This chapter will be longer than the others. I was pretty happy with the outcome, but I did have trouble at some parts. Hope you enjoy anyways and sorry for my errors.
Disclaimer: Do not own KHR
Chapter 9
The next morning was bright and loud. The world was spinning but there it was, screaming and yelling. 'Ouch!' The feet crashing down on top of Tsuna was the last straw. The brunet did not expect to hear yelling or being used as a stepping stool, and it was not what he asked for as his alarm. As Tsuna's lungs were crushed under the weight, he jumped up, fully awake. His sleep was driven away by the throbbing pain running through him. His eyes were still blurred from the sudden light, and his mind was still cloudy from a dream. He continued to listen to the noise around him as it grew louder.
"STUPID COW! GET BACK HERE!"
"AHHH!"
"Now, now! Calm down, Gokudera! Haha!"
"SHUT UP, BASEBALL FREAK!"
"Lambo, give it back! Stealing is no good!"
"We're ones to speak, Ipin."
"Fu-Fuuta! I-I just mean… From friends, it's no good."
"That's true, I guess but still."
"Now, now everyone. I think we need to all quiet down. Look, we woke Tsunayoshi."
Tsuna could finally see what was happening when his eyes cleared. He saw Lambo in the corner of the room gripping a book to his chest. Tsuna recognized it as the book Gokudera had been addicted to for the past few nights. The silver teen was in front of the small calf starring in horror and anger. Yamamoto was behind him and trying to calm them all down. Fuuta was trying to talk Ipin out of attacking Lambo. Ipin was scolding Lambo while cornering him with Gokudera. The finally awaken teen stood up from the blankets and walked over to the noisy group of troublemakers.
"Lambo, why do you have Gokudera-kun's book? Did you ask to borrow it? If you want to read, just ask. I'll get you some books, today," Tsuna said. He was smiling, but they could tell he was displeased. Lambo looked at his brother and felt scolded as if he disappointed his older brother. Tsuna was in front of him and lifted him off the ground.
"L-Lambo just wanted to play, and Bakadera was ignoring me. I just wanted to play with everyone." Lambo looked sadly into the brunet's eyes. The chocolate eyes were trapping Lambo in a strange sensation. He didn't know what it was.
"Maybe if you asked-"
"I did!"
"Then if Gokudera-kun felt too busy to play at that moment, you should respect that and come to an agreement to play later."
"..."
"I'm sorry Lambo, I was on the last page of that chapter, and I wanted to finish it."
"Also, Gokudera-kun, for a child like Lambo, they would not understand that a book is more important than playtime. You should have known that. Next time, explain to him or ask Yamamoto to keep him busy until you were done." Tsuna scolds him as well. Gokudera looked down as he felt bad for what had happened. The kid loves to annoy him, so he assumed that was all he wanted again.
"Next thing," Tsuna said after placing the baby calf next to Gokudera. He looked to the group with a wide, cheery smile on his face. "Who in the world stepped all over me while I was sleeping?" Everyone gulped. They knew this was a promise to make the person hurt. The problem was they knew who did it; They all did it.
Earlier, they had all been talking in Fuuta's new room. They were figuring out what things he would like, and how the wall would look like. Then the commotion happened. Gokudera was at the desk in the room when Lambo snatched his book away. They all chased him into the room where the sleeping brunet was. When they each busted into the room, one after the other, they stepped on top of the sleeping teen. They looked to the smiling teen who they now felt fear too. They were sure he knew the answer himself. He must have felt their feet on top of him. They feared Tsuna at that moment, but he instead walked past them and out of the bedroom leaving everyone scared inside.
"Let's get our breakfast. We're going to be very busy today. Are we not?" Tsuna continued to smile evilly. They followed him into the kitchen. Once everyone sat down and began to eat, Tsuna began to hum to himself. His scared roommates all looked at each other, eating quietly. They could not help the glances they each gave the brunet as they tried to eat quickly.
