'How long are they going to stare at us?' A little girl asked herself as she felt uncomfortable of the eyes staring at her and her family. The little girl and her family wanted to go out somewhere for dinner and decided to eat at a family diner. However, as soon as the family entered the diner and were seated at a table, almost immediately they were being stared at the other customers in the diner.
"Amazing!" One of the customers said in a bad attempt of a whisper. It didn't help that the little girl could hear them.
"Who are they?"
"Beautiful!"
"Are they filming?"
The little girl brought her head up, hoping to at least block the stares and comments. "What's wrong, Koneko?" The little girl lifted her head to see her mother looking down at her with a concern expression on her face.
"N-Nothing. I'm fine." The little girl lied, not wanting to worry her mother.
"Then, here." The little girl turned her attention in front of her to see her older sister handing her the diner's menu. "Go ahead and decide what you want to order."
"O-Okay. I'll order now." The little girl accepted the menu and looked over it. She looked at the corner of her eye to see the other customers were still staring at them.
"You sure you're okay?" The little girl snapped out of her trance to see her father staring at her with the matching concern on his face. Before she could even answer, she heard more comments from the other customers.
"Look, look…"
"She's so cute!"
'How do they deal with this?!' The little girl screamed in her head before dropping the menu and ran out the diner with tears running down her face.
"Hey, Kiyomi!"
"Kiyomi, where are you going?!"
"Kiyomi!"
"Good morning, Kiyomi!" Kiyomi stopped in the middle of the hallway at her school to see a couple of her male classmates greeting her with a smile on their face and redden cheeks.
"Good morning." Kiyomi greeted with a kind smile on her face.
"Are you going to be with the Garden club today?"
"I am."
"As expected of Kiyomi. Her kindness holds no bounds for anything."
"Keep up the good work, Kiyomi!"
"Thank you very much!" Kiyomi said as both classmates waved their hands towards her before walking away. Once she was left alone, she turned her attention towards the window and looked outside before letting out a tired sigh. "You'd think I would've gotten used to this by now."
"It's not easy being an attractive person." A voice said, grabbing Kiyomi's attention. She turned around to see Reborn appeared out of nowhere with Leon resting on his hat standing behind her.
"Reborn. Leon." Kiyomi greeted with a nod of her head.
"I'm sensing that you're growing tired from all the attention you've been receiving." Reborn said.
"You don't know the half of it. It's not like I asked to look like this." Kiyomi sighed as she turned her attention back towards the window and thought out loud, "Sometimes I just wish people would just realize that people like me and my family wish to just be treated the same."
"In other words, you wish for people to get to know the real you and not your outer self."
"Exactly. But I don't that's going to happen."
"Don't be too true of that."
"Huh?" Kiyomi snapped her head back around, only to find Reborn and Leon no longer standing behind her. "Now I know Reborn's up to something."
"There we go." Tsuna said as he gently placed a potted plant down on the ground next to a few more potted plants. He turned his attention to Kiyomi, who was watering the flowers, and said, "Kiyomi, I've finished moving the potted plants for you."
Kiyomi stopped watering and turned towards her friend before saying, "Thanks, Tsuna. You know, you didn't have to stay and help. I don't want to bother you with my club activities."
"It's all right, Kiyomi. We don't mind giving you a helping hand, especially since you've been helping me with all the craziness in my life." Tsuna said with a hand resting on the back of his head.
"10th is absolutely right!" Gokudera exclaimed as he placed a large bag of soil in the Garden Club's shed. "I wouldn't be considered the right-hand man to the 10th if I didn't help you."
"Still, I really appreciate it." Kiyomi said with a kind smile and a nod of her head.
"To think that you've been able to do all of this work on your own. That's impressive!" Yamamoto commented while rubbing off some sweat from his forehead as he stood up from kneeling down to pull out some weeds. "Do you love flowers, Kiyomi?"
"Don't ask her such stupid questions!" Gokudera shouted.
"Gokudera-kun, please calm down!" Tsuna screeched.
"Gokudera, I would also appreciate it if you didn't start blowing things up." Kiyomi said.
"But…"
"It's fine. To answer your question, Yamamoto, I love flowers very much. In fact, my love for flowers grew thanks to my grandfather."
"Your grandfather?" Yamamoto repeated.
