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HiKaRi-ChIbI Haha, it's only for a day though ^-^ Gotcha. I'll keep that in mind - never done R27 before though :3 Angel Dono Always uke Tsuna. LOL Shh, she's going to be my OC. Don't hate her D: daemonkieran That's what she said. Pulver15 Thank you ;D I've just recently gotten better with longer chapters xD ben4kevin Always up for a little 182769 8D Though there's gonna be a lot of crack pairings mixed in. TakeshiYamamoto2980 /nods solemnly. I'm afraid so :C Byakuran will appear...soon. And I'll keep that in mind :'D Ilyasviel16 LOL thanks 8'D There will be lip to lip contact in this chapter. Dun Dun Dun. iloveyaoi-G27 Of course. I plan to include every character in some way...well most of them anyways. :) Lascka Thank you - and yes. In fact, I have a fem!27 fic...-facepalm- Tsuna will get to know them soon enough :3 Eventually, though. I want him to be closer with the Decimo generation even with the plethora of canon characters. Yup, I have an idea in mind. 10069 could also be very possible. No, no, none of them are bad guys, even though I hate Daemon so much at the moment in canon D: AnonymousThank you - and Enma! I love him. I'm thinking of a close relationship with Tsuna - 0027/2700 is almost entirely fluff 8D IKR? Basil will definitely be in, though I have no idea at the moment, and I can't really type his outdated speech D: Fuuta was already in from the start, but the first mention of him is in this chapter :3 YuujouKami I love babies, but they frighten me at the same time - with their crying all the time and whatnot D:
Note: senpai tachi - used when addressing more than one senpai
Though this cafe idea is more mixed with college and things, I'll try to fit in some more food. Yeah. I'll try. D:
Please don't mind the Alice in Wonderland references. Personally, I've never seen the film.
Tsuna gulped and turned around nervously, expecting a very angry mama bear. The woman looked somewhat relieved, but the look in her eyes told him to fork over her baby.
"I-I'm sorry," he squeaked. He started forward to pass the precious bundle to her, but his foot caught on a chair leg—it was the worst possible moment for his clumsiness to show itself.
Tsuna was more concerned about the baby's safety than his own. He would survive with a couple of scratches if he was lucky, but the baby wouldn't fare as well. It would be traumatizing for her for years to come, and risk of head injury at this stage when the baby's cranium hadn't developed fully yet was dangerous. He grabbed for leverage—any leverage would do. His free hand caught the edge of the table—there wasn't enough time to completely halt his fall, but the motion was enough to flip his body over to an angle where the baby wouldn't get hurt. He met the woman's terrified gaze pleadingly, silently communicating his deepest apologies with his eyes.
There was a ripping sound when someone clutched the front of his maid uniform. Caramel met slate blue. He was hovering just an inch above the floor, the lower strands of his hair touching the clean and polished wood.
When Hibari hauled Tsuna up, the buttons of his dress littered the floor. "Herbivore," the raven-haired male scoffed.
"Sorry!" The brunet apologized profusely as he this time, handed the baby safely into her arms. The infant's wide grey eyes closed, then fluttered open again as she broke into a wide grin.
"Wah!" The baby squirmed in the woman's arms as she stretched out her arms for more. The woman couldn't help but smile at her infant's antics.
"No harm, no foul. Though I was really scared that Hana might be harmed for a second there." She sat down as she started to bounce the excited baby on her lap.
"Hana? That's a really pretty name," Tsuna smiled, though his happy expression quickly transformed back into a worried one. "I really am sorry—"
"Stop making a fuss about it," the woman said sternly. She then smiled kindly. "Hana really seems to like you, I'll forgive you just this once," she winked as she picked up her green tea. She blew once on the surface before taking a sip. The brunet was watching her like a hawk as she set the glass mug down. "You know, I think I might become a regular here. Call me Ryoko. This tea is absolutely amazing." Tsuna flushed with delight, and he promised that he would give her regards to the chef—Lussuria.
For someone who nearly caused her baby mental damage, Ryoko left a pretty large tip after promising that she'd be back soon. The scene seemed to have attracted the other customers' attention as well, who had started to chat excitedly amongst themselves.
