Title: Fever

Words: 2,807

Warning: unbeta'ed

Summary: "Because you have a fever, dame-Tsuna,"

Honey coloured eyes blinked drowsily before looking outside through the window to stare into the blue sky with no concentration at all. After a while, the same honey coloured eyes moved to stare into the room. No focus could be found in those eyes, only weary tiredness.

Tsuna blinked slowly again to process where he was.

'Right, I'm in my room…Why am I in my room?' he thought.

"Because you have a fever, dame-Tsuna," came an answer voiced by a deep voice.

Tsuna looked over to the door, where a tall man with black suite stood; on his head was a fedora hat, a green lizard resting on top of it and in his hand was a wet towel. The seventeen year old boy blinked slowly before he remembered.

'Oh, yeah. I got a fever.'

A sigh was heard in the room, as if his thoughts was voiced out loud and was heard by his companion. Footsteps echoed in the room. Reborn approached Tsuna and placed the wet towel on the brunet's forehead. Then he took of his neatly pressed black jacket and draped it over the chair and took of his fedora hat, his untamed spiky black hair spiked messily, then put it on the table.

Then he drag the chair and sat next to Tsuna's bed, eyeing the sick teen in front of him. The said teen just blinked and slowly turned his body to lean on his side, facing Reborn, being careful not to disturb the towel placed on his forehead.

"Reborn, where's Mom? Why're you here?" Tsuna's voice was soft.

The hitman sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, exasperated. He huff, annoyed, before replying, "I wonder if every time you're sick, your brain is going to stop working properly like that. Your Mom went to picnic with the others, remember?"

A few seconds passed by with Tsuna staring at Reborn, trying to digest what the man had just said. Reborn was itching to hit the teen's head to remind him, but managed to stop himself. Hitting Tsuna would probably damaged Tsuna's already hard working brain. Well, it wasn't Tsuna's fault that the boy couldn't think properly, he was sick after all.

After a moment, with Reborn staring at him, Tsuna remembered that, indeed, his mother was having a picnic with Gokudera, Yamamoto, Kyoko, Haru, Lambo and I-Pin.

Everyone chatted happily in the kitchen preparing for the picnic they would be going on. They were ready to go when Nana spotted her son sitting on the sofa, his appearance not looking well.

"Tsu-kun, are you okay?" Nana asked approaching Tsuna.

The brunet turn to her way and smiled, although a bit weakly, "I'm fine, Mom. Is everything ready? Come on, let's go." Tsuna made to stand up, but Nana beat him to it, pushing him to sit on the sofa.

"Now wait a minute, young man. Is there something you're no telling me?" her eyebrows knitted into a worried frown. She noticed her son's pale face and the sweat that's matting his forehead.

Tsuna just smiled and answered her Mom, somewhat nervous,"I'm fine, Mom." But Nana moved and put her hand on his forehead, before gasping softly.

"Tsu-kun! You have a fever! Why're you not telling me?" Nana scolded his son gently.

Tsuna just sigh. He had hoped her mother wouldn't notice his condition, but alas, nothing could slip from a mother's gaze.

"I just don't want to ruin the fun that's all. Besides, I've been looking for this day." By now, everyone in the kitchen had moved to pick their stuff in the living room.

"Tenth, you okay?" Gokudera asked worrily. Tsuna was about to reply, but his mother answered first.

"Tsu-kun got a fever. I don't think he would be going anywhere anytime soon." She frowned.

The room burst with noise. From Gokudera, Yamamoto, Haru and Kyoko, who were worrying about Tsuna, Lambo who was whining about Tsuna being sick in the wrong time and I-Pin who was scolding Lambo for being unsympathetic.

Tsuna sigh, the throbbing headache not helping him, and said, "Okay, okay. I'll stay at home and you guys go."

Silence. Then another burst of noise. Everyone was complaining against Tsuna's decision, saying if Tsuna wasn't going then they wouldn't be going (Lambo looked disappointed about it though).

"It's fine, Maman. I'll take care of you. All of you should go." A young man stood on the doorway, observing the stuff that was occurring in front of him in silence.

"Eh, but Reborn. It wouldn't be fair if you stay behind Reborn." Nana said.

"It's fine. Beside if you won't go, Dame-Tsuna over there would only push himself so he could go with all of you. So it's best if I stay behind and take care of him, so you can go." Reborn replied.

"But…" Haru was about to argue about it before Tsuna cut her.

"I'll be okay, Reborn's the one who's taking care of me. I'm sure I'll get better soon. Besides," he took a glance at the kids then turned to his mother, "The kids have been looking forward for this picnic. I don't want them to be disappointed, so you should go Mom." Tsuna said, trying to persuade her mother to continue the day's plan.

Nana stared at Tsuna worriedly, before sighing, "Okay, then. But you have to rest, okay?"

Tsuna nodded at his beloved mother, "Of course I would."

The next fifteen minutes went quite smoothly. Tsuna still had to convince Gokudera and Yamamoto to go, saying he trusted them to take care of his mother, the girls and the kids. Finally they agreed. Tsuna stood at the door and waved goodbye to the others, Reborn watching him closely.

