Note: Unedited. No Beta. Mentions (implied or direct) of Slash. Slight AU. Slow update.

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Harry wanted to say he was surprised, but looking back on the previous rants Nana had given him before, all her sadness and grief having an absent husband and heartbreak over Tsuna's questions if his father ever loved him considering he never talked to him or even bother to come home just ones in all his birthdays, it was no wonder she exploded.

Nana may have been the kindest woman he had ever had a pleasure to meet – naïve and too trusting for her own good too – but even a saint has a limit.

This was it for her.

The anger he felt, chilling in its intensity that it seemingly affected the temperature around dulled a little as he looked at the raging flame-indigo aura of his friend. He didn't need to see how her aura was reacting to know that Nana is completely furious. Just the sound of her voice is enough of a giveaway.

"Iemitsu just decided on his own?!" she hissed. He blinked and looked at the toddler's aura just to see it hazing a bit in confusion. He assumed the baby tutor had answered with a nod because Nana spoke once again.

"Wait a moment here Tutor Reborn. I need to call my husband," she said calmly. He knows that Nana is still angry by how much her aura flares around. He reached out to her to calm her down which she did so almost immediately.

"You have his number?" he asked in a low voice, pulling his friend a little bit away from Teddy so he could talk to her for a little bit.

"I have two of his number. One from his office and one from his personal phone," she answered. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at that.

"You have two of his number and you never called him before?" he asked in confusion. Nana had been unburdening her problems and thought and fears to him about her husband when all the while she has his number?

"I never told you before, but I tried contacting him using those numbers. The one in his office always says he's busy and would call me at a later time while his personal one always went to voice mail," Harry nodded at that to show his understanding but couldn't help but think how STUPID her husband is for giving a contact number when he still couldn't be reached.

"Then it might not work if you use that. Take his number from the tutor. It sounds like they talked about this personally," he was displeased at that. In the very first place, Tsuna's life shouldn't be decided by only his parents, much less only by his absent father who didn't even know anything about his very own son.

"I… that's right," Nana then held his hand and pulled him even closer to whisper on his ear. "That tutor, his name was Reborn. That's also what was on that scam flier right?" he nodded. He had wondered about that too. "If he was already commissioned by… Iemitsu, why did he still leave the flier on the mailbox?"

"Assuming it was him who did it," he said, challenging Nana's perception. He always did this nowadays to help Nana really think all her decisions and ideas through, not only accepting what others are saying.

"Who else would it be Hari? I may have been a little airheaded by I can recognize this much now. No one in their right mind would leave a flier like that. It looks like a scam," she said seriously. She knew she had been an airhead, stupid, easy to manipulate and entirely too forgiving, but she wasn't completely like that now. She was being taught to question, to think for herself and for her son's benefit by Hari. He was helping her become even more of a better person, and she is thankful for that.

She always wondered what would have happened if she hadn't met Hari, and shuddered at the thought.

"That right there," he said suddenly. Nana looked at the covered eyes of her friend.

"What?" she couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"You were probably thinking what would have happened if you still remained the same as before right?" she gave a hum as confirmation, not really surprise Hari knew that. Whenever she thought about that, Hari always recognizes it, almost like he read her mind. Then he always says not to think about it as she would never be like that again. She thought he would say something of that sort, but it was different this time.

"What do you think would have happened if you were still the same as before, then you saw a flier like that and only knew that Tsuna has bad grades?"

She didn't want to think about that, but the scenario Hari gave her made its way into her mind, making her think about it, and then shuddered again.

She would have completely fallen for that and would call the tutor herself. The she wouldn't have known it was her husband's ploy. She would have thought she was brilliant for thinking of ways to help her son by calling a complete stranger who was endorsed in a scam-like flier to tutor her already intelligent son, would even imagine that the flier was unusual because the tutor was from a professional business school for young and illustrious men.

"You have your answer,"

"Hari…" she started. Her fury was rising again.

"Don't be irrationally angry again Nana. Just take your husband's number first then call him," she nodded and went to the baby – who said he was a tutor, but she couldn't get the idea of a baby having that type of job. Like what Teddy-kun had said, he was an unusual baby – and kneeled in front of him so it wouldn't be awkward to talk to him.

"Do you have my husband's number?" she asked politely. She even smiled at him even though she's angry. He gave her a long, considering look – in which Nana had to forcibly stop herself from reacting out of sheer, stubborn will - before he pulled out his phone. She immediately took hers from her pocket and dialed the dictated number Reborn had given.

