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'Through The Sky's Viewfinder' - Part 6
Previously…
"The owner is a woman?" Asked Gokudera.
"Yes…and she is a nice person. I really mean it!" Said Tsuna desperately. "She's a good friend." Tsuna trailed on.
"Fine…agreed. The name?" Reborn asked.
"Ma-magnolia Café." Tsuna finally said.
"And the friend's name?" Reborn asked again.
"A-Aira…Nu-Nuvola Aira…"
"Ehh?" Gokudera was shocked to hear the name, and it sounds familiar. "Nuvola Aira?" Gokudera repeated the name once again.
"You know her, Gokudera?" Asked Tsuna.
"No…but…it sounds familiar…" Gokudera said.
"Oh…familiar?" Said Reborn who seems to be interested with the person.
"Ye-yes…I've heard it somewhere…before…no…maybe I've read it somewhere…" He said as he was deep in his thoughts for a while, cracking his brain trying to remember more about the said person. "Nuvola…Ahh!" He finally remembered.
"Gokudera?" Asked Tsuna who was worried.
"Nu-Nuvola…" Gokudera trailed on. "The family's name somehow…"
"Just say it already, Gokudera." Stated Reborn who started to felt annoyed.
"Nu-Nuvola…th-the Licht's Cloud Guardian's name is Nuvola Alaude." Said Gokudera.
"Ehh?" Asked Yamamoto.
"EHHHHHHHHHH?!" Finally the rest of them shouted.
"Her sister maybe?" Asked Ryohei.
"Bu-but…according to the report…he doesn't have any sibling." Gokudera said.
"Ah…don't you at least have a friend or two, Aira?"
"Hmm…in my case…no. My…husband is…well…he seems to distrust people…only a few had managed to actually gain that trust. He was rather strict on that since…he was worried about my wellbeing. We can't even have a date…scratch that…we NEVER have a date. He was worried about my safety." Suddenly Tsuna remembered about one of their conversations before.
"N-no…not a sister…" Tsuna suddenly said which made them all to be curious.
"Why would you say so Dame-Tsuna?" Asked Reborn.
"Be-because…A-Aira…might be…A-Alaude-san's wi-wife?"
"…" It was silent until 1, 2, 3.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT?!"
After such a heated conversation that they had, Tsuna was still shocked by the truth that he just found out. Remembering of how Alaude was when he was staying in the mansion actually made him believe more on the revelation. He is Aira's husband. That is a truth.
"No wonder she said that his husband distrust people so much since it is the 'Alaude' for the world sake!" Tsuna thought and sighed as he kept on trashing on his bed, trying to calm himself as how he would face Aira after what he had found out about her. "Haaaaa…." He sighed again.
-*XxxxX*-
Alaude was sitting on his couch reading a book on his hand while his dear wife were preparing some tea after the dinner that they had, humming songs that he had never heard before. She seems happy about something and he might know this 'something' is actually a fact that her wife had been happy ever since she had opened up her dreamed café. He actually knows that one Tsunayoshi Sawada had been frequently coming to the café looking for some sanctuary and somehow had managed to befriend with his dear wife. He trust that man as he already knows about him and the fact that he is to be trusted and her wife had been happier ever since she had befriend him.
Aira came out from the kitchen with a tray of tea for both of them. A smile curved on her face as she saw her dearest husband in the living room, reading a book calmly. She served the tea to Alaude and sat on the nearest couch to her husband and helped herself with a cup of tea. Alaude closed his book and took the cup, sniffing the scent of the fragrant tea and curved a smile. It is not a rare scene for his wife but a rare scene for others.
"Darjeeling?" Asked Alaude.
"Uh huh." She noted to her husband with a smile.
"It's delicious." He said as he put the cup onto the table. "Aira…did you meet someone by the name Sawada Tsunayoshi?" He suddenly asked in which had startled Aira.
"Uh…um…I did…he's a good friend, Alaude." Aira said, with a sad tone in her voice, scared that her husband might disagree with her, becoming friend with him.
"He is indeed." Alaude said with a smile.
"A-Alaude?" Aira was happy to hear that but she was puzzled as to how he knows and he seems to know Tsuna.
"It seems that Giotto is fond of that boy." Alaude said as he took another sip of his tea.
"Giotto? You mean 'the' Giotto?" She asked.
"Yes. Is there any other Giotto that I know of?" Alaude teased her.
"Then…that's mean that the one that Tsuna…Ah! This is a good news!" She said loudly with such a broad smile on her face. "Did you say Giotto like Tsuna?" She asked.
