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I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn nor do I gain any money by doing this. KHR and its characters belong to Amano Akira. Please do not sue me.

Warning:

Yaoi. TYL!80 x TYL!27 (TYL!Yamamoto x TYL!Tsuna). If this subject turns you off, you better press the Back button. Alright, you have been warned. I don't want any complaints, reports, or flames about this story.

Secret Life of A Fudanshi - Chapter 1

"The Awkward Tuna And The Overly Sociable Teacher"

It was around the morning when the 24-year-old brunet, Sawada Tsunayoshi, was sitting relaxed at the Vongola Café, gently sipping his hot caramel latte, indulging his sweet tooth with the creamy delight.

Mmm, this tastes really good.

Tsuna's face turned to a contented smile as he took another sip on his drink. He was sitting on a perfectly comfortable brown sofa, on his favorite booth at the far end corner of the café, with his back pressing the soft cushion, facing the wall, perfectly hiding him away from people. His laptop was on, neatly charged at the booth.

The young brunet guy was wearing a long-sleeved orange-colored button-up shirt, with its sleeves rolled up to his elbows and also a black V-neck sleeveless knitted sweater covering on top of his orange shirt and a pair of dark blue denim jeans. Tsuna let his brown spiky gravity-defying hair as it was because he realized he always looked like he just woke up with a bed hair, so he gave up. His brown doe-like eyes were relaxed and looked happy. This was definitely a good way to start his day.

More people should know that it's really important to start a nice day with a cup of sweet latte. And some quiet me-time.

He often visited this Vongola Café a lot; the waiters here already knew that he was a regular customer here with his favorite order, hot caramel latte.

It's really rare to find a quiet and relaxing café in Namimori when everything is just so modern, futuristic, high maintenance and loud.

He really liked this café because it was relaxing and comfortable. The soft instrumental music echoing throughout the shop really captured the essence of relaxation. And he always picked his favorite booth. Not because he liked to sit on a corner. But because he wanted privacy, so that people didn't see whatever was on his laptop. That's why he picked a secluded place by the corner.

He didn't want people to know that he was actually a fudanshi. That was a term used to describe a boy that liked shounen-ai/yaoi genre, as opposed to fujoshi, a girl that liked boys love. And not only that, he was actually a talented manga artist that specially worked on BL genre! He had already published some of popular works too with the penname Shinoda Tatsu.

If people knew that secret about me, I'd be dead. Definitely. And if Reborn knew that it affected the sale, I would be deader than dead.

And his recent multi-chapter work that was just going to be released was titled, 'But Sensei, This Is So Wrong…' It was about a student at some high school that fell in love with his teacher and they were both having a secret forbidden love that no one...

Actually, scratch that. It was just a R18, porn-without-plot, manga.

That was another twist.

He didn't do Romance. Nope, he didn't. All of his manga works was just plain sex, sex, and sex. That's right. That's what he did, corrupting innocent young girls and boys into liking sinfully explicit yaoi. He wasn't exactly proud of it. But hey, it paid the bills. And mostly, it was because of his evil publisher, the editor-in-chief at Vongola Publishing Company, Reborn, told him to do so.

It wasn't my fault. Reborn was the one who blatantly declined my fluffy shounen-ai manga idea. He even threatened me and said that he wouldn't publish my manga!

At first, Tsuna wanted to just make a light BL manga, having a shounen-ai genre, with just cute kissing between two boys scene. But no, Reborn insisted that many fangirls would prefer an explicit yaoi manga complete with full blown sex more instead of fluffy lovey-dovey scene with no sex.

And that's exactly what he did.

And Reborn was right! Tsuna immediately became popular. His works were booming and sold as quickly as a lightning bolt. Two years later, Tsuna had swiftly become one of the famous, sought-after, mangaka in yaoi community with the author name Shinoda Tatsu.

Who would have thought that my works got popular? And I've become really occupied with works too. I could barely have a peaceful alone time when Reborn is just too busy up on my ears telling me about the deadline.

