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“Okay…everything’s ready! Now I just have to wait for the tenth to get home.”
Hayato Gokudera smiled slightly to himself as he crouched down in front of his friend
Tsunayoshi “Tsuna” Sawada’s desk. He looked over his handiwork and nodded, taking note of
the tiny set of clothes he had found on a rather trendy looking doll (that just so happened to be an
exact copy of the outfit he was wearing, a plain black t-shirt under a red button down shirt which
was open and a pair of jeans with a brown belt) that were laid out next to an extremely goofy
looking toy ray gun. Or at least it held the appearance of a toy. In actuality Gokudera had
snatched this weapon a long time ago, back when Giannini had paid Reborn a visit to improve
his weapons. Gokudera had looked over the weapon alteration expert’s store of comical looking
guns, bombs, and knives when one in particular caught his attention. He had pointed it out,
casually, his heart beating faster as two words had sprang out at him, as though from the depths
of his most secret fantasies and asked, “Hey, what’s this one do?”
Giannini, who had been talking quietly with Reborn, glanced at the gun and dismissively waved
his hand. “Oh, that. Just a prototype I had been working on a long time ago that never really
panned out. I used the Ten Year Bazooka as a base, streamlined the design to a more hand held
form, and tweaked a few things so instead of having it swap two versions of the same person on
a timeline it affects the target alone and makes them bigger or smaller depending on which
setting the gun is on.”
“So…” Gokudera said, trying to keep his face straight even as his mind began to buzz with the
possibilities. “You’re telling me this is a—“
“Shrink ray pretty much.” Reborn said coyly, that enigmatic smile fixed firmly on his face.
Gokudera couldn’t help but feel a slight chill as the baby like assassin stared at him, as though he
was penetrating the teenager’s mind to its very core. “Is that something that interests you
Gokudera?”
Gokudera blushed and scratched his cheek, glancing to the side before scoffing. “What, like,
personally? No way! I just thought it would be useful! I mean, one shot and a target would be
tiny, right? Easy to capture? Or…or step on…or eat…”
He trailed off, a dreamy look in his eye, causing both Giannini and Reborn to stare until he
snapped out of it, his already red cheeks growing even rosier. “A-Anyway…just a thought.”
Giannini sighed and shook his head. “I don’t expect you to understand the finer points of delicate
machinery but that weapon is a complete dud in the field. It takes up so much charge to fire
you’d need to lug around at least six batteries comparable in size to a car battery, hook it up to
the gun, and then fire it to get any decent use out of it. Even just one battery would only give you
a few blasts to work with. By the time you did all that you’d be more likely to have a bullet in
your head. It’s much easier for me to focus my considerable talents on modifying other weapons,
like Reborn’s pistol here.”
“Maybe you’ll even get the modifications right this time.” Reborn said, earning a glare from the
somewhat mad inventor.
Gokudera’s mind wandered as Giannini and Reborn talked, picked the weapon up in his hand
and slowly turned it over, admiring it and the possibilities it held. Gokudera had a secret, one that
he had told absolutely no one, not even his precious Tenth and best friend Tsuna. The idea of
being tiny, not just short but really tiny, like mouse sized if not smaller, was incredibly appealing
to him, and not just being that size but being that size around a normal sized human and not just
any normal sized human but Tsuna himself. In short, Gokudera was a macrophile and he was
infatuated with the idea of living out his fantasies with Tsuna. It was no secret that Gokudera
loved Tsuna, as a guardian, a bodyguard, a protector but what was less known was just how deep
that love went. Tsuna himself was completely unaware of it and the other members of the
Vongola Famiglia were either too wrapped up in their own lives and wishes and concerns or
simply too naïve to notice. Gokudera had a sneaking suspicion that Reborn was aware of it, but
that was hardly surprising; Reborn seemed to know everything about everyone that he dealt with.
His macrophilia on the other hand…
Gokudera himself had been completely unaware that he had such feelings until recently.
Coincidentally, it had been the time before this one when Giannini had arrived, a mix up with the
Ten Year Bazooka leaving Gokudera the size of a five year old while still retaining his teenage
mind and sensibilities. When he had laid eyes on Tsuna at that size, towering over him, able to
easily lift him up without so much as breaking a sweat, carrying him around in his arms,
frantically doing whatever he could to fix the situation Gokudera had felt something stir inside
him. Even after returning to his normal size he had looked at Tsuna in a new light. It was wrong
that his Tenth was shorter than him. Heck, it was wrong that his Tenth was shorter than anyone!
That baseball freak should be waist high to his precious Tenth! No, ankle height! The people of
the mob world should all be ants milling around the Tenth’s toes, a single step able to wipe them
all out at once if that’s what Tsuna wanted, a force of nature, one unfettered by the moralities and
rules of regular humans! The very thought had sent Gokudera into a blushing tizzy, barely able
to stumble home to his apartment before crashing to his bed, eyes swirling and pants tight with
possibilities.
Though he had no name to put to this new obsession, Gokudera had dwelled on these thoughts
daily from that point on. Every time he looked at Tsuna, no matter the situation, he started to
think of what it would be like if Tsuna were a giant or if he himself was tiny. At the swimming
pool he imagined Tsuna blushing as he tried to fit into a space that was too small for him, his
toes bent at the far end of the pool, his body scrunched up, with his arms hugging his knees. It
was too adorable for words. Or the time when they were hanging out in Tsuna’s room after
school and he had gotten up to take their dirty cups downstairs to be washed, his head tilting
back as he watched Tsuna get to his feet, falling over “accidentally” so he could look up as
Tsuna stepped over him, the soft, smooth sole of Tsuna’s foot passing overhead, almost coming
down on his face! “C-Careful Gokudera!” Tsuna had said concernedly. “I almost stepped on
you!” Oh if only he had.
The silver haired demolitions expert had a very active imagination but he was no fool. He knew
that such fantasies could only be that: a fantasy. But how appealing it was to him to truly be a
tool for his boss, something to be used to clean him while he was in the tub, rub his feet when
they were tired from walking…if only the laws of physics would allow it; he was positive that he
could convince Tsuna to go along with it otherwise. Now, he was being presented a veritable gift
from the gods; a tool that he could use to make his fantasies a reality at last. Before he was fully
aware he was doing it, his hand darted out and stashed the gun under his shirt, his other hand
“accidentally” knocking an entire wall of various weapons to the floor. Giannini’s response had
been as fierce and quick as it was anguished. “OUT! OUT RIGHT NOW YOU CLUMSY
FOOL!” Gokudera had been forced from the room as Giannini cleaned up, too upset to notice his
black sheep of a prototype had gone missing…
Gokudera chuckled as he remembered how easy it had been in hindsight to set this all up. The
ray was a complicated machine in how it worked but its set up was so simple Lambo could have
done it. All he had to do was put it on a stable surface, in this case Tsuna’s desk, and then hook
the positive and negatively charged electrodes to a car battery, which he bought from scraping up
money from a part time job, which would give him at least three shots with the ray. Tsuna was
currently out of the house grocery shopping so as soon as he heard the door downstairs open
Gokudera would activate the machine and be shrunken down to about three inches in height. The
doll clothes would be sitting by for him to use, his leftover clothes would signal to Tsuna (along
with the ray) that something was going on and with a few seconds of arm waving and shouting
Gokudera would be within reach of his biggest fantasy at last. Tsuna was so nice it wouldn’t be
TOO hard to convince him to participate…right?
