Ah… sometimes I wonder why I even gave Tsuna a chance as I don't really like Tsuna x Haru but ya know, I should be fair about this. Maybe if I write for him enough I'll grow to like him? I dunno. We'll see.

Without further ado, here is the next chapter featuring Tsuna!

Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer applies to this fanfiction

The King of Given Chances

Today was just another day with Haru taking care of the animals while finding time to study on her own and occasionally get tutored by someone.

It was pretty lonely not being able to be with her friends, but this wasn't that bad either. She got to play around with all of these fun and cute animals after all!

It also worked out in her favor as she wasn't sure if she would be able to look at Yamamoto in the face after what happened last time. Was she that blinded by Tsuna that she didn't notice how he felt towards her?

Then again, Yamamoto was just so laid back, maybe she just didn't realize he was being serious and not acting with friendly intentions?

Regardless of what it was, she wanted to stay away from him for a while, and not going to school really helped out with that.

Since her mind has been a mess for quite a while now, Haru was clearing her mind with crafts! Currently, she was working on making different little things to put on the animals. Bonnets, collars, hoodies, little footsies and whatever else she felt like making.

For Uri, she made a little bonnet with flowers on top!

Making something for the birds was pretty difficult because she didn't want to make something that would hinder their flying like sweaters or hoodies would. So she decided to make a thin little scarf.

She was staring at Natsu, unsure of what to give him. Seeing as he was a lion, it would make sense to make a cape or a crown, right? A cape! That would be adorable! Watching him run around the place and have his cape fluttering around!

As soon as she thought this, she soon discarded the idea when she saw how clumsy the lion cub was. There was also the fact that he was constantly being bullied by Uri.

An image of Natsu tripping, having the cape get snagged on something, and finally choking the poor thing flooded her mind.

The cape was a no go.

"Haru could probably make a cute little crown and give it little holes for your ears to go through so it won't fall off." Haru immediately went to collect all of her fabric and yarn that she had. She was going to knit the crown and then decorate it with fabric and such.

Haru had been working on this for hours upon hours, making random decorations for all of the animals. Some of them didn't seem to care, but some of them didn't seem to like their little gifts from her.

Most of them gave up once Haru gave them a small little pout. They didn't want to make the girl sad, so they gave in and let her do as she pleased.

Uri was more on the selfish side who did what she wanted. She was trying to get her bonnet off of her, but she realized that the bonnet was placed on her head with a ribbon which was dangling in front of her face.

Instead of fighting with the bonnet to get it off of her head, she soon was playing around with it, trying to catch the ribbon.

Ignoring most of the noise around her, Haru was working on the little crown she wanted to make for Natsu. It was a good thing she had made something similar before so all she needed to do was add on to it.

Due to all of the stage plays that she was a part of, she had made many costumes and was able to reuse a lot of them to make even better costumes.

All she had to do now, is make sure the earholes fit on Natsu and then decorate the crown.

Suddnely, she could hear the front door opening and Haru's body froze, anticipating the worst.

Luckily for her, it wasn't Yamamoto, but Tsuna!

"Tsuna-san! Welcome! What is the reason for your visit today?" She asked him.

Tsuna was scanning the area when he first walked in and when Haru called over to him, he looked over at her and smiled.

Rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, "I just felt like visiting again is all." He laughed nervously.

Haru lowered her hands which was busy working on the crown to give her undivided attention to Tsuna. "It's so wonderful of you to visit. Haru was busy making costumes for the animals. Natsu is going to get a little crown because he's a lion-desu!" Haru showed him the work in progress.

It was just like her to make little costumes when she was bored.

That part of her never changed, but it wasn't a bad thing. He was always amazed by how well most of her costumes were made. They were really weird most of the time, but they were still well made, nonetheless.

"Is that so? I'm sure that Natsu would really like it. Have you made things for the other animals as well?" He asked.

Haru blinked a few times, as if not believing what was happening right now.

'Tsuna-san is asking for details? He… never really asks me for more information. What is wrong with him?' Haru wondered to herself.

He normally tried to have changed the topic by now. He didn't seem to care much for her little creations but today he seemed to want to know more?

Was the world ending today?

Still, Haru wasn't going to fight it. She welcomed it! Finally someone other than Kyoko was going to get excited with her about her costumes!

"I made Uri a bonnet and the birds have little scarves as you can see. Roll was given a cute little sweater! I haven't made anything for Gyuudon yet. I will save him for last since he's such a big animal. I plan on making Kangaryuu some mittens, like boxing gloves." Haru started to tell him the details.

Having heard the voice and catching the scent of his master, Natsu knew that Tsuna came for a visit!

He ran into the room and saw that Tsuna was talking to Haru. He quickly ran to his side and sat down patiently.

After three seconds, Natsu sported a shocked expression but also a fearful one.

Tsuna… wasn't picking him up?

He always picked him up.

What was wrong with this master?

Tsuna never ignored Natsu! Betrayal. Denial. Hurt.

Natsu felt all of these emotions and he started to panic on the inside when he realized that Tsuna was paying too much attention to Haru. This was new.

Running around them in a big circle, Natsu finally understood what was going on. Was his master starting to fancy this female?

