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"Something seems to be bothering you, Reborn."

Narumi could only pressed her lips into a frown as her blue eyes darted to Reborn. Ever since she came back from her phone call with Tsuna, he had been nothing but like a silent cloud. It was strange. It was odd. It was not like him because he always had something to say, except her friend only talked whenever Fon directed him a question.

Even now as the two of them walked through the silent streets of Namimori, her friend had made no comment to her. What the hell did those two talk while I was away? Things between them felt strange. Her palms moistened and her throat tightened as Reborn stopped in his steps. He twisted his head around and a little smirk played on his lips.

He might be smirking but Narumi knew from both lifetimes when a smirk was genuine and when it was fake. The smirk on Reborn's face did nothing to her except made her stomach jolt with worry. What the hell happened? Fon seemed like a genuinely nice guy and the two men chatted like old friends…so what changed?

"I'm fine," Reborn answered. His tone leaked with false happiness and his black eyes gleamed with amusement but Narumi stared at him with raised eyebrows. The older male did not falter but that little tightness of his jaw told her that he was lying to her. "I had fun with you and Fon, even though you spent most of the time talking to him about Hibari and Lambo."

Narumi stopped in her tracks and knitted her eyebrows together into a single line. Wait a second…was her ear playing tricks on her again? No, she could definitely feel the jealously coming out of him in waves. But why was he jealous? He knew she was going to talk about Hibari to Fon. That was the whole point of the whole meeting between them.

So why the hell was he acting like a 12-year-old Sakura-chan whenever Sasuke used to give in to her whims on having ramen? Maybe, I'm overthinking things. She bobbed her head and stared at Reborn. She could see him staring at her bright, blond hair before moving down to her eyes and then landing on her lips.

It wouldn't be wrong of her to confirm it, right?

"Is someone a little jealous that their fake girlfriend isn't paying attention to them?" Narumi asked, quirking her lips into a smile and clapping her hands behind her back. She leaned her body forward and the smile on her lips widened when the black-haired man spluttered at her words. That was funny and kinda cute.

She had never seen her friend act like this before and it was kind of doing weird things to her stomach. Maybe it is the food. Narumi chewed on the inner corner of her cheek and nodded. Yeah, the food had been a little bit spicy and spicy food could do some weird shit to the stomach or so Sakura-chan would explain to her.

"I don't get jealous," Reborn retorted.

Narumi smiled even wider. "Really? Then why are you pouting over the fact I talked to Fon more than you?"

The male froze and the scowl on his face deepened at the mention of Fon. Yeah, I'm definitely feeling that jealously vibe from him. She hummed and rubbed her jaws as the man stalked towards her. His black eyes gleamed with mischief and the whiskered woman felt her whole body shiver with dread of what the man planned to do.

"Tell me Amore, why would I be jealous?" Reborn asked, leaning down till they were at eyelevel. His black eyes fixated on her eyes as the scent of his salty breath tickled her mouth. I forget how dangerous he is. Not physically but the man could do funny things to her heart and stomach. "Men are jealous of me because I keep having beautiful women as both my girlfriends and fake girlfriend."

Her cheeks burned at the implication of his words and Narumi felt her throat drying up. Why the hell does he keep implying that I'm beautiful? Blue eyes widened when the man tilted her jaw upwards and the whiskered woman gulped. Was he going to kiss her even though there was no one here? No, he would never break the terms of their contract.

"Maybe you think they are better than you in bed! I mean your kissing skills are rather average," Narumi retorted, tearing her head away from him. That is a big fat lie. She complimented his kisses earlier but his eyes looked weird and her stomach acted even more weird, the longer he looked at her. Blue eyes widened when the man pulled her face back to look at him. "What?"

"Average?" Reborn asked, stroking her jawline. Narumi gulped and kept her expression steady as black eyes darkened at her words. If he kissed her without anyone watching then this was breaking the contract. She would be free if he did that and that would mean she would be free to smack him. "You are the first woman to claim my kissing is average but let me tell you that every woman I have been, tells me that I'm a wonderful lover."

"Maybe because they know it will hurt your ego," Narumi retorted. She tore her eyes away from him and tried to stop herself from flushing a bright shade of red as Reborn smirked at her. I feel like a little fox that is going to be gobbled up by her predator. Her whole body shivered from the darkened black eyes.