The sound of an opening door cut off any doubts or speculations Gokudera might have had. The
time had come at last! He quickly turned the device on and set the calibrations, the machine
humming increasingly loudly as it charged up power, sparks already darting out from the tip of
the ray gun. Gokudera strained to hear what was going on downstairs, his heart thumping loudly
in his chest. If Tsuna walked in while Gokudera was fiddling with the machine the silver haired
demolition man might lose his nerve and back out of the plan or the device might hit Tsuna
instead, or any number of horrible happenings could occur. It was always on the cusp of a plan
months in the making coming to fruition that all the terrible possibilities that could happen
flooded the mind. It was with a sigh of relief that Gokudera managed to finish setting the
intensity of the blast just as the energy began gathering, the device humming so loudly the sound
of Tsuna coming up the stairs was muffled entirely.
The fluffy haired mob boss stopped halfway up and raised an eyebrow, tilting his head slightly as
he listened. “Huh…what’s that humming sound? I think it’s coming…from…my room!” Tsuna
gulped, running up the stairs, dreading what sort of new insanity would be waiting for him at the
top.
Gokudera felt a hot sick swoop of vertigo pass through his body as the energy from the ray
discharged in a beam of light, enveloping the white haired teen from head to toe. It made his skin
tingle all over, like his entire body had fallen asleep. If he hadn’t locked his legs he would have
folded under the strange feeling. Everything around him seemed to expand, stretching away and
up from his diminishing body, his heart pounding even faster, if that was possible. He was finally
living the fantasy that had preoccupied his mind for so long. He couldn’t help but grin, even as
he felt like he might be sick, the light from the ceiling hanging overhead like a noonday sun, the
coarse carpet fibers rising up around his feet like swiftly growing grass. It wasn’t until the
shrinking had slowed down to a halt that he realized something had already gone wrong in his
plan.
“Wait…why did my clothes shrink with me?” Gokudera mused, tugging at his shrunken shirt,
glancing at the doll’s clothes set out nearby. “I thought I was going to shrink out of them but I
guess this isn’t such a big deal. I’ll just have to be extra loud so the Tenth will be able to hear me
down here!”
A resounding rattle filled the air as the doorknob to the bedroom jiggled slightly, a mildly sweaty
hand sliding around on it before it was turned, the massive wooden monolith slamming open
with a BANG like a crack of thunder, a powerful gale blasting through the room. Gokudera
swiftly raised his arms up to guard against the wind, his toes digging into the thick carpet, his
tiny body still sliding backwards a few inches, his eyes squinting shut in protection. The wind
didn’t last long, Gokudera’s eyes opening wide to take in the spectacle before him. Looming
above him like a god was the body of the Tenth, his lightly muscular form clothed in a pair of
sensible black pants, a short sleeved white button down shirt, and a dark blue sweater vest. A
thin layer of sweat was visible on his arms and face, testament to the heat of the day. The
towering colossus of a teenager sighed, wiping his forehead as he glanced over his shoulder,
relieved to see that everything in his room was in its place and mercifully empty of all
people…or so he thought. Gokudera winced slightly as Tsuna’s higher pitched voice boomed out
from within him, amplified as though the shrunken teen was standing in a stadium and listening
to an announcement over the loudspeakers. “I’m going to be in my room for a while Mom! N-No
visitors please! I need a break…”
The exhaustion in his voice made Gokudera clench his fist in determination. “I’ve gotta get the
Tenth’s attention so I can help him relax! He deserves a f-foot rub after the hard day he’s had…”
Gokudera’s cheeks immediately colored red as he imagined touching the soft, smooth sole of
Tsuna’s foot, his little body pressing up tight against the warm, lightly sweaty flesh, plump, cute
toes clenching slightly over his head…he giggled to himself as he rubbed the back of his head
and looked to the side, completely lost in his fantasy. He was rudely knocked out of it by a room
shaking THOOM as Tsuna took a step forward, closing the door behind him and locking it. This
was it! He only had a few hours to spend with the Tenth, in his room! He had to make the
absolute most of it! He ran forward, the springy carpet making an easy surface to run on. Every
time Tsuna’s bare sole met the carpet Gokudera felt his little body tremble as the floor quaked, a
warm wind sweeping past him from the mere movements of the mighty Tenth. The silver haired
teen was covering only inches at a time, running full blast, while his once shorter boss was easily
covering hundreds of relative feet in a single stride, his already enormous body stretching higher
in Gokudera’s view as the two friends approached each other. Gokudera, so focused on running,
misjudged the distance and speed at which Tsuna was traveling, gasping as he was suddenly
engulfed in shadow, Tsuna’s foot rising high above him…before enlarging at a rapid rate as it
descended, heading straight for Gokudera’s puny body! Thinking fast, he turned his body
slightly, skidding to a halt, planting his feet to the ground before throwing himself backwards!
He propelled himself with such force that his feet left the ground entirely, his body going
horizontal, his arms waving wildly as he shouted, “TEEEEEEEENTH!”
Foot met carpet with a final BOOM, Tsuna stopping and blinking as he tilted his head. “Huh…I
could have sworn I heard some kind of high pitched whine…like a bug buzzing or something…”
He frowned and rotated his index finger in his ear, clearing away any obstruction that might be
there. “I must be more tired than I thought. I’ll have to remember to set out some fly paper or
something later. Although I have a bad feeling that Lambo would just end up getting it stuck all
over his body…”
He sighed, rubbing his forehead, gripping his toes slightly, the stress already tightening the
muscles in his back and shoulders. He slapped his cheeks lightly and shook his head. “Nope! Not
thinking about that kind of stuff today! Today is a day to relax!”
He smiled to himself as he walked over to his desk, sitting down and opening a drawer, pulling
out a notebook and opening it to the middle pages. He picked up a pencil and started writing,
focusing on finishing his homework first, noticing the ray briefly before shrugging and ignoring
it. No doubt it was something to do with Reborn and as long as he wasn’t present, Tsuna wasn’t
even going to think about it. Little did he know, down below, between his big and second toe,
was a tiny figure, wedged between the two digits like a piece of lint. Gokudera’s heart was
thudding in his chest as he breathed in the intoxicating scent of his boss, the sweat mingling with
the natural odor of Tsuna’s body, making his head swim with almost drunken delight. He giggled
to himself, his face red as he lounged against the skin between the massive toes, softer than any
pillow, his arms draped over the rounded objects on either side of him. Gokudera had been
extremely lucky that his miniscule body hadn’t been crunched into a smear beneath the ball of
Tsuna’s foot; a sudden squeeze broke him out of his reverie, reminding him of the danger he was
in so long as Tsuna remained unaware of his presence. Thinking fast, he quickly started rubbing
the toes, his legs kicking slightly along the soft flesh below him. He was just slightly smaller
than his friend’s toes, his own feet barely grazing the tips of the carpet fibers below him, the
massive structures on either side of him clenched just enough to pin him in place. Far above him,
he heard a soft groan. He looked up and saw Tsuna leaning back in his chair, eyes closed with a
small smile on his face. It was absurd, but just seeing the slight positive effect he was having on
Tsuna made the shrunken teen’s heart soar. He began to rub more vigorously, the feeling
intensifying for Tsuna, one amber eye opening to look down at his foot. Gokudera’s own eyes
locked to Tsuna’s, waving his arms and grinning. The eye blinked, slowly, opening a few
seconds later.
“…Gokudera?” Tsuna asked quietly, not quite sure he was seeing what he thought he was
seeing.