-*XxxxX*-
"Dinner? At you house, Alaude?" Giotto asked.
"Yes." Alaude answered shortly.
"Only me and G?" Giotto asked again.
"I refuse to have such a loud crowd in my house." Alaude stated.
"This is the first time ever that you actually ever invited me to your house! Did something happen?" Asked Giotto, he was actually curious and puzzled that Alaude would ever invite anyone to his house, when no one actually knows where it is.
"You will know later." Answered Alaude and off he goes to his own office.
Giotto could only watch Alaude walks away until he is no longer within his views and called for G to come and meet him in his office. G came into Giotto's office a few minutes later.
"Why did you call me for Giotto?" He asked.
"Close the door and come closer." Giotto ordered in which G comply with such a puzzled look on his face.
"So?" G said as he sat on the chair in front of Giotto after he had closed and locked the door.
"Alaude…invite us, just both of us to his house for dinner." Giotto said in which had surprised G and made the cigarette in his mouth to fall onto the ground.
"…"
"Careful G! The cigarette!" Giotto shouted which made G to wake up from his daze and quickly took the fallen cigarette and carefully put it out.
"D-did I hear correctly?" G asked. "That Alaude did? I mean 'the' Alaude?"
"Yes, he did."
"Just both of us?" G asked as he crossed his arm in front of him.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"He said that he refused to have a loud crowd in his house." Giotto answered.
"Is that so…well, okay. But do you know the way?" G asked.
"N-no…but I'm sure that he'll bring us there…"
"Rational." Answered G. "So…the plan of yours for the SPECIAL day, did it go well?" G asked.
"Ahh…about that, it seems that Daemon managed to find out about Tsuna favourite things. But still, I don't know which place should I bring him to and the preparation is still unfinished." Giotto said as he sighed loudly.
"Well…we still have time before 'the' day. Hopefully we managed to finish up everything before the planned time." G added as he started to stand up and walks towards the door, unlocking it.
"Yeah hopefully." Giotto said with a hopeful look on his face.
Aira was singing happily inside the kitchen, preparing for the dinner as well as cooking for her own lunch. She had only heard of them from her husband and the only time she had seen them was from pictures. She can't help but to feel excited to actually meet Giotto, the person that Tsuna had been talking about, the person that Tsuna love. She kept on mumbling on and on about how cute they both are to herself when suddenly the phone rang. She quickly turned the stove off and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Hello. Aira." She quickly noticed the voice of his husband and curved a broad smile on her face.
"Alaude? Is something the matter?" She asked curious that her husband would actually call her in the middle of the work.
"For dinner tonight, I had invited Giotto and G to join us." He said.
"Ehh? Just the two of them?"
"Hn. I don't really want the other to trash out the house and if they knew about our house, I don't think they will keep quiet and kept on coming to our door frequently. In which I want to avoid the most." Alaude explained to Aira in which was being return by soft giggle through the phone.
"I see…well I don't really mind, as long as Giotto is coming. I really want to know the man that had captured my best friend heart!" She stated excitedly.
"I know you do." He answered, knowing just how his wife reaction would be and curved up a smile on his face. It was a good thing that he was all alone inside his office.
"Well then, I don't want to disturb you while you are doing your work. I'll see home then." She said.
"Okay, I'll see you home." Alaude answered.
"I love you, Alaude." She said almost whisper through the phone in such a gentle and warm voice.
"Hn. Love you too, my dear wife." He answered as he hung up the phone.
As the call had ended, Aira returned to the kitchen and continue on cooking for her lunch and also the preparation for the dinner. She kept on humming and singing alone in the kitchen with many things in her mind, especially about two person, one her best new friend and another is a man in which had been talked by her husband occasionally. A small smile curved on her lips as her mind kept on trailing and imagining how cute the both would be as a couple. Giggled at her own thoughts, she kept on busying herself with works to keep out from boredom until dinner. What a long day it is.
By the end of the day, Giotto was fidgeting on his chair waiting for Alaude with G that had been itching for cigarette. Alaude had told G that he doesn't want to have any cigarette scent coming along to his house since he hated that cancer stick with all his might. The other guardians was clueless and thought that Giotto might had been doing something that had irked G and they leave in order to not get into the crossfire between the both of the best friend. Lampo is the first one the leave since he doesn't want to be near G when he is irked for some kind of reasons (in which he was usually the one whom irked the red head man) *cough by calling him names (usually pink-octopus-head) which had half of the Licht's family mansion to be destroyed. That story is for the later.
