Hey Dark Gothic Lolita here!

Okay this must be the longest chapter I've ever made in the history of all my stories. It took up 17 pages of work on Microsoft word and the font was 12! I'm impressed with myself with this beautiful achievement!

Leo: To be really honest with you, I don't think that they actually care. They might act like they do, but they don't.

Lolita: And what are, the 'I-don't-care-police?' Now, so shut up! This story is a dedication to my ultimate favourite writer who dabbles in my ultimate favourite pairing of all time, The 2786 Project! That's right, give a big round of applause for this awesome writer, the one who inspired me to write a Haru x Tsuna pairing! Acknowledge her everyone!

Leo: I've got to admit it, she is a pretty damn good writer. My favourite being 'Boss and Girl' That is my best one.

Lolita: Mine is 'Haru loves you' I swear, that must be the sweetest thing I've ever read! So beautiful! And readers, If you don't know how I'm talking about, I seriously suggest that you read her Haru x Tsuna stories. They put mine to shame! Disclaimers!

Leo: She doesn't own KHR or any of the characters characters

Lolita: Neither does she! Sorry about any crappy spelling or grammar

Leo: But we both have school for that

Unison: Enjoy!

Colour blind

Chapter one

What is colour? Some people say that it's a whole range of beautiful collisions that brighten up their eye sights or that it makes their whole day and that they wish they were artists. I wish that I got that privilege to see colours. I'm not blind, just colour blind, but I'm not the type of person who goes around blasting all their different problems, I'm just...Haru...Haru Miura.

I like to be happy. I'm just lucky that I wasn't born blind or something and it was just a mild case of being absolutely colour blind, so I'm happy. I truly am! Not many people know that I am and I don't care if people knew.

A new school though. With my father becoming a lecturer at another school, we finally had to move up to another place. A place called Namimori. I'm going to start at Namimori middle on Monday though. A new set of friends and a whole new place of which I know no colour to. I sigh and turn over in my bed just wishing I knew what was going on. Maybe there will be someone there that can teach me all about colours.

"We have a new student today so I want all of you to be kind and show her round!" All of the guys sat up straight at the word 'her' and some even licked their lips. "Do you think that she can come up to par with even Kyoko-chan?" "We'll just have to wait and see!" Haru walked right into the class with a beaming smile on her face. "It's nice to meet you all! Please take care of Haru!" Most of the guys swooned, some girls took a shining to her and some were plain jealous.

"Right Haru, you can sit over there, next to - erm- Tsuna!" Eyes swivelled to the class idiot while some guys glared at him. "Why should dame-Tsuna get the new girl?" Tsuna looked around and shrunk in his seat as he knew that they all got the wrong idea. "I only like Kyoko-chan!" Haru smiled and walked over to the seat next to him. She turned in her seat and beamed at him. "Hello Tsuna-san! Haru hopes that we can get on very well!" Tsuna only shrugged shyly at Haru's loud voice while Gokudera growled in annoyance. Everyone faced the way of their teacher so that the day could begin.

~x~

As the bell went signalling that it was lunch time, Tsuna walked over to Gokudera and Yamamoto. "Let's go to the roof Juudaime!" Tsuna nodded and Yamamoto laughed. Kyoko walked over to them and in Tsuna's eyes she was walking over to them like an angel. "K-Kyoko-chan! Are you joining us today?" The girl giggled and nodded. "Yes, Hana and I will be coming today, won't we Hana?" The stoic girl only gave them a simple glance, sniffed and nodded stiffly. "Yeah, we'll be there Dame-Tsuna. I don't want you spreading your stupidity to Kyoko." Yamamoto had to hold Gokudera back from castrating the girl right there and then.

Tsuna hung his head in shame and failed to notice that Haru was still there packing up her things really slowly. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see that Tsuna went from high spirit to down in the dumps. She couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Kyoko's amber eyes then shifted to Haru and she smiled. "Haru-chan, would you like to join us?" Haru's head snapped up at her and she almost panicked. "What would they say if they found out I was colour blind? I can't!" Haru shook her head with an apologetic look. "Haru is very sorry but she can't do it today. Haru has to err go and talk to the Principle. Maybe next time?" Kyoko nodded her head understandingly and they all left Haru to pack up her things. For some strange reason, every time she looked at Tsuna, it made her heart feel a little jumpy.

She grabbed her lunch and decided that it would be easier if she made her way to the library. That way, she would hopefully come across no one in there.

~x~

Walking through the library, Haru saw that the place was more or less empty. She sighed with happiness. This was good. As she went down the aisle that held some books that could help her study, she heard some sniffing. She paused as though she hadn't heard right, but when she heard it again, she knew that her ears weren't failing her as her eyes were.

Slowly and carefully, she walked round to the next aisle and saw a purple haired girl (Well Haru didn't know the colour of her hair) on the floor crying. Not really knowing what to do, Haru approached the girl slowly and cautiously. The girl must have sensed her because her head snapped up with surprise. Haru was shocked that she had then been caught.

"I err, was just leaving! I'm sorry!" The girl who looked around her age started gathering up her books and grabbed her bag. Before she could stand up and run away, Haru called out to her. "Wait! Haru isn't going to do anything! Haru is new here so she doesn't know what to do..." The girl paused and wiped her tears. "You're new?" She managed to say though she was still sniffing. Haru nodded. "And you want my help?" Haru nodded and shrugged. "If you would like to go, then Haru understands." The girl walked back hesitantly to Haru with a shy smile.

"No it's just that I don't really have any friends. I've only been here a year and I seem to not fit in..." Haru saw the way that she bit at her bottom lip. "Are you maybe bullied?" The girl nodded and looked away feeling ashamed. Haru smiled at her. "Then Haru will be your friend! Between you and Haru, Haru is colour blind. Haru can't see any colours and people thought that Haru was weird. Haru knows how you feel." She held out her hand as though to shake her hand. The second girl hesitated and slowly brought out her hand too. "My name is Nagi Chrome Dokuro," she said slowly as though she had never introduced herself before. Haru smiled. "That's a nice name. Haru's full name is Haru Miura."