“Hey Tenth!” Gokudera energetically responded, grinning happily. “Bet you’re surprised to see
me here, huh?”
“Is…is this a dream?” Tsuna muttered, rubbing his cheek, closing his eyes again. “It has to
be…unless all this stress finally made me snap?”
“No way! Your mind is as amazing as ever Tenth!” Gokudera insisted, rubbing harder again, his
face set in a determined expression. Both of Tsuna’s eyes popped open as he heard the voice,
combined with the tickling, relaxing feelings erupting from between his toes. He leaned down,
bonking his head on the edge of his desk, his head jerking back with a slight yelp. Gokudera let
out a small distressed sound but Tsuna’s hand wrapping gently around his body silenced him.
The giant teenager’s fingers were at least as thick as a set of trees, warmth surrounding Gokudera
as the impossibly gentle digits lifted him from his “prison” and up to Tsuna’s wonder filled face.
“G-Gokudera? What…what’s going on?” Tsuna inquired, his eyes staring at his tiny friend
unblinkingly as he held him on his palm.
“Heh, well, it’s…kind of a long story…” Gokudera gulped, feeling a bit more nervous now that
he was face to gigantic face with the object of his desire. “See, it all started back when we had
that malfunction with the Ten Year Bazooka…”
Tsuna listened intently, his expression neutral as Gokudera explained his fantasies, including
how close he felt to the usually shorter male. Tsuna’s cheeks slowly pinked, the color deepening
to a red as Gokudera finished his story. “O-Oh…I-I see! So you did all this because you want me
to…help you out with this fantasy?”
Gokudera rubbed the back of his head and nodded. “If it’s too weird for you I can just go back to
normal with the ray and we can forget this whole thing ever happened.”
Tsuna glanced at the unwieldy looking ray before focusing back on Gokudera. “Well…you
really do a lot for me…and you protect me…and you’re always there for me…so the least I can
do is to be there for you too; even if it’s a little…weird. I didn’t know this was even a thing!
Then again I also didn’t know shrinking was possible. This whole thing is just really strange!”
Gokudera couldn’t help but smile. Whenever Tsuna got flustered he was even more adorable
than normal. He stood up on Tsuna’s palm and grinned happily. “Thanks a lot for agreeing to
this Tenth! You have no idea how happy this makes me! I promise it will be good for you too!
You’re feeling pretty stressed lately, right? How about we start off with me giving you a foot
rub?”
Tsuna tilted his head slightly. “That does sound really nice…are you sure it won’t be too much
trouble for you?”
“Not at all! It’s what I’ve been dreaming of!” Gokudera announced, his eyes shining brightly.
Tsuna sweat dropped and noticed how damp Gokudera’s skin and clothes looked. “You’ve been
down by my feet for a while though…how about a bath first?”
Gokudera was about to shake his head when an idea suddenly came to him. “Okay, but I have
something special in mind; a different kind of shower!”
Tsuna tilted his head and raised an eyebrow. “Okay? What did you have in mind?”
Gokudera pointed up at Tsuna’s mouth and said, “I want to take a bath in there!”
Tsuna gasped and choked slightly, the motion sucking saliva down his throat. He coughed and
thumped his chest, taking a deep breath before he said, “W-What are you talking about?! You
can’t go in my mouth! What if I swallow you?”
Gokudera shivered slightly at the very thought, a tingle running up and down his spine. “Y-You
won’t! I trust you. All you have to do is keep your mouth open and let me sit on your tongue for
a while and just…enjoy it.”
Tsuna sighed and looked to the side, his heart beating a bit faster. “I don’t know if I like the
sound of this…b-but…if that’s what you want…”
He slowly opened his mouth, bringing Gokudera closer to the gaping maw, warm air wafting out
of the cavern and washing over the tiny teen, making his hair ruffle, the sweat from Tsuna’s foot
cooling on his skin before new, warmer beads of sweat replaced them. Tsuna’s tongue slowly
poked out from between his lips, sliding over the bottom row of teeth, the glistening muscle
approaching Gokudera like a red carpet. He quickly rushed over to it, feeling like a celebrity as
his bare feet touched the moist tongue. He slipped slightly, the feeling of his tiny feet making
Tsuna shiver, the sudden taste of his best friend, the very idea that someone he used to have to
look up to was now slipping and sliding, falling to his knees and crawling into his mouth, made
him feel…exhilarated. His breathing got slightly heavier as Gokudera crawled across the slimy
red expanse, watching with wide, rapt eyes as the living cave that was Tsuna’s throat pulsed and
flared as Tsuna breathed, his uvula wiggling slightly in the breeze. “Wow…” Gokudera said
softly, yelping slightly as Tsuna’s tongue pulled back in a bit, casting the tiny male in semi
darkness. His bright green eyes took it all in: the shiny, perfectly white teeth above and below
him, shimmering with saliva, the depths of his boss’ powerful throat, leading down to the lightly
gurgling cauldron of his belly, the soft, soft flesh below his knees, his legs sinking into the
tongue, saliva darkening and then soaking through his pants, filling the pant legs up with the
viscous liquid, small pools of it forming all over the bottom of Tsuna’s mouth. Gokudera jumped
as he felt something thick and warm touch heavily on his shoulder. He smiled as he touched the
goopy fluid, looking up at the rough roof of Tsuna’s mouth, strings of saliva dangling overhead,
some of them reaching all the way down to the bottom of Tsuna’s jaw, several strands
connecting the bottom row of teeth with the top in a web like form. Gokduera licked his lips,
wondering what it would be like to be strung up in those “webs” or nestled between those
powerful molars, feeling them pressing down on him…
“Gokudera?” Tsuna softly spoke, his tongue flicking slightly, bouncing the itty bitty man up and
down on the thick muscle, nearly smacking him into the roof of the mouth. “Are you okay in
there?”
Gokudera wrapped his arms around the tongue as best he could, his face squelching against the
saliva coated muscle. “Y-Yeah! I’m fine! Just don’t talk too much!”
Tsuna immediately stuck his tongue out and plucked Gokudera up off it, holding his sodden form
in his palm once more. “T-That’s enough of that!”
“You didn’t like it?” Gokudera said, looking visibly disappointed.
Tsuna gulped, swallowing down saliva that was saturated with Gokudera’s flavor, one that felt as
intimate and familiar as his scent. Tsuna had often been around Gokudera and had come to
associate certain smells with him. Now he was experiencing that scent in flavor form, coating his
tongue and sliding down his wet throat. “Well…it did feel kind of…nice. The small weight on
my tongue…the taste…the feeling of having you moving around in my mouth…”
Gokudera smiled and said, “See? This is what I mean! It’s amazing! Come on, let’s do more!
Now we can do the foot rubs!”
Tsuna nodded slowly, setting Gokudera down on the desktop. “Okay! Let’s see…how do you
want to do this? Right here in the chair? Or on the bed? Maybe on the sofa or something like
that?”
Before Gokudera could answer, there was a knock on Tsuna’s door. He jumped and leaned
forward, wrapping his arms around the miniscule Gokudera, pulling him close against his warm,
sweater clad chest. “W-What is it?!”
The sweet voice of Tsuna’s mother floated through the closed door. “I know you said you didn’t
want to be disturbed sweetie but can you do me a favor please? I need you to go down to the
store and pick up some groceries for me.”
Tsuna sighed and looked down at Gokudera, the blushing tiny looking up at him with loving
eyes. “Do you mind?” Tsuna whispered.
