Cielo snuggled into the soft flames of his pet while lying on the bed, staring blankly at the on going conversation. He can't be bothered about the admiration gazes thrown at him by the two red heads as he rolls onto the soft bed, ready to shut out the world and drift to his dreamland. Why am I here to listen to Reborn tell my older brother about Vongola and that he is the Decimo? Cielo grumbled inwardly.
Reborn, who loves to read his partner because he is like a open book, read Cielo(who is rolling on his stomach) and smirked. He then looks downward and answered the brunette's complain. "Don't want to carry on listening? Call Enma and ask him to massage your tiny brain with his Earth flames. Hotline being XXXX-XXXX! Limited edition as he has a job to do for a lazy sky that is rolling on his stomach due to pure boredom!" The last few sentences were filled with sarcasm. Tsuna noticed and scowled but his eyes brightened with joy. He punched the air with his fist as he grabs Natsu's tail and leapt out of the window. "Oh Enma! I'm coming for the daily meet!"
Cozart then follows the brunette to the window as he peeked out. Enma... Enma... En...ma... Ah! It's younger cousin Enma! But I thought he went missing? Why is Tsuna meeting him? Cozart's face scrunched up as he looks back at the blond, who has gotten lost at the timeline of Vongola. Without seeing his expression, Reborn casually spoke up. "You want to meet him again. Am I right?" Cozart's eyes widened. "Follow that idiot then. And bring cash because you're so going to need it." Without waiting for another moment, the Crimson red head dashed out of the room, leaving his two stunned friends behind.
"What... Just happened?" Ieyasu asked blankly. Using his fist, Reborn struck light (to him and possibly his partner) on Ieyasu's head to gain the blond's attention. "Damn, you attention span is as good as your brother's and the few others." Reborn muttered under his breath, hoping that Ieyasu won't hear a thing. Unfortunately, the blond did hear bits of it.
"My what?" He questioned, his eyebrows creasing into a frown. Reborn cussed inwardly but he did not let the mistake get a better of him. "So this is why you will inherit the Vongola as its tenth boss." G could be heard clapping happily at the news while Ieyasu's head hung low.
My... Brother?
Cozart's legs are burning as he watch the infant hop into a small café outside the outskirts of the peaceful town. Groaning, he took another effort and walk grudgingly up the (his legs claimed) toturous slope. He then peeped into the glass windows, which were somehow really clear, and started to search for the brunette. His eyes search high and low but he could not find him. Hoping that he can get a better view, he walked into the small café.
"Welcome sir! Table for how many?" A girl with orange colored hair greeted. Cozart's eyes shifts to the girl's nametag. He held out his hand and waved them. "I'm not here to eat or drink, Sasagawa-san." The girl's eyes widened minutely but soften again when she thought about how he knew her name.
"I-I see. So what is your purpose of coming here?"
"I'm looking for an infant named Cielo. Is he around?" The girl cocks her eyebrow. "Cielo?"
"He's a infant about this height," he points near his knees. "Has brown hair and it's fluffy like this," his hands gestured wildly as he tries to describe the spikiness of the infant's hair. The girl's eyes suddenly lit up. "Oh, you meant him? Cielo di Vongola?" He then nods his head. "Yes! Him! So where is he?"
"He's a regular here so boss has offered him the VIP room and has went in to chat with him. Unfortunately, boss said not to let anyone in or they'll eat dust. So he says." The girl chuckled as she says the last line. Cozart mouthed 'oh' and asked, "Who's the boss of this small but relaxing café?"
Sasagawa-san taps her chin as she wondered about the possible outcomes if she brought him to room. Enma-kun could get angry… Wait, Cielo-kun is even scarier. But this man knows Cielo… Should I? "How about I make you some tea while you wait for them? I'm sue they would be out in a while…" Sasagawa-san replies, hoping not to get on the bad side of her boss while being tactful to the customer. Cozart shrugged and took a seat by the window. Smiling, Sasagawa-san hopped into the kitchen and five minutes later, she came back with mouth-watering sweets and a hot cup of mocha latte. "Thank you, Kyoko!"
"Please use Sasagawa-san please, boss won't like it." Kyoko intervened. Cozart laughed nervously and nodded slightly, acknowledging what the girl just said.
