Title: Lascivious

Summary: Reborn honestly loves his Dame boyfriend, even if Tsuna is a little crazy. Except no, Tsuna is not crazy, he is a genuine vampire hunter and he will stake the next b!tch who tries to eat his boyfriend.

Background: Vampire AU.

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"There's nothing wrong with your hair," Reborn reassures the fretful bartender, fingers tapping against the condensation of his glass.

Lambo frowns and pulls at his braids. "But you just said…"

"I didn't mean anything," Reborn shrugs and takes a sip of his bourbon. "I just said 'are you really going with that style?' and nothing else. You're the one freaking out."

Lambo groans. "But you said it in that stupid voice of yours!"

"What voice?" Reborn scoffs. "I have one voice, cow."

"Your damn condescending voice!" Lambo snaps, slamming his hands down on the bench that encircles the wall of alcohol on display. "It's worse than the one you use when you're lying and you want everyone else to know it!"

Reborn smirks. "I don't know what you're talking about," he states, using the exact voice Lambo just described.

The bartender very calmly starts banging his head against the bench, making the abandoned glasses further along shake. Reborn reaches over and pats Lambo on the head patronisingly before standing from the bar stool and wandering across the room to re-join the gambling table that's tucked into the back corner.

Xanxus looks up from his cards when Reborn sits down and then raises an eyebrow. "Did you pay for that drink?"

"The cow is easily distracted," is all Reborn says.

Byakuran chuckles and deals Reborn some cards as well. "You know Tsunayoshi is going to come in here and pay for you anyway, right?"

Reborn hums and stares at his cards, his eyes quickly adjusting to the bad lighting this far back in the room. "I'm slowly training him out of that habit. Whose turn first?"

"Mine," Squalo grumbles. "Shit. Any red twos, snowflake?"

"Go fish, cripple," Byakuran shoots back.

Squalo scowls and raises his arm, the hand replaced by a sword. "I like to think of it as an upgrade," he hisses. "Would you like me to upgrade your face?"

"Hold on," Reborn interrupts in amusement. "Why are we playing Go Fish? I leave for a month and you've resorted to Go Fish."

Xanxus scoffs loudly. "Like fuck I'm playing Poker with you around."

"You've finally learned," Reborn drawls.

"We could always play Pick Up Fifty-Two," Xanxus threatens. "Now shut up and play the fucking game or leave."

Reborn smirks. "Any red sixes, Xanxus? Oh, and the black ten while you're at it?"

Xanxus takes a deep breath and then throws his cards down. "We're playing Cucumber now."

"Sore loser," Squalo mutters under his breath and then smiles brightly when Xanxus looks like he's about to lunge across the table and strangle the silver-haired man.

Reborn wakes late in the afternoon, spread out in the middle of a large bed. A hand is running through his hair and someone is softly telling him to wake up. He opens his eyes and finds an angel peering down at him, an exasperated expression on the heavenly being's face.

Reborn reaches up and immediately snatches away the hot mug of espresso the angel carries, taking a gulp despite it burning his tongue.

Tsuna laughs. "I know you haven't seen them in a while, but if you end up stumbling home at six in the morning and shove a handful of cash down my pants, then maybe they're a bad influence."

Reborn huffs and sits up against the headboard so he can drink easier. "You're the one who introduced me to them. I just wandered into town a year ago, all innocent-"

Tsuna snorts. "Yeah, innocent. Reborn, I bet you were a terror even as a baby. The Antichrist. Admit it, you ate kitten souls-"

Reborn stops the rant by wrapping an arm around the other man and pulling him into a hug. "I didn't think I'd stay out that long," Reborn admits, resting his head against Tsuna's. "Happy anniversary, Dame-Tsuna."

Tsuna rolls his eyes. "That was sweet, and then you called me Dame."

"It's a pet name," Reborn chuckles, continuing the old argument. "Like Useless-Dino."

"Please don't give pet names to my brother," Tsuna deadpans. "Instead, you should tell me where my anniversary present is."

Reborn places the mug on the nightstand and then slides under the sheets again. "Or we could go back to sleep and do the anniversary thing tomorrow."

"No," Tsuna whines jokingly, planting his hands on Reborn's chest and shaking the man. "Now, Reborn. I want it now."

"I don't sound like that," Reborn huffs.

"You do," Tsuna snickers, cuddling into Reborn's shoulder. "Every time you want espresso but you're too lazy to get up. Even when we were at my parent's house, the entire month was just; c'mon Dame-Tsuna, I'm your lover, love meeeeee-"

"In Leon's terrarium," Reborn finally admits, just to make the other shut up.

Tsuna rolls out of bed and darts into the living room where said lizard is splayed out in the middle of his sunning rock, much like his owner was a few minutes ago. Tsuna very gently reaches into the huge glass tank almost wider that Tsuna is tall, and feels around in the shrubbery before pulling out a small wrapped present.

He quickly rips open the wrapping paper and the box then comes to a complete halt when he sees a gorgeous blue knife with his name etched in Reborn's neat cursive along the blade. It's as long as his forearm with a wicked curve at the end, meant for the quick slashes that Tsuna's fighting style favours.

"Oh," Tsuna breathes out. "It's beautiful." He very carefully walks back into the bedroom, to the shared wall rack that holds different guns and knives, before placing the newest one on an empty shelf. He then crawls back into bed and just admires the view for a moment.

"I'm getting jealous," Reborn murmurs. "Why stare at a knife when you can stare at me?"

"Yes, yes, you're handsome as well," Tsuna sighs jokingly.

Reborn is actually very nice to look at, so they don't leave the bed for a few more hours as Tsuna maps every centimetre of Reborn's skin with eyes and fingers and tongue.

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A/N: This fic will move quickly since it was originally supposed to be a one-shot but eventually got too long. This a prologue chapter, just setting up the character relationships (and creating precedent for Reborn's sass) so the conflict will come in next chapter. Also, to be honest, I actually don't like romance all that much so this is as cutesy as they're getting (and it's already making me gag a little).

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