"Let's head out to get some things for Ipin and Fuuta today. We can pick up necessities, and next weekend, we can get some extra things for the three of you."
The group all nodded wondering if Tsuna already forgave them. The scary and creepy aura around him had disappeared, so it seemed like he was not mad at them anymore.
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They all were walking home to prepare painting Lambo's room. They decided to try and get the rooms painted today and tomorrow. Tsuna walked down the street while holding Fuuta's hand on his left and Lambo's hand on his right. Mama was holding Ipin's hand in front of them. The two of them were holding a few bags of clothes, mostly for Ipin, and groceries. Yamamoto, who was behind the brunet, was carrying a lamp for Fuuta and some care products the kids needed. Gokudera, also behind them, had the bag of blankets for Ipin and Fuuta, and a bag with three pairs of shoes because Ipin and Fuuta's were old and so where Tsuna's.
They made it home before lunch time and headed to Lambo's room first. They needed to clear it out and sweep it before they painted it. They were placing the tarps on the floor when they took a break to eat lunch. The delivery men with the paint had arrived around that time with the buckets of paint they ordered. They took the paint buckets upstairs. There were many different colors because Gokudera wasn't sure what all exactly he was going to need. Today, they headed back to the paint shop to order some more paint. Lambo's room was to be blue walls with clouds. Fuuta decided on an outer space room, and Ipin didn't know what she wanted. Gokudera told her he had a perfect idea of what to paint for her room.
So now, they were finished clearing out Lambo's room, they decided to start painting the walls.. The blue walls were fading, so they wanted to make it more vibrant. Tsuna and Yamamoto helped paint the walls while the kids played around in the room with paint brushes of their own.
Once they were done, everyone decided to start clearing out Fuuta's room now. Gokudera wanted to stay in the room for a few moments to figure out how he wanted to design it. Tomorrow, Gokudera was going to start working on the paint job in each room. Tsuna thought back, and he never remembered seeing the silver teen take a real interest in painting or artwork. Sure, he had a style and always looked like he was a model with his sharp features. He could probably pass as a female with how slim and flawless skinned he looked. Even so, that did not mean anything since art was more of a soul thing than an outer look. Then again, they had only met two weeks ago. They rarely talk about anything personal and barely for a few minutes when they do. Tsuna sighed and continued to work clearing the room.
The started to set up the tarps and paint buckets in the room. Fuuta was thinking about how outer space will look like in his new room. Fuuta loved science and space. He loves the distant and empty look it has but also how full and crowded it is. Tsuna and Yamamoto began to pour some black paint into one of the trays, and Fuuta felt himself panic. He didn't want his room to be dark and lonely. He was going to speak to stop them but fear took over. He couldn't speak. Suddenly, they heard screams break the silence.
"STUPID COW! GET BACK HERE!" The teens inwardly sighed as they stared at the door. They set everything down before heading to it. They walked out to see Lambo crying and running from Gokudera who was screaming at the tiny boy, again.
"AHAHAH!"
"Gokudera, what's going on?"
"That stupid cow touched the paint before it was dry!"
"Waaaa! Bakadera hit me!" They screamed as they ran up and down the hall. Lambo made a turn into Fuuta's room as Tsuna and the others opened up to allow him in. Tsuna jumped in front of taller teen when he tried to make a run in after the small calf.
"Tsunayoshi, get out of the way, please. That idiot needs to be punished." Gokudera was growling as he glared at the baby cow who was dancing behind the brunet.
"Gokudera-kun, Lambo is just a child leave him alone. You know he is very immature and a 6-year-old." Gokudera sighed and nodded as he looked into Tsuna's eyes. 'Tsuna-sama is not-'
"Don't paint it all black!" He yelled instead of finishing his own thought. It completely slipped out of his thoughts forgetting what he was saying. Gokudera walked into the room and looked around. "Let's see," he mumbled to himself. "I'm going to need help for this room." He reached into his pocket as he looked at a sketch on it. Tsuna looked at it himself.
