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When Hayato found himself back in his world, alone, he naturally had written off what happened at the manor as a dream... but at the same time... he couldn’t help but feel the pangs of heartbreak. He felt stupid for falling for something that had to have been a dream.... but the idea of having someone that loved him for just being him... it... it was too good to be true... but didn’t matter now. He had to push his feelings aside. His future self had failed the Tenth, now he was in the future with his boss to try to prevent this from happening. But it wasn’t easy, the Vongola were being hunted for their Vongola rings by the Millefiore family. While he didn't want to admit it... he was scared. He had already failed the Tenth once, he was in this strange foreign world where there was a price on his head, and to top it all off he had lost the boy who loved him.... naturally his mood had taken a SPECIAL turn south. He had already lashed out on Yamamoto a few times. Now him and the baseball idiot were screwed into an all knew lifetime because he lost his temper. One of the Millefiore generals had engaged them in a fight, Yamamoto was down, and now Hayato was being toyed with by Gamma. The man had him pinned on the ground, stepping on his hand until their was a sickening crack. Hayato screamed in agony but refused to say a word... he would gladly die for his boss’s sake. This was all his fault to begin with. If he hadn’t acted out... if his future self hadn’t failed his boss....

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The little swell of pride in the moment is cut short by a sudden and obnoxiously loud-

"VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOI! YOU LITTLE BASTARDS!!! ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!"

-Squalo. Who successfully gave most of the room a heart attack (with the exception of Yamamoto who was used to it at this point). Lal sent a sharp glare that could make blood freeze to one of the new tag-alongs, Spanner. Her only order:

"Turn it down."

The order was followed. and Squalo continued.

"Listen up! At this time we, as the Vongola, are together in this! So as far as you little brats-" Then there's a crash and a "YOU ALLHOLE!" before another voice comes on the feed. Gokudera shudders a bit at the raspy tone and leans over to whisper to Ryuutaro who it was that was speaking. Since he knew he had explained Xanxus and the Varia before.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi. Have you become a little less immature yet? Show me in ten days time that the Vongola will be the strongest."

And then the feeds cuts leaving the room in dead silence for a moment... before Yamamoto chuckles and plays 'Captain Obvious'.

"They cut it off..."

Gokudera snapped from his initial daze, to grump at Yamamoto, "Tch, no shit. That damn bastard always just says whatever the hell he wants!"

And then Reborn pipes up with the final say, "Well at least this time he's on our side..."

While Ryuutaro naturally twitched heavily at Squalo's loud voice he seemed considerably not startled at the Varia. Something about the way they talked right now just seemed completely familiar to him. Maybe he'd really spent too much time in the Dark Nebula back then...
Looking back it seemed like an almost okay place to stay at, before Battle Bladers at least.

When the conversation ended, he was silent for a moment, just breathing in and out.

"... so what are we doing now?"
He was rather exhausted by now.

"There are some things we still need to square away, just give us a few more moments."

Gokudera held Ryuutaro a little closer, he did look tired, so while the rest of the Vongola was discussing what happened to Mukuro, or letting Souichi and Spanner into the family, Gokudera leaned down to his boyfriend to make sure he was okay.

"Y'know, if you're tired you can nap, I'll carry you once we get moving." Sure, he was exhausted, achy and sore from the fight with Gamma, but he still had no trouble giving Ryuutaro the offer.

Ryuutaro stared at Hayato and for a moment he was really glad he didn't blush very easily.

"I may be tired, but not that tired. I'm not going to pass out like this, you know?"
What did Hayato even think? He wasn't... he wouldn't...
As cute as the offer might've been, now Ryuutaro definitely wouldn't sleep, reacting like kids would usually react.
This went deeper though, to thoughts of keeping up, but for a moment he just seemed to be childishly offended.

The teen nodded with a smile and gave Ryuutaro a peck on the cheek, "Alright."

