Tsuna laughed nervously as he took in his friends shocked expressions.

"W-what?"

He hadn't meant to ask, really it was more like second nature for him to say something in this kind of situation. Tsuna sighed and hung his head, knowing, just knowing it was over. The only friends he had managed to make now knew he was a weirdo who liked to sing. They probably thought he sucked too.

Yamamoto was the first one the break out of his shocked stupor. Grinning widely to the shorter teen and reaching over the table to clap him on the shoulder. Tsuna looked up at him and couldn't help but hope something good was about to happen.

"Tsuna that was awesome!"

Tsuna smiled a little and looked away.

"Not really. I just know that song really well."

Gokudera shook his head.

"I've never met someone who could sing like that."

Tsuna laughed.

"Reborn says Hibari is a good singer."

Both taller teens had the same shocked expression once again.

"Are you serious? Mister I'll Bite you to Death of Violent Encounters can sing?"

Gokudera exclaimed loudly. Yamamoto laughed like it was the funniest joke in all the world, ,and when Tsuna thought about it, Hibari singing was pretty funny. He started to laugh as he nodded to Gokudera. The silver haired Italian broke out laughing as well.

It took them awhile to calm down after the fit of laughter. By the time they all stopped they were panting with lack of oxygen, and watery eyed.

"So if Reborn is a music manager why aren't you in a band Tsuna?"

Gokudera asked curiously from his place on the floor. He looked up at the teen leaning on the table. Tsuna shook his head.

"I don't want to be famous. Reborn doesn't even know I like to sing."

Yamamoto grinned.

"That's cool. Kind of like a secret life."

Gokudera snorted.

"You mean identity. A secret identity."

Tsuna smiled at them.

"Its really nothing."

Yamamoto sat up straight and looked between Gokudera and Tsuna, then grinned goofily at the two of them.

"You guys should put on a concert."

"What?"

Tsuna squeaked. Gokudera glared at the baseball player.

"Not a real one."

Yamamoto laughed.

"Just here in the room. Since we kind of ran out of things to do."

Tsuna looked nervously between his friends. He saw Gokudera glaring at Yamamoto, and when the Italian looked over at him he half smiled. While Yamamoto seemed oblivious to the evil eye he was currently getting.

"I don't know that many songs."

Tsuna answered softly. Trying to politely deny his friends request.

"And Gokudera might not even know how to play the songs I know."

Gokudera smiled to Tsuna.

"I know almost any song I've ever heard. I can hear a song once and be able to play it."

"Wow that's cool."

Tsuna praised. Excited by the fact that Gokudera wasn't only smart but had such great guitar skills. Tsuna was about to say something else when his phone went off. He panicked and scrambled to get it from the table where he left it. It was Reborn. For a moment Tsuna thought about not answering at all, but decided not answering could turn out worse than actually answering. So he picked up.

"Hello?"

"How dare you think of not answering my call."

Reborn reprimand from the other line. Tsuna cringed, and hunched his shoulders.

"I answered."

He mumbled.

"Yeah but it took you four rings to answer. That means you were looking at the ID caller and wondering if you should answer or not."

Tsuna mentally cursed Reborn and his mind reading juju he seemed to have.

"Did you need something?"

He asked innocently. Or at least tried to sound innocent, he knew his voice cracked a bit on his words.

"Don't think you can change the subject that easily. But while we are I need you to come home."

"What! Why?"

Tsuna cringed at his own words. He wasn't supposed to talk back to Reborn, that man had beat that fact into his skull during training enough for it to have stuck. Only he was just so shocked right then he hadn't thought about what he was saying.

"Is that back talk I hear?"

Reborn's voice was smooth and light, but Tsuna knew better and saw it as the unspoken threat it was.

"Not at all. I'll be home soon."

Tsuna sighed as he hung up and then looked up to see his friends slightly concerned faces.

"Its nothing Reborn just wants me to head home already."

Gokudera stood up with Tsuna to collect his things.

"I should head home too then."

He said flatly. Yamamoto made a pouting face as he watched them get ready to leave.

"Awe how sad."

Tsuna laughed and Yamamoto replaced his pouting face for a 100 watt grin.

"I'll forgive you if you promise to sing some more next time."

Tsuna avoided looking at Yamamoto directly as he put a few more things into his bag.

"Sure."

"I don't believe you."

Yamamoto said in a sing song voice. Gokudera threw something he picked up off the floor at the baseball players head. Yamamoto avoided the flying projectile and laughed.

"Che."

Gokudera pulled out one of his many guitar picks and flicked it at the still laughing teen. This time pegging him right between the eyes.

"Stop bugging people about doing things they don't want to do."

Tsuna looked between his two friends as Yamamoto rubbed his wounded forehead, and Gokudera finished getting his things.

"Maybe if you two played while I sang I wouldn't mind."

Yamamoto once again grinned childishly as Gokudera forced a smile of his own.

"Yeah sure."

He said half heartedly. Tsuna and Yamamoto pretended not to notice but they did. There was something more to Gokudera then he was letting on. The only things was figuring out what he was hiding in his blank looks, and violent anger. The other two ignored it for now, figuring if their friend wanted them to know he would have told them.

