Let's Prove Them Wrong

Part 4

Funny thing is, is that Reborn thought the same thing.

He was never good at expressing his feelings and emotions so when Tsuna and him started becoming friends, he had no idea what was happening. He knew that Tsuna made him smile and not that half-assed smirk he used, an actual smile. He had no idea how to deal with his emotions like that. How do you even talk about them if he was only close to two people in his life as well?

So Reborn was just a mess inside whenever Tsuna was with him. Whenever he was upset, Tsuna picked up on it and tried his hardest to make Reborn laugh so he wasn't sad. When Tsuna laughed, he laughed with his entire body. Tsuna was only kind to people. He was never mean or rude, even to people that were mean and rude to him in the past. Tsuna would willingly sacrifice his own happiness to make sure other people were happy before him. It were the small things like that Reborn noticed and it was what made Reborn fall in love with Tsuna. He loved Tsuna more than his own family.

Yet Tsuna had no idea since he wasn't exactly the most observant person when it came to himself.

Sitting so close to each other, the romantic tension was extremely obvious and annoying.

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Tsuna's face was clean by now but Reborn was moving and angling Tsuna's head just in case he missed any paint.

It was also an excuse to hold Tsuna's face but he didn't need to know that.

"There you go. Clean again." Reborn said dramatically. He stepped back and threw the face cloth into the laundry hamper that was sitting in the hall way.

Tsuna hopped down from the counter and wiped his hand along his chin to get the small drips of water off. He smiled a little up at Reborn and said, "Thank you for doing that. I could have done it myself so you didn't have to go through the trouble."

Tsuna laughed a little before walking off down the hall. 'I've said too much' Tsuna thought nervously as he flopped onto the love seat in the living room. He looked around the room, smiling a little as he saw the small amount of drawings and handprints on the walls, making the light brown colouring look slightly dingy from the dirt. The dark wood floor boards weren't in better shape but it made things feel homey and warm. Even if there wasn't much room to sit from the toys cluttered around the room.

Reborn just stared at Tsuna questioningly, seeing him lay on the love seat, taking up the entire thing, and close his eyes like he was going to sleep there. He suddenly got an idea and smiled wickedly.

As Tsuna laid there, Reborn flopped onto his legs, cuddling up to Tsuna in the most obscene way eh could, tangling his legs with Tsuna's and using his chest as a pillow. Tsuna's eyes snapped open and he looked like he was about to screech in surprise. It was worth it.

"What are you doing?" Tsuna asked. His voice came out more panicky then he intended and Tsuna cleared his throat.

"Lying down." Reborn said simply.

"That's the, um, the thing. Why are you lying on me?"

Reborn shrugged and moved his head so it rested in the crook of Tsuna's neck. He evened out his breathing and seemed to fall asleep almost in a second, making Tsuna slightly nervous. People didn't usually cuddle up to him like this and he found himself saying random things to help him become less nervous.

"Once I played a game of Truth or Dare at a birthday party last year." Tsuna started off, laughing a little as he remembered this story. "I picked Dare when it was my turn and they told me to kiss the prettiest person in the room. Well, since they said person I picked a boy that I thought was really cute and kissed him. That is also where the rumour that I was gay started funnily enough. People just added in the prostitution part because they would rather ruin my life then help me.

"My mother also told me that she doesn't care I'm gay. It felt nice to hear it from her because she's one of the most important people in my life. She even asked me to explain what I was going through at school and around town and told me she would try to be more understanding. She's even helped me work through some of the bullying so that helps me so much. She even tried to get me to tell her who I had a crush on.

"I lied and said you. Wait, no, I didn't lie really but I said you had the potential to be the person I might like. That's completely wrong though since I like you a lot, Reborn. I'm pretty sure I can't say 'I love you' yet because I don't know if I do. But I think it is close because that's what I think whenever I see you.

"I will never say this to your face when you're awake though because I'm such a wimp. I don't want to be rejected and hurt by you because things would get weird between us and you're really my only friend so I don't want to lose that because I felt the need to make a relationship."

"You really are an idiot, Tsuna." Reborn mumbled. He lifted his head and kissed Tsuna lightly. It wasn't fast or slow. It just happened and it was nice because Tsuna really didn't expect to be kissed. Nobody expects to be kissed though. So when Reborn pulled back and settled down into his original position again like nothing happened, Tsuna was torn between crying happily and crawling under the couch to hide his embarrassment.

Reborn always did enjoy watching Tsuna struggle to find an answer though, so watching Tsuna try and form a coherent sentence was funny. Tsuna's face was ten different shades of red and he was trying to explain what he had just said because he wasn't sure what just happened and if Reborn was actually serious about liking him or if he just did that to get a reaction.

"That's not fair Reborn." Tsuna whined. "You can't just do t-that!"

Reborn just smiled innocently. "Do what?"

"You know! Anyways, how much did you hear?"

"Enough to know that you're completely smitten with me."

"Like I meant for you to hear it." Tsuna grumbled. He tried to hide his face but Reborn just laughed and kissed Tsuna's neck.

"I like you too, idiot."