She cleared her throat and smoothed the lines of her clothes as her eyes stared back at Reborn. Black eyes darted down at her pink lips and she darted her tongue out. Was there food on her lips? Nope. There was only that strawberry lip-gloss Nana made her wear and bring to restaurant. Bubbles of nervous laughter flooded into her system as Reborn lowered his head down.

"I will have you know that I'm a very generous lover and I'm more than happy to prove it to you," Reborn whispered, curling his lips into a smirk. Narumi blinked and blinked as black eyes stared down at her plump lips. Her lips parted as various images came to her mind. Did he just imply he was that kind of man? Wait. Did he just imply he wanted to show her what fucking him would feel like?

The widened smirk on his face told her that she was not imagining things.

"Reborn!" She screeched. "I don't need to know about your sex life and I'm definitely happy to decline your offer! If I'm going to sleep with someone then it will definitely not be with you!"

He smiled even wider. "Why not? I could show you so much pleasure."

"Yeah but you would also give me STD and I ain't risking my first time for that," Narumi retorted. Reborn rolled his eyes and chuckled while the blond-haired woman allowed her lips to twitch into a wide smile before looking up at the evening sky. He probably did all of that so I don't ask him what was wrong. Jealously wasn't the reason for his bad mood but she didn't know what the two men talked about to cause his bad mood.

She inhaled and exhaled before looking down at her phone. I guess if he doesn't want to tell me what is the reason for his bad mood then it was fine. Narumi nodded and wrapped her hands over her head. It was not like they were married couple that needed to tell each other everything. They were friends and friends could keep secrets from each other.

I mean I can't ever tell him I'm a reincarnated soul or that I think the Primo is the reincarnation of my Father. She let out a small yawn and shook her head. That would be such a weird conversation and no matter how weird Reborn was, she doubt that the man would believe the words coming out of her mouth. God, if he knew that she was an actually a 41-year-old virgin then she would never hear the end of it from him.

"So what did Tsuna call you about?" Narumi blinked and tilted her head at Reborn. The older male tilted his hat downwards and had his hands inside of his pocket as his gaze locked on the couple passing by them. The woman's golden ring twinkled in the night sky and the blond-haired woman sighed as memories of the past flooded her mind. "Does he have a problem with dealing with Lambo?"

"Are you concerned about Lambo?" She raised a single eyebrow and stared at the older male with blinking eyes. "What the hell happened? Is the world going to end because you hate—"

"—I never said I hate Lambo," Reborn argued, raising his hands up.

Narumi snorted. "You once tossed him out of the room and he came brawling to me about how much of a meanie you are."

"Yes but only because he interfere with Tsuna's learning! I tried to tell him to go out the nice way but he only ignored me," he defended himself. The blonde rolled her eyes and quirked her lips slightly as black eyes looked back at her. This was different. They never really talked like this or rather Narumi suspected that the male would never allow himself to act like this in front of other people.

Not even when they were interacting with Fon, did he act like this. He always wants to be in control. She could understand that desire. There were certain things that were out of their control. The fact she had been reincarnated meant that Sasuke was probably out there too. They had always been two peas from the same pod or whatever the saying was.

Just like how she had Ashura Chakra reincarnated in her, there had to be someone out there with Indra Chakra and that person would most probably also be Sasuke's reincarnation too. Maybe this life time we can properly be like siblings. She quirked her lips into a smile and glanced at Reborn, who still eyed her with curiosity.

"I think I'm going to take a break soon so that Tsuna could recover from taking care of Lambo," Narumi informed Reborn. The black-eyed man blinked and tilted his hat upwards as her blue eyes fixated on the moon that loomed over them. "I haven't been spending enough time with Lambo and that is probably why he has been tossing so many grenades and throwing so many hissy fits to Tsuna."

It was a good thing that vacation was nearby because it would have been hard for her to take Lambo anywhere with her work.

Not once did Narumi noticed the thoughtful look on Reborn's face.


"Why are you in my room, Reborn?"

Narumi rubbed her hair against her towel as her eyes fixated on the sight of Reborn sitting on her bed. Does he want to know how Tsuna did in his exam? Her friend did have the habit of nagging her into telling her cousin's score but he also had the habit of taking said test paper without permission. A quick glance to her bag told her that this hadn't been the case and that only made her frown.

Reborn cleared his throat and patted the seat right beside him. What the hell is he up to? Was he going to prank her? No. He would know better than to do that. If the bastard even thought of tricking her then she was going to kick him out of her room. Except she had never seen him hide his hands before or see him not give her a cocky smirk.

