Eternal Rose

Summary: "Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control." – Unknown. FemTsuna. ShortChapters – LongerChapters in the future.

Just a warning: FemTsuna, AU, Language, Clichés, more in the future…

Just so you know (Name): FemTsuna's name is 'Tsunabara'. 'Tsuna' writes as "Bond" while 'Bara' writes as "Rose". In my mind I see the meaning of this name as "A Rose's Bonds". I have not seen the name Tsunabara used before so I can't really confirm that I created it (Although I do believe so…)

I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or Yu Yu Hakusho!

Chapter 4. The Fourth Meeting

The fourth time she saw him, Tsuna's umbrella disappeared.

Tsuna, who had just finished tying her shoes to finally leave the school, immediately froze when the familiar scent of rain reached her nose.

She left her things close to the getabako and approached the entrance of the school, ignoring the students who used their umbrellas or bags or jackets to protect themselves from the waterfall of rain that had appeared so suddenly.

The orange eyed girl was more interested in the rain itself.

Tsuna loved rain and as a child, one of her favorite games was to jump from pool to pool, splashing as much water as she could. But a little after the events of her fateful sixth birthday, everything changed.

She started to get sick far too easily. And with Uncle always worrying about her health, playing in the rain wasn't something that she could do without ending with a fever hours later.

One of her dreams was to, one day, have the freedom to dance in the rain as much as she could without any problem. But she doubted that such thing was possible. If it was, Uncle would have done something about her problems already.

With a wishful sigh and one last look at the rain, the girl turned away from the entrance and walked back to her things. Only, when she found her bag, Tsuna noticed that the simple orange umbrella she always carried with her was nowhere to be seen.

Alarmed and knowing that she would be forced to stay inside the school until the rain stopped if she didn't have a umbrella, Tsuna started looking for it.

Ten minutes later, she still hadn't found it. Leaning against the getabako, the girl took her cellphone out of the pocket of her skirt and checked her mail. There was only one message from Uncle saying that he was already waiting for her at his shop.

Tsuna rubbed her eyes.

If she took too long to get to the shop, Uncle would have a fit.

Licking her lips after a moment, she thought about her options and sighed. She grabbed her bag and started walking, stopping before she reached the rain.

If she wanted to reach the shop before Uncle started freaking out, she would have to walk in the rain. The bus stop wasn't too far from Meiou so maybe she won't get too wet and –

Someone tapped her shoulder, interrupting her line of thought.

"You look troubled." A familiar voice said.

Tsuna jumped like a scary kitten, "Hiiieee!"

She turned around to see the beautiful red haired boy she kept meeting. Tsuna flushed as he smiled at her.

"I hope there's nothing wrong." He said, staring at her with a glint in his eyes that she couldn't decipher.

Tsuna tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and smiled nervously as she spoke the first thing that came to her mind, "My umbrella ran away!"

The girl cried mentally. She couldn't believe she had just said that!

Instead of mocking her, the boy laughed. She blushed a little more and heart almost tried to jump out of her chest. His laugher was really beautiful.

"Did it really?" He asked.

Tsuna blinked. Was he smirking? No… She must have had imagined it. Why would he smirk at something like that?

The orange girl nodded slowly.

He leaned forward, their faces only a centimeter from one another. She froze, bringing her bag close to her chest as she tried to stay calm and not ended up fainting.

Tsuna had no idea of how to deal with boys, especially him. There was something about the red haired boy that both scared and attracted her.

He smiled, looking like a cat who had just cornered the canary.

"Where're you going?"

Tsuna licked her lips, "The bus stop."

He made a sound similar to a hybrid of purring and humming, "Would you like to share my umbrella with me then? I'm going in the same direction."

Tsuna sputtered, hiding half of her face behind her bag as she tried to breathe and tell her heart that he didn't mean anything with that. He was just being nice since they would be going in the same direction.

Yep…! He was just being nice and – and – She just needed to make her heart believe that.

"I-I – I-If it isn't t-too much p-problem." Tsuna cursed herself. She sounded like a idiot.

Why did she always turn into a sky and stuttering mess when this boy was involved?

He smiled sweetly, "It's no problem. Far from it actually. I'll be very happy to accompany you, Miss –" The boy made a pause, giving her the impression that he wanted her to continue his sentence for him.

Tsuna blinked for a moment or two before she finally understood what he really wanted.

Duh, she thought.

"S-Sawada! My name's S-Sawada Tsunabara. P-Pleasure to meet you!" Tsuna bowed.

He grinned widely, grabbing one of her hands and kissing it. Tsuna blushed even more (If it was even possible at this point) and squeaked faintly.

Was he trying to kill her poor heart?

"My name's Minamino Shuichi." His smile widened, "And the pleasure is all mine."

Tsuna blinked dumbly as she stared at the Kami in mortal shell who was looking into her eyes with a rather intense emotion in his eyes.

Would… Would it be alright if she fainted? Because she really wanted to faint.

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The fourth time he saw her, Kurama threw her umbrella out of the window.

