Opening Up – 1827

18.

As Tsuna heard the front door being shut, he snuck the piece of paper out of his pocket. He carefully looked around in case Reborn would pop out of nowhere as always. Once he was reassured, he laid eyes on the note. Tsuna suddenly blushed when he saw that it was the piece of paper he dropped in the Committee room some days ago when Hibari was sick. How could he have written such an embarrassing thing? He placed the note on his desk and sighed. This was only going to make Hibari chase after him more. It was like he was giving him a chance.

But then it wasn't as if Dino and the rest of his friends would let Hibari lay a hand on him. Except that he already had. He seriously considered Hibari's feelings. Tsuna had just recently grasped the fact that the prefect would not give up until he had received what he wanted. Should he comply? He stroked his chin pensively. It was worth a try. Someone who gets something easily gets bored of it. That's what he had learned from Lambo.

"Tsuna, dinner time!" The child yelled from downstairs. 'Speak of the devil.' Tsuna thought.

"Coming!"

"How was your day, dear?"

"It was fine. When did you come back?"

"Oh, just a few minutes ago. I just bought some sushi from Yamamoto-san's store. He even gave me a discount. I want you to give these cookies to him as thanks after dinner."

"All right…" Tsuna seated himself at the dinner table. "Thanks for the food."

As soon as he was done eating and crying from the insane amount of wasabi Lambo had put on some of the sushi, his mother sent him off with a box of homemade butter cookies. Tsuna nodded in silent approval. His mother's cookies were the best.

Yamamoto came to greet him at the door and suggested that he come in. His father was still busy with the customers. Tsuna handed him the package and announced that he was going to leave.

"Wait," Yamamoto stopped him. "About Hibari…"

"W-what about him?"

"He's serious about you."

"I figured."

"So, what did the note say?" He asked, still curious.

"Oh," Tsuna reddened. "It was just something I dropped when I was taking care of him in the Committee room."

"I think that was probably the reason why he fell in love with you in the first place."

"What do you mean?"

"A lot of people fear him." Yamamoto opened the box and took a cookie out. "You're normally scared of him, but you took care of him this time." He popped it into his mouth. "Hm, these are good. Thank your mother for me, will you?"

Tsuna took some time to process what Yamamoto had said. "Then if you were the one who took care of him that day, would he have fallen in love with you?"

"It's plausible, but I think not. I'm not afraid of him, he's just a bit weird. Come to think of it, it's probably just you, Tsuna. You emit this aura..."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

He laughed. "Everyone's after you."

"Liar, no girls like me." He sulked.

Yamamoto merely laughed again and shoved a cookie past his lips. "I'm sure the right person will come along some day. And hopefully it's not Hibari, eh?"

"I have absolutely no intention of dating him! I'm not into Hibari-san. I'm not even into guys!"

"I have a belief that everyone is bisexual. It's just that they prefer one gender over another. You're young, so you're still confused." Yamamoto wiggled his fingers like a magician while Tsuna chewed slowly. "Believe me. Everyone's going to go through a phase."

"If you say so." Tsuna raised his eyebrow. He could never take Yamamoto seriously. "Well then, I gotta run. See you tomorrow."

"Sure do."

"Good night, Yamamoto." With that, he walked out of the house.

It was Friday now, and Tsuna wondered why he was shivering every now and then. He opted to wear the school sweater even though the weather wasn't too bad. The week had passed on rather uneventfully, except for his several encounters with Hibari or the fact that he forgot his homework once.

The end of the school day neared. He walked out of his classroom and was intercepted by Hibari, who just glared at him. Tsuna gave him an awkward smile and walked to the shoe lockers. He was joined by his faithful friends, Yamamoto and Gokudera. They went home together as always and parted ways once they had dropped Tsuna off. He knew they were cautious, but to that extent? Hibari wouldn't stalk him home, would he?

Tsuna dropped his bag onto the ground and decided to put off his homework until the next day. He turned on his computer and looked at the time. Roughly four in the afternoon. He had plenty of time to do what he wanted before dinner. Moving his mouse to click on a program, he made a piece of paper fall off of the desk. 'I'll pick it up later.'

It was now six in the evening. Nana came up to tell him that dinner was going to be soon and kissed him on the forehead, asking how his day had been.

"I'm going to pass the vacuum in your room after dinner, so pick up the big bits of trash, okay? Come down in half an hour for dinner."

"Yeah, okay." He shrugged her off.

He bent down to pick up the piece of paper he had dropped earlier and realized something. This wasn't his handwriting. He frowned and turned the paper around. It was the note that he had wrote about Hibari… He turned it again to check, just in case his eyes were playing tricks on him. The other side, the one he had just seen this very day, had Hibari's writing on it. It was a proposal to go out Friday evening at… Five. 'A date?' He looked at his monitor. It was now several minutes past six. How Hibari would bite him to death for being over an hour late!

He ran downstairs and yelled about how he would be late to dinner. He put his shoes on quickly and grabbed the closest jacket and rushed outside. Hibari had worded his invitation so nicely too! He would be disappointed. He hoped he was still waiting. Tsuna sprinted as fast as his no-good legs would take him to the meeting spot. How he hoped Hibari wouldn't hate him.

Daily life is so boring. Sorry for the lack of updates haha.