Who has the Compatibility for Marriage?!

A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update. Originally, this was gonna be the last chapter but I'm changing it up. And holy moly! Over 1,300 views :D I'm so happy.

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Part 5

"Hello, Decimo. My name is Nevrus."

Tsuna stared at this behemoth of a man before him with little concealed disdain. Roman Nevrus was a giant of a man at 190cm (~6'3") with stark white hair and dark blue eyes. He had the build of a bodybuilder with stocky arms and legs held together behind a too tight, black, cheap suit. Tsuna glanced down to see the dark splatter of old blood on the man's shoes and pulled back a lip in disgust.

"Pleasure, Nevrus. A shame you couldn't finish cleaning up in your haste to greet us," Tsuna's tone was scathing and his eyes met the older man's in a bland look laced with contempt. It was never a good sign when a man was attempting to impress him by not cleaning up after his 'activities' were finished. Tsuna hated those who valued bloodlust in their allies.

"My apologies, Decimo!" He boomed loudly in a roaring laugh. "I was in such a rush and I didn't want to keep you waiting," the man glared at Tsuna while keeping the rest of his face as pleasant as he could muster.

Tsuna was still sorely unimpressed and rolled his eyes. Nevrus was a small-time boss, his family was no larger than one hundred fifty members, so Tsuna felt no need for politeness nor pleasantness. He shrugged his shoulders and turned away to focus his attention on the old man seated on the velvet couch behind him. "Grandpa," Tsuna said greeting the current boss, the Vongola Nono Timoteo. "Shall we get started?"

Timoteo nodded and motioned for Tsuna to sit behind him. This time around, Tsuna would lead negotiations with Nono guiding him from the sidelines. Tsuna dipped his head and took a seat beside the elder and leaned back, draping his arms over the back - the perfect image of lazed uninterest. Tsuna could see Nevrus grind his teeth as he sat down, clearly offended by Tsuna's rude behavior.

'Oh well,' Tsuna thought with a tug on his lips. He pushed away the urge to smirked and sat up just a bit straighter. "So," he began while taking a drink from a glass of scotch set before him. "You wanted to join Vongola's conglomerate? Why?" Tsuna watched Nevrus as he sat forward with a smug look on his face.

"I'm hearing that Vongola Decimo is on the hunt for a wife and I have what you need, but I want something in return," Nevrus watched with satisfaction until Tsuna burst into laughter.

"You're kidding right?" Tsuna was trying his hardest to control his laughter but only succeeded in turning purple instead. When he finally managed to calm down, he saw that Nevrus was also turning purple, but from anger. "I'm sorry. I'm just surprised you thought you could maneuver this meeting with something so, so…" Tsuna was at a loss for words.

"Stupid," Gokudera and Yamamoto added simultaneously from behind him.

Tsuna snorted in agreement. "I have no need for a wife, I'm only just browsing the available selection. But if you want to offer up a young woman to keep me company, I don't mind at all. I will not, however, guarantee she will become my bride."

Nevrus looked as though his veins would pop out of his forehead. "Unfortunately, Decimo, my daughter is precious and in need of a good man at her side. I have heard you tend to treat your young women with quite the deference. And of course, I have other things I can offer Vongola, I just thought why not offer to knock out two birds with one stone?"

Tsuna wasn't going to admit it, but he was now more interested. "And what can you offer other than a pretty bride?" His tone was dripping with sarcasm.

Nevrus swallowed his retort and smiled tightly. "First of all, we have quite the foothold in…" Tsuna quickly tuned out the long list of redundant, and not so surprisingly, unneeded or unwanted assets and networks.

"Oh God, stop," Gokudera said with a groan. Nono chuckled from beside Tsuna. "I'm tempted to marry your daughter just to get you to shut up." Gokudera continued while Yamamoto turned with a hand pressed to his mouth to stop himself from laughing while Tsuna let out a chuckle.

"I'm going to tell you something I already knew when we came here," Tsuna said, sitting up and straightening his jacket. "You have absolutely nothing to tempt us with. So, unless your daughter is the most beautiful woman any man would have ever seen, I doubt we'll end this day with a deal." He got ready to rise from his seat when Nevrus shot to his feet, his fists balled and shaking.

