Written April 5 2016
Edited January 10 2020

"Don't feel bad Reborn, I threw up as soon as I tried Tsu-Kun's specially made fried steak"

Nana soothed, worried that Reborn would be disappointed in himself.

The hitman lowered his fedora to shade his eyes as he resumed eating his salad to cleanse his mouth of the awful taste.

'Such a strange family...'

Tsuna finished off his meal and began to prepare the hitman an espresso, the hitman accepted the offering gratefully as he watched the brunette hand Nana some tea and strawberry juice to himself and Ie.

'Lazy-Tsuna makes the best espresso...'

"I'm sorry that I didn't warn you about the texture..."

The hitman shrugged and accepted the brunette's apology, knowing that he still would have tried it even if he'd been warned.

"Oi Dame-Tsuna, don't communicate with people!"

Ie yelled, the brunette grimaced and put away the pen and paper, Reborn couldn't help but frown at this.

"Baka-Ie, don't ridicule your brother right after he cooked us supper!"

The tiny hitman scolded as he kicked the teen in the head.

The brown eyed teen cried out as he flew back, Tsuna had to hold in a sympathetic wince at how his brother seemed to crumple to the ground after hitting the wall.

"Tch whatever! It's not like a tiny baby could comprehend my complex thought process!"

Ie called as soon as he sat up before retreating from the kitchen and heading towards his room.

'I'm surprised that Baka-Ie used such big words'

The hitman glanced over towards the honey eyed brunette and smirked.

"Neh Tsuna, why don't we work on your schoolwork?"

The tiny hitman lowered his fedora to hide his excitement as he saw the brunette grimace with dread.

'At least he knows his place, unlike his moronic twin, it's a miracle as to how those two could possibly be twins besides their looks'

When both student and tutor completely finished their meals they both headed up towards the brunette's bedroom.

"So I know that you're not an idiot, so explain your math grades"

The hitman stated as he pulled out multiple tests from the brunette's drawer beside his bed.

'His intelligence is quite high, and he's lazy to boot, however I can't see Tsuna being the type to attract negative attention when he prefers to be left alone'

The brunette rubbed his own throat for a few moments to soothe it before replying.

"I never learned the basics back when I actually did try asking for help, the teachers didn't care, so I just gave up, it wasn't worth pleasuring people who didn't care"

The hitman nodded at the response, it seemed plausible, for after he had looked at a few of the teen's tests, he could see the right idea, however the teen just never seemed to be able to do the basic math or theories so his answers were always wrong.

'It's understandable that he gave up if Nezu is his teacher...'

"That's no good lazy-Tsuna, you've always got to try!"

The hitman replied as he lightly hit the brunette on the head with a Leon newspaper. He's normally use his Leon gun however he had decided to use the less violent tutoring strategy. All the boy really needed was self value and that wouldn't be possible if he treated him like his twin.

A bitter smile graced the brunette's lips as he hung his head in acceptance to the hitman's words.

"Then can you please teach me what I couldn't learn before?"

The brunette asked softly, his voice slightly strained from overuse.

"Shut up and I will, we don't need you actually losing your voice"

Reborn felt his inner flame flare at how honey eyes seemed to brighten up significantly.

Ie scowled as he listened in on his brother's tutoring session, he clenched a fist at the lack of gunfire and explosives.

'It's not fair! Why the hell does Dame-Tsuna get treated kindly while that psychotic baby tries to fill me with holes!'

The brunette narrowed his gaze, for a few moments he had thought that he had heard the brunette speak, however he chalked it up to his imagination.

'Dame-Tsuna wouldn't dare speak, he's too worthless, I bet he even forgot how to'

Ie then remembered that the brunette had started talking in front of him with paper and a feral grin spread across his lips.

'I've got to teach him a lesson for communicating with other people in my presence though...'

Suddenly the brunette feared for his life and jumped aside to dodge a bullet coming from his wall.

'Damn baby!'

'That moron planing stupid ideas...'

Tsuna cocked his head to the side in confusion as he stared at the newly made bullet hole in his wall, he turned his questioning gaze towards the hitman.

"I thought that heard a cockroach"

'I have a feeling that Baka-Ie isn't the kind of person to easily die, he'd need to be squashed continuously...'

The brunette let out a soft sigh as he shook his head in exasperation.

'I don't want a hole in my wall connecting to Ie-san's room...'

'Ah... Baka-Ie might hear Tsuna speak...'

"I'll fix it for you later"

The brunette nodded in acceptance and then continued to do his homework while listening to the hitman's advice.

'I didn't know that math could be so easy...'

The hitman hid a pleased smile under his fedora.

"Of course, you're smart, it's not hard to teach you if you're willing to listen and the person teaching you is competent"

'This went much smoother than I expected, Tsuna is a really quick learner when everything is explained properly. This talent will be very useful when he becomes Decimo'

The brunette blushed in embarrassment as his honey gaze trailed towards his bed, the teen was too embarrassed to look at the hitman.

"Lazy-Tsuna, start on the next set of questions"

The hitman stated as he threw an eraser at the teen, said brunette chuckled silently as he nodded.