June Ninth, the birthday of Rokudo Mukuro, the Guardian of the Mist. Also, it was the day Tsuna had planned a grand masquerade, inviting families from all over to celebrate their general success and the birth of one of his Guardians. And now, two months after dating Yonaka, he had another plan in mind. He was going to propose to her. He knew that he was still getting to know her, and that wanting to married after only two months was insane, but he knew that he loved her, and he was sure that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Besides, he argued, most engagements last for about two years, or longer, so it's not like they'd be strangers when they did get married.

"Tsuna," Reborn, dressed as a ninja, slid down from a rope hanging from on visible surface, "Have you got the ring yet?"

"Reborn!" Tsuna, now used to Reborn and his antics, sushed him in case someone should overhear and tell Yonaka, "Not here."

He led the infant into his office, locked the doors, and made sure all was secure before speaking to his old mentor, "How do you know?"

Reborn smacked him, "Simple information gathering."

"Ow!" He rubbed the back of his head and pulled a small velvet box from his pocket, showing a simple silver band to Reborn.

"Sorry, you're not my type," Reborn, gathering a fair bit of intel on Yonaka, knew that she would love it, "But I know a girl or two who'd like it."

Tsuna smiled and closed the box, re-pocketing it, "So you really think that she'll marry me?"

"She seems stupid enough to like you, and she did wait for five years just to see you," He hoped this wouldn't make Bianchi want to try to marry him again.

Tsuna knew that Reborn was being nice, so he let it slide, "I'm thinking of doing it at the party, just before midnight."

Reborn didn't care, he was merely concerned with the survival of the Vongola, "We should have Dr. Shamal make sure she's fit to give birth before you botch it up and marry her."

"Dammit, that's not why I'm marrying her! I love her!" Tsuna blushed, though he didn't notice it.

"Yeah, yeah," Reborn shook his head and left, "Good luck."


The day before the party, Tsuna was speaking with Gokudera and Chrome. Gokudera was in charge of security, like always, and Chrome was in charge of decorating, because of course Mukuro couldn't be bothered with such trivial things. Tsuna had made Gokudera, and everyone who was free, assist Chrome so he could plan his proposal.

"Boss, Mukuro-sama would like it if you would propose in private," Chrome didn't like to interfere with people's personal lives, but she had to bring it up.

Tsuna just wished she wouldn't have brought it up in front of Gokudera, who dropped the box of decorations he was holding, "Juudaime, what is this woman talking about?"

He sighed, "I'm going to propose."

Chrome gave him a small-half smile, "Congratulations, boss."

"How did Mukuro know?" Tsuna asked the timid one-eyed girl.

"As your right-hand man, surely I would have your office under constant supervision?" Mukuro himself walked over, seeing the perfect opportunity to rub it in Gokudera's face that he was the right-hand man, not him, and to just provoke as many as he could.

Tsuna guiltily found himself wishing that he had not accepted the Venicare's gift of Mukuro's release five years ago, "I thought I told you to stop bugging my office?"

"But Tsunayoshi-kun," Mukuro purred, "I was worried when Reborn asked you about a ring."

"Mukuro, that is none of your business," Tsuna saw that Gokudera had lost all the color in his face, "Go take Gokudera-kun to the infirmary."

"Boss, what about-"

"Chrome, can you talk to someone else about it? I have a headache," Tsuna did have a small headache, but he really just wanted to be alone.

"But it's about Yonaka-san," After much begging, and going over her head, Yonaka had gotten Chrome to train her, "She's behind you."

Tsuna spun around and there she was, standing right behind him, "Chrome-chan, would you mind if I stole him from you?"

She shook her head and went back to planing the party. Yonaka, somehow or other, had heard nothing of Tsuna's plans to marry her. She just wanted to talk ti him about their costumes, as they were going to the masquerade as a couple.

"I was looking at our costumes again, and I was wondering if we should switch masks?" They had gotten masks of the sun, for Tsuna, and the moon for her.

"Why?" He was perplexed by this sudden change of heart.

