletion on all my fics so every future chapter of this fic was deleted as well and I was down for a loooooong time… Of course this is no excuse! As a writer I must be solely focused on making a good fic! So yes, I apologize once again for my incompetence!

One episode, where Yamamoto was hit by Genkishi in the neck and he shouted in pain (I was praying very hard that Tsuna heard because it means they have like a deep connection!) and Tsuna (HDW) heard him and even though Gokudera and the others were also knocked out at some point, the only person Tsuna heard was Yamamoto! (Woot! Another collection for my 8027 moments in my profile)

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8027lover: Haha, good observation skills. Technically, Tsuna was expecting the Vongola Mansion since the last time he went to the future he realized he would be a part of Vongola even though he detested being a mafia boss… so I thought why not make Tsuna think of the Vongola mansion? XD

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By the way! I updated the new chapter of "Personal Guardian" and oh my-! I'm really happy with the new chapter! XDD

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Parallel to Your Heart

By ilYamaTsuna7227li

Previously…

"Eh?" Tsuna said his eyes widening. "What do you mean, mom?"

"Oh, Tsu-kun… didn't you know?" Nana said as he looked at her son. "Takeshi-kun will be staying here for at least a week."

"WHAT?"

Chapter 14

No, no, no, no! This can't be happening! This really can't be happening!

Yamamoto Takeshi, his supposed boyfriend in a distant parallel world, cannot be staying over in his house for at least one week!

The young brunet paced around his room in a nervous fashion. His hands clenched and unclenched tensely as his teeth grazed his bottom lip in anxiety.

This must've been Reborn's plan all along! Of course! Making sure that the person I was avoiding most would be next to me as much as possible… Tsuna thought as he stopped pacing and his brown eyes widened.

That… ingenious devil of a hitman!

But what do I do now? Tsuna said as he dropped the look of fierce realization and settled for a more defenseless expression. He was helpless in Yamamoto's presence…

The smiling face of the baseball idol flashed rapidly in his mind and Tsuna sighed as his cheeks burned for his affection towards the rain guardian. He plopped down onto his bed and buried his face into his hands.

Oh what should I do?

Unbeknownst to the Vongola, a certain dark-haired teen was watching him from the safe distance of his door. Yamamoto watched with growing worry as Tsuna's expression changed from anxiety to realization to helplessness and finally to devastation.

Why was his stay causing so much stress for his best friend?

It's your job to figure it out. The kid's voice rang in his head and Yamamoto pursed his lips in determination.

I'm going to find out what this is about Tsuna. Yamamoto thought in determination as he walked away from the door. I can't allow you to be so miserable. I'll find out what the problem is and help you.

Back at Tsuna…

Tsuna removed his hands from his face and sighed. He can do this! He definitely can do this! As long as Yamamoto doesn't sleep together with him on his bed… then he'll be fine… He can act neutral and calm and not panic over the littlest of things.

With renewed energy, Tsuna stood up and he smiled to himself. He can do this!

Just as he thought that, brown eyes softened greatly and a real smile lit the brunet's features.

Reborn's plan aside, he was glad that he got to spend a little more time with Yamamoto. He was glad that Reborn gave them a ready-made excuse to be together.

Even though this is for the sake of making me reveal the truth… I'm thankful Reborn. Tsuna thought as he closed his eyes. After a few seconds, Tsuna opened his eyes. Brown eyes shining more determinedly than before, he stalked out of his room, ready to face Yamamoto.

I won't lose!

Yamamoto flipped his phone closed after deleting the message he received from Reborn. He didn't know how 'that' would make Tsuna admit what was wrong but then again, the kid has never been once wrong so all the baseball jock could do was follow the instructions given to him.

With a low hum, Yamamoto went to the Sawada's living room, thinking of entertaining himself for a while by looking at Tsuna's baby pictures (courtesy of Tsuna's mother) but then just as he reached the door, he stops.

There on the couch, sitting casually with a fond twinkle in his eyes, was Tsuna who was doodling on his notebook.

Yamamoto blinked, wondering why his heart suddenly seemed to beat faster than before but he shook this off as a sign of nervousness. He was never a good actor anyway.

With a deep breath, the rain pasted a smile on his face as he said, "Hey Tsuna! There you are!"

