(A/N:) I am terribly sorry for the very, very late update and I know none of you would want me to be babbling out excuses but I just want to say that something came up that needed much time to be dealt with.

That aside, I would like to thank one of the reviewers that pointed out that Alaude's hair isn't blond but platinum blond, I already knew of that mistake but I was too lazy to come up with something with a color to properly name his hair. But since some weren't really comfortable with me naming it blond, I decided to change it. But instead of platinum blond, I decided with 'beige' since platinum blond is too long.

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3rd Chapter

Inflexibility is the hallmark of the Tiny Mind.

(Tsuna's Mishaps I)

"He who laughs last thinks slowest."

-One Liners

He delivered a hard punch to the side of the other's jaw and smirked in satisfaction at the sickening crunch that had ensued soon after the punch had landed, guaranteeing a large bruise would form later and the two other individuals that had surrounded him had suddenly dropped down to the ground, bringing down along with them their pride and ego and part of it mostly, their ultimate goal of a certain someone's attention.

The blond was not satisfied though and he grunted out, twisted his body and reached out towards the old fashioned upright coat hanger that stood several meters from the door and lifted it high up from his body, overshadowing half of his face that revealed an eye that was glinting menacingly down upon the two downtrodden individuals whose eyes looked up to him in fear and alarm.

He brought down upright coat hanger, which had now been severed at the tip, revealing a sharp edged bark of wood and not knowing the consequences of his outrageous actions, struck down—

To murderously stab at the slice of strawberry chiffon cake as it crumbled.

"Ah, Hibari-san, here's your tea."

Giotto snapped out of his paradise-like daydream as Tsuna had reached over and placed a small cup in front of the raven that had a fork holding up a piece of cake towards his own mouth. The redhead beside him was looking uncomfortable under the raven's presence and Giotto glared daggers at the sickening ruby eyes that had looked back between Hibari and Tsuna in a silent look that revealed all his inner thoughts. His brother continued to chat in a slightly one sided conversation with the raven that only stared back at him with what Giotto thought was a dumb expression.

He was not pleased.

"Giotto"

Stab.

"Giotto"

Crumble.

"..Giotto"

Stab Stab Stab.

G sighed in defeat at the murderous look in his best bud's eyes, no doubt having another fit taking place in that clouded mind of his. He looked over the brunet who had stood up hastily upon hearing his own fork drop to the ground by accident in a noisy clatter and was clumsily reaching for it from underneath the table while laughing sheepishly in embarrassment. The brunet then quickly sat up straight upon retrieving it, resulting into having his head crash from underneath the table and sending the contents in the small cups to spill.

The brunet blushed to the roots of his hair, apologized numerous times, cleaned the mess in a passing blur and sat back down with his mouth now clamped shut.

An awkward silence followed soon after and G couldn't take the high tension that hung in the air. It made him feel suffocated and bothered, so he stood up, thanked Tsuna for the meal and ran away from the tension like a dog with its tail caught between its legs.

-Out of my mind, back in five minutes-

Tsuna prayed upon the Gods above to open up the floor from beneath him and swallow him whole.

His prayers were never really answered most of the time, really. Not when he knew he wasn't really one of those lucky people out there. He could only bet that he was the type that bordered unto possessing countless amount of bad luck. But there was no fault in being hopeful, was there? And he knew he garnered false hope once again when he saw G stand up to leave the room after murmuring his thanks and leaving like the coward he was. But Tsuna's line of thought had gone alongside with G in his cowardice and he soon stood up after the redhead had left the room. In his haste to stand, his foot got caught in one of the chairs legs and he toppled over himself before falling sideways.

"Wah—!"

