Love. Denial. Acceptance.

Reborn and Tsuna have known each other for years. They've been best friends for years. Tsuna's hoped for something more for years. And yet, when it really came down to it, Tsuna would rather destroy any chance he ever had with Reborn and break his own heart than to see the teen in any unnecessary pain.

So that's exactly what he did.

(Be aware there's a lot of cursing in this)