"I got a gift for you," Reborn answered. Narumi blinked and knitted her eyebrows together as the older male slid an envelope to her. Gift? Was this really Reborn? The same man who made it his life mission of either seeing her get flustered like a little school girl or annoy her like one of those kindergarten kids.

She looked down at the envelope and took in a deep breath. "Why are you giving me a gift? I know you know that my birthday isn't for another couple of months so why are you giving me a gift from out of nowhere?"

I just don't understand why he went from being a pain in the ass this morning to being so strangely considerate now. She nibbled her bottom lip and ripped open the envelope as she waited for the older male to explain himself to her. Mafialand. That was what the tickets told her and judging from the bright colors of the ticket, she guessed Mafialand was probably an amusement park.

There were two tickets so did that mean he wanted them to go on a date? No. Impossible. Reborn was not the type of man she would ever date, not when he was more likely to leave her the moment that things got serious. I know what kind of man he is. He was the type of man that Jiraiya would always warn her about when they had been doing their training trip.

"You have been dealing with so much stress because of Bianchi and me," Reborn answered. Narumi nodded and stared down at the ticket before flickering her eyes at him. The hitman removed his hat from his head and locked his gaze on her. "You said that you wanted to spend time with Lambo and the little brat would probably be happy to go to the best amusement park in the world."

Narumi blinked and stared down at the tickets. He did this because of what I told him? That was sweet of him. It was nice of him to be this thoughtful to them but it felt way too nice and out-of-character for the man to do this. She exhaled and licked her chapped lips before glancing back at the quiet man. "And are you going to be there?"

"Well I want to train Tsuna over there with an old friend so yes," he replied. Narumi poked her tongue against her cheek and felt her eyebrows twitched slightly. So I won't be having a break from you? He might be acting nice but her stomach had been feeling weird for the last couple of months, which meant she probably needed a break from him. "But you will barely see me and Tsuna."

"Yeah and I'm a 100-year-old woman," Narumi retorted.

Reborn curled his lips into a smirk. "If you were a 100-year-old woman then you look absolutely delicious."

"Wow, not even an old lady is safe from you." The man only smirked even wider as the whiskered woman looked away from him with burning red cheeks. Is it possible that I have a heart disease and not know about it? Maybe she should go to the doctor as well. Her heart was doing weird flips with that smirk coming out of Reborn's lips. She shook her head. "But seriously, how am I going to have a break if you are there?"

"You and Lambo are going to go to the amusement park and hotel," Reborn answered. He frowned and eyed her wet, blond-hair before moving down to the water droplet that was now making its way down her bathrobe. "Tsuna will be training just outside of there and since you are practically a mama bear—"

"—Am not!" She pouted.

Reborn snorted. "Amore, you are practically the reason why Tsuna tries to do well in school and you will punch me again if I made him sleep outside while I stay inside the comforts of a hotel."

I will kick you outside the damn hotel if you do that. She scowled and folded her arms against her chest as Reborn offered her a little amused smirk. What the hell did he find funny about what he just said? A punch wasn't the only thing she would do to him if he had gone through what he planned to do. She exhaled and looked down at the tickets.

Well she couldn't punch him because of what he just offered her, Lambo and Tsuna. I mean this is the nicest thing a person has ever done for me, both as Narumi and Naruto. No one would have gone that far to give her free tickets for an amusement park and since he talked about a hotel, she guessed he was also paying for the hotel too.

The blonde poked her tongue against her cheek and leaned forward until her hand touched his forehead. "You don't seem sick so mind telling me where is the real Reborn? He is never this sweet to me."

"He got replaced with an android," Reborn retorted, flickering her forehead before tapping her small nose. Narumi blinked and blinked as her blue eyes took in the twinkling black eyes of her friend. You know his eyes looks a little bit browner with those lights, not the same black eyes that the Uchiha clan was known for. Could really dark brown eyes be mistaken for black? Now that was something she had never thought of. "But yes, I can be nice and sweet."

It sounded almost like a little pout in her ears and the whiskered woman felt her lips curled into a smile. I kind of like seeing him like this…he seems even more childish and less a pain in the neck. She could definitely see why he might have gotten a girlfriend if he had this kind of behaviour. This kind of behaviour would make someone boyfriend material or whatever criteria Ino and Sakura would have for the men in their village.

She never understood their criteria.

The smile on her lips widened and without a second thought, Narumi hugged Reborn. Hard lines pressed against her, hinting to her that despite his figure that her friend did have some muscles underneath his suit. The bitter scent of coffee tickled her nostrils and for the first time since she met Reborn, the scent didn't make her want to gag.