The conversation with the rest of the Vongola soon wrapped up and they were ready to head back to the base. Finally they could go out in broad daylight without the fear of being attacked. With a grunt Hayato pushed himself up, staggering a bit before he was able to get himself to move forward.

The group trudged through the halls, those that fought weary and battle worn, but eventually they made it outside for a breath of fresh air they hadn't been able to enjoy for a what felt like years. A silence hung over then at they walked onto the bustling streets of Namimori.

Hayato looked around the area, a sense of calm washing over him, there may be a tough battle approaching... but for now... this familiarity... the home he had grown attached to... while ten years in the future, was still comforting.

The sky. Ryuutaro instantly felt so much better. He looked up and took a deep breath.
So this was it... more like it at least. This was the world he'd spend the next time in, albeit it's future. No... not the next time. The rest of his life, if the Author didn't take them back again.
Ryuutaro swallowed. That was a long time... or at least it supposedly would be... if they survived the next weeks. But they would, he was sure of that. Hayato promised. He'd seen his future self.
There was no way they wouldn't actually live to see that age. There was just no way someone would take that from them.

Ryuutaro looked around the streets. It didn't seem so different from his world, not at first sight, but he knew it was. The other worlds never looked so different at first.
He looked over at the group in silence and his look came to rest on Hayato finally.

Hayato felt the glance on him and turned to look at his boyfriend. He smiled softly and reached for his hand. He couldn't wait to show Ryuutaro around Namimori... however, that would have to wait until after a good long well-deserved sleep.

Though a shout from straight ahead of them, made the silverette turn his attention ahead of him again. Before them stood the Kyoko, Haru, Bianchi, and Fuuta, waving and rushing towards the group of weary soldiers. Lambo and Ipin rushed to the girls, Ryohei rushed to his sister, who while startled at his younger again, was overjoyed. Haru fawned over Tsuna and fretted over the rest of the boys, and Chrome got a great big Bianchi-hug, though of course she looked over to Hayato (with goggles on thankfully) just to make sure her brother was okay.

The moment seemed lighter as there was laughter and chatter. Hayato, however, didn't rush to the crowd. It was a relief to see them okay, but the had been able to see his reason for fighting already. The light feeling of getting to see the one dear to you after fighting for your life... He got to wake up after the fight with his lover at his side. Unfortunately, Ryuutaro had to suffer because of that. But it had meant so much, even thinking about it now made his heart swell.

He returns his focus on Ryuutaro with a smile on his face, and moves a hand to the back of his boyfriend's head to pull him in for a kiss on the forehead.

"Thank you."

Ryuutaro didn't really know what Hayato was thanking him for, but he decided it was not important to know right now. The words alone did mean something to him already, why would he bother to try and cut them to pieces just to understand?

He smiled. "Anything for you."
It was just a figure of speech, but Ryuutaro knew that like things were now it was almost shockingly true. Right now he didn't feel up to think about any of this though, the thought vanished almost as soon as it appeared.
He was just so glad to be outside again, together with Hayato. At least now he could feel a lot more optimistic about everything again.

And finally they made their way back to the base... except Hibari who just seemed to have vanished from the group. Everyone went their separate ways to go and get a much-needed rest. Gokudera ended up in the parlor were he and Ryuutaro usually slept... after he blew up the library anyway. Gokudera didn't last long though, his first reaction was to just flop face down on the couch so glad to be off his feet...

However he didn't think that the second he hit the couch he would just fall asleep.

So there he is, fully clothed, Systema C.A.I. still strapped to his belt, shoes still on... completely passed out on the couch. Should be more painful like that considering the heaviest blows from Gamma were on his chest. But there is no pain now... only delightful couch thing.

