TEMP-HIATUS WARNING: Details below in author notes.

K-Chan: HELLOOOOO~~ IT'S A CAPPY DAY TODAY~

Kayla: *Pats K-Chan* Hyper today are we? Anyway want to explain why this fic is on temp. Hiatus?

fK-Chan: Ah! Yes! We've got 2 things we plan on focusing on more. A Secret Santa exchange gift for the 8059 Club on dA and we wanna focus more on our 11th gen cuties in "Choices of the Future Familia"~ Read it if you haven't already~ ;3

Kayla: Yep, don't worry, we are going to continue this fic, after we have a few more chapters of CotFF up since that is going to be a really long one and we want to have our characters more established.

K-Chan: Yup yup! Hopefully by then we'll know who Miki likes so we can precede accordingly XD

Kayla: Hehe, we'll figure it out, soon, both pairs are cute darn it! XP

K-Chan: They are~~~ anyway~ Disclaimer?

Kayla: Right right!

Disclaimer: We don't own this awesome series, if we did, Yamamoto would be out of the hospital by now!

It had been a little over a month since Gokudera's birthday, and they had continued their little pattern everyday. Yamamoto was currently behind the counter fixing sushi for some of the customers, glancing up at Gokudera every once in awhile to check on him, sighing when he would look up and see Gokudera smoking, 'I really wish he would get rid of that habit...'

Gokudera continued what he had been doing as he smoked. He didn't really notice the glances his way much until he glanced up to see Yamamoto sigh. "What is it?" He asked after writing something down.

Yamamoto looked back up at him when he heard the other question, "Ah nothing Gokudera, you don't have to worry about it!" He smiled up at him not noticing what he was doing, "Ow!" He looked down to see he had cut his finger slightly. "Oh no, ah I need to take care of this!" He mumbled as he tried not to panic.

Gokudera got up at hearing the other's exclamation. "Are you ok?" He asked as he moved over to where Yamamoto was. "Let me see your hand" He said once he was close to the counter, "Come out here so I can look at it" he added and waited for the younger boy to comply.

Yamamoto nodded and walked around the counter, showing Gokudera his finger, "It's not to bad see?" He smiled trying to hide the tinge of pain he felt from it, "It should heal quickly!"

"Tcht. You're obviously pained; let me look for a bandage." Gokudera said as he went about and tried to find a bandage and disinfectant to clean the cut. He searched a few moments as Yamamoto's finger bled before getting frustrated "Gaaah screw this! Give me your hand again! Now." He said as he turned back to Yamamoto with a scowl.

"Huh? Gokudera what are you doing?" Yamamoto asked him confused as held his hand out to Gokudera, still trying to ignore his pain. "Really Gokudera it'll stop in a second."

"Shut up and let me take care of it." Gokudera replied before taking the younger's hand and licking the cut to stop the pain and bleeding. "There, now where do you keep bandages and that crap?" He said once he pulled away and went to look around again.

Yamamoto's face lit up a bit at Gokudera's action, turning his head away a bit, shocked by the older's actions, "Ah... they... they are in the cabinet under the sink in the back I think. Ah... thank you for helping Gokudera!" He said as he smiled up at him shyly.

"Got it, Hold on." Gokudera replied before going around nabbing what he needs and then returns. "Hold out your hand again." He said once he came back and held out his own for Yamamoto's, *disinfectant ready to be used before placing a bandage on the cut.

Yamamoto carefully placed his hand back in Gokudera's, ready for the oncoming sting of the disinfectant he knew was coming, "Gokudera is being so kind and helpful today!" He said happily.

"It's important for your hands to be in the best shape possible, isn't it?" Gokudera replied, remembering that the other liked playing baseball for his team in his school and that the boy's hands were important in that aspect. He quickly applied the disinfectant and wiped it away swiftly before wrapping a bandage around the injury with acute efficiency and stood back. "There you go, all wrapped up now" He said and ruffled Yamamoto's hair a bit. "Be careful next time, ok?"

"Yeah, I do. Thank you a lot for helping me," Yamamoto laughed a bit, face a little flushed from all the attention he was being given, smiling when he noticed how Gokudera's hands were soft and rough at the same time. "I promise I will try to be more careful next time, I was just a little distracted that's all."

"..Distracted…? By what?" Gokudera asked as he looked into the other's face. "You don't usually, do you?" He added before looking down at his work to be sure that it would be effective and would not hamper the other in any way.

"Ah... well, I'm worried about you, you tend to smoke a lot when you are studying, and it can't be good for you," Yamamoto told him hesitantly, hoping that it wouldn't make Gokudera angry with him.

"Hn, Worried about me? That's the first that I've heard that… from anyone aside from Tsuna," Gokudera replied with a shake of his head as he looked over the younger boy.

"Well, we've known each other for awhile, and we are close friends right? So I worry about you!" Yamamoto told him, giving his brightest smile yet, "So what do you say Gokudera? Will you try to quit? Or at least cut down?"

"Hn… Quitting isn't possible for me." Gokudera replied as he turned around, his back to the other before he glanced over his shoulder to see the other grow a bit sad. "But…" He started to say at the sight "I can /try/ to cut down a bit."