"Don't forget to take a lot of picture for me!" Tsuna waved while smiling before sighing when they disappear and went back in.

Right after Tsuna closed the door, his body tipped sideways and would have hit the floor if Reborn hadn't caught him. The hitman sighed as he took in Tsuna's pale face, beads of sweats stream down to his chin. Tsuna was still as stubborn as ever. The teen had to learn where his limit was at. He couldn't continue to push himself like that. It would only result with him downright exhausted.

Reborn gazed at the future Vongola boss before moving to scoop up the teen's legs and brought him up to his bedroom.

"Oh." was the only soft response Tsuna gave when he remembered. Reborn only sighed (again) at his student. He shook his head slightly before he asked the teen, "You need something?"

"Uh…maybe a glass of warm milk will do."

Reborn nodded and went downstairs to get the warm milk. When he was finished he went and gave the milk to Tsuna and watched the teen drifted to sleep after he had finished the milk.

Reborn sighed as he stirred the chicken porridge on the stove. It's almost 6 and the others hadn't come back from the picnic. Had something happened? But he was sure Yamamoto or Gokudera would do well in protecting the girls and the kids.

When the porridge was cooked, Reborn poured it into a bowl and set it onto a tray, along with a glass of water and the medicine Tsuna needed and brought it upstairs.

He put down the tray onto the desk and moved to wake Tsuna. The said teen was curled on his side; the wet towel fell on the bed. The hitman frown as he noticed Tsuna's body was trembling heavily and his shirt was drenched in sweat. The brunet's face was scrunched up in a frown and his breathing was ragged.

Reborn moved his hand to touch the brunet's forehead. He cursed as he felt how high Tsuna's temperature was. It had gone down the last time Reborn checked but it spiked up again.

Reborn was about to move to take the towel to the bathroom when a hand gripped at his wrist.

"Reborn?" Tsuna called, his voice a bit hoarse, a hint of panic.

The hitman frowned as he wrapped his hand around Tsuna's before deciding to sit on the bed.

"I'm here, Tsuna."

A small sigh as Tsuna closed his eyes again. Reborn wondered what Tsuna wanted. The teen murmured softly, "I thought I'd lost you."

"Tsuna?"

That made him opened his eyes and looked at the hitman in front of him. He blinked and sent a small, weak smile to Reborn.

"Nothing. Just a dream."

The hitman frowned again but stayed there for a while. He watched as the teen tried to calm his breath down. He move and took the towel on the bed. It was still cold so he didn't need to change it. Reborn put the towel on the brunet's forehead, eliciting a weak moan from him. The teen snuggled his face into the pillow, face scrunched up, body tensed. Reborn watched his student's discomfort. He sighed and then moved his hand to pet the brown bush of a hair, all the while kept their hand connected. Gradually he could feel the teen relaxed more into the pillow.

"Tsuna." Reborn called softly, not wanting to disturb his student if he fell asleep.

The honey coloured eyes opened and looked at Reborn drowsily. The hitman continued his petting, trying to ease the teen.

"Better?"

A small nod. They stayed like that for a while, the hitman petting the brunet's hair while the brunet relaxed. Reborn felt Tsuna's temperature, glad it went down, even if just a bit. He gave the teen a comforting squeeze before he stood up, letting go the teen's hand gently and went to fetch a new towel and shirt for Tsuna. It wouldn't do any good if he stayed in that sweat soaked shirt. He would only catch a cold and worsened his condition.

With a towel and a fresh shirt in his hand, Reborn sat next to Tsuna and help him sat up.

"Come on, you need to changed your shirt." Reborn said, already helping Tsuna taking off his shirt. His response was a slow nod before the teen's hand started to pull his shirt off. Then Reborn gave him the towel and watched Tsuna clean himself in a slow movement.

The brunet was wiping his face when he slowly realized that he was being bare chest in front of Reborn. He couldn't help but blushed, making his already flushed face more flushed. He knew there was nothing wrong about being bare chest in front of other man, but somehow his face just wouldn't cool down. He slowly moved his face to the side to hide his blush as he continued to clean himself. He'd bet Reborn would tease him to death if he caught Tsuna blushing. Sadly, Reborn still took notice of his blushing face.

Reborn was still watching the teen cleaned himself when he noticed his face was more flushed. The way his face was face facing to the side slightly and his eyes were kept downward told Reborn what happened.

He smirked.

"Tsuna." His call was responded with a soft "Hm" before Reborn continued, "You're not blushing are you?"

The hitman hid his smirk when Tsuna's face turned to face him with shocked in his eyes, but he could tell the teen was blushing some more.

"N-no, why would you say that?" The brunet stuttered.

The hitman said nothing but moved closer, so close, that the tip of their nose almost touched. Tsuna could feel his face heating up again. They stared at each other, the other blushing to another shade of red as seconds passed by while the other just kept staring on the teen's face. Soon the stare was broken by a smirk that bloomed over Reborn's face.

He pulled back, leaving the teen's surprised face, which turned into a scowl soon after. Reborn's smirk grew wider.

