The Meeting.

"I can't believe it… you guys are our authors?" Verde questioned incredulously. "Yep!" The white-pajama girl grinned. "So you're the one who created my and Tsunayoshi's adventures? Miss White-Pajama? I expected the black one to say that. You don't look intelligent enough." He said questioningly. Decimo nodded with him.

"Chiri, please." She said, pouting a little bit. "Oh come on, Chiri, don't be upset." The black-pajama petted Chiri's head lazily. "Okay then. Yes, Verde, I'm your author." She stuck out her tongue.

"Miss RanLei…?" Reborn cocked his head to his Tsuna, who looked towards the black-pajama girl with hopeful eyes. "Just Ran." She retorted calmly. "Do I… do I exist?" Ran looked towards Reborn first, but didn't smile and only slouched lazily to Chiri's shoulder. "I'll think about it." She drawled.

"Oh guys, before we say anything else, why don't we answer our readers' questions?" Chiri chimed, and the others, who couldn't stand the awkwardness, agreed.

"From our reader, Miss or Mister ShiroYukiandKuroKyo. Maybe Miss. Just make it Miss Shiro." Ran sighed. "She said 'Is every character going to like, touch each other-" Reborn and Tsuna snickered at one another and lounged to an open-mouthed kiss with tongues. Reborn's hands even went underneath Tsuna's shirt. "Like that, Miss Shiro?" Reborn asked devilishly.

The other brunets in the room tensed and their respective partners looked torn between jealousy and fear. This couple… how can they be so… unconcerned?

"We haven't finished yet." Ran said sternly as Chiri buried her face on Ran's chest, her ears were red and hot. She was blushing madly. "Continuing on, '-like handshake or something? Can they tell us how their love began?' And oh, she's very curious with you guys, Reborn, Tsuna." Both of them said nothing, but whispered towards one another.

"I want to try it! I want to try shaking hands with my other selves, it's such an interesting thing!" The Chemist said, clearly excited. Skull grasped his wrists. "Don't! It's too dangerous…" Skull whined. But Tsuna smiled in a comforting manner that nobody in the room expected from the seemingly cold version of Tsunayoshi Sawada. "Oh, Skull-san…" He said softly. "Ah, non preoccupatevi, okay?" He said reassuringly. The leader of Nascosto Dept. perked his head. That was Falcon's language, and someone with his face and probably his voice was saying it. He put his notebook in front of his lips and smiled. His partner, Skull, looked reluctant, but okay'd him anyway.

The Chemist headed to the sofa next to him, the white one. "Handshake?" He offered his hand. Xanxus glowered, and the Captain of the 10th squad eyed him cautiously. But then, Xanxus took out a goggle from his pocket and the sickly brunet's eyes turned green. "No artifacts sighted. The only weapon he had is some sort of a weird liquid that can explode upon contact." The brunet said almost mechanically. "Seconded. He's not a threat." Xanxus chimed.

The Captain grabbed the Chemist's hand gently. "I-I-I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada, but since it's weird to have you call your own name, so please just call me Himmel." The captain smiled cutely. Almost everyone in the room gasped. Well, everyone but Reborn's partner, who let out a choked noise upon seeing his face smiling like that, Xanxus who looked terribly angered and glaring upon Giotto, and Zero, who immediately grinned a jaw-breaking grin as he whispered 'you gotta show me that smile after we got back to the asylum' to himself.

"Potassium Magnate! I never knew I could pull off something like that…" The Chemist said he blushed. "You can though, Tsuna…" Skull joined behind him, but didn't offer his hand. The Chemist shook hands with Xanxus briefly, noting that he is one of his pursuers in his own world.

The Chemist smiled confidently and asked Skull to return to his seat as he proceeded to the next sofa.

The next sofa had the older version of himself and his green-haired fiancée. The Chemist offered his hand. "You're cool. I don't think I'm as graceful as you are when I was fifteen." The Decimo smiled slightly as he shook the younger brunet's hand. "Well, he probably didn't get grams of morphine injected to his body in attempt to create the perfect assassin." The Scientist straightened his glasses. "Well, your Decimo probably got family to love and search for him if he was gone, right? Morphine dulls pain, Professor. Neglect doesn't." The Chemist retorted.

"How childish. My Tsunayoshi had to endure torture from the Estraneos-"

"I had to endure the fact that someone is robbing me of what I could have."

"Still childish-"

"Cut it out," Skull got up in the speed of lightning and stood between the arguing scientists. "Tsuna, just stop. These people don't understand the pain of being ignored and rejected. We don't need to argue with them, it's a waste of time." The stuntman said sternly, earning a whistle from the Vongola Decimo. "Whoa, I never knew Skull-san is capable of being so manly."