Nagi smiled. "You have a nice name too." She then blushed because no one had ever talked to her and she felt weird as though she was saying the wrong thing. "So Nagi, what were you doing back here? Don't you have any lunch?" The frail girl looked as though she was about to cry. "My parents don't really care about me and my twin brother, called Mukuro, goes to another school. When I do have lunch, people grab it and throw it away, but most of the time I never have any lunch because my mother never makes me any."

Haru felt like crying at Nagi's face and story. "Haru is so sorry to hear! Here, Haru has some lunch!" Nagi looked appalled. "I can't have your food!" Haru shook her head and started pulling food out of her bag. "No, no, no! Haru's mum always likes to make food for her and any of Haru's friends, and now you're Haru's friend!" Nagi just stood there staring at the girl in front of her. She couldn't help but smile softly at Haru. "Haru, thank you." Haru merely looked up and smiled. "No worries."

They settled down to eat and Haru remembered something and blushed slightly at the thought. "Wait, what does Nagi know about Tsuna-san? Why do people call him Dame-Tsuna?" Nagi took a nibble of the food, and her eyes widened in amazement that she just about heard Haru's question. "Well, people call him Dame-Tsuna because he has never received any good grades before and he's probably bottom in the whole school. He's always getting picked on." Haru nodded and thought about how Hana practically stripped Tsuna down from his dignity.

"And what about Kyoko?" Nagi swallowed her food before answering. "She's the year's idol. All the guys love her and even the girls respect her. Some girls however just feel intimidated and just talk about her behind her back." Haru sighed and rolled her eyes. "Haru wonders why people are so mean." Although she had only just met Haru, she felt as though they had been best friends forever and that they knew each other inside out. "I know how you feel."

After a while of silence except for the occasional crunch, Nagi spoke up again. "Before I ask this question, I just want you to know that I don't mean it offensively." Haru looked up with eyes that told her that she can carry on. The girl with the eye patch suddenly felt small again. "How does it feel being, you know, colour blind?" She watched as Haru paused and she closed her eye as though she was expecting a slap. After a while, when she realised that none was coming, she opening it slowly to find Haru deep in thought.

"Well, Haru doesn't really know," she said after a while. "Haru was just born with it and the only colours she can see is black and white. Haru knows the names of colours, but Haru has no idea what they look like. Haru means like your hair. Haru doesn't know what that is. To Haru, it looks greyish black. Sometimes, Haru would always wonder how the world would look like if she could see colour." Nagi suddenly felt a wave of pity wash over her. "Haru, I'm sorry I asked." She was surprised to see the girl laugh. "You were just curious. It's not Nagi's fault that Haru ended up like this!"

The bell rang again to signal that lunch was over and the two girls stood up. "So does Nagi think that Nagi and Haru are friends?" The shorter girl paused with shock. When she looked up at Haru's expectant face, she found herself smiling softly. "Yes, I would really like that." Haru squealed and hugged her. "Great! Haru will see Nagi after school then! Ja ne!" Haru sped off leaving the girl and Nagi just shook her head as though it were a dream. She then heard light footsteps coming back to her and when she looked up, she found Haru giving her a sheepish smile.

"So does Nagi-chan think that she can show Haru to room 1-b?

Tsuna was not having a good day, but it wasn't like he ever had one. First of all he was deeply insulted by the boys who were jealous that Haru had ended up sitting next to him even though his eyes weren't even SET on that girl. Then, when he went to have lunch with Kyoko, he was still insulted by hanging around with her. Even Hana, someone who had hung around with them ever since he started hanging around with Kyoko still insulted him! If it wasn't for Gokudera standing up for him and Yamamoto laughing it off, then Tsuna would have probably snapped.

NOW he was being asked a maths question. Juuuust great. Just what he needs to end his crappy day. He stood up at the front of the board and was practically sweating bullets. "Hiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee! What am I supposed to do! I bet sensei is doing this on purpose...Oh wait, he's SMIRKING at me! He knew I can't do it!" Tsuna was trying to battle with his inner self and the whole class started laughing. Deep down inside of him, Tsuna resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He knew that the only person in the class who was actually capable of doing this question was Gokudera and that guy was smarter than the teacher. He just didn't know what the hell the class was laughing at.

He turned round to see people's faces all twisted with smirks and some were just chanting "Dame-Tsuna". Something made him look at Haru's face expecting for her to catch on, but he saw her face twisted into a frown. All of a sudden she stood up and their attention diverted to her with twinkles in their eyes as though they were expecting for her to say something to hurt him. Without even realising it, Tsuna flinched as Haru had opened her mouth, as though he was expecting an insult thrown at him.

"Haru doesn't see why you're all laughing when she has already checked in her textbook. There is nothing on this topic therefore showing that none of you know the answer to this question. Haru thinks that if any of you were to try the question, you would fail so miserably that you would want to die on the spot for attempting such a question. The only time that you can feel smug with yourself is if you have learnt everything from University and you are sitting here now. Because Haru's father is a lecturer, Haru knows this topic very well. Shame Haru can't say much about you all though."

As Haru was talking everyone felt themselves dying on the inside. Now only had they just been owned by the new girl she had hit the nail on the head. They DIDN'T know what the question was all about with the exception of Gokudera of course. Haru wasn't done yet though. Instead, she turned to the teacher. "And you sensei, Haru thinks that it would be extremely wise if you were actually teaching us things that were actually put in our curriculum instead of trying to show up some of us." Without another word, Haru flashed a bright smile at Tsuna and walked up to the board. "Haru would take it from here." Gently, she grabbed the chalk from Tsuna and as their hands brushed against each other, Haru found herself blushing.

