Flash back: 7 years ago
Orange, red and yellow painted the sky that afternoon seven years ago, coating the whole of Namimori in a warm shade. Two children sat in Namimori park, the swing set they sat on creaking with the smallest of movements. One brunet and the other a bluenette. The brunet twiddled his thumbs as his warm brown eyes followed the small black ants on the ground, scrambling around as they carried small pebbles and the like. His blue haired companion simply stared up at the sky, watching the beautiful orange hue of the sky ever so slowly transform to a deep red.
"Tetsu-nii? Can we go home now? I'm gettting hungry" the brunet mutters, pouting as he shifts his gaze from the ground to his companion.
"Father, Mother and Oba-san told us to stay here. If we move, they'll get really worried. So try to wait out for a while longer, ok?" He answers, shifting his eyes from the sky to the brunet. The brunet nods determinedly, puffing his chest out cutely. The bluenette chuckles, ruffling the other child's gravity deffying locks. The other leans into the touch, quite enjoying the small peace they had together.
"Tsu-kun! Tet-kun! Sorry we're late!" a femenine voice interups, making both boys look towards the the entrance of the park where three adults stood. There stood two women, both with warm brown hair and a man with black hair.
"At least we have cake" another female voice continues, making their way towards the two boys. Both boys stand up from their seats and run towards the three adults, the brunet boy running to the brunet woman and the bluenette running to the other woman and man.
"Let's go home!" The young brunet exclaims, running over to his companion, taking the other's hand in his.
Present
It's a normal day in the Sawada household, explosions and screaming included. But it's been a lot calmer these past few days, especially after Tsuna's inheritance ceremony. Said brunet male sat in his bedroom, surrounded by seven stacks of paperwork atop his bed sheets. He takes his time with the paper work; scanning the one in hand and signing it before placing it atop one of the six neatly stacked piles of finished paperwork on his floor. He lets out a huff, taking another paper from the work pile as he felt another migraine form. Lambo's loud screaming and the heavy footsteps of the children downstairs could be heard through the floor boards, his migraine growing sharper.
"I'm only eighteen and I already have more paperwork than what most adults would get in a life time," he moans disbelievingly, leaning his head against his bed's headboard. Suddenly his intuition spikes, willing him to move his head to the left, with panic replacing his previous apathetic mood. He moves just in time as a bullet whizzes past his head, barely grazing his ear as he screamed a high pitched shrill "HIIEEE!" His eyes go wide in fear as he turns his head to his bedroom door to see a man in a familiar suit and fedora.
"R-Reborn?!" He screamed, careful in moving as the slightest movement could mess up the neatly stacked papers on his bed.
"Stop complaining and get back to work, Dame-Tsuna. After all of those, a 20 minute break and afterwards get on those reports. Nono needs those by Friday" Reborn's now baritone voice commands him, adding an edge to his voice as the elder man reaches down to take one of the stacks of papers from the floor.
"Y-Yes, Reborn" Tsuna answers, albeit reluctantly. In the four years of knowing the other, he knew from the very start that defiance was a one way trip to hell so he just learnt to role with it, keeping his mouth shut of complaints. Reborn stands up and moves to leave the brunet to himself again, shutting the door behind him as he did so. Tsuna heaves another breath, returning to the paper at hand as the migraine numbed down. It's been three months since the Inheritance Ceremony and everything's been well and dandy so far, despite the large amount of paper work. His grandfather, Vongola Nono, insists that Tsuna was to stay in Namaimori until his last year in collage so that Tsuna could maximize his time with his mother since the work as a boss would take time from his biological family. Tsuna was glad for that and he was even happier once the Arcobaleno curse wore off of the seven previous pacifier holders. Within three years, Reborn has grown to his actual size and it's the same to all the others due to a pill that Verde created (Though the scientist was disappointed at the fact that it took three years to transform back into their original forms rather than the few months that he planned) So all in all, It's been good.