"You disrespectful little-!" He never got to finish cause Gokudera and Yamamoto were at Neverus' side in the blink of an eye. Both men glared daggers at Nevrus, making him sweat as he slowly sat down. "I assure you, Decimo!" He pleaded. "If you would only take a moment to meet the girl?"

Tsuna sighed and looked to Nono. They held a quiet conversation for a moment before Tsuna sighed again, this time in defeat. "Alright, but call her quickly. I'm on a tight schedule."

Nevrus waved his arm at one of his men sending the man running from the room. In under a minute, there was a knock at the door and a young woman walked into the room. Tsuna nearly choked. And not in a good way.

The young woman that walked through the door was far from beautiful. And even further from what Tsuna thought any human should look. He felt as though her face should be censored from reality and never shown on camera for fear of traumatizing the population. Nevrus stood next to her with his shoulders thrown back and a look of pride on his face.
Gesturing to the young woman, Nevrus spoke with adoration. "This is my beautiful young daughter, Sheila, or Shelly as we call her."

Tsuna almost gagged but quickly composed himself and stood up. He caught Nono's eye and the old man turned a little green but nodded nonetheless. Tsuna walked to the pair standing by the door and bowed before taking the young woman's hand and kissing it lightly. He hadn't hated needing to use such manners before, but now he was at a new low.

"It's nice to meet you, Sheila," Tsuna said gruffly and straightened again. The young woman blushed at him profusely and he almost cringed at the effect it had on her face.

"The pleasure is all mine, Decimo," her voice was surprising. She sounded mature, her voice was sultry and melodic like a singer's and Tsuna blinked in surprise. Then the young woman laughed and he almost cried as her father joined in. "I'm sorry, you look so disturbed I can't keep this up!" She laughed again as her father blushed furiously at her when he finally saw her face.

"What is on your face?! You think this is a game, stupid girl?!" Nevrus was yelling at his daughter and looking at everyone in the room in a panic. "Get that off right now!"

The woman continued to laugh and slowly peel away what seemed to be some kind of rubber mask from her face. What Tsuna saw, was quite possibly the loveliest young woman he'd ever seen. She had the largest blue eyes and the darkest lashes and her smooth skin was pale with a bit of red tinting her cheeks from her laughter. White teeth were framed by pearly red lips and her face was framed by long curling black hair. Tsuna could see the slight texture of her make-up on her face with the occasional bump from a zit or two and the very slight smattering of freckles on her high cheekbones. Tsuna was so shocked and embarrassed he burst into laughter and soon everyone was laughing with the young pair. After a few moments, they calmed and sat back down.

"I'm so sorry about that, Decimo," Nevrus said while his daughter sat beside him with a gleeful smile on her face. Tsuna couldn't help but grin back at her.

"Don't worry about it, I enjoy the occasional prank," Tsuna replied, not taking his eyes off the beaming young woman across from him. "Though, I would appreciate it if you kept them out of business meetings."

Sheila blushed and nodded, looking down slightly ashamed. "I'm sorry, I like to joke when I'm nervous."

Tsuna nodded in understanding and leaned over to Nono. "Grandpa," Tsuna whispered and the old man nodded.

"Do what you think you should, Tsunayoshi," Nono said simply with a smile for the young man.

Sitting with his back Straight, Tsuna looked down his nose at Nevrus. "Be thankful this young woman put me back in a good mood. I'll allow the merger, but I still refused to take your daughter as my bride. I have only a handful of requests for you. Your family has nothing to offer our own - drugs, money, guns, women, we have it - but," he paused for effect and looked to nono for confirmation. When he received the old man's nod he looked back to the pair opposite and smiled. "You can do something for me. I need you to restructure your family."

Nevrus immediately blanched as his daughter tilted her head curiously at Tsuna. "Decimo," Nevrus said with a shake to his voice. "Why would you ask such a thing?"

Tsuna sat back with a warm smile. "You said it yourself, I treat others with unfounded deference. That is not something that extends just to women in my company, but to all whom I feel deserve it. I am not a man that basks in the pain of others, so I have no need for something other families could easily provide. But your family is still small and easy to maneuver so I want you to change your dealings. Instead of buying and selling guns, I want you to raid warehouses for victims of trafficking. Men and arms will be provided for you, should you agree. I also want you to take down opium dens and other centers of drug use and help with user recovery and rehab. Can you do it?"

