Okay wow so I have not updated in forever mostly bc of school related matters, but here it is. I'm really grateful for all the reviews I have gotten since my last update, they really brighten up my day! Anyways enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN KHR
Dear diary,
They sure did put a lot of thought into this fake mafia thing.
"What is this?" screamed Tsuna at the sight of several men clad in black suits standing outside his house.
"You have a lot of interesting guests over Sawada. I didn't think you even knew this many people."
"I don't….."
Michiko raised an eyebrow followed by an eye roll. Being snarky wasn't as fulfilling when he agreed with her comments.
"Um...excuse me." he approached one of the men. "Can I pass through?"
"You can't. I can only let Sawada family members through right now…." responded the man, extending his palm outward.
"Wow Sawada how're they not gonna let you into your own house." Michiko scoffed.
"What? This is him!" the men's eyes widened and immediately parted to make room for the two.
They walked inside, Tsuna rushing up the stairs shouting at Reborn for an explanation. Upon entering, Michiko noticed two more men in suits as well as Reborn sitting on the table.
"We've been waiting for you Tsuna." he said.
"Yo Vongola boss." a figure seated facing away from both of them spoke. "I travelled from afar to pay you a visit. I'm Cavallone Family's 10th boss, Dino." As the man introduced himself the chair turned revealing a blonde haired foreigner smiling amicably.
With all those guys in suits you would've thought their "boss" would dress more professionally. And for a "mafia boss" he didn't look threatening or inconspicuous. Maybe their original guy couldn't pull through, so they got the closest foreigner they could find?
His eyes raked over Tsuna's features in amusement, bursting out in laughter before taking the opportunity to berate him. Tsuna looked over towards Michiko in embarrassment and disbelief. He had just met the guy and he was already taking a jab at him.
Michiko furrowed her brows and cleared her throat. "Excuse me, but who exactly are you to be making judgments on someone?"
She glared down at the older man, head cocked and arms crossed. She had no idea who this man was and at this point she didn't care. He looked a good amount older than both her and Tsuna, so she couldn't wrap her mind around why he felt the need to badmouth Tsuna. Even if what he said was true, it was uncalled for. This man was an adult was he not? Hadn't he learned better at his age?
This whole situation was reminiscent of Nezu sensei along with the other adults who did the same. It was one thing for children to act so immaturely, but shouldn't adults know better?
Dino smiled once again, bursting into a heavier fit of laughter with his henchmen following in suit. Michiko maintained her pose, impatiently tapping her foot. "Care to explain what's so funny?"
He caught his breath, stifling back a chuckle. "Vongola, if you've got nothing else, you at least have a good eye for women. It's cute watching your girlfriend defend you."
Michiko stared at Dino with wide eyes, sputtering out a cough. "Girlfriend? God no! We're not…"
Her voice wavered as she struggled to finish her sentence opting for a disgruntled expression instead.
Why did everyone automatically assume being a good person meant I had to be dating Sawada? If he was really as much of a loser as they think he is what makes them think he'd have a girlfriend?
"She's his classmate." interrupted Reborn. "And a recent addition to his family."
"Ah!" he nodded at Michiko knowingly, as if that had clarified everything. He then turned his attention back to Tsuna, explaining the reason for his visitation.
So this "boss" Dino was apparently a former student of Reborn's. Judging from his looks he's in his early 20s yet Reborn had "tutored" him during his adolescent years. Interesting story seeing as Reborn himself is 4 and if he had tutored Dino he would've been a barely functioning fetus, but ok let us just ignore the laws of the actual world. Dino decided to visit Sawada in order to meet his "younger brother". Before Reborn had come in Dino was also a loser, so he can relate to the struggles. As unsurprised as I am, this is still oddly suspicious. I don't think they would go this far to prove they're part of the "mafia", but it all feels too strange. It's all just so unrealistic that getting to the root of it is even harder. And so I ended up at dinner with them for further observation.
Michiko silently watched Dino from the corner of her eye, carefully calculating his every move. All she could see at this point was that he was completely harmless judging from the grains of rice that were strewn across the table. She mentally scoffed. The man didn't even have enough coordination to properly use chopsticks.
This just in he's not a threat of any sort, but of course. How much more obvious could he get?
Lifting herself from her seat, Michiko headed to the counter for paper towels to clean up Dino's mess. Nana already had enough to deal with so she might as well help her out. Using the tissues to gather up the rice, Michiko threw a pointed look at Dino.
"How does a grown man not know how to use chopsticks properly?"
"It's just because I usually use forks and knives so I can't use chopsticks very well."
As Michiko readied a response, Nana let out a scream from the bathroom. Tsuna and Dino jumped out of their seats to rush over, only for Dino to trip.
