Author's Note. Time to introduce how Primo hosts a party, something I believe he is unable to due to the lack of experience, so he has to ask Cozarto and Lampo's Father for help and another guardian introduced.
By the way, is the chapters too short? I would leave it at around 1k words for each chapter and I don't want to keep you waiting or bore you so please do review if it is not to your liking.
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On the way back, the private transport was noisy with shouting being heard everywhere but I loved it, all my closest friends coming together and having fun, like a family or famiglia.
Despite Ugetsu not being here, I can somehow feel that he is having fun in Japan and that he knows we are the same.
Cozarto noticed my happiness and asked, "Are you excited about the upcoming ball?"
I nodded, "Of course I am, but being with you guys brings me greater happiness than the party, I just hope that the invitation made it into Ugetsu's hands."
Cozarto leaned back further into his seat, "He will, don't you trust Virgo?"
"I do! It's just..." I struggled to find the next words and ended up trailing off.
"You're worried that something might happen to her?"
I bit my lip in fear for her safety, ever since we had gotten allies from the Asarigumi, Shimon, Belmont, Luciano and many other families, our popularity grew in both ways as a most sought out syndicate and a rising threat to other groups.
'We aren't even a mafia group! There is no need to attack any of my family members.' I sighed exhausted.
Now in preparation for the ball or party as I like to call it, G handled the invitations, Lampo the food, Knuckle the decorations, Cozarto the entertainment and me, the paperwork for all these items.
I propped my head in my arms, resting it from the amount of paperwork, "You really finished it without complaint." G said surprised.
"Like I would go back on a swear, Knuckle helped me remember it after all." I dragged out still sleepy.
"Do you really want Lampo to take care of the food?" G questioned warily.
"Yes, don't worry, Leo will be following him and besides, his father recommended him." I could hear G sighing in relief.
"To the Ultimate!"
"Great… the headache is here." G massaged his temples, now he knows how I feel when he starts shouting like a maniac.
"Giotto, where's the Ultimate bathroom?" I pointed the way for Knuckle who shouted a "Thanks" along the way.
"The Famiglia is growing." I muttered, seeing how many people have joined in and I smiled in joy.
"Gio, if this place really turns into a Mafia syndicate, you know I'll still stick by you." The resolve in G's eyes made me feel better as it really is happening.
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"Who is taking care of Ore-sama's attire anyways?" Lambo asked sucking on a lollipop and staring expectantly at the door.
"A friend of mine, she likes to dress people up, so I asked her to come and help us." I said eating a strawberry macaroon.
"How can a girl help us to the Ultimate?" Knuckle questioned. "You don't know her… she's the demon." G trembled a little.
'Even G is scared!' Is probably the thought that ran through their minds, considering he is usually the one doing the scaring.
Cozarto joined in the fear, "Running away was futile as she somehow got my guardians to join in the chase."
I chuckled, "She's quite evil at times, but if you listen, nothing will happen to you." Both male glowered at me and mumbled incoherent words under their breaths.
The doorbell rang, "Oh look just on time!" I clapped my hands as Leo led a female into the room.
"Long time no see Gio Gio. I wonder if G and Cozarto have learnt their lesson on defying me?" She said.
Lampo mumbled out the first words he thought, "Beautiful..."
Knuckle seemed to have heard as he nodded, and the female smiled, "Why thank you but be careful, I have a lover now."
My eyes widened, this is news to me. "Wow, really? Congrats! When's the wedding?"
Sparkles appeared around her as her hands cupped her face, "Maybe the next few weeks or so, then I'll be called Elena Spade." She squealed at the end in happiness.
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I looked at the clothes that Elena made for us, "Hm? This is better than I thought, why was G scared?" Knuckle asked.
"Because Gio is here." G informed them and Cozarto whispered.
"Elena does things behind Gio's back like make us wear… those outfits."
I listened to them and thought how Ugetsu will look like if he was here, wearing what Elena proposed to them.
Lampo shouted about how much the clothes fit him and the fact that G was lying. 'I don't think so; my institution isn't reacting to it.'
I muffled my laughter as Elena only did it because the two males told her that she should sit at the sidelines during a fight with the Inganno (Hoax) famiglia due to her being a girl and you know the rest.
Wearing my suit, I really look and felt like I am in the Mafia. When I confided to them my thoughts, everyone agreed, but still happy that their clothes suited them.
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It was the time for the party to start and many different people that G chose, came flooding into the place.
Taking a deep breath, that slowed my racing heart, I stepped onto the stage and saw everyone staring at me.
G already had what I wanted to eat readied on a table, Lampo was sneaking in food before others, Knuckle was outside training, Cozarto gave me a thumbs up for support.
Elena wrapped her arms around a male, probably her lover and Ugetsu who entered the place quietly smiling at me making my face glow in happiness that I have all these people as my friends.
