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"spoken"

"Foreign Language"

'Thoughts'

#Place

Flashback / dreams

[Written]

~track of time~

(A/N)

{people from Tsuna's mindscape talking to Tsuna, Vice Versa}

Tsuna POV

dragging myself away, I finally reached Cortesia Residence. I never expected to see everyone here. It's just as if they were here waiting for my arrival.

"Tadaima..." I said in whisper.

"Okaeri, Tsuna-nii~!" Riki greeted cheerfully as I flashed a smile. I was thinking on going straight to my bed but I realize that it would take their curiosity. So instead, I decided to take a seat on that empty spot between Riku and Sora-sama.

"So, mind to tell us what were you up to this early morning, Tsuna?" Mizuki-sama asked, grinning.

"Just strolling around..." I replied shortly. before then I shamelessly leaning my head on Riku's shoulder. Feeling exhausted I missed the sight of her face turning bright red.

"Oh really? Coz I'm pretty sure that there's more than that~" Yamada-san teased, which immedietely gaining himself a hard smack from Sora-sama. Nice, I don't even have to reply him...

"Aho-ichi! can't you see that he's tired? Give him a break would 'ya?" she scolded with a thick mark.

"Hidoi~! Sora-chan Hidoi~!" Yamada-san whined childlishly. All the while everyone was sweatdropping with me on the otherhand chuckling softly, turning their attentions to me.

"It's okay, There's nothing to say anyway..." I told them. 'all that I know is that everything is going according the plan...' feeling satisfied, I smiled at myself.

"maa~ since he's smiling, then everything must've gone smoothly" Agata-san said, smiling. I smiled back even though my mind couldn't clearly catched on her saying.

"Hai... indeed it is..." I muttered uncounciously. and before I know it, I've closed my eyes and drifted into dreamland...

Normal POV

Seeing Tsuna's attics, Riku couldn't help but chuckle, "Baka..." She said as she caressed the long bangs that fall freely on those closed lids. "you can just tell us that you're tired, you know?" Tsuna stirred a bit at the touch, but that's it. He didn't get awaken.

It's funny on how fast he fall asleep. But well, that's just a proove that he really had worn himself out...

"Ne, shouldn't we get him to a comfier place?" Sora asked.

"let me handle that..." Mizuki said as he carefully lifted Tsuna to his embrace as he take the sleeping brunet to his own bed. All the while, the rest stayed at the living room...

"Say..." Yakemi suddenly speak up, sounded serious taking all of their attentions. "-should we tell Tsuna that we already know about... eum... that?" She asked carefully.

"I don't think we should..." Surprisingly, it was Kaichi who answered her.

"Eh? why not?" Yakemi asked again.

"think about it. If we're in his position. wouldn't it break his spirit if all of sudden the secret that he had kept for himself all these years all of the sudden revealed just like that?" For once he sounded serious... unlike how he usually is.

"well, he got a poin there..." Riki agreed, with hand on her chin, "I could tell that it's not just by months since he got that. And the fact that I don't know about it until recently, he must have keep it dear. Saying 'Hey, Tsuna-nii, we know about your pacifier!' mostly will shook him to the soul..." she said casually while the others sweatdropped.

"In any case... we all agreed about this, right?" Riku speak up.

Sora, representing them all nodded, "Yeah..." She agreed.

"we shall stay quiet until he tell us himself..."

#Meanwhile with Sawada twins

Normal POV

SFX : *~~SILENCE~~*

Toshi sweatdropped while Tsuki is at loss...

"I can barely recognize this place as kitchen anymore..." Tsuki finally said.

"at least the kids has stopped now..." Toshi replied with awkward laugh.

"You let the kids cook?" Tsuki asked.

"only taking the ingredients and do easy stuffs while I do the chopping and the rest..."

Tsuki raised a brow before then glancing at Toshi's bandaged fingers as well the mess in front of them. Second later he sighed, "well, that explains everything..." he mumbled.

"so, what ingredients that caused the explosion this time?" Tsuki said, staring flatly at his twin

"W-WHA-?!" Toshi exclaimed as he felt offended. "It's not like I did that on purpose okay?! The kids were hungry and I thought I should cook on something! but it ends up- eum..."

Tsuki sighed, "I know that your itention was good, but you do know that worthless in these kind of things right?" (A/N : imagine Tsuki had this face - (¬_¬) )

"H-Hey! what is that suppose to mean?" Toshi shouted.

"well, if you're not then tell me... why in the world you put that metal bowl into the microwave?"

"I was thinking on baking some cake, so once the dough's done I put into the microwave, isn't that just obvious?"

"well here's some news, Captain obvious-" *Thick mark* "-METAL should NEVER be put into a microwave... And why is that? Because it'll explode!"

"-eh? really?" Toshi innocently blinked.

"Then, what about that burned ceiling, were you the culprit too?"Tsuki sighed heavily yet his irritation keeps on rising, especially when he hears his twin's answer.

"e-eum... yes?"Scratching his cheek sheepishly, Toshi timidly admitted.

"I was boiling a water. But since it takes too long I thought of looking at the recipe book, and uh... you can guess the rest?"

*Thick marks* "Fine then! you'll go and clean this mess while I try to cook something!" Tsuki said rolling his sleeves up.

"Eh? you can cook?" Toshi asked.

"well yeah, I mean since I have nothing to do since you guys just mysteriously disappeard. I thought at least I could learn on how to cook... you know? in case Tsuna-nii did come back... I was hoping that it would make him feel welcomed here if at least one of us treated him kindly unlike back in the past..." Tsuki said, smiling fondly. "Besides... I never intended to let him go with other family..."

"how selfish of you..." Toshi commented with a smirk. but no, he didn't mean to offend his twin. Afterall, deep inside he too doesn't want to give Tsuna up to either of Cortesia or Kitsune, and he know that Tsuki knew...

"Indeed..." Tsuki admitted quietly.

"...I've been so selfish in my whole life. I, at least, realize that much... " Tsuki replied softly. "-However... I won't give up on him." he said with a smile.

"-Not before I can help him with everything I could, Not before I tend those scars I created, Not before I forgive myself for my sin... so I thought, why don't I just be selfish once again to regain even little of his happiness?"

Toshi is completely stunned. What Tsuki just said, it sink within him. Toshi know that he's right because once again, he also feels the same way. Tsuki just form it better with his actions...

'all the while... all that I could do is complaint and give up on fate...' Toshi thought, smiling bitterly at himself. 'How pathenic...'

There was a silence that shared between them as they cleaned the mess. It was after some moments later when Tsuki finally asked.

"Oh yeah, I was going to ask you. where are the kids?"

Toshi stopped his doings, "I told them to stay at our room. But, Now that you mention it. It has been too quiet don't you think?"

as soon he said so, they both exchanging glances, blinking twice before...

"Toshi-nii! Go and check on them NOW!"

and thus, Toshi found himself stumbling his way to the said place.

He was about to open the door when he accidently hears...

"You're such a disgrace! a Nuisance!"

"-all you ever do is stumble around and stutter!"

"-Honestly, what does Papa see in you?"

"...pathetic..."

with hand frozened at the door knob and eyes slightly widened, Toshi could only thought of one thing... ' just what is going on, inside?'