It was the first time in a long while that Reborn had something akin to affection, care, and interest playing in his eyes and not lust, all of it was for the too-feminine-to-be-a-boy cashier named Tsunayoshi.
With every step that Reborn took, the menacing aura he exudes keeps getting larger and larger as he remembers the reason he is out of his armchair, with him supposed to be sipping on a cup of espresso, and instead, here he is, going to a damned pharmacy just to buy an equally damned pregnancy test kit, of all things!
He inhaled slowly from his nose and let it all out through his mouth, trying to calm himself lest he starts shooting the neighborhood down because his angel of a leader has gone through a fit, which happened minutes ago.
Being a hitman, and the greatest at that, Reborn only had a few amount of time spent in peace and he clearly doesn't want those moments going to waste which is why, it was only understandable that Skull, the stupid lackey who was noisily running down the hall, lays motionless on the doorway of the study, where Reborn was previously enjoying his espresso, because the greatest hitman in the world has thrown a pencil straight into one of Skull's pressure points.
Reborn was about to go back to his peaceful lounging when their Boss, Luce, has graced him with her presence which was, of course, welcomed but not entirely appreciated at the moment.
"Ara? What happened to Skull, Reborn?" Luce softly inquired while patting her belly softly, seeing as she was already 5 months pregnant.
"His stupidity must have gotten the better of him. Why?"
"Is that so? Aw, he was supposed to run me some errands but since he's not capable of doing those, I'm afraid you'd have to do it in his stead, Reborn. Is it okay?" Luce said in her sickly sweet voice.
Reborn stared.
Stoically.
Luce kept smiling.
Blindingly.
Skull is still lying on the floor.
Motionlessly.
Seeing that Skull might be waking up hours later, or maybe tomorrow, Reborn should really do what Luce wants because even if he is a ruthless, merciless, demon of a hitman, it's not in him to let a pregnant woman who's already having troubles waddling around the house, do something.
"What is it, Luce?"
Luce beamed.
"Yay! Can you buy a pregnancy test kit for me?"
Reborn blinked slowly.
"Is this for Lal, or any of your friends?" Reborn said carefully. It's better to test the waters first when you're speaking with a pregnant, moody woman.
"What are you talking about, Reborn? Of course it's for me!" Luce even had the gall to look affronted.
Reborn lowered his fedora to hide the glare that he was tempted to show to Luce, but he didn't, because if he did, the woman might do what she did last time when she mentioned that she took the Verde's humanoid (which acts like their housekeeper), and of course, Luce being her, had been chatting with the human-like, however monotone the robot might be, and apparently, they decided to go to an onsen ("I fear that I may only be capable of accompanying you on the sidelines, Luce-sama, for I am a robot" the humanoid has been repeating for a long time already, and, as always, Luce will laugh good-naturedly and reply with "Oh, you! I know you're just shy of letting someone see you naked. You're a foreigner, no? That's why you're awkward with the language and you speak flatly. Who taught you the term robot? The correct term is 'human', okay? Human! Remember that!") To strengthen their bond as women-left-in-the-house-for-too-long.
(the protests of "I am actually a robot and therefore, genderless, Luce-sama" of the robot was ignored) and it suddenly started convulsing, sparks flew around her (not the good kind, like in those movies but the I-was-actually-a-robot-that-was-dragged-on-an-onsen-trip-because-my-master-didn't-believe-me-and-she-wasn't-informed-by-my-creator-that-I-was-a-robot-because-Verde-sama-thought-it-was-obvious-and-Luce-was-not-an-idiot kind of sparks) and suddenly, Luce believed that the nanny was really saying the truth and she really was a robot, so, she told Verde that their nanny was no more, and Verde, being the sentimental creator, sent her a nasty glare and was about to ask her questions of how exactly did their housekeeper got destroyed, when Luce cried, sat down on the floor, and she tried to roll on the floor, with her protruding belly, and they were thankful enough that Fon was quick at stopping the woman from injuring herself and the baby but still, she gave all of the Arcobaleno the shock of their life.
Reborn shuddered inside his mind at the thought of a deformed baby because the mother was moody enough to roll on the floor. He sighed and looked at Luce.
"Why, pray tell me, do you need this pregnancy test kit, Luce?" he said while keeping a firm grip on his patience.
"Well, you know. My belly has been sticking out for some time already and… I think I might be pregnant." As she finished her sentence, Luce was in the verge of tears.
"Luce." Reborn called to her without looking at her because with his expression right now, he doesn't trust that Luce won't run away in fear.
"Yes?" she answered with a trembling voice.
"You ARE pregnant."
…
The room was silent. No one spoke. And suddenly…
"YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THAT! (The vase was thrown at Reborn, which he easily dodged) YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT A WOMAN, HUH? WHAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO A DOCTOR? (The ashtray crashed behind Reborn as Luce approached the paperweight) I MAY JUST BE GETTING FAT, YOU KNOW? (Luce struggled to pick the chair up, and Reborn decided that enough was enough. There was no winning in this messed up conversation, however one-sided it may be).
"Luce, stop. I will buy what you need."
Luce stilled and her eyes watered. "Really? You'd do that for me, Reborn?"
"Yes, now go and rest." His fate was sealed.
"Yay! Thanks Reborn!" was her parting words as she skipped (how that was possible with her being pregnant was beyond him).
Reborn calmly walked out of the study room but, not before giving Skull a kick on his side. Hearing some bones crack was enough to place the smirk back on Reborn's face.
And here he was, outside the pharmacy to buy something that is not actually needed at this point of time. Reborn adjusted his fedora before entering the establishment.
"W-welcome!"
Reborn looked at the direction of where the voice came from and all he saw was a brunet with unbelievably gravity-defying hair, doe eyes with the color of brown dusted with gold, and yes, Reborn thought, he'd do this kid.
And with that thought, he sent the brunet one of his disarmingly sexy smirks.
To say that Reborn was ecstatic was an understatement when he saw how the brunet reddened after being on the receiving end of his attention.
This will be fun.