"Kya, did you see that? It was like, a total movie moment!"
"Are they a couple?"
"I wonder if that babe's single."
"Someone with looks like her? No way, man."
"Maybe I should ask her for her number..."
Tsuna blushed as Hibari looked pointedly at his now button less uniform. "I'll make do..." he mumbled. "Thank you very much, Hibari-san." The skylark gazed noncommittally at him before giving a miniscule nod and heading off to tend to new customers.
Hana...she reminded him of Fuuta.
The hours passed swiftly. More customers had requested for Tsuna to take their orders, but none had asked for special service, to his uttermost relief. He had been groped a few times, but the touches had mysteriously stopped after he had confided in Yamamoto. There were also some people—mostly males—that had asked for his phone number. He had politely declined every single time after a blushing fit.
"Miss! Here, please!" Tsuna, after realizing that the comment was directed at him, hurried over to the people who had hailed him.
"Yes...master?" The brunet's cheeks flared. The 'master' part had been Mukuro's idea, maid uniform, maid cafe? Haha, funny. No.
The three men who sat at the table grinned wolfishly at Tsuna. One eyed his unbuttoned front appreciatively, and sorely wished that the dress shirt underneath was unbuttoned as well. Another one molested him with his eyes, while a third one undressed his mentally.
"Mind if you do a cosplay for us?" the one with orange hair asked.
Tsuna gulped. He didn't have a choice, right?
"E-Erm...I-I...w-well..." he stammered as the trio looked at him expectantly.
"You do know that the wait is thirty minutes to a couple of hours, right?" Tsuna breathed in relief.
"Lambo!" The sable-haired male leaned in to whisper in his ear.
"Just thought you needed a little help."
But the males nodded eagerly instead of looking crestfallen as they rubbed their hands together gleefully. The brunet's shoulders sagged in defeat. Lambo sympathetically patted him on the back as he guided him to cafe seamstress's office.
A girl around his age opened the door not three seconds after Lambo had knocked on it.
"Lambo-kun!" She clapped her hands together joyously.
"Uni-chan," the male responded with a smile. The girl ushered them in.
"I suppose Tsuna-kun needs a costume tailored?" The brunet gaped at her.
"How did—"
The girl smiled mischievously. "Some things I just know." Lambo snorted good-naturedly.
"More like Gamma told you." But Tsuna was already caught in her trap, enamored by her compassion as she guided him through another door that held the many racks of costumes.
"Lambo-kun, you may go now. I'll take care of Tsuna-kun!" The male caught a flash of Uni's forest green hair as she pushed the petite brunet around. He suddenly felt very lucky that it wasn't him in there.
Tsuna's cheeks burned in shame. Any last shred of masculinity he had struggled to hold on to was torn free from his grip.
"Don't worry, Tsuna-kun! You look absolutely cute!" Uni squealed. "What a perfect Alice!"
"But I don't want to look cute! I want to look cool or handsome!" the brunet wailed as he tugged the short dress lower. Underneath the blue and white dress, he wore white undergarments that reminded him of pillowy goose feathers. Uni told him that they were called bloomers, and he had thanked the gods when she had agreed to let him keep his boxers on. Black and white striped leggings covered his legs, ending when they reached his white less-than-half-inch heels. His outfit was all ruffles and frills, and the dark-haired girl had even added a large black bow in his blond wig.
Uni took the liberty of shoving him out the door and shouting praises and cheers after him as he took hesitant steps towards the serving area of the cafe.
His stride became more confident as he neared the back entrance. Caught up in the heat of the moment, he threw open the door with excess flair.
He immediately regretted the action as countless pairs of eyes were drawn to him, some in amazement, some in wonder, and some in...well, he didn't want to know.
"Kufufu, Alice?" A male that was dressed in purple and black with a matching tail and set of cat ears appeared next to the brunet. Tsuna's hands automatically went up to his head to feel the neko ears headband that was supposed to be there, only to discover that it was missing. Maybe Mukuro...?