"Yes." Kiyomi placed the watering can down as she said, "He's known on my father's side of the family for having a 'green thumb'. When I was a kid, I would spend time with him and his garden he and my grandmother built at their home. He taught me everything I need to know when it comes to gardening."
"That's amazing! I always thought that you just plant the seed and just keep giving it sun and water." Tsuna said.
"I did also, but there's more to it than that. Whenever you want to start gardening, you have to think very carefully on where you want to start it, plan your garden beds, test and build the soil and so on." Kiyomi explained.
"That sounds like a lot of work!" Yamamoto commented.
"It is, but it's worth it once you see the fruit of your labor. Also, you get the feeling of appreciating the people who worked hard to grow all the things you can think of when it comes to foods and drinks."
"When you put it that way, I see your point." Gokudera said as he looked around the area to see the flowers. "Just seeing all of these flowers makes me appreciate mother nature."
"Who would've thought that you've got a soft side." Yamamoto said with a laugh.
"What'd you say?!" Gokudera shouted with a harden glare.
"Now, now."
"If you have no business with the Garden Club," Everyone turned around to see Hibari standing behind everyone with his usual expression. "Leave now or I'll eliminate you."
"Hibari-san!" Tsuna exclaimed.
"Hello, Hibari-san." Kiyomi greeted, catching her friends' attention. They are surprised that there's someone who isn't afraid and/or intimidated by Hibari.
"I've been hearing some commotion going on here, so I thought I came and eliminate it myself." Hibari stated as he revealed his tonfa.
"There's no need for that. We were just finishing up here." Kiyomi simply said.
"Unbelievable…" Tsuna whispered with widen shocked eyes.
"Is that right?" Hibari put his tonfa away before adding, "You better be gone by the time I come back in the next five minutes." He turned around, showing his back and said, "By the way, the next time we meet, we'll continue our fight." With his final words spoken, he walked off; causing everyone to sigh in relief.
"Geez! I figured he'd forgotten about that by now." Kiyomi groaned with a hand resting on her forehead.
"She's really an amazing person, isn't she?" Tsuna asked his two friends as they watched Kiyomi picking up the watering can and walking away.
"Yeah. Not everyone can talk to Hibari-san and live to tell about it." Yamamoto said.
"That's one of the qualities that makes Kiyomi so amazing!" Gokudera commented.
"There's more to her than meets the eye." A familiar voice said.
"Reborn!"
"Ciaossu!" Everyone looked down to see Reborn dressed as a sunflower.
"Why are you dressed up like a sunflower?!" Tsuna exclaimed.
"I'm camouflage." Reborn stated.
Yamamoto laughed and said, "What a great flower costume!"
"But Kiyomi doesn't have any sunflowers." Gokudera said with a sweat drop on his head.
"Since tomorrow is Sunday, you three should go to Kiyomi's house." Reborn ordered.
"Her house? Why?" Tsuna asked.
"In order for your bond as a Vongola to grow stronger, you should get to know each other's side of the family." Reborn stated.
"That's not a bad idea." Yamamoto said. "I'm up for it."
"Yamamoto…"
"It'll also give us a chance to know more about Kiyomi." Gokudera added.
"Gokudera-kun…"
"If you don't go, we could always catch up on your studies, Tsuna." Reborn said as he waved his leaf arms around.
Tsuna screeched and shouted, "All right, all right! We'll ask her!"
Sunday came and Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto are standing in front of a park entrance while waiting for Kiyomi to meet with them. When she came back to her friends, they asked if she was okay with them coming over to house to hang out. She just shrugged her shoulders and said it was all right. Wanting to make a good impression, the boys wore their casual clothes which consist of buttoned-up shirts, jeans, and comfortable tennis shoes.
"She said to meet at the park, right?" Tsuna asked while looking around to locate Kiyomi.
"That's what she said." Gokudera confirmed.
"Hey, guys!" The boys turned their heads in front to see Kiyomi running towards them dressed in a white ruffled off-the-shoulder blouse with long sleeves, black leather trousers with three buttons on the top of the right side, a pair of black flats with dark red soles and, of course, her hair was still pulled back in her usual ponytail. "Sorry if I kept you waiting." Kiyomi said once she stood in front of them.
"It's fine. Sorry for making you come and pick us up." Tsuna said.
"No worries. It's only a 10-minute walk from here."
"Before we go…" Everyone looked down to see Reborn who appeared out of nowhere. "I'd like to ask you something, Kiyomi."
