[RICOTTA]
Yui's father loudly scoffs aloud at his wife's comment before he irritably questions, "And just how long do you plan on staying this time?"
A pair of eyes instantly cut over in his direction before she coolly chides, "Last, I check my name is still on the deed so that's all that matters."
'Such a damn pain in the neck!' He ultimately grumbled about the young woman's unannounced presence and attitude that presently occupied his private office.
"Yui darling…" His mother quickly faces toward the young man that stands off to her side and inquiringly asks, "How long do you want me to stay with you?"
The silver haired male eventually faces his mother after he suddenly watches the door swing open before he provides his answer, "Forever,"
His genuine response earns a devious smirk on the woman's face, who then boldly faces the older man behind the desk to declare, "And there you have it, forever."
"Katsumi," Yui overhears his father's voice calls out to the blonde male that recently enters inside of the room and orders, "Please escort this hag around the mansion for the duration of her stay."
Katsumi then slightly bows at the waist while he confirms his willing participation to his new assignment with a, "Yes, sir,"
His eyes land on the heart shape face of a rather young woman with what appears as natural silver hair before he politely says, "Madam, if you will this way please."
A smirk stretches across her face when she glances over her shoulder and honestly declares, "You might need to learn a thing or two from Katsumi-kun."
"See you later mom," Yui cheerfully exclaims while he waves his mother off once she disappears behind the wooden double doors.
"Yui," His father eventually speaks up once the two of them were alone in his private study.
"I don't want you to tell your mother anything else about our famiglia business. Understood?" He sternly demands that his son no longer pass on information to his mother.
The silver haired male curiously tilts his head, exchange glances from the door to his father, deeply sighs, and solemnly avows, "Understood,"
Yui then dutifully departs from his father's study in order to leave him to tend famiglia business, which involves a lot of paper work.
His father casually leans back against his chair while he inwardly deems, 'I don't like her sudden arrival here. Something's off…'
[VONGOLA]
"I think it's time for me to retire for the night." Reborn suddenly mentioned after the tense conversation that he witnessed between the Tenth's wife and his right hand man
The husband and wife duo simultaneously glance in the man's direction and politely wish him a, "Good night, Reborn-san,"
"Are you alright?" Kyoko instantly poses once the former Arcobaleno departs from in front of them.
Tsuna releases a sigh, leans against his chair, faces his lovely wife, and replies, "I could really use a break right bow but there are some things that need to be completed within the hour."
"How about this...I'll bring it here since you are busy." She offers as a way to compromise since he looks close to death due to exhaustion.
A wide smile stretches across his face before he sincerely wonders, "What did I do to deserve you Kyoko-chan?"
The orange haired woman simply pauses in the middle of her stride, glances over her shoulders and jokingly quips, "It was your dying will."
Tsuna loudly chuckles at his wife's comment, which earns a genuine retort, "You're right."
[HARU]
A pair of chocolate brown eyes aimlessly wondered about the confines of the dungeon, which was now slightly illuminated from the late afternoon sun.
Her mysterious visitor from earlier constantly cycles through the brunette's mind as she inquiringly ruminates, 'Haru wonders who that woman was?'
She then shifts her position from on the floor to against the wall right before she deems, 'The pain is starting to fade away.'
Haru eyes continuously dilate due to the lack of expose light until she finally spots the ray of bright light through the hallway.
'Haru just wants to live again….' The brunette desperately wishes as the longing to be free expeditiously grow with each day that passes in the hell hole.
Haru then feels out for the wall so she can rest her back against something sturdy when she mentally concludes, 'Haru has to get the heck out of here or Haru will slowly rot away.'
'Why couldn't Haru have met Kyoko-chan earlier?'
She closes her eyes and mentally envisions all the potential places that her and the orange haired wife of the Tenth Vongola Boss could have met, 'Maybe we would have been high school best friends or even college roommates!'
A smile surfaces on her face as the images of school fades only to have the park replace the first image, 'I would've been able to go any and everywhere and meet new people.'
The brunette deeply sighs, leans her head against the uneven surface and contemplates, 'Too bad…it's all a pipe dream now.'
A "clank" breaks her out of her thoughts when she notices that the sentry delivers a tray of food and pushes it toward her with a wooden pole when they say, "Dinner".
Haru slowly crawls forward due to some sharp pains and dull aches in her body until she reaches the tray only to see a piece of bread and a cup of water.
She simply grabs the bread, breaks it in half, places one end in her mouth while she gloomily considers, 'Is there a reason why Haru was born?'
'If so Haru would love to know for why.'
[VONGOLA]
Lambo eventually awoke from his daily afternoon nap just in time to hear his stomach loudly and painfully growls from hunger.
His eyes then locate and read the red numbers present on his digital clock's face when he mentally notes, 'I think Kyoko-chan should be finished with dinner by now.'
He then physically slings his legs from on top of his bed, slips his feet in his cow print slippers, and ventures toward the kitchen.
