That morning.

You can hear the sounds of the cooking utensils for breakfast. There's no one trying to start a conversation, the atmosphere at the dinner table is really heavy. Nana- the mother of Giotto and Tsuna is worried about their conditions, usually the breakfast is filled with smiles and laughter from Giotto and Tsuna.

However, this morning.

There isn't a single smile or laugh from the two.

Giotto and Tsuna focus on their activities- ah, no. To be precisely, they are trying to focus in order to not communicate with each other. Occasionally their eyes meet- but not for long, before they quickly throw their attention to somewhere else.

What an unpleasant morning.

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LOVING YOU

2nd CHOICE

BY: MIHARU MIDORIKAWA

BETA'ED BY: DAWNSTY & AVILLIANE

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"I'm done."

Tsuna got up from his chair and put the dirty dishes in the sink then walked out the dining room, "I'm gonna get my bag." Said Tsuna, before finally going to his room without saying another word. After Tsuna's figure can't be seen, Nana stared at her eldest son.

"Gio."

"What is it, kaa-san?"

"Did you have a fight with Tsuna?"

Giotto nodded his head slowly, his golden bangs covering half of his face- so Nana couldn't make out the expression Giotto had at the moment. "Yes," answered Giotto with a small voice that was barely above a whisper, "Maybe..."

Nana let out a long sigh and stared towards her son with loving eyes, "Whatever it is, you two should make up, I don't want to see you both like this forever."

"OK." Giotto said before finally going to Tsuna's room.

...

Tsuna closes the door to his room with a soft click and walks towards his study table to get his bag. After he got his bag, suddenly a flash of memory from yesterday's afternoon with Giotto came into his head.

His heart hurt when saw his older brother figure that continues to beg to him.

That night Tsuna cried uncontrolled in his room, his face buried in the pillow and cried all night until his tears dried and his voice was hoarse. Luckily, for him his mother and Giotto didn't realize that his eyes are a little red and swollen- well, at least he hopes so.

"Gio-nii..."

Is he supposed to apologize?

Tsuna didn't know anymore.

His mind and feelings are mixed.

Tsuna grabs his bag tightly and keeps it close to his chest as he slowly walked towards his room's door. When he opened the door, his chocolate-caramel orbs widened as he saw his older brother's figure standing perfectly in front of him.

"G-Gio-nii...?"

"Tsuna, I want to talk." Said Giotto softly while holding Tsuna's hand. Now Tsuna was left speechless, his mind goes blank. His gaze now staring deeply into his older brother's blue azure eyes.

"Tsuna?"

"A-Ah, I'm sorry Gio-nii. I have to go now; I don't want to be late." Now Tsuna's gaze wasn't on Giotto's eyes anymore. Giotto, who wasn't happy about this, cupped Tsuna's chin so he could stare at him. Giotto was surprised and couldn't do anything, when he sees Tsuna's caramel orbs glittering with tears.

What did he do to make Tsuna cry like this?

"Tsuna, what's-"

Giotto was cut off when Tsuna broke his hand out of Giotto's grip forcefully. "I'm sorry." Tsuna said, that was his last words before finally getting away from his older brother. Tsuna put his hands on his face tightly, trying to stop the tears that still fell from his eyes.

"Why? Why? Why?-"

Those words kept repeating in his mind.

"-Why did I say that?"

Why did he say that to Giotto?

"-Why did it turn out like this?"

...

"Tsuna!"

"Tenth!"

Tsuna instantly snapped out from his thoughts and stared at his two best friends in confusion, "W-What?"

"Well, nothing important actually, Tenth. But, I noticed that you're day-dreaming again."

"Eh? Seriously?"

"Yes Tsuna, moreover you looked... sad."

"Oh... I see..." Tsuna answered in a small voice. Well... how could he act cheerfully after what happened this morning? It's impossible- even if it was possible, his best friends would notice that he put on a fake smile.

"We're worried about you, Tsuna."

Tsuna's lips curved into a small smile, "Thank you, Yamamoto ,Gokudera-kun."

"Ahahaha~ you're welcome. That's what friends are for, right?"

"Your words are too precious for me, Tenth!" Said Gokudera, "Oh yeah, want me to buy you a drink? Who knows maybe you will get better "Yamamoto asked with his signature smile.

"E-Eh? Is it OK?"

"Of course it is! So, what do you want?"

"Hm... milk tea?" Tsuna answered while tilting his head slightly. Gokudera and Yamamoto's face instantly flushed deep red when seeing Tsuna's overwhelming cuteness. "O-Ok then, I'll go to the cafeteria right now before they close." Yamamoto ran down the stairs while trying to control his deep red face.

"What's wrong with him?" Tsuna asked with his innocent face.

"Dunno..."

"Hmm~"

"Tenth, is the reason you're sad connected to... Giotto?"