"Thank you," she smiled then stood up. Hari gestured for her to go to his room. She nodded in gratefulness – even though she knew he is blind and wouldn't see the action – and went inside his friend's clean room.

She dialed the number.

It rang once before it disconnected.

Pausing for a bit, she dialed again.

But was completely disconnected this time.

Angry, she went out of the room and, ignoring how tense the kitchen was, went to Reborn.

"He didn't answer," she gritted her teeth. He gave her a long look before pulling out his phone, doing something to it and giving it to her.

"Here, speed dial 3," she nodded sharply and went back to Hari's room.

She called.

It was answered after the first ring, which only incited her fury more.

"Reborn! Why are you calling early?" her husband's happy voice asked from the other line.

"Oh? It's five in the afternoon here. Where in the world are you at the moment then and what time is it there? Are you still in Antarctica like what your recent photo suggests? I'm sure that's not the case anymore," she sarcastically said. Iemitsu didn't answer for a full minute and when she was about to speak did he finally talk.

"Nana?"

"Don't 'Nana' me! Why did you call a tutor for my Tsuna? Never even consulting me about it?! You're not the only parent of my son Iemitsu. You don't get to choose what to do on you own without asking me, or even Tsuna!"

"Nana, my lovely-" Nana could feel the rising fury and sickened revulsion deep inside her. To think she was completely taken by whatever Iemitsu would say whenever he starts to compliment her and tell her he loves her and misses her and Tsu-kun before. That she would accept whatever he says and wait for a long time for him to return when he clearly loves his work more than his family.

"Stop it and answer me!" she snapped. She could practically almost feel that she surprised her husband at her shortness with him but at the moment, she didn't care.

"I am only thinking about Tsuna. This would be good for him," he said, voice finally going serious.

"How would you know this would be good? You were never here," she calmly told him, calming her anger so she could talk to her husband in a proper way.

"I may not be there all the time Nana, but I still watch over you. I know you're stressed and that Tsuna always fails at school. He even had the nickname Dame. I don't want him to grow up like that,"

Nana was stunned speechless at that. Watches over them? He only knew what was on the surface! What everyone in this tows thought! It was like he only knew those things by asking around!

Dame? Tsuna. Is. Not. A. Dame!

"You're right, you were never here," she started, her anger returning and rising exponentially at what her husband had said. "You were never here to see how Tsuna always comes home with bruises because he is being bullied. You were never here when I had to patch him up. You were never here to ensure that those stupid people in the stupid school treat my son properly. You were never here to see them dismiss me just because they think my husband and my son's father left us and didn't even believe I am still married to you because they never see your face in any parent event or meeting ever since Tsuna started school. You never knew Tsuna has a condition. You never knew that Tsuna changed school three times because of bullying problems. You never knew he didn't have any friends in any of the school he attended. You never knew your son wasn't stupid. You were never here to know any of that," she almost shouted but quickly reined herself in. She took a deep breath and released it slowly, wiping the angry tears that spilled out of her eyes the minute she started her rant.

She couldn't help it. She was so. Mad. She could actually feel her entire body vibrating in anger.

"I can't even contact you Iemitsu. Either you were extremely busy or away on business. What are we really? Are we family? This isn't what I had envisioned when I married you," she said softly. She didn't hear anything from the other line and she thought it got disconnected. When she looked at the phone, it appeared the call was still connected.

"Tsuna doesn't need a tutor. Cancel Reborn-san's contract of being a tutor for my son right now Iemitsu. Do you understand?"

"B-but…" her husband started, his voice weak contrary to the strength it possessed earlier.

"Do. You. Understand?"

"…Alright," she heard him sigh heavily.

"I'm giving Reborn-san's phone back to him. Call him and tell him that,"

"Nana…" she waited for him to continue but it took a long time. She was about to disconnect when he spoke. "I'm sorry,"

"Me too,"

. . . . .

Harry held onto Teddy's hand as they waited for Nana to finish her call, looking at the baby in wariness and curiosity.

His aura screamed of adult yet his physical body was that of an infant. He wondered what could have caused that. Also his aura was potent, strong and looked like it held something. The baby was filled with mysteriousness that he couldn't help but examine. Feel it, allow the baby's aura to skim unconsciously on his.

