Author's Note: I don't even know what lead to this one, but oh well. It seemed like something that would happen.
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
I tap my cheek with the back of my pencil as the teacher says that we'll be doing partner work. "Hayashi-chan and Sawada-kun," the teacher calls out.
I turn to Tsuna and smile. "I'll do my best." After Sensei finishes calling out all the pairs, Tsuna comes over to me and pushes a desk next to mine. "Ah, we're doing math right…?" I ask.
"Y-Yeah." He looks worried.
I smile at him reassuringly. "Don't worry. I'm not too bad at this," I reply. I turn to the page and start to write down the answers.
"E-Eh? Wait a second… I don't get what you're doing," Tsuna says.
I stop. "Oh. Uh…I'm sorry. I'll explain what I was doing. We're trying to solve the equations here. So, what you do is put the equation into y=mx+b form."
"Eh? 'y=mx+b form'?" he asks.
I smile and nod. "Right. See how it says '2x+y=5'?" I ask. He nods. "Good. So, in this problem '2x' is like the 'mx' in y=mx+b. The 'y' is still 'y' and the five is the 'b.'" I turn to Tsuna. "What you do is subtract the 2x from the left side of the equation and then move it to the other side of the equation so it becomes 'y= -2x+5'," I say as I write down how to solve it again.
"I-I think I get it…kinda..."
"I see…Hmm…let's try the next one," I suggest. I stare at equation. "…actually, I don't know how to solve this one," I admit. I walk to Gokudera and start, "Um, Gokudera-san…"
The girl next to him looks quite annoyed. "What do you want?" she asks.
Gokudera turns to me. "Tch, it's you."
"I'm sorry…" I say with a kicked-puppy expression. The girl turns away and Gokudera looks to the side. "I was wondering if you could explain to me how to do a problem since both Tsuna-san and I can't figure out how to solve it."
"Fine," he grumbles, "only because you're working with the Tenth though."
I smile a little and nod. "Thank you." We walk back to where Tsuna is and I sit down.
Gokudera looks at the problem. "Tch, you couldn't get this one?" he asks me. "Pathetic."
"S-Sorry about this, Gokudera-kun," Tsuna apologizes.
Gokudera smiles at him. "No worries, Tenth! This is a fairly hard problem!" he says encouragingly. Wow…he completely contradicted himself just now… I stifle my laughter and both Gokudera and Tsuna give me weird looks.
"I-It's nothing. Sorry," I reply as I continue to try and stifle my laughter.
"Sure…" Tsuna replies slowly. "A-Anyways, Gokudera-kun could you start to explain…?" I think I scared Tsuna a little.
"Of course, Tenth! So you factor this like because there's an exponent," he says. "Then after that, you get this as the answer."
"Factoring…?" I repeat slowly. "Could you explain how to factor? I think I forgot how…"
"You'd better pay attention then. I'm only explaining this once. Got it?" Gokudera replies. He seems a little annoyed.
I nod. "Okay." He seems to be slightly pleased that I'm actually paying attention. I wonder why?
As I start to walk home, Tsuna calls says suddenly, "Kirimi-chan."
My eyes widen a little and I'm thankful that my back I facing them. "Yes?" I reply calmly. My expression reverts back to the innocent once before I turn back around. I tilt my head a little to the side.
"I-I've been wondering… You live farther away, but how far away?" he asks.
"Mm…" I start. My mind is racing. How do I answer this…? I can't say that I really live in Kokuyo Land, but I can't say that I live somewhere here either- I'd have no proof… I walk over to them so I don't have to speak too loudly.
"A-Ah, never mind. You look a little uncomfortable," he replies.
"Now that I think about it, you never mentioned your family either," Yamamoto says.
I feel a slightly saddened expression appear on my face. I smile a little sadly. "Well, I could talk about them, if you'd like," I reply.
"Y-You don't have to," Yamamoto replies quickly. His, Tsuna's, and Gokudera's eyes are a little wide.
I shake my head a little. "It's fine. You see, both my parents died a long time ago when I was very young. They were killed in a mass murder incident," I explain. Well, that's not really lying… "I live with my older brother now. He's only two years older than me, so I try to take up as much responsibility as I can…" My eyes widen a little suddenly. "Oh, that reminds me… Onii-chan said that he wanted me to make onigiri for dinner tonight. I have to go to the store to buy the ingredients later." Hm…Onii-chan didn't actually ask for onigiri, but I assume that it would be okay.
"If your brother in in the mood for sushi, you can always stop by my place! You two can have anything you'd like for free," Yamamoto says.
I smile happily. "Really? Are you sure?"
"Yeah, it's fine. I'm sure my old man would let you."
"Thank you!"
I walk into the theater where Onii-chan is as usual. "Onii-chan, I was offered free sushi by a friend."
"Oh? Should we give it a try?" he replies. Onii-chan seems a bit amused.
"Do you want to?" I ask as my hair and eyes turn violet. His "pineapple" hairstyle, as named by Ken, disappears suddenly and his hair becomes violet. His eyes become a matching violet and he pulls his hair in front of his right eye.
"I'll go change into something else and we can head off," he says.
A thought just occurred to me. "What about Ken and Chikusa?"
"They'll manage."
"If you say so, Onii-chan."
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