Tsuna thought that his heart had stopped for a moment at those words.

"A-Am I that obvious...?"

"As just I thought, it's really him after all." Gokudera grabs Tsuna's shoulders and stares into those beautiful and innocent caramel orbs deeply. Tsuna's cheeks turned pink as he sees Gokudera's face so serious like that, "G-Gokudera-kun?"

"Listen Tenth. I don't care if that person is your older brother or something- if he makes you like this again, I will not forgive him."

Now Tsuna's face turned deep red because of Gokudera. Luckily, there were no other students at the School's rooftop- even the head of the Disciplinary Committee wasn't there. Can't bear with his best friend's innocence, Gokudera let out a small laugh.

"W-What?" Tsuna asked with a pout on his face.

"N-Nothing." Gokudera answered,still laughing softly.

"What?"

"It's nothing, Tenth." He's still laughing.

"GOKUDERA-KUN!"

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"Tenth! I'm sorry I can't walk home with you today, I have an appointment with some teachers!" Apologized Gokudera as hebowed to Tsuna, "I-It's OK, Gokudera-kun." Tsuna said while waving his hands in front of Gokudera. After awhile, Gokudera brought his face up and stared at Tsuna's face with his puppy eyes.

"G-geh..." Tsuna who can't stand Gokudera's puppy eyes covered his pink face with both of his hands.

And suddenly a hand appeared from Tsuna's back and pulled him into a hug- on reflex, Tsuna turned around to find Yamamoto standing behind him with a wide grin. "Y-Yamamoto-kun!"

"Yo, Tsuna!"

"Oi baseball idiot! Don't you touch Tenth like that!" Hissed Gokudera while bringing his fist up in front of Yamamoto's face. "Maa~ Maa~" Yamamoto released Tsuna from his hug and put his hands in the air.

"Geez~ Don't fight you two!" Scolded Tsuna with an angry face- more like a pouting face with puffed cheeks. "O-Oh and Tsuna, I have baseball practice after school, so I can't walk home with you."

"It's OK~ Well then, I'm going first." Tsuna walked to his desk, took his bag, and walked towards his classroom's door, "See you guys tomorrow!" Tsuna gave a warm smile before running through the corridors.

"You... don't you ever touch him like that again..."

"Eh? What's wrong with that? You're nothing more than a best friend to him."

"Tch."

...

Tsuna stopped his movements a couple meters from Namimori-middle's front gate, with an empty gaze he stared at the wide blue sky.

He let out a long sigh, suddenly his older brother popped into his mind... and Tsuna felt his cheeks heating up.

"ARRGHHHH! WHY AM I THINKING ABOUT HIM?!"

"Oi, herbivore."

Tsuna stopped his activity- the messing with his own hair in frustration, "Hi-Hibari-san...?"

Ah, he's right after all. The person who just called him is the Leader of the Namimori Disciplinary Committee- Hibari Kyoya. His black gakuran fluttering in the wind, tight grip on the two tonfas in his hands, and that steel blue eyes staring sharply at Tsuna.

"Herbivore, what are you doing?"

"A-Ano... that's..."

"Don't ever do that again. I don't want Namimori to be called a place for a psychos."

STAB! (?)

Tsuna felt like there's a trident-or-something that attacked his body- not to mention his heart.

"A-Ah, u-un... Excuse me, Hibari-san." With that, Tsuna walks away from Namimori-middle without looking back.

Now Tsuna's breathing is becoming unstable, because he has to run away from a Chihuahua that is chasing him- ironic isn't it? Without himself realizing it... Tsuna once more stared at the wide blue sky. Somehow... it's reminding him of his older brother's eyes.

"Gio-nii..."

...

Giotto sighed.

"What's wrong, Giotto?"

Giotto turned around to face the owner of the familiar voice, "Ah, G."

"It's unusual for you to be day-dreaming like that." G said as he was walking towards his best friend.

"I'm OK, G. It's just..." G raised an eyebrow at Giotto's unfinished words, but he didn't ask more questions- G knew that Giotto has a secret. Then Giotto looked back again, at the wide blue sky above him.

"Tsuna..."

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"Tadaima..." Tsuna takes of his shoes and put them neatly on the shoe rack, but he felt something weird... the house was surprisingly quiet. Usually, there's always someone to greet him. "Is nobody home...?" Tsunasearched in the kitchen, only to find that nobody's there. Tsuna proceed to search in the dining room, his caramel orbs finding something on top of the dining table.

[Tsu-kun, Gio.

I will come home late, because I have a high school reunion. The food is in the fridge, just warm it up in the oven.

Oh yes, I hope you two will get along like usual when I've arrived.

Love, Nana.]

Tsuna stared at the small note before he turned away to use the stairs to get upstairs to his room- placed directly opposite from Giotto's room. After he arrived in his room, he throws his body at the soft and comfortable bed- inhaling the sweet smell from the mattress.

