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"Jūdaime's cousin is coming to visit?" Gokudera-kun's green eyes just about popped out of his head.

Tsuna winced as Yamamoto smacked him heartily on the back, grinning widely. "Ahaha, I didn't know you had a cousin, Tsuna!"

"I didn't either, until recently," he admitted, ignoring his right-hand man's seething about Yamamoto's casual physical contact. They were on their way to school, and Tsuna was filling his friends in on cousin Tetsuya. "Apparently Mama hasn't had contact with her sister for years, because Nazuna-ba-san doesn't like my father." Not that he blamed her. It was unfair that she was punishing Nana just because she married an idiot, but Tsuna completely understood why his aunt didn't want to be around Iemitsu. From the sounds of things, Nazuna was the total opposite of her younger sister.

Yamamoto and Gokudera-kun both looked like they had no idea what to do with that information. Tsuna didn't really mind; he didn't either. He felt sorry for his mother, who loved her family with everything she was, but at least she was happier now. Cousin Tetsuya had made her happier, and honestly, Tsuna didn't really care about the rest. Nazuna-ba-chan would either come around or she wouldn't, but between Tetsuya and Tsuna's newfound determination, Nana would never be anything less than absolutely, perfectly content.

"Dame-Tsuna."

"HIIEEE-" Tsuna's shriek was cut off by a pistol whip to the head. "Reborn!" He complained to the baby hitman who had suddenly appeared on Yamamoto's shoulder. "What are you doing here? And what was that for?!"

Yamamoto laughed. "That's pretty cool, kid! You should teach me how to do it too!"

"Baseball-Idiot! Don't bother Reborn-san with such things! As if an idiot like you could manage to learn a technique like that!" Gokudera-kun raged, glaring at the grinning boy. Tsuna, long-suffering expression fixed on his face, could only ignore his friends as they (loudly) continued on ahead, with Reborn hopping back to sit in Tsuna's hair. "A mafia Boss always has control over their subordinates, Dame-Tsuna." He said pointedly, yanking on a fistful of the brunet strands.

"They're my friends, Reborn! And I'm not going to be a mafia Boss!" Deny, deny, deny. Maybe his (deep) subconscious had accepted his fate, but Tsuna would probably still be fighting it right up until he was officially named Decimo.

Reborn didn't seem to care about his protests (not that he ever had before, anyway). "Your cousin is coming this evening, Tsuna." He said it as though Tsuna didn't already know. "As the next Vongola Don, you need to make a good impression on new members of the Family."

Tsuna pretended he didn't hear the capitalisation that meant Reborn wasn't talking about any kind of normal family. He was too busy being concerned about his tutor's idea of a good impression.

Seated on a train heading to Namimori, pressed up close to the person she admired most in the world, Momoi Satsuki wondered if she had ever been so content with life. Tetsu-kun had allowed her to rest her head on his shoulder for almost the entire ride, and even let her link their arms together, snuggling right into his side. Tetsu-kun really was the perfect gentleman, and Satsuki would continue to announce her claim on him until he either accepted it, or outright denied it.

Because as much as Satsuki knew that right now, Tetsu-kun didn't have the same feelings for her as she did for him, he did actually love her very dearly, in his own way. He saw her, just as she was one of the few who clearly saw him, and one day, that might pay off. If he happened to find someone else in the meantime, well.

She would either let him go, or she would get rid of the competition. It was as simple as that.

"Momoi-san is thinking scary thoughts again." Her companion's dry voice had Satsuki blinking up at him innocently, heart shuddering with the knowledge that he knew her so well.

"It's okay, Tetsu-kun," she replied, smiling brightly. "It doesn't matter yet."

"Yet?"

"Mm-hm. Yet."

He sighed, and she giggled. "Are you excited, Tetsu-kun? We're almost there." Satsuki herself was rather looking forward to their arrival; she had found a lot of interesting things during her dig for information that she couldn't wait to ascertain for herself.

Tetsu-kun nodded. "I am very grateful to Momoi-san, for finding them. Kaa-san rarely mentions her sister, when she's home. I would never have been able to meet them without you."

Satsuki's heart fluttered. She couldn't help squishing closer, warmth rushing through her veins. "I'm happy that Tetsu-kun is happy," she hummed quietly. "And I'm glad that I was able to help."

Not least because in helping to bring Tetsu-kun and his family together, Satsuki also got the chance to be close to him. Two birds with one stone, she thought with great satisfaction.

A thought cut through her happy haze, lightning quick. Pouting at her own brain for interrupting, Satsuki sat up properly, in order to meet Tetsu-kun's blankly inquisitive eyes. "Does Tetsu-kun remember what I told him before we left?" She asked.

Recognition passed over his face. The sense of a smile formed on his mouth, and Satsuki sighed, returning her head to his shoulder. Even before he spoke, she knew what he was going to say. "Momoi-san is very scary, the way she gets her information." Tetsu-kun deadpanned. Satsuki giggled again, and waited for the rest. "But I have not forgotten. I will be very careful during our stay here."

Satsuki hid a small grin, knowing it would only exasperate him. This weekend was going to be so much fun.

AN: As always, thoughts welcome!

- Kelly

PS. Omggggg, I forgot the recs again. Got two more for ya, they're such an interesting read, that my first thought at the end of each of them was that I had to put them in here (and then I forgot, whoops). First one is (and maybe) we are by esquitor, along with the assorted other fics that go along with it. There's so much worldbuilding, it's so freaking amazing. Second one is Dioscuri by lalunaticscribe, and the sequel that goes with it. One of the BEST twin!fics I've ever read. Highly encourage you all to check them out :).