That was enough for Yamamoto; his smile instantly reappeared at Gokudera's final comment, "Really? That's great Gokudera! I promise I will help you out with it anyway I can!"

"Tcht, I guess you could try to help. I'm off now, see you tomorrow for a study session" Gokudera replied before waving and heading out the door, bag in hand.

"Ah! Okay Gokudera! See you tomorrow." Yamamoto nodded as he waved goodbye to his tutor and went back to waiting on some of the customers that had gathered up.

The next day Gokudera arrived at the sushi shop again, dressed in somewhat more casual clothes and carrying a few simple things to help him in helping Yamamoto. "You ready?" He asked as he went inside and saw the younger boy at the counter. It was possibly the first time he had come into the shop dressed in anything aside from what he usually wore to class.

Yamamoto looked up and instantly noticed Gokudera's casual outfit, 'Cute' was the first thing he thought when seeing it, "Afternoon Gokudera! Yeah, I'm ready for today's lessons. Oh! But first here!" He said excitedly as he handed him a bag full of things, "I told my Dad about how I was going to help you and asked him to buy this since I am too young to get it myself. Its gum and fake cigarettes and patches and other things like that to help you with your smoking!"

"Heh, really, you went and got all this for that?" Gokudera replied as he shook his head and peered into the bag to see what had been bought. "I guess I could increase my tutoring time a bit in return for all this as I doubt you would take it back. Come on, session is starting." He said with a slight lift of the corner of one of his lips.

"Ha ha! Okay Gokudera!" Yamamoto beamed as he followed the other up to go study, "What are you going to help me with today?

"Depends, what do you need help with the homework on today?" Gokudera asked as he led the way up. Once upstairs he took a seat and waited for the other to bring out his work.

Yamamoto moved to sit down next to him and pull things out of his backpack, "Well I have a project due tomorrow in history, and a test in my math."

"Which is harder?" Gokudera asked as he looked over what Yamamoto had lain out. "Well… you're probably worse in math, how much more do you need to do to finish the project, and is it something you would need help with? If not we can completely focus on your math.

"Hmm, yeah I think I can finish it myself, it's jsut to write out my thoughts on the war chapters, so math would be good to go ahead and start on!" Yamamoto nodded as he handed his math book over to Gokudera.

"Alright now let's get down to it" Gokudera said as he took the book and started testing Yamamoto on the problems to see how well the other knew them and to see what they needed to go over. "Don't forget to do your project after I leave though, alright?"

"Don't worry I won't forget, and hmm this formula for that one right?" Yamamoto asked as he pointed to his formula list sheet. "I think it is anyway, since you asked about a circular item!"

"Close but not correct" Gokudera said before going through the problem with Yamamoto. "Do you get it now?" He asked after looking up once he had finished his explanation.

Yamamoto listened carefully to the instructions and then started working on an example question of it, "Thank you again Gokudera, you would make a great teacher someday ha ha!"

"Heh, thanks but I'm not into teaching, You're just an interesting Student." Gokudera replied before sitting back. "I'm more interested in scientific stuff, guilty pleasure in believing that we aren't the only intelligent beings in the universe, myths and legends too. Explosives are a big interest of mine, could probably compare to your interest in baseball even."

"Ha ha! Bombs and aliens? Gokudera just keeps getting more interesting!" Yamamoto laughed a bit as he continued studying his math, "Have you ever found anything to do with your aliens?"

"Hmm? You want to hear more about supernatural things? I /was/ going to end it there." Gokudera replied as he looked over at the younger boy, making sure that he was working and paying attention to his work.

Yamamoto smiled as he looked up from his homework at Gokudera's curiously, "You can talk about it more if you want! Its fun seeing you that excited about things!" He told hm happily, giving off one of his infamous smiles.

"Heh, fun? How so?" Gokudera said as he stretched out a bit and looked at Yamamoto's work. "Doing alright? Don't need any help?"

"Ah? Well, yeah I could use some help here? But I still want to hear about things Gokudera likes," He smiled again, looking between his homework and Gokudera.

"Heh, another time maybe, or… Ok get a good grade on your next test and I'll tell you more about myself, deal?" Gokudera replied after a bit of thinking. It was a good deal to make, Yamamoto would work harder and telling the younger boy more about himself couldn't be too bad. There was, of course, a few things he planned to never tell the other about; but he could let out a little bit about himself without touching subjects he wouldn't want to talk about.

Yamamoto's face beamed brightly at hearing this, "Ha ha! Okay, I will try my best to pass it, and I'm sure I will since Gokudera is such a good tutor after all!" He hurriedly started to work on his homework, pointing out what he needed help with next.

"You better because I'm teaching you, and if you want to know more about me," Gokudera said as he leaned back to relax some, pointing out what Yamamoto needs whenever the younger got stuck on something.

Yamamoto nodded, "I know, I know that that is the only way to get Hayato to tell me, and I will keep trying harder until I learn everything!" He exclaimed excitedly, trying to answer a few on his own.

"You've got quite a bit of determination, don't you?" Gokudera said with a faint smile before relaxing back, on standby for any more questions that the other needed help with to come his way.

"Hmm? Of course I do when it concerns you!" Yamamoto nodded as he continued with his work.

"…You're an unusual kid, but I guess that's what makes you interesting"