4] Friends to Lovers!

A/N:TakeTsu and HayaTsu! Yey! Imma be lovin' this dynamic- overt vs. subtle jealousy, and smug.. and, and, flirting, and teasing, and copping feels- damned if Tsuna doesn't not notice it... (This is a very close to MRL-kinda prompt and I'm having a lot of fun with this! ;D So.. yeah, pardon if these lovelies are out of character- the lines between the canon, the fanon and my own head-canons blur. Like, severe Gaussian blur; like 'WTF-does-that-sign-say?-I-forgot-my-goddamned-glasses-AGAIN.' :3 {(Literally my life, guys. I broke my glasses, like 3 times within the span of 2 weeks. :') I make myself sad sometimes. T- T GDI.)}

Ahahahahaha... yeah...

I also suppose I should say I use lover as in 'intimately-affectionate'- um- lovers don't have to be sexual in nature- I tend to use 'lover' in a non-sexual, yet still romantic context.

[{For a change of pace, I'm having tea. I enjoy tea. My BF says I'm a tea snob. *gives a snobby head tilt, sniffs* I'm not sure if I believe that necessarily... c;}]

It was one of those days. Tsuna didn't even need to lift his head from his desk to know it was one of those days. It wasn't even a Monday. No, no.. he woke up earlier than his Kaa-san, was actually able to cook something, made himself a bento, made Hayato and Takeshi lunch too- knowing his best friends' habits already: the baseball idol was up early to help his Pops, but then was out the door to- yeah- a baseball practice, or over to Tsuna's place; while the cryptozoology/UMA fan was up early checking on his weapons- hie!- and walking from wherever it was he lived to the Sawada house- again, hie!- so it really was a good thing Tsuna was up early enough to make breakfast for himself, his mother, his hell-tutor, and his little siblings. Pain in the backside, yes. Worth the smiles from his mother and siblings and the approving nod from Reborn? Also yes. Worth seeing his two most precious friends' eyes light up? Oh, most definitely, yes.

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After ensuring that the house wouldn't burn down if he went to look outside, he went to do just that- see if a certain pair of boys were outside his house. Lo and behold- a certain green-eyed, silver-haired 'demolitions expert' was walking up towards the front gate. From the opposite direction, a certain tall brunette was making good time towards a certain house. And from within said house, the tell-tale patter of feet rang clear to Tsuna: Nana had roused earlier, and had woken up the three little ones- as for Reborn, the hitman had been awake- that Tsuna could tell, anyhow- for a good half-hour before Tsuna himself. Breakfast this morning would be interesting.. in a good way though, Tsuna's instincts assured him; however, that did little to dispel the urge to shudder- he just knew something particularly devious went through his tutor's mind- how, he knew not- but it would involve himself no doubt, and no doubt also involve his Rain and Storm Guardians... 'How is this gonna pan out?' Cue sweatdrop.

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During the... interesting.. breakfast that followed- involving 'thinly'-veiled 'insinuations' of flirtation- cheers Reborn!- and the usual unmitigated chaos that is Tsuna's life. The steps to a successful morning- waking up on time or earlier, making and eating breakfast, dressing for the day, making yourself presentable- you know, morning routines...(Right, right, keep tellin' yourself that, dear, maybe one day it'll stick..)

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After breakfast, Tsuna returned to his room to grab his satchel, sweater and to adjusted his collared shirt, which had somehow been buttoned oddly. 'How did- what? I could have sworn it was buttoned properly five minutes ago...'

As soon as Reborn was certain Tsuna was out of earshot, he turned to the Storm and Rain Guardians- an impish glint in his coal black eyes and a smirk on his face. "I propose a little... game.. of sorts..." He trailed off- that was a hook. "A game?" The boys echoed, interest colouring their voices, "What kind of.. game?" Posed Hayato, slightly wary, having felt a cold tingle down his spine as the diminutive hitman spoke. Takeshi, on the other hand, had a brighter spark of interest in his eyes- noticing this, Reborn's smirk intensified. "The kind of game that will let you finally confess to Dame-Tsuna- and if by any chance you want- say- private time with him.. I won't say no..." Line. The interest in the young mens' eyes intensified, most obviously, the idea of spending some.. private.. time with a certain adorable brunette was.. delectable.. oh yes; letting the object of their affection know of their intent- to love, to kiss, to cuddle, to have and to hold him so, so tightly. The shorter boy was so precious to them. And Reborn could read their emotions plain as day: sinker. He got them, and damn, this is gonna be a fun experience. Get Tsuna into, aha, compromising positions with, say, another boy and see the jealously unfold? Hell yeah. Watch as Tsuna wraps the swordsman and bomber even more tightly around his little finger completely inadvertently? Heh, of course.

As he walked out of his room, Tsuna had the premonition of even more, unparalleled chaos. He shivered.

[{I just discovered the beauty that is apple cider in a cinnamon chai- it is amazing... :D}]

Reborn looks like he's plotting something... That might not be a good thing... Tsuna caught a glance at the absolutely unholy smirk the chibi hitman wore, and immediately he paled, Kami above.. have mercy on my soul... Tsuna also got the impression that if it totally wouldn't ruin his reputation as the greatest hitman on the planet, Reborn would be cackling madly.

The young hitman was of many emotions: confusion- due to being asked to take a fall; incredulity- said fall was to literally bump into a young heir to get his suitors to step their games up; excitement- THE Reborn called him; and apprehension- one of the young heir's suitors was THE Hurricane Bomb Gokudera. And that didn't exactly mean that the poor contracted fellow would survive his 'flirtatious' encounter. Y'know, until he actually met the cute little bugger known as Tsuna Sawada; then the consequences of his mission just kinda blurred out, the more important thing was to break down Tsuna's wall of obliviousness-to-romantic-intent. (He has his work cut out; not that he's gonna be the 'hero'- that distinction goes to Haya-kun and Take-kun.) (Much to his chagrin..)

During his first encounter with the young heir, the hitman wasn't sure how to act to get Sawada's attention. Thankfully, (not for him though, poor bastard), Reborn solved that problem rather underhandedly; he posed a competition, between Iozzo Nico- a young freelancer looking for some cash and entertainment, and Tsuna's Storm and Rain Guardians- Gokudera Hayato and Yamamoto Takeshi; the World's Greatest Hitman proposed that each of the three strapping young men prove their affections to Tsuna, whilst fending off attacks from the other two. Oh brother, this can only end in bloodshed and a headache for Tsuna...

[{Also, did you know Earl Grey tea and vanilla ice cream are, like, one of the best things ever?}]

So... Yeah... This took me like, three months to write out. Also, this is particular section is a multi-parter. It will have a sequel eventually.

So ducks, as always, please, let me know what you think!

Lilac is (over-caffeinated, thusly, the joke is redacted.)

I- I didn't know that was a thing...

Aaanyhow, I'll just be seeing you ducks around,

Ciao for now,

- Lilac