Chapter VII ~ Small Talk Part 2 \(_-_)/

Azulia slowly walked down the stairs into the kitchen. She sat down in her usual spot next to Tsuna. He was fidgeting around in his seat. He was unaware of it himself, and Azulia knew he was.

"What is it?" she whispered as she lifted her miso soup bowl.

"E-eh?!" He looked at her. "N-nothing!" he half-whispered back.

"It is not nothing!" she hissed-whispered as she gave him a glare. "You walked in earlier on us! You better forget about that!"

"Eh?! You're mad about that?!"

"I'm not!" She raised her bowl above her head and was about to slam it down, but stopped halfway. She gently dropped it on the table. "It was just embarrassing." (It's kinda hard to imagine them still whispering, but they are.)

"O-oh." was all Tsuna said.

She sighed. "Never mind. Forget I said anything."

"W-what was Mukuro here for anyway?" Tsuna asked, changing the topic.

"Hm?" She dropped a chunk of rice in her mouth. "He didn't tell you why he was here? I mean, he didn't tell me either, but didn't he come here first?"

"No. I didn't even see him come in through the front door or anywhere else. I didn't even know that he was in the bedroom."

"Hmm...," Azulia popped a piece of meat in her mouth, followed with another chunk of rice. "He probably came in the stalker way then," she muttered.

"The s-stalker way?!" Tsuna gulped. "Y-you mean like picking your lock and s-stuff...?"

"I was just kidding." Azulia laughed. "Nya ha ha ha! You take things too seriously Tsuna. He probably just used his mist to get here." She did a sideways glance. "Then again, isn't that also kinda stalker-ish?" she muttered again. He tensed up. "Nya ha ha ha! Joking, joking."

"Tsuna's all tense up!" Lambo yelled. "Why is that?" He looked at me. I looked back. "Tsuna's afraid of Azulia! A girl! Idiot! Wimp!" He stuck out his butt towards Tsuna and stuck out his tongue. "You will never be worthy of being Lambo-san's servant!"

"Not that I want to be," Tsuna muttered under his breath.

"Why you stupid cow! Don't badmouth Juudaime!" Gokudera yelled.

Lambo laughed, which pissed off Gokudera even more. "Aho-dera's mad!" He ran out to the front yard.

"Lambo!" I-Pin yelled. "Don't say bad things about people!" She ran after him.

"Why that little-" Gokudera ran after them (mostly after Lambo).

"So," Tsuna continued, "why was Mukuro here?"

"I dunno." Azulia replied. "Maybe to violate me or something," she said in a monotone voice.

"V-violate?!" Tsuna blushed at first, but his face quickly turned pale.

"Yeah," Azulia continued, not seeing his expression. "After you closed the door, I tried to escape his freakin' powerful grip on me. I failed, and he pushed me on the bed and kissed me."

"K-kiss!" Tsuna repeated.

"Yeah." She blushed. "That was a really passionate kiss," she murmured. "Like, really passionate. Well, not really really, I guess. All he did was stick his tongue in-"

Tsuna jumped up from his chair. "T-TONGUE?!" Everyone looked at him.

"What's wrong, Tsu-kun?" his mother asked.

"Ah... N-nothing! So how was that cow tongue you ate at that one restaurant, Azulia? Aha ha ha! I see! So it was good! Maybe I should try it next time! Aha ha ha-" He grabbed Azulia's hand and ran upstairs to his room.

"My," She put a hand on her cheek. "I wonder what's wrong with him" She continued washing the dishes.

"Pure," Bianchi said. "He's so innocent." Reborn smiled.

Tsuna slammed the door to his room when they were inside.

"T-tongue? Mukuro k-kissed you with his t-tongue?!"

"Yeah. Oh, and Tsuna, you should stop stammering. If you ever want to lie to someone then stammering is a big no no. You should stop saying 'Aha ha ha" in between your sentences too."

He sat on his bed. "Everything's moving so fast and I'm the one that's worrying over it like it's my problem." He looked at Azulia. "How can you be so calm?"

Azulia returned his gaze. "I'm not calm," she said after a while. "I still didn't get the chance to tell him about how I feel. Even though he asked me he didn't really give me a chance to answer...," she tilted her head, "I think. Well, basically, I didn't get to tell him anything."

"There will always be a next time," Tsuna said after some thinking of what to say.

"You know, speaking of violate-"

"WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THAT!" Tsuna interrupted.

"-Mukuro said that he was holding himself back." She looked like she was in a daze. "Now that I think about it, there was a hint of lust in his eyes."

"O-okay. Stop. STOP!" Tsuna put a hand on his forehead. "This is going into an adult conversation. It's too much for me."

"That's why you're Dame-Tsuna, Dame-Tsuna." The door opened and Reborn stood in the doorway.

"R-Reborn! What are you doing there?!" He hugged himself in a protective manner. "W-why am I getting a bad feeling all of a sudden?"

"To become the 10th boss of Vongola," Reborn continued, ignoring his question, "you must first mature into... an adult." Azulia saw a glint in his eyes. "So your next mission is-"

"No!" Tsuna stood up. "No no NO!" He ran out of the room. "No more! Let me keep my innocence until the time has come!" His voice faded away.

Azulia giggled. "Nyan~" she said in a flirtatious tone. "Such an innocent boy. "

Reborn smirked. "Good luck with Mukuro."

Azulia looked at him. "What's that supposed to mean?" she said in a playful manner.

"He looks like he'll be quite a handful." He tipped his hat to her and went off to find Tsuna.

Azulia flopped back on the bed as the door closed. "Good luck, huh?" She put an arm over her eyes. "I'll need that or else my heart will be wrapped in chains."