Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
The evening wore on. Nearly all of the Vongola were there, dressed in a spectacular array of different coloured dresses and suits. Nuvola sat at the table scanning the crowd when a fedora wearing baby hopped up on to the seat next to her.
"Ciaossu, Nuvola."
"Reborn! Are you here with Tsunayoshi?" Nuvola asked as Reborn nodded and led her over to where Tsuna sat with his guardians.
"Dame-Tsuna, Nuvola's here. Introduce her to everyone else." Reborn instructed Tsuna.
"Umm, everyone, this is Nuvola, she's the Varia cloud." Tsuna pulled out a chair for Nuvola to sit down.
"Hmpf, Stay away from the tenth."
"Kufufufu, your name is Italian for cloud?"
"Shut it, pineapple." Nuvola snapped. It wasn't her fault her father gave her such a stupid name. Mukuro feigned a hurt look at being called a pineapple.
"Kufufufu, how rude, you suit the Varia, you would suit Kyouya as well, He's the cloud guardian for Tsuna."
"Maa, Mukuro, you shouldn't play matchmaker with people." A man in a blue suit laughed.
Nuvola soon quickly guessed who each member was. Reborn was stood talking to Tsuna. The guy who told her to stay away from Tsuna must have been Gokudera, Leaving pineapple as Mukuro, Mr cheerful as Yamamoto, and the grumpy kid in the corner who didn't acknowledge her as Hibari.
"Decimo, you appear to be short of some guardians."
"Ahh, yes, Ryohei's talking to Lussuria and Lambo's at home with the girls, He's still too young to come to these balls."
"Hmmmm, well it's nice to finally meet your guardians, Decimo." Nuvola curtsied and walked off to find the other members of the Varia.
"Reborn, are you sure she's part of the Varia, I know she came to that meeting with Xanxus, but I assumed she was a secretary or something?" Tsuna turned to look at Reborn.
"The ninths right hand man suggested her, under the hopes that she would calm Xanxus down a little."
"But who IS she."
"Nuvola Nougat. She's the Daughter of Coyote Nougat"
Tsuna gave Reborn a funny look.
"He named his daughter Nuvola?"
"He was drunk when he filled out her birth certificate. Too busy celebrating her birth with the ninth."
"Does Xanxus know who she is?" questioned Tsuna.
Giving a little smirk Reborn replied "He probably hasn't bothered reading her file so I would assume not."
Standing at the bar Nuvola quickly downed five glasses of wine and plenty of shots. Swaying slightly as she stood up she turned and weaved through the crowds searching for Squalo. She spotted him standing next to Xanxus in one of the especially reserved booths for the Varia. It was partially closed off to stop people looking in. Sauntering over she slipped into the booth and smiled at Squalo. Immediately she noticed Xanxus eyes narrow and took this as her cue to enact her plan. Wrapping her arms around Squalo's neck she pulled him forward and kissed him. Squalo reacted to the kiss by holding her by the waist and pulling her closer. Xanxus stood up and grabbed Nuvola, pulling her away from Squalo.
"VOI! What was that for?" Squalo looked disgruntled at being forced to stop.
Xanxus glared down at Nuvola,
You are mine kasu; no one else is to kiss you like that." Xanxus threw a glare at Squalo before pulling Nuvola out of the hall and up to his office.
Xanxus pushed Nuvola into his office, shut the door, and forced her back against his desk.
Nuvola looked up into Xanxus blood red eyes, but was surprised to see flickers of emotions; He almost looked like he was hurt.
"So you do have feelings for me." She whispered.
Xanxus momentarily closed his eyes, before forcing her to lie on his desk. Xanxus moved slightly before leaning down and roughly kissing her and biting down on her lips. Nuvola started to kiss back as Xanxus became more demanding with kiss, forcing his tongue into her mouth and pinning her hands above her head. Both were too involved in each other they didn't notice the door open and that the Vongola ninth had poked his head round the door.
"Ahem, you two lovebirds are required downstairs."
Xanxus pulled away with a growl and glared at his adoptive father, the ninth didn't flinch, just turned and walked back to the hall, leaving the door wide open.
Walking back into the hall arm in arm with Xanxus got Nuvola more than just a few funny looks. Tsuna looked as though he might faint, the Varia looked surprised, except for Squalo who looked grumpy. Xanxus sat down and dragged Nuvola with him. A sharp glare and a flash of the X-Guns effectively silencing any questions. Ordering some drinks the pair sat back and watched the many people in the hall.
"Voi, why are you two holding hands?" Squalo looked at the pair; there joined hands, and then the twin whiskey glasses supported in their other hands.
"What does it matter to you?" Xanxus gave Squalo a funny look as Nuvola burst into giggles at his side.
"You two behave so weirdly around each other." Nuvola gasped out in between laughs.
"Voi, you let her drink your whiskey?" Squalo poked Nuvola's shoulder. "She's drunk." Squalo looked at all the empty glasses on the table.
"Boss, Bel-sempai's not sharing the wine…Boss, what are you and Nuvola doing?" Fran had wandered over to where they were sat.
"Voi, he's got her drunk"
"Kasu, she can't have got drunk on seven glasses of whiskey."
"She doesn't have your alcohol tolerance, any other person would get drunk on seven glasses of whiskey, and she was drinking a lot earlier, I saw her get through several glasses of wine and quite a few shots. She looked pretty tipsy when I saw her kissing Squalo." Xanxus and Squalo looked at Fran and then to Nuvola, who was hugging Xanxus' arm.
"I think she needs to go to bed." Fran watched Nuvola as she drank the rest of her whiskey and then reached over and pulled Xanxus' glass from his hand and drank that.
"Shark trash, get me another whiskey." Xanxus thrust the glass at Squalo and turned his attention back to Nuvola and Fran.
"Hic…I'm fine, not drunk at all." Nuvola attempted to stand up, swayed a little, and then fell back down in to Xanxus' lap. "Oopsie. Maybe I'm a little tipsy."
"Kasu, you're more than a little tipsy." Xanxus stood up and pulled Nuvola up after him. Holding her with an arm around her waist when he realised she could no longer walk straight, he left the hall to take her to bed.
Xanxus had made it back to the Varia living area when he realised that he didn't actually know where Nuvola's room was. He never paid attention when Squalo said what room he had put her in. Pulling her down a corridor he opened the door to his room and deposited her in a giggling pile on the king-sized bed. He knelt down and pulled off those ridiculous high heels she was wearing.
"Stay here for a minute, don't break anything." Xanxus slipped into an en-suite bathroom, when he returned dressed for bed a few minutes later he saw that Nuvola had fallen asleep. Pulling the red duvet down he picked her up and settled her down on the pillows. Pulling the covers up to her neck he turned the light off and sat down in a plush armchair.