Tsuna tilted his head up a bit, at the sound of Yamamoto's voice. Once amber eyes met chocolate ones, the young Vongola gave the other a bright smile. "Hey Yamamoto, I'm sorry… were you looking for me?"

The swordsman laughed a breathless laugh as he said, "Well, I was just wondering where you were…"

"Why? Something you need?" Tsuna said as he immediately got up, notebook still at hand. Yamamoto approached the younger teen and fondly placed a hand on the other's head. Tsuna looked up curiously.

"No I just wanted to spend some time with you that's all." Yamamoto said with a grin. "Mind if I sit next to you?"

"Feel free." Tsuna said, successfully hiding his blush as he sat down and focused on making room in the couch for his rain guardian.

With a soft 'flomp', Yamamoto sat beside the brunet and placed his arm around Tsuna in a friendly manner. Tsuna smiled at the rain guardian as he leaned against the other and closed his eyes.

This action caught Yamamoto's attention and generated confusion in his mind. Wasn't Tsuna supposed to be avoiding him? Didn't the kid say that Tsuna would try even more to avoid him? It didn't seem that way though.

Closing his eyes, Tsuna felt that he was back in his own world, with his Yamamoto beside him. Everything felt nice, peaceful, and calm when Yamamoto was around. Instead of running away from the situation, Tsuna accepted it and was using it to his advantage.

As the brunet leaned against Yamamoto's chest in a relaxed fashion, the rain guardian did not pull away but his eyes widened as his cheeks dusted pink. He secured his arm around Tsuna even more, as though pulling him closer, but actually he was just trying to get a comfortable position.

It's strange… Yamamoto thought as his eyes narrowed softly. Has Tsuna always been this small?

He was always used to seeing Tsuna stand in front of him with broad shoulders and a very reliable back. But with Tsuna in his arms this way, peacefully napping against him, Tsuna seemed smaller and more defenseless than he originally thought. The strong Tsuna that was in his mind, always carrying a very heavy burden in his shoulders, seemed like a different Tsuna from the one next to him.

Somehow… He felt a surge of protectiveness in him.

Yamamoto laid his cheek against Tsuna's soft brown locks as Tsuna breathed in and out peacefully.

He wanted to stay like this…

Meanwhile…

"What the heck is that baseball idiot doing?" Gokudera demanded in a harsh whisper. "Why the hell is he clinging to jyuudaime like that!" True to Reborn's orders, Gokudera was currently doing everything in his power to stop others from interfering with the 'plan'… by playing hide-and-seek with the kids.

"Octopus head, I think in this situation it's Sawada who's clinging to Yamamoto." Ryohei said as he peered through the hedge with Gokudera.

"SHH!" Gokudera said as though Ryohei was shouting away their position. "And jyuudaime is not clinging to that baseball idiot! H-He's just tired and that stupid Yamamoto is taking advantage of him…!"

"I extremely don't know about that…" Ryohei began but Gokudera sent him a glare that made him think it was better not to argue. Besides, he didn't want to look like a complete fool in front of Hana who was watching him somewhere with Kyoko.

The moon shone down on Tsuna and Yamamoto as they trekked the bumpy ground towards their tent. Their school was doing one its infamous camping trips in Namimori mountain.

"This is so tiring…" Tsuna barely mumbled as he threw himself on his sleeping bag. "I mean, why do we have to do such tiring activities in the middle of the night?"

"Ahaha…" Yamamoto said breathlessly as he reached out a hand and eagerly intertwined his and Tsuna's hands. The brunet blushed lightly but he held onto Yamamoto's hand as the baseball jock smiled. "Maa… at least we got paired up for that activity right?"

A hint of a smile crept up on Tsuna's face. He squeezed Yamamoto's hand lightly. "Yeah."

Tsuna' eyes slowly opened as he felt Yamamoto fall asleep beside him. The arm around his shoulder now hung loosely and the brunet listened to the steady heartbeat thumping against Yamamoto's chest. The brunet tilted his head up, making Yamamoto's chin bump his forehead slightly.

The brown bangs of the Vongola fell to the side at the action as Tsuna peered at Yamamoto's peaceful expression.

"That was close." Tsuna said as he straightened himself up and gently removed Yamamoto's arm from him. "I nearly fell asleep." Tsuna was about to take his hands away from the jock but then he caught sight of Yamamoto's defenselessly open hand. Curiously, Tsuna placed his small hand on top of Yamamoto's palm. He held onto it softly as he stared at their joined hands.