Gokudera shook his head. “I have an idea actually, something that will make it more fun for both
of us.”
Tsuna was intrigued. He called out, “Okay mom! No problem! I’ll be out in a second!”
He let Gokudera go, leaning in closer to him again, his face inches away from his friend.
“So…what’s your idea?”
The tiny teen grinned and said, “I’d like to get closer to your feet, even before I massage them
later. So how about you stick me in your sock while you go to the grocery store?”
Tsuna balked slightly at the idea. “B-But…won’t you get stepped on?”
“Yeah! It’ll be great!” Gokudera responded, stars practically shining in his eyes.
Tsuna sighed and reached out, gently picking Gokudera up. “Are you—“
Gokudera interrupted, clenching his hands into fists. “I’m surer then I’ve ever been about
anything before! I know you’re new to this whole thing Tenth so it doesn’t make any sense but
trust me! This is like a dream come true for me! In fact, you don’t have to be so nice about
everything. You’re a giant! You could smash me to bits with just one stomp! I know you’d never
do that but being a little assertive makes the whole thing a lot more fun. So from now on, you
can be as hard on me as you want and even if I start telling you to stop or something just
remember that it’s all part of the game. Okay?”
Tsuna gulped, slightly taken aback by his small friend's fantasy. “Wow, I guess there’s way more
to this thing than I thought." After a few seconds of hesitation, however, the sheer enthusiasm on
Gokudera's face managed to convince him to play along. "Okay! I-I think I can do that! So let’s
give it a try!”
He grabbed Gokudera somewhat roughly, his thick fingers curling protectively around his tiny
friend. “S-So! It’s into the sock for you then you pesky b-bug! Don’t even think of trying to-to
beg for mercy! Or anything like that…”
Gokudera bit his lower lip, trying not to laugh. Tsuna was just too sweet of a guy; there wasn’t a
malicious bone in his body but he was trying so hard. Gokudera obliged, hitting his little fists
against the giant teenager’s thumb, shouting, “No! Not the sock! Please, anything but the sock!”
“R-Really?” Tsuna stuttered before catching himself and shaking his head. “D-Don’t even try to
beg I said! You’re going in and that’s that!”
Tsuna walked over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of fresh socks, sitting down on his bed and
holding the left sock open. He put on as stern a face as he could before dropping Gokudera down
inside it. Gokudera felt his stomach drop out from under him as his body plummeted down into
the cloth tube, landing at the toe of the sock, the material clinging tight around him. He looked
up eagerly as the opening to the sock stretched open, the light brightening until Tsuna’s face
blocked it, his worried eyes making sure that Gokudera was okay before his huge toes suddenly
peeked over the edge of the sock, the soft, rounded digits slowly moving towards him like a
peach avalanche. Gokudera licked his lips eagerly, feeling the “ground” flatten under him as the
foot warped the limp tube into the familiar shape of an average sock. The silver haired teen
leaned back, resting on his hands as he watched the toes loom over him, bending back slightly,
hesitant to lower and trap the shrunken man. Sensing Tsuna’s reluctance, Gokudera lifted his
arms up and wrapped them around the second toe, hugging it tight, drawing himself as close to it
as he could. Tsuna shivered, tilting his head back slightly as he felt that small shape cling so
happily to his toe. “This is weird…I can’t believe Gokudera is just…hanging on to my toe like
this. He really IS more like a bug…no, he’s not THAT small. He’s more like a mouse.”
Tsuna smiled, chuckling as he imagined Gokudera with a thin tail and rounded mouse ears, little
whiskers drawn on his cheeks. The young mob boss pulled the sock on the rest of the way,
performing the same action with the other sock before getting to his feet. Gokudera let out a
small breath as the heavy toe rested on top of his body, pinning him against the material of the
sock and Tsuna’s warm digit. The blushing right hand man couldn’t help but plant a little kiss on
the ball of the toe, smiling as he closed his eyes, refusing to let go as Tsuna took his first step.
The weight was lifted off of him in an instant, his body weightless as Tsuna’s foot rose in an arc,
moving forward, the weight increasing again as the foot came down, Gokudera bracing himself
as he was pressed against the ground, the softness of the carpet and Tsuna’s skin cushioning
most of the “blow”. Gokudera breathed a sigh of relief, feeling more confident now in this
decision.
Tsuna opened the door to his room, his mother smilingly handing him a list as soon as he was in
sight. “Thank you so much Tsuna dear. I don’t know what I would do without you.”
Tsuna chuckled and ran a hand through his voluminous hair. “No problem mom. I’ll be back in
about an hour.”
He quickly walked downstairs, slipping his shoes on once he reached the door, heading out into
the humid sunshine once more. The nearest grocery store was only about a fifteen minute walk
away. Tsuna looked over the list as he moved almost forgetting Gokudera was in his shoe, his
steps getting a bit heavier. Gokudera barely noticed; he was in seventh heaven, cuddling close to
the toe with a smile, rubbing the edges of it, chuckling as it curled over slightly and rubbed the
top of his head. “Heh, you know, I always hoped we could get closer.” Gokudera said, winking
at the toe before shaking his head at how ridiculous he was acting. “Well, nobody can see me at
least.”
As the young giant walked along the sidewalk to the grocery store, he became more and more
used to the feeling of a tiny man wrapped around his toe. Every downward step of his left foot
was delightfully cushioned in the area where Gokudera was clinging. “Mmmm…imagine how
nice it would feel to have one for each toe…or one for the insole…or maybe one under the heel?
I could probably put half of everyone in one shoe and the other half in the other…”
Tsuna couldn’t help but chuckle at the idea, blushing slightly as he rubbed the back of his head.
“I’m starting to see what Gokudera loves about this whole thing…though why does he like being
the little one so much? It can’t be too pleasant in my shoe…”
Tsuna was right. The longer he walked, the more the heat built up within his orange sneaker,
sweat beading visibly on Gokudera’s body, soaking his shirt. Worse than that, much larger, more
potent beads of sweat were beginning to form on Tsuna’s toes and foot, the thick drops running
slowly down the side of the toe, drenching Gokudera’s arms and hands in the salty fluid. Not
only that, but Tsuna was stepping more carelessly, the weight of the foot seeming to increase
with every step, pushing harder and harder against Gokudera’s supine form. Gasping slightly at a
particularly hard step, Gokudera got hit in the mouth full blast with a droplet of sweat, the oily
liquid choking him. “Ugh! Dammit…if this keeps up…no way! I’m not even going to think
about the possibility of drowning in the Tenth’s sweat! I’m not going to go down like some
punk!”
He waited until Tsuna’s foot lifted up again before pulling himself along the length of the toe his
front brushing up against the bulbous hallux as it came down on him again, pressing roughly
against his stomach, knocking the air out of him, his open mouth inviting another splash of
sweat. Coughing, Gokudera continued sliding along the toe as Tsuna took another step, the
musky sweat starting to pool in the sock, the material becoming moist and squishy, Tsuna’s toes
making a noticeable SQUELCH as they pressed down. After a few more wet steps, Gokudera
was able to pull himself free from the crushing weight of the toe, gulping down the humid air in
sharp gasps as he flung himself between the toes, bracing his tiny body to avoid slipping under
the foot. “M-Maybe…maybe I should take things a little bit slower after this…I didn’t think the
Tenth would walk so hard! He never looked like he weighed a lot…”
Gokudera was a bit too tired to recognize the absurdity of his comment. It was a long, LONG
hour before Tsuna finally arrived back home with the groceries, setting the bag on the counter
for his mother before heading back up to his room. He locked the door once more and sat down
on a puffy brown chair, kicking off his shoes before resting his sweaty feet on the bedspread. He
was almost too tired to lean forward and pull the sticky socks off but he knew he had to get
Gokudera free. With a grunt he tugged off the right sock before carefully removing his left,
peering into the opening to spot Gokudera…who wasn’t to be seen! “G-Gokudera? Are you in
there?” Tsuna asked, feeling a slight flutter of panic in his stomach. There were no red stains
anywhere he could see at least…just dark wet spots. Tsuna gently pressed on the sock in various
places, making his way along the length of the material; no bumps, no yells of protest, nothing.