"I had some ideas and started sketching to try it out. Can you guys do this? Paint the wall kind of like this. I'll fix it up, but I do need help painting the whole room." Tsuna and Yamamoto looked and nodded.
"Sure," Tsuna said as he began to pour a little bit of black into the tray. Yamamoto grabbed his rolling brush, and Tsuna grabbed his. They began to paint. Gokudera instructing them every now and then.
"Fuuta, we are done for today. How do you like it so far?
"It's amazing! I love it and it's not dark or anything."
"I figured you wouldn't want that."
"Thank you," Fuuta said to Gokudera. He smiled and ruffled up the small brunet's hair.
"No problem, kid. So Ipin, I'm ready to work on your room for a few hours." He grabbed two buckets of paint and headed out.
"We cleaned it out while you painting that last bit earlier," Yamamoto said as he walked behind Gokudera with two more buckets. Tsuna was carrying the extra things they needed. As they walked into the smallest bedroom in the house, Ipin was already inside the room looking around.
"You ready to do this Ipin?" Gokudera said softly as he walked over to the kid.
"Yeah," she spoke softly as she smiled up at him. "I'm just trying to remember what this room looks like before you transform it." Gokudera smiled down at the innocent girl.
"Want to see what I have been thinking of doing?" She nodded looking excitedly. "Look here, this is the drawing I started working on. The walls will be mostly red and there will be strips of gold, a silver painting of a tiger and some different flowers as the décor around the window and corners." Her smile widens as she tried to image it. They began to work by taping off the areas where gold would be. Everyone was busy painting red on the walls while Gokudera began to sketch on a wall where the tiger would be. They were painting, talking, and laughing. The kids were playing around with the little bit of paint they were allowed to touch and running around the room.
"Wahahaha!" Lambo was chasing down Ipin threating to paint her. Tsuna asked them to be careful, but they did not listen. Without a warning, Lambo tripped and fell. He ended up tossing his brush into the air and everyone stared in shock as it landed.
"STUPID COW!" Everyone laughed as they saw the red dripping down Gokudera's hair.
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The rest of the day passed by quickly with no real big issues. Dinner was noisy like usual. The playtime afterward was tiring on the older kids after such a busy day, but the three young ones still enjoyed themselves very much. The whole day ended with limbs spread out on top of each other while another movie was playing in the background.
Later during the night, Mama had walked in like she does every night and did her thing. As she was about to turn off the tv, she heard the older teens moaning and began to stir.
"Please- stay"
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The next morning came not as rowdy as yesterday. Tsuna woke before everyone else. Actually, he wasn't too sure when he woke up. It was pure black in the room when his eyes opened. He couldn't see anything around. Like he never even opened his eyes. He felt exhausted, but he couldn't go back to sleep. Sleep was just gone. He didn't feel like he had the energy to look to the clock, so the time could have been anything. Tsuna rose out of his bed hours later or was it not hours. He wasn't sure still. He headed to the kitchen and found Mama was there already. 'It's still so early. Why is she up?'
"Oh, Tsu-kun! It's still so early. I was going to let you all sleep in a bit. You should go back to bed."
"That's okay Mom. I can't sleep anymore. Maybe I am too excited for today."
"Oh, well yes. Today is going to be very busy isn't it?"
"Yeah," Tsuna said as he went to get some juice. "I'm going outside. This the first time I'm up so early. I want some morning air."
"Oh okay. Go ahead."
Tsuna walked out to the patio and sat down in a chair out there. He breathed in the chilly morning breeze. He couldn't understand what he was feeling at that moment. He was not sad or upset yet he still felt uncheery. Tsuna listened to the morning silence and the whistling of the small birds in the trees. He looked to the bright, foggy sky that showered him. He enjoyed the quiet of the morning. He closed his eyes and
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Time was passing by quickly until Tsuna heard a lot of noisy upstairs. He had come inside not too long ago. It felt weird, but he felt like he knew everything that was happening as it happened upstairs. He listened to the banging and yelling. He heard when Lambo jumped on top of Gokudera and when Gokudera realized he wasn't in the room. The group of children all came running down the stairs not too long after. Gokudera was first in the living room.