I can't always offer you my hand, Tsuna. Yamamoto's face in his thoughts smiled at him. Sometimes, you have to take it yourself so that I can know that you need me.

Tsuna held onto Yamamoto's hand as his eyes narrowed sadly. Is that true Yamamoto? Just by doing this, you can tell that I need you?

Of course! It's enough to call me by your side! Yamamoto stated in his head with a smile as he held on to Tsuna's hand.

For a moment, Tsuna squeezed the baseball idol's hand. When nothing happened, his eyes shadowed as he slowly let go and began to stand up. He placed an arm over his eyes covering it as he stood there with a hunched form. His shoulders began to shake and he bit his lip to keep quiet.

Amber eyes slowly opened as Yamamoto blinked dazedly trying to remember what happened. But then his sharp eyes caught sight of Tsuna not standing faraway with his back on him. "Tsuna?" He called out with a slightly hoarse voice.

At the sound of Yamamoto's voice, Tsuna straightened up but he refused to show his face to his guardian. "Y-Yamamoto you're awake. U-Uhm, it seems like we fell asleep. We should go get some snacks from the kitchen…" With that, Tsuna hurriedly turned to leave but then Yamamoto stretched out a hand as he stood up and grabbed the brunet's arm.

"Tsuna, do you need something?" Yamamoto asked randomly, surprised by the sudden words that came out of his mouth.

Brown eyes became wide before they softened and Tsuna gave off a teary smile. He turned to face Yamamoto with a bright smile on his face. Yamamoto's eyes widened as he was about to say something but then Tsuna rushed up and hugged him.

The Vongola placed his arms around Yamamoto's neck and pulled him close.

Yamamoto was surprised but he did not pull away in fear of hurting Tsuna's feelings. Instead, he uncertainly placed his arms around the brunet as well as though consoling him.

"Thank you." And without thinking Tsuna pulled back and gave the idol a kiss on the cheek.

Amber eyes widened dramatically as Tsuna pulled away and rushed out of sight. Yamamoto stood in the middle of the living room with a bewildered expression as though not knowing how to react at the sudden display of affection. Instead, he raised a hand and placed it on the cheek Tsuna kissed. His face began to redden as he muttered words of confusion.

"W-What j-just h-happened?"

Tsuna leaned out of sight, his face a mask of horror at what he had just done. A blush decorated his cheeks but he was too busy scolding himself to entertain the fast-beating of his heart.

Why did I do that? Tsuna thought horrified. What if Reborn saw us? What if Gokudera-kun, mom, and the others saw that? What do I say?

Tsuna slid down to the floor and buried his face in his arms. And then Tsuna looked up horrified. "Am I cheating on Yamamoto?" He whispered as he remembered that his boyfriend wasn't the one he was currently with.

But then the brunet shook his head in exasperation. Either way, I should really remember that this Yamamoto and I aren't like that right now.

Tsuna looked up with sad eyes.

I should really remember that.

Yamamoto was sitting at the living room couch with a flustered and confused expression. What just happened? Why did Tsuna just…?

Yamamoto's blush deepened as he covered the lower half of his face to hide his expression…

Meanwhile…

"What the heck is the baseball idiot getting flustered for?" Gokudera asked annoyed. He and Ryohei had to leave for a few minutes because the kids found them and they had to start over again.

"I think we might've missed something extremely important!" Ryohei whispered.

"Che, annoying cow just had to find us at that moment…" Gokudera scowled.

Back…

Yamamoto placed a hand on the couch to steady himself when suddenly his hand came in contact with a notebook. The baseball idol looked at it in curiosity before he remembered that Tsuna was doodling something when he came in.

Curiously, he picked it up and flipped open the pages. He raised an eyebrow when he realized that these were just notes from their classes, he flipped the notebook to the end page and there he saw random doodles and numbers…

8027

"Eight thousand, twenty seven?" Yamamoto murmured. "What's that?"

Suddenly the sliding door by Tsuna's living room opened and Gokudera and Ryohei came in.

"Damn, playing with those two are tiring." Gokudera said as he collapsed next to Yamamoto. "Oi, what's that?"

"It's Tsuna's notebook." Yamamoto said, not all surprised by the sudden appearance of his fellow guardians.