"Reborn!"
"When did you get here?!"
"I've been trailing you the whole time." Reborn stated.
"Of course, you did." Kiyomi said. "What's your question, Reborn?"
"Are your siblings home today?"
"Huh?" Kiyomi tilted her head to the side. "My siblings?"
"Why does it matter if her siblings are home?" Tsuna asked. "Reborn, what are you up to?" Reborn didn't say anything and just smiled.
"They might be today. Chances are you might get to meet them along with my parents." Kiyomi responded.
"Doesn't matter to me. I'm looking forward to see what your home looks like." Yamamoto casually said.
"You bastard! She's kind enough to invite us over and you go and say something like that!" Gokudera shouted with a glare.
"But I will say one thing…" The boys turned their attention to Kiyomi who showed a serious expression said, "I hope you aren't too surprised when you come to my house."
"Surprised?" Tsuna repeated.
"Why's that?" Gokudera asked.
"Well…it's about my family." Kiyomi said.
"What do you mean?"
"What I'm saying is…don't be surprised when you see them. That's all I'm going to say." Kiyomi said.
"Don't worry. As a hitman, you should be used to a lot of things." Reborn stated.
"If you say so." Kiyomi turned around before looking over her shoulder and said, "Well, if you guys are ready, let's get going."
"Here it is." After ten minutes of walking, Kiyomi led her friends to a large two-story house surrounded by a white fence that surrounds a yard with trees and bushes. The walls of the house on the outside is white and the roof is a blue. Over the entrance of the front door is a white balcony and a white garage is built to the left side of the house.
"This house is huge." Yamamoto commented with widen eyes with Tsuna and Gokudera matching his expression.
"Looks expensive." Gokudera added.
"Kiyomi, are you rich?" Tsuna asked.
"Eh?" Kiyomi snapped her head towards her friends with widen eyes.
"So, she is a rich…" Yamamoto concluded based on her expression.
"No, I'm not! My father is a technician and my mother is a freelance doctor." Kiyomi stated.
"Those are high paying jobs." Reborn commented.
"You're not helping!" Kiyomi took a deep breath before slowly exhaling and said, "Anyway, come in and have something to drink."
"I could go for that." Tsuna said.
"Yeah."
"Agreed."
Kiyomi opened the fence door and walked her way towards the front door with her friends following from behind. She pulled out her key and unlocked the door before entering inside. "I'm back!" She announced as she closed the door behind Yamamoto.
"Sorry to intrude!" The boys announced.
Hearing footsteps coming towards them, everyone looked up to see Saiyuri walking towards them and the boys, minus Reborn, were awestruck by her appearance. She is wearing a light blue sleeveless blouse with a V-neck showing her endowed chest a bit, a tight navy blue mini-skirt, and a pair of black pantyhose. She completed the look with a black leather cuff wristband on her right wrist, a black leather choker and her hair pulled back in a loose low ponytail with a black ribbon.
"Welcome." Saiyuri greeted Kiyomi's friends. She turned towards her daughter and asked, "Are these your friends you were telling me about?"
"Yes. This is Tsuna, Gokudera, Yamamoto and Reborn." Kiyomi introduced.
"I'm pleased to meet you." Saiyuri said, bowing to the boys.
"Y-Yes! Please to meet you!" The boys greeted with a bow.
"Ciaossu." Reborn greeted.
"I'll go and prepare some drinks, okay? Kiyomi, you should take them to your room." Saiyuri said with a kind smile that matches Kiyomi's perfectly.
"Thanks." Saiyuri walked towards the kitchen as Kiyomi turned towards her friends and said, "My room is on the second floor. Come with me, okay?"
"Kiyomi!" Kiyomi jumped a bit by Gokudera's shouting. "That girl is beautiful. Is that your older sister?" He asked.
"I don't think so. It seems like she'd be a cousin." Yamamoto said.
'As expected…' Kiyomi thought with a sweat drop on the back of her head. She knew her friends would react exactly like they are now. She can only imagine how they would react when they meet the rest of her family.
"Huh?! Don't be stupid! A cousin wouldn't be that polite! She's definitely the older sister." Gokudera turned his head towards Tsuna and asked, "What say you, 10th?"
"Um…She appears to be a sibling based on her appearance and how she's dressed. She could be the older sister." Tsuna summarized.