"Tsunayoshi, good morning."
"Morning," Tsuna responded as he looked at the face of the worried teen. He could see he was about to ask him something, but Yamamoto interrupted him.
"What are you doing up so early?"
"Woke up too early. I guess I'm just excited for today." Tsuna raised out of the couch. "Let's get breakfast so we can get started. They nodded as they followed Tsuna to the dining room.
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Now, they were in Lambo's room getting ready to paint the walls. Well, at least, Gokudera was getting ready to start painting.
"So what should we do Gokudera?"
"I don't know. I will be painting on my own." Yamamoto looked around and thought for a moment.
"Well, we can dust off the things that are coming back into the room and sort through all of the clothes and decided what's good or not." He nodded to himself before walking out with the kids.
As Tsuna and the others were wiping things down, Gokudera was hard at work in the room. Even though Gokudera did not need help, Tsuna still felt the need to check up on him. He knocked on the door every 30 minutes to check on him, and Gokudera was probably okay with that since he only answered back that he was still alive and not quite finished yet. When he went that fourth-time though, Gokudera did not answer back with a comment. Instead, he opened the door. Tsuna stared wide eyed at the silver teen who now had paint in his hair, hands, and clothes.
"How is it going?"
"Just finished." He mumbled as he stepped to the side for Tsuna to enter. He walked in and looked around the walls. He knew his mouth fell open and eyes widened. He saw more than just a few round clouds. He saw the world outside that window. The clouds looked like there was no walls just pure sky. It was so life like.
"WOW! It looks amazing!" Tsuna stared at the beautiful walls. He knew Lambo was going to love it. He looked to the window in the room and smiled at what he saw. The clouds around the window were painted with a glow. They were shining like the sun rays shined on them. They were lit up. Tsuna continued to look around and saw a big black rectangular shape painted on the wall. He smiled as he saw the black square. It seems that Gokudera had bought black paint to create a chalkboard in Lambo's room.
"I am going to paint that in each room for the other little ones." Tsuna turned and hugged his friend who was not expecting such an act of affection.
"Amazing, thank you!"
"Sure, let's set the room up. Go get the baseball freak."
"Right." Tsuna ran out to get Yamamoto who was dusting off Fuuta's things. Earlier, the delivery men came and left the last of their items they had ordered in the hallway while Gokudera had been painting. The teens brought in Lambo's things making sure nothing touched the paint job. They placed the bed in one corner a couple of feet away from the walls, and the new wardrobe was set up across from it. The shelves next to it. The red rug Lambo liked in the middle with the table. They moved to setup desk and placed it by the chalkboard. The orange toy box was put at the foot of the bed. The blankets were spread out on the bed and a few boxes were moved in as Tsuna went to get everyone to see "The Big Surprise".
As they were heading to the room, Lambo was jumping around. Ipin and Fuuta looked just as excited. Tsuna was smiling as he held Lambo's hand. Gokudera was behind the kids with Yamamoto and Mama. They made it to the room, and Lambo was ready to open the door to his new room.
He pushed it open and the calf bolted through. Everyone else followed after him. He was standing in the middle of the room looking left and right and back. Tsuna looked at his face and saw him staring in pure shock. Tsuna saw tears and snot start to fall. Gokudera walked up to Lambo and place his hand on his head. Lambo jumped and looked into the silver teen's green eyes. The small calf leaped into his arms and cried a bit more.
"It looks amazing!"
"Lambo likes it?"
"I'm sure he does. Look at it Ipin. It's so warm and comforting." Fuuta spoke with a soft and amazing voice.
Tsuna looked at their faces as they stared longingly at it. "Gokudera-kun, you did a great job."
Gokudera smiled back at them all warningly before pulling Lambo away to show him around his room. Tsuna smiled at how pleasant they were and perhaps acted like brothers themselves. They weren't yelling at each other or name calling. They didn't seem hostile at all.