"Sawada's extreme notebook?" Ryohei said. "Did he write something extreme on it?"

"Just a bunch of numbers." Yamamoto said as he handed the notebook to Gokudera who was the smartest of the three of them.

Gokudera took out his glasses and examined the numbers doodled by his boss. "Eight, zero, two, and seven…" He murmured as he observed each number one by one. "Eight could be an infinity sign when written horizontally, zero and eight are both symmetrical…" He murmured under his breath. Seeing as he got nothing out of that he sighed.

"What about the two and seven?" Yamamoto asked.

"Two and seven…Twenty-seven… Nijyuu nana…" Gokudera stated and then his eyes widened when he got it. "Ni in English is Two, right?"

"Yap, and nana is seven…" Ryohei stated and then he scratched his head, not knowing what Gokduera was getting at. "I don't get it."

Yamamoto laughed. "Me too."

"That's because you have muscles for brains…" Gokudera taunted. "Look, how do we Japanese people pronounce 2 in English?"

"Tsu…" Yamamoto said and then his eyes widened. Gokudera wrote it down.

"And since 'Tsu' is just on syllable, we take the first syllable of 7 or 'nana'." Gokudera said and he wrote down 'na' after 'Tsu'.

Tsuna

Ryohei and Yamamoto's eyes widened.

"Twenty-seven means 'Tsuna'! Jyuudaime's name!" Gokudera said in triumphant. "That's why jyuudaime's gloves and headset has twenty-seven on them! It signifies his name!"

"Then whose eighty?" Ryohei asked with a frown. "And why are their numbers together?"

"Eighty, might be the person jyuudaime likes!" Gokudera said and his eyes flashed. "It might be that girl Sasagawa!"

"Eh? What about my sister?" Ryohei asked extremely confused and Gokudera shut his mouth to prevent himself from revealing anymore.

At the mention of Sasagawa, Yamamoto's heart sank. Oh that's right, Tsuna liked Sasagawa didn't he? And then Yamamoto's eyes widened. Why did he feel hurt by that? Did he like Sasagawa too?

"Anyway, we have to tell Reborn-san about this." Gokudera said, suddenly interrupting Yamamoto's train of thought. "Baseball idiot, make sure you do your job well. Don't take advantage of jyuudaime." He growled.

At that, Yamamoto tilted his head in confusion. What did the bomber mean by that?

"See ya' later Yamamoto!" Ryohei said as he followed Gokudera out. "Oi Gokudera! What did you mean by my sister?"

"Shut up turftop!"

Yamamoto watched his friends go and then he looked back down at the notebook filled with Tsuna's doodles. He sighed.

I wonder if Tsuna will ever tell me what's wrong…

The brunet was peacefully dozing off on his bed as he thought back to his old memories with Yamamoto.

It was the third night of camping and once again, Tsuna and Yamamoto collapsed tiredly into their tent. Gokudera also shared the tent with them and he was already sleeping soundly inside.

Not even bothering to tuck themselves into their sleeping bags, Yamamoto and Tsuna just collapsed on the uncomfortable floor of their tent and dozed off.

The next morning…

Tsuna was vaguely aware that he was hugging something warm and soft as he slept. He felt whatever he was hugging move and he could almost swear that he heard giggles somewhere not far away.

Too tired to wake up fully, Tsuna just hugged whatever he was holding even tighter. When he did this, he swore that whatever he was hugging, 'gulped'. Suddenly wolf whistles and cat calls were heard followed by a sharp "SHHHHHHHH!"

Unable to sleep because of the noises, Tsuna blearily opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Yamamoto's smiling and slightly blushing face inches from his own.

"Y-Yamamoto…?" Tsuna whispered dazedly as he blinked.

"Hey Tsuna…" Yamamoto whispered back. "Sorry, did I wake you?"

The brunet shook his head. And then he looked outside, his eyes widened when he saw a crowd of his classmates looking over at him with smiling and teasing faces. He also saw Gokudera collapsed on the entrance of the tent.

"Wha-?" He said looking at Yamamoto for an explanation.

"Uhm Tsuna, you see…" Yamamoto said and then he laughed the red tint on his cheeks darkening. "Well, can you let me go first…?"

Tsuna raised an eyebrow in confusion and then he looked down, making his eyes widen in shock.