"Shit," someone cursed lowly under their breath. Tsuna turned his gaze to the left and almost gaped when he saw Hibari in the same themed attire as himself and Mukuro.
The raven-haired male had donned on an emerald green hat, which resembled a top hat except that it was shorter and had more curves. He wore an open suit blazer similar in shade with his hat but just a tad darker. A white dress shirt not unlike the cafe's uniform was exposed by the unbuttoned blazer, and fitted black slacks ending around the heel of his black uniform shoes.
"Well, my dear Alice, it seems that we have company," Mukuro purred. "Please to be acquainted again...Mad Hatter."
Hibari glared at the pineapple-headed offender. "Herbivorous as always...Cheshire Cat."
By this time the crowd was thoroughly engrossed with their interaction.
Bits and pieces of information were given to Tsuna as they headed towards a rounded table that was already seating 7 people. From what he could put together, some customers had requested cosplays from Mukuro and Hibari as well, and Lussuria (he had just learned from Mukuro that the chef was a man of many talents, albeit feminine ones) had heard from Uni that she was planning for Tsuna to do an Alice cosplay (she probably did it while he was struggling to get his clothes on), so he had went with the whole Alice in Wonderland theme for Hibari and Mukuro to match.
Tsuna felt no satisfaction when he saw his customers' double takes at his attire, but felt just a tiny bit smug that he was able to conjure such a reaction. He noted that the other half of the customers were entirely female.
He sat down on the chair that Mukuro had pulled out for him. The two males flanked him.
Right on cue, Lambo arrived with a tray of miniature crumpets and a teapot. The sable-haired male expertly distributed the confections and poured the tea—chamomile from the smell of it—in their cups.
"Enjoy your Vongola-Style Tea Party, ladies and gentlemen." He winked at Tsuna before departing.
The brunet eyed the food hungrily. When he had left Giotto's apartment, he hadn't even had a chance to eat breakfast.
Mukuro noticed the want in his gaze and chuckled a quite 'kufufu' to himself as he reached over to delicately place a crumpet in Tsuna's open mouth.
The reaction was instant. The brunet closed his mouth as Mukuro withdrew his fingers.
Chew. Swallow. Glare (it definitely looked more like a pout). "I can feed myself." The blue-haired male smirked in amusement as he leaned back in his chair.
Even with the customers still ogling their respective males, the Decimo waiters managed to calmly sip their tea (Hibari) eat their pastries (Tsuna) and grope their kouhai (Mukuro).
"S-Stop," the brunet mumbled as he felt a hand trailing up his leg.
"Oya? That wasn't me." That caused Tsuna to jerk his head up in surprise. He found the culprit, who was grinning like a cat that got the cream.
"Smooth, just like I thought," the male murmured to his buddies. Seeing how the male who had touched him was seated near Mukuro, Tsuna scooted closer to Hibari. The scent of lavender, sakura, and green tea catches his attention. He inhaled, confirming that the scent was from the raven-haired male. He half-smiled. Someone as dangerous as Hibari had such a...girly scent.
"Hey, Hibari-san? Do—"
Oh, shit.
His question instantly flees his mind. Hibari just had to tilt his head down whilst Tsuna was tiling his up because the elder was taller than him.
Their lips touched.
It took a while for a finally comprehensible thought to form in his mind. He jerked back into Mukuro.
"Hie! I'm so sorry I was just—"
"Kufufu," Mukuro chuckled darkly, and his red eye's character flashed to a five. "Kyouya...how rude of you. I claimed Tsunayoshi-kun first." Hibari's eyes narrowed as he glanced at Tsuna, a very malicious plan forming in his mind.
What perfect bait. He had been itching to settle the score anyways.
In a swift move, the raven-haired male grabbed the brunet and pressed a tonfa against his neck as he jumped up from their seat to the table behind them.
"Then come and get me, pineapple herbivore."
All hell broke loose then.
"Oh my goodness, the Mad Hatter kidnapped Alice!"
"The Cheshire Cat is after him!"
"Eh? He looks kind of pissed of..."
And indeed he was.
