Sawada Tsunayoshi, Don of Vongola at the age of 18 was finally walking down the streets of Venice, enjoying some peace and quiet.

Wait back up, why 'finally'?

Because he had finally managed to free up some time from those blasphemous things called paperwork as well as his cling- wait no, overprote- not that, umm responsible! Yes! Responsible guardians who had the tendency to dog his every step along with one gun wielding crazy hitman.

So Tsuna finally found a way to escape all that and was enjoying some alone time in the streets of Venice. He had only arrived here a few months ago and with all the craze going on about inheritance and taking over the family, Tsuna didn't get to look around the city. Every time he managed to get onto the streets, Reborn and his guardians would manage to stir up something and wreck his trip every single time.

He was looking at a peculiar display of fedoras when suddenly, something started ringing in his head. It was similar to hyper intuition, except that this was not hyper intuition but was…. Something else. Walking away from the display and hoping to clear his mind of the white noise, Tsuna walked around aimlessly.

I wonder where Tsuna is right now.

Tsuna all but jerked to a stop in the middle of the busy street, looking around to see who asked that question but the streets were only filled with people bustling about their daily activities.

Besides, that voice came from inside his mind. Right..? And it sounded awfully like Reborn. Reborn couldn't have found some way to speak into his mind now could he? His mind reading abilities were uncanny enough and if he could now speak into Tsuna's mind that would just be the most irritating thing ever.

Hmm what is this? Why do I hear dame-Tsuna calling me irritating?

HUH? Now that was just strange and weird. Very very weird even with all that bullshit Tsuna got into son a daily basis because of his relation to Vongola. What. Is it really Tsuna. Dame-Tsuna can you hear me? Uhhhh now this was getting really creepy. Tsuna really needed to book a timing with psychiatrist as soon as possible now that he was hallucinating. Must be the his famiglia's fault, putting him through all those traumatising events.

Heck, a big part of it was caused by Reborn. Maybe that's why he is hearing his voice so much.

Oi Dame-Tsuna, Vongola bosses do not hallucinate or get traumatised. And all that stuff I put you through are called training. Which you obviously haven't had enough off. Prepare to die when you come back.

Hiee Reborn! Why can you speak in my mind? And what training? If you say that I'm going to run away and you will have to train another person to be boss!

Hmm I will hunt you down and put a few holes in you if you do that. Speaking of which, aren't you taking this surprisingly well? I thought you would be freaking about this whole telepathy thing.

Ehhh telepathy? Is that what this is? And I am freaking out. Like a lot. Right now. In the middle of the road. Oh no I think people are starting to stare, I better get to somewhere more secluded.

… Where are you right now? Running off like that worried your guardians. When you come back I'm going to punish you.

Well since I'm going to get punished I might as well enjoy myself a little more~~ Bye Reborn~

With that, Tsuna tried to shut off whatever was in his brain, but try as he might, he still heard the hitman growling threats and promises of pain. Doing his best to ignore, Tsuna continued his leisure trip down the streets, keeping an eye out for what he came out to find. Yes, he actually had a purpose coming out here. Not just to look at the sights but also to get a present.

For Reborn.

Reborn's favourite fedora had been burnt in a fight with an enemy famiglia. While the hitman made no complaints about that, Tsuna could tell that he was quite lost without the trademark fedora and its familiar weight. Tsuna wanted to find one that was a close to the original as possible and meant it as a surprise.

Hopefully Reborn won't find out through the telepathy thing that they had newly developed. Speaking of which, Reborn was getting quite irritated with Tsuna's lack of response and since he was not physically around, Reborn couldn't kick his head or shoot him. So Reborn changed his technique.

He just hoped that the telepathy could send images as well.

Tsuna shuddered as an image of him getting maimed quite brutally popped into his mind. Reborn was really really sadistic and Tsuna was getting to experience it all again through the Reborn sending him all sorts of ways he was going to maim Tsuna when he got back to the mansion. Not wanting to see another painful image, Tsuna gave up.

Fine fine. Stop it with the images you sadistic tutor. What do you want?

Where are you now?

Hmm about 15 minutes drive away from the mansion.

Right, I'm coming over. Don't move.

The 'or else' in the sentence was heard loud and clear even through telepathy. Sighing, Tsuna looked around for a place to sit. He then caught sight of a fedora resting on the cabinet in a shop that specialised in Italian clothing. The fedora looked much like Reborn's old one, with the yellow band and enough space for Leon to rest on the sides.

Perfect.

Reborn arrived at the place where Tsuna said he was, only to find that the brunet was nowhere in sight. Huffing in annoyance, he reached out to Tsuna using his mind once again.

Tsuna. Where are you?

Uhhhhh….

Where?

Reborn, can you come to the area at the back, there is a grass patch here and it is quieter.

Fine.

Heading over to the grass patch Tsuna mentioned, Reborn spotted the Decimo sitting on the grass patch looking absolutely content with a package beside him. Heading over silently, Reborn was about to cuff him on the head when Tsuna spoke up, this time using his voice.

"I can sense you, you know?"

"Hmm not bad" Reborn replied as he settled down beside Tsuna. "So? Why are you here?"

"I was thinking about… You know, the telepathy thing."

Reborn had also been confused about it. Why did it suddenly appear? For no reason and at such a random timing.

And why with Tsuna?

Tsuna was Reborn's charge. His pupil. But over the years, he has grown into something else, something much like what Bianchi once was to Reborn but at the same time so much more important and precious.

He had tried to refuse it, of course. Reborn had tried many a times to stomp down on that spark alighting in his heart, to quieten that longing for his pupil because he simply shouldn't. Tsuna liked Kyoko. And Reborn wasn't going to stop his pupil, not even for himself.

Sensing that his tutor had gone silent, Tsuna pushed the package toward him. "Here."

"What's that?" An inquiring eyebrow.

"Present. You lost the fedora in the battle against the enemy famiglia, I wanted to get you something to replace it."

Reborn opened the packaging and in it lay the fedora that looked so much like his old one. "Why?"

"Hmm?"

"Why would you do this? Does it matter whether my fedora was gone? I could have replaced it myself? Why would you go to the trouble of replacing it?"

Tsuna looked confused and intrigued for a moment, as if he was also figuring out the answer to the puzzling question. And then his expression morphed into one of understanding and realisation.

"Why…? I suppose I wanted to make you happy, Reborn. I could tell that the fedora means a lot to you and I wanted to replace with something that was from me. Something from me that was equally important to you because…. Because I think I love you, Reborn."

Reborn was lost for words, the pair sitting in a stunned silence as Reborn digested what Tsuna had just confessed, while the other looked at him with a hopeful expression.

"I…."

Seeing that he had caught his tutor off guard for once, Tsuna continued. "I was thinking about it just now when you were coming over. This telepathy thing… Maybe it is working for the two of us because of my feelings to you. However that would only be one sided… So perhaps… Perhaps you also feel the same way?"

Truth be told, his hyper intuition had supplied the hint when he was mulling over the question. Lately all his attention had been on Reborn and Tsuna had thought hard about their relationship. Reborn was the one always beside him after he had been thrown into the mafia fiasco. Sure, he had been the one to throw him in. Sure, his guardians were always behind him, supporting him all the way. But it was Reborn that was always beside him, in every one of his adventure, supporting him in his own quirky ways that had Tsuna falling for him unknowingly.

"So… Reborn… Your answer?"

Hmmm Dame-Tsuna will always be Dame-Tsuna. Isn't my answer obvious? I love you too, amore.

With that, Reborn curled an arm around Tsuna. In the newfound silence of peacefulness, Tsuna smiled.