Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

The next morning gave Nuvola his first real taste of what life in the Varia would be back. Xanxus, much to everyone's surprise was actually sat at the breakfast table, picking away at the various meats that were on offer. Nuvola was sat pushing cereal around the bowl when Lussuria commented on the lack of food entering Nuvola's mouth.

"Nuvola-chan! Don't you like your cereal?"

"I don't eat breakfast" was the nonchalant reply.

"But you must eat breakfast! Surely you're hungry? If you don't eat you'll be all skin and bones!" Lussuria grabbed Nuvola's arm and started squeezing the bicep muscle, causing him to wince in pain.

"Look!" Lussuria continued, "There's no muscle mass here at all!"

"VOI! You don't get muscle mass from eating food, you get it from training!"

Squalo was quickly shut up by a Whiskey glass hitting his head.

"Kasu, shut up, it's too early to be listening to your voice."

Nuvola's eyes momentarily rolled upwards. It was eight am and already Xanxus was drinking, it was surprising how the Varia even managed to function. They may be amazingly strong, but it was a small miracle that they hadn't killed each other yet.

Over the next week Nuvola got used to the Varia's routine, and was allowed access to one of the training rooms. Whilst using the training room early one morning, Squalo walked in with a message.

"VOI! Go and wake the boss up!"

"Why? Doesn't he have an alarm clock?"

"Because you're the new recruit, and no, he doesn't have one anymore, he keeps breaking them."

And this is how Nuvola ended up standing outside Xanxus door. Gently pushing the door open he crept in and padded over to Xanxus' bed. He stood and stared at Xanxus for a few minutes, unsure of how to wake him up. Having been told by Squalo that Xanxus had a nasty habit of pointing his X-Guns at the head of whoever woke him up, Nuvola was cautious about what the best way would be to wake him up. Kneeling down on the carpet he brushed some of Xanxus hair off of his face, when that got no reaction, Nuvola placed a hand on Xanxus bicep and squeezed lightly. Xanxus turned his head and opened on eye to stare at whoever it was that had woken him.

"Kasu, what do you want?"

"Squalo told me to come and wake you." Nuvola was beginning to wonder when the X-Guns would appear.

Xanxus sat up, allowing the bed sheets to pool around his waist and giving Nuvola a full view of his six-pack.

"Well I'm up, now get out."

Nuvola quickly got up and left the room, thankful that he hadn't come face to face with the X-Guns, and that he had escaped a Whiskey shower.

Later that afternoon Levi knocked on Nuvola's room with a message.

"Boss wants to see you. Now."

And with that Levi left. Nuvola trudged up to Xanxus office and bumped into Squalo.

"VOI! What are you doing?"

"I'm going to see the boss. Levi said he wanted me."

"He's either sacking you or he has a mission for us."

"Us?"

"Are you deaf? I said us! He never calls people to his office unless he going to sack someone or hand out missions that require more than one person to complete them."

"Oh." Nuvola said as they reached Xanxus' office and opened the door and walked in.

"Kasu, you made it here then."

Xanxus gestured to some paperwork on his desk. Nuvola went and picked it up

"Kasu, here's a mission for the both of you, you're going with the shark trash, don't come back until it's done."

Nuvola and Squalo took that as a cue to leave, and went to go and gather their things for the mission.