44. Burn (1/2)

doing a two parter thing this time :d

-burn-

they're all walking down the street when it happens.

yamamoto and gokudera are walking slightly ahead with half hearted bickering from the latter, kahiro next to tsuna and swinging her bag of tennis rackets behind her. she's just been in a tournament of which they cheered whole heartedly for her, the girl not coming first but instead a solid second-impressive considering her opponents. it had been incredible to watch her play, her feet flying across the court and smile permanently etched on her lips, but her conversations with the other tennis players had been just as entertaining, the girl clearly knowing everyone there.

tsuna notices first, a fraction of a second before the other boys. kahiro's halfway through another animated story about one of the tennis players she's known for god knows how long that he's been laughing at for a good few minutes when his eyes catch sight of a couple of men looking at them. a few more glances around them all and he sees more men slowly advancing on them, the street suspiciously void of any other people. his laughter disappears almost immediately and he steps closer to kahiro, eyes meeting gokudera and yamamoto's who have also fallen completely silent with hardened eyes.

kahiro notices this, of course she notices it since she's smarter than people ever give her credit for and more aware of people than anyone else. she doesn't speak but tsuna sees her eyes

iefly flick towards one of the men and her whole body tense.

the

unet doesn't speak to gokudera or yamamoto, he doesn't need to since they're already finely tuned to each other and know exactly what each other are thinking. they keep on walking at the same pace as before until they reach a fork in the street, the silver haired teen suddenly exploding with movement and throwing a small object that went off with a bang, smoke filling the air. kahiro's wrist is grabbed and she's tugged off to the left in a run, her heart hammering against her chest as they sprint out of the smoke and into the open air.

"tsunayoshi, who on earth-" she cuts off when tsuna sharply turns again and yanks her down another street.

"i don't know, we just need to keep running!" he tells her

eathlessly, eyes darting around in order to see whether they're being followed. the boy then stops a

uptly, kahiro almost crashing into his back and watching with wide eyes when a group of men land in front of them both.

"vongola decimo, i hope you are prepared." one says, his hand moving inside of his jacket in unison with the rest of the group,