"Ha! See, even the 10th agrees with me!" Gokudera exclaimed with a smug grin.
"But she's cute like a little chick based on the smile she gave us. That's why I think she's the cousin." Yamamoto said.
"Instead of arguing, why don't we ask Kiyomi?" Reborn suggested.
"You're right." Tsuna agreed with Reborn. Everyone turned their attention to Kiyomi, who was watching the argument with an uneasy smile on her face. "Kiyomi, is that girl your older sister or your cousin?" Tsuna asked.
Kiyomi let out a sigh before she looked at them dead in the eye and said, "Actually…"
"I'm her mother, Saiyuri." Saiyuri confirmed the boys' question when she appeared in her daughter's room with a tray of five glasses filled with iced tea. Her answer left the boys, minus Reborn of course, speechless.
Kiyomi's bedroom has one window on a single wall, a door on another and a closet covers another wall. She has a black dresser and shelves pushed against it. On the shelves are books and trophies of her years in gymnastics. The walls are painted in a teal paint and door is painted white. Her bed has a white frame and is covered by white pillows and sheets with a mini teal pillow, and a black and white striped blanket. Besides the bed is a small table and the flooring in the room is whitish-gray carpet.
"So, you're not the older sister?" Gokudera asked, causing Saiyuri to stare at him with a surprised expression.
"Not her cousin either?" Yamamoto asked.
"Oh, my. You boys are quite the smooth talkers and you're not even in high school yet." Saiyuri giggled as she placed everyone's drinks in front of them on the little table Kiyomi had in her room. "I may look young, but I am Kiyomi's mother through and through."
"Thanks for the drinks, mom." Kiyomi said with a smile.
"Of course." Saiyuri grabbed the door by the handle and said, "Well then, I'll leave you kids alone then. Have fun." As soon as she said those words, she closed the door behind her.
Knowing what's going to happen, Kiyomi turned towards her friends and asked, "You guys okay over there?"
"They're shocked by the discovery." Reborn simply said before taking a sip of the iced tea.
"I figured as much."
"Kiyomi…" Tsuna called out.
"Yes?"
"I don't know if I should ask you this, but…is that woman your step-mother?" Tsuna asked.
Kiyomi sighed and said, "She's my real mother."
"EEHH?!" Tsuna and the boys are completely shocked by her response. They had no idea Saiyuri was her real mother based on how youthful she looked.
"H-How old is she?" Yamamoto asked.
"Mid-30s." Her response caused the boys to fall on their backs in shock. "I did warn you boys about my family."
"Your mother doesn't look a day over 22." Reborn commented.
"If she heard you say that, she'll be smothering you with hugs and kissed right now." Kiyomi stated. "But anyway, the real surprise isn't this." Her statement caused the boys quickly sit right up.
"Kiyomi, do you have a minute?" A voice was heard through her closed door, grabbing everyone's attention. The door opened to reveal Hatsuharu poking his head through the gap. "Kiyomi?" He stopped himself when he noticed her friends, again shocked by his appearance, in the room.
"Ah, Hatsuharu. Right now…" Kiyomi trailed off.
"Sorry, I didn't know you have guests. I'll come back later."
"No, no. Don't worry about us. If there is something you need to ask, please go ahead." Tsuna said.
"Really? Okay then." Hatsuharu walked in the room to reveal wearing a buttoned-up black shirt with short sleeves, blue pants and a pair of white socks. He walked towards his sister and held out a workbook. "I'm having trouble with the possessive pronouns…"
As Kiyomi was teaching her little brother about the lesson, her friends couldn't take their eyes off of Hatsuharu.
"So cute…" Yamamoto commented.
"This must be the little sister." Tsuna said.
"No, 10th. After seeing her mother, we can't be fooled by appearances." Gokudera stated.
"Another lesson to learn when it comes to being hitman." Reborn said while petting Leon on his hand.
"That's true. Maybe this is the older brother?" Tsuna guessed, but he wasn't so sure himself. "But if that's the case, he wouldn't need help with his studies."
"He seems to be younger than Kiyomi." Yamamoto stated.
"I get it now. Thanks, Kiyomi." Hatsuharu said before closing the workbook and got up on his feet.
"No problem."
"Well then, excuse me. Sorry to have bothered you."
"Ahh…no, no!" Tsuna said.
