Lie no. 81:

It was early in the morning when Tsuna and his friends were ushered into the Black household by Harry as they waited for Rosa to come down so they could walk to school together. The older man greeted them kindly and began to apologise for the delay when, suddenly, a loud alarm went off. Then another one. Then a large explosion.

"W-what was that?" Tsuna asked in fear
"That was Rosa's second set of alarm clocks not working," the man told them
"VOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIII!"
"And that would be?" Gokudera inquired
"Rosa's third alarm clock. It, also, seems to have failed."

Lie no. 82:

Rosa sat in her English lesson with her head leaning against her palm. She had zoned out a long time ago and was staring blankly at the board at the front as the teacher wrote on it. Every few seconds her stomach would rumble, which would be followed by a dejected sigh from the young girl."Who's snoring in my lesson?!" the teacher roared. Giving yet another dejected sigh, she raised her hand.

"Teacher it's not snoring. The correct english word would be hungry. Do you mean to tell me that the school prohibits stomach-growling?" she asked
"No, I doubt you'll find a single school in the world with that rule. But it's disturbing the lesson, so do something about it."
"Is that permission to eat?"
"More like a tacit decision..."

Whooping, Rosa leaned over to her bag that rested on the floor and shuffled through it, only to pause and raise her hand again.

"What now, Black?"
"I was running late this morning and it seems I forgot to pack my lunch this morning!" she grinned, to which Yamamoto laughed, Tsuna smiled wearily (how did this kid get used to their madness?) and Gokudera dropped his head on his table with a resound 'bang'.

Lie no. 83:

She was grateful that Gokudera was nice enough to share his lunch with her (might because she promised to pay him back and Tsuna was the one who asked). The four of them sat on the roof as they waited for time to pass until their next lesson, talking about nonsense.

Somehow their conversation had started at pudding flavours then had somehow devolved into explosions. Harry had always said she would have made an outstanding arsonist if she had been bothered to give it a try and/or had learnt to start fires instead of muay thai (speaking of, she should go back to learning that).

It was nice having friends (y'know, friends that aren't her brother's boyfriend, or said boyfriend's psychotic teenage co-worker).

Lie no. 84:

It was that time of the year again. Harry was sick.

He was lying on the couch under Merlin knew how many layers of blankets and duvets in an attempt to sweat out his fever (despite how proud he was, Squalo cared in his own way. Wrapping Harry in a cocoon of blankets was one such way). Sighing, he got up as the doorbell rang.

Getting up, he shuffled over to the door as he all but drowned in the sweater he wore (which was obviously Squalo's) and coughed into his sleeve. Opening the door, he stared sleepily at Nana who gave a kind smile and held a pot of… something.

It didn't take long for her to usher him inside and under his copious number of blankets before feeding him the soup she brought along and then going so far as to make Harry's favourite noodles (the very one he fondly remembers Rosa and Squalo attempting to make in their home in Italy, which didn't go very well for them, if he remembers correctly).

Truth no. 19:

For the first time in his life, Harry felt maternal care and he couldn't help but wonder if this is how Rosa feels when he cares for her.

Truth no. 20:

Regardless of all the death and callousness surrounding it, Harry liked working with the Varia. The members were amusing in their own way and frankly, Harry didn't think he would find another boss that got along with Rosa as well as Xanxus did (if you could call it 'getting along' that is).

And every time Squalo would leave for a job, Harry would stand at the door as the other man put on a glove to hide his metal hand before passing the assassin his go bag (and a kiss)

It was… sickeningly domestic. But that was ok (no matter how much Squalo denied such a thing).

Lie no. 85:

"How old is John Marston in this game?" Gokudera asked
"38," Rosa answered
"Wow."
"I know right, that's like… 70 in cowboy years."

(Somehow, Harry was able to convince the teen to come over every couple of days so that he could make sure that the storm was still alive. Her older brother had a serious soft spot for kids and, yes, she was absolutely ignoring the time she got sent to the future because of Lambo and ended up holding hands with an older Gokudera.)