The only concern I should have surrounding him is of my own safety. Basically Sawada 2.0. Or maybe Sawada was Dino 2.0 seeing as the latter is the senior here.
Michiko rolled her eyes, stepping over him and heading to the source of the commotion. Upon arrival she blinked in disbelief, shortly followed byTsuna's shrieking.
Somehow the little turtle the useless blondie was carrying grew several times in size. It was a turtle not a sponge, how does this kind of stuff even happen?
"Enzio is a sponge snapping turtle." informed Reborn.
"In what world is that an actual animal?" Michiko sarcastically muttered.
While searching for a solution, the turtle suddenly roared, taking a large bite out of the tub. In an attempt to stop it, Dino pulled out his whip, instead managing to hit everything but Enzio. To everyone's relief, he eventually managed to contain the beast.
Another day in the Sawada household has confirmed that everyone associated with Sawada gets into a mess. He is a harbinger of disaster.
Worn out from the whole scenario, Michiko finally decided to take her leave. As she bid farewell to everyone, Dino spoke up.
"It's getting late, someone should walk you home."
Every freaking time I swear
"Please don't."
Does it look like I have a death wish? How insane would I have to be to agree to have one of these two disasters walk me home?
"I'll walk you to the gate then!" he smiled, pushing her out of the door before she could deny him.
She leered at him suspiciously. Why was he being so aggressive in getting her alone?
Once Dino had shut the door behind them, Michiko whipped around to face him. "What exactly are you getting at here?"
He smiled down at her, letting out a chuckle. "It doesn't take a genius to notice you've been apprehensive of me from the start."
"Glad to know you agree you're not a genius."
He awkwardly laughed at the comment, before continuing. "I just wanted to know if you were interested in traveling."
She eyed him suspiciously, unsure of what he was getting at. Did he mean this as a threat or as a genuine question?
"You're still suspicious of me I see, but don't take this the wrong way. I was just wondering if you would be interested in a job offer abroad. Reborn told me a bit about you. Ambitious, cunning, the type of girl who steps on others to get what she wants."
Michiko furrowed her brows at his description. "If you think those are good traits in a person, I really am inclined to repeat that you most definitely are not a genius."
"Sharp tongued. Another good quality to have if you decide to agree to the offer I'm putting on the table here."
"Are you a pedophile?"
His eyes widened at the accusation as he blustered out an answer. "What? No of course not!"
"Really because you're accosting an underage person to go out of the country for unknown reasons. The whole plan reeks of human trafficking."
Michiko's eyes widened and it all clicked as the words fell from her mouth. Dino was part of the "mafia", but what if that was a cover for human trafficking? Reborn was part of this whole plan too, that was why he treated Tsuna like crap. They were keeping an eye on him so that eventually they could just snatch him away. Tsuna was the perfect prey, a pushover who was mostly unknown. He didn't even have any friends until recently. This whole family Reborn was forming too, it could just be him gathering others to be potentially shipped off.
"You're sick." she hissed out, pushing past Dino and back into the Sawada residence. "Sawada I've decided I'm staying the night."
"What?" Tsuna exclaimed.
From afar Reborn witnessed the whole conversation between Michiko and Dino.
"Reborn, I think she misunderstood the situation…"
"As she stated earlier you're definitely not genius." he responded.
"She thinks I'm a pedophile and a human trafficker…."
"She still rushed back into the house though, so didn't she pass the test? You wanted to see how loyal she really was given her personality."
Dino sighed. "I just wanted to make sure Tsuna was surrounded by trustworthy people. From what you said all her actions have had ulterior motives and she only looks out for herself."
"If she had accepted your offer what would you have done?"
"I knew she wasn't going to accept, but I didn't expect her to go back inside. I thought she would've run off on her own instead. I guess she does care about Tsuna after all, but what am I gonna do about this misunderstanding?" he groaned.
Reborn smirked. "If you brought it upon yourself why not just play along?"
"Reborn…"
Looks like I was majorly wrong about Dino.
Michiko scribbled into her diary furiously, logging in the encounter. Tsuna nervously eyed her from his bed.
"You're writing really quickly class rep…" he commented.
"Just scribbling some notes." she muttered.
"Wow, you study this late at night too." he spoke in awe.
"Something like that."
The room was once again awkwardly silent aside from the sound of pencil scratching against paper.
"So are you planning on sleeping in my room tonight?" asked Tsuna.
"Dino is isn't he?" she questioned.
"Well it's just that you're a girl…"
"Do you really think I have anything to worry about with you here Sawada? You like Sasagawa don't you? Unless you're implying Dino might try something?"
Something such as cutting you open and resorting to organ trafficking knowing that I had caught onto his plan….
