flooDisclaimer: KHR does not belong to me.

Skyinthenightslove: Because he knew Tsuna would be coming. Ok, no. In my headcanons Luss loves children, so he often goes around and visits orphanages and gives the kids there clothes and toys and other stuff. That's why he has them in his room.

Meota Tsukiko: There are two different people in this fandom – those who think Mammon is a girl and those who think Mammon in a man. I am of those who think of her as a woman. So yeah, in my fic she will be a woman.

Tiger723: Fran is not a part of the Varia, but he might show up later, if I feel like making him show up.

Master and the stray.

Tsuna wakes up feeling warm and comfy, something that he has last felt only when his mother was still alive. It takes some time for the child to blink away the sleep and finally look around in hopes to see where he was and why was it so soft. When he did do so Tsuna found himself sleeping next to Xanxus, still wearing the clothes that Lussuria and Bel had dressed him into yesterday.

The child immediately sits up and looks around the room. He shouldn't be sleeping here; his place was on the floor. At least, that's what his papa had told him before kicking him to sleep next to the dog. He should be getting out, before Xanxus wakes up. Who knows what the Varia boss would do to him if he were to find the child sleeping in the bed.

Brown eyes look around for the best way to get out before giving up –the result would be the same anyway. Slowly he starts to crawl away from Xanxus and to the empty side of the bed, the idea of simply sliding down the side foroms in the child's head. However, Tsuna has only managed to crawl only a little before his leg is suddenly caught by a strong hand and he's being pulled back.

"The fuck are you doing, you shitty brat?" Xanxus growls low, sleep still in his voice but is slowly disappearing. He opens his eyes and looks at the child he's holding by the leg.

Tsuna looks scared, his brown eyes are downcast and fingers clutching the white sheets. He's in trouble now, isn't he, for being on the bed? He has to wonder what will happen to him now, since his papa had kicked him in the stomach and then thrown him out of the house for the next three days. The kid no longer remembered how he got back inside, all that was left in his memory was the cold rain hitting against his skin, the wind that made him shiver and the dull pain from the place where he had been kicked. The Varia boss would surely do something worse, right?

"U-umm.." the child starts and looks up briefly before lowering his eyes again, "I-I'm sorry, I was getting out already. Just don't hit me, please." His voice broke a little near the end and he tries to make himself look smaller than he already is.

"Like shit I'll do that." Xanxus growls low, sleep still evident in his voice and actions, but now just a small fleeting image and nothing more. He sits up and then glares at Tsuna, "Didn't you hear it yesterday, you fucking trash? You're my pet, so it's only obvious you get treated well."

Tsuna blinks and then makes a small sound, something similar to a whine, before he's suddenly crying quietly, small sobs wrecking his small body. This was the first time in a long, long time that someone had said something like that to him, something that wasn't a threat or an insult. He had already forgotten how it felt to be treated so nicely, to hear such words directed at him, even if they were short and not much.

Xanxus makes a face, something between a glare and surprise, but then looks away and says, "Men don't cry, trash. But I will forgive you this one time."

"Tha-thank y-you, mi-mister." The child hiccups and tries to wipe the tears away. It proved to be a useless action since they seemed to be never ending, all the hurt that had piled up over the years spent with only his father finally spilling out, just because of a few seemingly kind words.

While it hadn't it happened before, during the day when Lussuria and Bel were both throwing around things like 'you're just so cute' and 'you'll be safe with us', because Tsuna had been overwhelmed about everything happening, about the place where he was at and the people who didn't hit and wound him, now, when his childish mind had finally caught up with everything happening, he could finally let it all out. He was finally able to cry, something that he had been banned from doing before.

A sigh reaches Tsuna's ears and then Xanxus gets out of the bed, still not looking at the child. He makes his way to the dresser, in order to find something suitable to wear today and yawns, "Don't call me mister, that's fucking creepy."

"Eh? Uhmm…" the stream of tears stops a little and Tsuna blinks, looking at Xanxus with his large eyes, red and full with tears still. "Then, how should Tsu call you, mister?" he asks, crawling to the end of the bed, just so he could be a bit closer to Xanxus.

The Varia leader looks back at the child with a frown on his face and then, after staring at Tsuna for a few seconds, he returns to getting dressed for the day. "Boss, just like all the other trashes call me. I don't care how you call the rest of them."

Tsuna makes a small noise of agreement and the tries the word out, whispering it quietly to himself. It sounds strange at first; something he had never said before, but after repeating it for a few times there is no longer the awkwardness that had been there at first. The child smiles softly then, happiness growing inside of him for reasons that a five year old can't quite understand right now.

Once Xanxus is dressed he finally looks at his pet, red eyes doing a quick once-over of Tsuna. With a small tch the man picks the kid up by the scruff of his shirt and carries him out of the room and down the hallways. He doesn't say anything, nor does Tsuna ask questions.

Before entering the dining room though, Xanxus stops and lifts Tsuna up, so that they both would be on the same eye-level and says, "You're part of Varia now, so man up, little trash."

A/N: Short chapter is short, but I compensate with cuteness.

Next chapters will be all random, from character interaction to lessons on fighting and Tsuna meeting people, so I am not sure what will happen next. This story has no certain plot, after all.

Ayingott out.