In this AU, there'll be no magic, no defeat-the-big-bad-wolf-Voldemort, no Vongola, no "flames", etc. Characters from both fandoms are all just normal humans.

Enjoy!

Tsuna waited for his best friend Mukuro on top of the school's roof. He had something very important to confess today, and the anticipation was making him feel so giddy and anxious. He had considered this for a long time, whether or not he should say it out loud.

At first, Tsuna wanted to keep quiet and believes that this feeling would diminish if he stopped thinking about Mukuro, but clearly that wasn't the case. In fact, the opposite holds true, and his feelings only grew stronger. And at that point, he knew that he couldn't stay silent any longer. This feeling was eating him up inside, and if he wouldn't confess, he knew he would regret it in the future.

A part of him knew that Mukuro would rejects him since he wasn't attrative, clever, athletic, etc. He's just a dame-tsuna who's clumsy and forgetful and is always the laughing stock of the class. But despite all of that, Mukuro is the only one who wants to befriend Tsuna and that means a lot to Tsuna who's practically an outcast in the school.

But still, Tsuna wish that Mukuro would at least hear him out and maybe they can start this slowly and see if this relationship would work, like an experiment of sorts. That was what Tsuna is aiming for and he sincerely hope that this would be the case.

The door leading to the roof creaked open and Tsuna's heart thumped loudly, like the organ was trying to jump out of his body. He can see Mukuro now and this only serves to increase his nervousness.

"H-Hey, M-Mukuro," Tsuna stumbled over his words, mentally hitting himself for doing so.

Mukuro returned the greeting with his cute version of pronouncing Tsuna's name, not bothered by Tsuna's behavior. "But Tsuna, why did you call me out here?"

"Eh?"

'Come on, say it, Sawada Tsunayoshi. Say it! Don't be a coward!' Tsuna tugged the hem of his shirt as he looked down.

"M-Mukuro, I... like you! Pleasegooutwithme!" Since Tsuna is looking down, he didn't see the slight look of disgust creeping across Mukuro's features.

An awkward silence was formed between them and Mukuro finally break the ice by stating, "Sorry Tsuna, I... don't feel that way about you."

"But can we at least-" Tsuna wasn't able to construct the rest of the sentence once he saw Mukuro's expression. And then he understand: Mukuro was disgusted by him. Tsuna have no chance right from the start. "I-I understand. B-But, can we... still be friends?"

Mukuro shake his head as he looked away from Tsuna.

"S-Sorry for wasting your time," and Tsuna ran away. Mukuro never even glance back at him.

'I'm so stupid. So stupid. Because of my stupid confession, I lost my one and only friend!' The entire time, tears stream down his face as his vision become hazy. He bumped into various people, but he never mutter any words of apology.

And just like that, he ran home, slamming the door and kicking off his shoes. Reborn peeked out of the kitchen, glancing at Tsuna's back, wondered what had caused this strange behavior from his son.

He grew worried immediately. Tsuna was always a kindhearted child who have manners, and so he would never behave this way for no reason: something was terribly wrong. Was it the bullies again? Tsuna had desperately wanted to hide his bruises and no matter what, he would always use the same excuse of tripping down the stairs when Reborn demanded why he get injured.

Reborn had thought that after he brought up this matter with the school's staff (and he use extreme measures to do so), the bullying should cease (or else Reborn wouldn't hesitate to pull out a machine gun immediately), but that clearly wasn't the case.

He traveled to Tsuna's room and knocked on the door few times, "Tsuna? What's wrong?"

His son didn't answer him, most likely hiding underneath his blankets like he always do when he wants solitude. Reborn dug out a key from his pocket and unlocked the door. He walked across the room and sat on the edge of the bed. He pulled off Tsuna's blanket and pulled him up.

"Come on, you know you can tell me anything." He rubbed Tsuna's back slowly for good measure as he wrapped his arms around his petite son.

"T-Tou-san! M-Mukuro rejected me!"

Reborn stiffened. Mukuro? Wasn't he Tsuna's best friend?

