Title: A Very Vongola Christmas

Summary: "Your challenge for this year… is to find a present for your respective First Generation Guardian counterpart."

Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! belongs to Akira Amano

Pairing: None

Warning: Possible OoC-ness; set TYL.


A Very Vongola Christmas

Day 3 ― Sweet Lightning


Lambo was proud to say he had grown up over the years.

That is to say, he didn't immediately throw a grenade in Reborn's direction when he gave his challenge and instead stomped out petulantly. (Not that the other Guardians didn't, but they were old enough to be extremely subtle about it.)

There was no way in hell he was getting that spoiled kid anything for Christmas.

No way at all.

Lambo tried to find something to give Lampo for Christmas.

He was aware that he had been throwing a tantrum when the challenge first came up, but he hadn't cared. Doing what that stupid hitman said is one thing, doing it for the spoiled kid living in his Vongola Ring was another. Hearing what Takeshi and Hibari did for the respective predecessors had made Lambo felt slightly guilty, but not enough to make him take action. Hearing what Gokudera and Ryohei were planning didn't do much either.

No, it was hearing what Chrome was trying to convince Mukuro to do that did it.

Because every single one of the Tenth Generation―Tsuna included―regarded Daemon Spade as an asshole of the highest order, and none of them ever fully forgave him (if at all) for what he had done to Chrome. Twice.

And if Chrome had the heart to do something for someone who did what he did to her, then Lambo would truly be a petty child if he didn't do something for his own predecessor.


All that being said, deciding to find something for Lampo and actually finding something for Lampo were two entirely different matters.

What exactly do you give the son of the Lord of the Land, a spoiled man by all standards, anything satisfactory for Christmas? Lambo had said as much to Tsuna too, on the fifth day of the challenge (since he'd spent the first three sulking, and the fourth brainstorming but coming up empty). By then, Takeshi, Hibari and Ryohei had already completed their challenges, while Chrome and Mukuro were supposedly due to finish theirs that day. Tsuna and Gokudera were both close to finishing their preparations as well, leaving Lambo as the only one who doesn't have a concrete plan for Christmas.

"Lambo," The gentle voice of his adoptive brother came, drawing him out of his thoughts. "I know this sounds very cliché, but it's the thoughts that count."

The teenager was silent for a couple of minutes, before jumping off the couch. "Thanks, Tsuna-nii. I got it now." With a smile, he ran out of the Vongola Decimo's office and hunted down the things he needed.


"What's all of this?"

Lambo held off replying in favour of answering his office door, where a servant was holding up a silver tray holding a teapot and two cups. Lambo retrieved the tray, thanked the servant and shut the door behind him, rounding the couch to put the tray down on the side of the very occupied coffee table.

"Here," Lambo said, picking up a box of Belgium chocolates. "Bakadera picked this up when he was in Belgium for a mission. The tea is Lavender Earl Grey; Chrome-nii bought this for the Guardians to share."

Lampo looked highly suspicious (and also very confused), but picked up a piece anyway, popping it into his mouth. The chocolate melts in his mouth, but Lampo will insist with his forever-dead breath that he did not make a indecent noise at the taste (no matter what the security feeds say). He slowly savours the piece, before washing it down with the tea Lambo had poured out, humming at the taste of that too.

They continue that cycle for some time; Lambo introducing whatever sweets he's sharing, and they each take a piece, savouring it before taking a sip of the Lavender Earl Grey tea to wash down the remains.

"This one," Lambo says, lifting up a bag from the coffee desk, the last one they've yet to eat. "…is the best out of all of the sweets in my stash." He gestured at the sweets spread on the table before pulling out a plastic-wrapped candy from the bag. "This is grape candy, specially imported from Namimori by Tsuna-nii with help from Maman."

And just like that, Lampo understood. He'd already heard of the tenth generation's task from his fellow Guardians, but he hadn't thought of connecting this impromptu sweets sharing session with that until now. He fell quiet, unwrapping the candy with a careful gentle tug. He takes an even longer time to savour the sweet this time too. After all, if the brat was as protective of his sweets as Lampo himself was, then this was a rather grand gesture. He would be incredibly rude (an asshole, even) to mock the gift.

"This…" Lampo spoke, minutes later. "…is one of the best sweets I've tasted." He couldn't help but to add, "Not as good as the ones Primo bought me, of course, but close."

Judging by the smile the kid was trying to hide, Lampo would say his successor didn't mind the jab at all.


A/N: The Guardians (yes, Hibari included; he gets Kusakabe to deliver them) buy sweets for Lambo from wherever they end up on missions. Tsuna doesn't leave the country much, so he imports grape candy from Namimori. Sweets are serious business for Lambo, so sharing them is a Big Deal (yes, capitalization included).

I actually like how this chapter turned out. I had a lot of trouble with this chapter because I couldn't think of what Lampo would want, but then I read on Reborn wiki that Lampo shares Lambo's perchance for sweets, so this happened. (That leaves the Mists as the last headache. *groans*)

That's all for today! Ciao ciao~