"You play dirty, Kyouya." Said sadistic male smirked as their weapons clashed together. Tsuna was getting jostled around as the two waiters fought. So when Hibari finally loosened his grip around his waist to gain a more advantageous position, the brunet seized the chance and squirmed out of the grip to place himself firmly between the two males.
"Stop!" Tsuna yelled desperately.
Mukuro couldn't slow his trident from plunging into the brunet.
"Guh..."
The blue-haired male rushed over dramatically to take the brunet in his arms.
"Alice!" Tsuna weakly propped his head up. They were still acting out the cosplay?
"Cheshire Cat..."
The trident was actually wedged harmlessly between his arm and his side, but he wasn't about to let the customers know that.
Tsuna's eyes widened as Mukuro inadvertently tickled his scalp before ripping his wig clean off. The hairnet had detached along with the wig, the two cosplay pieces laying on the floor as Mukuro threaded his fingers through the brunet's hair.
There was a dramatic pause before the "Cheshire Cat" crashed his lips against "Alice." The crowd gasped.
"Mmph!" Tsuna struggled to squirm free, but Mukuro persistently moved his mouth against his. "Mukumph! Leph goh!" He ceased beating his fists against the blue-haired male's chest when he felt something in his mouth. His face screwed up as it probed the insides of his cavern. Tongue?
There was no reason for him turning into a shivering, mewling mess. But he did. His head felt woozy when Mukuro finally released him, and for once, Tsuna felt a twinge of annoyance. He almost growled at the blue-haired male.
This better be on hell of a tip.
After that ordeal, the customers were relieved to see Tsuna miraculously come back to life. In the first ten minutes with his wig off, he had gotten four requests—each of them a kiss. His partners alternated between Hayato, Yamamoto, Ryohei, and Lambo—since Hibari and Mukuro had already gotten theirs, albeit with no willingness on Tsuna's part. He had eventually put the wig back on to stem the flow of requests, and even from that point, he still received some cosplay requests, but thankfully, the majority of his evening customers ordered normal things from the menu.
It didn't take long for closing time to come around, and Tsuna discovered that he rather liked his job, even though he didn't see Giotto at all. Now all he had to do was keep it.
"Hello, young Vongola." Tsuna didn't even bat a lash at the nickname. Everyone he's met so far had already invented a nickname for him if they weren't already calling him by his name.
"Yes, Lambo?" he replied easily as he stood on his tip toes to place the box safely on a high shelf. He wobbled a bit before straightening himself.
"It's time to do the drawings to see who's switching. Everyone's waiting for you."
"Ah! Sorry I'll be right there—where are we going?" he asked confusedly as Lambo took a different path from their lounge room.
"Everyone participates in the drawings at the same time. Two people from each section switch so it'll be even," the sable-haired male explained as he opened a door that was labeled 'GATHERING ROOM.'
"Oh." Why didn't I think of that earlier? Tsuna mentally berated himself for being so clueless. He hesitantly walked in the door with his head bowed down.
The room fell deathly silent.
"Oi. Dame-Tsuna. Have some confidence." The brunet jerked his head up at the all too familiar voice.
"R-Reborn..." he stuttered. Of course he had known that his ex-tutor worked here, and he had been hoping that he wouldn't have to encounter him anytime soon. His hopes were dashed at this single meeting, and now he knew that he would see him weekly. How could he survive that?
"Tsuna! Come here, come here," Yamamoto smiled brightly as he patted the spot beside him. The brunet suddenly became aware of everyone's stare on him. He wet his lips nervously, hoping that he wouldn't trip on his way to the seat. Thankfully, he safely crossed the room and sat down, relieved. He shyly glanced around the room for his brother. When he met his gaze, he smiled and sheepishly waved. His grin faltered as the redhead beside Giotto glared at him. He had a peculiar tattoo on his face. It was of scarlet flames, and it put Tsuna in awe even though he was trembling in fear.
Giotto waved back. "Tsuna!" he mouthed, then elbowed the redhead beside him in the ribs as he realized what he was doing.