"Sleepy..."

And Tsuna traveled to the dream land.

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Lightning bolts decorated the pitch black sky, rain and winds that washed through Namimori town became more intense. The blonde cursed as he ran towards his house in panic, "Tch, I should've gone by car." Mumbled Giotto with a pissed off tone, he gripped his umbrella tightly- but said umbrella didn't have much effect now.

Giotto stared at his house's condition- it was pitch black without a single light in there. "Is no one in there...?" Now Giotto was left confused because of his house condition, he shook his head and opened the front door softly.

"Not locked..."

He observedhis surroundings- just as he thought, there wasn't a single light in here. "Kaa-san? Tsuna?" Called Giotto a few times, but he didn't receive an answer. Giotto gave a nod to himself and planned to go upstairs.

Faintly, Giotto heard a muffled and hoarse voice from there. "Ghost? Ah, there's no way..." But his curiosity grew bigger at that voice, he gulped and then... he was surprised when he saw his brother's room door being slightly opened.

"Tsuna?"

Giotto peeked from the crack of the opened door, at first Giotto couldn't see anything inside the room because of the darkness. Slowly, after Giotto's eyes adjusted to the darkness- he saw... his little brother, Tsuna crying while covering his face with both of his hands and shivering.

Giotto immediately turned the light on and pulled Tsuna into a tight embrace, "Tsuna!" Tsuna was surprised and could just stare at his older brother's figure in shock, "G-Gio-nii...?"

"I'm here, Tsunayoshi."

Tsuna felt his chest become tight as Giotto called him by his full name, he never felt this happy when someone called his name like this. But- the tears kept falling from Tsuna's caramel orbs and his body was still shivering, "Tsunayoshi, I'm here. There's nothing to be afraid of..."

Upon hearing Giotto's words, Tsuna became slightly relaxed. Giotto's big and warm hands rubbing Tsuna's back in circle motions. After awhile, Giotto put a little distance between them. Giotto's blue azure eyes now full of sympathy as he saw Tsuna's figure, his gaze stared deeply into Tsuna's eyes that kept letting out droplets of tears.

Giotto cupped Tsuna's chin softly, "Tsuna. Don't cry."

"B-But... m-my t-tears won't stop..." Said Tsuna in between his cries.

With a swift move. Giotto kissed Tsuna's damped cheek, then kissed his forehead, then back to his cheek again. "G-Gio-nii...?" Now Tsuna's cheeks flushed red, because of his older brother's kisses.

A smile was the only response from Giotto before finally, their eyes met and they stared at each other. "Tsunayoshi," and their lips met. Tsuna's whole body froze immediately in surprise, by now he stopped crying. Tsuna felt like there are butterflies fluttering in his stomach.

That was just a simple kiss.

But, that was their first kiss.

After a while, Giotto pulled away and smiled at his cute little brother, "Your tears stopped."

Every inch of Tsuna's face flushed deep red.

The first thing that popped into his mind was; 'Why?'

He is supposed to be disgusted, because he just kissed his own brother.

But he isn't.

He isn't feeling disgusted by it.

Moreover, he misses the warmth of Giotto's lips.

Giotto gets off from Tsuna's bed and takes off his shirt and pants- leaving him just with his black boxers. Allowing Tsuna to see his muscular body, upon seeing Tsuna's cute face- Giotto let out a soft laugh and climbed into Tsuna's bed once again.

"G-Gio-nii?"

While Tsuna asked in confusion, Giotto kissed his forehead. Once again, Tsuna's face flushed red because of his older brother's actions.

"Sleep Tsuna, I'm here with you."

Tsuna just nodded and said, "I-I'm sorry Gio-nii... a-about yesterday... I didn't mean it. I don't want to be like this forever with you..."

Giotto's heart now full of guilt, as he saw Tsuna's expression. He pulled Tsuna into a tight hug "It's OK Tsuna, don't apologize again. I'm the one who has to apologize... It was my fault." Tsuna just nodded again, and Giotto kissed Tsuna softly on the lips. Of course Tsuna was surprised at first, but he slowly kissedback shyly.

Giotto pulled back and let their bodies hit the comfortable bed. Then the blonde pulled the blanket over their bodies to cover them. Giotto buried his face in Tsuna's messy brown locks- inhaling the sweet vanilla scent of Tsuna's hair. Tsuna snuggled deeper into Giotto's chest comfortably.

And they slowly drifted into the dream land while holding each other closely.

To Be Next Choice

A/N: Sorry for the late update, I have super busy days.

Even though the second semester is already starting in a week, the teachers already gave us a mountain of homework...

I'm sorry, and thanks for reading. And of course, thanks to my beta readers; they make my fanfic better :)

See you, arrivederci.