Contract

Chapter 17

Tsuna quivered in his desk, well aware of the stares that were peering at him in question and wonder. Class was just about to start and he knew what was going to happen next. It was the beginning of the week, a time when people had to get up and introduce any new contracts they had made during that time. Everyone loved to do it just to show off their new allies, to show that they were now more powerful, almost to brag.

However, Tsuna didn't like it. No, he didn't want to go up and tell everyone about Reborn.

"Hey," The brunet snapped his head up at that voice and glanced around towards his classmate, recognizing her as Hana. He hadn't seen or heard from her for a while actually, since normally she would be fighting back against the teacher verbally during class. She had the tendency to not take 'bullshit' from anyone and never hesitated to voice her opinion, especially if it was about something that was completely wrong. The brown-haired female sat down at the desk beside Tsuna, looking him straight in the eye, before trailing up and down his form as if searching for something. "You should try suing the school."

The brunet blinked. "H-Huh?"

"I heard while I was in another class that you were pitted into a fight without a contract. That's not allowed. You should sue the school for what they've done," Hana huffed, arms folded against her chest, glaring. But Tsuna knew better, that glare wasn't meant for him, but for everyone else. "It's their fault anyway."

Tsuna smiled softly at that, chuckling. "It's alright. I'm okay, see?" He waved his supposed to be broken arm around freely without any trouble, no pain, no nothing. "I got some help in recovering."

Hana continued to stare. "So then the other rumor is true then."

"Rumor?"

"That you have a contract."

Tsuna flinched at that, looking a little embarrassed, and whispered so that only they could hear, ignoring the rest of the class that were still trying to filter into the room. "Y-Yeah, I have one. His name is Reborn, he's really nice to me."

"Reborn…" The brunette raised a hand to rub underneath her chin as if deep in thought. "Well it's good to hear that he's actually taking care of you. I take it he's the one in a black suit with a fedora, walking around the campus, seducing the student population with his good looks, and appearing far too human to be true?" At the panicky expression on Tsuna, the woman smirked. "Unlike the monkeys that don't have a brain around here, I can actually think. It's not hard to connect the dots once you have the information needed. He's been staying with you too, hasn't he?"

Tsuna blinked and then laughed nervously. "W-Wow, you've got everything figured out already."

"Told you, I have a brain in-between my ears, unlike the monkeys around here," Hana went back to looking over the brunet's body like she was double-checking something. "Do you still need any healing?"

"Healing? No, I'm fine."

"Good, if you do, let me know. I'll call Kyoko to help you." The female huffed, leaning over to position herself better on the table. She gave a bored expression, like she was uninterested in the rest of the world, and placed an arm onto the desktop to prop her chin. More students came in, chattering among each other happily, ignoring and avoiding the two in the center.

"T-Thanks, that's really kind of you," The Capturer gave a weak smile, looking a little nervous yet happy that he was actually talking to a classmate that didn't want to harm him. "Hey, Hana, can I ask you a question?" Tsuna whispered as he leaned over towards the female. "I've been wondering about this for a while, but you know the attributes, how many are there?"

"You're joking, right?" Hana raised an eyebrow at that in disbelief. "How could you not know? It's one of the most basic of things we've learned at the beginning."