"Why are you a tutor?" he heard Teddy ask. Any time, he would have reprimanded his godson for speaking like that, but he could hear genuine curiosity in his voice so he didn't say anything. It would be hypocrite of him considering he was also interested in hearing the answer to the question.

"I like teaching," the baby – Reborn – said.

"You don't," Teddy said. Reborn's aura twitched a little. He was surprised at what Teddy had said.

"Why do you say?"

"My dad likes teaching a lot, and he is good at it. I know the look and feel of others enjoying their work. You don't," he just said. He smiled a little.

Teddy took up criminology as his course in the University he had applied when he turned college here in Japan, and he is already graduating in over two months. He also took up psychology online even before he finished high school. His schedule was hectic but with the constant use of time turner – one he himself illegally took even before he got out of Britain along with other inventions, be it spell or equipment from the Department of Mysteries, studied and even improved out of sheer boredom – he managed it.

Teddy was rather good at what he wanted to do, he just needed time. Thus, time turner was used.

Reborn just gave them a raised eyebrow.

Teddy smiled angelically.

Harry wanted to roll his eyes at their antics, but knowing the action was useless as the two won't even see that with his eyes covered. Instead, he spoke.

"Reborn-san, how are you a tutor when you're only a baby?" he was really curious how that happened.

"I am not what I appear," he said nonchalantly, though it almost felt like a warning.

"I noticed," the baby's aura sharpened though he didn't speak. He wanted to tell him why he thought so – because he could only imagine how anyone he told that to would dismiss it just because he looked like that – so he did. "You talk quite well for a baby. You also have an adult feel to you. You are mature and already had the proper educational degree to be a professional tutor,"

"You're not bothered?" Harry felt like the baby's question just slipped out of his mouth and didn't have any intention of saying that. Still, not seeing anything wrong with that, he answered.

"Why would I? I am blind. I cannot see you. I can feel though that you are so much more than you claim, and even if they say you are baby, I know you are not. You know you are not. Why bother what other people thought?" he then paused and flushed a little. Here he was again, speaking about his philosophy to a complete stranger so honestly. He felt Teddy's amusement and had to shake his head off to stop from reddening further. Instead, he offered the other a drink.

No matter that Reborn barged into their home without even receiving an invitation, he was already a guest now. He should be at least polite. It wasn't his fault anyway that Nana's husband hired him to tutor Tsuna without telling them about it.

"Espresso,"

"Alright," he gestured for Teddy to seat along with their guest as he rummaged around his kitchen to fix the two simple snacks. For Teddy was pumpkin juice and for Reborn, as espresso. Teddy's he can take at the fridge while Reborn's he had to ask for his people at the café below. He also asked them for cookies, treacle tart and a mango shake that they gave after a couple of minutes.

They were all in the kitchen drinking their preferred drinks and eating the pastries while waiting for Nana in silence when Reborn finally spoke.

"This is good," he said, voice almost surprised. Harry smiled.

"Thank you. I'll tell them what you thought about it,"

"I do miss your own cooking Dad," Teddy said. Harry tilted his head at where Teddy's aura was.

"What do you mean?"

"It's not that I don't like Ayame-chan's baking, I was just spoiled by your own. It was really delicious. Even the treacle tart taste different,"

"Oh? You bake?" Reborn asked. His smile lessened a little.

"Yes, before I got blind. I enjoyed cooking. I gave my staff my recipe's along with a confidentiality contract,"

Harry felt like Reborn was going to say something else but a door opened noisily and it captured their attention.

Teddy was the first to react.

"Tsuna!"

"Theo-nii!" came Tsuna's delighted voice answered. Teddy stood up from his seat to greet the other teen running towards him. But before Tsuna could go to his godson, he stopped and his aura seemed to turn to the baby sitting in one of the chairs before walking calmly towards them.

"Who is he?" he asked when he finally reached them.

"Dad?"

"He's Reborn. He is the tutor your father sent for you,"

He didn't know what Tsuna's face looked like but his brilliantly warm, orange flame aura stilled completely at that.

TBC.

A/N:

Hi guys! I have the other chapter here. I have a real life problem that had me panicking hysterically and I am stressed. Strangely enough, a plot about this suddenly appeared. As I was writing, I became calm. Now that I am a little at peace, I can face it with a clear head… hmm… how peculiar.

Anyway, how was this? My stress is bleeding in Nana, hehe...

Review!