I'm sorry I didn;t update yesterday...As an apology, I will make a long chapter today!

Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, all rights goes to Amano Akira.

Chapter 5: The Promise

(Tsuna's POV)

I was walking down the familiar street, heading towards my school. As the school's building came into my vision, a shout stopped me.

"Dame-Tsuna! Are you alone again? How pitiful!" a boy who was around the same age as me, who was rather bulky and tall, insulted me.

I continued walking, ignoring him. I shoved my right hand into my right pocket, where my hand felt the silk of my charm. I must keep the promise.

"Oi, are you ignoring me? That's not a good move." he spoke dangerously.

I kept walking, clenching my hands around the charm.

"You've got guts to ignore me, you little crap." he walked towards me. He grabbed my collar by his left hand, and balled his fist in his right hand. I closed my eyes, waiting for an impact. As I was waiting for the punch, I heard a sentence uttered by a feminine voice that must have stopped him.

"Oh, Hibari-san, you're patrolling again?"

When I opened my eyes, the guy was gone. All that was left was my bag that was on the ground and Shina.

Huh? Shina?

"Good morning, Tsuna!" she greeted.

I paused, "Good morning." I greeted back.

I picked up my bag, and slung it over my shoulder.

"Why didn't you fight him?" she asked.

I turned my head to her, my expression confused. "Huh?"

She frowned. "Just because he calls you that, doesn't mean you have to believe it."

I blinked. "Umm, I don't believe it though...?"

"Really?"

I nodded.

"We should really go now. Cause we're almost late if we don't run."

I looked at my watch and my eyes widened.

I ran, without saying a word to her. She giggled and ran with me.

When we reached the shoe locker in the school, I stopped. I hungrily gasped for air. Her too, she was wheezing while holding her knees, looking down. While I looked up.

"We...made...it..." I barely formed the sentence.

"Yeah...good...thing..."

When we finally caught our breath, we took off our shoes and placed them in our respective locker.

We both climbed up the stairs, her talking to me and me replying. Once we reached the hallway, we departed.

"Let's meet at lunch, okay?"

"Really?" I said in disbelief.

"Yeah, why not? You're so weird, Tsuna." she giggled. "At the rooftop, okay? See you later!" she ran.

"Y-yeah!" I shouted, after pausing.

I sighed and walked down the hallway. I never thought that we would be friends. As I kept walking, I suddenly tripped. I rubbed my sore butt, sighed, stood up, grabbed my bag, and walked down the hallway to my room.

I entered the room, not one of them realizing my presence.

"Hey, don't you think Kyoko-chan is so cute?" a guy whispered to his friends.

"Yeah yeah! She's like, the idol of Namimori!" he excitingly whispered back.

"She's like the perfect girl for me!" a guy dreamily said.

My seat was at the 2nd row, right beside the window. I looked to the seat just in front of the door, to see Sasagawa Kyoko. She was smiling at her friend, Kurokawa Hana. She was chatting with her, other than that, nothing.

Then I heard girls gossiping.

"Don't you think Yamamoto is so hot?" a girl gossiped.

"Totally! I would really want to go out with him!" another girl.

"He's in the baseball club! They also said that he was really good in baseball! He's like the Ace!"

"Kyaa! Let's form a fan club for him!"

"We should, we should!"

Now this time, I didn't even bother to see who Yamamoto was.

I looked out the window, with nothing to do.

I saw yellow birds, tweeting mutely and playing with each other. As they played, I brought out my phone. I put it to camera, and pictured them.

The door slid open, and I quickly pocketed my phone.

"Now sit down, everyone. We'll start with the roll call." says the homeroom teacher.

As he called out the students to check their attendance, I turned to the window again, to find both of the birds gone.

I looked up the sky, seeing clouds and a bright sun. I like the sky, it's also very serene like the night sky. Ever since I was a child, I really liked both of them.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi!" the teacher suddenly called.

I jumped out from my seat, standing, I shouted. "H-HAI?!"

They all laughed. "What's wrong, Dame-Tsuna? Daydreaming about Kyoko-chan?" a guy said.

"Now now, students. You shouldn't do that to your classmate." the teacher said, despite his smirking face.

I sat down again, feeling ashamed.

Then class started normally, people teased me, teachers picking me.

Finally, it was lunch time. I walked up the rooftop, holding my obento with me.

I held the door knob, and twisted it open. I entered, and instantly, the wind was blowing. I looked up the sky and shaded my eyes with my right hand from the blazing sun. Once I adjusted, I sat down on the wall on the other side of the door.

I took out my charm, and held it as I prayed. I fiddled with it, tracing the sewed fish-shape on the charm.

Then I saw a fluffy bird, a big fluffy bird.

I took out my phone and took a picture of it. It flew away, and landed on top of my head.

"Hibari! Hibari!" it tweeted.

I stared at it weirdly. Then chuckled.

"You're...a weird one, aren't you?" I talked to the yellow puffball.

"Hibari! Hibari!" it replied.

I slowly reached it, and pat his head. It flew away, after I pet it.

CRACK

I turned, alarmed by the sudden sound.

A petite female was standing, she had orange hair, and was breathing hard.

"Sasa...gawa-san?" I called out slowly. What was she doing here?

"Umm, ano..." she closed the door behind her.

"Did you need something?" I asked her.

"No, nothing." she said. "Can I stay here for awhile?"

"It's okay." I answered.

"Thank you." she smiled again and sat down beside the door.

I took out my phone and browsed through the pictures. I looked up the sky, seeing clouds in a pattern, and the sun was shining down the rooftop. I took my phone out and snapped a picture.

"So you take pictures?"

I jumped.

"Ah, did I scare you? Sorry." she smiles again.

"It's fine."

Then the door opened, and Shina-san was revealed.

"Ah, Shina-san. You're finally here."

"Hm?" Sasagawa-san turned to look at the door.

"Sorry! Class was longer than I expected." she says as she ran to my side.

I nodded. "I-it's fine."

"Thanks for letting me stay, I'll go now." Sasagawa-san smiled and went out of the rooftop.

I opened my bento and took out my chopsticks. We both said Ittadakimasu, and proceeded to eat.

"So, who was the girl awhile ago? She was so cute!" she asked excitingly.

"Just a classmate. She's quite popular." I replied.

"I thought she was your girlfriend or something."

"What? Why would you think that?" I asked.

"Because when I came in, she was so near to you and stuff like that." she explained.

"Ah, that. She was trying to see what I was doing."

"Hm? What were you doing while waiting?" she said curiously.

"No-nothing much." I stuttered. Why did I have to stutter? Maybe it's because I'm a really bad liar.

"Heh, you did something. It's written all over your face." she teased.

"I was just snapping some pictures...that's all."

"Can I see?" she gulped down the food she was munching.

I frowned. "Do I have to show you?"

"Of course. I'll snatch your phone away if you don't show me."

"Okay, okay. I'll show you. After we eat."

"But I'm already done." she showed her empty bento.

I silently passed her my phone, and she took it excitingly.

"Wow! You're good at taking pictures!" she complimented.

"Thanks, but I'm not that good." I said sheepishly.

"No, you are! Just look at this!" she showed me a picture of two small puppies, playing with each other.

I chuckled.

You're like the sun, so bright, so dazzling. Yet, it doesn't hurt my eyes. It enchants me on how you can bring hope and happiness, in my sad world.

Done. Maybe it's not THAT long. So I'm sorry. TAT

I still love you guys.

-Rineguen