Astonished, Tsuna made his way over to his seat. So he WAS right! The class didn't know the answer! As he looked around, he was caught up in glares as though it was his fault that they had just been shown up. Gokudera turned around to glare at them all and they all faced the board in pure fear. Kyoko smiled gently at Tsuna and Yamamoto gave out a snore signalling that he was asleep during he was asleep during the whole ordeal. Hana merely sniffed.

The whole class watched in silence as Haru quietly did the equation on the board. As she finished, she made her way back to her desk smiling once more at Tsuna. As though he was trying to find a way to put Haru to shame, their sensei exclaimed loudly. "Haru you didn't carry this over! From this step it then makes it hard for you to-"

He was cut off from a sharp growl. He looked at the front row to see the silver haired smoker scowling at him and shaking his head. "Just what the fuck are you smoking? The carry over is for the technique where you use graphs and boxes! At least if you're going to teach, show us stuff the right way you fucking moron! I've met FIVE year olds smarter than you!" The man flinched at the sharp tone and Gokudera only turned round to face Haru. "Well done for showing this shit head." He turned back round as though to have a nap and the class just stared on in shock. Haru smiled sheepishly. She knew that Gokudera was the brooding bad boy type and for such a person in that genre to talk to such a plain person as her, it was quite an honour.

The class went on without any more interruptions and the teacher actually taught something for their age. Out of the corner of his eyes, Tsuna couldn't help but watch this new girl who was called Haru. In some ways, he found her quite weird, but not in like a bad way. It was things like how she spoke. The only people who actually referred to themselves in third person were little children which seemed to suit them because they are really cute, or snobby rich kids who called themselves -Sama. It was weird because Haru was none of that. Well maybe she was cute.

Also, the way she had managed to speak out her mind even though it was on the first day. She had basically stripped a teacher down from his status and in a nice way was saying 'I-think-it-should-be-me-teaching-and-you-sit-in-my-place.' It actually made Tsuna laugh a little. The last thing that was weird about her was her smile. It wasn't like Kyoko's smile, all sweet and cute as though it were picture perfect. No, Haru's smile seemed to be perfect in its own way and unpractised, as though it came right from her heart. He then remembered how briefly their hands touched. He blushed because the only female he had ever been so close with was his mother, and that was a rather embarrassing fact.

Haru felt as though someone was staring at her and just as she was about to look up, Tsuna quickly looked down to his page in risk of getting caught. Haru looked at him to see that he was looking down. Ignoring the feeling, she shrugged and carried on listening to whatever her sensei was going on about now.

The end of the day came a little too slowly for the whole class. They were all just glad that they managed to get out of that classroom without stumbling with boredom. Again, Haru just took her time as she packed up all her belongings. She watched as all her classmates were grinning at her for putting their sensei in place. She smiled back saying no problem. Looking out of the window, she wondered what kind of day it would be. Whether the sky was clear or if it was cloudy and what people called dull.

Sighing, she grabbed up her bag and walked out going to meet Nagi. On her way, she passed Tsuna and his friends. "Ahh, Reborn is going to kill me! What will he do when he finds out I did crap?" Gokudera patted Tsuna on the back. "He'll be understanding don't worry! Maybe he'll teach you some more things." Running through both of their minds, they knew it wasn't true. Since when was Reborn understanding?

She passed by and noticed that Tsuna had looked up too and they both caught each other's eyes. Quickly and shyly, Haru turned her head away and so did Tsuna. Haru's pace quickened so that she could get to the school gate faster.

Almost as though she had forgotten how to breathe, she took in a big gulp of the sweet oxygen once she got outside. Trying to stop her heart from beating so fast, she leaned against the wall. "Haru thinks she's in love," she breathed out. She heard a timid little cough that snapped her out of her reverie. Looking jumpy that someone might have heard her, she pushed herself up from the wall and turned round to face whoever it was. She saw her friend from the library.

"Nagi!" The girl nodded and looked down at her feet suddenly. "I'm sorry that I scared you..." Haru waved her hand with a bright smile. "Don't be, Haru was just thinking." Nagi nodded. "About Tsuna, right?" Haru turned the shade of a strawberry and nodded stiffly. Somehow, it made Nagi to laugh. The two girls headed out of the school with their bags in their hands.

"So I heard that you managed to put a teacher to shame." Haru nodded and felt quite proud of herself. "Sensei wasn't teaching the right thing, so Haru decided to teach him how to do his job!" The girls giggled between themselves. After a while of silence, Haru spoke up again. "So where does Nagi live?" The petite girl raised her hand and pointed in the direction of her home. Haru's eyes widened. "That's where Haru has recently moved to too! Now we can always see each other too!" Before she knew it, Nagi was wrapped up in a friendly hug.

The girl blushed at the contact as she had never been hugged before, even by her mother. She was usually known as a freak because of her eye patch. Haru then stopped and her face twisted into a frown. Nagi frowned slightly too. "Haru, is there something wrong?" The dark haired girl nodded furiously. "Yes there is! Haru wants Nagi to come to Haru's house now because of what Nagi told Haru today!" The Cyclops girl let her mouth hang open. "W-what?" The girl managed to whisper. "Haru means it! Haru wants you to come over!" Before she could even say anything, Haru grabbed her hand, smiled and ran off for her house.

~x~

They were sitting on the floor in Haru's room trading stories. "I used to go to Kokuyo junior high with my older brother. We sort of had an accident and my eye was not able to heal, therefore I wear this eye patch. Mukuro on the other hand had a red eye which is seen as unusual, but most people don't say much because they're scared of him. I on the other hand, was a victim for the bullies. Sometimes when my brother was there, he would help me, but I think that after a while he got tired of trying to help and just drifted away. Even at home we don't talk much."