He would have gone home immediately after classes were finished for the day if he hadn't noticed her unique scent.

Immediately, Kurama turned around, scanning the sea of faces until he found his beautiful orange eyed girl. She was standing three getabako away from his, her head down as she muttered to herself about a Uncle.

Kurama watched her with a small smile in his face. She was really cute, especially when she made a exaggerated expression for a reason or another.

Not wanting to waste time and let her go one more time without learning her name, Kurama started walking in her direction, making sure to stay away from the sight of any of his female classmates.

He pursued his lips a little when he saw her moving but Kurama relaxed the moment he noticed that she left her bag and umbrella behind.

An idea formed in his mind and he grinned sharply.

He had just found a way to keep her by his side for awhile. Maybe now, Kurama thought, he could learn her name.

Kurama waited for the right moment and took the girl's orange umbrella, stepping to the side so he could throw it out of the window.

As he saw the girl walking back to get her things, he moved to hid behind a pillar. Kurama crossed his arms and watched the girl as her eyes widened in alarm and she started looking frantically for the umbrella.

Maybe he should have felt bad for making her so distressed. But what he wanted, he got so Kurama was really pleased.

She seemed to be contemplating if she should go home even without the umbrella when he walked closer to her, tapping her shoulder gently.

"You look troubled." Kurama said.

She squeaked, jumping in fright as she turned around. The girl stared at him with wide eyes, blushing as he smiled.

"I hope there's nothing wrong." Kurama continued when she didn't say anything.

He had to restrain himself from grinning widely. The Kitsune knew very well what was the problem.

Taking a deep breath, she tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and gave him a shaky smile.

"My umbrella ran away!" The girl blurted out before she blushed in embarrassment.

There was a moment of silence before Kurama snickered. He then started laughing. The green eyed boy couldn't help it. Her expression was so open and real that he didn't need to be mind reader to know that she was scolding herself for those words.

"Did it really?" Kurama asked with amusement. For a moment, he smirked. It was nothing more but a pull of his lips but the triumph he felt was to much to not do so.

Slowly, his beautiful orange eyed girl nodded.

He thought about what to do next before leaning forward, their faces only a centimeter from one another. The girl froze and heart speed up. Her face was as red as a tomato and her eyes wide as she tried to breath.

Kurama smiled widely, showing his canines a little. Her reaction was exactly what he wanted to see. Kurama love it.

He tilted his head a little, "Where're you going?"

She licked her lips. His eyes followed the action making him claps his hands behind his back. He couldn't jump on her no matter how much he wanted to do it.

Finally, after what felt like a eternity, she answered.

"The bus stop."

Kurama purred. There was only one bus stop close to Meiou and he always walked by it every day. If he took her there, there would be enough time for them to talk; he could finally learn more about her.

"Would you like to share my umbrella with me then?" He asked politely, "I'm going in the same direction."

Wide eyed, the girl sputtered. She hid half of her face behind her bag and tried to avoid looking at him. At first, because of her reaction, Kurama thought that she would say no but then, he understood why she looked like he had just kissed her in public.

In Japan, when two people, especially a man and a woman, shared an umbrella in the rain, It was considered a symbol of romance; the Ai-Ai Gasa.

The Kitsune hadn't thought about it before he decided to throw her umbrella away. All he wanted was to have the opportunity to talk to her without any interruptions. But… He shook his head a little. Kurama would think about it later.

"I-I – I-If it isn't t-too much p-problem." She said, looking down for a moment before looking into his eyes.

He smiled, his eyes soft as he looked at her.

"It's no problem. Far from it actually." Kurama said, "I'll be very happy to accompany you, Miss –"

He made a pause, hoping to finally learn her name.

The girl blinked. She stared at him with a little of incomprehension before her eyes widened and she bowed.

"S-Sawada! My name's S-Sawada Tsunabara. P-Pleasure to meet you!"

Kurama grinned.

Tsunabara, such unique and beautiful name. It suited her.

Grabbing one of her hands, he kissed it. Even as he turned his attention back to her, Kurama didn't let go. He refused to.

"My name's Minamino Shuichi." His smile widened as he heard the frantic rhythm of her heartbeat, "And the pleasure is all mine." Kurama purred.

He had her name.

Now. What he wanted was her and he wasn't going to let her escape or be taken from him. Yokais are selfish and possessive.

Yoko Kurama included.

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CURIOSITY TIME!

Getabako: All students take off shoes inside the schools. There are shoe lockers called Getabako at school entrances and the students need to swap their shoes to inner shoes called Uwagutsu before they enter. Also! It's very common for the students to leave the famous love letters inside the Getabako.

TIMELINE!

October 14, 1993 – Sawada Tsunabara is born

June 21, 1993 – Yoko Kurama takes the body of stillborn Minamino Shuichi

April 10, 2007 – First Meeting (School Year started in the beginning of April)

April 31, 2007 – Second meeting

May 3, 2007 – Third meeting

May 5, 2007 – Fourth meeting