He fell forwards in Hibari's direction and the last thing he saw in his blurry haze was the widening of stormy grey eyes. Hibari had caught him while on his chair but because of the weight pushing both of them further backwards, they both fell to the floor in a tangle of limbs. Tsuna stirred after the blur had passed in several seconds and froze when he felt soft lips on his. His eyes widened at the sight of stormy grey eyes so close and he felt the warmth of Hibari enveloping him as they remained a tangle of limbs on the floor. Their lips remained locked, but it wasn't the romantic type of kiss either, it was more of a teeth-to-lips sort of kiss and Tsuna could taste blood on his own tongue and that made him snap out of his reverie.

Blushing to the roots of his hair with a dumbfounded expression he scrambled to stand up but as he did, he felt his body being pulled back forcefully by the tail of his shirt. Looking over equally confused grey eyes, he looked down and to his horror, discovered that the button of his own shirt was caught in the metal clamp of Hibari's belt.

"Ah!—T-that—Wha—?"Tsuna could only sputter out in confusion as he and Hibari remained glued at the waist together. Even as he sat between Hibari's legs while constantly pulling desperately and hastily to save himself from the humiliation, he was not able to pull the button away that remained lock with the metal clamp."I-i-it—…." And soon began to turn into a stuttering mess.

He looked down in defeat and felt his ears redden at the feeling of everyone's attention on him and bit his bottom lip and suppressed the onslaught of the upcoming waterfall of tears of embarrassment.

"It's stuck" Hibari spoke soon after and Tsuna peeked at him from under his brown bangs and reddened once more when those grey eyes peered curiously at him from under his hair. "A-ah, Y-yeah, I-I—you..T-that—S-stuck.—" Tsuna started stuttering again but yelped as he felt hands lifting him from behind. "Hey, Tsu, you all right?" His brother had spoke in a voice filled with concern from behind his ear. But as soon as the blond had pulled him up, the belt had put a stop it by pulling him back forcibly unto Hibari once more and he landed on Hibari again, this time, his face landed on the hard chest of the raven.

Blushing in several shades of red, he quickly sat up halfway trying to crane his neck at his brother's direction. "G-Giotto-nii! I-I-It's s-stuck!" He exclaimed in a voice that had heightened in pitch and hesitantly pointed Hibari's belt and the button of his shirt.

Giotto only stared for a moment, taking in their positions with eyes that momentarily revealed a livid expression for a second before replacing it with a concerned expression. "Wait, don't move so much I'll try…" He crouched amid them on the floor and wrenched his hands in between, trying to pull the button free.

"Hey, I came back—Woah! Never mind…" G had suddenly retreated as quickly as soon as he had popped out.

"It's not what it looks like, Asshole!" Giotto shouted at the direction the redhead had left.

After a few moments, Giotto had finally pulled the button free and it was now hanging by a brittle-looking thread on Tsuna's shirt. "You could've just cut it." Enma had suddenly said aloud, face still in that same dead pan expression of his which Giotto had begun to slowly hate.

"And risk hurting Tsuna? Are you out of your mind?" Giotto muttered at the redhead's direction.

Tsuna hadn't paid attention to the conversation and was slowly helping himself up along with the raven. "S-sorry about that, Hibari-san"

"Hn. It's fine."

"What do you mean it's not what it looks like, dumbass? I could've swore—"G started, popping out of nowhere once again and took in his surroundings: Tsuna looking embarrassed and disheveled with the button of his shirt nearly coming off, his hair sticking out in odd places, Mini-Alaude was looking bored but was staring at the flushed brunet with interest, Enma with that same deadpan expression, Giotto looking ready to murder someone and finally , an overturned chair.

"You know, if I hadn't known Tsuna for his clumsiness I would've made an entirely different assumption regarding how the situation looks like."

"Assume all you want, G. And stop popping out like that. Where'd you run off to earlier, anyway?"

"Just went off for a smoke, no need to get so pissed, man. Alaude called me earlier. He's looking for his lil' bro." he jutted his chin at the suddenly livid looking raven.

Under everyone's undivided attention, Hibari sighed and nodded. "I'll take that as my cue to leave." He said in that deep voice of his and turned to the brunet, silently thanking him as he walked past; making sure only the brunet had heard his parting words.