"No of course not! Dino-san isn't like that."
"Then nothing to worry about right?"
And Sawada is of course misreading the situation. He'll probably thank me someday.
AGHHHHHHHH! Murder is a viable option right?
The next morning Michiko awoke with a painstaking headache, having barely gotten any sleep. Sleeping over wouldn't have been too bad if Dino hadn't been as clumsy in his sleep as he was in person. He had not only rolled over onto her side of the floor several times, but fell over onto her on his endless restroom runs. She was this close to shoving a pillow onto his face and suffocating him in his sleep.
This boy is just giving me more reasons to get rid of him, as if my original reason wasn't more than enough.
After getting dressed for school, the trio headed to the kitchen for breakfast. As Dino was pulling out a seat beside Tsuna, Michiko slipped herself into the chair.
"Um." Dino began, hesitating after seeing her glare. He awkwardly scratched his neck, heading to the other side of the table. Tsuna watched the encounter with confusion. He leaned over to inquire about her behavior, but she ignored him.
What he doesn't know won't hurt him.
After breakfast, they all headed outside. Dino's subordinates surrounded the estate, acting as if they casually wandered to the Sawada residence. Joining them was Gokudera who was ecstatic to see Tsuna so early in the morning. His face fell upon seeing Michiko and Dino.
"What are they doing here Tenth?" he glared.
"Class rep and Dino-san stayed over."
"What?" he screamed out, most likely from shock that his precious Tenth hadn't invited him to sleep over. His gaze wandered onto Dino's tattoo, muttering out "Bucking-horse Dino."
Yamamoto then arrived greeting the crew and leading them towards school. Michiko grimaced as she was pulled along with them.
Ugh never staying over again. No sleep, a hectic morning, please just give me the solace of an early death.
As the four students walked to school, Gokudera explained Dino's background in the "mafia" while Tsuna listened in admiration. Michiko scoffed, not falling for any of it. Tsuna was so naïve and trusting, the perfect target.
Suddenly a black car pulled up and Tsuna was whisked away. Everyone stood in shock, as the car sped up out of sight. Reborn appeared from behind explaining that Tsuna had been kidnapped by the yakuza for some reason. Gokudera and Yamamoto rushed away at once, while Michiko stayed behind.
Yakuza my ass. Kidnapping had Dino's name written all over it.
"So Reborn mind telling me the actual truth seeing as you're in on this too?" Michiko harshly spat out.
He smirked back. "Just like our class rep to be one step ahead."
"Oh I'm more than just one step ahead of this. I've been trying to play it relatively safe after finding out everything, but if you don't tell me right now what you and Dino did to Sawada so God help me I will make living so painful you two will wish you were dead."
Dino stepped out from behind with Tsuna still tied up next to him. "You don't need to worry about Tsuna, he's safe."
"Yeah he'll be safe once he gets as far away as possible from you two."
Michiko stepped up in front of Tsuna, becoming a boundary between him and Dino.
"I've been trying to tell you this Kobayashi-san, but you misunderstood the conversation from last night." explained Dino.
She glared back. "And how do I know you're not just gonna spew lies?"
"He couldn't have made this up because he's not a genius." interceded Reborn.
She scoffed. "Okay then explain to me why you were propositioning me last night and why you just tried kidnapping Sawada."
As Dino explained the whole situation, Michiko was still wary with disbelief. She shook her head. "So you're telling me I'm not only wrong, but the mafia is real."
"Yes?" he unsurely stated.
"No. I refuse to believe this." she replied.
"Reborn…" Dino looked over at the toddler, seeking assistance.
"I think we should concern ourselves with Yamamoto and Gokudera. They marched into Yakuza territory alone after all."
"What were you thinking Reborn?" they both shouted out.
And so we all ran to the Momokyokai hideout, although Dino forced me to stay outside and miss the action. The situation was quickly remedied and Sawada was somehow left in only his underwear. Unfortunately this was now what I have come to consider as a normal day. Afterwards we went back to Sawada's house and decided to part ways with Dino (thank the lord).
"I'm still not trusting you." Michiko stated as Dino exited the room. "There is absolutely no way I will believe the mafia is an actual entity I am involved with."
He chuckled at her obstinacy. "Even if you deny it, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's easier to accept it now if you plan on being in Tsuna's life."
"All the more reason to deny it. Sawada wouldn't last in the mafia, have you seen him?"
"Good thing he's got you around then. You'll take good care of him." he laughed, tousling her hair.
She glared, pushing his hand off of her head. "And what makes you so sure of that?"
"You said you'd make our lives a living hell if we did anything to him didn't you?" he cheekily smiled causing her cheeks to burn up upon remembering that outburst.
I should have suffocated him in his sleep.
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