The teen drowsily trudges inside of the kitchen only to spot the 10th Rain Guardian, Yamamoto Takeshi, at the long wooden table with a bag full of bentos from his family restaurant.
"Good afternoon," The spiky black haired male politely greets the teen upon entrance only to see him physically wave at the older man and stifle a yawn with the other hand.
"How long have you been here?" He curiously poses to the Bovine teen, who then eagerly searches through the large refrigerator to find some food.
"Not long, I decided to join a club since I spend way too much time around you old fogies." Lambo sincerely answers right before his eyes finally catch sight of trays with saran wrap over them.
'Good…he broke the ice on the subject.' The older male inwardly thinks when he purposely follows up with, "Speaking of clubs, how's school going?"
The Bovine teen physically secures a plate, happily heads over to the table and lazily plops down in the seat to enjoy his meal.
"You know…annoying teachers trying to figure out why I'm barely at school." Lambo attempts to downplay the actual reason before he reaches over to secure a pair of chopsticks from a cup.
Takeshi quirks an eyebrow at his comment when he challenges, "You know if you miss so many days in a class they would recommend you to a Cram School in order to make up the classes you miss to graduate."
He closely observes the teen physically tweak at the words "Cram School" once it slips from the Rain Guardian's mouth.
Lambo nervously exchange glances from the door and then on to Takeshi before he softly whispers, "Did I-pin tell you about my teacher forcing me to attend a Cram School?"
As the raven haired male opens his mouth to speak, the kitchen door unexpectedly flies open to reveal an irate Hayato Gokudera.
'Bad timing,' He inwardly grumbles at the sight of his fellow companion, the 10th Storm Guardian and Tsuna-san right hand man, that presently stands at the kitchen door.
The silver haired male angrily stormed over, roughly grabbed the Bovine teen by his collar, and forced him to directly stare in his face.
"Why in the bloody hell are you in a damn Cram School?" He angrily yells while he shakes the teen within his grasp.
"I haven't been in school because of famiglia stuff." Lambo simply answers once he was stable enough to provide a verbal response to the question.
Hayato roughly shakes him again before he jabs his index finger in his chest while he irately threatens, "Don't you dare sullen the famiglia name! You just don't want to handle your business like a man should."
The Bovine teen rolls his eyes before he provides an explanation to his situation, "I was preparing for the upcoming Inheritance Ceremony, which was taking up most of my time."
"You're spewing out excuses, you stupid cow! Judaime would be equally upset as I am if he heard you passed on your studies!" The silver haired male yells at the teen, who visibly rolls his eyes at him.
"Why are you even in my face yelling?!" The teenager angrily snaps at the older man before he speedily follows up with, "It's not like your my father or anything Bakadera!"
A tense quietness instantly develops in the kitchen as the lone witness to the spectacle eventually breaks the silence with, "Lambo-san,"
Hayato merely drops the teen back in the seat, dusts his hands off and gravely declares, "You're right. You're so right. I may not be your biological father but that doesn't mean that I don't care about your well-being."
A "whatever" escapes from the Bovine teen, who merely scoops up his plate and heads to his room.
"Ah Lambo-kun, how are you?" Kyoko cordially questions once she spots the young man emerge from the kitchen with a bento in his hand.
Shockingly, the young man did not provide an immediate response to the question since he was distracted by his rage.
'I wonder what's wrong with him?' The orange haired woman inwardly ponders when she unexpectedly overhears a masculine voice grumbles, "Stupid cow!"
"Maa, Maa, Gokudera-san, don't you think you should have addressed that a bit better?" Takashi was calmly speaking with his palms toward his friend as a gesture of being understanding.
"Did something happen?" A feminine voice inquiringly poses once she enters inside of the kitchen to see Takeshi and Hayato in the midst of what she assumes was an argument.
The black haired male simply greets the woman with, "Hi, Kyoko-chan," and a smile on his face.
Her eyes take in the scene around her, which prompts the following question of, "What happened?"
"Well I-pin told me that Lambo-san was enrolled in a Cram School because he missed too many days in school due to the Inheritance Ceremony." Takeshi revealed to the orange haired woman how the argument started.
"That's not good." Kyoko honestly admits before she follows up with, "Tsu-kun would be extremely disappointed if he heard that was the reason why."
Hayato physically rolls his eyes while he deliberately huffs out, "Just like how your friendship is with that stupid woman from the Ricotta Famiglia?"
Her eyes instantly cut in that direction when she dutifully reminds him, "I thought we already discussed that earlier with Tsu-kun."
"Oh yeah that's right," The green eyed male speaks up before he faces Takeshi and reveals, "You're going to go with her the next time."
Takeshi slightly tilts his head in confusion, which leads to his inquiry of, "Go where?"
The silver haired male merely shakes his head while he discloses with a gesture of his hand, "She plans to have an active friendship with that woman."
"I see." He ultimately utters to himself since he faintly recalls the image of the "stupid" woman that he mentions in their conversation.
"I'm telling you…something's not right with the family." Hayato adamantly declares prior to his departure from the kitchen.