"Well, you know how we went with the celestial-theme, and we went with our masks because they fit our names and personalities? As its a masquerade, wouldn't it make more sense if we switched them?" She was really panicked about this.

Tsuna was so distracted and busy at the moment, he could barely keep up with everything, "I don't know."

She saw his frustration and she put her hand around his elbow, "You need a break before you explode."

He gratefully followed her to his room, "You're a life-saver."

She smiled at him and pointed at the bed, "Lay down."

He obeyed her and laid on top oh his blue comforter, "I owe you."

"No, you don't," She went to the bathroom for a moment and came back with a cold washcloth, "Rest."

She set the washcloth over his forehead and sat next to him, arms wrapped around his, her head against his shoulders, "I love you."

She smiled, "I know. I love you too."

That was the first time they said that to each other. It was also the first time they slept together. Not slept as in sex, slept as in they fell asleep in the aforementioned position. They rested like that for an hour or two, until everyone, as in all of the Guardians, friends, and family came into the room. The six Guardians, Rokudo Mukuro and Dokuro Chrome, Gokudera Hayate, Takeshi Yamamoto, Sasagawa Ryohei, Hibari Kyoya, and Lambo, all knew about Yonaka, as did Kyoko, who stayed in Italy with her brother, I-Pin, Bianchi, Fuuta, Basil, and Dino, but Tsuna's mother and father had no idea about their son's girlfriend.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi!" Sawada Nana scolded her son, waking them both up, "How dare you not mention that you live in a mansion!"

"Little Himawari Yonaka? Is that you?" Sawada Iemitsu knew her parents, "How are your folks?"

Tsuna and Yonaka looked at each other, amazed at how she met his parents. His mother didn't mind that he was bed with a girl, and his father asked how her parents were. Wow, were his parents blind, or did they just not care?

"Sorry okasan," Tsuna quickly got out of bed, unnerved at how everyone was looking at him.

"I haven't spoken to them in awhile, but they should be coming to the party," She followed Tsuna's lead, "Well, I should actually go, so-"

"Why don't you go with her Nana? It's not often Tsuna has a girlfriend," Iemitsu had heard from one of the Guardians that Tsuna had a new girlfriend.

"That sounds lovely! You don't mind dear?" Nana asked Yonaka.

"I'd be delighted," She lead Nana out of the room.

Iemitsu turned back to his son after his mother was gone. "Don't you know that her family is one of the biggest Vongola opposition?"

"We love each other," He wasn't in the mood to be watched by everyone, "Why doesn't everyone go prepare for the party?"

"Son, you really aim high, don't you? That girl is trouble, you'd be wise to end it as quickly as possible," He was only testing his son.

"I'm going to propose-"

"What? Nana and I haven't even heard about this girl until today, and you want to marry her without our consent? Have you rebelled that much?" He started to cry dramatically.

"Dad, I haven't asked her yet, so there's still time to get to know her," Tsuna wondered if he would be the first to tell Yonaka.


"So, how long have you been in love with Tsuna?" Nana asked once they left the room.

Yonaka looked at her in amazement, "How did-"

"I can tell a woman in love when I see one, and you, my dear, are as in love as one can get. Just like me and Tsuna's father~" Nana was truly a kind woman.

"Five years," She knew that, thinking back, she had loved him almost instantly.

"How long have you been dating?" Nana knew that her son was especially slow when it came to girls, that's why she was so lax.

"Two months," She sighed forlornly.

"You poor girl! I know that Tsuna really loves you though, because when you left, he was heartbroken, and when he was with Kyoko, I could tell that his mind was elsewhere. It was strange, because he had liked her for years, but he was a million miles away, thinking of you I'm sure," Nana was sharper than she appeared to be, at least when it came to love.

"Yeah? I don't know. He only told me today that he loves me," She was in the same boat though, "I love your son with all my heart, and I would leave it all behind in an instant for him."

She smiled dreamily, "Just like Iemitsu and I. You'll be rewarded, I promise. My son's a good boy, and you seem like a great girl, so I can't wait for you to join our family!"