Alaude came into Giotto's office, noting him to follow him. G sighed and trail Giotto and Alaude tracks. Giotto drive his own car in which G was seating right next to him on the passenger's seat trailing Alaude's car closely, afraid that they would lost him and got lost in the middle of nowhere. The both of them had never been in the neighbourhood and didn't recognise any of the places around them.
After the relaxing drive (for Alaude only), they finally arrived at a big Victorian style mansion on the outskirt of the town in which almost as big as the Licht's mansion. Giotto and G widened their eye in disbelief and gaping like fish as they watch Alaude walking towards the door with ease. They couldn't believe what they had actually seen. Sure they know that Alaude came from a noble French family and they understand the part in which his family had their own successful business branching worldwide but seeing how Alaude is, they could not believe that he had this much of wealth, which is TREMENDOUSLY MASSIVE!
"A-Alaude…your family's mansion, per-perhaps?" Asked Giotto.
"No…my family's mansion is in France. It's mine." He answered nonchalantly in which had left the young boss to kneel down.
"Ju-just how rich are you?" Asked G.
"Enough." Was the only answer he ever got.
"Damn you, Alaude!" Cursed both Giotto and G at the same time in their mind.
"Get in." Alaude said as he gestured the both of them in.
As the three of them were inside the house, the smell for delicious food welcomed them. A smile curved on Giotto's face as he was hungry at that moment. G kept on looking around the interior of the mansion with such an amusement. He just can't believe that Alaude had such a good taste when it came to the furniture and such. Well, he doesn't know that all of the decorations were picked by Aira rather than Alaude.
"Welcome back!" Said a voice from inside the kitchen in which had startled both Giotto and G.
"I'm back." Replied Alaude as he made his way to the kitchen in which both Giotto and G follows him.
Both Giotto and G were frozen in their place as they see Alaude went and hugged a woman from behind gently. The woman would just giggle lightly and Alaude would release her afterwards and gestured both of them to the living room. As the three of them were waiting in the living room, Alaude would continue on reading his book while waiting and Giotto and G was still shocked by the scene that they had seen before and curiosity filled them.
"Th-the lady is who, Alaude?" Asked Giotto.
"My wife." He answered.
"…" And 1, 2, 3
"WHAAAATT?!" Shouted both Giotto and G
"Yo-you…you…you had a wi-wife?" Asked G.
"I HAVE a wife." Alaude stated.
"Wha…wh-why didn't you tell us?" Asked Giotto.
"For safety I guess." Said a voice.
"Ehh?" Said Giotto and G.
"Aira." Said Alaude as he watches his wife coming with a broad smile on her face.
"Dinner is ready. We'll talk about it later, is that okay?" She said.
"Ahh…okay?" Answered Giotto.
The dinner went smoothly as the four of them were dining rather peacefully. The sounds of the tableware filled the dining room. Alaude would sometimes converse with his beloved wife which sounds gentle and would awe both Giotto and G went rare smiles would curve on the stoic and cold man face.
"I almost forgot…"Said Aira when she came back from the kitchen with deserts.
"Eh?" States Giotto when he felt her gaze onto him.
"So…I heard from my dear husband that…you actually love Tsuna. Is that true?" She asked as she served the apple pie to Giotto with a smile on her face.
"Tha…" A few shades of red formed on his face. "How…di-did you…" Giotto began to stuttered. "I…I…wa-wait. Did you just said 'Tsuna'?" Giotto asked as he realized Tsuna's name.
"Ahh…well…actually I am a friend of Tsuna. We usually met two to three times a week. He was rather sad when I first met him but now, his mood seems to be back again!" She said enthusiastically.
"Wh-when was it?" Asked Giotto.
"Well…about few weeks ago? He said that his friends were busy with works and they had left him all alone for a while now…" She said.
"I-Is that so…and…did he said anything else? Ab-about me or...something else?" Said Giotto almost pleadingly towards Aira.
"Hurm…he did." She answered with a bright smile. "And I knew something that only he and I knows of too." She added.
"Hn?" Alaude was curious about this secret. "What was it all about?" He asked.
"Hurm…that is…" She gestured Alaude to some closer and whispers something into his ears which made him to raise his eyebrows lightly and a smirk curved on his face which made both Giotto and G to flinch at that.
"Hn. Is that so…" He stated.
"A-Alaude?" Giotto said.
"There's something fishy about that smirk of his." Stated G as he sighed and rubbed his temple.