Tsuna scratched his head, looking down at his left foot, wiggling his toes slightly. “I wonder…”
He leaned forward again and sighed in relief when he spotted a little curled up form between his
big and second toe. “There you are! I was worried…uh…I mean…dumb little mouse! Trying to
hide from me or something?”
Gokudera groaned as he uncurled himself, his joints cracking slightly as he was finally able to
stretch out. His body was saturated in sweat, the human effluence covering him from head to toe.
He slowly looked up at Tsuna, opening his mouth to say something, his eyes widening when he
saw, not his boss’ cute face, but a curled index finger, the tip pressed up against Tsuna’s thumb.
“W-Wait—“
FLICK!
The finger smacked him in the face with the force of a baseball bat, sending him tumbling head
over heels onto the soft bedspread, his teeny body bouncing like a quarter before coming to a rest
in front of the soft monolith of Tsuna’s foot. Tsuna winced slightly, leaning forward and
shouting, “Now my feet are tired so you better get to rubbing!”
Gokudera groaned, getting shakily to his feet, leaning against Tsuna’s sole tiredly, feeling a
slight steering in his body due to the softness of the skin and the powerful aroma of his friend’s
foot in spite of himself. “T-Tenth…can we maybe tone it down a bit? Please…at least for a
while?”
The words struck Tsuna right in the heart, the giant teen biting his lower lip gently as he took a
deep breath in through his nose, his expression turning steely at the exhale. “Maybe you didn’t
hear me…I said RUB!”
He curled his toes threateningly over Gokudera’s head, shocking the tiny demolitions expert.
“W-What the hell is the Tenth thinking? He’s not normally so cruel…what could have…?”
Gokudera felt his body go icy cold as he remembered their previous conversation. “Oh no…he
thinks this is still part of the game…”
Tsuna leaned back, his left arm wrapped around a fluffy pillow while his right arm rested against
his toned stomach. He shook his foot a little and said, “Either you start rubbing or I start
squishing; your choice tiny!”
He smiled slightly as he said this, crossing his left foot over his right. “Heh, I’m starting to get
the hang of this!” He thought proudly to himself. “I almost fell for that one…but for Gokudera’s
sake I have to stay in character!”
Gokudera whimpered pushing himself away slightly from the sweaty sole and falling to his
knees in front of it like it was his god. There was only one way out of this situation…and that
was to please his boss the best he could. He reached out with slightly trembling hands and began
to rub the moist flesh in front of him, his hands gaining a thin sheen of sweat as they glided over
the shiny skin. Tsuna let out a little breath of delight, his cheeks flushing as his toes curled gently
over. Gokudera’s tiny hands on his foot were like magic, making the rough heel feel tingly as he
rubbed. It was almost like he had done this before! The silver haired teen pressed down as hard
as he could, kneading, his fingers driving deep into the skin, every hard press making Tsuna
shiver slightly. If Gokudera hadn’t been so tired he would have been able to better appreciate the
sounds of contentment that were squeaking out of his friend. He slowly got to his feet as he
pressed his body against the sole of the foot, leaning face first against it, his tongue pushing its
way out from between his lips and tasting the flesh in front of him. His mouth was once again
filled with the salty tang of sweat but underneath that was the natural taste of human skin, a
warmth and gentle softness that made something stir within Gokudera. He rubbed himself harder
against Tsuna’s foot, licking more rigorously, covering every inch he could reach in his saliva,
washing away Tsuna’s sweat, massaging away his aches and tiredness. Tsuna giggled as he
leaned his head back, a cute smile on his face as his eyes closed in enjoyment. He let out a deep
sigh, feeling incredibly relaxed, uncrossing his legs and lowering his foot down over Gokudera,
pinning him under his toes once again. “That felt really good…can you get my toes too?”
Gokudera sighed but did as he was told, rubbing the bulbous digits before him, his fingers
delicately tickling the sensitive skin between the toes a snort of laughter issuing from Tsuna a he
pressed his big toe down harder on Gokudera. “H-Hey, be careful! That tickles!”
Gokudera couldn’t help but smile, even as his face was smothered by the hallux of the big toe,
smearing sweat over his face. He lapped eagerly at the toe, his tongue starting to feel a bit dry
and sandpapery. Tsuna relaxed the pressure on his friend as he moved to the right, giving each
toe the attention it deserved. By the time he was done licking and rubbing the little toe, he was
utterly exhausted, his tongue dry as the baked ground of a prairie. Tsuna stretched and sat up, his
feet plopping unconcernedly to the carpet as he grinned at Gokudera. “That was amazing! You
can do that any time you want to, you just have to ask!”
He leaned in closer, his smiling face growing in Gokudera’s eyes until Tsuna’s plump cheek was
pressed up against his little body, rubbing up and down. Gokudera spread his arms, hugging the
cheek as best he could, his tongue too dry to say anything, his beet red face saying it all for him.
Tsuna suddenly sniffed and pulled his head back slightly. “Oh…you kind of…smell. But I guess
that’s my fault, huh? Hey, I have an idea! How about we take a bath together? It’ll be like going
to a hot spring.”
Gokudera’s eyes widened as he nodded eagerly. Tsuna chuckled and scooped his little friend up
in his hands. “Okay then! Let’s go!”
He got to his feet, holding Gokudera cupped close to his chest as he unlocked the door to his
room and looked around, making sure the coast was clear. He had been incredibly lucky today so
far; none of the usual commotion or craziness had erupted around him. He counted his blessings
as he dashed down the hall and into the bathroom, locking the door behind him once more. He
set Gokudera down gently on the sink and smiled, poking him in the chest. “So…did you want
me to undress you too? Is that part of this whole experience?”
Gokudera’s mouth dropped open as he heard this suggestion, his face turning so red it was
practically glowing. Tsuna, innocent as always, tilted his head and waited for a response.
Gokudera, too tired out and dry mouthed to answer, gulped at the same time Tsuna reached out
with a smile. “It’s okay you don’t have to say anything. I understand now how this works.”
With a swift but gentle motion, Tsuna plucked Gokudera up from the sink and tugged at his red
shirt, the tiny teen slipping his arms out the second he felt the powerful tugs at his back. Tsuna
carefully set the article of clothing to the side before prodding his little friend in the ribs with a
fingertip, setting him to giggling, his arms raising as he squirmed, allowing Tsuna to easily lift
his undershirt over and off his body. Gokudera chuckled, holding up his hand as he saw Tsuna
reaching for the smaller male’s pants. He undid the button himself and pulled the zipper down,
Tsuna’s huge fingers not quite up to the task of manipulating such small objects without ripping
them off. Tsuna laid Gokudera out on his palm and gently tugged the pants down slipping them
off once they were low enough around the silver haired man’s legs. Tsuna’s cheeks began to
flush as he realized there was only one piece of clothing left to remove. “Why am I feeling so
nervous? I’ve seen Gokudera naked before. We’ve swam together camping out, we’ve showered
together after working out, we’ve slept in the same room…so why does this feel so different?”
