Here was the thing about marrying someone like Kaun, you adapted fast and become completely unfazed to just about everything. You also become a little twisted… or a lot twisted; it honestly depended on the person.
Which was why, Asahi was completely amused by the reactions he was getting from everyone in front of him. Oh sure, he had heard the stories about his son's reputation in the mafia world. Chaos bringer, death and destruction in his wake, an unchallenged god and so forth and so forth. There was a pretty aggressive rumor that Reborn was actually not human, a demon walking in a human skin.
Honestly, Renato just took after his mother.
But since the mafia world blissfully unaware of Kaun, Reborn was this measuring stick of absolute chaos apparently.
A total lie if you ask Asahi. Renato still had a soft heart (something Asahi help foster). Kaun on the other hand was jaded enough, cruel enough to take the final step that Renato would (hopefully) always hesitate on.
It wasn't like Asahi was under any illusion about who he had married.
"You're Reborn's father?" a scruffy blond man asked him in disbelief.
"I thought his father was dead," the Storm Arcobaleno said.
"That's what I thought too," the Lightning Arcobaleno said.
Asahi didn't say anything, neither confirming or denying it. Something he learned from his wife was to let people draw their own conclusions. Instead, he gently guided Dino into a chair. Poor boy, he was clearly exhausted.
"There, there," Asahi said kindly.
Dino made an aborted attempt at flinching. Hmm, now why did Dino insist on acting like that? Ah, wait. Kaun's training methods. Or rather Reborn's training methods which was modeled off of Kaun's, which were frankly terrifying. Combined with the fact that Reborn looked like Asahi, probably made Dino very confused because really, the only thing that Renato inherited from Asahi was his physical appearance and flame type.
In terms of personality, Asahi and his son were on opposite end of the spectrum.
It was probably very jarring for Dino.
'Poor boy,' Asahi thought fondly. 'I'll have to snap him out of it eventually. He's practicing family at this point.' Dino was, after all, Reborn's. Renato was notoriously possessive. Those that made it far enough into Renato's heart was fiercely guarded, defended until the last breath, that very short list of people that Renato would risk everything on.
Dino was one and according to Kaun, Sawada Tsunayoshi, Reborn's newest student had already claimed a spot.
Well in all good time. Asahi was patient.
"Asahi!"
Kaun came out of the swinging doors, a disguised skip in her very step. It was humbling to know that even after all the years they had been married, his mere presence was enough to put a skip into his wife's stride. On top of that, he had seen her just a few hours ago.
"Kaun, have you been behaving dear?" he teased.
Kaun blinked at him innocently, an expression that hadn't worked on him beyond the first week after they met. "Of course!" she said.
Oh dear. He would have to ask Reborn which of his friends Kaun had maimed in the short hours she had been here. Damage control. It was a tireless job, but it wouldn't be Kaun if she wasn't threatening (and most times succeeding) to killing someone.
"Well, I haven't had a chance to eat yet. Why we go find some food and you can fill me in?" Asahi said. The cafeteria most likely wasn't open yet, but it would be a good distraction. The group around them looked ready to pounce Kaun. That was never a good idea. It would only end in bloodshed.
Asahi had plenty of experience defusing potentially explosive situations. Again, another side effect of marrying Kaun.
Kaun, of course, was well aware of what he was doing and why he was doing it. "Alright," she said, her black eyes glittering mischievously.
He escorted out her of the waiting area. Just as they left, he heard Dino yelp.
"Wait does that mean Kaun is Reborn's mother?!"
Smart boy.
Dino is being adopted without even realizing it. xD I'm really glad everyone likes Asahi. 8D
I completed this story as part of nano this year. We'll finish with 23 chapters. However drastic changes happened to the plot and some of you might have noticed that this story is no longer listed as R27. I'm ending the story far sooner than originally planned (like I cut the plot in half). As R27 was supposed to happen in the later half, this means I won't be actually getting to it... My apologies. Depending on the strength of your shipping goggles, you'll see all the intentions, even if I don't actually get them together in this fic. Otherwise you can read their relationship as a strong platonic one. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy. :3
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