He let out a tired sigh. He was happy that business was good and booming. But sometimes, he just missed his old self. Drawing scribbles of two hot guys whom he just accidentally shipped kissing romantically on the café tissue. No obligation, no works, no hard responsibility expected on him. He wondered how two years had changed his life so much.

Sometimes, I really miss the old times. I miss just randomly shipping two guys that I see around me. Like those two over there for example.

Tsuna sauntered his eyes over the two guys sitting across of each other on a table at the middle of the café, just in front of the entrance door. He could see one spiky raven-haired guy that was casually drinking his hot cappuccino and a spiky haired brunet with hair shorter than the black haired guy that was eating a cinnamon roll. They were both wearing standard long sleeved shirts, with neckties and pants that looked like they were working in a business office.

They look like best friends. The short spiky black haired guy is taller than his friend, the brunet guy with innocent looking eyes. So the black haired one must be the Seme, because he is taller and has sharp eyes, he is also looking more muscled than the other one, the other one is smaller, so he must be the Uke.

Unintentionally, Tsuna started his shipping game. It wasn't really a game. It's just that he couldn't help himself to start pairing two guys who were sitting closely together as lovers. He then usually decided which one were the seme and the uke, the top and the bottom in a relationship. He was a fudanshi after all. He couldn't help but to do that. Also, it was definitely a good material for his manga.

Since they are best friends… they're probably making out in the office, maybe once and twice in their car or in their apartments. Maybe they live together to cut down the cost? It looks like the Seme is the possessive type though. Maybe they tend to have a minor fight because of it too. And of course, it is always solved by a hot make-up sex later.

He looked up and down, mentally scrutinizing both of them with his eyes. A sudden rush of happiness flooded his chest in one go. He felt thrilled. Excitement was apparent on his face as a joyous smile suddenly printed on his face.

Oh, look. They are holding hands. I knew it. It's totally canon.

There was always this special feeling whenever he realized that his shipping game came true. It made him happy. He was probably overthinking it and there was probably nothing happening between the two guys, but hey, when his ship was set to sail, he couldn't help but to jump on that ship and ride it as well. That's one of the perks of being a fudanshi!

Tsuna had this habit that whenever he started his shipping game, he would completely get too absorbed by his imagination and sometimes forgot about his surroundings.

He didn't even realize someone was standing on his booth, greeting him with a happy Chesire Cat grin.

"Hello!" Yamamoto called ecstatically.

And there he met him for the first time. A tall, young, muscled, handsome looking guy with short and spiky black hair was leaning over his booth. His name was Yamamoto Takeshi, a P.E. teacher in Namimori High school. He had a small two inches long scar on the right side of his chin that captivated Tsuna's attention immediately. The teacher was wearing a long sleeved blue shirt with its sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a pair of matching black pants and black shoes. He wasn't wearing his sports P.E. uniform because he wasn't going to teach P.E. today. In fact, he was going to teach English as a substitute teacher at his school.

"Hi? Are you there?" Seeing that the other guy wasn't responding, Yamamoto decided to greet him again.

"A-Are you talking to me?" Tsuna looked rather dumbfounded as realization struck him fast like a lightning bolt.

"Hahaha! You're funny! Of course, I am." The taller guy laughed freely before he then introduced himself, reaching out his hand to offer a handshake,

"I am Yamamoto Takeshi. Nice to meet you!"

Being the awkward, socially inept mangaka, Tsuna didn't know how to react to the overly sociable gesture. Heck, Tsuna even stared blankly toward the smiling guy wondering maybe Yamamoto had a few screw loose. Why did he even bother talking to him out of the blue? Normally, people would just ignore each other at a café shop, right?

"Ohh… Umm… Nice to meet you too... I'm— Actually, is there anything I can do to help you?" Tsuna tried to give a polite smile towards the raven-haired guy as he reached out his hand to accept Yamamoto's handshake.

Deep down, he was silently hoping that it would be just sufficient for Yamamoto. He didn't want to admit but he didn't really mean it about helping. Not that he was mean or what. He just felt weird and uncomfortable. At the same time, he was afraid that his secret as a fudanshi was going to be found out. No one ever meant that phrase anyway.

"Ohh? Well, that's new. Aren't you going to tell me your name? What do I call you?" Yamamoto leaned closer, curiosity was apparent on his face.