"My name is Giotto di Vongola and as the Primo of the Vongola Famiglia, I am here to thank you all for coming to this party hosted by my friends and I." Pausing to give them a smile.
"On behalf of everyone attending this party, I hope that you may enjoy yourselves and look back at this party as the time you are able to make your dreams a reality."
I rose my glass of wine and everyone did the same, with pride shining in both my friends and my eyes all shouted, "To Our Future!"
I let out a breath I had not known I held and walked down the steps, towards my group of friends.
However, before I could even take three steps, Elena dragged me away from them and headed for the balcony where a silhouette stood.
"Elena my dear, is this the person you spoke of?" The lover asked gesturing to me, with an unknown fury in his eyes.
"Yes, isn't he nice?" Elena exclaimed, and I noticed fire burning behind him that indigo tinted flames resonated with me.
"Is that so..." Daemon glared at me and I sweat dropped.
'Today is the day of my death, because Elena's fiancé doesn't like me, and I really hope that what resonated is hatred. I'm not good at dealing with those.' I thought with a strained smile as Lover boy glared at me.
"I'm Giotto, nice to meet you." I shake hands with him as he added pressure to the handshake.
"Daemon Spade, I hope Elena has been treated alright."
Elena was the one to answer, "Of course he did, Gio Gio is the best host, he is a gentleman after all." And there goes my writing hand.
'You're adding fuel to the fire, Elena. Just stop.' My hand was in so much pain and I don't think Daemon is going to stop.
"How long are you two going to stare at each other? I'm going to get jealous you know." Elena pouted, and Daemon immediately let go of my hand to comfort Elena.
"My dear, you know I will never cheat on you." Daemon kissed her cheek while I nursed my bruised hand and turned to G.
I was just standing there having a hand signal conversation with G, "What am I supposed to do?"
"I don't know, something!" Is he trying to get me a death's wish?!
"Something?! You try doing something in my place!?"
Arguments seem to make everything better for the lovebirds so after their moment and my apparent freaking out, they told me their motive for coming here, "I want Daemon to be a part of Vongola, he will be able to help." Elena said, that was… very straight to the point.
I looked at Daemon's face, "Do you want to and think that you can devote yourself to protect the weak?"
I said with all the fun and games in me gone, what I had not known was that there was an orange flame at the top of my head and that I look like a proper boss.
Daemon looked towards Elena who nodded, and said with a hand on his chest, bowing. "I will put my life on the line to uphold the will of Vongola."
The sober mood was gone when I started smiling again, "Then you're in!" Smile brightening when I saw Daemon's dumbfounded face, take that.
Someone's arm hung upon my shoulder then, "I heard a conversation about joining Vongola and would like to participate."
I knew that he was harmless which includes that he had been there for the last few parts.
If I was strict, I would have scolded him for interrupting but I am still in a happy mood, so I will let it slide.
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How Daemon met Elena and decided to be engaged
'How boring.' Was Daemon's first thoughts about Elena. She is like every other woman in this ball, quiet, meek and pretty pathetic.
He never spoke to her, priding himself on his judge of character and left her to her own devices while playing around with the other aristocrats.
However, one day. One day was all it took to change that thought around. She had shouted at her father for the most amusing reason.
"I am not going to marry that!" She shouted, pointing to him. Does she not know what she is doing? Risking years' worth of alliances because of her pettiness.
She changed her mind quickly the next day, reverting to back to being just like others but there was a pinch of spite in her and that kept his entertainment.
A week has gone past and she finally started warming up to him. Talking freely as if he was her stuffed teddy bear that will never spill her secrets.
Months came and went. Daemon decided to take his games a step further. "Should I tell your father about how you are spending time with other males?"
The response he got was staggering at the least, she just took her fork and stabbed it into his meal, the sauce spattering on his clothes.
Her eyes darkened as her fork went deeper into the meat. "Look, Spade. You and I both know how I am like so why play this game. If word gets out and GioGio is affected…"
Daemon gulped as her chilling smile dimmed the bright room. "You know I will come after you. Allies or not."
That moment, Daemon fell in love. Not just anyone have the guts to threaten him and live through it. Making it his mission to get her heart, by being as romantic as he can be an instead of being turned off by it, Elena started falling for him as well after that one time.
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That comes to the end of this chapter. For the Omake, I just wanted to test how far I can make Elena a bad-ass and their engagement more realistic than 'when I saw her, it was love at first sight' Or fight in this story.
I would love to elaborate more on the lifestyles of each guardian, but I can only limit it to the Omakes since I don't want Primo to be the influencer so that I can play around with the other characters more.
Please tell me what like of Omake you would like and who it will be centred around since everybody has a limit to their creativity. Mine would stop for every chapter and I want to test how good I am in making things from scratch.