Nagi took a deep breath and carried on, willing herself not to cry anymore. Not ever since she met Haru. "It was as though I was a magnet for bad luck. My brother and my parents just didn't care anymore. After being bullied so much, I had to pay for fake parents to come in and get me into Namimori middle just because of that. When I actually told my parents, they said they didn't care..." She trailed off not knowing how to continue. She shut her eye and willed for the tears not to come. She then felt a warm hand pressed against hers and looked up to see Haru with tears in her eyes.

"It's okay. Just cry." Those words set her right off. She let her emotional dam inside of her break while Haru just petted her.

"How? H-how are y-you so s-strong?" Nagi sat up and wiped her tears staring at Haru with big eyes. Haru wished she could see colour right about now. She felt so awkward. She only shrugged as though she didn't know how to answer the question. "Haru just didn't want to hear what they had to say. Haru knew that she wasn't a freak and that it could happen to anyone, so Haru just ignored it. Most of the time, Haru used to walk around school with music and headphones so that Haru didn't have to hear what they had to say.

"Haru didn't let them break her. Haru fought and fought until my father took up this new job. Haru saw it as an opportunity." She saw Nagi rubbing her eyes and nodding furiously as though she was taking mental notes. "Thank you Haru. I now know what I should do." The other girl only just smiled and nodded. "It's time for some dinner! Would Nagi like to stay the night?" The girl paused then when she looked out of the window in the direction of her house, she grinned and looked back at Haru. "They will never know."

~x~

Nagi had fun at Haru's. Her parents were so caring and when Haru accidently said why Nagi would be staying, her mother quickly made a bed for her to sleep on and made extra dinner. They had fussed and fussed around her until it was enough to make her full for a lifetime. She really enjoyed it.

"So Nagi-chan, does that mean that Haru has told you?" The girl raised her head from the homemade ramen Haru's mother made. She nodded her head. "Hai Miura-san, Haru has told me. I find it so sad that she can't see colour." Both of her parents nodded and Haru's father spoke up. "But, the doctor told us that if we're extremely lucky, Haru can get her full sight back one day in her life!" Nagi's face filled with hope for her friend. "Haru, that's good news!" The said girl looked shocked. Her parents have never told her that!

"Hai, Haru thinks so too!" She then slurped down on her ramen and the broth that was left. "Nagi-chan, when you've finished, let's go to Haru's room, okay?" She watched as the girl with half a mouthful of noodles nodded her head. She grinned and quickly went to go and wash up her bowl.

~x~

"So Nagi-chan. what class are you in?" The girl who was now stuffed for food rolled on her belly in the bed she was sleeping in. "I'm in class 1-b too, but I usually just skip out. You have to be careful when you skip out though otherwise you'll be caught by Hibari-san himself and he won't like that." The brown haired girl watched as her friend shivered slightly. She crossed her arms. "Is he that scary?" Nagi nodded. "Very. And what makes it worse is that he likes to beat people up. He and my brother got in a fight and it came down to a tie. From that day on, they claimed themselves as rivals."

Haru sweat dropped at the sound of someone who likes to beat people up. "What can you say about Gokudera then?" Nagi thought about it. "He's ¾ Italian and ¼ Japanese. His dad is rich and his mum is dead. He has an older half-sister who he more or less hates. She's going out with Tsuna's tutor - don't interrupt." She had seen the way Haru was ready to ask another question so she quickly continued. "Gokudera is an absolute genius despite his juvenile delinquent looks. He plays the piano, but he has a habit of smoking."

Haru nodded. She knew that there had to be something off about him. "Yamamoto?" Nagi piped up again. "School jock and the best player and baseball. I heard that in his spare time he does kendo. He's not particularly bright but he's a happy camper." Haru nodded. She had sort of guessed that. "A-and what about T-Tsuna-san?" Her cheeks flared up as she thought about him. "I've told you about the Dame-Tsuna part. His dad works in Italy while he lives with his mum. He has a distant relative living with him called Lambo. He has a home tutor who knows his dad and is going out with Bianchi. He's really tough on him with his grades but he still doesn't understand it."

Haru nodded as she let all the information wash over her. Tsuna. That was all she could think of. The boy who made her heart pick up in tempo, a boy that seemed to scared of the other people, a guy she just met and a guy who probably won't acknowledge her. She saw the way he looked at Kyoko. It made Haru's smile dim a little. Maybe she should just start off as friends before making it to THAT level of friends.

Tuesday finally arrived and the two girls were on their way to school. As they were talking and giggling like they had been friends the whole time, they came across Kyoko who was talking to a white haired boy. All of a sudden he ran off leaving Kyoko laughing joyfully. As she stopped her eyes locked with Haru and Nagi. She ended up waving at them. "Haru-chan, Nagi-chan!" The two girls had to stop walking for her to catch up with them. "Morning Kyoko-san," both of them replied in unison. Well, Haru's voice was heard and not Nagi's.

"Is it alright if I walk to school with you today? Onii-chan had to go training early." Haru blinked. "That was Kyoko-san's brother?" The girl nodded and Haru grinned. "It must be nice having an older sibling. Haru is an only child." As much as Haru felt like hating the girl, she couldn't bring herself to it. It wasn't HER fault that Tsuna liked her. Besides, Haru was the new girl she couldn't just barge in like that!

The three of them just kept on walking to school with Haru doing most of the talking. She didn't forget Nagi though. Nagi was her best friend and she couldn't do that. As soon as they walked through the gates Kyoko clung onto Haru's arm. "Why don't I introduce you to Hana? I know you'll get along just fine!" Nagi shrunk back. No one had asked her to hang out with them when SHE was new. She found herself dreading what Haru would say. "What if she says yes and leaves me here? I won't have a friend then!"

Her mind was full of all the negative replies that Haru would say that she didn't notice when they said girl was pulling on her jumper. "Nagi? Earth to Nagi!" The Cyclops blinked sharply and stared at Haru. She then let out and unintelligent, "Huh?" Haru grinned. "Nagi was so caught up in her thought that she didn't realise when Haru was calling her! Haru was saying that she told Kyoko that she was going to hang out with you!"