Ryuutaro had to look at the scene for a moment. That was some spectacular exhaustion there. For a little while he just stood there watching Hayato breath slowly. And then suddenly he had to chuckle a bit.
Paying no mind to his own exhaustion he went over to Hayato. He probably couldn't leave him like this. It looked highly uncomfortable.
... so would it be to have people see him kind of undress a sleeping Hayato, but on other levels. Well, he could at least try and turn him.
Sleeping people were always heavier than expected, but his quest was successful and Ryuutaro grabbed a small blanket lying around to cover Hayato with it. Not perfect, but good enough. It was his own fault for falling asleep like this.

Guiding Ryuutaro to the next problem: He couldn't really climb halfway on top of Hayato with him injured like that. With a sigh the fortune-teller sat down on the ground in front of the couch, leaning his head partly against Hayato's arm. He'd find a solution after a moment of rest...

... or maybe not actually. A few minutes later he was sleeping in his sitting position anyway.

After about a full 24 hours of sleeping, Gokudera finally woke up- stiff and sore from the fight... and sleeping fully clothed. He grunted and groaned finally sat up on the couch.

Hng... he needed... to do things. Food... shower... make sure organs still worked. Sort of just wanted to go back to sleep though... still tired... well not tired... but groggy. Headache from sleeping so long...

Mmmm... boyfriend. Where was boyfriend? Boyfriend so much better at morning things than him...

...was it even still morning? Uguuh he had no idea...

Said boyfriend had really tried to wait for Hayato to wake up. But even with sleeping a lot longer than usually, that had not been manageable. At some point Ryuutaro had given up and gone to get breakfast (and actually socialize with the girls for a moment, amazingly enough) and move his body so that it would stop constantly reminding him that he'd been sleeping while sitting.

Luckily enough he returned to the parlor only a few minutes after Hayato had woken up, immediately smiling as he saw his boyfriend in a state that you could possibly call something close to awake.

"Ah, Hayato, welcome back in the world of consciousness."
Ryuutaro stepped over to kiss his forehead lightly.

And a sleepy grin spread across his face as he was kissed. He loved waking up with Ryuutaro... it was a nice way to start the day.

"G'mornin..." He paused for a moment, "...is it mornin'?"

Important question that.

Well...

"Not... quite."
Ryuutaro opened his fan casually.
"If I'm truthful then it's not even quite close to morning anymore."

"Oh." He scratched his head as his brain slowly started to come to life, "Then... good... whatever time it is then..."

And he stretched his arms up, cracking his back... that felt good. Right... he should get ready for things now... like... being awake.

"I'm gonna take a shower quick, kay?" Like he ever took any other kind of shower, "Should probably eat... and... do things..."

While part of him wanted to ask if Ryuutaro to join him, the other boy was obviously all ready for the day... and it had been a while since they had been TOGETHER... and getting a boner in a public shower would be REALLY awkward...

Ryuutaro nodded. "Go do that, yes. You probably need both after all this exhaustion."

And there were chances that the water would wake Hayato up for good. As cute as the morning-braindead-Hayato could be, in this place Ryuutaro preferred the awake version.
While he'd come to terms with being here and managed quite well on his own, Hayato's awake company was still better than that.

"M'kay" He gave Ryuutaro a quick kiss on the cheek, "I'll be back soon."

And went off to get his clothes from his room and headed to the showers. It was quick, but he did take a bit longer than usual. The hot water felt good on his sore and aching muscles. When he got out, he didn't pay any mind to his injuries as usual- it wasn't like it was something easily treatable anyway. Just a large set of black bruises and mostly internal burns from the electric-like thunder flames. Luckily his clothes covered most of the injuries anyway.

Heading back to the parlor he spotted Ryuutaro, and a smile spread across his face as he rushed over to scoop him up in his arms for a surprise kiss.

"Tesoro!"

Asfshjafg always these surprises, stop giving him little heart attacks. Or.... maybe just don't stop at all. Ever.
So Ryuutaro just smiled and chuckled, wrapping his arms around Hayato softly.

"Feeling more awake now?" He should probably say good morning again, considering how asleep Hayato had been until a while ago...

