Poison. 5927

"Gokudera-kun, don't!" Tsuna wailed, running towards the silver-haired right-hand-man.
"I'm sorry, Juudaime. I have to. You... will be safe if I do." Gokudera raised the vial to his light sakura-colored lips, and began to drink the clear liquid it contained. Tears began falling from the eyes of both Mafiosos,  neither of them wanting for this to have to happen.
The vial fell from Gokudera's hand and shattered into a thousand  sparkling crystal fragments as the 'Smoking Bomb Hayayo' staggered forward and fell to the ground.

"No, no, no! Hayato-kun!" Tsuna cried, finally reaching Gokudera's side and kneeling down beside him. It was no use. The Vongola heir knew that even with the Dying Will Bullet, there was now nothing he could do to save Gokudera. And he hated it.

Gokudera smiled weakly. "I'm sorry.... Juu- Tsuna-kun. It's the... only way I can... save you." Between most words, Hayato was foced to take deep, shuttering breaths.
A sob escaped Tsuna. He put his head on Gokudera's chest and closed his eyes. No, impossible! It couldn't be true! It couldn't be happening! Gokudera was the pillar of strength for most of the other guardians, the swirling force at the center of all of their attacks. Sobs shook the Juudaime's body as he heard Hayato's breaths becoming slower, and farther apart.

"H-Hayato-kun, don't leave me! Please, don't leave me! Y-You can't! I love y-you!"

A weak smile appeared on Gokudera's lips again. "I'm sorry... Juudaime. I... love you too." His voice was barely audible, nothing more than the softest of whispers. Tsuna moved his head and his lips met with his right-hand-man's with such desperation and passion that it shocked even himself. As their kiss continued for eternal moments, Tsuna could feel the life leaving Gokudera even more rapidly than before. The poison was finally taking full effect. He pulled away from the man and held him in his arms, his sobs continuing on until-



"What?!" Tsuna screamed, sitting bolt upright in his comfy bed . He looked around himself with an urgency, but was unable to see due to the ominous darkness. Tsuna felt around himself blindly, searching for something. Within moments, Tsuna's hand clasped onto the sleeve of another's pajama top, and he lay back down in the bed, utterly relieve, and curled himself up against his partner.
"Did you have a bad dream, Tsuna-kun?" A voice muttered, thick with sleep, from beside the brunette. Tsuna felt protective arms wrapping around his waist.
"MM-hm. Don't ever die on me, okay, Hayato-kun?"
Gokudera frowned, and pulled Tsuna impossibly closer to his body.
"I'll try not to, Tsuna-kun. I'll try not to."