Giotto glared menacingly when the raven had whispered something in the brunet's ear and he also saw the way the redhead silently inch toward Tsuna with a completely closed off expression.

Tsuna managed a shy smile at the raven and nodded in return. At the retreating raven's back, Tsuna waved slightly and said aloud: "You can come by anytime, Hibari-san!"

Giotto choked.

-Out of my mind, back in five minutes-

It was already around nighttime that the remaining guests dispersed and the siblings were left alone in the now silent neighborhood.

"Tsuna?"

Giotto called out from behind the bathroom door. He spotted the brunet reaching out towards the remote control on top of the high shelf where Giotto had hidden it and glared. "Oi, you're supposed to be studying." The brunet gave a startled yelp and turned to Giotto with wide eyes.

Giotto chuckled at the expression and shook his head. "Just hand me a towel and we'll watch whatever it is you want together." He said aloud and laughed whole-heartedly when the brunet only pouted. "I'm not a kid and besides, you'll only change the channel since you always say I watch boring stuff." He crossed his arms and turned his nose up in a defiant expression. "I won't be deceived again."

"Just hand me a towel if you wouldn't want me strut around naked."

That was all it took to send the brunet bolting out of the room for a towel as Giotto's cackles resonated around the house.

A few hours later, a pouting Tsuna was sitting beside a gleeful Giotto whose hand held the remote control while flicking through random channels. "Giotto-nii!" Tsuna then began to whine at the blond's ear and Giotto settled on a channel that featured a horror movie. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me." Tsuna exclaimed out in exasperation at the smirking blond. "No, no, that won't be working on me, mister. I won't be leaving until I get that remote." Tsuna then began reaching with all his might at the remote that was in the now outstretched hand of his older brother.

"G-Giotto-nii! That's not fair…"Tsuna began mumbling and pouting about the injustice with abusive blonds. "Serves you right for being so short" Giotto stuck his tongue out at his younger brother and turned the volume up when thrilling music began to play. Tsuna only grumbled and sat down with his mouth clamped shut and was soon enough, watching the horror movie with wide eyes that made Giotto mentally snicker.

An idea stuck his mind and he stood up and stretched his arms. "Be right back, I'll go get a drink" Giotto left immediately, stopping the brunet from whatever he was about to say when his mouth opened halfway. "You aren't going to be scared all alone, are you?" Giotto flashed an all too innocent smile that set Tsuna's teeth on edge. "Ah, no. I just wanted to get a drink for myself too—"He began to stand up slowly but Giotto held up a halting hand.

"Ah, you just wait there. I'll go get it for you, hm?"

"O-oh, you're older! I'm supposed to—"

"Nah, as the older one, I'm supposed to do it"

Tsuna sighed mentally in defeat. "Fine, if you insist."

Giotto cackled mentally once more and began to silently weave his plan for the ultimate prank.

Meanwhile, an oblivious Tsuna sat, watching the movie once more with a pillow clutched near his chest. He yelped when the thrilling music suddenly began playing again and the classic telltale of chasing music began. Tsuna knew something was bound to pop out of nowhere and begin that chase frenzy of life and death once more. "G-Giotto-nii?" He began weakly, looking over towards the direction of the kitchen. "Why's he taking so long?"Tsuna began to mumble to himself.

Tsuna began to slowly walk towards the kitchen. "G-Giotto-nii?"He called out weakly once again and winced at the answering silence and tried to proceed further into the kitchen only to find himself being tackled from behind by a face bathed in blood. "W-What—GAH!" The brunet yelped before clumsily slipping on a puddle of red liquid downwards to the ground and bringing his captor down along with him. He swore he heard his captor yell in surprise and he let out an indignant squeak upon realizing it. "G-Giotto—Oomph!" He had fallen to the ground with his captor on top of him and he felt the oxygen leave his lungs as the weight of his captor squished the air out of him.

"Oh, shit. Tsu!" Giotto bolted upright, shaking his suddenly unresponsive brother from beneath him.