"Umm…" But of course, the sudden closeness was something that Tsuna wasn't used to it. In fact, he just got paralyzed there, unsure of what to respond.

"Come on, tell me your name! I told you mine. Ohh, can I buy you a drink?" He gave his best smile to Tsuna which was then rewarded by an awkward smile from the brunet.

"I… Uhh… Yamamoto-san…" He gulped down the large lump in his throat, trying to find a right response for the question.

He obviously didn't need another drink. He already had one on his table. Why would he need another? But another drink seemed to be just nice too. And it's also free. Everyone liked freebies, right? Tsuna was just too speechless to respond. This was definitely the first time someone ever bothered to interact with him.

"Just Yamamoto is fine! May I sit with you?" Yamamoto politely gestured his hand toward the empty seat in front of Tsuna. He raised his eyebrows inquisitively, hoping to get a yes from the confused brunet.

"Ehh… Uhh… Okay…?" Tsuna was not even sure of what he just said. His face was still looking confused.

Happily, Yamamoto proceeded to sit in front of Tsuna as the free pass had been given. He leaned in towards the brunet, looking over Tsuna's laptop. His face looked intrigued; clearly he was interested with Tsuna.

"Or if you want, you can call me by my first name Takeshi! That sounds a little bit too romantic though. Well, I don't mind. I like it!" The P.E. teacher smiled again as he gracefully chuckled toward the idea.

Tsuna swore he felt his heart stopped upon hearing the husky laughter coming from this hunky teacher. But he quickly dismissed the thought. He didn't want to embrace this feeling.

"Uhm… Yamamoto... Are you flirting with me?" He hid shyly behind his laptop. He could feel blood rushing on his cheeks, making him blush red.

"Hahaha! I don't know. It depends. Is it working?" Takeshi threw a daring smile which made Tsuna to be dumbstruck in admiration.

"Ehh? N-no… I… I dunno..." Tsuna stuttered nervously. He didn't even know what to respond to that. Why would this person flirt with him? He couldn't comprehend the idea.

"Ohh, an awkward answer. Nice, I like that. Are you flirting with me?"

"W-What…? H-How come?" He was not a flirty person. No, he wouldn't even flirt with anyone. The fact that Yamamoto jumped into such conclusion made him feel embarrassed.

"With your awkwardness and shyness? And the blush! I really like that. I think you're really cute."

"N-No… I… I am not…" This time, Tsuna blushed harder than before. He could feel his heart skip a beat for a while. He just got complimented by Yamamoto! No one ever called him cute before!

"Ohh, playing hard-to-get? I like it." Takeshi grinned out a playful smile. As usual, he always viewed everything as a challenge and he was definitely interested to win this one!

"W-What is that supposed to mean? A-Actually… Never mind. T-Thanks for the offer… but… I have to go…" Tsuna knew he had to go away from all of this before he started to act weird. His brain felt like shutting down in moments. Heck, he already felt weird from all of this because his blood rushed in his head, making him feel woozy.

He quickly got up from his seat, hurriedly picked up his bag and phone, exited his booth and walked towards the entrance. He even forgot to put a tip on the table. Or to even bother taking his laptop with him too.

"Hey, wait! You forgot your laptop—" Yamamoto beckoned to Tsuna as he stood up from his seat, turning the laptop towards him. Just when he was going to fold the laptop close, he accidentally looked at the screen and noticed its content.

"Ahh! D-Don't look!" Tsuna turned on his heel as realization slapped him on his face that he accidentally left his laptop. And what worse was Yamamoto accidentally looked at his laptop!

Tsuna rushed to where Yamamoto was, secretly crossing his fingers, hoping that Yamamoto didn't realize what was on his laptop.

"Whoa, for real? You are Shinoda Tatsu? That Shinoda Tatsu? My students talk a lot about you. They said you're one of the biggest—"

"W-Wah! D-Don't say anything!" Tsuna quickly closed his laptop, his breathing was erratic. There was just one thing that he didn't want anyone to know. His secret as a yaoi manga artist!