Tsuna's phone went off again and he pulled it out of his pocket to see it was a text message this time.

You better have left already

He didn't bother replying as he slung his bag over his shoulder.

"Well I'll see you tomorrow Yamamoto."

Tsuna said, waving to the still sitting teen.

"Yeah see you guys later."

He grinned as they showed themselves out. Both teens said good ye to Yamamoto's dad on their way out, and walked in silence for a few blocks. Then it was broken by Gokudera who had mentally been contemplating telling his new found friends about what he was hiding.

"Tsuna there's something you should know…about me."

Gokudera stayed looking at his shoes as he spoke. Tsuna wasn't sure what to say. He had just been thinking about what it was Gokudera was hiding and now he was offering to tell him. It was an understatement to say Tsuna was shocked. Then he saw how nervous Gokudera was and felt bad for greedily wanting to know. Tsuna put a hand on Gokudera's shoulder and stopped walking.

"It's okay Gokudera you don't have to tell me anything you don't want to."

The Italian looked at Tsuna with a thankful gaze and then smiled weakly at the teen.

"Thanks."

Tsuna smiled and started to walk again.

"You should come over today Gokudera. I could use the back up after what I said to Reborn earlier."

Gokudera got a determined looked on his face and hurried to catch up to Tsuna.

"Don't worry about that suit wearing freak so much. I'll make sure you're safe."

Tsuna laughed and nodded.

"That might end badly but thank you Gokudera."

They were quiet for awhile until Tsuna remembered Gokudera playing the guitar.

"Oh yeah I wanted to ask you. Where did you learn to play the guitar? You're really good at it."

Gokudera wasn't used to being complimented when it came to playing the guitar so he smiled brightly to Tsuna.

"I taught myself. I like music and used to play the piano but after an incident a few years ago I left home and stopped playing it. But I got easily bored so I picked up guitar. I don't think I'm that good."

He finished humbly. Tsuna shook his head.

"You're awesome."

He praised. They continued the rest of the way talking about music, and bands they liked. And when they reached the house both of them fell quiet.

It was a wreck. Again. Just like Tsuna had suspected Hibari and Reborn must have gone all out on his poor home. He sighed and motioned for Gokudera to follow him. The silver haired Italian had already gone into fight mode just seeing the house. This time the door was still intact but the inside was a disaster zone. The front window was busted and a lamp was out in the front yard. There was some blood on it too and Tsuna wondered what how that even happened. The living room looked like a tornado went through it. All the furniture, the little of it that was still whole was upturned and the rest was falling apart. Only the sofa was in its proper place and Hibari was unconscious on it, with a stack on paper on his chest.

Hibari looked worse than Tsuna did after serious training with Reborn, but that might have been to the fact that Hibari didn't beg Reborn to stop. He kept going. Reborn was once again sitting in front of the door at the stairs. With his hands bandaged, and a nasty bruise spreading across the right side of his face.

"What is mom going to do if she comes back to the house looking like this?"

Tsuna asked tiredly. Reborn smirked.

"Nothing. Cause she wont see her house like this."

Reborn looked up and saw Gokudera standing behind Tsuna.

"I see you brought one of your little friends with you."

"Ah Reborn you already met Gokudera, Gokudera Hayato. And well yeah Gokudera this is obviously Reborn."

Reborn got a look in his eyes when he heard that name. He thought to himself.

'It can't possibly be the same one. The name is just a coincidence is all.'

Reborn stored the information away for later, and got back to the matter at hand.

"So about cleaning up the house."

He smiled like a villain straight out of a horror movie at them.

"Since you brought a friend he can help too."

He dropped the smile and was once again serious.

"And make sure you put everything back to how it was."

Reborn yawned and turned to head up the stairs.

"I'm going to go take a nap. I leave the rest to you two."

Tsuna sighed. Then looked to Gokudera with an apologetic expression.

"You really don't have to help. I know you probably don't want to clean all this junk up."

Gokudera shook his head.

"No. I want to help you out."

They set out cleaning up the aftermath of the what seemed like apocalyptic battle. When they were done Tsuna for a moment forgot Hibari was on the sofa and almost sat there. He was saved by Gokudera who saw what was about to happen and grabbed Tsuna's arms to stop him.

"Ha ha ha, that could have been dangerous."

Tsuna laughed nervously. He looked over to his watch and saw how late it was.

"You can stay the night if you want. I think Hibari will be here till the morning again too anyway so Reborn won't really care."

Gokudera was about to decline the invitation but ended up yawning instead. Tsuna laughed.

"You can sleep on my bed and I'll get the spare futon from the closet."

They walked up the stairs, and Gokudera refused to make Tsuna sleep on the floor. So he took the futon. It seemed right after their heads hit the pillows they were out. Tired from a stressful day at school, and marathon cleaning. When they got up and left for school the next morning Hibari was gone just as Tsuna had known he would be.

Before they knew it Friday was on them. And it was time for the open call band auditions.