"You are getting better with being a fake boyfriend," Narumi hummed as Reborn wrapped his arms around her. Warmth filled her whole system, bringing a shiver of pleasure down her spine as it reminded her of the fact that she liked being touched. She was always hungry for touch and that was probably why she hugged him even tighter when he returned the hug. "You now went from a 1 to a 5 in the 10-scale."

Reborn snorted and looked down at her. "Oh? And what do I have to do to go higher?"

"Probably act less like an ass," Narumi said sweetly, smiling at him. Her friend snorted and combed through her wet hair, detangling any tangles that she probably could not detangled. "Be nicer to Lambo, definitely don't try to kill my cousin and oh probably don't talk about how delicious I am because 1: I ain't a meal and 2: I'm not that pretty so you don't need to lie to me."

Reborn raised a single eyebrow before pressing their foreheads together. Why does he look confused by my words? She gulped down a lump forming inside of her throat as black eyes continued to trace her. It was almost like he was trying to draw an image of her in his mind, which was weird. Why would he want to draw her? They weren't going anywhere.

"And why don't you think you are delectable?" Reborn whispered. Goosebumps formed in her arms as black eyes continued to lock gaze with her, looking at her like he wanted to throw her on the bed and do things that would make her feel whatever the word going through his head. I am trying to convince myself. Her mind played tricks on her before.

She cleared her throat and allowed her hands to wander up to his hair. I can do that while I think, can't I? It was harmless and she needed to do something that could explain everything to him. There was no way she could talk about her childhood in Konoha while her childhood in Namimori had been amazing.

Every single adult in Namimori had called her second body an angel when it had been in the toddler stage of growth.

"Guys don't go for girls like me," Narumi finally answered. She offered him a little rueful smile as memories of Ami and Emiko alongside a few other girls flashed before her eyes. "You aren't the first man to find me desirable and there are a lot of people that consider me pretty, but growing up…I have been told by the other girls that men don't go for me."

Reborn snorted and cradled her head. His black eyes locked on her and the raised eyebrows told her that the man found her words to be weird. In Konoha, I would have been considered a dirty little secret while here men want me because I have some foregin blood mix in me. It was a bitter pill for her to swallow but she accepted it.

"You are very much a desirable woman," Reborn informed her. His hands caressed her jawline and the male lowered his head slightly. Narumi could feel her heart pounding against her chest and a little voice inside of her screamed at her to move, but she was transfixed by those black eyes. She wanted to hear what the man had to say. "And I wouldn't kiss you if I didn't find you desirable."

"You will kiss anything as long as they have boobs and an ass," Narumi retorted with a snort.

The man did not smile at her words and only lowered his head even more. Five centimeters. That was how close his lips were from her own and maybe it was time for her to move away. If they continued like this then they were going to break that contract. They couldn't break the contract. Their whole relationship rested on the contract.

"Do you think I have low standards?" Reborn whispered as his finger moved up to trace her bottom lip. Narumi felt her whole body shudder from the contract. Move. Her body refused to do the command from her mind. They seemed more engrossed with the molten desire leaking out of her friend. "I kiss beautiful women and Sawada Narumi, you are probably one of the most beautiful women that I have ever seen."

Fireworks exploded inside of her head when Reborn pressed his lips against her. The bitter scent of coffee tickled her nostrils and brought a tiny cloud around her mind. This feels different. He was pressing his lips against her like he wanted to taste her, like he wanted to show her that she was everything that he just said. She knew from his lips that he desired her.

He pulled her in even more and Narumi placed her legs on either side of him. Grunts and moans erupted but Narumi didn't know who caused it. Was she the one grunting? Or was Reborn the one moaning? It was difficult to tell. She knew this was wrong but there was so much passion. The springtime of Youth as Lee and Gai would say. His tongue rubbed against her own, tasting her mouth and made her whole vision go blur.

She whined when he pulled back from her and the whiskered woman stared up at the wide-black eyes of Reborn.

"That kiss isn't done from a man with average skill."

Narumi could only watch Reborn walk away as her hand touched her lips. Her mind did not register the fact that his tone hadn't been cocky or the fact that he faltered with those words.

It took her only an hour to realize that this was the first time Reborn kissed her in private.


A/N: Please do tell me of your thoughts on this chapter and tell me what do you think was going through Reborn's mind.