Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
Suffering from a nasty hangover, Nuvola groaned into the pillows and attempted to shuffle further into the warmth the duvet provided and to block out the voice of whoever it was who was speaking.
"Oi, I said get up."
Nuvola rolled onto her back to stare at Xanxus.
"Xanxus? Why are you here?"
Xanxus glared at her. "I'm here because this is my room, I brought your drunken ass here last night, and because you sprawled all over the bed, I had to spend the night sleeping in a chair. I now have back ache and cramp in my neck and I want you to leave."
Nuvola sat still for a while, hung-over brain still trying to comprehend what the hell had happened last night to warrant her ending up in Xanxus bed, of all places. Xanxus, quickly running out of patience, grabbed her and pulled her off the bed and deposited her outside his room on the hall floor.
Same old Xanxus, Nuvola thought as she pulled herself to her feet realising that she had no shoes on.
"Hey! What did you do with my shoes?"
Xanxus room door opened as he threw the shoes at her. "Go get cleaned up trash, you look like you let Lussuria dress you."
Nuvola turned away and walked into her room. Dropping the shoes by the door she looked at her appearance in the mirror, with her makeup smeared across her face she realised that Xanxus had a point, she looked like she had allowed a 5 year old to paint her face. Showering and changing into a Varia uniform she went downstairs in search of some painkillers to get rid of her headache.
"Ishishishi, did the princess have a good night's sleep. She doesn't look very refreshed. Did the boss keep you awake?" Bel was sat in the kitchen grinning, and Nuvola had the sudden urge to punch him and wipe that creepy grin off his face.
"Nuvola-chan! How are you! The boss wasn't too rough was he? Lussuria chirped.
Her headache flaring up again, Nuvola grabbed some painkillers and swallowed them, hoping that the noise she could hear down the corridor was not Squalo getting ready to yell.
"VOIIIIIIIIIIII! Nuvola, Why is the boss still in a shitty mood! He's normally only marginally grumpy after he's been laid!"
Twitching slightly, from the sheer volume of Squalo's voice she decided to give him a taste of his own medicine. Turning around and lining herself up with Squalo she yelled,
"SHUT UP! I WAS NOT FUCKING OUR SHITTY BOSS!"
Unfortunately for Nuvola, said "shitty boss" walked into the kitchen while she was yelling at Squalo.
"Ishishishi, The princess is in trouble now."
It couldn't get much worse, the rest of the Varia had quickly scarpered when they saw an angry Xanxus stood in the doorway, and Nuvola couldn't really blame them. Xanxus wasn't they type of guy you would call shitty to his face. But there was time to dwell on that later for now she needed to concentrate on the barrage of bullets Xanxus was sending towards her. Accidentally dropping her box weapon whilst dodging she heard the resounding smashes of several expensive plates and numerous other pieces of kitchen equipment hitting the floor. It was a good job the Vongola were rich, they would needed to be, so they could afford to pay for all the repairs. Making a beeline for the door that the rest of the Varia had escaped through she jumped over several broken chairs only to open the door and find a white lion growling at her. Startled, she fell backwards over the chairs and landed right at Xanxus feet. The white lion padded over and placed its huge front paws on her stomach.
"Kasu, you want to say that again?"
Nuvola glared at Xanxus, the X-guns were held firmly at his sides. Annoyed that he had got one over her again, this time holding her down with a hefty lion rather than a gun to a temple, she spoke up.
"I said, you're a shitty boss, you got beaten by a teenager and twice failed to take over the Vongola. I can see why your father choose to freeze you in a block of ice."
Nuvola looked back at the lion and attempted to move one of its paws. The heavy creature was starting to crush her ribs. A growl made her look up at the lion and do a double take.
"What the hell! When did you get stripes!" Moving her head to look at Xanxus she saw numerous other scars that weren't there before spreading across his face. The heavy liger moved slightly and before she had a chance to push it away Xanxus had dropped the X-guns and wrapped his hands around her neck. Choking Nuvola tried to prise his hands away from her neck, tears filling her eyes she moved her hands up to Xanxus' face, pushing his head away in the hope that he would lose grip. Her vision was beginning to go black and the pressure Xanxus was applying to her neck was getting stronger.
"VOI damn boss, let go, you're killing her."
The last thing Nuvola saw before she blacked out was Squalo and Lussuria pulling on Xanxus' arms.