DISCLAIMER : Katekyo Hitman Reborn and the characters are belong to Amano Akira respectively. I own nothing but the storyline. Though, I'm not getting any profit from this and I'm not sure if this thing can make me a fortune. I know for sure the inspirations that I got while I'm here would make me one.

Chapter 6 – Mother's Kiss

Gokudera Ran was walking towards her home after getting off of the school bus, and on the way she got home, she sees a mother picks her children and kiss them on their forehead. Ran could only look down and walks to her home as fast as she can. By the time she got home, she hears a bus stop nearby, only to see her brother off from the school bus. She bows to the teacher that are on duty to see her student to their home, Haru-sensei.

"Hahi… It's been a while since the last time I see you Ran-chan! You've grown up now!" Haru rubs Ran's head gently. Ran let her, since it's been awhile since she got that kind of gentle touch from a woman. "Hey, if I'm not mistaken, you're in 3rd grade now…"

A soft pink shades on Ran's cheeks as she looks up and smiles. "… I'm in 4th grade now, Haru-Sensei…"

Haru's mouth makes an O-shape as she covers her mouth. "Hahi…! Time is really flying…" Haru heaves happily. "I know, let's go out together next time! Girls only! I'll bring you to my favourite cake shop!"

Ran smile becomes wider. "I'd love too!"

"Good! The next thing that I should worry about is your father…" Haru's face becomes solemn when she remembers the man's face.

"It's okay, I'll try to talk to him when the time comes…" Ran's beams. Oh, how she knows the love-hate relationship that her past teacher had with her father.

Haru smiles as she rubs softly on Ran's head. "Now, go inside your house now. I'll tell you when we can meet each other for a cake!" she waves as she enter's the school bus.

Ran and Shun bows and then go into their home.

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Mikan flips the cooking book page by page, her face looks bored. She wanted to cook something for her dear father since he has kept his promise that he'll cooks, western style for her last week, and now it's her turn. She wanted to try the western style too but boy, every recipe that she's seen looks hard and too many ingredients. She wonders, if she should call for Uncle Tsuna. What would he say?

"Pizza!"

"… Pizza…?" Mikan repeats in disbelief.

"M-hm! It's the easiest Italian food and your father likes it to eat when he still in high school…" Tsuna puts the phone between his right ear and shoulder as both of his hands typing on the computer.

Mikan goes to the kitchen table that has cooking books scatter around it and close each one of it. "Uncle Tsuna, could you give me the recipe…?" she asks as she takes a pen and a paper.

Tsuna stops typing and smiles as he hears the request. "It's okay, I'll send an email to you. You have a mobile phone in your hand do you…?"

"Really? You would? Thanks Uncle Tsuna!"

"Your welcome…" Tsuna heaves, he's thinking how the 7 year old girl has grown up. He wonders if his son growing well, since his mother is not with him. Tsuna shook his head, quickly type an email with his computer and send it to Mikan. Now, he does feels glad that he still keeps the little girl's email in his email contacts.

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Fran sitting on veranda as he drinks his orange juice, not long after, Aoi joins him at the veranda and drinks Fran's juice from the same glass.

"… ah… indirect kiss…"

"hm…? So, what's wrong with that…?"

"My first indirect kiss is with a monste—buh!"

Fran got punched in the side by Aoi, as Aoi's face darken with Fran bent forward while he holds his stomach.

"… That hurt…"

"Hey… Fran-chan …"

Fran looks up to see Aoi.

"I don't remember if papa ever tells me about mama…"

Fran quickly stands up or at least tries; Aoi is gripping his sweatpants tightly that he swear he could see a vein popping on her hand. He got no other choice but to comply with her and sit back.

"Ask Uncle then…"

"I'm asking you…"

"Uncle will kill me…"

"… Then let him kill you…"

"He'll kill me for sure…"

"… Which kind of death do you choose, Fran-chan…? With me as the killer or papa?"

Fran breaks a cold sweat, even though his face remains the same.

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"Aww!" Mikan rubs her chest lightly, there a throbbing pain on her chest and it seems like her pink buds becomes too sensitive whenever it got rubbed with her shirt. She washes her hand and wipe them on her apron. Takes off her apron and put it on the kitchen table as she strides to her bedroom. Looking at her mirror, she takes off her clothes and look at her chest. She frowns, her chest look swells a bit and it hurts when she touches it.

Creak! Dam!

"Mikan~! Papa's home…!"

Surprised with her father's scream, she frantically grabs her shirt, but before she could wear it, she oversteps on her own feet and falls. The worst part is, her chest fells on her arms when she tries to protect the front body from the fall, and its pain like hell.

"Mika….waaa….! What happen to you…?" Ryohei quickly goes to his daughter to pick her up when she suddenly pushes her father away. Her father looks at her in disbelief.

