The Pride Month Special!

Ever since Loop 26, Skull had convinced Reborn to celebrate Pride month every year. No exceptions, absolute life or death situation not included.

There were years that they celebrate it in a subtle manner. Like pride colours in their clothing (which isn't all that subtle...) or pride flags as their phone lock screens for example.

The more grand ones, of course, went with a bam. (And no Tsuna, not the destructive kind!) The most eye catching one were the firework display and pride flag showing up on everyone's phone (courtesy of Shoichi) that only disappears once pride month is over. And by everyone, it means everyone living in planet earth.

This year is no different. Skull even got some glitter ready!

"Sit down, the others isn't finished yet."

Skull pouts, turning to his husband. "Don't be a spoil sport Ren! Look! I even got you a bracelet!" Skull pulls out the after mentioned bracelet with Reborn's pride colours whilst wearing a proud smile.

"Well then," Reborn said as he accepts the bracelet the cloud so graciously offered. "Here's my gift to you."

The hitman pulled out a rainbow scarf with octopus prints. Skull gasps, absolutely delighted.

"Thank you!" Skull exclaimed rather loudly, making grabbing motions with his hands as he waits for Reborn to hand the scarf to him. Reborn can't help but quirk his lips upward at the display.

"Here-" Calloused hands wraps the soft scarf around a delicate neck, and Skull felt his cheeks heat up. "I don't want you to mess up something as simple as tying a piece of fabric around your neck," Reborn said even if he smiles in that soft but not quite there way Skull found himself loving beyond belief. Even if Reborn says things that make him sound like an ass.

It's their tradition of sorts now, the gift giving. The rules are simple: at any time or day at pride month they must give each other a gift, which have their pride colours in it. It doesn't matter when or where they are, once one of them gave their present, the other one should too.

(Skull remembers the time he doesn't have his gift ready and shivers.

The punishment was doing what the others want for the whole month afterall.

Reborn, being the sadist that he is, didn't show mercy.)

"The party is about to start kora! Get out already!" the muffled shout, accompanied by banging, from the other side informs them. And since the person on the other side that is obviously Colonello has no tact at all, he shouts some more. "You better not be doing anything in there kora!"

Skull distantly heard a hard slap and guesses that Lal was there and she just slapped Colonello. He's definitely right.

"There is a child here so watch what you're saying idiot!"

"Sorry!"

"Well," Reborn said, offering his arm like a gentleman. "Our guests are waiting."

Skull rolls his eyes but wraps his arms around the offered arm nonetheless. "This is Tsuna's party remember? Since he finally accepted the fact that he's bisexual and this is his first Pride month celebration. Ring any bell?"

"Oh I know," Reborn said with a smirk. "But it's going to feel like mine soon enough."

Skull spluttered before gaping at the hitman. Their strides matching in pace as they left the room. The hallway doesn't have a single hair of Colonello and Lal that previously stood there with their kid as soon as they opened the door.

"Renato! You can't go around and stealing the spotlight of the party! Tsuna worked hard for it you know!"

"Watch me."

"Ugh, you asshole," Skull groans out, facepalming.

"Well, too bad I'm your asshole then." Reborn's smirk widened, and Skull felt the urge to hit him with a lamp.

"Renato."

"What the guest wants, the guest gets. Too bad they want a more charming host, hmm?"

Skull sighs and gave up. He knows a lost battle when he sees one. This is definitely it. Instead of thinking about it though, Skull chose to snuggle into his scarf instead. Hey! It's that soft okay?!

"Liking the scarf far too much I see."

"Shut up."

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"Well, it seems that you won't be getting that spotlight anytime soon."

Reborn rolls his eyes. "Yes, laugh it up."

Skull simply hums, watching Tsuna charm everyone at the room. He's doing an amazing job despite the fact that this was the first time he was completely in charge of the party. Usually Skull helps him, along with Reborn, but he insisted to do all the planning alone this time. He also got everyone wearing pride colours at their clothing. Some were subtle about it though.

"He's growing up now, isn't he?" Skull suddenly said, breaking the comfortable silence. His gaze never left Tsuna as the guests were drawn to him like a moth to a flame. "Going out and making himself independent like that."

"That he is," is Reborn's only reply, pride practically shining in his eyes.

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Surprisingly, nothing has been destroyed yet. It's a good sign in Skull's opinion, since at least everyone seems to get the memo that this particular event is important. Not that he's counting on it really, because you'll never know with the mafia and all.

Byakuran came by earlier, a huge bowl filled with marshmallows in his hand. Bluebell, dutifully staying by his side, soon pulled him away toward the table where the rest of his guardians resided. The Tenth Generation Vongola Guardians are scattered all across the room just like the CEDEF. Skull suspects that their all still keeping an eye on Tsuna, despite the fact that Mukuro won't leave the chocolate mountain alone and Kyoya's sitting by the window with his eyes closed. The Varia is in a table together around the corner, and the same could be said about the Simons.