Tsuna watched as the man before him thought deeply with a look of sincere confusion on his face. Nevrus hadn't expected this and was pleasantly surprised. Tsuna was sure Nevrus wanted him to take his daughter as his bride more than before after his little speech.

After Nevrus sat watching his daughter for a moment as she looked in wonderment at the young Decimo, he made his decision. Nodding to Nono and Tsuna he stood and extended his hand. "We have a deal then," Nevrus said with a small smile. "I look forward to working with you, Decimo."

Tsuna grinned and stood, taking Nevrus' hand and they shook once, firmly. Tsuna turned to Nono and nodded his approval. "We'll send someone over with the formal documents within the week. Take your time looking them over and we'll set up a meeting for revision and signing." Tsuna bowed and shook Nevrus's hand again before politely taking the young woman's hand and giving it another kiss. "Apologies for my earlier behavior, Miss. I hope we meet again."

She beamed at him with a blush furiously taking over her face and she pulled away before fanning herself. "I hope to meet with you again in the future as well. I'll pray for your safe travels home," She looked away shyly and clasped her hands tightly behind her.

Tsuna turned away from them and was led from the room by Nono's storm guardian, Coyote Nougat. At the cars, Tsuna held open the door for Nono before sliding in beside him. Coyote and Gokudera sat opposite them as the vehicle started up and slowly drove down the drive.

"That was very good, Tsunayoshi," Nono praised his heir enthusiastically. Tsuna blushed and unbuttoned his jacket.

"I did my best," Tsuna always tried to remain humble. He leaned back and sighed, having to play these games with other bosses tired him out every time. "That make-up though, what the hell kind of magical nightmare was that?" Tsuna looked at Gokudera who shrugged when he heard Yamamoto chuckle from the front passenger seat.

"That's costume make-up, like in the movies," Yamamoto passed his phone to Gokudera who passed it to Tsuna.

The image made Tsuna shriek like he was in middle school and coughed to cover it. "I-I see," he stuttered and returned the phone. "Never show me something like that again."

Yamamoto laughed but agreed as he stuffed his phone back in his pocket.

"It was quite the surprise," Nono agreed and smiled. "But I'm happy to see a young woman with a sense of humor. Don't you agree, Tsunayoshi?"

Tsuna nodded. "Yeah, and she was pretty too. But I don't know," he added after seeing a glint in Nono's eye. "I wouldn't mind seeing her again and getting to know her, but I'd rather not be romantically involved yet."

Nono nodded in understanding. "Very well, we might just arrange that for you."

Tsuna sighed while Gokudera winked at him with a smile. "Sure Grandpa, For you, anything." Nono shook his head knowing what Tsuna really meant and the rest of the ride home was quiet.

Tsuna threw himself across his bed. Exhaustion weighed heavily on his mind, but he felt no urge to sleep. Instead, he stared up at the ceiling and silently wished for his simple days as a middle school kid to return. He hadn't appreciated how easy life was back then and now he regretted not savoring it more. Sitting up, he looked across his room to a couple of shelves that held picture frames en mass. Walking over, Tsuna picked one up.

The photo showed him and all his friends in their last year of middle school wearing their winter uniforms. Lambo was running around with I-Pin making Tsuna stumble and the image showed him halfway through falling down. His face was comical as he visibly screamed in the image, the rest of the group laughing except Gokudera who was panicking as well. Tsuna smiled to himself, remembering the day fondly, it was only six months later that they found out they would all be moving to Italy.

Tsuna carried the photo to his bedside table and set it down facing the bed. He laid down and stared at the photo for a long time. Eventually, sleep began to take hold and he decided as he closed his eyes that he would gather his friends sometime before the ball to have a day together. No mafia, no responsibilities, no danger, or craziness and just have fun like they did when they were kids.

A/N: There is a very short clip of an older Tsuna speaking on youtube. Link is without spaces

www . youtube watch ?v= wRD0 32gA - wc

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