-And well?

The young boss leaned over the table and stared at Haru right into her eyes with that cute innocent smile of him that had made her fall in love with him ten years ago.

-Well what? –She put her fork full of spaghetti in her mouth and looked back at him with the same expression.

-Well do you miss him?

-Who?

-Hibari-san.

There was a moment of silence. This guy would never learn, would he? Haru didn't even want to think about how the hell her most trustworthy friend –apart from Kyoko, of course; she was always first- got into his tiny little puny mind that she was enough close to Hibari to actually miss him. First of all, because even if they were friends –or she liked to put it that way- it didn't mean at all that she couldn't live without him. Second, because the Vongola mansion was always full of traffic of people who went in and out and up and down and when someone was not around you just took a seat and waited for that person to come back, because that was one of the few rules: always come back alive.

But if she had to be honest, she was getting bored a lot now that he was not around. So bored that she started walking around in no specific direction every afternoon –and somehow end up in front of his room without noticing-.

-Well… maybe a little… but that's just because he's a friend. Don't get Haru wrong and fill your head with weird stuff.

Tsuna had, for the first time, achieved a small victory, but this was just a battle and the war had just begun.

-How come you two are so close suddenly?

Yeah… the taste of victory was sweet as honey and now that he caught his enemy off guard, he was not going to fuck it up and let the opportunity pass away. He would get all the information he could. Then he noticed he had just thought of the whole situation as a war and of Haru as an enemy and he felt like slapping himself.

-I don't know. It just happened, you know?

This was very open to interpretation…

-Haru let's play truth or dare!

-No.

-Why not?

-Because Haru knows you'll make me say things I don't want to say and do things I don't want to do!

-I'll be nice, I promise.

Well fuck. She discovered his plan. No messing with these women…

-Only if Haru gets to start.

-Ok. Go.

This was all she needed. If Tsuna was going to keep acting like such a little bitch, she was going to be a bitch too; one of the big ones. After all this time hanging out with the mafia, you learn their ways, whether you like it or not.

-Ok, Tsuna-san truth or dare?

The tenth stopped and thought about it for a moment. Haru had that defiant smile on her face and whenever she made that expression, it meant that shit was going down.

-T-truth…?

If he had dared to say dare she would have asked him to make out with Gokudera… or worse, tell Reborn that his sideburns were ugly –because she had done that to him once, and silly him, he actually went and did it. Obviously, Reborn kicked him straight into the hospital-.

-Who is Vinnie?

On second thought, the hospital sounded way better.

-I won't bother hiding this to you, Haru. I know it's a waste of time. Just tell me how do you know about Vinnie?

-Haru heard you talk about him. Who is this guy that you have to send your strongest guardian just to have a talk with him?

Tsuna sighed and got up from the chair. He gestured the girl to follow him into his office. He didn't really like sharing mafia information with the girls, but she had found out about him by herself, and there was no danger this time.

xXx

-Hey Kyouya, what's your favorite season of the year?

-Why is that relevant?

Hibari was angry. Furious. He was going to kill a dude as soon as he got off the plane. If the dude looked like Dino, even better. This asshole hadn't stopped talking in 4 hours and half, and the worst part is that there were 11 hours of flight left.

-Just tell me! Is it… spring, perhaps?

Oh fucking great. Now he was insinuating shit.

-It's fall. Now shut the fuck up if you don't want to 'fall' off the window.

-Haha Kyouya you don't have to be so violent. People will think we're criminals…

-Well, aren't we?

-Y-yeah… you're right…

Thirty seconds of silence. That was a new record. Hibari sighed in pure genuine happiness. Maybe he was finally done talking for good.

-What do you like best, brunettes or blondes?

He guessed wrong.

-I like you.

Yeah… that will shut him up. Dino's smile faded away completely and he turned his head away, unable of holding the skylark's gaze, mentally punching himself from the trauma of actually listening to his cute student saying something so… so… so not him.