The stuntman scratched his own helmet and faced the Decimo. "You think so?" He said calmly. "Yep." Skull sighed in relief. "Thanks, Older Tsuna." He grinned as he opened the green glass of his helmet.

Unexpectedly, the Decimo blushed. "You're so easily flustered, just like my roommate!" The stuntman laughed. "S-shut up!"

Skull was still laughing when his Chemist partner moved on to the next sofa. He examined the blond carefully. His entire being was wary of this man's aura. "I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada. Nice to meet you." He said with a slight smile.

The man didn't spare a minute before grabbing his hand in a business-like manner. "I'm Giotto Lorenzini di Vongola. Pleasure to meet you, Tsuna-kun." He smiled almost robotically. The Chemist narrowed his eyes. "Have anyone ever told you that you are one manipulative being?" He said as they shake hands. The blond chuckled. "Funny you should mention that, Tsuna-kun." He flashed a grin.

The Chemist then turned his gaze towards the brunet on the sofa, who was scribbling in his notebook. "You can't talk, can you?" The Chemist asked. The meek brunet nodded and eventually showed his notebook.

I'm Tsuna Sawada.

And yeah, I can't talk. But nice to meet you, another version of me. :)

They shook hands and exchanged smile with another. But unexpectedly, the meeker version of the brunet pulled the Chemist into a bear hug. The Chemist could feel tears on his lab-coat. He cried?

The brunet then pulled out of the hug and turned the page of his notebook.

I understand what you feel. Because of my inability to talk, I was locked away inside a dark room. My parents abandoned me on my birthday, and my older twin didn't even know that I exist. And now, they wanted me back. I can't help but feel very angry towards them. But, because I couldn't sound my anger, nobody think much about what I feel.

His aphasiac other self smiled. And the Chemist couldn't help but think that he was actually that strong to endure even a situation as heavy as that one. "You're awesome, Tsuna." He said comfortingly. His aphasiac counterpart smiled and mouthed a 'thank you'.

And then, he moved on to the red sofa, where another version of himself peered at him mercilessly. "I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada." He offered his hand. "Pretty brilliant. Think I'm sane enough to take that hand of yours?" The brunet said with an evilly distorted voice. "A-ah…" The Chemist faltered, clearly frightened.

"Ah? Sheesh he's waking up. I'll take over again when he shows at least a slight opening." Suddenly, the threatening aura surrounding the brunet dispersed, leaving a warm and pleasant one. "U-um… hello?" The new person said meekly. "He, partner didn't do anything bad… did he?" The Chemist shook his head. "N-No…" He stammered.

"Ah, as much as I want to shake your hand, I can't. So… um, just nice to meet you." He smiled shyly.

The Chemist moved on to the last sofa, the black one. He offered his hand to Reborn, who shook it with a smirk. But when he offered his hand to his counterpart, the latter only looked at it like it was the most fascinating thing the world.

"Hello?" The Chemist tried. But the brunet didn't do anything; he only looked at the Chemist's body with massive interest. When the Chemist stepped closer to the boy, he was pulled into an unexpected kiss. The other brunet's tongue skillfully wandered around the Chemist's lips, trying to gain entrance to his mouth. "A-annh! Stop!" He said futilely. "I exist… I'm me… I exist…" The brunet muttered.

His hands skillfully went under the lab-coat, and eventually, the shirt. When the lustful brunet was about to reach to his pants, Skull, and unexpectedly, Skye, stopped him. "Stop it. He doesn't like it." Skull said sternly. Skye hid his face behind his notebook.

I'm really sorry, but please stop.

The brunet clicked his tongue and let go of the Chemist, who immediately scampered towards the stuntman. "Skull-san… Skull-san…" He gasped, nearly out of breath.

When the room turned awkward again, the two forgotten authors sighed. "Okay, okay! Next question! How did your loves begin?" Chiri asked with a smile.

Xanxus and Himmel looked at each other. "T-the moment Secondo comforted me about my foster-dad's death… I guess." He then coughed miserably.

Verde and Decimo scratched their chins. "Too many things happened to us… but I've been in love with him ever since I woke up in his laboratory and received so many things…" Verde nodded simply, clearly signaling that he didn't want to elaborate.

Meanwhile, Skye turned inexplicably red and hid his face behind his notebook.

We're not in love…

"Yet." Giotto added pleasantly with that cunning business like smile.

The straitjacket-wearer looked stunned and shocked. "I-I-I'm no way in love w-w-with myself…" He stammered, clearly panicked. "But I sure as hell do. Kihihihi." Another voice chimed. "NO! P-Partner…!" The clearly much normal version of Tsuna blushed deeply.