Kyoko then walked up the stairs to the VIP room with two comes of chamomile tea. "Come in!" A muffled voice said, clearly Cielo's because he had this ability to tell things even without seeing or hearing anything. Kyoko smiled and walked into the room and sets the cups on the glass table. "Cielo-kun, someone is asking for you."
"Call me Tsuna, remember? Kyoko-chan!" Cielo pouted. Kyoko chuckled and replied quickly. "Hai hai! Tsuna-kun. By the way Enma, (aww, you call him Enma and you call me Cielo? Unfair!) The one who's looking for Ci- Tsuna-kun looks like you." Enma cocked an eyebrow and stares at Cielo, who is shaking his head. Inside, Enma and Kyoko are trying to run as they watched the small fists of the sky clench hard. "That cousin of yours. Shimon Cozart... CHASED ME ALL THE WAY FROM MY OLD HOUSE WHICH I HAVE PROBABLY NEVER EVEN STAYED AT BEFORE UNTIL TODAY!" The other two winced at the volume the little Sky ventilated at. Tsuna then grabs his chest as he gasps in pain.
"Tsuna!" They shouted simultaneously. Sweat dripped down from the brunette's brown bangs as he slowly removed his sweat stained shirt. "It-it's nothing. Just the usual problem. "Mou~ try to restrain yourself from having such ventilating services. My cafe isn't for you to scream in." Enma joked and Cielo merely brushed it aside.
Kyoko then magically produces a strawberry shortcake and a silver fork and placed them gently in front of Cielo. The pain sooner stopped as the image of cakes flooded the brunette's span of vision. He then forgets everything and starts eating, leaving his companions to sweat drop.
"Anyway, you can invite him in." Kyoko raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, let him in, for all that I care." Cielo shrugged. Kyoko sighs and walks out with a small smile.
"Hey Enma, I could use another massage session with those flames you have." Cielo smirked, not forgetting the reason he came to the cafe for. Enma laughs and activates his flames, allowing them to massage the boy nicely.
Cozart's eye caught movement from the stairs and looked up immediately. Kyoko was smiling widely as she looks at the red head. Cozart then scrambles clumsily, which includes tripping over air, chairs and innocent people's feet, to Kyoko.
"So can I?" Kyoko then beams widely and nods her head. He then jumps and follows the Orange haired girl.
As he walked up the surprisingly silent stairs, he noticed the images on each table and the arrangement. Vaguely, he can form 3 different crests. Shimon, Vongola and lastly, the Arcobaleno Secret Organization (aka ASO). What does the ASO have to do with the cafe? I thought all of them are separated together with their partners?
"Sir, please watch your head. The following area would have a low ceiling." The clear voice broke through Cozart's train of thoughts as he carelessly knocks into the suddenly low ceiling. "Ow!" He grabbed onto the stairs to avoid falling down. He picks himself back and lowers himself consciously to avoid the collision again.
"This way, sir." Kyoko directed to a door not more than 1.5 meters in height. His face flushed red. Eh? The door is so cute! "I know, cute right? The door." Cozart whipped over to Kyoko, bewildered. "Did you just read my mind?"
Kyoko shook her head. "No, I can tell with your face flushing like that." Cozart's face then turned as red as the other red head's hair. Stifling a chuckle, she knocked on the door. "Come in Kyoko!" Smiling, he turned the knob and entered, gesturing to the other to follow as well. Cozart did as he was told and stepped into the darkly lit room.
Small lights littered the room, giving it a quiet yet dark and serene feel. A small table sat in the center, surrounded by 9 chairs, short enough for teenagers to sit on. Each chair had different colors, just like a mural painting on the side wall. The painting has 18 individuals, 8 infants and 10 children not more than 14 years old and each of them wore a colour. For example, a silverette with hair like G has red themed clothes and the flames are bright red.
He then saw a floating figure in the room, identified as Cielo. The infant has this peaceful look on his face. His eyes then gazed on a boy with Crimson hair like his, the eyes carry the symbol of Shimon as well. His hands are covered in black gauntlets and his forehead danced the dying will flame of earth.
"Enma?" Cozart asks. Enma then slowly looks at the one who called him with wide eyes. He then slowly lowers the brunette that fell asleep onto a couch before diminishing the flame. "C-Cozart-Nii? W-What are you doing here?" He sure does not want to leak anything private in front of his cousin.
