54. Surprise (1/2)

why? because you are a dork.

-surprise-

tsuna wonders, when he wakes up, whether this is what a hangover is meant to feel like.

his head is pounding and he sorely wishes that he had never woken up in the first place. there's the faint whispers in the back of his head that he'd been drunk on happiness before this pain but right now all he can think about is the blinding light of the sun and whose great idea was that anyway, to exist on a planet where such a

ight thing shone nearby?

he makes a muffled noise of distress as he turns his head away from the awful sight, pressing his face into his duvet and closing his eyes before hugging his pillow. almost immediately, he opens them again.

...this isn't my pillow.

tsuna retracts his arms slowly and pushes himself up into a sitting position, waiting for his

ain to catch up with him and explain what on earth is going on. the duvet slides off of him at the movement and it allows him to properly see what this 'pillow' really is.

the minute he sees that it's kahiro, it all clicks back into place and he remembers the nightmare, the reassurance of her voice that wasn't quite enough, the reassurance of her physical presence that was, the sound of her laughing, the sound of him laughing-

he puts a hand to his head, his rapid return of memories making him feel somewhat dizzy. it's sheer tiredness that has given him this headache and he

iefly feels jealous of the girl in front of him who is still asleep, blissfully unaware of the pain she could be experiencing. as if aware of him envying her, she rolls over to further emphasise how she is not about to wake up any time soon. the sun hits her face that he can now see and she looks…