Reborn and Tsuna looked at each other. Reborn was expressionless, but Tsuna looked really confused. "We're in love?" Tsuna asked, his tone indicating that he really was serious about his question. Reborn only chuckled and look towards Ran who stayed motionless. "Probably." Reborn answered vaguely. "We're not in love. We just like to have sex with each other." Tsuna answered like it was the most normal thing in the world. Reborn didn't nod, but didn't deny it either. "Though rather than love… we're both obsessed with sex with one another. I'm addicted to Reborn's body." Tsuna said coldly. Reborn, again, didn't confirm or deny it.

"Just move on. They're too vague for their own good." Ran said dismissively.

And finally, Tsuna and Skull looked at each other, both of them blushed deeply. "W-we're not in love!" Skull said with a deep red blush on his face. "Y-yeah! That is as impossible as a noble gas bonding!" Tsuna retorted, but both of them looked like they're a couple of teenage school girls.

"Oookaay! Let's move on! The next question is from a very dear reviewer of mine! Miss Phantom Hitman 1412!" Chiri cheered. "Miss Hitman's question os to Verde." The green-haired scientist straightened his glasses. "She said 'I have a question for Verde-sama! Out of all the Tsunayoshi's here, which would you most like to experiment on to see just how they tick? Or maybe that would be better worded as which would you like to spend more time with to understand better?' Okay~ what's your answer?"

Verde grabbed his chin to think. After a good fifteen minutes later, he answered. "I definitely like to be with my Tsunayoshi the most. He's the best." The couple shared a knowing smile with one another. "But if I have to choose, I will choose Tsunayoshi who is a genius Chemist. Who knows that the idiot and clumsy Tsunayoshi could be someone so stern?" Verde smirked. Both Tsunayoshi were flustered at his words.

"And there's a question for us too, Ran!"

"Oh cool. What is it?"

"If we can be in one of the story we created, which would we want to be in?"

"Oh, good question." RanLei said lazily. "I surely don't want to be in Exist's story-verse. That universe is twisted." Reborn laughed. "You created that."

RanLei grinned. "It's really fun to write, but I don't want to be in that story..." And then she frowned and scratched the back of her head. "If I have to choose from my own stories, I would want to be inside the universe of Aphenphosmphobia. Having an apartment with my favorite guys would be so awesome."

"Aah! I like Aphenphosmphobia too! But if I have to choose from Ran's stories, I want to choose the BloodAddict universe!"

"Whoa, my earliest work."

"Yeah! It has Vampires and Wolves and so many other hotness! And you didn't write that Tsuna like a certain novel with sparkly vampires in it!" Chiri beamed.

"Well, if I have to choose from Chiri's stories, I prefer the Voice universe. It's cool to have ability like that. Especially Place and Order." Ran said thoughtfully.

"Hmm from my own stories... I'll choose the A Certain Wimpy Stuntman's Malestrom's universe. It's the most thrilling to write!"

"Okaaay the next question asked by our reviewer, Miss or Mister Bishi-Bishi, would be…" Chiri stopped dead and sighed deeply. She looked at Ran pleadingly. "Would be, when will we update our fics." The black-pajama girl scoffed.

"Okay then, Miss or Mister Bishi-Bishi, I will answer you first. I am currently working at the next chapter of Exist, and I already planned out the next part of Unidentified. As for Aphenphosmphobia, it is a fic that I write with muse instead of brain. So you need to wait until my muse return for that one. Insanity series… well, it needs to be rewritten, so it'l long time until I update it. And the fics that I do no mention are currently inactive. I hope that answers your question." She smiled.

"And Chiri. Answer your question." Ran added sternly.

"O-Okay…" Chiri took a deep breath. "Miss or Mister Bishi-Bishi… I, unlike RanLei, don't write with brains at all. All of my stories are muse-story. That's why I have so many stories. But I'll give you the priority in which how I work." She took another deep breath. "A Certain Wimpy Stuntman's Maelstrom and this fic, The Meeting, are okay, I'm writing it properly. Voice and Welcome to the Asylum! need serious help. I have a major writer's block on that one. Jabberwocky is a muse fic, it's a fic I will write when I have a strong urge of writing family fics. While Codename: Sky Hunters… I don't know if anyone is still reading that, so I didn't update it. That is all, hope I don't disappoint you too much…"

"And the last question by Miss Aika-chan, will canon characters appear? Well, if you guys want it to be so, we will do our best. And if you guys also want other couples from our other stories, like Chiri's Wedding Dress or Lies or anything at all, or maybe my Unidentified, or BloodAddict characters to appear, please say so and we will try to write it."

"Well then, readers~" Chiri smiled again. "Any other things you want to ask? Or see?"

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Thanks to ShiroYukiandKuroKyo, Phantom Hitman 1412, eclipsed flower, BloodyDarkNaruto, Bishi-bishi, and Aika-chan -w for reviewing!

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