Hayato leaned down to press his forhead against Ryuutaro's lovingly.

"Much, thanks."

And he pressed another kiss to Ryuutaro's lips as he set the boy back on his feet, but still remained close so he could keep those arms around him. The fights were over for now. While he knew he would have to try and open the new Vongola box... they were probably going to get a few days to rest and recover.

"How are things? I... guess I've been out for a while, huh?"

"You have, but I think that was to be expected after the fight you went through."
As unpleasant as it might be for Ryuutaro to be alone at this foreign place, he understood how badly his boyfriend needed the rest. And it wasn't like he could not manage on his own.

"I'm settling in though, I think."
Or something like this. At least he didn't feel horribly misplaced anymore and it was easier to act as usually, walk like he owned the universe, even when he didn't.

He smiled, it was a relief. Things were starting to pull themselves together again. Ryuutaro was doing better, they didn't have to sneak around as much, he had the C.A.I again... it was almost over.

"I'm glad."

And he nuzzles his face up against the younger boy's for a moment. They were going to be okay. A shout from down the hall catches the teen's attention though, and he pulls back from Ryuutaro to look. Well, the commotion didn't seem to be headed their way, so with a brief look back to Ryuutaro, he took the boy's hands and started to walk towards it.

Unfortunately Gokudera didn't get a good look, because as soon as he turned the corner his stomach let out a gurgle in protest before he made some sort of chocking noise before he just passed out and fell backwards. Yup. Bianchi.

Tsuna, Yamamoto, Ryohei, and the girls were there as well. Tsuna obviously the one flailing most at the circumstance.

"B-Bianchi! The goggles!"

"Oops, I'll put those on right now." She stated rather airily, obviously not bothered with her brother's condition.

Ryuutaro managed to support Hayato enough that his head didn't crash to the floor on full speed, at least.
He went down on his knees, next to his boyfriend and gave a fake-smile at the group.

"A bit too late, but it's still something that would be really helpful."

He looked everyone over, trying to figure out what was even going on in this little get-together while he waited for Hayato to wake up.

Yamamoto knelt down on the other side of Hayato and pulled out a water bottle to pour on the teens face, while Tsuna hovered over them worriedly. Though they all seem pretty used to this.

Luckily, it only takes a few drips of water on his face to get him to start coming to again. Unlike some of his worse bouts that kept him out for a few hours. He sputters and grunted a bit, displeased by the water in his face, but at least he was awake.

Bianchi takes a few steps forward and smiles at the boys, pleased by their arrival.

"You arrived just in time. I was planning to bring the girls up to walk around for a while. We were planning to visit the school and some familiar places around the town."

Gokudera blinked a bit in surprise... they were going to the surface? Well that was a pleasant surprise. He fought the dizziness to prop himself up on his elbows and look up to Ryuutaro.

"I can take you to my apartment..." He paused to look at Bianchi, "Erm... if I still live there...?"

She chuckled and nodded, "You do, but it'll be a bit different from how you know it."

Get up and outside again? The thought alone was all it took to make Ryuutaro almost forgive the weird situation that walking in here had caused. The sky, fresh air... He needed it, he needed it badly.
And seeing Hayato's apartment was another big plus. Even if this was the future, it was closest he ever would've gotten to finally comprehending how Hayato had lived before the Manor.

He smiled, suddenly seeming even more fine with the world than before, almost a bit happy.
"Well, that will be interesting for the both of us then, won't it?"
Future Hayato's apartement... It'd give him a feeling of how Hayato would turn to be after all this was over... it might even be a tad more exiting than the usual one. Ryuutaro was so deprived of fortune-telling, anything future just exited him.

Gokudera couldn't help but smile himself when he saw Ryuutaro brighten up so much. He pushed himself up, and with a little help got to his feet. He was still a bit woozy, but that would wear off soon enough, and the fresh air would help.

"Let's go then."

And with that Bianchi lead the group up and out of the base, and started walking towards the highschool.