Lie no. 86:

The unthinkable happened. Luna showed up (which he was used to) but she showed up on the same day the Cavallone Don showed up. The two blonds got along well enough all things considered. That wasn't to say that he understood anything the girl was saying, but he listened to her and would give a warm smile when she started talking about nargles and the like.

"I don't get it…" Harry mumbled to Squalo as they watched the two "How do they get along so well…"
"Think about it like this. How well did you get along with Xanxus when you two first met?" the assassin asked. "Wait… you mean…"

"Luna harmonised with him?!"
"Yup, she's a crazy strong mist you know. I wouldn't be surprised if she could make some crazy illusions."

Truth no. 21:

Luna could in fact 'make some crazy illusions' as Squalo had so tactfully put it. And they were quite terrifying. Not jump scare terrifying but, rather, 'I'm scarred for life and will have nightmares that will haunt me forever' terrifying.

Dino would never know what hit him. At least he wouldn't have to worry about his safety as much? (Harry knew it was the worst excuse he'd come up with in a while but hey, it was the best he could think of).

Lie no. 87:

Luna had decided to join the Cavallone (even he was shocked) and would be staying indefinitely in Namimori to protect Tsuna (lies! Harry had seen her beg her fellow blond so that she could stay, all so she could get to know Rosa!). She had quickly moved in with Harry, Squalo and Rosa, taking the spare room as her own.

Then Clara came (yes, that Clara. The best friend from university).

Lie no. 88:

Harry had stayed in regular contact with his university friend, despite the distance. They had weekly calls so he was aware that she had been having family issues (they didn't approve of her degree choice from the get go, but her plans to work in foreign countries made things worse for them).

He knew she was going to be moving to Japan to pursue a counseling job in an international school, but her plans were sidelined when things went wrong and the original councilor returned to work sooner than expected.

After pulling some strings, Harry was able to get her the place as Namimori middle school's new councilor (thankfully she had learnt Japanese in the two years he hadn't seen her). She had moved in with the four into the Black household ("Voi, how many other people are gonna move in?") soon after.

Truth no. 22:

Harry wasn't sure how, but Squalo and Clara got along.

Lie no. 88:

When Harry finally broached the topic of magic and blood adoption to Rosa (Squalo and Luna were there too, watching to see the young girl's response) and he couldn't help but smile when she grinned at him and yelled "HECK YEAH!"

The only downsides to this entire situation was:

a) He would need to go to England to do it sadly and
b) Blood adoption required two sets of blood donors for the potion

When Squalo asked if they would keep some of the blood afterwards (to which he denied), he was slightly confused. Until the man sighed and said, "Just take mine."

Truth no. 23:

It was at that point that Harry realised what Clara meant when she said the two of them were already eighty percent married.

Lie no. 89:

"So you guys are going to England?" Gokudera asked as he walked down the street with Rosa and Tsuna after school. "Yep, Harry has some stuff he needs to do with me and Squalo is going to. Good luck with Luna!" she said grinning at the prospect of leaving them with the new Cavallone mist.

Tsuna was terrified and Gokudera grinned (mostly because Luna didn't judge when he talked about the supernatural).

Hello all! Sorry for the late update, I got stuck with writer's block which I dealt with via Overwatch and Horizon Zero Dawn. the first few lies are from Paradise Residence, a manga my sister recently got which got me thinking. The John Marston joke in Lie 85 is from one of Outside Xbox's let's play RDR episodes. I honestly recommend their videos, they are hilarious.

I'm contemplating skimming over the Inheritence and Arcobaleno arcs so I can focus more on characters and stuff because frankly they won't be different and I wanna focus on Gokudera and Rosa's blossoming relationship. Instead, I'll be doing an England arc and some prompts.

Also, Clara and Luna are back! Tbh I always wanted Luna to be one of Dinos gaurdians, I just didn't know how to bring it up. Clara and Squalo being friends was unexpected but Clara seems to be the kind of girl that becomes friends with unexpected people like a socially awkward Harry in university. Speaking of, is Harry becoming less and less socially awkward or is it just me?

Tell me what you think? Read, review, prompt, go ahead!
See you all later ^-^