In the kitchen of the Sawada household, the one and only Sawada tsunayoshi was preparing breakfast.
Yesterday, after he had sent his reply to the Vongola famiglia's HQ, he left his room to see if hikaru had returned or not.
And when he found him sitting on the couch a scowl on his face, watching some mindless show, tsuna decided to prepare his favorite dinner.
Once tsuna was done with the preparations, he called all the residents -permanent and temporary- of the house, informing them that dinner was ready.
And just as he expected, silence reined. Though his father had complemented him on his culinary skills happily stating that he had the same ability as nana.
But after he realised that it was an extremely touchy subject to his two sons, as he saw them tense, he continued eating in silence.
All throughout the dinner and after, their father had been trying to 'make it up to them', while reborn was watching the whole thing as his negative (not that he had positive ones) opinions on Iemitsu grow and strengthened even more.
The older blond had declared that he would stay in Japan for a period of two weeks. Hikaru was fuming after he heard that ("I can't believe that we have to keep up with him!!") and was about ready to throw him out.
But was interrupted by tsuna who said that as long as he didn't interfere with their personal lives he's welcome to stay.
So now tsuna was preparing breakfast, as we mentioned earlier.
He just finished laying the table when he heard Hikaru's pained cry, but dismissed it as this was going to be normal occurance in the house as long as reborn was here.
A few minutes later and the other three residents entered the kitchen.
"Good morning, everyone!" tsuna greeted, his tone chirpy, which reminded both hikaru and Iemitsu about the deceased family member.
Hikaru hadn't given an indication that he even heard him. Iemitsu decided to return the greetings of his adorable son but reborn beat him to it "good morning, tsuna"
Tsuna seated himself on his chair with reborn to his right, hikaru right across from him and his father on the head of the table.
"What do you know about 27?" reborn asked suddenly while enjoying his espresso as he glanced at both of his students.
Iemitsu, even though was confused about the hitman's choice of conversation, decided not to intervene thinking that the conversation could be beneficial for the future heir, not that who could interrupt it without getting a beating from the little devil known as reborn.
Tsuna opted for silence. He wasn't sure what brought this up but he had a strong feeling that it was because of the reply he had sent the day before.
Hikaru, seeing that the question was directed to him (he refused to acknowledge the presence of his brother) was the first to answer, fearing for his life if didn't please the Satan spawn immediately
"he's a hacker who appeared four years ago. He gained fame shortly after his debut as he was feared for his ability to hack into anything, no one was able to track him, in short he's a mystery."
Reborn noted that his useless student had only talked about 27's reputation and not his deeds, not that he expected anything better from him.
So instead he tuned out the two idiots, listening to his second student, as he waited for the brunet's answer.
"As hikaru said earlier, 27 appeared four years ago" tsuna started, wanting to choose his words properly as to not reveal anything that hadn't been known by the civilians.
"he hacks into the security systems of different companies and upgrades them without any reward. He had been doing that since his appearance. A lot of managers and CEO's and even governments of several countries were trying to get a hold of him but were unable to." the brunet concluded.
Reborn hummed, the only indication that he heard what the two had said, as he was still engrossed in drinking his beverage.
"Why did you ask us about him reborn-san?" tsuna asked. He was curious, why would reborn suddenly ask about his alter ego, 27? Is it really because of his agreement? If so, then why now?
Tsuna broke into a cold sweat when reborn's piercing gaze was directed to him, but he made a good job of not panicking...or not...
'Oh my god! Does he know that I'm 27? When? How? Was he trying to lure me out by the question? Was he trying to intimidate me? Not that he needed that, I mean his presence alone can be very intimidating and-I'm getting off topic!!'
His internal rant was cut short when reborn spoke "27 is also intertwined with the mafia" the black haired hitman turned his head slightly, his curly sideburns bouncing with the motion
"So what!?" hikaru exploded "It doesn't matter whether he's in the mafia or the space! Why did you even mention him it's not like h-"
His complaints were stopped by a leon mallet to the face.
Reborn's face grew dark as he directed a glare at hikaru, who at this point was clutching his bleeding nose and trembling in fear of the hitman's wrath, the raven haired growled almost silently "do not interrupt me"
The blond nodded his head frantically which seemed to please the miniature demon, as his face regains his cheeky smile.
"As I was saying, 27 is involved in the mafia. He hacks the data bases of famiglie and gives the information to those who are willing to pay. Even so, he never indulged himself with any famiglia that causes harm to others, like the Estraneo famiglia"
At that name, reborn saw pure hate cross Tsuna's face before it disappeared without a trace, that had surprised reborn, for he hadn't known that the sweet brunet was capable of such strong feelings. Hedidn't even think that he was capable of hating anyone.
He filed that fact for later. It looks like this little student of his knows about that specific famiglia.
"Vongola Nono had been trying to get a hold of him since he became known, wanting him as an ally, but every time they managed to send a request they were always denied"
The other three waited patiently, except hikaru, for the hitman to continue "yesterday they had sent a request yet again"
"Let me guess, he refused?" hikaru mocked resulting with a bullet grazed cheek, which effectively silenced him.
In other circumstances, Iemitsu would have defended his son from anyone, but he would like to keep his life, thank you very much. So instead his mouth remained shut.
"27 sent his reply yesterday" reborn continued as if nothing happened "and he said that he agrees with the alliance"
Silence followed the statement, both of the blonds were shocked, especially Iemitsu as he knows more about 27's line of work and the difficulty of gaining contact with him let alone form an alliance!
Meanwhile tsuna was smiling with relief, he wasn't discovered, 'I mean it's too early for that, the story is still in chapter 13...I shouldn't break the fourth wall like that'
"So 27 is now an ally of Vongola?" Iemitsu asks
Reborn ignores him and turns his head towards tsuna "27 has asked for a meeting, here in Japan 3 days from now" he informed, leaving out the time and location of the meeting to keep hikaru away.
He was sure tsuna wouldn't follow them if he was ordered not to.
"And I need to leave for Italy soon. I have things to discuss with Nono"
The two blonds nodded dumbly, while tsuna wished him a safe trip. And with that reborn left.
A few seconds of silence passed before hikaru realised what was going on "YES!! THE DEMON LEFT!! I'M FREE!!" he yelled grinning widely, as he jumped from his chair.
Iemitsu simply stared at his son while he danced around, deciding not to remind hikaru that reborn would be back by tomorrow.
"Would any of you like some onigiri?" tsuna inquired as he placed a plate full of rice balls.
Hikaru grumbled in anger even though he sat down again so that he can have a chance to eat some onigiri.
Iemitsu enthusiastically grabbed some and gobbled them down instantly, complementing him about his skills.
Tsuna sweat dropped at the two. They're scarfing down the rice as if they hadn't just finished eating breakfast...
The brunet shook his head to get rid of the distracting thoughts. Once they finished all the onigiri, tsuna couldn't stop himself from leaning forward in anticipation.
He waited for the drug to take effect with wide anticipating eyes.
A smirk danced on his face as he heard two consecutive 'thud's. And a glance towards his brother and father was all it took to confirm that both of them are out cold.
His smirk widened with satisfaction as he made his way to his room, to change into 27's outfit.
He did, after all, promise he would pay his older brother figure a little visit, and in Italy no less!