"It's no problem." Yamamoto said.
The boys waited until Hatsuharu left the room and closed the door behind him. Suddenly, the boys got up to Kiyomi's face, causing her to back up a bit with widen eyes.
"So, is that your little sister?!" Tsuna exclaimed.
"Or your father?!" Gokudera added.
"He's my little brother." Kiyomi responded.
"Little brother?!" The boys were again shocked by her response.
"No way! He looks like a little girl based on his features!" Yamamoto shouted.
"That's why I told you the surprise was just starting." Kiyomi said. Suddenly, the boys backed away with a look of realization appearing on their faces. "Wh-What is it?"
"The mother is like that, and the younger brother is like that…" Gokudera trailed off.
"Then…there must be more of them that we haven't met yet…" Yamamoto added.
"But…just how many of them are there left?" Tsuna wondered.
"Wh-What are you trying to say?" Kiyomi slowly asked.
"Just now…you said that the surprise has just started, right?" Reborn asked.
"Y-Yeah."
"Then, you can confirm that there's more, yes?" Reborn's question caused Kiyomi's body to freeze up which grabbed everyone's attention.
"C-Could it be…?!" Tsuna trailed off.
"Could it be your father and your siblings…They're all like that?!" Gokudera asked.
"Why ruining the surprise?" Everyone turned their attention to Reborn who asked, "Where's the fun in revealing it when you can just wait for it?"
Suddenly, a knock came at the door, causing Kiyomi and her friends to snap their heads towards the door with widen eyes.
"Again?!" The boys exclaimed.
"Just as I predicted." Reborn commented before taking another sip of his drink.
Kiyomi calmed herself before asking, "Who is it?"
The door open to reveal a different person walking in. This person has short brown hair with bangs pushed to the right and slightly covering a pair of reddish-brown eyes. The person is wearing a white shirt with a slit at the bottom and collar and a pair of brown jeans with white socks. Based on the clothes, it was hard for the boys to guess on the gender of the new attractive person who appears to be slightly older than Kiyomi.
"Hey, Kiyomi. I just got something totally delicious. Do you want to eat some?" The person said before noticing some new faces. "Oh, you have company. Your friends?"
"Yeah, they're my friends from school. Yamamoto, Tsuna, Gokudera and Reborn." Kiyomi introduced.
"This person is gorgeous and cool!" Tsuna whispered.
"A guy? Or a girl? Which is it?" Gokudera wondered.
"I can't tell." Yamamoto whispered.
"Nice to meet ya!" The person greeted.
"Just a second! We're still thinking about it!" Gokudera shouted, causing the person to stare at the boys with widen eyes.
"Don't forget all the information you've gained so far." Reborn said.
"Okay, first of all, we shouldn't be fooled by appearances." Gokudera stated with Tsuna and Yamamoto nodding their heads in agreement.
While the boys were whispering, the person turned their head towards Kiyomi and asked, "I'm guessing you've warned them before coming over, right?"
"Yep, I did." Kiyomi said while sipping her iced tea, completely ignoring what her friends are talking about.
The person turned their attention back to the boys with a grin. "Oh, this is going to be fun." The person said in a teasing tone.
"Right! My guess is that this is the older brother!" Yamamoto guessed.
"I guess that this is your uncle on your mother's side!" Gokudera guessed.
"My guess is…you're the grandma…" Tsuna guessed, though not entirely committed to his guess.
The person laughed before responding, "Sorry boys, but I'm Kiyomi's older sister, Yuu." Her response caused the boys to fall on their backs. "Got to say, those guesses are the best ones I've ever heard. Anyway, here, Kiyomi. You can have some of these with your drinks." Yuu handed Kiyomi a small bag of mini cookies. "I'll get outta your hair then. Have fun!" Yuu waved before walking out and closing the door behind her.
"Kiyomi…" Tsuna called out
"Hmm?" Kiyomi responded while opening the bag and held it towards Reborn who took a couple of cookies for himself and Leon.
"Just how many people are there in your family? I don't know how many more surprises I can take." Both Gokudera and Yamamoto groaned in agreement with Tsuna
"A total of six." Her response caused the boys to shoot up with relief written on their faces.
"That means there's only the father and another sibling left!" Gokudera theorized.
Another knock came from the door, grabbing everyone's attention.
"It comes!"
"Nice timing!"