His arms were around Yamamoto's form in a vice grip as the baseball idol had no choice but to place his arms around Tsuna's neck. The brunet's legs were also locked around Yamamoto's legs making the idol unable to move from their position at all.

Tsuna's face reddened as he opened his mouth in his usual shriek. Immediately, he let go of his boyfriend and crawled as far away as possible in embarrassment. The crowd watching outside laughed as Yamamoto sat up.

"It looks like Sawada-san is a hugger when he sleeps!" A girl called out and a group of girls (belonging to the 8027 fan club) erupted into giggles. Tsuna's face reddened even more.

"Isn't it great Yamamoto?" A guy called out to the idol. "You were lucky that he hugged you, not Gokudera…!"

And the people behind him murmured in agreement. Others laughed at this.

However, Yamamoto took it very seriously.

"Hey Tsuna, if I wasn't here would you have hugged Gokduera while sleeping?" The idol asked seriously and everyone outside became silent.

Tsuna's eyes widened and he gulped as he shouted with as much force as he could. "O-Of course not!"

Silence.

"Aw! How cute!" The girls squealed and the guys laughed. Yamamoto smiled as he approached the brunet and took the embarrassed boy in his arms. Tsuna buried his red face in Yamamoto's chest.

"Hearing that makes me happy!" Yamamoto said with a wide grin, ignoring the cat calls and wolf-whistles their classmates were making. Tsuna smiled slightly.

Yamamoto syndrome.

That was what Reborn called it when he learned of Tsuna's habit of hugging Yamamoto whenever he fell asleep. Of course it became a big source of jokes and laughter when everyone found out that Tsuna's 'hugger side' only came out when he was sleeping next to baseball idol. However… for some strange reason, finding this fact out just made Yamamoto happy.

This happiness of course, only applied to his boyfriend Yamamoto… Tsuna was too terrified to know what the reaction of the Yamamoto from this world was.

And this 'Yamamoto syndrome' was of course the reason why Tsuna could not sleep in the same bed, floor, futon, or couch as Yamamoto. It would be too dangerous… And he really didn't want Reborn finding this out.

So thank goodness for futons and for the fact that he had his own bed…!

"Tsuna!" The brunet's eyes opened sleepily as Yamamoto knocked on his door before opening it. He sat up abruptly, not wanting to fall asleep with Yamamoto in the room.

"What is it?" The brunet asked.

"You left this in the living room." The idol stated as he placed Tsuna's notebook on top of his drawer.

"Oh, thanks." Tsuna said and then he looked at Yamamoto who paused, seeming to hesitate.

"Uhm Tsuna, about earlier…" Yamamoto's face reddened and Tsuna's eyes widened as he also remembered the kiss on the cheek he gave the other.

"O-Oh t-that! I-I was j-just- u-uhm! You see i-it's a tradition for French people to kiss a person when they want to say 'thank you'!" Tsuna wildly made up a story. "I-I've been learning their c-culture recently you see…!" He said sheepishly.

Yamamoto's eyes widened in understanding. "Oh! Okay! I see! What do French people do when they want to say 'you're welcome'?" Yamamoto asked innocently.

"U-Uhm, they just say 'you're welcome' outright!" Tsuna laughed (although he secretly wanted toake advantage of the situation- bad thoughts!).

"Oh well, then you're welcome Tsuna." Yamamoto stated with a grin.

Tsuna nodded hastily. "So, is there anything else you need?"

"Oh yeah…" Yamamoto said as he remembered. "Well Tsuna, I don't want to inconvenience you or anything… But your mom said that you were out of futons…" Yamamoto began and then he grinned. "So she told me to tell you, that we'll be sharing your bed tonight… Is that okay?"

Tsuna's eyes widened at what Yamamoto said. Out of futons? What the heck! They were never out of futons! Sure, maybe when Lambo, I-pin, Bianchi,a nd Fuuta moved in, it would inevitable that they would be out of futons but still-! His mother always seemed to have magical futons (that come out of nowhere) ready-!

"W-What-?" Tsuna said trying to calm his fast-beating heart. "B-But-! W-We're really out of futons…?"

"Yap!" Yamamoto said cheerfully and Tsuna felt like he wanted to hyperventilate.

This was so not happening right now!

Author's note: Thank you for all the support and everything! I hope you enjoyed this chapter (it was hard rewriting it) Please review okay? Thanks!