The smaller girl sweat dropped at such a blunt reply. "D-did you really say that?" Not that she was complaining. Haru nodded. "Yes, Haru did! Now we better get to class otherwise that person who you call Hibari-San will come out!" She watched as Nagi shivered.

~x~

Homeroom hadn't yet started but Haru watched out of the corner of her eye as Tsuna was pulling his hair out. She could hear him mumbling about a test that they had before she arrived to the school and that 'Reborn will kill me,' over and over again. She couldn't help but giggle at the boy. She turned round to face Nagi who had finally shown up to class after a week of not attending. Not like they actually noticed.

Haru focused back onto Tsuna. With lack of colours, she could just about tell that Tsuna had dark hair, not quite black and not quite white, and his eyes were a light shade too. He had a sort of baby face that worked well for him, but his body seemed undeveloped for a boy. He wasn't like Yamamoto the sports jock, but he wasn't Gokudera either. Haru didn't care. She sighed softly.

As she faced forward, she couldn't help but notice Hana that was talking to Kyoko. Although she couldn't bring herself to hate Kyoko, she had full on hate for Hana. Who did she think she was downgrading Tsuna like that? Haru almost burst out laughing. "I haven't even been here a week and already I like someone. I'm even defending him!" Haru felt weird. Was this normal? She resisted the urge to roll her eyes at herself. It was just like those typical boy-meets-girl scenario.

Their teacher walked in through the door and everyone settled down with the occasional whisper and the odd look and glance at Haru. The girl grinned. "It looks like yesterday was not forgotten!"

Tsuna turned his head to look at Haru. It wasn't like he like liked Haru, but he did sort of hold some respect for her. Unlike Gokudera who yelled and swore at their sensei, Haru came about it in a dignified manner AND stuck up for him on her first day! He then looked down at his hand. The hand that Haru had brushed yesterday after they made contact when she took the chalk off of him. It was soft and calm too. He had never held Kyoko's hand so he had nothing to compare it too.

He found himself smiling a little bit at Haru's personality. She was the sort of person that Reborn would let into the famiglia to cheer Tsuna on. His face then went grave. There was no WAY he would let her get involved. Nuh-uh. Kyoko was already in it slightly because of her brother, but Haru had no links so it would be easier for her to step out of their world.

His attention was then drawn to the sensei talking about their grades. Tsuna softly gulped and saw the man look at him with disgust. "As usual, Tsunayoshi got the lowest grade. I will save him the embarrassment of actually telling you what percentage he got." The class snickered and Tsuna felt like dying. "No way! I studied hard!" He turned his head and found himself staring into the eyes of Haru. They were both shocked at how they were looking at each other. Feeling stupid with himself, he gave her a sheepish smile.

Haru quickly turned her head to stop the upcoming blush that would have appeared on her face. Tsuna took it the wrong way and thought that she didn't want to be caught looking at the class failure. Dejected, he slumped down in his seat, wishing that he could just curl up and die. Usually, he wouldn't care because he was so used to it, but this time he did. Yamamoto came second lowest and he only laughed it off. He always did.

The scores kept on coming up and then it came down to the highest. Gokudera always came first. Tsuna sometimes thought that he might as well not take these tests. "Next week you'll all have another test. This time, Haru would be joining us." Tsuna noticed the glint in his eye and he knew straight away that it was because Haru had not been here for any of their lessons so she had no notes. Sensei wanted to show Haru up.

Instead of feeling nervous, Haru rolled her eyes out. She really wanted to stick her tongue out, but that wasn't ladylike. There was no way she would act that childish. "Especially in front of Tsuna-san."

~x~

Instead of taking her time to pack up and just watch the group of friends, Haru made her way to the back of the classroom and stood next to Nagi. "So are you going back to the library?" The girl raised her head and nodded. "It's more peaceful there." Haru had to agree. Namimori middle seemed very lively. Waiting for the shy girl to stand up, Haru's head went in the direction of Tsuna. She could see him sitting with his head in his arms and Yamamoto and Gokudera walking out of the room with worried looks.

Telling Nagi that she would be right back, she slowly made her way to Tsuna. He had sensed her three desks back and whirled around to face her. Again, Haru was shocked by such movements. "Are they all trained to sense people coming up behind them?" It baffled Haru how Nagi had sensed her and now Tsuna had sensed her.

Giving her a confused look, Haru walked faster to him. "Err, hello Tsuna-san. Haru couldn't help but overhear you talking about your tutor. Maybe if you don't mind, err, you would like for Haru to help you?" She stood there taking in the black and white picture of her probably new crush. He was taking a while to respond and Haru was getting nervous. "If only I could know the colour of his eyes..."

She found herself sighing. "It's okay Tsuna-san. Haru knows that it's weird for someone that doesn't know you to come and ask you if you need help. Haru will leave." Just as she turned around to walk back to Nagi, she heard a voice call out. "Err, I would actually like that." Haru's eyes widened and she swivelled to face him. She could tell that he was nervous too.

"Ah, I was just a bit shocked that you were asking me. I don't find it weird, trust me." Haru didn't know exactly what he was talking about, but she felt as though weird things happened to him every day. She did find herself trusting him though. She felt like squealing with happiness, but she managed to contain herself.

"So when do you think Haru should come over then?" Tsuna stood up and scratched the back of his head. "Well, today would be nice, but if it's short notice then-" Haru waved her hands. "Haru can do today, it's no worry!" Her bright smile caused Tsuna to stare at her then break out into a smile of her own. Grabbing his bag, he bowed to Haru. "Ah, err, thank you, Haru." Feeling sort of embarrassed that Tsuna had just bowed to her, she had to bow back to make sure she didn't look like an idiot.

