Ni hao this is my second fic hahaha ok. There is an A/N at the end, please anticipate it!

[DISCLAIMER] I don't own KHR, Amano Akira does!

It's silent when Tsuna walks into the building, save for a few laptop fans whirring and paper being folded. He takes note of the people surrounding, feeling a little intimidated by the heavy study aura, but he forces himself to take it as motivation.

His hand grips just the slightest bit tighter on his backpack strap as he walks down the study area - students and workers look up briefly to see who was joining, then quickly get back to their work.

Tsuna, he... He's always been self-conscious, worrying about who watches him, and what they think - he feels the need to not let down their expectations, to look his absolute best, always. He's never seen it another way - he's a neat, reserved person in general, but his clumsiness can topple the stats sometimes.

He reaches the end of the row of tables, glancing along at all the students the whole way, when he sees- Is that?

"Hibari-san?" Tsuna whispers to himself - he's not expecting it when Kyoya looks up, a sort-of bored look on his face. His eyebrows raise - surprised to see Tsuna here, out of all places.

Tsuna's about to apologise, but Kyoya pats the desk space next to him, beckoning Tsuna to sit down. There were no more seats around, and he might as well... Tsuna had already spotted his prescence, anyway - it would be rude to just say hi and ignore Tsuna's troubles.

A little jittery, he walks over next to Kyoya and pulls out the chair, settling his backpack next to his feet. Kyoya shuffles his books and stationery to the left, allowing Tsuna a little more space to place all his items. He gives a small nod as thanks, and pulls out a maths workbook.

As soon as he sees the front cover of the book, he feels like packing it away and leaving the library altogether - but Kyoya was there; next to him, even. He didn't want to show the weak-willed, lazy side of him to Kyoya, and it would be rude in the first place.

Kyoya notices the younger boy squirming a little in his seat, an obviously uncomfortable look on his face and textbook still closed. Turning a page of his textbook over, he says, "If you're not going to try to study, then move somewhere else. Consider other people for once."

"N-No, I'm going to study..!" Tsuna insists, reaching forward for a pen. Kyoya doesn't react, but Tsuna understands he needs to get his work done - he'd been putting it off for too long, and for the parts he hadn't left blank, he'd gotten them wrong. All of it.

Something like maths, english, science, art, sport... No matter how hard Tsuna tried, he could never be anything but less than average in every subject. School was a constant energy drainer that was pretty much pointless to Tsuna - the friends he'd met a short time ago made school a little more bearable, but there were always times where he wanted to be alone.

Tsuna had never been alone in his entire life. His parents were caring people, so for his childhood, a single day never passed without his parents doting on him. When he started school, however, they started to bully him. For being weak, small, stupid... Not fitting in with their standards, being a slow learner.

And presently, that was the case. Kyoya was gradually getting irritated at Tsuna and his unenthusiastic seeming attitude towards his work.

Kyoya gives a sigh and reaches beside him, sliding Tsuna's book in front of him. Tsuna is about to protest but he's already looking through the pages, so he decides to stay silent as he leafs through the partially-completed work.

When he's done looking through the work, he hands the book back to Tsuna and stares him down, dead-on. "Either you're lazy, or just plain stupid."

Tsuna's cheeks flare; it's partially not his fault - some people just aren't made for maths, and he was probably one of them. He was an unfortunate soul born into an incapable body...

"L-Look, I really try, okay?" he says, his eyebrows scrunching into a frown.

"If that's what your work looks like when you claim to 'try', then you should work on your grammar too. Did you know that 'trying' wouldn't result in shitty work like this?"

Tsuna doesn't respond, shame filling up his insides, twisting his stomach around and threatening to spill out of him through every pore and hole in his body.

Admittedly, he hadn't so much 'tried', but he'd gotten so frustrated, he hadn't bothered to keep up with the rest of his classmates since the start of the year.

Several eyes had diverted their attention from their studies to the pair - they were whispering, but could be heard clearly since it was so silent in the area. That small boy seemed to be picking a fight with the dreaded and feared Kyoya Hibari - walking within a metre of him, even, would be considered suicide, so it was a wonder how the skylark hadn't snapped yet.

Kyoya sighs, exasperated. "Go find yourself a tutor... You could pass as an eighth wonder of the world at this point."

Tsuna looks down, trying to get himself to cool down a little. "I can't let my mum know - she'd go beserk and try to give me more work, probably. I already can't handle what I get now, and I just... I don't know what to do."

He feels tears panging at the corners of his eyes, and he rests his eyes on his wrists, propping his elbows on the table. "I'm really just naturally born stupid. I'm hopeless - everybody knows, including me. I can't... It's too much, I feel like quitting school."

Kyoya raises his eyebrows, a little surprised. He'd always assumed that Tsuna was just the slow, dumb type - easygoing and worry-free - but apparently not.

He's a bit worried about the boy - a rare emotion for the usually inhumane disciplinary officer - but he doesn't regret what he said.

He opens his mouth to reply and suggest another option, but upon feeling stares towards him and Tsuna, he suddenly - loudly - pushes out his chair and grabs Tsuna's wrist, pulling him along as he walks out of the library, where there's nobody to watch.

Please review, I would appreciate thx. ((jk))

But ye a h, my second fic aw yis! Call me ojii if you wanna ((lame)). Also, haven't gotten to the main plotline yet, so please also anticipate that! Sorry if any characters are OOC, also! I should start writing the second chapter soon, too-!

I planned on making the title of this story "Katekyo Hibari Kyoya" but... goodbye