Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.


"He covered you? Voi! Why would he do that? He's never covered any of us before!" Nuvola covered her ears while Squalo kept shouting. "And how did you not notice five cars full of gunmen!"

"Kawai! Our violent boss protected little Nuvola-chan!"

"Ishishishi, Boss has a soft side!"

"Did he hug you, kiss you, or give you a marriage proposal?"

"No Lussuria, he just pushed me out the way." Nuvola sighed and turned towards the car the others had arrived in. "I'm going to wait in the car, I'm tired."


The invitations arrived in the post a few days later. Vongola Annual Christmas Ball, All member of the Vongola have compulsory attendance to the event. This meant that Tsunayoshi and his guardians would be there. Xanxus had holed himself up in his office and refused to see anyone, which caused Levi to mope around for hours on end. However Nuvola was pleased that she had received an invitation. It would be the perfect time to enact her plan. Conversations with Lussuria and the shooting incident by the Pesca family had led her to believe that Xanxus may have feelings for her and the Christmas ball would be the perfect time for her to discover if her suspicions were true.

Lussuria had offered to go shopping with her. He had an armful of different dresses in numerous colours and styles. Eventually they had decided that the floor length blood red dress was the best choice (As Nuvola had refused to wear anything pink). It was a strapless dress that had a split up the side of the left leg that finished at the top of her thigh and had a little decoration in areas of flowers with black thread and beads. With the dress bought Lussuria took her to a shoe shop. Because of the height difference between her and the rest of the Varia – Fran was the only one remotely close to her height – She picked out a pair of fancy black strappy stilettos with a five inch heel. With Lussuria commenting on her fabulous taste in fashion she paid for shoes and sent Lussuria back to the castle with the bags, She still had some shopping to do.


The day of the ball rolled around. Nuvola had left the castle earlier, mentioning something about a spa treatment, leaving the rest of the Varia to force Xanxus into coming to the ball. Nuvola arrived back at the castle one hour before the ball. With her hair and makeup done, all that was left for her to do was change into her dress, and go down and meet all the other guests at the ball.

Lussuria came up to collect Nuvola and bought her downstairs to where the rest of the Varia were waiting.

"Voi! You scrub up well!"

"Ishishishi, Nuvola grew some breasts! Now she looks like a princess"

"Bel-sempai, don't be vulgar. She looks pretty"

Nuvola's plan was working. The rest of the Varia, bar Xanxus, who still hadn't looked at her, thought she looked pretty. Now all she had to do was get Xanxus' attention.