"Ahh, no Tsuna-san! It's fine!" The boy who was slightly taller than her smiled again. "Well, if you wait for me at the end of the day, we can go. You can bring Chrome along too." With that, Tsuna walked off leaving Haru to attend to her fluttering heart. Nagi moved over to her gracefully. "Ah, Haru-chan? Earth to Haru-chan!" Nagi found it quite funny how Haru had done that to her earlier this morning. Haru blinked and stared at Nagi. "Oh, Nagi! Wait, do you know who Chrome is? It sounds sort of familiar." Nagi wondered how Haru could revise properly when she couldn't even remember her name. She felt quite hurt at that. Haru then snapped her fingers.

"How could Haru be so stupid! It's your middle name! Ah, Tsuna-san said that you can come over to his house today. Haru doesn't understand how Tsuna-san knows Nagi's middle name though." The two girls were walking out of the classroom when Nagi replied. "It's because that's what my brother calls me. I met Tsuna when I was still Kokuyo. My brother sort of got in a fight with Hibari and Tsuna was there at the time. He had to break it up. I like being called Chrome, but ever since I moved schools, I don't want them remembering me. I even cut my hair to this ridiculous pineapple style!"

Haru had noticed the hair style and in all honesty, she had tried her best not laugh at it. She bit the insides of her cheek and tried to keep a level face. Emphasis on TRIED. "Haru doesn't think that it's ridiculous!" In return, Nagi looked at her as though she was mental. Turning away to focus on where they were going, she replied. "No, you find it hilarious," she deadpanned. "You can laugh, I don't mind." Haru let out a grateful smile and instead just felt contempt with a smirk.

"As long as Nagi-chan KNOWS that it's stupid, then Haru doesn't mind." They both giggled and walked right by Kyoko and Hana. Again, Kyoko gave them a bright look. "Nagi-chan, Haru-chan, why don't you hang out with us today?" As Haru opened her mouth to decline her, Nagi stepped in. "Ah, sure thing Kyoko-chan! We would love too!" The darker haired girl just glared at her while Nagi gave them a small smile, trying to ignore the look she was receiving.

"I don't know what it is that Haru had against Kyoko, but she has to get over it!" Knowing that she had lost, Haru inwardly sighed and nodded. "Hai, we would join you today." Kyoko squealed with delight and Hana sniffed. "I hope you don't act childish." The other two girls just blinked at such a weird comment. Haru almost clomped the girl for being such a downer and she was going to tell her to lighten up when they all heard a voice.

"Why are you all crowding in the hallways? I'll bite you to death." The three girls faces all paled and Haru turned round to see a (probably) black haired boy. Nagi tugged on her arm with a scared look. Haru got the message. "Gomenasai Hibari-san!" His cool eyes just glazed over her and made its way to Nagi. "If it isn't the pineapple. I'm going to fight your brother the next time I see him." Nagi unconsciously stepped back and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't mind I guess." She gulped softly as he stared at her before letting a smirk grow on his lips.

Without even a backward glance, he walked right past them and made his way down the hall. It was as though he didn't even care for the reply at all. As soon as he turned round the corner, they all released the breath that they didn't know they were holding. "Ah, Haru has never been so scared in her life!" Nagi just laughed shakily. "Then count yourself lucky that you haven't seen him fight first hand."

Before they all knew it, lunch was over and they had to return back to class again.

As the end of the day came around, Haru heard Gokudera shouting. "Boss, I'm very sorry that I can't come and assist you today! Please forgive me!" Haru was bewildered as she watched Tsuna's hand shoot out and stand him up right before he could bow down to him. "Must be a daily occurrence." She could see Tsuna getting uneasy. "Gokudera-kun, not here!"

This peaked Haru's interest. Do WHAT exactly? She heard Yamamoto laugh at them both and Gokudera got angry with him. Sighing, Tsuna diverted his attention towards Kyoko. It seemed to be the perfect angle as the sun was shining in all the right places. It seemed to boost the light shaded colour of her hair and it appeared more golden than Dino's! Soon he found himself off in a dream land that he didn't realise when Yamamoto and Gokudera walked right out of the room.

Something then spurred in Tsuna. It didn't really feel right. Although he was having a daydream about Kyoko, there was one figure that kept on being persistent in his world. A girl around the same height as his crush, a big smile and brown hair. Shaking his head, Tsuna came out of his stupor.

He was just in time to see Haru and Nagi walk up to him. "Haru, Chrome! Are you ready to go?" He was just lucky that Gokudera wasn't there otherwise he would start yelling as to why they got to go to his house. "Tsuna-san! Are you ready to go? You seem sort of distracted..." Haru knew why. He was staring at Kyoko.

Haru's smile fell the slightest little bit that no one would have been able to tell that it did, but with Tsuna being the Vongola Decimo, he noticed it. He frowned a little wanting to know why the girl was so sad all of a sudden. "Err, well then you can follow me then."

~x~

They were walking down the road when Tsuna asked softly, "So how is Mukuro, Chrome?" Tsuna knew very well that Chrome and Mukuro were still not on the best of terms. Hell, she came in on the first day with a bucket full of tears! Haru's face too was full of concern. Although she had never MET Mukuro, she could tell that it was a touchy subject.

"Ah, Tsuna he's erm fine. I just haven't seen him in a while now." Tsuna nodded very slowly, but she continued. "And besides, Haru let me stay over at her house yesterday! We live on the same road." Nagi smiled brightly and Tsuna stared. It was the first time he had her seen her happy. He then turned his head to look at Haru. They had only met for a day and already Haru let her stay over at her house? "Yep, Reborn is DEFINITELY going to like her."

By the time they had gotten into his house, Haru had already been embraced by Tsuna's mother. "And what's your name?" Tsuna was blushing at his mum's antics while Haru smiled. "Haru is Haru's name! It's nice to meet you Sawada-san!" Tsuna's mother waved her hand. "Oh please, call me Nana! I'll be up with some snacks soon! I just need to attend to I-pin and Lambo." Haru was baffled by the name LAMBO and even found herself wanting to meet the kid.

