Colonnello is lying across the bottom of one of the flat boats that's not really big enough for two grown men. He has one hand behind his head as a pillow with the other hanging in the water, his headband pulled down over his eyes to keep the bright sun away.

Reborn is lying on top of Colonnello's stomach, perpendicular so he can rest his head on one edge of the boat and hook his knees over the other to put his bare feet in.

The Sun God is shining brightly but concentrating it into this area, where very little plants and fish are. It's far off from Comsubin and any normal boat routes too. Wouldn't want to burn a human alive accidentally.

The water is boiling. Colonnello has to keep freezing a pillar of ice around the area to stop the heat from spreading to the rest of Rain country. The God is also using the currents to keep fish piled up in the deepest waters.

The water has already dropped significantly in the time Reborn has been working at it, now only six meters high at the lowest. Lal is busy ordering people around with rebuilding, this time on more stable ground, using the resources they already stockpiled as soon as Colonnello decided he could just grab Reborn to help.

Reborn watches clouds drift close hesitantly and then run away when they touch the pillar of light and get singed.

"The clouds are cute," Reborn muses.

"Hm?"

Reborn rolls his head to face the Rain. "The clouds are scared of me."

Colonnello hooks a thumb under his headband and pushes it up just enough to peer at Reborn with one eye. "Obviously."

Reborn raises an eyebrow.

After a long moment of silence Colonnello seems to come to a conclusion. The Rain starts to sit up and Reborn slides down until he's lying in the God's lap. Colonnello pushes his headband up all the way and leans back on his hands.

"I don't…know why you're acting like this." Colonnello huffs out a laugh, smile not quite genuine.

Reborn sits up too, pulling his legs out of the water and tucking them to the side. "What am I acting like?"

"Like-" Colonnello gestures vaguely up at where the clouds are bunching a safe distance away, trembling a little because they're too far from home.

Like you don't know me. Us.

Colonnello lets his hand fall back down. "Nothing. I just. I expected something different, that's all. I…heard stories of you so. It's nothing."

Reborn blinks.

"We should go back," Colonnello says. "The water level is fine now."

Once they fix Comsubin, they have all the time in the world to talk. There's no need to rush things, not as Gods. Reborn will be okay, Colonnello will help him.

Takeshi wades through hip-height water far below the sushi shop. He glances once more at the original house, just above the water, as he carries a stack of planks over his shoulder. The house is covered in coral and plants, the structure about three times as big as the sushi shop eight floors above.

Takeshi slows to a crawl and thinks again about exploring it, just quickly. He's still helping rebuild, no one will notice if he ducks away really fast.

"Takeshi!"

Takeshi whips around with an extra wide smile. "Yeah, dad?"

Tsuyoshi wades over, dragging the boat behind him that's full of support struts. And one person? A brunet, Takeshi's age, dressed in really light, breathable clothes and glancing around rather nervously.

"This is Tsuna," Tsuyoshi introduces. "A son to one of my friends. Take him inside, give him drinks to cool off."

"Sure!" Takeshi says happily.

He lays the boards in the boat as Tsuna gets off and then leads the other over to the rope ladder they hung down from the sushi shop. They climb up and Tsuna flops onto the floor after, panting.

Takeshi laughs. "It's not usually like this, with all the heat and the construction. Our God brought the Sun."

Tsuna picks himself up slowly and tries to even his breathing as he finally follows Takeshi inside. "Oh? S-so you knew about it? Before the Sun came here?"

"Not before." Takeshi pours some water for the guest and then brings that and some snacks to one of the restaurant tables to sit down. "But there were rumours, that the brightness in the sky was coming, carried by our God himself."

"But," Tsuna tries. "You know that the Sun God has his own village to watch over, right? If he's here, then what about his people?"

Takeshi just keeps smiling. "We'll give him back. We just need to borrow the Sun for a while."

Tsuna looks away. "O-okay. Um, where is your temple?"

Takeshi scratches his head. "I mean, I wouldn't call it a temple exactly but the barracks are at the west and that's where the Rain stays."

Tsuna nods slowly.

Takeshi taps his fingers on the table, excitement building. "Hey, do you want me to show you around? Give a tour of this place?"

Tsuna blinks. "I don't want to distract you. Everyone is very busy-"

"Not a problem!" Takeshi cries, standing. "Let's go, I'll show you how to play baseball!"

Takeshi grabs Tsuna and hustles him out of the shop. They climb down the ladder and start to make their way around the other side of the building.

"This is ridiculous!" Tsuyoshi shouts. "I'm trying to rebuild and you want to ransack my home for a Sun worshipper? What's your reason?"

Takeshi tries to backpedal, dragging Tsuna along by the back of the other's shirt but the Comsubin soldiers have already seen them peeking from around the corner.

"Are you a criminal?" Takeshi blurts out.

"No!" Tsuna squeaks.

"Then we probably shouldn't run," Takeshi reasons. "We'll just explain things to them."

Tsuna hesitates. And then runs.

Takeshi automatically runs away with him. "You said you weren't a criminal!"

"I'm not!" Tsuna squeaks. "Your God is the criminal! He stole my Sun!"

Takeshi laughs. "Oh, I'm sure it must be a misunderstanding."

Either way, Takeshi's dad said Tsuna was good, so that's more than enough for Takeshi. He grabs Tsuna's hand and starts weaving around houses to throw off the soldiers.