Skull is pretty sure their fellow ex-arcobalenos are mingling in the crowd somewhere. He hasn't seen much of them for the past hour now.

"Care to dance, amore?" Reborn suddenly said as he offers his hand, his body in a low bow. There's a crinkle in his eyes— because Skull can't tear his stare away from the hitman's eyes—that suggested a smile. And like a black hole was the one in front of him, Skull is pulled forward.

Ah. When did he take the offer?

The when doesn't matter right now though, since Skull is now in the dance floor. He lets Reborn lead since the bastard wants to be the one controlling the flow and all that stuff. Skull doesn't mind it much.

"Enjoying yourself?" Reborn whispers, moving to twirl Skull as the music reach its crescendo.

Skull simply hums pleasantly. That was answer enough.

The cloud might be an adrenaline junkie (a nickname courtesy of Viper), but he can appreciate the slow dances sometimes. Even if Verde thinks otherwise and looks at him rather pointedly the first time he said it. He's not that bad!

(A voice that suspiciously sounds like Verde tells him that he is.)

"Everybody!" a voice that Skull is sure is Tsuna booms. It made the room go still as sky flames envelops the room. "The final event is about to start!"

Oh yeah, the fireworks show. Skull almost forgot about that. He's pretty sure that Tsuna mentioned that before with a huge smile on his face.

"Let's go outside, that's where it's held right?" Skull turns to his partner, already pulling the other's arm toward the door leading to the garden.

Reborn snorts. He made sure it was loud enough so Skull could hear it. "Where else lackey?"

"Oh shut it!" Skull almost shouted, tugging Reborn's arm harder making the sun wince.

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"Wow," Skull breathes out, mesmerized. "That was beautiful."

The fireworks display ended— way too soon in Skull's ever so humble opinion— and the crowd collectively sighs.

"That it is," Reborn said as he grabs Skull's chin to make the cloud face him. "But I've seen much better."

"Sweet talker," Skull retorts despite the fact that he was smiling.

"You love it," Reborn purrs, letting his hand fall as he smiles back. Skull simply punched his arm playfully, his smile never leaving his face.

"Maybe," Skull said, tone deceptively questioning. Reborn knew better than to believe it. But Skull flutters his lashes as he stares up to the hitman, a beat of silence passing them as Reborn returns the stare.

Reborn leans forward with closed eyes, and his lips meets soft violet ones.

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When the clock strikes midnight, Skull rained glitters in varying colours on the room. Nobody was safe from becoming sparkly in rainbow colours.

Predictably, an outrage happened.

No one in the room is fond of glitter and their sticky ways apparently.

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"Ren! Hurry up!" Skull shouts the next day, looking nothing like the culprit of what is now known as the 'Glitter Incident'. To be fair, Reborn is the only one to know he was the one culprit in the first place. He's an asshole but he's not a snitch.

(The fact that he also got covered in glitter almost made him tell everyone that Skull's the one responsible with all the mess though.

The puppy-dog eyes he received from Skull were the ones that stopped him in the end.)

"If a certain someone had not covered everyone with glitter at the party last night, then I won't be having extensive showers just to get this damn glitter off thus making us late in the first place," Reborn said, his tone deceptively calm though his eyes said otherwise. There's no glitter on him, which Skull expected. Reborn is one hell of a clean freak afterall.

"Too bad someone did." Skull said as he pulls off his most innocent looking face. The action was only met with a flat stare.

"Indeed."

Skull claps his hand, a grin now in place. "Enough of that, we have a pride parade to attend to remember?" Skull then made a few hand gestures toward the clock in the room. "We're going to be late you know!"

Reborn sighs, but nods in agreement. He'll let this one go since Skull isn't exactly that clean when the party ended either as to not be suspected.

"Let's go then."

Skull grins wider, becoming as bright as the sun. "Yeah! Tsuna and Byakuran are coming too!" Skull said as he grabs the hitman's arm.

As Skull drag Reborn to the front door, Reborn can't help but think that he wouldn't mind this. Spending his days with Skull along with the family they inexplicably formed.

With the Time loops, it seems that they both have forever to spend. Reborn knows better however, and knows that these kind of things are too good to last for an eternity. So with every do over, Reborn would savour every one of them. Skull would be by his side of course. The cloud is the reason he's even partly sane in the madness at this point.

"Hey! Stop spacing out! That's just rude!" Skull exclaims as he shakes Reborn's arm, effectively cutting the sun from his thoughts. Looking down, Reborn finds the other pouting at him. Tsuna looks exasperated at the background and Byakuran laughs.

I wouldn't mind doing it all over just to have this at all.

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Happy Pride Month everyone!

I missed Valentine's day and was not able to make a special for it, but I won't miss this!

Also you guys get to imagine what pride colours each character get ;)

I hope you like reading this!

KHR isn't mine!