When they reached upstairs to Tsuna's room, his face was met with a small shoe. Nagi moved on like it was nothing, but Haru was frozen on the spot. "Itai, tai, tai! Reborn, what was that for?" The little baby had a glint in his eye. "Oh you know why. I am very disappointed by your test results, and I promise you that will be beating every last bit of information into you by next week. Tsuna gulped and so did Haru. She was quite shocked to see that THIS was Reborn, but with the immense power that was flowing from him, she could see why he was scared.

His onyx eye then shifted towards Haru who was standing behind him. "Hmm, who are you?" Of course he knew who she was but he didn't want to scare the poor girl even more. Haru blinked and regained her senses. "Haru is Haru. Haru is here to help Tsuna-san with his maths. So you're Reborn." She looked at him with mild amazement and he smirked from under his fedora hat. "Yes, I am."

Haru stared at how Nagi had moved around the room as though she was used to it and Tsuna was sulking silently. Her curiosity got the best of her. Kneeling in front of Reborn who was a bit surprised by her actions, she stared him right in the face. "Haru wants to know something. What are you and what do you do?" The other two inhabitants of the room froze. Haru had just asked the forbidden question. Tsuna threw a glance at Reborn hoping that he wouldn't let her into their world. Although his fedora hat was in the way of his face, Tsuna could already see the glint in his raven eyes.

But Reborn being Reborn told her flat out. "We are part of the Mafia. Tsuna here is next in line for one of the strongest, if not the strongest Mafia Famigila that ever hit Italy. He will be the next Vongola Decimo." Now if Haru was correct, Decimo was Italian for tenth. Tsuna was already trying to form a great lie in his mind, but thought of nothing. It was all up to Haru to see if she would believe or go ballistic.

They watched as Haru processed the information in her mind. Reborn was slightly amused by such a focused expression. "If only you can be as focused as that, Dame-Tsuna." That was what made Haru flinch. "Why does everyone say that? Tsuna will do well one day so you should just stop calling him 'Dame-Tsuna'!" The said boy stopped dead in his tracks. So she DIDN'T think that about him?

"Well, anyway, Haru has gathered the information in her head and she knows that you are telling her the truth." Nagi fell off of the seat and Tsuna's jaw dropped as his eyes bulged out of his head. "How did you come up with THAT answer?" Her eyes moved over to him before returning back to Reborn. "It's simple. Haru can tell by looking at you that you that you aren't Japanese, I can smell REAL cappuccino from that mug of yours and I bet you're packing a gun somewhere because you give off this mysterious feel about you. You have this sort of authority and strength that can put fear into a nation."

Reborn deep down inside was surprised by such an answer, but on the outside he only gave her a smile. "That, Haru is quite an interesting fact. You're quite observant. Tsuna, I think she'll make a fine addition to the famiglia." Tsuna groaned. "I knew you were going to say that! Just leave her out of it!" Haru blushed. "Does he care for my safety?" She turned to look at her new crush. She saw worry and anger engraved on his face. She knew the Mafia was bad, but was it THAT bad?

"Ah, why doesn't Haru help Tsuna-san now?" All three of them blinked at Haru who had her eyes shut and her mouth turned up into a smile. Tsuna stood down and nodded. "H-hai."

He got the work! He actually got the work! Haru was a lifesaver! The first bit that she taught him was hard and with Reborn sitting there, watching his every moves was a bit intimidating. Luckily, Haru had picked up on this and told him to leave. "It's not that Haru wants to be rude or anything, but Haru thinks that it's best if you were to stay outside." Personally, Tsuna thought that it was a death wish ready to be signed by the Shinigami himself. To his surprise, he smirked and told Tsuna that he could learn something from her.

The next ten minutes was torture. He had pretended that he understood it, but Haru caught on and lectured him. From there, Haru launched into another technique. A technique that even Lambo could understand! (Okay, not that dumb because that's just an insult to Tsuna.)

"If I could, I would kiss her right now!" Realising what he had just thought about, Tsuna found himself blushing heavily. Haru on the other hand grabbed him in a hug. "See Tsuna-san? You're NOT Dame-Tsuna, you're smart in your own way!" His blush doubled from the contact AND from such heart-warming words. "Ah Haru, arigatou!" Haru let go of him and stared him right in the eyes. "Haru does mean it you know? It's no problem."

If she could, Nagi would have laughed at what was going on right front of her face. It was as though they had forgotten that she was there. All the better though. All she needed now was a bucket of popcorn and she was good to go! There was then silence as Tsuna was doing his homework and Haru did hers. Nagi had finished it a while ago.

"Haru, I'm sorry." Both of the girls raised their heads at the only male in the room. "Huh? What is Tsuna-san talking about?" Tsuna put the pen down and sighed as he faced her. "You know what I mean. I'm sorry for you finding out who I am. It must be a bit weird for you. A guy like me all weedy and stuff becoming the head of a Mafia Famiglia that is powerful and strong and well, illegal!" Haru stared at him until she burst out laughing.

"Eh? What are you laughing at?" Nagi giggled too. "Boss, Haru has seen more weird things than that!" The dark haired girl's laugh died down slowly until she was looking at Nagi with pleading eyes. "Nagi-chan, don't-" She shook her head. "You told your parents, we can tell Tsuna! He'll understand!" Defeated, Haru nodded and slumped down low into the chair. "Tsuna-san, what would you say if Haru told you that she was colour blind?" The whole room went silent and Haru shut her eyes not being able to face it.

Tsuna on the other hand was quite surprised. Haru was colour blind? Wow, who would've known? So instead, he let out another unintelligent "Eh?" Shocked by the sound, Haru's head flung up so fast that she almost gave herself whiplash. "Ah, that hurt!" She rubbed her neck and stared at Tsuna. "So, you don't think it's weird, Tsuna-san?"