The young man couldn’t quite grasp at how this was far more intimate than any of those other
interactions, especially considering his friend was now completely at his mercy, vulnerable,
nearly naked, and tiny enough to smush if he wasn’t careful. He pinched the bottom of the
demolition expert’s boxers and slowly pulled them down, revealing him in all his glory. Tsuna
chuckled and rubbed the back of his head, almost losing the tiny article of clothing in the thick
fluff of his hair. “Don’t feel embarrassed, I’ll be undressing too after all!”
He gently set Gokudera down on the edge of the tub and turned the hot water on. The shrunken
male winced at the sudden thunderous roar of water as it gushed from the tap, crashing noisily
against the fiberglass bottom of the tub, the drain closing with a grinding clunk as Tsuna flipped
the switch. He stretched to his full height, tugging his vest off with the same motion, folding it
and setting it aside. Gokudera turned his attention from the churning cauldron of steaming hot
water boiling along the bottom of the tub up to his gargantuan friend, eyes widening as the titan
slowly unbuttoned his shirt, showing off, bit by bit, his toned chest and lightly defined abs. With
a simple shrug the torso was revealed in its entirety, the smooth cliffs of muscle seeming to shine
in the light, the steam creating a haze that gave Tsuna an almost god like quality. Gokudera
gulped as he watched Tsuna unzip his pants, his hips swaying slightly as he pulled the black
colored material down his silky thighs, pooling around his bare feet, the perfectly formed
appendages stepping out, Tsuna’s rear lifting into the air as he bent over and picked them up,
folding them neatly. He glanced at Gokudera, smiling embarrassedly, before pulling his boxers
down, feeling like he was in a strip show as he finally revealed himself in his entirety before his
admirer. Tsuna loomed over Gokudera as he turned the water off, the tub having filled nearly to
the brim without the tiny man even noticing. Tsuna raised back to his full height, lifting his
enormous foot into the air, stepping over Gokudera and into the water, the level rising
dramatically, nearly slopping over the top. Gokudera had eyes only for the sculpted form of his
boss, however, his eyes locked on Tsuna’s body as it shifted over his head, like a moving
monument, the other foot passing over him as Tsuna’s entire body sank into the hot water, the
giant teenager letting a soft sigh escape his softer lips. The tub was a bit too small for even the
short teen, his legs bent at the knee enough that both caps cleared the top of the water rather
easily. Tsuna lazily turned his head and looked at Gokudera, sitting up a little straighter when he
saw something distressing. “Gokudera…is your nose bleeding? I didn’t hurt you did I?”
Gokudera sniffed and lightly touched his upper lip, shocked to see the tips of his fingers were
covered with a bright and shiny red substance. “N-No! I’m okay, really! Just a…uh….you know,
a little dry in here is all. Yeah…”
Tsuna chuckled and lifted his hand out of the water, the wet fingers enveloping Gokudera and
bringing him over to the island like right knee. He set the flustered tiny on top of the slick skin
and closed his eyes, his hand sinking back down into the depths of the tub. Gokudera turned his
head to the side, not daring to look at Tsuna in this most intimate of situations, crossing his legs
and holding his hands in his lap to cover his crotch. He glanced over at Tsuna, wiping his nose as
best he could, looking into Tsuna’s cute face. His expression was one of pure content, the warm
water working wonders on his sore legs and feet, finishing the job that Gokudera had started.
Feeling bold, Gokudera slowly leaned forward, staring at the space between Tsuna’s legs,
peering deep into the water. Unfortunately for him, the water was too murky and low for him to
see anything.
“Say, Gokudera?” Tsuna’s voice suddenly issued out, echoing slightly in the bathroom.
Gokudera yelped and swiftly yanked himself back, overcompensating and sending himself
tumbling over backwards down the slope of Tsuna’s leg, landing with a barely audible plop in
the ocean like depths of the tub. Tsuna’s eyes immediately flew open as he heard the sound,
sitting up cross legged in the water, lifting his hand up through the liquid and keeping his fingers
apart just enough to filter out the water without losing Gokudera. Luckily he soon lifted the
shrunken boy out of the water, safe and sound. Tsuna sighed, smiling slightly, putting his hand
over his heart. “That was close. You need to be more careful! I know I’m supposed to be rough
and mean and all that but you could seriously get hurt if you keep getting in danger like this.”
“S-Sorry…” Gokudera mumbled, crossing his legs again, his hands holding his ankles as he
leaned forward slightly.
“From now on, I’m going to keep you close by.” Tsuna announced firmly, grabbing a shampoo
bottle and popping it open. “Now…let’s get you cleaned up.”
He put his finger to the small opening on the bottle and squeezed it as best he could, a fat green
blob of soap bubbling up and pressing against Tsuna’s finger. He scooped the goop up and set
the bottle down, holding Gokudera up and showing him the finger. The silver haired teen was
confused at first but quickly caught on, bowing his head slightly. Tsuna smiled, loving how cute
Gokudera looked like this. Sometimes Gokudera could be incredibly frustrating to be around, his
mania of always being close to Tsuna no matter what tiresome at times. But when he was tiny
and manageable like this…Tsuna didn’t mind at all having him close. In fact, he wanted to keep
him close and safe by his side for as long as he was tiny. He lowered his finger and rubbed it into
Gokudera’s damp hair, the green soap almost immediately turning into soft white lather, coating
his head in seconds. Tsuna’s finger was gentle but insistent, scrubbing the tiny head thoroughly
before lowering his hand, stopping when it was half submerged in water, giving Gokudera a
chance to safely rinse it out. “Good boy! Now we can clean up the rest of your body.”
Tsuna grabbed a bar of soap in his other hand and dunked it into the water, depositing Gokudera
on top of it soon after. He pressed his finger against the smaller male’s back and dragged him
along the white monolith, coating his entire front in lather before flipping him over and repeating
the process over his back. Gokduera relaxed and let the powerful finger manipulate him, the
grime and sweat from the day washing away amidst the fresh scent of the soap. A few more
dunks later and Gokudera was completely clean. “Feeling better now little guy?” Tsuna asked,
gently petting his friend’s back.
“Yeah…thanks Tenth. You didn’t have to do all that! I should be the one washing you!”
Gokudera shouted, getting to his feet determinedly.
“I appreciate the thought Gokudera, I really do, but…you’re too small to help wash me.” Tsuna
said softly, pressing the bar of soap against his chest, scrubbing the soft slope of his pecs.
“I’m your right hand man! There’s not any task that’s too big for me! Just give me a chance
Tenth, please!” Gokudera insisted, clenching his tiny hands into fists.
“Well…okay.” Tsuna relented, holding the soap out to Gokudera.
The shrunken demolitions expert immediately began to soap up his body again, getting himself
nice and sudsy. When he was covered, he pointed at Tsuna’s armpit and said, “Lift up your
arm!”
