Disclaimer: I do not own KHR, it is owned by Amano Akira

OMAKE

Dino Cavallone

"Alright Dino, time to test your adaptability skills."

The blonde Cavallone boss slumped in his chair, because sometimes he really hated Reborn. Reborn was the world's greatest hitman, and he was probably on some genetic level inhuman, because he didn't believe in rest. Of course he would have another task for Dino ready, the moment he came home from facing off against a horde of poisonous snakes on a deserted island. The twenty year old murmured with tired eyes, "I thought we already did that when you dropped me in the desert last week?"

The beady eyed infant gave him a flat stare, before a small smirk made its way onto his face. "You got a 60 out of 100 for that assignment, Enzio fell into the oasis and demolished it."

"He was thirsty, and there was a huge gust of wind that pushed me," the blonde started at he stared at his teacher with disbelief. "That you created when you turned Leon into a fan!"

"So did you adapt to the sudden change in elements?"

"Well not exactly but-"

"Correct, you weren't able to do it. Thus you failed that assignment." There was no room for rebuttal as he continued, "so tomorrow we will be going to Japan and we'll add some depth to your next few tasks. We'll see how well you can adapt to a foreign country."

"Japan?" the twenty year old repeats. "Wait, TOMORROW?"

Blatantly ignoring his student Reborn loudly ponders, "There are quite a few dangerous and uncharted forests there, I wonder which one I should throw you into first?"

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The blonde doesn't know what to do about the loud drumming of his heart, doesn't know if this woman in front of him who is touching his face with wide eyes swimming in emotion can feel the hot blush spreading on his cheeks.

As a mafioso, you are never supposed to show your emotions on your sleeve, it makes it to easy to be taken advantage of in the dog eat dog world. But her soul is in her eyes as he watches dark brown orbs morph from anger to tenderness and yearning as she softly caresses his face.

In a single moment he was enraptured with her.

"Robert?"

The name sounds familiar but Dino doesn't process it quite yet, not until he reaches the hotel later in a daze as he thinks of how quickly she runs away from their encounter.

"Dino I have a new task for you."

"What is it Reborn?"

He's embarrassed as he continues to think about his friend's sister(if he was even allowed to call Akaya, who is a civilian, a friend). Had it been his fault that she had ran away? Had he been the reason her eyes had recoiled in misery and gone wet with tears as she sprinted home?

"I was going to save this for when we went back to Italy, but an excellent opportunity has presented itself."

This gets the young Cavallone heir's attention as he starts to get a feeling of dread, cold sweat starts to form as his clammy hand twitches. The last time Reborn said there was an "excellent opportunity" he had been faced against Poison Scorpion Biacnchi for the first time.

It had not ended well.

The smirk is back as the infant leans into his chair, "Mafia bosses should be able to understand hearts of women, it's necessary for the future. Since Harada's little sister is a Japanese woman with no connections to our world, if this goes horribly she can't go after you like the women in Italy."

The bucking bronco is red in the face and the hard drumming in his heart is back as he exclaimed, "Wait, just a second Reborn! I need to focus on training and the famiglia right now!" The blonde did not want to talk about how the idea was starting to give him butterflies to the point he felt like he might puke.

"That's what Shamal said about his research, and he turned out to be a perverted womanizer."

The young man groans and slumps in his chair, something he realizes he does often in Reborn's presence. It wasn't like Dino had zero experience with women, as the heir to the Cavallone famiglia he had several ladies fawning over him. He was a gentlemen, always opening doors and kissing hands, he had even danced with women at important events (and tripped several times)!

But he had never had to woo a female, a stranger, who made him feel like this!

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"Ciassou, Dino."

He yelps as Reborn kicks him in the face, and the cellphone goes flying.

It's sailing in the air, hit's the wall and splinters into pieces, a majority falling on the floor and some parts into the fish tank.

"Ah! Noo!" He wails at the seventh cellphone he's broken this month (It was May 6th).

The high pitched baby voice rings in his ears, as he glances weakly at Reborn. "I said that as a mafioso you had to be able to understand the ladies, not actually go out with her."

"That's -" he faltered, he didn't know where Reborn stood on this topic.

"You said this would be a good experience for me." Dino continued, "A test of skills!"

"Besides, she lives in Japan and is a civilian. Anyway you always told me I was doing this for," his mouth suddenly got dry as he forced out the next word, "practice."

"Hmm." Reborn stared at him, "I see."

The blonde is nursing the bruise on his face as he mumbles, "See what?"

"That you understand your relationship isn't feasible. Don't do anything that you're going to regret Dino."

Dino schools his face, expressionless and with a flat tone, because he is part of the mafia. He cannot be like her, cannot show emotion - weakness as he says, "I won't. I'll make sure of it."

Reborn brings his fedora down, a shadow casts over his eyes as he analyzes his student. At this point he is unsure if Dino is trying to convince him about the obvious lie, or himself.

They both already know it is too late.

AN: The first two snippets are from early chapters and the last snippet was about the video chat. At some point i'll write fluffy "date-but-not-a-date" scenes. The next "real" chapter will be up within maybe two weeks! As I continue to write I feel like Dino is turning into Tsuna, but hopefully I'll get a better grip of his character soon!