Loud Mute

Summary: Raising a mute would have been difficult for any parent but for Nana, she wouldn't change his son for anything...and Tsuna's friends wouldn't have Tsuna any other way than being his usual quiet self.


Chapter 1: Protect

It took not even a second for Iemitsu to declare that his newborn son, Tsunayoshi, was the cutest child he had ever seen. With big round honey-brown eyes and rosy lips, Tsuna, his nickname, was a cute baby though it worried the blond man how quiet his son was.

Tsuna hadn't cried even once after being born to the world and it seemed to be permanent. The doctor had stated that there was minor complication which caused his son's vocal cords to be damaged as soon as he was born.

Iemitsu had dreaded for the future of his son. He knew people would be coming at him if it was slip that he was part of the Vongola Famiglia and he had feared that his son wouldn't make a noise and would just be found dead by the next day.

He didn't want that to happen so even if it hurt him, he had chosen to go to Italy and to focus in mafia so that he could prevent Tsuna from being chosen as a candidate to be the heir of the Vongola Family.

This way, no one would track his wife and his son. He had chosen to disappear to his son's childhood for his safety. Nana, his wife, would be sad at it but he didn't want to find either of his two precious people dying on him. He'd rather they resented him for leaving than they died for staying.

He would protect his family.


Sawada Nana sighed, trailing at the photo in her hand. She missed Iemitsu deeply and she didn't what she had done wrong. They were happy together and they had finally gained a child of their own.

But was it only Nana, who was thinking of it? Was it only her, who had thought that having a child—no mater if he was mute—was a blessing? Had she been the only one to have loved the thought of raising a child?

She couldn't blame her son—she loved Tsuna far too much—but she couldn't help think if they never had a child, would Iemitsu not have gone himself in work? Would he still be here with her?

Tears fell down from her face and her usually cheerful self was drowning with sadness and loneliness. She never did notice the small figure watching her silently in the dark.

Tsuna didn't like to see his mother cry because he knew that tears meant bad things happened and he didn't want bad things. He wanted to see his mother happy again but he didn't know how to get his mother's attention.

He couldn't speak and he was not allowed to touch anything—except a few—due to his habit of breaking anything that his little hands had taken.

His honey-brown eyes glanced at the things he was allowed to touch and smiled brightly as an idea went to him. He walked into a corner and started doing what he did best. He painted on the wall.

Colorful and full of life, he dipped his hand in a paint and wrote in the wall the word he loved best. It was the first word that his mother taught him to write.

He smiled at his masterpiece and went to his mother, who still hadn't noticed him. He lightly tapped his mother for attention.

Nana stared at her son with watery eyes and watched as the child cutely made funny faces. She smiled softly, knowing this was his way of comforting her without words. She felt a touch from her hand and she was confused when the child gestured to follow him but did as told.

She didn't know what to make out of the painting in the wall but it made him cry with happy tears. It was a simply thing, really. It was just one word but for Nana, it meant the world.

Written on the wall with colorful background was the word "Protect".

Nana knew for a certain that her son—small and young as he was—wanted to protect their little family and it made her think of Iemitsu. She was just certain that her husband was around the world to protect them. Her intuition told her and she was never wrong.

From what? She didn't know but one thing's for sure...

Nana patted Tsuna's head in approval. "Really, like father like son," she said fondly and kissed her child's forehead.


A/N: Ah, family and friendship fluff, hope you guys like it~ Anyway, I'm accepting any request for what chapter's you guys want so let it rip!