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Tsuna felt disheartened. The last time he had experienced such a complete failure was when he finally had decided to confess to Kyoko. The answer he had received then was: "I like you very much. But as a friend." Ironically those were more or less the same words he had said to Haru the day before when she had expressed her wish to go with him to Italy and become his wife.

Tsuna sighed. His only hope was that Xanxus' anger would eventually subside. Just as he was about to enter Vongola headquarters, he heard his phone ringing.

"Hello?"

He heard his mother's remarkably cheerful voice.

"Hi, Tsu-kun! How are you doing?"

"I'm doing fine, mom. How about you? Do Lambo, I-pin and Fuuta cause you any problems?"

"No, not at all. They're such sweet and well-behaved children! When are you going to visit your mommy, Tsu-kun? Since you started working with dad at that construction sites, it's so rare for me to see you."

"It can't be helped, mom. Dad and I have to travel a lot. But I promise to visit you this summer."

"I can't wait for your return, Tsu-kun! Take care and say hello to dad for me!"

Tsuna sighed again (lately it became a habit of his). He hated lying to his mother but he also couldn't tell her that he had become a mafia boss. As he opened the door, he was greeted by Gokudera and Yamamoto.

"Welcome back, Tenth!"

"How did your talk with Xanxus go?"

Tsuna hung his head.

"I'd rather not talk about it."

"Is that a coffee stain on your shirt, Tenth?"

"I accidentally spilled my espresso."

Yamamoto smiled cheerfully.

"Haha. It must've been really bad since it also got spilled on your hair."

"Are you really all right, Tenth? Did that bastard do anything to you?"

"Please, don't ask."

If it wasn't for other Varia members, Tsuna would be a goner by now. He just hoped that they were okay.

Meanwhile, in Varia's Main Room

"Seriously, why didn't you listen to me when I told you that eavesdropping is dangerous? I wouldn't have to dress your wounds now. It's not even part of my duties."

Lussuria, who was having both of his arms bandaged, smiled apologetically to the secretary.

"Sorry for that, Miseria-chan. I'd gladly heal us all but I can't really use my hands when they're like this."

"VOOOI! JUST STOP COMPLAINING, WOMAN! IF WE HADN'T STOPPED OUR SHITTY BOSS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY DUTIES ANYMORE!"

Squalo was laying on a bed with one of his legs and half of his face bandaged. He, Lussuria and Levi suffered the most severe damage since Belphegor and Fran got away with only several scratches. The secretary gave the strategy captain an indifferent look.

"That would be so unfortunate."

Fran was scratching one of the band-aids on his face as he mused:

"I wonder what Tenth did to enrage our boss so much."

"Ushishishi~ I doubt that he had to do much."

Miseria nodded.

"Indeed. Xanxus-san is irked by Sawada-san's sole existence."

Further discussion was interrupted by Mammon's arrival.

"VOI, MAMMON! HOW IS HE NOW?"

"Boss locked himself in the office. He doesn't want to talk to anyone."

"I SEE! I'LL CHECK ON HIM LATER!"

"I advise you against it, Squalo-san. Unless you want more injuries but I'm not going to nurse you back to health."

Back to Vongola Headquarters

"Ciaossu."

After Tsuna entered his office, he was greeted by a miniature hitman sitting on his desk.

"What are you doing here, Reborn?"

"I decided to pay a visit to one of my former students. Do you want some espresso?"

Next to Reborn stood a miniature coffeemaker and the Arcobaleno was also holding a miniature coffee cup. It brought back bad memories, so Tsuna shook his head.

"No, I've had enough today. But I'll be needing your advice, Reborn."

"I'm all ears."

"Well, How to say it…I wanted to reconcile with Xanxus but I only made him hate me even more."

Reborn studied Tsuna's face carefully.

"What exactly did you do?"

"…I kissed him."

Suddenly Reborn jumped and landed heavily on Tsuna's head, knocking him down in the process.

"You're really No-Good Tsuna."

"That hurt! And what I'm supposed to do now?"

"Just leave him alone. He'll calm down sooner or later."

Tsuna sighed for the fourth time this day.

"I hope so."

Several days have passed

Tsuna felt exhausted. The amount of paper work he had to do was overwhelming. If it wasn't for Gokudera's help, he wouldn't be able to cope with all of this. Still, he felt that his right-hand man was overworked. That's why Tsuna decided to give Gokudera a week off. Although the latter protested at first but eventually, after a lot of persuaiding, he agreed.

Now Tsuna was carrying a massive pile of various documents that all needed to be examined and approved by him. He began to regret sending his storm guardian on holiday.

- I didn't know it's so much work. I have no chance of finishing it all today. Maybe I should follow Xanxus' example and hire a secretary?

Tsuna sighed and opened the door to his office. When he saw who was waiting for him there, he instantly dropped all the papers.

"Hiiii!"

- Speaking of the devil!

"You're late, trash."

Xanxus was sprawled on Tsuna's chair and also kept his legs on the desk. There was a rather bored look on his scarred face. Tusna wondered whether the Varia's boss had ever heard about good manners.

"Xanxus? How did you get here?"

"With your shitty security, it wasn't much of a problem."

Indeed, Tsuna suspected that none of his guardians would want to (or even could) stop Xanxus. Maybe with the exception of Hibari but his cloud guardian was currently visiting Namimori.

"Anyway, why are you here?"

In response Xanxus smiled. A cold shiver run down Tsuna's spine.

"I have a score to settle with you, trash."

Without warning Tsuna was struck with a shot. Luckily for him, Xanxus didn't have much time to charge, so the damage wasn't too severe. Nevertheless, the impact of the strike was more than enough to make him crash into the wall and leave a dent in it. With a gun still in his hand, Xanxus slowly approached him.

"We're even now! So please stop shooting!"

Xanxus didn't say a word. Instead he grabbed Tsuna by the shirt and lifted him, so that their eyes were on the same level. To Tsuna's utter surprise, his lips were attacked violently. The kiss was anything but gentle and it left him all flushed and panting.

"Now we're even, trash."

And with saying that Xanxus simply left the office.

To Lelouch84: Tsuna is a little older (and I hope more mature) in this fic. And Xanxus is well, Xanxus ;)

To TheAngelofOblivion-DarkMadness: I'm glad it made you laugh so much :)

To Sylvia-san: I've also searched for some X27 fics and since there were so few of them, I decided to write my own.

To MissSexyRain: Yes, he should ;) And it's actually my second slash.