Tsuna's POV

'Gio-nii…"

Recently… My brother's been acting weird. Usually he stays in his own pace every day, even if he has a troublesome tasks from his school – he will never complain and make a fuss about it. He'll just keep smiling and do his tasks. Sits on the couch in the living room while watching some anime that G recommended to him. It's pretty normal.

But now –

He becomes… more serious and somehow frightened of something.

There was one morning when I and Gio-nii were watching some anime in the living room and suddenly there's an incoming call on his cellphone. When he accepted the call – his expression changed to the serious one and he sharpened his gaze as he listened to the voice from his phone. Not long after, he replied to the voice in a language that I don't know – no, not English. It's a language that's more… complicated. I can just watch him with a worried feeling inside me.

After he finished the call, he swiftly took his jacket from the hanger and his car key from the coffee table. I couldn't help myself but question every movement he made, "Gio-nii, where are you going?"

"I have some urgent business to attend to. Be a good boy and stay at home, don't go outside if there's nothing important. Understand, Tsuna?" I nodded slowly and buried my curiosity deep inside me, he rubbed my head softly with his large warm hand. Gio-nii kissed my forehead for a moment before he went to the kitchen to speak with Mom. After a moment, he went outside and closed the door with a soft click.

When I heard the sound of his car coming to life and fading away by the seconds… there's an uneasy feeling deep inside me. I've tried to ask Mom about this, but she said she doesn't know anything about it either.

I could only keep my mouth closed with thousands of questions inside my mind.

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Disclaimer; Amano akira

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Loving You

9th Choice

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By; Miharu Midorikawa

Beta'ed by; Dawnsty

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"I'm home!"

Tsuna gets up from the couch and abandons the anime he watched a few moments ago to greet his beloved brother at the doorway. A wide smile and a faint blush on his face becomes crystal clear when he sees the blonde of Namimori standing at the doorway, "Welcome home, Gio-nii!" Tsuna jumped towards Giotto and pulls his brother into a tight hug.

"I'm home, Tsuna." Giotto chuckled as he rubs Tsuna's fluffy chocolate strands, a soft and fluffy atmosphere slowly formed around the two. The blonde's blue azure orbs stare deeply into the chocolate orbs he loves so much.

"Tsuna-"

"Cough."

The Sawada brothers flinched and turned to the voice that interrupted the bonding time they shared a moment ago. A tall man with… pink hair that is quite similar to Gokudera's hair style is standing in the doorway with an annoyed expression written all over his face – of course the red flame tattoo is still on his cheek. But he's not alone, there're two other people behind him. First, a man with an annoyed gaze and platinum blonde hair, and second, a man with an easy going face and indigo colored hair that looks like something between a watermelon and a pineapple.

"Giotto, how you dare to leave me outside so long." Hissed the platinum blonde.

"It's cold out here~ Should I use your brother to warm me up, hm~?" Such ambiguous words came out from the watermelon and pineapple hybrid.

"If you want to flirt with your brother, please don't do it in public." Said the pink man calmly.

"So-sorry. Well, come in." Giotto let the three of them to enter the house, Tsuna just stayed silent with a deep red face that he kept hidden behind Giotto's back while his hand is clutching hard onto his brother's black jacket.

"Gi-Gio-nii…"

"Hm? Ah, it's okay, Tsuna. They're here to help me with my task." Answered Giotto with his trademark smile, after staring to the deep azure orbs – Tsuna seemed finally satisfied with the answer and nodded slowly. But he flinched when a tall figure walks towards him, Tsuna silently sighed in relief when knew the man that approaches him is a familiar person to him.

"Long time no see, Tsuna." Said the pink haired man while crouching down until Tsuna is in his point of view, making Tsuna have a close look at his flame tattoo on his cheek, "U-Un, G-san."

"Oi oi, I've told you before to not add the '-san' suffix, I feel old."

(A/N; So, in the anime and Drama CD. The pronunciation of G is /Jii/ - which, if you use the '-san' suffix will be; Jiisan. And that means 'Old Man'. Get it?)

Tsuna nodded again, "I'll try." G giggled and rubs Tsuna's fluffy hair roughly. 'I should take a look at a mirror and search for a comb…' Thought Tsuna, "Gio-nii, who are they?"

"Right. This is the first time you meet them." – to be honest, I don't really want to bring them here, they're just like oil and water. And look at their faces, they're just like beasts searching for a prey…' Giotto continued that in his mind.

"That platinum blonde haired one is Alaude."

"Hn." Alaude stared at the weak creature hiding behind Giotto's body with boring steel grey eyes, Tsuna flinched and clutches Giotto's shirt tightly. This person is really reminding Tsuna of a certain prefect at his school.

"The one beside him is Daemon Spade."

"Nufufufufu~ Nice to meet you, just call me Daemon."