"Let's get Fuuta's set up, so Gokudera can paint it."
"Yeah!" The kids answered back to Yamamoto. They ran out of the room to set up the tarps. Gokudera followed after with everyone else.
This time Gokudera bored Tsuna and Yamamoto's help at the time. Even so, he still started off doing it himself. The first 30 minutes when Tsuna went to check on Gokudera he was pulled inside. Gokudera wanted help with something at the moment. Tsuna left 15 minutes later. Tsuna thought about it and decided to ask Yamamoto to come with him this time. Tsuna noted 30 minutes after leaving the silver teen. Once again, he opened the door and reached to pull Tsuna in and saw Yamamoto and grabbed him and pulled him in too. They left twenty minutes after that and came back ready to help by walking right in. They stayed and finished and went to get the small brunet. Fuuta was excited to see his room. They could tell cause he couldn't help how he jumped in his shoes. He acted like his calm self, but he could not help bouncing in his walk. Once at the door, Fuuta pushed open the door and bolted in as quickly as Lambo had.
"It's so- so beautiful!" Fuuta said looking around the room. It had the bed and desk with the lamp inside. The walls had a dark blue tint to it all around. On one side of the wall was a galaxy on the other side was a super nova. There was a black hole. The stars were around the top of the ceiling and Fuuta could already see a few constellations.
"I couldn't do it all but I figured you'd like those," Gokudera said as he looked up at it thinking about his work. Fuuta looked at Gokudera and then at the stars above.
"It's- it's the January constellations, right?" He spoke softly staring at the work above him.
"Yeah, you can tell?"
"Yep! It's perfect!"
"You told us your birth month yesterday when we were asking you and Ipin questions about yourself. Gokudera must have gotten the idea from that." Yamamoto said as he was smiling to the tiny brunet who now had teary eyes.
"Y-yeah," he said trying to not cry.
"We're happy you like it Fuuta-kun," Tsuna said walking up to the teen. He hugged the boy before looking back to Ipin. "I guess it's time to do your room Ipin." Ipin nodded eyes teary as well.
"I'm going to get started on lunch so I'll call everyone for lunch soon." They nodded to Mama as she headed out.
This time Gokudera said he has sketches on the walls so it should be but a couple of hours to finish up. Everyone one had finished cleaning Ipin's stuff so Yamamoto kept them entertained down stairs playing video games. Gokudera went to work and Tsuna asked to help. Gokudera had him do filling in the sketches at the gold areas. He started on the tiger. Once again, everything was peaceful and they were almost done when they were called for lunch. Lunch was quick because Gokudera wanted to get to work and finish to show the little girl. Once it was all finished they brought in her things.
Ipin was at the door with everyone this time already ready before they finished preparing the room.
"Ipin heard you boys moving things in and came running." Mama had explained as she held Lambo in her arms. Lambo had tears in his eyes and Tsuna assumed the grape candy in his mouth was to help soothe him.
"Ready to take a look Ipin?" Yamamoto asked. She nodded and then pushed open the door.
"Wow! Pretty!" She said. The first thing she saw was by her bed a silver tiger on the red wall. She looked to the left and saw Chinese words in the gold. On the right was mirrored the same way. By the door was a silver peacock. She continued to look around and looked at the flowers that decorated the room. She was amazed and turned to hug the surprised teen. He hugged her back as she said her thank yous'.
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They were all outside playing around after that. Tsuna felt that it was warmer than what it had been this morning as he breathed in the breeze. He was listening to everyone laughing and running around. They were all having fun. He looked over to the left and there was Gokudera smiling even as he scolded Lambo for behaving like an idiot. Yamamoto was talking with Ipin and Fuuta about their rooms. Ipin had answered saying it's cute but then blushed bright red afterward. The two boys laugh at her reaction.