Tsuna humored him, lifting his arm up over his head, moving the hand holding Gokudera right
up close to the pit. Taking a deep breath, unintentionally sucking in the pungent odor of Tsuna’s
sweaty pit, he leaned full body into the cave, squishing slightly as he landed face first against the
soft skin. Tsuna immediately snorted, a tickle rushing through his body. He bit his lip and tried to
suppress the tremulous chuckles that were threatening to erupt from his body as Gokudera’s tiny
hands rubbed the sensitive area. The tiny male had a determined look on his face, his tongue
poking out the side of his mouth as he rubbed up, down, left, and right, covering as much area as
he could reach, barely noticing the subtle tremors that were wracking Tsuna’s body…until the
arm above him suddenly crashed down, forcing him deep against Tsuna’s pit, his little body
sinking into the moist, salty skin. At the same time Tsuna let out a stream of laughs, leaning
forward slightly, his arms hugging his middle, his whole body shaking; the boisterous laughs
eventually tapered off into chuckles and finally ended on a few giggles, his finger wiping his
eyes clear of the tears of mirth that had formed there. With a somewhat dopey grin on his face,
Tsuna looked down at his hands…and swiftly realized Gokudera was missing! His head whipped
back and forth as he tried to find him, chuckling in spite of himself as…something wiggled
around inside his armpit. He quickly lifted his arm up again and winced as he saw Gokudera,
pancaked cartoonishly amongst the slight hairs there. “S-Sorry Gokudera…you know how
ticklish I am…”
He carefully pushed his finger down on top of Gokudera’s head, peeling him off, his front
glistening with moisture. Tsuna gently washed him off and said, “I’ll handle the rest of my body.
You stay safe up here, okay?”
He set Gokudera on top of his head, nestling him the thick fluffy nest of chestnut colored hair.
Gokudera sighed, sitting up, the hair underneath his naked butt as soft as a cushion. “Incoming!”
Tsuna softly intoned, squirting some shampoo into his hair. Even though he was feeling
completely worn out by this time, Gokudera refused to just sit around and let his boss do all the
work! He jumped to his feet, somewhat unsteadily, and dived into the goopy shampoo, scrubbing
on his hands and knees, avoiding Tsuna’s hands as they worked the shampoo into lather higher
up on his hair. It was a testament to how spiky and springy Tsuna’s hair was that even covered in
soap and water it refused to lose much of its shape; this allowed Gokudera to move unharmed
through the base of the strands, really massaging the much bigger male’s scalp while Tsuna
concentrated on the more delicate locks above. It was a level of teamwork that the two teenagers
had come to expect from each other in their time together as Family; unspoken and confident.
Gokudera was so focused on his work that he let out a little yelp when he felt two fingers pinch
him powerfully around his hips, lifting him up off Tsuna’s head, the vast forest of brown trees
shrinking away as he was brought in front of the giant boss’ face. Tsuna smiled cutely and set
Gokudera down at the side of the tub, his huge body slowly sinking below the surface as he
scrubbed the shampoo out of his hair, the somewhat murky water becoming even more opaque as
tendrils of lather dispersed into the lukewarm liquid. Gokudera stood up, leaning over the edge
of the tub, watching as Tsuna’s body slowly disappeared from his view…before leaping back as
gigantic spikes of brown hair suddenly sliced up through the glass like surface of water, barreling
their way into the air, a forehead following suit, Tsuna’s features, eyes closed, arriving soon
after, the water breaking into waves as the young man’s shoulders broke through next, nearly
splashing Gokudera, the tiny teen’s eyes widening as he watched the water cascading down
Tsuna’s billboard sized chest, flowing in rivers in the spaces between his abs, water spilling
down from his cave like navel. All of this majesty was almost immediately forgotten as a
different fluffy bush of hair was revealed, an enormous and powerful serpent rising from the
depths of this miniature sea, the sight making Gokudera’s nose blast forth new twin streams of
crimson blood from his nostrils, sending him falling to his back, his eyes half closed as Tsuna’s
titanic body rose into the hazy steam of the bathroom, looking more god like than ever with
water falling from his body, splashing with bomb like intensity (to the tiny man) on the surface
of the water below. Tsuna lifted his huge foot over Gokudera’s head, water splashing onto his
body, washing away the evidence of his perversion as Tsuna reached for a towel, ruffling his hair
as he made sure it was as dry as he could possibly get it, the darker color disappearing as the
wetness dissipated, the slightly wilted locks springing back up to their full fluffy glory. Gokudera
crossed his legs yet again as he stared at his friend’s bare ass, the cheeks so perfectly round and
tight, thoughts of being underneath it already fixating themselves in his mind. His perverted
imaginings were interrupted as Tsuna picked him up and said, “S-So…I’ve got to put you
somewhere to hide you while I’m going back to my room and I kinda had a…well…I think
you’ll like it…b-but I’ve never done anything like this at all before and…I’m not sure….wwell…have fun!”
He shouted this last word as he somewhat roughly stuffed Gokudera down the front of the towel
wrapped around his waist, burying the tiny teen in the somewhat musky thicket of hair, his little
feet just barely touching the silky flesh of his—
“T-Tenth!” Gokudera squeaked, mostly to himself, the wiry hairs wrapped around his waist,
wrists, and ankles keeping him tethered in place, Tsuna’s privates swaying slightly as he walked,
the incredibly warm organ brushing up more firmly against his soles every few seconds.
Gokudera’s mind was in a haze as Tsuna swiftly made his way back to his room, slamming the
door behind him before letting the towel drop to the floor. He shakily extricated Gokudera from
the pubes and set him down on the desk, dropping his clothes onto his head shortly after.
“I-I’m just going to put the clothes I was wearing back on since you don’t have anything new to
change into or anything either…” Tsuna babbled, his face bright red as he turned his back on
Gokudera, pulling his boxers back on. Gokudera just lay sprawled out on top of the grainy wood
of the desk his heart thumping so hard and fast in his chest that he felt like it might burst forth.
He slowly sat up and began to dress himself again, not even caring that he was putting back on
his somewhat stiff and grimy feeling clothes from earlier. He stretched as he watched Tsuna
finish dressing himself, hiding that perfect body from sight once more under his baggy and
somewhat unflattering clothes. He rolled his shoulders and walked over to the desk, taking full
notice of the size changing ray for the first time. “Say, where did you get this thing anyway?”
Tsuna asked curiously, picking the heavy machine up, turning it over in his hands.
Gokudera looked around nervously, not wanting to admit that he had stolen it when it was
possible Reborn was hiding somewhere nearby. He hadn’t seen the mysterious baby assassin at
all today but that didn’t mean he wasn’t listening. He opened his mouth, ready to answer, when
the door to Tsuna’s room suddenly opened! Tsuna yelped and dropped the ray, the delicate
machine landing heavily on its side, pressing the activation button…with the business end
pointed directly at Gokudera! The shrunken teen barely had time to react as a blinding light built
up in front of him, engulfing him in a flurry of static electricity, his puny body lifted off his feet
by the sheer force of the energy blast, sending him flying and shrinking backward, his miniscule
body becoming even more pathetically tiny as he blew through the air like an errant dust particle,
thunderous voices erupting around him like explosions of sound as he landed, surprisingly
delicately, on the soft carpet fiber…a single carpet fiber. His head swimming, Gokudera slowly
looked around him, feeling his body run cold as he realized what had happened. He had gone
from tiny to downright microscopic. The top of the carpet fiber he was standing on was like a
plateau, hundreds of thousands of them stretching away into the impossible distance, the desk
and chair behind him monolithically jutting into the sky, disappearing somewhere thousands of
feet above him. Gokudera began to shake, the natural shakes of his fear soaked body escalating
into full blown earthquakes as something enormous began to move. Gokudera listened, the
impossibly loud voices now gone, replaced only with a distant but slowly increasing thoom.