"Tsuna, just call him Pedo Bear." Chirped G out of the blue.

"Oya oya~ How rude, pinky."

"What pink?! My hair is RED!"

'G, your hair is perfectly pink colored…' Looks like the Sawada brothers are in sync.

"Co-Come on guys… Let's work on our task. I'm tired." Then Giotto put his hand on Tsuna's back and pushed the little one to walk. G, Alaude and Daemon took off their shoes and followed the blonde from behind.

When they reached Giotto's room upstairs, he turned the heater on, because the weather outside is cold enough to make their hands shivering. After the quartet went in, they sit around the coffee table – except for Alaude, who sits on Giotto's bed, comfortably. While Tsuna and Nana are preparing tea and cookies down in the kitchen. Tsuna insisted to deliver the snacks to Giotto's room even though Nana is willing to deliver it herself. But in the end Nana gave up, because of her sons stubbornness.

In the end, Tsuna walks with a tray of four cups of coffee and cookies and carefully taking steps. Tsuna sighed in relief when Giotto's door came into his sight, but when he is close, he can hear Giotto's voice from behind the door. And that hit Tsuna pretty bad in the heart – Giotto's using the scary and serious tone just like the last few days.

"So, how is it, Alaude?" Asked Giotto.

No one is answering.

"I see…"

"Giotto, we should take an action before – "

"I know, G. But –"

"The problem is them. Right?" This time Daemon talked.

Silence.

Tsuna take a step closer to the chocolate door, hoping he can hear the conversation clearly. But looks like the fortune goddess isn't on his side today, he slipped a bit and almost dropped the tray. But, still – the sounds between the cups clashing, reached the people on the other side of the door.

"Who is it?"

'Gio-nii?!'

"U-Um, it's me. Tsuna. I'm here to bring you snacks…"

Not long after, a sound of the key being unlocked reached Tsuna's ears, 'He locked the door…?' And when the door opened, Giotto is standing in from of Tsuna with his three other friends also staring at the chocolate haired boy, "Tsuna, since when were you here?"

"No-Not long, I wanted to knock the door, but…" Tsuna glanced to the sealed hands because holding a tray, "Let me help you with that." Giotto took away the silver tray from Tsuna's hands, "No-No, let me-"

"Thank you, Tsuna." With a warm smile, Giotto turned around and closed the door. Not forgetting to lock the door again. Tsuna stayed for a few moments staring at the cold wooden door in front of him, is his brother in trouble? Did he get involved in some kind of dangerous thing? Well, Giotto's been a good boy these past years – so that's kind of impossible. Tsuna finally gave up and entered his own room.

Tsuna rolled to the side of his bed and hugged his favorite pillow. Still thinking about his brother's weird behavior, of course, Tsuna wants to believe his brother. Maybe he is in some kind of trouble – but is it alright for him to butt into Giotto's problem? Giotto probably doesn't want that. He is a capable and reliable man after all. Now this makes Tsuna more confused, if he's a capable and reliable man, what kind of problem is capable of making Giotto this troubled.

Reaching for his neck and feeling thirsty, Tsuna getting up from his bed and into the kitchen was the first thing that came up in his mind. Walking down the stairs slowly so he didn't accidentally trips over his own feet and falls down the stairs, he already got enough bruises on his body. Walking past his mother who is watching some kind of drama in the living room and walking into the kitchen, Tsuna opens the refrigerator immediately and found a small bottle of orange juice. After grabbing the orange juice, Tsuna closes the refrigerator door with a push from his foot.

Once again walking past his mother who is still watching the drama, then he heard a phrase from one of the actors of the drama that catches his interest, [I love him? You must've been kidding me! There's no way that I'm in love with him!]

[So, how do you feel when he's besides you?] Another woman spoke.

[It's… I don't know! I just feel so embarrassed and want to run away from him, but at the same time I want to be by his side. My heart feels warm somehow when he's smiling, and I get uneasy whenever there's someone else getting to close to him! Geez…]

That makes Tsuna widen his eyes and slowly reaching for his throbbing heart.

[Yep. You're in love with him.]

"Love…" Whispered Tsuna.

Suddenly a wave of memories strikes Tsuna's mind out of the blue. The memories where Giotto successfully makes Tsuna's heart throbbing like crazy, when he feels like the world is on his side when Giotto gave him a warm smile. Endless memories come to his mind, even when Giotto saved him from a dog that tried to bite him, and ended with Giotto being the one who got bitten.

'Love… Is this love?'

Tears started to flow down Tsuna's cheeks.

'I'm in love with Gio-nii…'

To Be Next Choice

A/N;

Sorry for the late update! I've been in a bad condition these past months. Both mentally and physically. I'm sick now and trying to calm myself down, because I just found out that my little sister is being bullied at school. She is just in second grade of elementary school damn it.

I'll try to write as much as I can for now.

Thank you.