11. Name (1/1)

trying to run parallels between characters more, hehe

also last one i've already written gotta go write some more now

-name-

it's only when tsuna calls out to her from across the hall that kahiro notices the discrepancy between how everyone else addresses her and how he does.

"you don't have to be so polite tsunayoshi!" she tells him as she makes her way over, the question about why he has called out to her forgotten in favour of addressing this issue she has just noticed.

"um, polite?" he looks perplexed and his confusion seems so silly that she laughs (she's glad he never takes her laughter as mocking him because it would be so easy for him to take it the wrong way and for him to crumple before her eyes like he does when people taunt and sneer with awful intentions).

"still on last name basis! honestly, if you're going to be accused of flirting with me, at least use my first name to make a juicy rumour!" she shakes her head whilst smiling when he flusters a little, still clearly mortified by the accusation their english teacher made about them. "anyway, i sort of started calling you by your first name without permission so an eye for an eye." kahiro points at his eye with her index finger, grinning evilly.

he eyes her finger with a small degree of wariness before rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. she is about to open her mouth to say more when he starts speaking hesitantly. "ah, so, kahiro-chan, right?" he stumbles over her name, eyes flicking to her face to search for any sign that he's done something wrong.

she takes a moment before responding, thinking about how she's never been called anything but 'hiro' by everyone who knows her, a nickname that's stuck with her since she was a young child. it's what she'd been meaning to tell him, to call her by that rather than 'kahiro', but she finds she rather likes the way he clumsily drawls out her name, tripping over the 'ro' so that it sounds quiet and soft. "just drop the chan and we're good to go, tsunayoshi!" she gives him the thumbs up, tsuna about to open his mouth when someone calls to kahiro, yelling out her nickname in an impatient tone. "sorry, gotta dash!"

tsuna pauses for a moment, thinking about how he's never been called anything but 'tsuna' by those who know him, a nickname that's stuck with him since he was a young child. it's what he'd been meaning to tell her, to call him by that rather than 'tsunayoshi', but he finds he rather likes the way she says his name in a fast rhythm, lips forming a smile as she finishes with the 'shi' so that it makes his name seem like something unbearably happy to her.

the reason why he's called out to her in the first place which lies in the form of a notebook left behind by the girl is completely forgotten by both parties.