"Tsuna? You... like males?" The last part came out quietly. He gripped Tsuna tightly.

"...Un."

"You mustn't." His voice became cold and harsh, "Being gay is wrong. It's probably just puberty messing with your mind; you're straight and like girls." It was like he was saying this to make himself believe it, rather than Tsuna.

"N-No," Tsuna protested. "I do like males."

"What nonsense," Reborn barked and Tsuna flinched in reponse. This didn't go unnoticed by Reborn, but he didn't give out words of reassurance and just continued speaking. "You do not like males. You're a perfectly, healthy male; I'm sure we can find someone to help heal you."

Why was Reborn speaking about being gay as if it's a disease that Tsuna can be cured of? Why was Reborn acting this way? "No! I like males, tou-san! I always do for years now!"

Anger flashed across black orbs, "And you didn't think to tell me this beforehand?"

Tsuna shoved Reborn, "What's wrong with liking males?!" Why wasn't his father, his only support, on his side? He thought that Reborn is understanding and would accept Tsuna for who he is, and it hurts to believe otherwise.

"Tou-san, you're an idiot!" This time, he shoved Reborn with a lot of force and ran across the room.

"If you step one foot out of this house, you better not have the face to come back!" Reborn was no longer thinking straight; he was too furious to think it through calmly and ended up using words that he doesn't mean it.

He was greeted by a large shutting sound of the door.

Tsuna sat on the bench in a park and hugged himself in a fetus position. Why does his father have to go against him? Why was his only support treating him like he's trash?

Tsuna's mind is a mess and his mind kept on replaying that scene: Reborn's cold words, his disapproving gaze, and lastly, his final words before Tsuna rushed out the door.

Why? Just why?

Reborn chugged down another glass of alcohol. It's been three hours. Three fucking hours since Tsuna ran out and throughout that entire time, Reborn was worried sick. What if Tsuna was in an accident, what if he was kidnapped, what if he was beat up again, what if...? Negative questions like these ran through his mind and he couldn't just stop thinking.

He would have go after Tsuna, but his pride make him refuse to do so.

Just why is Tsuna stubborn? Why can't he see that being gay will do him no good and that he'll be viewed under society's judgemental and hateful eyes? Everyone will judge him, call him names, and potentially hurt him, just because of his sexual preference.

It hurts him too for rejecting Tsuna, but what can he do? He also had been hurt badly because of his sexual preference, and he most definitely doesn't want Tsuna to be hurt. Even if it means that Tsuna will hate him.

Reborn was only seventeen years when that happened.

It all happened too fast and he knew that something was terribly wrong when he saw his father storming toward him. And before he can block it, his father had slapped him across the face, which made his left cheek all red and bruised up.

"You useless son, I never once complain taking care of you for seventeen years, and this is how you repay me?!"

"What are you talking about?!" Reborn placed a hand on his cheek.

"And you bastard still have the nerve to ask me?! What is this?" He shoved a photograph in Reborn's face.

Reborn clutch it with trembling hands; It was a picture of him kissing his new lover Lambo. "This isn't...!" Reborn wasn't actually serious and their relationship is only at the testing stage.

"And you still have the nerve to make pathetic excuses! Enough. Get out of my house," he snarled, face red from rage.

"Wha-"

And just like that, Reborn was thrown out of his house along with a small suitcase of his belongings - the only generosity his father was willing to give. Or maybe he just doesn't want any of Reborn's things in his house.

And just like that, he was disowned by his father.

Reborn threw the glass across the room and grip his hair tightly, "Tsuna..."

Rain poured down from the sky and everyone hastily ran to the nearest shelter to avoid getting wet... everyone except Tsuna.

He just let the rain drench him wet and hopefully, the rain would wash away his sorrows as well.

Tsuna doesn't know how long he sat there and it seems like the rain stopped, but when he glance up, he could clearly see that it was still raining cats and dogs.

But was strange was that there was someone in front of him; he glanced up and was greeted a mop of black hair and glowing green eyes.

"You could catch a cold by staying here, you know?"

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