The door open to reveal a handsome man with long mid-back length dark blue hair pulled into a low ponytail with a blue hairband and the ponytail is resting over his right shoulder. He has some strands of hair escape his ponytail which brushed against his face. He is wearing a pair of simple round-framed glasses over his closed eyes, hiding their color. He is wearing a white long-sleeved buttoned shirt with some of the top buttons opened to reveal his chest a bit, a pair of black trousers and white socks.
"Kiyomi, I heard your friends are here." The man said with an enchanting smile on his face.
"Yeah, they did." Kiyomi said.
The boys couldn't get over on how handsome he appeared to be. His body is practically screaming with radiance.
"A-Another dazzling person!" Tsuna exclaimed.
"Is this the father?" Gokudera wondered.
"Or another older sibling?" Yamamoto wondered.
"No, he's too young to be the father." Gokudera started to second-guess himself.
"But if he is the father, could he be immortal looking like Kiyomi's mother?" Yamamoto wondered.
"This family, are they really human like us?" Tsuna wondered.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Kiyomi's…"
"Wait!" The boys completely cut off the handsome man who opened his eyes to reveal a pair of yellow eyes and stared at them.
While the boys were pondering on who the man is, the person in question looked down at Kiyomi and asked, "Based on their expressions, I'm guessing they've met the others?"
"Yeah."
"Thought so." The man cleared his throat, snapping the boys out of their train of thought, and said, "It's all right, boys. No need to hurt your brains anymore. I'm Ryuichi, Kiyomi's father."
The boys fell on their backs once again by his response. "I give up…" They groaned out.
"Sorry for all the trouble you boys went through. But I guess even a warning isn't even enough to spare any of my children's guests." Ryuichi said with a chuckle.
"Ryu!" Saiyuri called out as she appeared by her husband's side who turned his attention towards. "There you are. I was wondering where you were. I thought you wanted to help me cook the food, not come and bother Kiyomi and her friends."
"I'm sorry, Saiyuri. As an apology…" Ryuichi surprised Saiyuri by gently kissing her on the forehead.
"Ryu! Not in front of company!" Saiyuri exclaimed while covering her blushing cheeks with her hands.
"It's nice to see a married couple express their feelings like that." Reborn said as he and the others watch the scene in front of them, with the boys turning slightly red from the kiss they just watched.
"How should we react to this?" Gokudera asked.
Yamamoto laughed before saying, "They don't even act like they're in their 30s."
"Kiyomi, do you always see them like that?" Tsuna asked.
Kiyomi smiled at her parents and said, "Yeah."
"That must be tough, every day…" Gokudera said.
"Not really. If they're happy, I'm okay with seeing them acting like this."
The day went by so fast that it was now evening and everyone in Kiyomi's house are now sitting outside in their backyard. Yuu and Hatsuharu are sitting at an outdoor table with Reborn and Leon while their parents are cooking the meats on the barbeque grill.
"Ryu, you better flip this meat before it burns." Saiyuri pointed out the meat with the tong in her hand.
"Oh, sorry. I wasn't paying attention." Ryuichi apologized as he did what his wife instructed him to do.
"Is it almost done? I'm hungry!" Hatsuharu groaned out.
"Stop whining, you little squirt! We've got company over." Yuu said.
"But…"
Meanwhile, Kiyomi and her friends were sitting by the sliding glass door watching the scene in front of them.
"I've gotta say, your family is not what I was expecting, Kiyomi." Gokudera stated.
"Really?" Kiyomi asked.
"Yeah. Your family itself is exciting." Yamamoto added, causing Kiyomi to sigh in relief.
"But it mustn't be easy for you, being surrounded by a family like this." Tsuna stated, causing Kiyomi's eyes to widen a bit before they changed to a sadden expression. "Ah, that's right. You probably never felt that way since they're your family."
"It's not like that." Tsuna and the others turned their attention to Kiyomi who is now looking up at the sky. "True, I don't think my family is strange…I just feel that we're different from everyone around us. I'm sure you've noticed that compared to every family, our looks are extraordinary. There's nothing normal about it. When people see us, they think that we're like gods or something and they're not worthy of being near us. I bet everyone at school is thinking like that whenever they see me."
"Kiyomi…" Tsuna whispered when he and his friends noticed the sadden expression on Kiyomi's face.