"J...Join your family? You really think that that's likely?" Yonaka suddenly felt like she die happy, just hearing that.

"Why not?" Nana blinked, "It might take years, but you'll be my daughter-in-law!"

And that dragged her down again. Years. Of course she could wait, and she would, but that...That sounded very unappealing. Years. Ugh!


The rest of the day passed smoothly, Yonaka winning over both of Tsuna's parents. A few other guests had arrived, but mostly no one important, besides the Himawari family. Infamous around the world and having branches in each major country, the heads of it all, Himawari "Big Daddy Joe" Abe, and his lovely wife, Himawari Jolie, had arrived at Yonaka's apartment as she was talking with Nana about the masquerade, Yonaka's new baby sister in their mother's arms.

"Okasan! Father!" Yonaka was surprised to see her parents, standing in her doorway.

"Yonaka-chan!" Abe hugged his daughter warmly, proud to see the woman she had become, "Jolie, show her new sister! Show her Violet!"

Jolie reluctantly handed her oldest daughter the baby. She took baby Violet cautiously in her arms, smiling uncertainly at her. The baby blinked at her and broke out into a large smile.

"Goga! muhhnu!" The baby girl laughed in her sister's arms.

She couldn't help but smile back, "Hello, Violet."

Abe smilled at Nana, "And who is this lovely woman?"

"This is my boyfriend's mother, Sawada Nana." She handed back Violet to her mother.

"Sawada?" Her mother shrieked as if spider had just biten her baby.

"You know Tsu-kun?" Nana blinked.

Abe looked at Jolie, "Take Violet to George-Gustave. So, my daughter, my first born, you are with a very prosperous young man, aren't you? Actually, I was planing on talking shop with him."

"Papa, where's Damon? Or Raizo? Why is George-Gustave here?" She was confused because Damon was the first son, Raizo the second. One of them should have been home.

"Damon's in America, pursuing acting, and Raizo is working," He was proud of each of his children, "Being the fourth born, George-Gustave is in charge."

To clarify, Yonaka was born first, then Damon (19), Raizo (19), George-Gustave (17), Yuuki (16), Tristan-Anton (15), Haruka (13), Chirstian-Gerard (9), Kyo (5), and Violet (1). There was only three girls, Yonaka, Yuuki, and Violet, and the rest were boys. Being the oldest, Yonaka is in charge of the entire family, including the mafia members, once Abe retires or dies, and the only way she gets out of that is to either die or marry a boss with a bigger family, and of those, there was only one.

"Oh." She didn't think that Damon would actual move to America and try his hand at acting.

Nana suddenly remembered she had to talk with Tsuna, so she excused herself, "I'm so sorry, I forgot that I have to talk with my son about something! It was so nice meeting you!"

"Bye, Nana-san!" Yonaka waved after her and turned back to her father, "So, what business do you have with Tsuna?"

"Tsuna? I know you're highly informal, but to call him like that so casually!" Abe was one of the most traditional men you'll ever meet, catering to not only his Japanese culture, but to his wife's French culture as well.

She shrugged, "He lets everyone call him that, besides, we're in love."

"Love? I won't have it! Not until he does everything properly!" Abe shook his head, "My business will see none of his if he does not introduce himself to me and we talk!"


Wup, wup! So, still no reviews...does anyone even read this part at the bottom? Is everyone lazy? Do they really have nothing to say? I'm just trying to understand, really. When I read a fic, I try to review for every single chapter, and I'm just looking a review here or there. I order, I beg, I ignore. Nothing. Well, I guess it's not about that (I want the reviews so I can improve and make the next story, chapter, whatever, better for the reader).

I know that time, blah, boring, blah, but within the next few chapters, it will get exciting. Yes, she has a huge family, and is a boss-to-be. Mukuro's the right-hand becuase in the mnaga, Byakuran alluded it as a possibility, and it's too obvious if Gokuder'as the right-hand, so, voila!