"Hmm…as I told you guys before…Alaude had told me about this 'great plan' that you guys are working with for 'him' and I would love to help as well, seeing that this 'him' is my best friend, I am obliged to say that I want to go through this plan so that it will went smoothly and…hopefully, this plan will actually go well." She said and lastly curved a rather gentle and charming smile on her face.
"Thank you…" Said Giotto.
-*XxxxX*-
Aira was humming happily as she was glazing the cinnamon rolls with cheese frosting when one of her workers came and told her that his friend is here, meaning that it is Tsuna. She quickly finished up the cinnamon rolls and hand them over to her other workers and took off her apron and greet Tsuna.
"Tsuna!" She said excitedly.
"Ah…Aira."
"So…what would you love to have for today?" She asked with a bright smile on her face.
"Umm…red velvet, those macaroons and English tea." He answered.
"Hmm~ You don't seems to have a hard time choosing today." Aira said.
"Ahh…I have already prepared before I came!" He answered cheerfully. "And…can I have a talk with you…after…" He added.
"Sure…I'll come with your order then." She said as she noticed how nervous Tsuna is.
"Ahh…okay…thank you."
As times passes by, the silent between the both of them were tense. Tsuna kept on fidgeting on his seat while slowly devoured the sweet pastries in front of him. Aira kept on sipping his tea slowly, waiting for Tsuna to start their conversation. Somehow, she felt as if Tsuna was hiding something and it was obvious that this 'something' is actually related to her somehow since Tsuna had been giving her the nervous glance once in a while. She sighed as Tsuna slowly enjoying his macaroons. She put down her tea and crossed her arm in front of her chest.
"Did something happen, Tsuna?" She finally asked in which had made him to flinch in his seat. He slowly put down the macaroons and sighed before looking straight towards Aira who was waiting for her answer.
"Di-did you…by any ch-chance…is married to Nu-Nuvola A-Alaude?" He finally asked her. His eyes was looking straight into hers, waiting for her answers nervously. A small giggle left her mouth as she was smiling brightly.
"Is that all?" She asked as he nodded furiously. "Haaaa…and here I thought that maybe something serious might have had occurred…" She said as sigh would escape from her mouth.
"Ehh?" Tsuna tilted his head in confusion as he heard her words.
"My answer is…" She decided to tease him a bit in which made Tsuna to gulp in nervousness. "Yes, Alaude is my husband. We've been married for two years now. Not that anyone noticed it though." She stated and sipped her tea slowly enjoying the aroma and the fragrance of her rose tea.
"…" Tsuna was shocked hearing the news and at the same time, worries started to envelop him. "Di-did you k-know hi-his wo-work?" Tsuna asked as he negated his eyes elsewhere.
"Ahhh…'that' work, huh?" She asked. She admitted that she was startled by the question but a smile curved on her face as she put down her cup once again. Playing with the edge of the tea cup she began to reminiscent her memories of the day when he told her everything.
"…" Tsuna was fidgeting, he suddenly felt remorse that he might had made some kind of bad memories to surface again. "Tha-that…yo-you…do-don't ha…" Before he could finish up his sentence she started to speak again.
"I know." A short answer was given to him, along with a smile on her face. A gentle and warm smile. Tsuna's eyes widen as he was startled by the answer but later grimaced by the answer.
"I…I-I'm so-sorry…Aira…" Tsuna said as he lowered his head, looking straight onto his lap.
"Don't be, Tsuna. I'm happy by what I have, and I know of the danger that I would stumble into. That is the reason for his overprotectiveness. I believed in him, I believed in our love…till this day…forever. Don't say sorry for this…this is my own choice, and I'm happy because I'm with the person that I love the most, with all my heart." Her answers somehow amaze him. He was staring at her in awe. Their love is strong.
"Is…that so…" He said as he slowly curved a smile as he saw the gentle smile on her face. "It is such a mystery…for Alaude to actually be that way…but…" He flashes another bright smile on his face. "I think I understand the way you are thinking…he seems dangerous but…at the same time, you feel safe when he's there. Just like…Reborn…"
"Your tutor?" She asked.
"Yeah…even though sometimes he was as scary as a demon but…when it is dangerous, being with him made me feel safe." A nostalgic kind of smile curved on his face.
"But…it is not love that you felt for him. That is trust." Aira stated.
"Yeah…I know…"
To be Continue…
Thank you for reading! And the next chapter is the Finale and i'll insert few omakes so no worries people~3