Mama walked out with afternoon sandwiches and everyone came running to get one. The young ones sat on the edge of the patio and the older ones ate at the table on the patio. Tsuna was feeling this heavy weight on head and chest. He has felt this way all day now, but something inside was different this time. Suddenly, he rose from his chair and excused himself to the bathroom. Once again, they started as he walked inside, but no one said anything. After awhile, they all just went back to what they were doing before. The older teens still felt odd about how Tsuna has been acting all day. They looked to Mama and saw she was sitting there still eating her sandwich. She looked unconcern to them.
Tsuna walked up the stairs and felt his head feel dizzy. He didn't know what was happening. He just knew he had to come inside and that couldn't stick with the group much longer. It was feeling forced today. Every time they smiled to him and he smiled back, that odd feeling continued to pester him. Tsuna wondered into his room and lay in his bed. The troubled boy rested his head on his pillow and began to think 'Why am I doing this? They must be missing me. I wish I could help them.'
A while later, Tsuna really wasn't sure how long later, the door to the room opened and the brunet could hear someone walk in. Tsuna could hear them stop at the door, and they didn't speak. Tsuna wondered if it was Yamamoto or Gokudera, or perhaps Mama. The kids he could hear laughing outside. Then person left and Tsuna lied there not moving. He couldn't. He didn't feel like talking or listening. He didn't feel like moving and faking a smile. Tsuna knows his own image. The image of 'happy child Tsuna' and 'Dame Tsuna' was what he was and that is what he had to be all the time. He pressed his face into the pillow and felt his head still spinning. 'Why can't I do anything right?' he wondered as the weight on his head got much more heavier.
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Gokudera looked up to see Yamamoto returning from Tsuna's room.
"Did you find it?" Gokudera yelled as he tried holding the kids off him as they tried to tackle down 'the monster'. "Would you idiots quit that?" He yelled at the boys. When he heard nothing from Yamamoto, he looked toward him. "What's wrong?" He could see the taller teens face was a bit pale and his eyes were just staring off as he looked the trees in the yard. Gokudera walked up to him and waved his hand in front of his face. "Hey, Baseball freak! What's wrong?" Yamamoto jumped as Gokudera yelled in his ear.
"I'm sorry. I just... I saw Tsuna," he whispered as he was still trying to get his mind working. "Tsuna was in his room, and he didn't seem okay?" Yamamoto looked to Gokudera's face. Gokudera had a concern look on his face. "I'm worried that Tsuna is going through something." Yamamoto felt his heart beating quickly in his heart as he thought about the years he had seen the same scene but from a different perspective. He looked to Gokudera with his eyebrows pressed together in concern. "I think something's wrong with Tsuna." Gokudera read that face with his own concern. He knew that he was serious and more serious than he had ever been before.
"What do you think we should do then?"
"I-I don't know." Yamamoto ran a hand through his hair. He was frustrated because he did not know what to do, but he wanted to help so badly. "Tsuna's hurting I think."
"Let's go- No, let's let him rest a bit. We'll go see him later when he's probably feeling clearer," Gokudera said before turned to the kids. "Fuuta, watch them."
"Okay, Gokudera-kun!"
They walked inside and headed to the kitchen in search of Mama. They saw her getting started on dinner. They walked up to her as she was standing in front of the oven. She was turning on the flame when they announced themselves.
"Mama," Gokudera spoke first for once. "Tsuna-sama won't be coming down for food for awhile. He went to rest in his room, and we found him asleep. It has been a hectic day you know, so he's resting up."
"Oh okay. Poor Tsu-kun! I should probably check on him if he's sick when he gets up," Mama took off in search for something. "Watch the food for me for a second." She hollered back to the boys. They watched her in her search. She stopped and pulled out a medical kit. She went to the counter and pulled out a glass and a cup. She pours some tea into the cup and placed it in the tray with the kit and empty glass. She walked off before they could question, but they caught a glimpse of a tear falling softly down her cheek. They looked curiously at the door she walked out of as she headed up stairs.
"What do think just happened?"
"Idiot, how would I know? Just stir the food." Gokudera yelled at the baseball freak. Yamamoto looked concern as he stirs. Gokudera couldn't blame him. Something is happening and they don't know what it is.