"Why the scowling face, Tsuna?" Reborn asked, amusement clear in his voice.

Tsuna just scowled at him and then grumbled an answer, "Shut it, Reborn."

"But why should I? You're fun to tease." The hitman smirked, which turned into a chuckle as he received his student's glare. Well at least his student wasn't as weak as he thought the kid would be when he was sick. He only lacked of concentration, that was all. It could be changed with a little training.

Reborn gave the fresh shirt to the brunet before went to the desk and grabbed the tray.

"Here. Eat and then drink the medicine." Reborn said as he put the tray on top of Tsuna's lap after he finished putting on the shirt.

"Okay. Thanks Reborn. Have you eaten?" Tsuna asked as he started to scoop the warm porridge.

"No. I'll eat after you finished."

Again the room went into silence as Reborn watched Tsuna ate slowly but surely, the content of the bowl depleting steadily. When the teen finished, he drink some water, staring at the pills on the tray. Reborn followed his students gaze on to the pills, before an idea popped in his head. He smirked silently and moved to take the tray as Tsuna finished putting his glass on the tray then took it away.

"Reborn?" Tsuna asked, confused. He hadn't drunk the medicine yet. But he got no answer from his tutor. He eyed his tutor as he put the tray on his desk and took the pills before moving back to the bed.

Tsuna looked at Reborn, confused as his tutor's offered his hand; on top of his opened palm were his pills. The brunet made a move to take the pills, but before he could touch the pills, Reborn's hand move away and Tsuna watched as Reborn popped the pills into his mouthe.

Surprised, Tsuna said, "Reborn! Those are-"

His voice was cut short as a pair of lips landed on his own. Only a mile second later he felt a most tongue tracing his lower lip. Gasping at the sensation, Tsuna parted his lips, allowing the wondering tongue to delve into his mouth. The brunet closed his eyes, feeling a blush crept on his face. The taste of espresso was thick from the tongue that was urging his own tongue to participate in the sensual dance. Timidly, he started to move his tongue, exploring, moving along with Reborn's tounge.

Tsuna tasted like honey, Reborn thought. Although the faint taste of the chicken porridge the teen had just eaten could be tasted, it was overwhelmed by that sweet savory taste of Tsuna. Silently, Reborn deepened the kiss, pushing Tsuna back until his back hit the wall. Slowly Reborn let the pills slid from his mouth to Tsuna's, their tongue still engaged in their small, sensual dance.

When the need of oxygen reared its head in h is mind, Reborn pulled away, a trail of saliva connected with the plump lips that were Tsuna's. He watched as the teen swallowed the pill without much thought, still dazed from the kiss. The flushed face stared at him dazedly, before the honey coloured eyes blinked at him. Then realization hit the teen.

Reborn smirked again, but the smirk somewhat looked like a smile.

"R-reborn…" Tsuna stuttered, face flushing again.

The hitman chuckled, "I got your first kiss right?" When the brunet just kept silent, face still blushing of course, Reborn moved closer again. "Ho? You want more?"

Tsuna -failed to- glare at him with his blushing face. But he kept his position as Reborn dive for another kiss, but a voice call out their names.

"Tsu-kun! Reborn! We're home!" Nana's cheerful voice echoed in the house, followed by the others.

Reborn jerked away from Tsuna to glance to the door, "Damn, and I was about to enjoy myself too."

The hitman stood up from his kneeling position in front of Tsuna and stretched a bit, then he looked at Tsuna and smirked, "We'll continue this later on." Making Tsuna blushed before he made to move to go downstairs.

But a grip on his wrist stopped him and then he was yanked back to the bed. As he turned around, he didn't expect a pair of lips to land on his. It was only a chaste kiss, lips on lips, but he felt some sort of shock flowed in this body.

Tsuna pulled away and glared at Reborn, "I'll pay you again later. That didn't made up with what you did to me."

Reborn blinked before he chuckled, Nana's inquiring voice calling them, "Reborn? Tsuna?"

"I'll be waiting for your 'payment' then." The hitman chuckled again before going downstairs.

Tsuna blinked at the door, before blowing up, blushing red like a tomato. He let himself fell to the bed, hiding his face in his pillow. One thought lingered in his mind.

'Damn, he beats me! I was supposed to kiss him first!'

A/N:

Hi guys! Thanks for reading! Sorry for the choppy story. I wrote this while not being in the right mind. A sleep-deprived mind isn't a good thing when you're trying to write a story. I started this at 4 and just finished it at 11 pm…*_* I…need…sleep…

Oh, well I'm going to sleep now. But please tell me what you think about this one. Also I'm planning to make this as a collection of oneshots, but I'm not sure whether it will be a R27 collection or a many pairings collection. What do you think? Please help me decide. For the time being, I'll just put this under R27 pairing.

I hope you don't mind the grammar mess (I'm sure I didn't made anything fatal though…I think *shot). I'll try and rewrite it if I have the time. And I hope it wasn't too ooc.

Once again, thanks for reading and reviewing. Constructive criticism is really, really appreciated. (Btw, I activate the anonymous review, so everbody could review or leave a comment)

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