Tsuna sat in one of the kitchen chairs, awkwardly watching his Kaa-san baby every little scratch his Tou-san received from M.M's confrontation with a strange twinkle in her eye. She always seemed to become more lively whenever he came home with injuries, but this was the first time he was watching her do it to someone else.

"It's like she's another person..." Tsuna jumped when he heard M.M right next to him. He was so busy watching his parents he hadn't noticed her come up behind him. When she gave him a curious look, he blushed and turned his head away from the girl while giving a nod of agreement. Ignoring Tsuna's behaviour, M.M, sounding slightly distracted by Nana's strange behaviour, asked "Hey, do you know why your dad was following me?"

This question caused Tsuna's hair to stand on end. He knew that he was screwed, no matter whether or not he told the truth, so he settled for middle ground. "He knows that you were a part of Mukuro's gang and wanted to make sure that you weren't going to attack me. You know, cos I'm the heir and all." Tsuna noticed M.M twitch slightly, making him slightly worried. He quickly placated her, waving his arms frantically as he desperately added, "But I told him that wasn't going to happen. I guess he wanted to make sure. But not like he needs to, right?"

He notice her body becoming more reserved and nervous as she answered with conviction, "Of course, I wouldn't do that to you." Something's up... "I've pretty much moved on from that little group." His Intuition spiked. That was a lie. "Sorry... I'm tired from the fight. I'm gonna go up and take a bath."

Tsuna watched her leave with a unsettled feeling growing in his chest. His thoughts were racing inside his head, being filled with doubts and theories on M.M's jumpiness. He was hesitant to believe it but, what if Tou-san was right? What if M.M had remembered her old family and wanted to take revenge? He couldn't really ask her, but he can't quite leave it be either. With that dilemma in mind, his mind could only think, "What should I do?"

M.M took a deep breath as she sunk deeper into the water. She hoped she didn't seemed too strange, but she knew that Tsuna picked it up. It was just something he could do, seemingly without consciously doing it. She knew that her abrupt exit was going to raise a few questions, but she couldn't believe that she forgot her original plan to trick Tsuna into letting Mukuro possess him.

The problem now was, did she really want to go back? Something just didn't seem to sit right with her memories back at Kokuyo. Compared to the Sawada home and Namimori, it was as if something was missing. Something...warm...

She let a groan of frustration, submerging herself into the warm water. The water clouded her ears, and her thoughts were allowed to roam. For now, she was able to subdue her addiction thanks to Tsuna's Tou-san, but what about when it becomes too much to handle? Will Tsuna still look at her with so much gentleness and acceptance? Would he still be able to accept her if he knew that she was addicted to what he hated most?

Thank you for the reviews Akayuki Novak and dota-chiin (Everyone else who reviewed as well, but I usually just do this for the reviewers of the latest chapter)

Sorry guys if this chapter seems a little messy/rushed guys, my school life demands that I pay WAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO IT! Seriously, because of that, all my stuff has been put on hiatus! It's SO FRUSTRATING! That's also the reason why CieloFiamme has been writing the last couple of chapters with me just editing them. So lets give her a round of applause. *Starts clapping*

On a side note, around six weeks later, I'll have more time!

(Cielo: Meanwhile, I might write a little less. Time is pretty stringent on me right now. Next year's my O Levels, which basically shows which doors I can take and where I would go, to a polytechnic or a junior college -which is high school-ish for some- Basically it's gonna decide whether or not I can have the chance to go to University and shite like that.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. We'll try to actually keep to a loyal schedule, which I doubt would actually happen, and maybe update soon enough.)

From the last chapter:
'Spring' to the Japanese generally means that a certain character has done something new, like maybe go to a school where no one knows who they are, or maybe fall in love. Take it that Iemitsu didn't know about Tsuna's crush on Kyoko.