(Idk what happened the first time I uploaded it, but here is the correct chapter!)
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It has been almost a month. Twenty-four days to be precise since Tsuna first drew a tuna fish on his arm and he finds this interesting. No, the fish isn't what's interesting, though Tsuna has been practicing his fish drawing skills. He now adds scales to his simple oval and triangle tuna fish. "It adds some flair," Mama said to him. The compliment made Tsuna glow with pride so he's been practicing on numerous pieces of paper his tuna drawing. So much so that his purple marker died out and immediately, Tsuna was whisked away by Mama to the market where there was a sale for lion themed markers so Tsuna and Mama bought several orange ones that matched Natsu.
No! The more appropriate color choice for a tuna fish wasn't what Tsuna found interesting. The fact that Tsuna remembered the exact number of days is interesting.
Tsuna is what his preschool teacher calls an "airhead." He finds it hard to focus in class. His mind wanders. It takes several calls of his name to grab his attention and even when he isn't daydreaming, nothing sticks because nothing that the teacher says processes in Tsuna's head. Tsuna tries. He honestly makes an effort but his teacher writes on the board too much and does too much one-on-one reading. And Tsuna doesn't understand any of it! He can't remember the characters. His teacher always has to correct him on his pronunciation. His classmates laugh at him because of it. So he daydreams. Of days when his father returns home. Of when his mother's smile threatens to take over her face. Of when he won't be laughed at in class. Of when his soulmmate writes back to him.
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It's been one month and thirty days since Tsuna drew a tuna fish and signed "Tuna" on his right arm. Since then Tsuna has grown a few inches taller and had to buy some new clothes and shoes. There have been no signs of his father except for a phone call to wish his "little Tuna fish" a happy birthday even though Tsuna's birthday isn't months in the future. Tsuna's tuna drawing grew scales and several markers have been added to the trash bin. Since then Tsuna has been rocked to bed with his Mama petting his fluffy hair and whispering that he is loved: by his Mama, his Papa, Natsu, and someone out there who loves him enough to draw on their skin just for him.
But if this "someone" loves him, why do they not reply to him? Why do they not write anything else to him? Tsuna never sees the process of the black lines spreading on his skin, but without fail it shows up every day. But his soulmates never writes anything else besides the lines. Tsuna knows he should be reassured by the constant that is the black lines because he has a soulmate. But he isn't. Somewhere, deep down, Tsuna just knows that the markings are not meant for him. They are personal to his soulmate and Tsuna feels like he stumbled onto someone's secret. The thought that his soulmmate isn't acknowledging him hurts but Tsuna is persistent and tenacious. He will not give. Every day he will continue to draw his tuna, until one day, his soulmate's markings are directed to him.
Tsuna lifts his marker from his skin, dusts the drawing with a little bit of baby powder, before saying goodnight to his Mama and turning off the light.
Two months and still counting.
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A/N:
Omigosh I'm so sorry this chapter probably has a lot of grammatical errors but I just wrote this on the plane and wanted to publish it before I had to catch my connecting flight.
A few things on some of my headcanons for Tsuna:
He is a lefty. Why? Because lefties are amazing 3 Where are my fellow lefties?!
(Righties and ambidextrous ppl are pretty cool too)
Second, I've always thought Tsuna had some sort of learning disability. He's a hard-worker at heart so there must be something acting as an obstacle so he can't show his full potential. I'm sorry, I don't personally have a learning disability and had to learn about it via the interweb so if I have at all mis-characterized dyslexia in this case, PLEASE let me know.
Finally, many people are commenting how cute this all is but I've got Tsuna and Reborn going through some tough times (with interspersed cuteness) before the happy ending so please bear with me!
As always thank you for the comments and kudos! Comments and critiques are welcome as always so until next time 3