So much for the carefully woven plan. Giotto thought disdainfully as he leaned down to check his brother's breathing and yelped out once again when Tsuna made a sound akin to a booming cough followed by sniggers then full blown-out laughter. "Pfft— Oh! I got you good Giotto-nii!" He clutched his middle, turned on the floor and began pounding his fist on the soft rug. Tears of mirth leaked from his eyes when he looked up at the blond who was staring at him with the dumbest expression Tsuna had ever seen. His cheeks puffed to hold the laughter but it burst out into a fit of giggles when Giotto glared at him.

"Ugh, I'm never putting ketchup on my face again "Giotto sighed out, rolling his eyes fondly at the sight of his laughing brother and wiped the leaking contents from his face. "Hah, I never expected you to slip on the puddle. I had originally planned for you to find it and freak beforehand. Damn, should've seen it coming, knowing you as the klutz you truly are."

Tsuna only pouted in return.

Giotto smiled at him gently but when he was reminded of the fact of Tsuna being a klutz; he remembered the incident from earlier this morning and scowled, remembering he had something that had to be dealt with immediately.

Tsuna, seeing the weird expression in Giotto's eyes knew immediately something was bothering the blond and blinked at him in confusion at the sudden shift of his brother's mood. "G-Giotto-nii, I-is something wrong?"

"Come on, help me clean myself up." Giotto began, ignoring the question entirely, before his voice turned slightly serious. "I've got to talk to you about something"

Tsuna raised his brows curiously. "Something?"

"Yeah."

-Out of my mind, back in five minutes-

Tsuna didn't like his brother's silence.

He didn't like the solemn gaze the blond kept shooting at him either.

He could only hope what his brother was going to tell him wasn't going to be something really bad. He didn't know what was going to come and that alone set him on edge. Giotto was too tense, as if he was silently contemplating whether he would talk to him or not.

As they finally finished cleaning, Tsuna looked up hopefully at his brother and attempted to give a smile but it soon fell when Giotto only gazed at him for moment before finally speaking.

"I want you to start staying away from Hibari"

Tsuna froze mid step in his brother's room and could only look at Giotto with a wide-eyed expression. "What?" He said mechanically, voice oozing with disbelief upon what he had just heard.

Giotto sighed. "Look Tsuna, you'll soon be thanking me in the future if you just heed my warning about him."

"What's this about, Giotto-nii? Hibari-san is nice…" Tsuna began slowly, voice gentle. "It's not like—"

"Tsuna, listen. I know something's up that guy's sleeve. I don't like how he is. He looks like he could get you into trouble." Giotto cut the brunet off, trying to prove his point and sat down on the chair near his table with his arms crossed on his chest. Tsuna knew at that moment that this was going to be a very long argument but he didn't want to lose this one since he knew it as something against his rights to socialize.

"But he's the assistant prefect! That obviously points out how he obviously isn't going to lead me into trouble. L-Like Alaude-san…"Tsuna began sheepishly.

"Tsuna, Don't try to prove your point by comparing Hibari and you to Alaude and I." Giotto mumbled quietly before continuing. "You know what I mean Tsuna. He isn't like his brother. He's the type that refuses to listen. From what I've heard, he's a complete closed off and untamable sort of person. Some say Alaude can't control him from time to time and he's dangerous all right, very dangerous. I've seen the way he fights; he'll only get you into trouble Tsu."

"G-Giotto-nii—"

"Tsuna, listen to me. He's a careless fighter and is too used to being alone. When he gets into trouble, he deals with it alone. But what if the guys he beats up come unto you instead? Knowing you're acquainted with him gives them pleasure of knowing they inflicted some kind of pain on him in return for revenge?"

"G-Giotto-nii, I'm not some helpless girl! I can take care of myself just fine!"

Gold eyes were staring right through glassy caramel orbs. "If you could either way, that doesn't explain what happened years back."