They were silent for a while. They thought about the small brunet upstairs. They thought about how Mama was acting. Even though they were so confused, he just wanted to help the brunet. Inside they could feel that the brunet was important to them. Mama walked back into the kitchen and said her thank you. They walked to the patio door and saw the kids playing in the yard still. It looked like they were playing hide and seek. They continued to watch them until dinner was ready.
Once they were eating, they saw Mama setting up a plate for the brunet upstairs. They finished eating quickly and Yamamoto took the lead. He asked mama if they could take Tsuna's food, but she didn't answer them. They got up anyways and took the tray off the counter. They headed to his room wondering how the small teen was. They opened the door and saw Tsuna laying in bed, asleep. On the small table in the room was the tray Mama had brought up earlier. It looked untouched like she just set it down and left it. They looked to Tsuna and wanted to wake him, but they let him sleep. They figured Mama was going to keep the kids entertained down stairs, so Gokudera sat on his cot and Yamamoto sat at the desk. They just stared off into space waiting. Waiting on the brunet to wake from his sleep.
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Tsuna's head was hurting, and it felt like it was pulsing. 'Did I fall asleep?' He turned his head to the side. And saw the small table with a tray on it. He just stared at it before sitting up. Once he was up he saw Yamamoto by the window staring out to the orange sky. He looked to the left and saw Gokudera with a book in his hands that he must be reading.
"Umm," he started trying to form words in his head. The two looked up at him startled. "I'm sorry. I guess I was tired. You could have woken me or something. You didn't have to wait here." Tsuna looked away and blushed as he looked at his hands in his lap.
"Don't worry about it," Gokudera said before looking to Yamamoto and then back to his book.
"Yeah, haha, we wanted to rest too. Those crazy kids," Yamamoto laughed as he shook his head. "We're not as young as we use to be. Anyways, your tea is cold and so is the food. Want me to heat it up for you?" Yamamoto said as he got up. He was at the table before the younger teen could answer.
"Wait! It's fine really." He was out the door before he could stop him. Gokudera looked up to see a look on Tsuna's face. Sad or concern? He wondered.
"Baseball freak doesn't listen very well. Let him do what he wants," spoke the silver teen. "Anyways how you feeling? You look a bit pale but you just woke up too."
"Oh, umm. I feel fine really," Tsuna said looking straight into Gokudera's eyes before he looked to where the tray had been. "Did Mom worry?"
"Yeah, a little."
"I see. I feel bad for worrying her," He spoke softly as he leaned against the wall.
"It's no problem. I figured you just needed a nap away from everything."
Tsuna nodded, not sure himself. He felt better, he thinks, but he didn't know why he slept and why he needed to. Yamamoto had returned with the tray, and Tsuna headed to the table to sit at. He began to eat the warm soup. It felt great as it went down his throat and settled into his stomach. Yamamoto and Gokudera stayed silent. They didn't ask questions or at like they were worried. Tsuna knew they were just keeping him from being bothered. Tsuna didn't want them to stay quiet because of him so he decides to talk.
"So Gokudera-kun, how was your job?"
"Oh, I should be getting a call tomorrow about it. Hopefully, I got it."
"How did you get by before?"
"I had a job, but I had a few customers complain about my hair. I had too many complaints, but they gave me a recommendation to another place where it shouldn't matter."
"Wow. I hope it goes well."
"Well you guys, I should be heading out now before it gets dark out. See you guys tomorrow."
"Bye Yamamoto."
"See ya."
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That night Tsuna and Gokudera where on their beds and the two boys slept on the floor in a bundle of blankets and pillows. Ipin decided to sleep with Mama tonight. Tsuna lay on his bed and mind working quickly. He couldn't sleep. He stared at the desk where he rarely went to now. Inside that drawer was the picture. The picture that made Tsuna's body feel heavy and mind feel dizzy. It made him think about the past when he was enjoying life before he was left alone and secluded.
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