Another hour passes in the household and Tsuna finishes another full stack of paperwork, pushing said paperwork away from his tired body as his joints ache from being in the same position for too long. He resists the urge to groan, afraid that his Spartan tutor could hear him from downstairs and shoot through the ceiling, somehow still hitting him dead center of his forehead. How? Cause he's Reborn..
Suddenly his phone vibrates from his desk, signaling an upcoming call. Tsuna swings his legs carefully off the bed and maneuvers through the 7 piles of documents on the floor, making sure that none of them fall. Thanks to the demonic training for the past few years, he manages to arrive at the desk without a single paper going misplaced which was a big accomplishment. He takes the phone from the desk and presses the green answer button, placing the device to his ear.
"Hello?" He answers; waiting for a reply but the line stays quiet for a few seconds before another voice responds.
"Hello, Tsunayoshi-kun" a very familiar monotone voice answers, bringing up past memories. His eyes widen as excitement fills his system. Kuroko Tetsuya, his childhood friend, answered the phone in all of his monotonous glory. He had known Kuroko for as long as he could remember, those baby blue locks engrained into his memory like a wine stain on a pristine shirt.
"Tetsuya-kun! It's been a while!" He answers enthusiastically, almost bouncing.
"Yes, it's been quite a while. Four years, I think"
"Yeah, four years..." he mutters regretfully. He knows that the decrease of contact was more of his fault due to all the mafia related things that's been happening in his life as of late. Before, the two of them still talked every two weeks but in the last four years, they haven't talked once. People might think that it's fine because he was busy, but busy shouldn't have come between him and his childhood friend/brother figure. "But it's nice to be hearing from you again"
"It's good to be hearing from you too. Are you doing well?"
"Well, kind of? I mean, It's been pretty chaotic here on my end" Tsuna answers with a sheepish chuckle.
"Same here but it's all fine now, things have been a lot more stable and the situation's been more peaceful"
"Can't say anything about peaceful but at least it's quieter" he answers with a shrug, earning a slight chuckle from the other end of the line.
"That's good to hear. Anyways, where's oba-san? I need to talk to you both" that made Tsuna's eyebrow rise curiously.
"Mama? She's downstairs, wait a minute" He replies, stepping over the stacks of papers to get to his bedroom door. He puts his hand over the speaker of his phone as he makes his way down the staircase and into the kitchen where Nana Sawada and Reborn were chatting with cups of tea and coffee in their respective hands. Nana instantly recognizes Tsuna's presence and looks over to him with her usual bright smile.
"Ah, Tsu-kun! Do you need anything?" She asked enthusiastically, standing up from her seat.
"Tetsuya-kun is on the phone," He announces, referring to the cellphone in his hands. As if it was possible, Nana's mood brightens up even more as she asks him to sit down. Reborn's attention moves from his espresso to the two brunettes, curious on who they where talking about. Tsuna takes a seat beside his mother and puts the phone on speaker, not even bothering to shoo his tutor away (but to be honest Reborn would stay either way, so it had no point), letting the other man listen to the conversation.
"Hello? Tet-kun?" Nana calls out excitedly.
"Hello, Oba-san" Kuroko answers from the other line, Nana squeals in happiness, extremely pleased to hear from her only nephew.
"Tet-kun! We haven't heard from you in a while! Have you been well? How are your parents? Did you need anything? Why did you call?" She began gushing.
"Mama, you're asking too many questions at a time" Tsuna jokingly reprimands his mother, making her gasp in realization.
"I'm sorry, Tet-kun. It slipped my mind" She quickly apologized albeit sheepishly.
"No, It's fine. I have been well, Oba-san and actually I'm calling because of my parents" This made Tsuna and his mother lean forward towards the phone, Tsuna's guard up. "My mother and father decided to have a trip outside of Japan for the entire summer, just the two of them because father recently collapsed due to stress, exhaustion and dehydration at work. So they both decided that it was for the best to take a well deserved trip"
"Ahh, I understand. Even at highschool and collage, Shizuka was a workaholic. He'd work till he dropped" Mama comments sadly, remembering all of those times she had to force feed her bestfriend to at least eat something.
