"Volleyball match in the afternoon..." Looking up from the notebook, Tsuna sent the fake-Reborn a confused look. "The match has nothing to do with me, right? I'm a reserve." he clarified.

"Yes, but they're suddenly short on members." Reborn told him with an innocent tone. "So the reserve for the reserve for the reserve for the reserve, meaning you, gets to play." he explained.

"...dang it. Just when I thought I could get away with it if it wasn't for you whippersnapper," Tsuna sighed. Reborn grinned at that while several crews snickered.

"Why can't you guys do it properly?" Kawahira lamented.

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Behind the scenes

"Are you really from Italy?" Tsuna asked Gokudera while they're waiting for their turn to do their scenes.

"I wasn't born there but I did live there for half of my life with mother before moving back here with mom." the silver-haired casually answered. At the confused look Tsuna is giving, Gokudera elaborated a bit.

"Yeah, so turns out my sorry of an excuse of a father was married when he came here and got my mom pregnant. My mom was able to tell him through a letter or something which was how mother - his legal wife at the time, found out. She immediately divorced him and invited us to stay with her in Italy when he heard about mom's not so stellar life. Mom agreed but around the time I was 13? 14? She got homesick so we moved back."

"...my mom has been acting with me since forever," Tsuna, not really knowing what to say, offered that little tidbit instead.

"Okay?" Gokudera, not really knowing what to say to that either, said that instead.

Thankfully, they were spared from the awkwardness when Yamamoto walked on set and loudly declared the three of them as best friends since they have a lot of scenes together, much to Tsuna's amusement and Gokudera protest.

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Take One

"Reborn! Reborn! Where are you?" Tsuna called out as he ran down the hallway. Slowing down, he looked around once more for any signs of that little hitman.

"That's odd. He should always be watching me..."

"Not your babysitter!" Reborn shouted off set, causing Tsuna to grin.

"Reborn, please," Kawahira sighed.

Take Two

"That's odd. He should always be watching me..." Tsuna mumbled to himself. "Huh? What's that smell?" Tsuna wondered before looking at the fire extinguisher container. A weird bubbling sound came from it.

Just as he was about to eavesdrop, the door on the container swung open, knocking him to the ground.

"Ow... I don't think that was supposed to be in the script..." Tsuna grumbled, rubbing his red forehead.

"My bad. I forgot to tell you." Kawahira smiled innocently as the brunet glared at him.

Take Three

"Ciaossu! I'm taking my coffee break right now."

"Hey! Why are you in there!?" Tsuna looked at fake-Reborn in bewilderment.

"I have hideouts all over school." Reborn explained.

"When did you set that up?" Tsuna questioned before he remembered why he was looking for Reborn. "Th-that's right! Anyway, shoot me with a Deathperation Shot! The match's coming up. I need to show off for Kyoko-chan again."

"I can shoot you, but you'll die." Reborn said nonchalantly.

"And that's a problem how?"

"Tsu~na~yoshi~" Kawahira growled out.

Tsuna flashed him a cute smile in response.

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Behind the scenes

Once he finished reading his script for the next scene, Tsuna paled considerably.

"What's wrong? You looked like you've just seen a ghost," Lambo commented between a mouthful of donut. Tsuna ignored the teen and continued to stare in shock at his script.

"Why are you still here, brat? Neither you nor your brother was supposed to appear for this episode," Reborn walked towards them. "And what's wrong with him?" Reborn gestured at the still pale brunet.

Lambo just shrugged. "How should I know? Isn't that your job to find out what's wrong with your boyfriend?"

Reborn narrowed his eyes at him.

Seeing that reaction, Lambo immediately turned tail and ran away. Reborn snorted a little. 'As if I would hit you,' he thought while shaking his head a little before approaching the shocked Tsuna.

"Oi, Tsuna. What are you standing around like an idiot for?"

"R-Reborn..." Tsuna stuttered, eyes staring wide at him. "I-I'm gonna die..."

Reborn raised an eyebrow at that statement.

Wordlessly, Tsuna handed him his script.

Reading it, Reborn finally realised why and struggled to hold back a laugh. He coughed a bit to mask the laughter and gave Tsuna a look of fake-sympathy. Tsuna, too shocked to notice it, buried his face in his hands.

"Why?" Tsuna mumbled. "Why there?"

"...comedy?" Reborn offered. 

"...you're not helping, Reborn."

"I wasn't trying to."

Tsuna briefly wondered why he thought Reborn was a good person to complain to.

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The teacher blew the whistle, signifying that the game is starting.

A student tossed the ball up in the air, ready to hit it across the net, towards Tsuna and his teammates.

"Here it comes, Tsuna! Block it!" Yamamoto shouted.

Nodding his head, Tsuna prepared himself to jump, determined to block the ball. When a student from the opposing team jumped, Tsuna jumped too. The wire attached to him pulled him way pass the net's height, surprising everyone.

Before anyone could say anything, the ball that had been in the air was hit, hurtling straight towards Tsuna's... precious.

Everyone who was unfortunate enough to witness it cringed and gasped in horror when it made contact. Tsuna just grunted in pain, unable to say anything from the force, even with all the extra layers he's wearing.

"He blocked it with his organ!" Ryohei shouted out of shock, even though that line was not in his script.

No one said anything after that, eyes focused on the dangling brunet high up, the ball thumping loudly against the floor before rolling out of sight.

"Tsuna!!!" Both Gokudera and Yamamoto ran towards Tsuna as he was being lowered. The medics on standby rushed towards their patients, ice packs ready. All other casts looked at him with worry and pity.

Onomichi watched the scene with equal parts worry and confusion. "Kawahira-san... does... does everyone even know that Tsuna's supposed to be hit like that?" he glanced at the man. "I mean... there's still a couple more scenes we have to take like that..."

Kawahira grinned. "No, they do not know. Only Tsuna and probably Reborn knows. And I intend to keep it that way," he chuckled evilly. Onomichi just sweatdropped.

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I realised I like Reborn being a menace. It's funny.