The last thing Dino had expected to find when he stepped into this little house in this quaint little town of Namimori, Japan was this.

This was surreal.

This was insane.

This was absolutely too much for him to handle.

For a while, Dino just stared in amazement.

Was this even possible?

"What are you waiting for, Baka Dino? Sit down."

Tsuna was unsure who this strange blond man was or why he was in her house, but she's lived with Reborn for long enough to learn not to ask too many questions when things got weird. After all, she never got any legitimate response from him anyways.

Though she had to admit her hand clenched around the knife she preparing dinner with when Lambo had gone to answer the door and came back with a grown man in tow.

Anyways, she elected to just ignore him. She wasn't about to embarrass herself while Gokudera and Yamamoto were over for dinner.

"Hey, Tsuna-chan, who's this guy?"

"I dunno. Ask Reborn if you really wanna know, Yamamoto."

She had a hunch that Gokudera knew.

Judging by the number of times his fingers twitched toward his belt, this guy was definitely in the Mafia, and he definitely meant business.

It was time to get him to leave.

He could forget about staying the night. It doesn't matter who, no mafioso is sleeping in the same house as her and her kids.

Tsuna finished the final touches on the dishes and turned towards the table. The man smiled at her.

Tsuna would later deny that she felt her heart skip a beat at that handsome, earnest smile.

"It's nice to finally meet you, Tsuna-san. I'm Dino of the Cavallone family. I'm Reborn's former student."

Tsuna did not smile back. "It's nice to meet you as well. I'm so glad we could have dinner together tonight. It was supposed to be a small family dinner to celebrate, but I suppose you can stay." She set a bowl in front of everyone. "Would you like chopsticks or a fork?"

"Chopsticks please." He grinned when she dropped them into his lap indifferently. "If it's okay with you, may I ask what you're celebrating?"

There was a short, tense pause, ended by Yamamoto's cheerful voice. "Tsuna got a perfect score on a test! We were so proud, me and Gokudera-kun that is, that we invited her to eat out!"

"But the Tenth was so humble! She refused our offer and made us dinner instead," Gokudera's face screwed up into something resembling a smile, tears beading in the corners of his eyes, "isn't she so kind?"

Tsuna felt a blush creep onto her face. "I-it's no big deal Gokudera-kun."

The man was still smiling.

Tsuna decided that she hated him.

Reborn was very amused.

He knew what kind of reaction Tsuna would have, the Don of a mafia family stepping foot in her house. She was surprisingly territorial, especially considering how much she hated being compared to a mafioso.

But still, even after readying himself, he couldn't avoid the small smirk on his face as he watched Tsuna steam. This much stress couldn't possibly be healthy.

He grinned.

Dino coming to visit definitely wouldn't change her mind about becoming a boss, but maybe he could set her on that path a little quicker than Reborn could. Despite his airy, somewhat naive demeanor, Dino was rather down to earth and humble, which may earn him some extra points with Tsuna.

That is, if Gokudera didn't ruin everything.

The boy was typically well behaved around Reborn, as he generally agreed with him on a lot of things. Like Tsuna becoming the Tenth and inheriting the Vongola family. Typically if Tsuna and Reborn were having an argument about that particular topic, Gokudera would side with Reborn. But today, Gokudera seemed a bit too on edge.

Reborn wondered what kind of history he had with Dino to make him so nervous.

There was also Yamamoto.

Takeshi Yamamoto was always a bit of a wild card. Despite having been friends with Tsuna for the majority of time they have lived in Namimori, him pretty much walking her home every night, Reborn still didn't know if he was genuinely oblivious to everything happening around him, a VERY good actor, or just plain stupid.

Reborn was usually inclined to go with the latter, but he seemed to have caught on to something today, judging by the way he kept looking between Tsuna and Dino with a concerned expression on his face.

Anyways, the point is, this dinner was on the fastest train to Shitsville and Reborn had to spice things up a bit.

Dino surely would mind if he stole- er- "borrowed" Enzo for a while, would he?

Dun dun duuuunnnnnnn!

Hello again everybody! I know it's been quite a while since the last update. I have no excuse. All I can say is that I hope I'll be able to update more frequently from here on out.

Also, just a little note, the that that Dino was talking about was supposed the be THE Reborn being- *gasp*- domestic. I don't know if that was very clear, I apologize.

LOVE YA 3

OH and, just a note, Tsuna might have a little tiny itty-bitty crush on Dino in the beginning, but I haven't decided who I want Tsuna to get with yet, IF she does end up getting with anyone. Also this Tsuna is more motivated to do well in school than canon Tsuna, but that's mostly because she lives a hard life :( and Hibari would bite her to death if he found out she failed a class :( Tsuna has a lot on her mind.

Bye for now!