Let's Prove Them Wrong

Part 2

"Y-Yes!"

"Then let's get you home!" Tsuna stood up, offering his hand to the kid who took it in a heartbeat, practically latching onto Tsuna's arm as they started to walk. Reborn followed on the other side of the kid and felt his hand being taken as they walked on.

"So, I never got your name there, little one." Tsuna said as they made their way down the quiet road.

"Haruto Suzuki!" He answered happily, his face that was once blotchy and red from crying clearing up and turning back to his natural shade of lightly tanned.

"What a nice name! My name is Tsunayoshi Sawada. This is Reborn. Do you think you can remember those names?"

"Tsun-Tsuna-yo-yosh-i?"

"Call me Tsuna, please. It's easier to say, isn't it?"

Haruto nodded, smiling a little.

Tsuna led them through the streets, Haruto chatting extremely happily now and talking a lot. Tsuna and Reborn just nodded and added in small comments here and there and Haruto just talked the entire time. By the time they reached the house Tsuna thought was Haruto's, Haruto had told about five different stories.

"Hey, is this your house?" Tsuna asked. He bent down and had a hand on Haruto's back, speaking softly into Haruto's ear as they stopped at the gate. The gate had white paint but the paint was chipping considerably so you could see green paint that used to be the old colour.

Haruto nodded excitedly, pushing the gate open hurriedly and knocking on the door, hopping up and down on the balls of his feet. When the door opened, a women not even the age of thirty opened it, her dark hair tied into a high pony tail and her eyes red from what Tsuna assumed was crying from the tear streaks on her face. She looked down when she felt a small bundle of arms wrap around her thighs, almost collapsing in relief as she had thought she lost her son. She looked up and saw Tsuna and Reborn about to turn to go and called out to them.

"Please, wait a minute! How can I ever repay you?" She called, Tsuna and Reborn looking at each other.

"Take good care of Haruto then?" Tsuna said, shrugging. "You don't need to thank us since we were just doing what was right, Ms. Suzuki."

"Thank you so much. What are your names?"

"I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada. This is Reborn. He doesn't like talking because he's shy." Reborn hit Tsuna upside the head, making him cry out in surprise and pain. "Hey, that's the only explanation since you barely talk to anybody!"

Ms. Suzuki laughed, waving as she sat with her son in her doorway. Tsuna and Reborn waved back before walking off. Haruto hurriedly ran down the steps and through the gate clumsily to Tsuna and Reborn.

"Thank you very much!" Haruto said, bowing to them before hugging Tsuna and Reborn quickly.

"Well, that was eventful." Tsuna said quietly to Reborn as they walked away.

"That is a very big understatement, Tsuna" Reborn muttered back. He turned around and started walking back to the park so he could collect his backpack. He had dropped it on the ground when they were playing tag and he didn't exactly want to leave it there. Tsuna snorted, following Reborn.

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When they got back, they were obviously very dirty as the gravel held in dirt like a sponge. When they walked into the house, Nana peeked around the corner and shook her head.

"I want both of you in the bath and clean before dinner is ready." She called before disappearing again, continuing to cook whatever she was making for supper. If Tsuna had to guess it was probably something like soup.

"Who's gonna go first?" Tsuna asked as they climbed the stairs. Reborn shrugged, not really caring if Tsuna got in first or he did. He took about five minutes anyways so he guessed he should go.

"I will since I don't take long. Don't use any water while I'm in there." Reborn walked out with his change of clothes to the bathroom.

Tsuna sat on his floor and got a start on his homework, finishing his Japanese homework in 15 minutes before moving onto his English. His mother had wondered in, in the middle of him doing his work and sat on his bed, casually talking to him as he did his work.

"So where did you two go before you came home, Tsuna?" Nana asked thoughtfully.

Tsuna put down his pencil and looked up at his mother, smiling a little as he started to explain his recent escapade with Reborn. When he mentioned Haruto and how he was lost, Nana made a small sound of worry.

"I know that boy and his mother. She was quite young when she had him, her then boyfriend walked out when she told him that she was having a baby. He wasn't up for being a father so young. She used to babysit you, you know?" Nana shook her head like she was ashamed that she even had to speak of Haruto's dad.

"She did?" Tsuna asked. He vaguely remembered somebody babysitting when Nana was out with friends, but it was only maybe once or twice that he needed babysitting. Nana didn't really like leaving him home because of how Nana didn't want to miss anything or be a distant parent relying on a babysitter to raise him.

"Yep, she was extremely happy to do it too. I think she wanted practice mothering her own child. I was more than happy to help her when she brought home little Haruto too. You and him played together sometimes when I would give her parenting tips and sweets."

Tsuna made a small sound in surprise as he picked up his pencil again. He explained the rest of the story to her and talked about how Haruto seemed to like the two. Reborn had been done his shower for a while, just sitting outside the door listening to the two talk so he could hear how Tsuna grew up. He decided to walk in now so Tsuna could have his shower already and he himself could finish his own homework before dinner.

Nana smiled when Reborn appeared in the door way. She said that dinner would be ready soon before disappearing out the door. Reborn nodded as he sat at the same table Tsuna had vacated to have his own shower.

Reborn was done all of his homework within the half hour that Tsuna took in the shower. He decided to look over Tsuna's work and see if there was anything wrong he could spot. In the English worksheet Tsuna was given it was about figurative language, a.k.a. Hyperbole, Similie, Metaphor, etc. Tsuna kept mixing up Similie and Metaphor but that was about all that was wrong. So when Tsuna walked back in, Reborn mentioned it, pointing out where he was wrong and explaining why he was wrong.

"I really don't understand English. It's so confusing." Tsuna grumbled.

"You don't need to tell me. I can speak English fluently and I still don't understand how some of the grammar rules work. Why do you even need a colon or semi-colon. It's so stupid." Reborn scoffed, leaning against the edge of Tsuna's bed.

"And the stuff they use in poetry just makes it confusing. But I like some of the Haikus they do since they're clever."

"Says the actual Japanese kid that could do them in Japanese."

Tsuna laughed, throwing his eraser lightly at Reborn. "Shut up. I'm not good at poetry at all. But we study how Haikus and other Japanese poems are used in English. My teacher wants the class to make one too so I think I might get a zero on that assignment."

"Tsuna! Reborn! Dinner!" Nana called from the stairs, walking back to the kitchen. The clink of silverware on the counter was heard as Nana set everything up.

"I could help you with your poem, if you want." Reborn said as they walked down the stairs. "But you also have to help me with my Japanese homework since I've been helping you so much."

"Of course. A fair trade?" Tsuna said, holding his hand out.

Reborn rolled his eyes since Tsuna was acting like this was a drug deal. Reborn took his hand anyways and said, "A fair trade."