63. Kiss (1/2)

oh man, these kids and their pda i cannot believe

also i'm sorry for the late update, i had this all done and forgot to do anything about it whoops

-kiss-

tsuna blinks as he approaches their meeting spot, not having expected there to be two people instead of one waiting there. kahiro is sat on the railings as a boy around their age chats to her, wearing a uniform from another school. the girl immediately notices him and waves him over, eyes

ight with glee when he sidles in next to her. "hey." she's smiling and her fingers automatically interlock with his whilst he tries not to look at the unknown blonde teenager too much out of curiosity.

"hey." he somewhat

eathes out the greeting, lips quirking into a smile.

kahiro eases herself off of the railing, shoulder

ushing against his arm as she turns to face the other boy. "this is tsunayoshi."

the newcomer cocks an eye

ow, realization flashing through his eyes. "oh, your boyfriend then? hiro told me about you! i'm takiro." he offers a hand to the

unet, tsuna taking it without much hesitance for once. after all, he trusts kahiro's judgement of people and, by the way she seems to be genuinely invested in introducing the two of them, he concludes that they must be good friends.

kahiro then grips his hand a little tighter and looks sideways at him, eyes still

ight but slightly dulled by how she's now paying close attention to his reactions. "well, we should probably get the awkward facts out the way first." she smiles a little crookedly, takiro rubbing the back of his head sheepishly as tsuna looks at his girlfriend in confusion.

"yeah, we don't want a repeat of what happened last time…" the other boy mutters, shuddering a little.

kahiro also shudders before glancing at her boyfriend again. "takiro's kinda...my ex."

...oh.

suddenly, tsuna sees takiro in a different light. his blonde hair is styled fashionably, he's tall, he clearly does some sort of sport, he's got confidence, he-

his girlfriend gives his hand another squeeze, takiro laughing nervously. "don't worry, i'm not here to steal hiro away! it's just that my girlfriend had this whole phase of really not liking hiro because we're good friends and we didn't tell her outright that we used to date so it got…"

"really messy." kahiro finishes, pulling a face. "i still don't know why we dated."

"so cold!" the blonde puts a hand to his heart in mock offence and tsuna can practically see the similarities between the two. his head is still spinning a little from the announcement and he's trying not to stare at takiro and continue to tick off his good points. easy to talk with, understands her sense of humour, is popular-

"anyway, i've got to go meet up with said girlfriend. training for mixed doubles on thursday, yeah?"

"i'll message you if not." kahiro sends him off with a funny face, takiro responding with his own stupid expression as he dashes off. then, after a few moments of silence, she turns to face the

unet. "was that too out of the blue?"

tsuna stares down at her, trying to form words in his mouth. "...a bit sudden, yeah."

"damn it, i knew i should've made him run to his girlfriend instead." she curses, fingers still tangled with his. "he ambushed me and demanded he see who you were because i only ever sent him pictures of fishes and dinosaurs when he asked about you."

the spinning in tsuna's head slows down just a little. "you talked to him about me?"

she rolls her eyes dramatically and jabs him lightly in the chest. "course i did. why wouldn't i?" her eyes then meet his. "...should've i not told you about takiro?"