"Shouldn't I be asking you instead? Where have you been? We've been looking around everywhere!" Cozart retorts back. Taken aback, Enma lowered his gaze to the floor. "You shouldn't be worried though. Nono has already known about this. And I own this place."
"Y-y-you OWN THIS PLACE?!" Cozart nearly fainted but a hard kick shook him awake. "OW!" He shouted louder. "Shut up Shimon Decimo." A familiar voice sounded. Cozart protested, "how can my 12 year old cousin own a business? It's illegal!" That statement earned him another kick in the face. "This is done under the help the the association and companies that you saw downstairs. I was left in charge because the arcobaleno's are mainly Japanese and I stay in Japan. The end." Cozart wants to protest more, only when Cielo whacks him in the head again.
"We'll discuss more next time. Now, you have to go home. Enma needs his precious sleep too so get on with it and leave." Cielo cut in and ushered Cozart out despite all the pleas. "Bye Enma, see you tomorrow!" Cozart exclaimed before getting pushed out. Just before he shut the door, Cielo slipped a paper into the room.
"Reborn, have you finished the long and boring explanation?" Cielo asks as he flops onto the bed. He can hear Ieyasu shouting at him for taking the bed but he chose to ignore it.
"Yes yes. How was your massage?" Cielo looks up from unreeling the metal wires he had in hand. "Wonder and splendid until Shimon Decimo showed up." Cielo huffed. Reborn gave a short laugh, which was considered as melodious, since girls will swarm to him like flies when he does that. Cielo continues to hook the pin of the grenades to the wires before muttering. "Don't laugh at me, would you? After all, your student is the chosen candidate, not me."
Reborn waved it off though he remembered all words thoroughly to disturb the infant later. A smirked graced his lips. And suddenly, Cielo felt a shiver down his spine. Why does it feel like something bad is gonna happen? He then tilts his head to Reborn before resuming to work on the booby trap he set up as soon as he saw the smirk.
"ANYWAY! Please stay away from me in places such as school or when friends come over to my place. Really, even if G and Cozart seem to know you, you have nothing to do with me!" Cielo pulls the blanket towards his neck. He then invites Reborn to sleep as well. Raising and lowering his shoulder, he climbs onto the bed and laid down, distancing himself well from Cielo. Ieyasu begins sputtering incoherently.
"Talk properly, Dame-Ieyasu. We can never hear you like this. Even Cielo has gone to sleep while listening to your blabbering." Reborn retorts while pointing to the sleeping figure, the infant's chest rising and falling at a steady beat. "Sleep somewhere else! Not my bed!" But no one heard it, Cielo has originally slept while Reborn blew bubbles from his nose. Taking it that both were asleep, Ieyasu slaps himself on the forehead, leaving the room to get the extra futon and pillow.
Into the night as all of them slept, Nana opened the door and peeped in. She giggled at the sight of the room and tip toed in. She walks past the booby traps towards the bed while keeping an eye out for dangers in the messy room. She then pulls the blanket up to cover the two of them and gazed at them.
Reborn looks cool when awake but cute when he sleeps. Cielo sleeps with his hood on, shielding his face from all. Nana then thought that the room would be too hot to put on a hood in his sleep, so she pulled down the hood. The fluffy hair appeared and a rigid face that seemed like it suffered a lot of hardship appeared. She nearly gasped at the similarity of the infant to her supposedly dead child. Other than the difference in the eyes, which seemed to burn orange, they were nearly identical. But what if it is him? He should be 12 by now, a teenager, not an infant. Nana shook her head, shaking the idea away.
That's where you're wrong, Sawada Nana. The two sleeping on the bed muttered as they watched Nana leave the room discretely. Cielo then suddenly moved closer to Reborn still keeping the distance. "Ne, Reborn. Would they even remember me? Or at least tell who I am?"
"Who knows. It's them after all. A gullible and carefree mother and a dame Decimo. They will definitely remember you." Reborn answered, sarcasm filling part of the speech. Cielo rolled his eyes and turned away, creating a wider distance. "I hope they will... Good night then, Reborn."
"Good night, Tsunayoshi."
That's it! CUT! Honestly, I did say 10 reviews for the first chapter and it wasn't accomplished. However, it was the number of followers and favourites that helped give me the drive to type up this chapter. Apologies to R27 fans for the last part. Honestly, I did not plan for a romance story for this so no pairings. Anyway, please remember to drop a review!