Hibari opened his book –regretting enormously not bringing some music with himself- and started reading. Well, he just stared at the page without really reading, but the open book covered his smile of satisfaction –lovely sweet silence- and that was good enough for him. He just wanted to let his mind wander off for a while, and see where his train of thought would end. He and Haru did that a lot. They would start talking about some stupid subject she insisted in talking about, and then, somehow, they ended up discussing politics, religion, mafia-related stuff that she wasn't supposed to know about but she somehow knew better than him… He liked her way of thinking. For such and average girl, her opinions were certainly different, and she defended them perfectly. She would make a great lawyer. But that job was too boring for her… she was a lot livelier and she should do something less strict; besides, he couldn't imagine her in a law suit… how would she look like in one? Probably perfect. She always did. No matter what she was wearing she would always look great; whether she was in the most expensive night dress in the country or in a large old gray t-shirt… He knew, because she slept in one of those…

-Kyouya! Are you ignoring me bluntly now?!

Oh fuck. When did this guy start talking again? He didn't shut up not even under water, right?

-What are you thinking about that has you smiling like that?

Smiling? He was smiling? He was barely thinking about… oh… right.

-None of your business.

-Let me guess… massacre? Or maybe a special little woman?

As much as he hated to admit that, for once, the bucking bronco was right. A special little woman, indeed. How the hell he ended up thinking about Haru, only god knows.

-What do I have to do to get you to shut up?

-Just tell me, do you like Haru?

Hibari took a deep breath. He was getting tired of this bullshit.

-Listen. She's my friend and nothing more.

Dino's grin returned to claim its throne.

-A friend? I never thought I'd see the day when you considered someone a friend! I'm so proud of you! You're becoming slightly sociable! But let me tell you, Haru is a really cute girl that could have any guy with just a snap of her fingers and if you don't make a move fast she'll get with someone else, so I suggest you take the next step presto!

And then Hibari lost all his remaining patience and punched Dino in the throat. Yeah… now he would stop talking finally.

xXx

Haru looked at the picture in her hand. It was the one of a 20 year old boy. His hair was bright orange and his smile was simply perfect. Why was every Mafioso always like this, so young and handsome? Well… with some exceptions, of course, but what surrounded her perfectly followed that rule.

-So this Vinnie is just a drug dealer? That's it? He sells pot? You sent Hibari-san and Dino-san to see a guy that keeps plants in his basement? Just in case he's a threat? What's he going to do? Spray you with insecticide!?

-Haru… drug dealing is not a synonym for botanic, you know? This brat is the richest guy in Italy, and it's all dirty money and somehow, nobody knows about him except for those involved in this world. Just so you know, he owns every airport in the country, most of the casinos, two hospitals in Rome and Pepe Grillo works for him.

-Who's that?

-I don't know. That's what Gokudera-kun said.

Haru couldn't keep her eyes away from this picture. She had a bad feeling about all this, but when she looked at the picture, she didn't see him as a bad person. Maybe because he had the face of a child, and that is why Tsuna didn't trust him probably.

-Tsuna-san… is Hibari-san going to be ok?

-Yeah… Hibari is always ok.

But the truth is that, this time, he didn't know. There was a lot he hadn't told Haru, and he honestly did not know if this was going to end. It was all a big gamble after all. If it went well, it would be amazing, but if something went wrong, things would turn into a disaster, a catastrophe, a blood festival, and there was too much in game here. He couldn't possibly tell Haru any details, even if she would possibly hate him if anything happened, but it was for her sake. It was what Hibari had specifically told him to do. Protect her while he was away.

xXx

A young man stands in his airport. It just so happens that today, the 30th of May, is this young man's first meeting with the Vongola. Though it was two months ago was given information about this family, it is only today he will be meeting one of them in person.

His name is Vinnie. That's it. Just Vinnie. And yes, he owns the airport, so in honor of his special guests, today there were no delayed flights or lost suitcases at all.

He was sitting in the floor, like a kid would do, and there was a constant noise of gum being popped coming out of his mouth. Nobody seemed to care about him. It was just normal. Or maybe, people were always so busy thinking about themselves and their stuff and urgent needs that they never took the time to take a break, look around, and notice that there are, in fact, other individuals in the world too. He wore an ugly red sweater with the Kit Kat slogan in huge yellow letters in the back, and his nails were painted in an annoying bright red, as if he was trying to tell us something… other than that, he was normal. Well… other than that and the cat ears he had on his head.