He could see the brunet cringe, could see his spine straighten and brown eyes going wide. He could almost feel the brunet's fear wafting off towards his direction and he regretted what he had said for only a second. "Why would bring that up Giotto-nii? W-why would you—?" His voice was quivering and he was clenching his fists in tight grip. The glassy orbs looked up to him in a moment of betrayal that made the blond wince.

"Because I don't want the same thing happening all over again." He said slowly this time, standing up towards the brunet.

When he reached out, his fingers weren't able to brush the warmth of the brunet nor was he able to come near him in any way because the brunet had stepped back and flinched at the upcoming limb.

It felt like a slap and he knew he deserved it because he had brought it up. "Tsunayoshi—"

Tsuna shook his head at him, refusing to listen.

"Why are you so aggravated to not be allowed near him, anyway?" Giotto had suddenly gritted out and he soon realized with regret that that was ultimately the wrong thing to say, for it was made the brunet finally snap.

"You know that's not what I'm mad about Giotto-nii! You're not supposed to take control of me like that!" He spat out bitterly, his fists shaking at his sides. And in a crucial fit of rebellion, stomped on his brother's foot before dashing out into the hall and into his room and slamming the door closed to prove his point.

"O-Ow! W-what the—Tsunayoshi!"

-Out of my mind, back in five minutes-

The next day had come by an uneventful way and Giotto didn't like having to go to class once again so he proceeded to walk towards his usual cubicle that often time smelt disgustingly like strong chlorine, but he didn't mind and continued on his way as he kicked the door to the comfort room open. He had left his brother behind, still feeling bitter after Hibari incident and he needed time to fully clear his mind. He didn't want to lash out on anyone especially Tsuna just to relieve some of his anger.

But G was already in his cubicle by the time he had kicked it open and a scowl was all he got in return as he gazed at the redhead. "What's gotten you so pissed this morning?"

He grunted and kicked at G's leg and the redhead glared but stood up to stand at the cubicle door anyway. "Look, Giotto, you should really start talking to people and not venting out your anger this way."

The blond sighed in defeat at the concerned look on his best bud's face. "Look, it's just about Tsuna—"

"It always is"

"It isn't always like that."

"Look, Giotto, I know you fucked up years ago—"

"Don't talk about that—"

"And I wasn't there when you needed me the most, so were the rest of us—"

"I said don't talk about that!"

"And when I did, I found you protecting the person you swore you would always hate way back—"

"He still doesn't know about—"

"About what? About you not being real brothers or about you being the one that caused him so much grief years ago?"

"Stop it, you're pissing me off!"

"Everyone always pisses you off, that's why you never talk about it to anyone. It's about time you let it out ,Giotto."

Giotto looked sideways, hiding his face from the redhead's view as he hid his solemn-looking eyes under heavy, blond bangs. "Just shut up, G."

The shrilling noise of the bell signaled the start of class and loud footsteps and laughter could be heard from outside of the cubicle but neither of the boys made a move, they only stood there, feeling entirely too numb to do anything at the moment. None of them made any witty comebacks or dirty jokes to crack the ice because they knew that this moment was meant to be a serious one.

After what seemed like an hour to them, G finally spoke up. His voice sounded gruff and old, as if he had been holding in polluted smoke from within his mouth and lungs. "Giotto, go and talk to the others. I don't want—"

"I get it, G." Giotto began, stuffing his hands inside his pockets and gazing at ruby pools. "You don't want the same thing happening all over again."

-Out of my mind, back in five minutes-

(A/N :) Yes, a cliffhanger. Because a story isn't as exciting as it is when you aren't placed at the edge of your seat.

Please leave a review and I will forever love you. (Not when it's a flame though) Constructive criticism is appreciated.

To some of you who were TROLLed at the first part, I couldn't help it. I just wanted to start it with something that would have made you gasp in disbelief or something. LOL.

This story will begin to go deeper and you will soon understand what the hell they are talking about in the next chapters. If you have spotted any corrections, Please inform me.