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Despite Tsuna's fears, he wasn't immediately forced to integrate his new cousin into the Vongola. In fact, aside from making sure that Tsuna sent regular letters (and then stealing them to- well, Tsuna wasn't actually sure what his tutor was doing with them. He wouldn't be surprised if it was just nosiness), Reborn hardly even acknowledged the fact that Kuroko Tetsuya existed.

It was nice, Tsuna had to admit, having somebody to talk to outside of his mafia-associated circle. Although he loved each and every single one of his friends, and had come to accept all of their quirks, they could be a bit overwhelming. Cousin Tetsuya was like an occasional breath of fresh air.

Nana seemed pretty taken with him too; she and Tsuna each continued to exchange letters with their newfound family member, and Tetsuya always responded with separate letters for both of them. It never failed to make Nana giggle, her face lighting up in a way that it rarely did when Iemitsu wasn't around. Tsuna felt a bit guilty about that; he never seemed to pay his mamma the amount of attention that she deserved (he privately vowed to change that; Tsuna refused to be anything like his useless father, but especially when it came to neglecting Nana).

Still, Tsuna was taken quite by surprise when Nana suggested inviting Tetsuya over to stay one weekend.

"Hiiieee?!" The questioning shriek escaped Tsuna's lips entirely by accident. It wasn't that he didn't want to meet his cousin; in fact, Tsuna was actually kinda excited by the thought. No, it was more the fact that Nana was suggesting that Tetsuya come here. To his house. Where Reborn was.

He shuddered.

"Stop screeching, Dame-Tsuna."

Great. Speak of the Devil, and he shall arrive.

"I heard that."

"Hiiieee!"

A sharp tap to his skull forced Tsuna to hastily muffle himself, for fear of Reborn doing something even worse to make him shut up. Like shoot him.

"So your cousin will be coming to visit, will he?" Reborn hopped onto the table, Leon once again a perfectly innocent chameleon. "I'm looking forward to meeting him."

That was what Tsuna was afraid of.

"Tetsu-kun! It's so good to hear from you!"

Momoi Satsuki's voice was as cheerful as ever, Kuroko Tetsuya thought fondly. He was glad that they could be friends again properly.

Especially when Momoi was the one who had found his aunt and cousin.

"Hello, Momoi-san," he greeted her. "I have a question to ask you." Tetsuya regretted the phrasing almost immediately; he heard Momoi's quick, indrawn breath and felt awful. He was calling her to go somewhere with him, but not quite in the way she was thinking (hoping).

"What is it, Tetsu-kun?" The buried hope in her voice made Tetsuya's insides writhe guiltily.

He sighed inaudibly, thinking that he should just get it over with; he didn't want to lead her on. "My aunt, in Namimori, has invited me to stay with them for a weekend sometime soon. She offered to let me bring a friend, and I was wondering if you would like to accompany me. Momoi-san is, after all, the one who brought us together."

And he was very grateful to her for it (although he carefully did not question exactly what she was researching when she found that information).

Momoi squealed. Tetsuya, holding the phone away from his ear, was very glad for the image he had of her pretty face lighting up. It made his stomach feel a little less leaden.

"Of course I'll come with you, Tetsu-kun! I would love to meet your family!" She didn't sound disappointed in the least, which further eased Tetsuya's conscience. "I'll probably have to give your aunt's number to my parents though, if that's okay?"

After Tetsuya had assured Momoi that it would be fine with Nana, he promised to be in touch with more details later and hung up. All that was left to do now was sort those details out with his aunt; neither his parents nor his grandmother were currently home, and so there was nobody who needed to know that Tetsuya would be leaving for a few days.

It didn't even occur to him to inform his teammates or other friends.

AN: Short and sweet again :). I'm honestly not sure that chapter lengths will get longer, or if this will end up being some sort of drabble series thing. Either way, I'm still not going to promise updating schedules, coz I suck at keeping them. As always, your thoughts are welcome!

- Kelly

P.S - Since I gave a couple recs in the first chapter, I figured I would do the same for every one. So another couple that I absolutely love are Does Your Amber Heart Bleed Purple Gold by Adel Mortescryche and Vigilante Tendency by Kyogre. They're both so captivating in different ways, definitely worth the read.