Even with him running like this, they weren't paying any attention to him! Natsu scrunched up his body and made a huge jump, grabbing what Haru was working on with his teeth and made a run for it!

"H-Hahi! Natsu-chan!? H-Haru is working on that for you! Please give that back-desu!" Haru started to chase the little lion and Tsuna followed after Haru as well, trying to order Natsu to drop the crown.

The rebellious Lion refused to listen to his orders and continued to run.

If master was just going to ignore him, then what he had to do as a good box weapon was to help his master!

Courting females was like a battle, and he had to help!

After running around for a while, Natsu skidded to a sudden halt, bracing himself for impact.

Being unable to stop herself so quickly, Haru tripped over the small Lion.

Noticing this happening, Tsuna grabbed her hand as she fell and tugged in attempts to help her regain her balance, however, as we know, Tsuna is a clumsy guy so he lost his balance from this.

He fell backwards and Haru fell on top of him.

Not wanting to get squashed, Natsu quickly escaped to the side and watched as the two big humans fell to the ground with a thud.

"Itte… Haru, are you okay?" Tsuna asked as he rubbed the back of his head that he hit when he fell.

"Haru is okay-desu. She landed on something pretty soft after all." Haru giggled referring to how she fell on Tsuna. "Are you okay? It looks like you hit your head." Haru reached over to touch the back of his head gently with her fingertips.

She could feel a small little bump forming. That must have hurt.

Maybe they could go and get an ice pack to put on the back of his head?

Haru was busy thinking about what she could do to help him feel better from the fall while Tsuna was thinking 'HARU IS ONTOP OF ME. SHE IS ON ME. WHAT DO I DO? WHERE DO I TOUCH?'

Natsu felt very triumphant with himself so he hopped on top of the both of them.

"GAAAAOOOO!"

He must have felt like he was the king of the humans.

Haru giggled at how playful Natsu was being.

She noticed that he was running around them both while they were talking but she figured that he only did that to get Tsuna's attention. It was weird for him to not take notice of Natsu so quickly when he normally picked the lion cub first thing.

Noting the difference, she didn't do anything to make Tsuna aware of Natsu's actions, wondering how long it would take for him to notice.

That's when Natsu took matters into his own hands and stole the crown that she was working on for him! What a sneaky little thing.

"I bet Natsu was just being rebellious since you weren't paying attention to him." Haru giggled.

"… What are you doing? This is a weird game to be playing with your box animal." Lal Mirch commented.

She finished training in the basement and was taking a small break. She was drinking tea when she heard the commotion. She walked over to see the two teens on the ground with a box animal celebrating on top.

"Gaaaoo! GAAOOOOO!"

That box animal was acting pretty energetically and looked like he had this victorious look on his face, even though he was normally such a scaredy cat.

Haru finally realized she was still on top of Tsuna when Lal Mirch came in and commented on their position and quickly scrambled off of him.

Tsuna laughed nervously and looked away from Haru.

She quickly looked for the crown that Natsu dropped to inspect for damages.

Natsu jumped off Haru's back when she scrambled off Tsuna and he hopped over to Tsuna. "Gao Gao! GAAOOO!"

"Ah… I get it. You've got a good partner, Sawada. He was trying to help you. Next time, just go for it." Lal Mirch gave Tsuna a thumbs up.

Tsuna got red in the face, figuring what Lal Mirch meant. "It wasn't like that! Lal Mirch-san! I just came over for a visit!"

Lal Mirch didn't look so convinced, taking a sip from her warm tea.

Her eyes locked with Natsu's and she could tell what the small feline was thinking.

He was really trying to match the two human teens together.

"I don't think that's what Natsu had in mind. He was trying to help his master find a 'mate' to be happy with." Lal Mirch continued to tease the teen.

"LAL MIRCH-SAN!" Tsuna waved his arms around anxiously, hoping that Haru wasn't paying attention to their conversation.

Haru was too busy paying attention to the crown to notice their conversation. It looked like there wasn't any damage and she could continue making the crown for the little guy to wear later when she finished decorating it.

"Hahi? What is Tsuna-san so excited about?" She wondered.

"I-It's nothing! Nothing at all! Don't worry about it! It's just nonsense!" Tsuna tried to make Haru forget about what they were talking about.

'Nonsense, huh? Saying that to one of your masters?' Lal Mirch felt that it was time to discipline this brat once more.

She walked over and smacked him over the head with her fist and grabbed him by the back of his shirt, dragging him downstairs to the basement.

"It's been a while since we've trained. Come, Sawada. It's time for me to teach you some manners."

"Hiiieeee!"

Haru and Natsu looked at each other, not really sure what just happened. Walking back over to where she was working previously, Haru continued working on the crown and Natsu sat next to her curiously.

He wanted to know what she was doing and he also wanted to get closer to her. Maybe if Haru liked him the most, it would give his master the advantage?

Natsu was priding himself as a good box weapon. His master was so lucky.

Ahh, I don't know why writing for Tsuna x Haru is so difficult and life draining for me. Haha.

I hope you enjoyed this one!

Until next time!

-Neospice12