Philomena woke up the next day, and went to sit up. She blinked a few times as she was promptly held tightly, brought back to a laying position.
"Nope!" She heard a cheerful voice say. "You are not getting out of bed today. You were exhausted." The voice went serious at the last sentence. She squirmed a bit, pouting.
"I have so much to do today though…"
"Like?"
"Classes. My schedule isn't forgiving you know."
"And that's the problem." Yamamoto sighed, pulling her to lay on his chest. "No one can do all that you've been doing for too long. And so, I don't have anything to do today. I already talked to Tsuna and no one is to knock at that door or bother either of us."
"That sounds weird…like we're doing weird stuff in here." She said, making a face at him.
"Well, that may be, but my phone rang three times, and Tsuna knocked at the door, you didn't budge. He agreed that you needed the day off. You can go back to trying to kill yourself tomorrow." And he raised a brow. "We love each other, and we've been together forever….what would be so weird about that stuff?"
"People talking about it?"
"Fair enough." He kissed her forehead, then began stroking her hair. "So, I am going to make sure you do nothing but rest and relax today. Boss' orders." He gave her a smile. She couldn't help but yawn.
"Ok, but what about eating. I'm pretty hungry." She blinked a few times. "What time is it anyway?"
"One in the afternoon" He replied with a smile.
"I slept all day…."
"Yep."
"And you stayed in here?"
"Pretty much."
"Pretty much?"
"I had to shower among other things, then you know, food…just ate breakfast." He said, giving her a squeeze.
"Oh. Well…" She squirmed again. She did skip dinner after all. She felt like she was starving. "I'm like really hungry…."
"Oh!" He let her go and laughed. "Right! You didn't eat dinner." Yamamoto let her go. Philomena sat up and stretched, her joints and muscles popping. She looked over at him and smiled a bit. He sat up, moving to the edge of the bed, slouching a bit. He was wearing sweatpants and a yellow t-shirt. She smiled as she got up, grabbing her work out pants for the day before.
"You look the way you did when we were in high school sitting like that." She said quietly. He looked over and gave her a bright smile.
"I grabbed you some more clothes from your room." He stood, going over to a nearby chair, picking up a stack of clothes. "And you always look the same as back then." He handed them to her. She blushed faintly as she took the clothes.
"Thank you" She whispered, then turned heading to the bathroom. It didn't take her long to change, and when she came out, he was changed as well, in jeans and a different t-shirt.
"Why don't we go out for lunch?"
"But I thought you wanted me to stay in bed?"
"Well, yeah, that's so you won't go off and do work. If you're out of the house, there's no way!" He laughed, a hand behind his head.
"Yeah ok then." She said, smiling. "Let's go then."
They had lunch at a cute little restaurant near the center of town, hidden from normal view. Philomena would have never known that it was there if it weren't for Yamamoto telling her. And after lunch, they walked around the small town for a while, stopping off to have some gelato from a stand. They ate as they walked and talked. Yamamoto told her stories of the things he'd done with Tsuna, while Philomena told him stories of terrible dates she had. Once they were done their dessert, they stopped on a bridge. It was late in the afternoon by now, nearly evening. Philomena leaned on the railing, and looked over at Yamamoto, who had his phone out.
"What are you doing?" She laughed, pushing some hair from her face.
"I don't know what it is about you and bridges" He said, giving her a smile. "Maybe it's the way you look off into the distance, but I had to get another picture." She looked forward once again, hiding a blush.
"I don't know how you put up with me." She said quietly. "I'm so involved in work, and when we first met it was my school work. I feel like I don't give you enough attention." She let out a tiny yelp when he came over, wrapping his arms around her, and turning her to face him.
"I think the same thing everyday, always have. 'How does she put up with me? The Famiglia asks so much from me, I don't pay enough attention to her, and when I'm with her I can't tell her everything.' I was so sure you would never come back into my life after College." He gave her his widest smile. "But here we are." As they talked, clouds started moving in, thunder rumbling in the distance.
"Yeah, here we are." She said, smiling back, then blinked a few times. "Do you feel raindrops?" Yamamoto opened his mouth to answer, but then his phone rang. He let her go, and dug his phone out, answering it.
"This is Yamamoto. Tsuna! Ah…what? When? Really? We'll head back now. It's ok. This is important." He paused, listening, brow raised. "Got it." With that, he hung up and looked at Philomena. "Sorry to cut our date short. Tsuna needs us both back." He took her hand and they started walking. "It seems that the American family we're having problems with wants a sit down with the Decimo. They're there now. So we need to get back, and get changed, then go to Tsuna's office." She blinked a few times, a shiver running down her spine. This didn't sound very good.
When they got back to the Vongola Mansion. They found suits in Yamamoto's room. Her's looked similar to his, but had a skirt and was a bit more feminine. By hers, there were knives in holsters of sorts that looked like two belts. She gave Yamamoto a questioning look.
"When we go to battle to protect, we wear a Vongola uniform, which is this black suit. Tsuna or Reborn are expecting trouble if they are equipping you." She buckled both belts as she listened, nodding. He slipped his suit jacket on, looking at her. "These sorts of meetings…they can be dangerous. Are you sure you want to do this?" She nodded, putting on her own jacket.
"Yes, I agreed to be his assistant and his translator." She said frowned a bit and walked over, taking her hand.
"I'll be right there. So, don't panic." He brushed his knuckles across her cheek. "You are so brave. And you look really good in that!" He laughed, leading her out of the room, still holding her hand.
They got settled in their places in the office. Yamamoto and Gokudera were the only guardians in the room, on their respective sides of Tsuna and Philomena was on the other side of Yamamoto. They had the guards at the door allow the Americans in. Philomena wrinkled her nose, watching them come in. They just looked sleazy.