In conclusion, as soon as Hibari saw him, he knew it was meant to be. He was meant to beat the life out of this douche bag.

xXx

The weather in Italy was painfully perfectly sunny; unlike in Japan, where a thunderstorm blocked all communication. Haru just lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling. She had absolutely nothing to do.

Hibari was probably already in Rome… it was probably night there… he was probably out on bars with Dino-san… and here she was, staring at her ceiling. Yay! So fun! Ugh…

Kyoko was at Hana's house with her brother, Yamamoto was also on a mission with Mukuro, Lambo was still in school and Tsuna was working. Then there was Gokudera. He had nothing to do either, but he was on his man-period so it was better to stay away from him for a while. She still didn't know why he was so stressed lately. She had heard him yelling at the phone in Italian that morning, and that was the funniest thing ever, because the person he was yelling at wasn't even Italian, it was the guy from Domino's who refused to bring pizza because of the weather, and after the third time telling him –more like yelling at him- that it was just 'drizzling' –it wasn't- Gokudera snapped and started shouting in his mother language. He did that a lot when someone got on his nerves, and for some reason, doing that was very easy since last month.

She turned around and grabbed her phone. The level of remaining battery was almost as much as the money left: not much. She decided it was a good moment to spend them both and send a text to the other side of the world.

[Hibari-san! Hi, how's it going? I miss talking to you. Take care and bring me a souvenir when you return 3]

That was normal, right? Just a text message to a friend that casually ended with a heart… well, even if it meant something he would never notice it. Hibari, in these matters, was just terrifyingly dense. But even more terrifying was the reply she got a few minutes later.

[I miss you a lot bella 3 I'll get you anything you want~ I love you*wink wink*]

And right when she was about to start freaking out, she got another message.

[Stupid horse took my phone. Sorry if he bothered you. Bye.]

Yeah… that was the Hibari she knew and liked the best…

xXx

The following Sunday, Hibari came back. Things had gone well apparently, because he was as calm and harmless as a little lamb. He even got Haru a souvenir, much to her surprise because she never really expected receiving one, even less an expensive looking gold necklace. When Tsuna asked him about Vinnie, his only response was 'herbivore'. So yeah… things had gone well and the name Vinnie would probably not come out in a conversation again or at least for quite a while.

Dino though had a few bruises…

As soon as the cloud guardian had his long relaxing and usual nap, Haru was back in his room making noise. He told her she was annoying and loud, but he never kicked her out or anything so she just assumed it was his way of showing affection. There was just one problem she needed to take care of, and she was on her own.

During the days of boredom, Tsuna had been more persistent than ever. He seemed so interested in Haru's love life that he looked like one of those old ladies that always watch their soap opera at 5 in the afternoon with their tea and only talk about how hot Juan Francisco Fernando Ramirez de la Rosa Gimenez Lopez de la Salvaguardilla is. To get rid of his annoying questions, Haru had to do a small tiny sacrifice.

A blind date.

She had agreed on one, and the thing is that Tsuna was going to choose who he date was, but it didn't matter because she was not going to show up, and if the young boss forced her, she would run away and leave as soon as possible. But honestly, it was hard to tell what version of the date could go worse, because from what she had heard, there were two options in Tsuna's little brain. The first one was Hibari. I won't explain why that won't end up well, I guess it's obvious. The second one was picking a random but good-looking stranger on the street, and if she ran away it would be just plain rude… she was screwed.

But hey, that's what you get for playing truth or dare with a mafia boss. Or you lose, or you lose.

xXx

ok this is it so far =u= I wanted to update either today or tomorrow because I'll be out of town until Sunday night so idk I wanted to write, ok?

Anyways, Vinnie, yes, this guy… he's an OC I just made up. I know some people don't really like OCs but this is a completely minor character and he's not even paired with anyone and he has a very important role in the plot unless I change my mind *which I do very often* and he ends up just being there for no apparent reason and in that case just forget about him *insert thumbs up here*

About the blind date, I'll leave it up to you eue Just tell me a character, any character, he doesn't even has to be from khr (I'll probably know who he is, I have no life). Just not Hibari, I have other plans for that baby uwu Unless, of course, I change my mind.

So yeah… thanks for reading and I hope you liked this messy chapter :)