Thoom…thoom…thoom…
Gokudera turned from the desk and chair, his eyes trailing naturally upward, wind suddenly
whipping around him as the gigantic something made its way closer. It was like a shape out of a
fairy tale, the looming figure rising so high above him his face was lost amongst the lofty
heavens. What was clear in his view, however, was the positively gargantuan foot that was
making its way closer.
THOOM…THOOM…THOOM…!
The winds began to get stronger, Gokudera needing to crouch down, the carpet fibers swaying
imperceptibly to the average sized human but made even crouching a dangerous task for the
microscopic demolitions expert. He squinted, watching the mountainous toes approaching his
location, squeezing the carpet slightly as they touched down before lifting back up, seeming to
move in slow motion. Closer…and closer!
THOOM! THOOM! THOOM!
Shadows engulfed Gokudera as the world seemed to stop moving, the vacuum from the rising
foot lifting him up from the carpet, only to force him back down as the foot stepped downward,
swelling in front of him until only the expansive ball of the foot was visible and then only a
portion of that, the fresh scent of soap and human skin filling his nostrils just as his pathetic body
made contact with the warm flesh, waiting for the inevitable squish…
That didn’t come. Gokudera let out a sob of relief as he realized there was rough carpet fiber at
his back and human skin at his front but he wasn’t a bloody smear. His body was so small it had
just sunk slightly into the soft foot, embedding him. He was well and truly stuck with no means
of contacting Tsuna…but he was at least alive! He shouted as he was suddenly dragged high,
high, high, higher than he had ever been before, into the air, coming crashing down to earth
shortly thereafter, experiencing a fall as devastating as any skydiver had faced, his mind nearly
blacking out from the G forces. He had to think of some way to contact Tsuna before it was too
late!
High above Gokudera, Tsuna was panicking. It had been child’s play to distract his mother from
the sudden burst of light and get her out of the room, closing and locking the door before she had
seen anything. When he had turned around and saw the tip of the ray slowly darkening it hadn’t
taken a genius to figure out what had happened. He had immediately looked at the desk, where
Gokudera had been standing, scanning it, not realizing that he had just stepped on his friend and
embedded him in his foot as he walked over to the piece of furniture. “No…no….no, no, no
where did he go?!” Tsuna muttered to himself, distressed as he realized that his tiny friend was
nowhere to be seen on the desk. “He must have gotten knocked off. Ah! Which means he’s on
the floor! I-I have to be careful!”
Tsuna slowly got down on his hands and knees, his fingers gently brushing through the carpet
fibers, trying to find any kind of sign of his friend. Back down on the colossal right foot,
Gokudera was suddenly exposed to the light again, the monolithic appendage he was on sliding
across the floor as Tsuna searched, the light wrinkles gently pushing Gokudera out from being
stuck. He sighed in relief as he realized he was now resting on a wrinkle rather than smashed like
used gum against the foot. He looked up, barely able to see the heel of the foot rising above him,
let alone any part of Tsuna’s head on the completely other side of the body. He had one
hope…he had to try and stimulate Tsuna’s foot so he felt him. It was his only chance! He swiftly
began to rub the soft skin, pushing as hard as he could, digging in with his feet, doing anything
he could to be felt. Both teens spent the next hour doing what they could but neither was
successful in their endeavors. Finally, exhausted and upset, Tsuna turned over, landing on his
butt, his left foot landing flush with the carpet, his leg bent at the knee while his right foot landed
on the side, his leg curved slightly. He leaned back, resting on his hands, one eye closing, with a
look of distress on his face as he rested. “It’s no use…I just…can’t find him anywhere!”
Gokudera screamed as he felt his miniscule body plunge, down, down, down, past Tsuna’s mega
sized foot, the impossibly huge ball of the foot whipping by him. He was falling back first, his
arms and legs rising above his body from the momentum. Thinking fast, Gokudera pulled his red
shirt off and began to wave it wildly as he fell, hoping against hope that Tsuna would see at least
a tiny glimpse of it! Tsuna sighed, looking morosely between his feet. “Maybe I can lay a piece
of paper down and tell him to get on it…but I might just end up crushing him under the
paper…or maybe I already crushed him under my feet already…would I even know?
Maybe…wait, what’s that?”
Tsuna raised his eyebrows as he saw what appeared to be a red colored speck drifting down to
the carpet by his foot. He held his breath, his heart pounding as he leaned in closer to see it
better. A speck of red…a silver flash…it had to be him! Tsuna slowly got to his feet, picking the
ray up and flipping the switch from shrink to grow, aiming it at the speck and firing! A burst of
energy erupted from the end, enveloping Gokudera in its warm glow, his eyes filling with tears
as he realized he had been seen and saved. He chuckled as he hit the carpet softly, returning to
his former shrunken size of a few inches tall…actually, he was slightly bigger than that! At this
size he wouldn’t have fit in Tsuna’s mouth as easily. He slowly got to his feet, pulling his shirt
back on, when Tsuna suddenly scooped him up, holding him close against the warm fuzziness of
his vest. “Oh Gokudera I’m so sorry! I promise I’ll be more careful from now on! I’m just…just
so glad that you’re okay!”
Gokudera looked up, seeing the big tears that were forming in his boss’ eyes, threatening to spill
over any second. He smiled and hugged Tsuna back as best he could, nuzzling his cheek against
the taller teen’s chest. “It’s okay Tenth…nothing bad happened to me. I’m just…really tired.”
Tsuna sniffled and nodded, “Y-Yeah…me too. Let’s just go to bed for now. I know you don’t
have any pajamas to change into—“
“Don’t worry about it. I’m so tired I could fall asleep underwater at this point.” Gokudera
interrupted, chuckling slightly. Tsuna chuckled as well, setting Gokudera down on his pillow, the
tiny teen sighing contentedly as he sank into the plush softness of the pillow. He closed his eyes
as Tsuna changed into his pajamas, turning out the light and laying down on the pillow, the
blankets around his waist. All was silent in the room as Tsuna slowly fell asleep, Gokudera about
to follow suit…when he suddenly remembered something! He bolted up fast, looking over at the
ray still on the desk. The ray…the battery attached to it was good for three shots. One had shrunk
him…another had shrunken him further…and the third had returned him to THIS size. “I-I can’t
believe it…I’m stuck like this!”
Gokudera could feel tears fill his eyes and run down his cheeks, hugging his legs as he
remembered just how long it had taken him to save up for the battery. Who knew how long it
would be before he was normal again? Before he could really start sobbing in earnest from his
exhaustion and hopelessness…he heard Tsuna let out a cute snuffling little snort, wiggling his
nose cutely. Gokudera looked up, turning to face Tsuna, a spiky tuft of hair inches away from his
face. The smell of the shampoo reminded him of how soft and gentle his boss had been in the
bath, how he had taken care of him. Memories of the day flooded into his mind, both the good
and the bad and at the end of it all, the good far outweighed the bad. He was here, together with
his Tenth, at his side like he had always wanted to be. He smiled, the tears still glistening on his
cheeks as he turned on his side, legs curled slightly, and head resting on his left arm while the
right was draped over his stomach.
“Maybe things won’t be so bad after all…” He mumbled to himself, slowly falling asleep.
“Hey Gokudera?” Tsuna’s voice floated over to the tiny teenager, the much larger one only
partly awake.
“Yeah Tenth?”
“Do you think…instead of making you smaller…we could try making me bigger next time?”
The End