"It's okay. I've gotten used to it. Back then, I grew sick and tired of people not minding their own business and just stared and talked about us. I hit a breaking point that I ran away."
"Ran away?" Yamamoto repeated.
"Yeah, but I didn't get far. I just ran to the nearest park and just hid in the jungle gym. I didn't know how long I hid, the only thing I could think of was crying my eyes out. Then out of nowhere, my older brother found me. He was so worried about me that he practically hugged me to death until the rest of my family found us. It was at that moment I realized that I was the one who was thinking strangely. Everyone in my family knew exactly what I was going through and they helped me get passed that stage of my life." Kiyomi explained as she watched her parents interacting with one another while her siblings were fascinated by Leon.
"But some days I wished that people could at least look pass our outer appearance and get to know the real us." Kiyomi turned towards her friends and smiled. "That's why I like hanging out with you guys. When I'm with you, I'm free to just be myself."
Silence filled the area as the boys stared at Kiyomi with widen eyes before she continued, "To be honest I was kinda surprised that you guys wanted to come over and hang out. What made you want to do that?"
"Reborn ordered us to do it." Gokudera responded.
"I should've known." Kiyomi said.
"But we'd still would've come and hang out with you anyway!" Tsuna quickly said.
"Yeah. With this visit, I gotten to know you a bit more, Kiyomi." Yamamoto added.
Kiyomi giggled and said, "Well then, I'm really grateful for today, regardless of Reborn ordering you guys to do it."
"For the record, we didn't accept you in the Vongola family because of your appearance." Everyone looked down to see Reborn standing before them and said, "We accepted you because your own skills are a great asset to the family."
"Reborn…"
"Say, how about next time…" Yamamoto started off.
"Kiyomi!" A voice shouted, grabbing everyone's attention. Everyone looked towards the back entrance to see a good-looking boy who looks a bit older than Yuu with neck-length dark blue hair with bangs covering his ears, expressionless yellow eyes and black rectangular-framed glasses. He is wearing a light blue zipped-up jacket with a dark blue shirt peeking out, a pair of black pants held up with a belt and a pair of black shoes.
"Is that person…" Tsuna asked.
"Kiyomi's older brother?" Gokudera wondered.
Silence filled the area as the boy continued to stare at Kiyomi until his expression changed with his eyes building up tears at the corner. "Kiyomi!" The boy charged towards Kiyomi and tackled her down on the ground with his arms wrapped around her in a tight grip. His actions caused the boys' jaw to drop and Kiyomi's face to turn red from embarrassment.
"You're so cruel, Kiyomi! Why didn't you tell me we were having barbecue today?!" The boy cried out while their family continued with their business. "Why didn't you tell me something so important, Kiyomi?!"
"Did you even check your phone, Kazuo? I sent a text to you this morning." Kiyomi groaned out.
Kazuo sat up with Kiyomi still in his arms before reaching behind his pant pocket and pulled out his phone. He turned it on to finally notice Kiyomi's text and read it.
"Oh, what's this…I see…" Kiyomi let out a groan when Kazuo wrapped his arms around her again. "Sorry, Kiyomi! You're the only one who cares about me after all."
"Okay, okay. Calm down, you drama queen." Kiyomi said while gently patting him on his back. "By the way, Kazuo, my friends are here, and I would like for you to meet them."
"Eh?" Kazuo looked over his shoulder and finally noticed her friends staring at them with a sweat drop on the back of their heads.
"T-This is her older brother?" Gokudera thought out loud.
"He is handsome but…" Yamamoto trailed off.
"His personality is not what I was expecting." Tsuna said.
"And his gender and appearance are easy to guess." Reborn added.
"What are you guys talking about?" Kiyomi asked as she got herself out of her brother's grip and got up on her feet.
"That's right!" Kiyomi jumped a bit when the boys cried out.
"Good grades." Gokudera said.
"Outstanding athletic ability." Yamamoto added.
"Good manner and loved by others." Tsuna added.
"Okay, you guys lost me." Kiyomi said, but was ignored by them as they continued.
"And also, being able to take care of flowers at school." Gokudera added.
"That's right. It's because of those qualities that the people around her thinks she shines brighter than anyone else." Reborn said. "It doesn't matter what other people say, Kiyomi is beautiful."
"Agreed!" Tsuna and the others nodded their heads.
Kiyomi's face turned completely red with embarrassment. "EH?!"