"I… I'm fine…" her face blushed and her eyes teary as she covers her chest with her shirt.

Ryohei watches his daughter fidgeting behind the shirt and start to think that there's something that his daughter hide.

"Are you sure…? You don't want to talk about it?"

Her lower lid starting to collect tears and her face are painfully blushing red and purple.

Ryohei seems to be understood with his daughter situation; no daughter wants their half-naked body to be seen by their father. Ryohei looks down and stands up. Mikan looks up to see her father with a questionable look on her face.

"I will wait outside…" with that, Ryohei walks out steadily from his daughter's room with a tinge of pink shades on his cheeks.

Mikan blinks twice with her father's weird act. After a second pass, she smiles; at least her father understands.

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Ran sitting in Japanese style in front of her mother's altar; sitting there quietly and stares at her mother's picture. She's smiling happily and the thought that her mother is happy, making Ran think, can she be like her mother?

"… I… miss you… Kaa-chan…" slowly, her tears making a trail on her cheeks. Without she knows, her father is standing behind the paper door.

He has always known, that deep down inside, how much his children miss their mother. His mind zoning out until he feels a tug on his pants; only to see his 5 year old son hugging his left leg. Gently, he rubs his son's head.

"… I'm sorry…"

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Takuma and Takumi playing hide and seek with Yuu as the ghost, at the park that has a playground. Takuma hid in between the slides while Takumi hides under the mini rock tent. Yuu keep running from one spot to another, but to avail, he huffs in annoyance. He was about to go to another spot when suddenly he sees a woman that he knows standing not far away from him. The smiles that woman shows to him, so familiar and it brings back that gentle memories that he and the woman had once shared.

"…Oka…chan…"

He wants to go to the woman, when suddenly an adult man that he never sees takes the woman by her hand and drags her away. Yuu stand still, he knows that the woman that had once becomes his mother, has been taken away as she married another man. Yuu looks down to his feet. He brings both of his hands to his eyes, and start to sob. Takumi that sees this, quickly goes to his brother and drags him to the crying Yuu.

"Yuu…" the twin simultaneously calls his name, but they could only see his trembles body. Both of the boys go to their friend and pats his back gently.

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Ryohei takes the pizza after saying "Itadakimasu!", and take a big bite from it. Mikan is eying her father with full of anticipation. Looking for any discomfort from her father's face.

"This is good, Mikan! I never knew you had the talent!"

"Really, do you really like it?"

"Yea, just like your moth—"

Mikan's wide smiles slowly fading, replace with a slight curl from the thin lips. "… Just like mother's…"

"Mikan…"

Mikan just smiles as she look at the pizza and without she notice, her eyes began teary.

"… Um! Papa is at fault! I'm sorry to the maximum!" Ryohei bows his head towards his daughter, making her look at her father, eyes widen.

Mikan moves to brings her father back up, but her shirt grazes her bud again and that cringing pain stops her from doing that. Ryohei that just looks up to see that his daughter closes her eyes and stops moving, quickly sitting next to her.

"Mikan! Are you okay?"

Mikan's tears began to falls. "Papa…"

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Mukuro is watching the world news when his daughter comes and sits next to him. Nothing unusual happens until Aoi put her head on her father's lap.

"Mm? what's wrong? You're so spoilt today…"

Aoi looks at the tv, but she didn't get anything at all about what the newsreader is talking about. She sighed and hugs her father's feet.

"…Aoi-chan…?"

"… You never told me anything…"

Mukuro runs his long fingers through his daughter's hair. "… Told you what…"

"… About mama…"

Mukuro startles, he knew that one day this question will asked by his daughter sooner or later.

"What do you want to know…?"

"… I don't know…" Aoi turns around and buried her face into Mukuro's stomach.

Mukuro is eying his daughter weirdly until he sees Fran. Fran's eyes avoiding him quickly when it got contact.

"You know I loves you right…?"

Aoi nods against his stomach.

"If you really want to know about your mother, I'll tell you…"

I received a lot of love and hard experience through my days till now, since I'm the oldest. You see, when you're the first child in the family, you'll understand more of the parent's hardships to take care of you rather than other siblings. Pretty much because the age is not that part away... So, when my mother is working, I'll be the one that responsible for my brothers. (Yes, I'm the oldest sister for 2 younger brothers). As the time goes by, my mother and I is almost like a friend that could talk and laugh about the past. So, I wonder, what is the most precious experience you had with your parents...? ;D

Oh, this time the chapter is hanging, no? Yea, I'll make it as 2 parts. So, no worries, expect the continuation coming soon. (though, it won't be as soon as you thought... -_-'").

Until we meet again in the next chapter, bye bye!