"So I was wondering if I could stay in Namimori for the summer, since I don't have adult supervision. Mother said that I shouldn't be alone at the house, which I don't understand since I technically am already an adult"Kuroko continues,
"Im pretty sure that your mother is just being over protective. But how about your Obaa-chan?" Nana asks
"She's in the hospital right now because of her aged body" He explains
"Ohhh" She mutters to herself but she suddenly gasps. "Oh no, I don't think we have enough room in the house. All of the guest rooms are occupied. I'm sorry, Tet-kun"
"Hmm. What should I do? I don't have any other relatives around the area and mother said that they'll cancel the trip if I dont find someone in time"Kuroko answers again with a hint of desperation. The four of them stay silent for a while until Nana perks up as an idea pops in her head.
"I know! Why not let Tsu-kun come over?"
"Kaa-san, Isn't that counter productive? I mean, I AM younger than Tetsuya-kun"
"I can come with him, Maman" Reborn interjects, a smirk grazing his handsome features. Tsuna's brain starts to whirr, creating all the possible devilish ways that Reborn could 'convince' Kuroko into joining the mafia.
"Who was that?"
"Chaos. I'm Reborn, Dame-Tsuna's home tutor"
"Pleasure to meet you, Reborn-san. I am Kuroko Tetsuya"
"So does everyone agrees to the arrangement?" Nana finally asks. Tsuna was about to answer but then he remembers his two best friends/guardians
"W-Wait! How about Gokudera-kun and Yamamoto-kun? They'll be devastated if they found out that'll be gone for the summer"
"You can bring them too, you know?" Kuroko continues from the other side of the call, making Tsuna blink in confusion. "I have three guest rooms in the house and you can sleep in my room with me, Tsunayoshi-kun"
"R-Really? A-Are you sure? They're quite a handful" Tsuna stuttered, his eyes wide.
"Of course. I know the feeling of being deprived from your friends" he laments, the sad tone almost undetectable under normal terms "As long as you ask their families and at least one of you four knows how to cooks".
"I'll write down my recipes, so that you 5 can cook something for each other!" Nana suggests, clapping her hands together before standing up to grab her note pad.
"Thank you, oba-san"
"Where do you live, Kuroko?" Reborn asks, leaning forward on his chair
"I live in Tokyo, Reborn-san"
"Hmm. I'll check when the next train to Tokyo is" Reborn concludes.
"Thank you all for doing this for me" Kuroko mutters gratefully from the other line.
"No worries, Tet-kun! Family is family, after all" Nana exclaims, walking back to the dinning table with her note pad in hand.
"Well, I have to go now. Coach will put me in a boston crab hold if I arrive late" that made Tsuna shiver and sweatdrop. 'So scary!'
"O-ok then. Bye, Tetsuya-kun!" Tsuna continues.
"Take care, Tet-kun!" Mama exclaims, Reborn preferring to stay quiet.
"Good bye Tsunayoshi-kun, Oba-san, Reborn-san. I'll see you all in a few days" Kuroko continues, the line cutting off as the other ends the call.
Tsuna lets out a huff, standing up and taking his phone from the table. Mama stays on her seat, focused on the note pad in front of her and Reborn sat across from her, scrolling through the laptop that magically appeared. He makes his way up stairs, typing a message for Gokudera and Yamamoto to explain to them the situation. He presses send and pockets his phone, entering his room once again. Once he settles into his comforter, his phone dings twice. He takes out the device from his pocket to see the messages.
[Gokudera: As your right hand man, I will go where ever Juudaime goes!]
[Yamamoto: Just asked pops and he said it was ok. Getting excited already ! \(^.^)/]
The bedroom door creaks open to reveal Reborn on the other side.
"The next train from Namimori to Tokyo is in 3 days, tell the other two" he announces, shutting the door behind him as he left the brunet with his thoughts. Tsuna tilts his head back, a small smile grazing his features as a thought passed his head
'What will happen this time?'
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Note: Oba-san = Aunt
Obaa-chan = Grandma