"About damn time!" one of the men, she was guessing the boss, exclaimed as he plopped down into a chair in front of the desk. He looked at Tsuna, smirked kicking his feet onto the desk. "A Chinese kid like you is the boss of the Vongola?" He laughed, his two men following suit. Tsuna gave him the blankest look Philomena thought he could muster, he glanced at her and she nodded. Clearing her throat, she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Vongola Decimo is of Japanese decent, and is also a direct heir of Vongola Primo. Now, he would like to get on with your business, he has a very tight schedule." She said, frowning.
"He can't even speak English?" The guy, his name was Tony Conti or something like that, spat out."Is this for real?" Tsuna spoke in Japanese, folding his hands on his desk, his eyes flashing orange as he leaned forward.
"Very real." She translated. "If there's any problems we will be done here."
"Fine." He frowned, leaning back in his chair. "You guys may be a big deal in Italy, but you're treading on my territory. I don't like it." Tsuna smirked, and said his piece, then leaned back in his own chair.
"Sure, your territory, but we're cleaning up the mafia. It's more than extortion and hits. It's about family and protection. That's how it began, that's how it will come to be." She felt nervous, but hoped it didn't show on her face. The man scoffed.
"Those are childish dreams. The mafia is a criminal organization. And we will continue as we always have. And you can't stop us." The man began to rise from his chair, but paused when Tsuna slammed his hands down, standing himself and yelling in Japanese. Philomena jumped from the sudden actions, then began translating.
"They are not childish dreams. It can be done and will be done! You extort from the poor all the money they have, you lead up drug rings, arms deals, prostitution rings and it will not stand!" The man smirked and gave Tsuna a nod.
"Just try and stop me." He glanced around then grinned a lecherous grin. "Now maybe we can come to some sort of understanding. Your Brit translator is pretty cute. I bet I could make plenty of money with her." Her eyes widened as he finished, while looking her up and down. She didn't translate for Tsuna right away. Him, nor Yamamoto needed to hear that.
"What did he say?" Tsuna asked her in Japanese. She simply shook her head. "Philly…" He had that serious sound to his voice. "What. Did. He. Say." She cleared her throat, and translated. Tsuna's eyes widened, then narrowed as he looked back to the man, and gave his reply. Philomena cleared her throat, glancing at Yamamoto and Gokudera, who were both glaring at the man, then went ahead with her job.
"You have a wonderful afternoon sir. My Guardians here will escort you out. Unfortunately this lady is off the table. She is currently taken as well as a precious member of my Famiglia. I truly hope you get back safely." As she was translating, Gokudera and Yamamoto flanked the three men, and with weapons drawn were escorting them roughly out of the office. Tsuna looked over at Philly and gave her a sad look.
"I am so sorry you had to deal with that, and that we had to call you on your day off." He gave her a smile. "You feeling more rested?"
"I am, thank you Tsuna." She said, smoothing her suit. "Ah, do you need me for anything else?"
"I would rather you not leave until they get back. I don't know if you want to accidently stumble on them beating the mess out of those guys." She gave him a confused look and he continued. "I told you, we all care about you and we don't let anyone talk about our friends in such ways. Besides, if you haven't noticed, Yamamoto is very protective where you're concerned. I feel very sorry for those guys, but they deserve it after all, they are despicable men who wanted to…well…you heard them." She nodded, feeling slightly ill at the thought.
When Yamamoto and Gokudera returned, Tsuna had told Yamamoto to go ahead and go and bring Philomena back to 'their' room. She started a bit at that, but Yamamoto moved an arm around her waist, leading her out of the room. Currently, she was back in one of his t-shirts and in bed. He had decided to hop in the shower. She yawned softly and snuggled into the blankets, eyes half closed. She couldn't believe she was still tired after all that sleep she got. She was just about to fall asleep when she heard the door open, footsteps then a side of the mattress sink under weight.
"About time" She mumbled. "I almost fell asleep waiting on you. She opened her eyes, looking at the love of her life. He frowned as he sat there, a towel covering his wet hair.
"I…after that earlier, are you sure you want this life? Are you sure you want me?" He asked, a deadly serious tone in his voice.
"Of course." She replied, half way sitting up. She reached out, laying a hand on his back. "Before I told you I did, I knew what I was getting into. I…I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be happy without you in my life." She bit her lip gently. She wanted to say so much more. She wanted to tell him that she was sure he washer soul mate, that she knew that he was the one she wanted to spend the rest of her life with, that she wanted him to be the father of her children. She blushed at that thought, just thinking of him playing with children. She shook her head, clearing it and looked back at him. His eyes had softened, and he gave her a slight grin. She finished lamely with one last line. "I love you"
"Awww, I love you too Philly." He whispered, moving and wrapping his arms around her, falling over so they were both laying down. "Sorry, sometimes I wish I could have kept you out of this life." She gave him a smile.
"Don't worry about it. I could have simply turned down the job, or just did what Iw as hired to do and leave. I didn't have to accept Tsuna's offer, or even accept Reborn's. This is all my doing." She turned in his arms and kissed what she could reach, which was his chest, her nose pressing up against it. His hand moved to her head, stoking her hair, and she could feel her eyes close.
"Fair enough." He said, kissing the top of her head. "Get some sleep. We can talk more about it tomorrow." She nodded, and yawned, snuggling up to him as best as she could.
A/N: I literally just finished this chapter o.O ;; Sorry about the wait! I have a good idea of how I want this to end, and I think we're pretty close :) Thanks to all of the readers who are following this and who have favorited this fic! I really appreciate you guys! You make me want to write even more! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Let me know what you think! 3