"Ohh, is that supposed to be a secret? Interesting. I wonder what my students gonna say if I tell them that…" Yamamoto leaned his face closer, making an evil playful smirk towards the smaller guy.

"No way… A-Are you going to b-blackmail me?" Tsuna looked horrified. He knew about blackmailing all too well considering the fact that his evil editor-in-chief, Reborn, was an expert on that.

"It depends. Will you go out with me?"

"W-What? W-Why?" Tsuna gaped in shock, his mouth was wide open. His jaw would probably drop to the floor already.

"Because you're cute? And I find you really adorable with all the blushes?"

"W-What? You came here all of a sudden. Talked to me and looked through my stuffs and now you're asking me to go out with you…? Like on a date…?"

"Is that a yes?" Yamamoto grinned out his best smile.

"N-No… I… uhh… I can't go out with you..."

"Ehh, why not?"

"I just can't!" Tsuna picked his laptop up and rushed to leave Yamamoto. But it didn't end just like that. No, it couldn't end like that. Swiftly, Takeshi put a hand on top of Tsuna's shoulder, to make him stop. He wouldn't let Tsuna to run away. Not before he answered his question!

"Wait, Shinoda-"

"Stop that! D-Don't say that in here! It's embarrassing! It's not even my real name!" The young brunet turned to face Yamamoto with his face flushing beet red.

He wanted shushing the other guy but he didn't want to come out as rude, that's why he went to lean closer instead, so that Yamamoto didn't need to shout across the shop and made everyone know about his secret.

"Ohh, it's not? Well, you didn't tell me your name, so…"

"Huff… I am Sawada Tsunayoshi."

"Great, I'll call you Tsuna! Because Tsunayoshi is too long. Hahaha. Tsuna sounds more adorable and romantic too!"

Takeshi felt somehow happy upon knowing Tsuna's name. He smiled his brightest grin and went to casually sling his arm around Tsuna's shoulder, pulling him into a tight hug.

"M-My personal space…" Tsuna mumbled the words as he could feel his blush was coming up on his face agai.

"Ohh, sorry! Let me introduce myself. I'm Yamamoto Takeshi. I'm originally the P.E. teacher at Namimori High School but now I teach English as well since it turns out I am also good in English!" Yamamoto let go of his hug, respecting Tsuna's complaint about his personal space. He didn't want to intrude too much since they were just getting to know each other.

"Uhh… I'm… I mean… I'm not important… I don't do anything… W-What am I saying here..?"

"You're also Shinoda Tatsu, right? I've heard about you from my students. So, you draw manga? Can I see your works?"

"My manga? N-No! Y-You can't! You mustn't!" Tsuna looked horrified.

"Why not? I already accidentally looked at your laptop back then and I saw the title of your manga that you're working on. Something about a teacher, isn't it?"

"Because…" Tsuna looked down shyly. He didn't know what got into him this morning but he clearly wasn't thinking clearly when he answered Yamamoto's question. Heck, he couldn't even believe that he really was going to tell the truth! No one knew about this!

"Hmm?"

"B-Because that's so not me! I have never even done anything like that. I'm a virgin! D-Don't judge me with what I draw! It's embarrassing! Reality and fantasy are two different things! That's why you can't see it! You just can't!"

-To Be Continued—

Preview of Next Chapter:

"So, you're telling me in your original ending, the teacher is gonna get expelled, jobless, broke, and living all alone, cause of his statutory rape offense? You think people will love something like this? Don't be silly, Dame-Tsuna. Your target audience is high school girls. They don't want a bad ending like this."

Reborn who was Tsuna's editor, demanded him to change the ending to follow the hype.

"But I can't! I just can't draw a love scene. I don't know how. I don't want to! I've never even been in love, okay? That's just wrong!"

"Well, you've never had actual sex either. Or been ball-gagged. Or been raped in a gangbang. But hey, you drew them nicely. So, what's your excuse this time? Is it because of that Yamamoto guy?"

Author's Note:

Today is actually my birthday which is also the same birthday as Naruto. So yeah, Happy Birthday to me! Thanks for always supporting me and my 8027 stories. Your reviews always make my day.

Cheers!