"I bought the sticks," Lambo drawled, placing the three cups of protruding sticks at the center of the glass table. A male with dark purple hair reached over to draw, only to have his hand slapped away by Reborn.
"Dame-Tsuna has to be introduced first, idiot." The purple-haired male sniffed indignantly. Tsuna gulped. He looked dangerous. He sported a lip piercing, and a teardrop-shaped tattoo under his eye. He had several bandages on his face as well—fights?
He trembled as everyone looked at him expectantly. "I-I'm S-Sawada Tsunayoshi, but call me Tsuna," he almost mumbled, down casting his eyes the whole time. He heard Reborn give a pained sigh.
"Ieyatsu. Did you leave all my teachings on Dame-Tsuna go to waste?"
"Of course not," Giotto said cheerfully, ignoring the hidden barb. "What's wrong with having a cute and adorable brother?" Reborn snorted, along with the blond that sat next to him.
"Looking like a girl doesn't mean anything, kora."
"This is a waste of my time if I'm not getting paid," another person complained tonelessly. Tsuna wasn't sure if the person was a male or a female, a cloak was covering most of the person's features, but upside down triangular shaped purple tattoos on his cheeks were exposed. What was with the tattoos? They seemed to be in fashion.
"You say that every week, Mammon, but you never leave," a green haired male piped up. "Though I do agree." Then he slid up his glasses as he glanced interestedly at Tsuna. "It's odd how he possesses so many female traits, however, maybe his estrogen level is a little higher than average males?" he muttered to himself.
"Pleased to meet you, Tsuna-kun," a warm voice said. Tsuna looked confusedly at the female.
"Uni?" The brunet bit his lip in thought. They sported the same orange clover mark on their cheek and had the same forest green hair, but they looked somewhat different. This one looked older.
The female smiled. "Close. I'm Luce, and Uni's my younger sister."
"Ah." Tsuna ducked his head in embarrassment. "Sorry."
"Listen up Dame-Tsuna. I'm only going to introduce them once." The brunet focused all of his attention on the fedora-wearing male now. He knew Reborn would kill him if he let his attention wander. Reborn jerked his thumb to the blond on his left. "This is Colonello."
"Nice to meet you, kora." Tsuna nodded.
Reborn continued on. "Lal Mirch—Lal." He pointed to the female sitting beside Colonello, who was scowling irritably. Looking closer at her, he could see a scar that marred the right side of her face, but strangely, it didn't take away any of her appeal.
"If you expect me to be nice to you like that idiot, you're wrong, Sawada." Tsuna guessed that the 'idiot' was Colonello.
"Aw, Lal, don't be mean," Colonello said, kissing her on the cheek.
"I-Idiot!" She shoved him back, but the blush on her face gave it away.
"You already know Luce. Him—" Reborn pointed to the purple-haired male. "He's the lackey, Skull."
"Reborn! How many times do I have to tell you, I'm not your lackey!" The fedora-wearing male and Colonello glared at him.
"O-Okay senpai tachi..." Tsuna was amazed at how fast Skull had crumbled. He had looked so tough..
"That's Verde," Reborn said with an air of distaste. Now that he thought about it, sometimes on bad days Reborn would curse 'Verde' under his breath. He peeked at the green-haired male, wondering what was so bad about him.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi." The brunet cocked his head in confusion, but Verde offered no explanation, just a knowing smirk.
"That's Mammon." The person with the cloak didn't greet him. He wasn't sure if he was even looking at him with the hood and all, and he hadn't received a gender clarification either. "And that's Fon." Reborn pointed to the dark-haired male that wore his hair in a braid and had a serene smile on his face.
"I hope that we'll get to know each other better, Sawada-san."
"E-Eh? Me too...but..." He glanced at Hibari, then back at Fon again. He rolled in his lips as he contemplated whether to ask or not. The curiosity was killing him, but it would be rude...but they looked so alike.
"Kyouya is my younger brother. There's one more," Fon clarified. Tsuna didn't dwell on the last fact, but he could clearly see the resemblance between the two brothers. They were almost exact copies.