The boy shook his head. "Trust me, the things that I've seen lately has got me believing that there is nothing in the world is weird anymore." At that precise moment, Reborn decided to come through the door. Pretending that he hadn't heard anything, he whacked Tsuna right on the head. "Heyyyyyyyyyyy! What was THAT for?" The baby shrugged. "You haven't done any training today. Say goodbye to the girls and let's go."

Resisting the urge to groan, he bit his tongue and nodded at the world's strongest hit man. Haru and Nagi packed up their things and silently left. On their way out, they bowed to the only other female in the house. (Bianchi isn't in) "Thank you for having us, Nana-san!" The woman laughed. "It's okay! Bye girls!"

Tsuna couldn't help but look out of the window to the balcony. He watched as the two girls walked home. He sighed and looked at his homework. "That Haru girl sure is something, huh Dame-Tsuna?" The boy with the gravity defying hair nodded with a slight smile. "Ah, yes. I guess she is." Reborn smirked knowing that his infatuation with Kyoko would soon be coming to an end.

~x~

"So does Nagi-chan think that she would want to spend the night over at Haru's again, or would her parents want you home?" Haru looked really worried for her friend. "Haru, they wouldn't care, but I do need to go home and gather some things." Her companion nodded her head and Nagi led the way to her house.

Once Nagi had opened the door, she grabbed Haru and they ran up to her room as quickly as possible not wanting to come across the rest of her family. Shutting her bedroom door behind her, the one eyed girl sighed. "Okay Haru-chan, we'll be quick and then we'll run out of here." The said girl then gave her a sheepish look. "Actually Nagi-chan, Haru needs to use the bathroom..."

Nagi almost died. "Can't you wait till we get to your house?" Haru shook her head and gave her anime style tears. "Haru has been waiting ever since we were at Tsuna-san's house! I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of TSUNA!" Nagi sweat dropped and waved her hand in her face. "Okay, okay! It's down the hall on the left! Just be quick, okay?" Haru muttered something about being as long as she wanted to when it came to toilets and Nagi rolled her eyes. "HURRY!"

Haru made her way cautiously to the toilet and bolted the door shut really fast. After relieving herself, she wanted to run back to her friend's room but instead, she slammed right into someone's chest. "Oof!" was all she could say. Prying herself off of the person, she came face to face with someone with a startling blue eye and a crimson red eye. In other words, Haru was mesmerized by how he could have two different coloured eyes with two different shades. "Hmm? Why don't you take a picture, it would last longer," was all she heard him say with slight amusement in his voice.

Haru gulped softly and let out an inaudible 'uh-oh'. "Ah, you must be Mukuro-san hai?" The male nodded his head. "Oh, okay...Haru is going now..." Before she could make her way around him, she soon found herself blocked off. "Seeing as you know me, I would like to know how you are and why you're in my house." Haru felt like whimpering and wanted Nagi to come and help her.

"Haru is Haru and she is a friend of Nagi's!" The Nagi look alike let out a weird laugh. "Kufufufu. I see that Chrome has some friends then. Really weird. And you talk in third person, how cute." The older male started peering down at Haru and the girl felt herself shying away. "Y-you must be Mukuro-san. Err, how nice for Haru to meet you!" Okay, now Haru understood why Nagi was so scared of him. He was freaking intimidating, brother or not!

Nagi, who was worried that Haru wasn't back yet, went out into the hall to see her brother smirking at her friend. "Mukuro-nii-san," she said in a quiet voice. The said boy turned round to look at his sister. "Oya, Chrome. I see you made a friend in the school of that skylark. Finally becoming strong then?" His sister shied away and suddenly Haru was angry. She tapped Mukuro on the shoulder, waiting for him to turn and face her.

"Haru doesn't think that is very nice!" *SLAP!* Nagi's eyes widened and so did Mukuro's. Haru puffed out her cheeks. "Humph, Haru wants you to apologize to your sister." Tapping her foot with her arms across her chest waiting for him to apologize, he stared at her with his mismatched eyes. When he wasn't making any movements, she gritted her teeth. "I'm waiting." He smirked at the younger girl and whirled round to his sister. "You've got a nice friend here. I'm sorry I guess. And you, Haru," he said turning back to Haru, "I wish to know you more." He leaned in dangerously close to her as though he was going for a kiss, he said, "BOO!"

Jumping out of her skin a little, she glared at him and walked past him. "Come on Nagi, we're going." The single eyed girl stared between her friend and her brother who was still laughing. "Wow, Haru that was amazing!" They went back into Nagi's room to collect her stuff and walked right out. This time, Mukuro was downstairs as they both ran out of the door.

"I can't believe you did that Haru!" Haru was shaking. "I'm sorry if it would earn you more harsh treating at home, but Haru didn't like the way he was treating you!" She bit down on her lip not knowing if she had made the situation better or worse between Nagi and Mukuro, but Nagi clapped her hands. "Other than Hibari-san, I have never seen anyone stand up to him like that! It was amazing Haru! Thank you!"

Haru grinned at her. "It's okay!" A far distance behind Nagi, Haru could've sworn that she saw something moving. As they walked, Haru squinted her eyes as it. It looked like a flame, but this wasn't an ordinary flame. Her eyes widened as she gasped. Nagi looked at her. "Is there something wrong?" Haru shook her head quickly. "No, I thought I was going to burp." Nagi giggled and Haru smiled as she looked back in the distance. She had seen someone with a flame on their head. If that wasn't the thing that had worried her, it was something else.

The flame on their head had colour and Haru has never seen colour.

Phew, that was a whole lotta writing going on in there! I might make the next chapter long like this, or it might be short, who knows?

Leo: I know that I don't and I really don't care.

Lolita: Well no one was asking you were they? I hope I did well with this chapter guys, because I would love it if you all kept on reading it!

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