AN: So here's a Dino bonding short. Takes place soon after Chapter 6 and before Chapter 7 of Sky That Accepts All. There is another short posted only of archiveofourown as it's a sex scene. Go there to read it.

Tsuna stared. How in the world? Don Cavallone, who insisted she call him Dino, was wrapped up in his own whip. He had been trying to show her some technique and ended up tied up by his own weapon. When Reborn had said the blond man was clumsy, he wasn't kidding.

"I'm ok," the mafia Don said as he tried to wriggle out of the bindings. Tsuna had to bite her lip and look away in an effort not to break down in laughter. Really, with the whip tying him up, she was s tempted to make a comment about him having a BDSM kink. Finally, after much wiggling, did he manage to get out of his bind.

"How is it you can be so deft with that one moment and then tying yourself up the next?" Tsuna asked as she got herself under control. "I've never seen anything quite like it."

Dino blushed, his pale complexion making the red stand out more. He scratched the back of his neck and looked away. "Ah, well..." His shoulders sagged. "I'm clumsy when my men aren't around."

"I know. Reborn told me, but I didn't think it was this bad. Seriously, what caused this? I know my clumsiness when I was a kid was from having my Flames sealed."

Dino still and stared at her. "Your Flames were sealed?"

"By Vongola Nono at the request of the Bastard, if what Reborn told me is correct. I was four. It really fucked me up." She frowned and let out a long breath through her nose. "It was wasn't until I was nine that I broke the seal and everything just seemed right again. Then my life just became crazy."

"Five years?" Dino gasped softly. One of his hands reached out and suddenly pulled the Vongola heiress to his side in a one-armed hug. Tsuna flailed for a second before calming. She looked up at him and raised a single brow. An explanation was needed.

"My Flames were seal for five months and they were hell. I can't imagine having them sealed for longer."

Tsuna hummed and pulled herself away from the Italian. He was way too close for comfort. "So sealing away Flames is common in the mafia?"

"No." Dino's voice was hard and his eyes darkened. "In my case it was necessary to learn control and was an attempt to sort out my clumsiness. It's very risky."

"I see." Tsuna frowned as she took in that information. Just one more strike against the bastard. She shook her head and perked up. "Why don't you try that thing with the whip again?"

Dino looked over at her and nodded. If his girl he was starting to see as a little sister wanted to drop the subject, he would. He flicked his wrist, loosening it and allowing the whip to uncoil. While he could cold whip, it was a bit more difficult and there wasn't a reason to do so at the moment. His arm rose, the whip lashed out, and then everything went wrong.

Somehow he tripped when he shifted his weight and started falling toward Tsuna. Her eyes went wide as she realized exactly what was happening but knew there wasn't anything she could do. As Dino's arm pinwheeled in an attempt to keep him upright, the whip began flying about. A second later and the blond man's body was on top of hers. Tsuna tried to wriggle out from under him but froze at the strained noise he made. Looking up she had to suppress a teasing smile at the bright flush that covered his face. Surreptitiously moving her leg, she could feel her knee bump against his crotch and saw his blush going deeper.

"Ah, sorry," he sauntered out and tried to pull himself up. Unfortunately, with all the flailing the whip had gotten tangled up in their bodies and they were loosely tried together.

That's how her boys found them and the reason why Tsuna had to keep Hayato from blowing the Cavallone Head up. She couldn't be sure why, but after their talk and the bonding they did Dino had asked her to call him Dino-nii. It was touching even though he probably meant it in a far different way than she was taking it. Yakuza bosses called each other brother, or sister in her case, only when they held an absolute trust and were basically promising to come to their pseudo-sibling's aid. Still, even if he didn't understand, she still appreciated it.