"It's up to you to acquaint yourself with the kitchen staff. Shoichi Irie and Spanner are co-managers, you'll see them around. Sasagawa Kyoko, Miura Haru, and Dokuro Chrome work with Uni, but they're not at work today." Reborn sat down, now that his job was done.
"I guess it's my turn." Giotto rose from his seat. "This is G—my best friend." Again, Tsuna did a double take. His brother chuckled. "Hayato and G are half-brothers."
"Half because I'd never have that pink hair," Hayato scowled.
"It's red," G snapped.
"They usually get along well." Both males scowled at him as the blond smiled sheepishly. "This is Asari Ugetsu—he's Takeshi's brother." The male smiled kindly—it was a mirror of Yamamoto's smile.
"Lampo, Lambo's brother." The male had the same tousled hair, except that his was a shade of light green. His right eye, like Lambo's, seemed to be perpetually shut.
"Knuckle, Ryohei's brother." He, like Ryohei, had a adhsesive sports tape over his nose. However, instead of short, cropped, silver hair, he had spiky black hair. Apart from that difference, everything was the same, even the—
"NICE TO MEET YOU TO THE EXTREME, SAWADA!"
Yup. He could definitely see the resemblance.
"Daemon Spade," Giotto said cautiously.
"Nufufu/Kufufu," Daemon and Mukuro chuckled at the same time. Tsuna was more than a little creeped out.
"Pineapple brothers," Giotto coughed under his breath. The two males directed irritated glares at him.
"And...Alaude. Fon and Kyouya's half-brother." The raven-haired male glared at Giotto for using his first name. The pale blond, Alaude, stared impassively at him. The Hibari brothers seemed to have adopted the same hairstyle.
"Anyway Tsuna, you'll be seeing them sooner than you think." Giotto smirked. Tsuna gasped. Was that a smirk? Oh dear God. That never amounted to something good.
Hayato nudged him with the cup. Tsuna forced his jaw closed and hesitantly drew a stick. He sighed in relief as he saw that his stick wasn't marked and passed on the cup to Yamamoto. The Arcobaleno and Primo Generation were each drawing a stick from a separate cup assigned to their section.
"I GOT THE EXTREME STICK!" Ryohei fist pumped.
"Oya, oya. I got it too." Mukuro seemed disappointed as he sent a glance at Tsuna. Reborn promptly snapped his stick in half and threw it behind him. Skull followed suit. Lampo and Daemon were holding the marked sticks in the Primo section.
"Reborn and Daemon to Decimo. Lampo and Mukuro to Arcobaleno, and Ryohei and Skull to Primo," Luce decided. The sticks were tossed into the fire behind Reborn.
When met with Tsuna's confused gaze, Giotto mouthed "It's tradition." Tsuna looked at Yamamoto, who was staring at Hayato, who was looking at Reborn, who was smirking at Lambo.
Oh.
Oh.
Gay tendencies indeed.
"Tsuna? Did you set your alarm clock early?" Giotto asked from the living room.
"I did!" Tsuna yelled from his room while covering his cell phone receiver. He didn't want to deafen his parents. "Anyways Dad, work is fun, I'm going to start college soon, and life is great," the brunet said, hoping that he didn't jinx himself. "Tell Mama I love her. Tell Fuuta too."
"I will. Good luck, Tsuna." Tsuna smiled as he hung up. He crawled into his bed and stared up at the ceiling, recalling memories of his younger brother until he fell asleep.
If you think I missed any characters, tell me :'D I'll add them; these characters are included [Tsuna's parents [minor] Bianchi, Fuuta, Basil, VARIA, Millefiore, Oregano, Tumeric, Kusakabe, (maybe) Mochida, Kokuyo Gang, Shimon...yup].
Also, I won't do a poll because 1) I doubt I'll need much persuasion and 2) because I don't know how to set on up.
But I'd like to see who you'd like to see Giotto with. Pretty much all pairings on the side are possible, but the main is either Alaude/Giotto, G/Giotto, or Daemon/Giotto.
Tsuna's decided already, but I can add tidbits of other pairings if you wish - it's allx27 after all.