Tsuna looked at Ryohei in shock, "Marcini?"

Ryohei nodded, "They've been a neutral family for years. It's weird that they would suddenly turn against us."

Tsuna shook his head, "No, we're jumping to conclusions. We don't know yet for sure that they're no longer neutral."

"Boss, if I could mention. When they attacked they looked well prepared and seemed much more powerful than we thought them to be. I noted several A class rings," Alfeo said from his lying position on the bed.

He got a solemn smile in reply, "I'll look into it, but for now, don't jump to conclusions. We don't want to lose a potential ally."

XxX

Tsuna sighed as he sat back in his leather chair looking worse for wear. He once again, for the twentieth time, looked back at the card lying on his mahogany desk. It was a typical invite for alliance or party that seemed to appear on his desk daily. In fact, it made up most of his dreaded paperwork. Writing declines in hundreds of different languages sure was tiring.

A knock on his door shook him out of his reverie. He grunted his consent, too tired to speak. Almost instantly the door swung open to reveal Gokudera Hayato, his right hand man.

When he saw the dishevelled appearance of his precious boss, Gokudera raised an eyebrow. Then he took note of the royal red invitation on the desk and realisation dawned on his face.

"You should just decline," He stated, chuckling.

Tsuna glared at him halfheartedly, "I still don't understand why they would send an invite after that. It could to be a trap but-"

"But you're worried that if their intentions are pure then they would start hating you if you decline." Gokudera leaned against the wall, crossing his arms. His boss had been debating about this for hours. The Storm Guardian frowned when he noticed the Sky's complexion slightly paler than usual. The invitation must've been bothering Tsuna more than he thought.

He paused, taking in his boss's tired appearance once more before coming to a decision.

"Go take a nap. I'll handle the paperwork."

Tsuna looked up in surprise, "But-"

"Don't worry I won't touch that Marcini alliance invite."

"But I'm fine-"

Gokudera sighed in annoyance, pushing himself from the wall to go over and give his boss knock his boss out (painlessly of course). He had done it quite a few times before when Tsuna had refused to sleep to do the paperwork. It would always make Tsuna go all huffy on him, but then, what type of right hand man was he if he didn't look after his boss's wellbeing?

Yet, before he could deliver the blow, Tsuna's eyes drooped closed and his small frame fell sideways off the chair. Eyes widening, Gokudera jumped forward and caught his boss before he hit the floor. He managed a small smile, his reflexes had become much faster after officially joining the Vongola, all that extra training must've paid off.

He turned to find the Baseball-freak leaning on the same spot he had just moments ago. He had his ring lighted, a soft blue flame glowing above.

"You put him to sleep," Gokudera accused.

Yamamoto quirked a brow, "It's a better method then knocking him out."

Knowing that the baseball freak was right, the Storm guardian didn't reply, instead busying himself with placing his sleeping boss onto the nearby couch. Yamamoto opened the closet to reveal layers of feather-down blankets which he proceeded to tuck around the sleeping form of Tsuna. Once they made sure that Tsuna was comfortable, they turned to the desk covered in paperwork.

"I promised him that I wouldn't touch that Marcini invite, but I might as well decline and save him the hassle," Gokudera said, refusing to meet eye contact which the Rain Guardian.

Yamamoto nodded, "Good idea. Tsuna should really stop doing all the work himself, this has already been the seventh time this month we had to do this," He paused, looking at the paperwork with a calculating look, "I'll take half."

"I'll do the rest."

And with that, the two guardians sorted the paperwork between themselves in well practised motions before heading off to out to their offices.

XxX

Toshide crossed his arms in annoyance, refusing to look at his roommate. He couldn't believe he had to room up with him. He must've has the worst luck in the world. Pouting, he stared stubbornly at the ground, refusing to meet his roommate's eye.

His roommate had decided to ignore Toshide's silent fuming and instead busied himself with rolling out his futon out on the top bunk. The instant they had entered the room, he had claimed the top for himself. During Toshide's little silent session, he also decided to claim the ensuite to himself, figuring that Toshide could just go and do his thing in the bathrooms outside.

This person was namely: Mochida Kensuke.

As Mochida carefully hung up his now crumpled suit in the closet, he sighed, "You gonna start unpacking or not?"

Toshide didn't answer, preferring to mutter to himself, "I must have the worst luck in the world… What have I done to deserve this?"

Mochida's eye twitched, "Oi, are you even listening to me?"

He received a not-very-threatening looking glare in response.

"Well, you better get ready for dinner. First impressions are important."

Confused, Toshide looked up, "First impressions?"

Mochida gave him a long, suffering look, "Vongola Decimo? That ring a bell?" Then without further ado, he stalked into the ensuite with a small bottle of hair gel in hand, slamming the door behind.

Toshide could only stifle a laugh. If only he knew. Tsuna's first impression of Mochida involved nearly getting beaten up by said Kendo Captain. It was in no way, a good impression.

In a way, Toshide couldn't help but feel sorry for him. After all, even though Mochida was working so hard to make a good impression, the damage had already been done years ago.

He stretched and yawned, before bouncing off the bed. There was still 2 hours before dinner. Might as well pay a visit to the esteemed Vongola Decimo.

XxX

Sighing in relief when he finally arrived at the double mahogany doors of Tsuna's office (the butler had been kind enough to slip him a map when no-one was looking) Toshide knocked twice, before entering at Tsuna's confirmation.

Inside, he found his new friend lying snug in the couch, his back facing the door, reading a book. He was surprised that he wasn't seated at the desk doing paperwork. There were rumours that his own boss had once tried to resign from his position (Resign! The utter thought of it was ridiculous) just to escape the tedious job. His eyes lingered on the desk that stood at the end of the room, clean of papers.

"Ah! Toshide, you came! I'm surprised you didn't get lost," Tsuna said, twisting around to look at him.

Toshide made a face, "I'm not that bad a reading maps. Though I have to say, this place is huge."

"You'll get used to it eventually. Took me 3 years, but I did." Tsuna moved the blankets off him into a small pile on the couch. When Toshide raised an eyebrow in question he only blushed and looked away, embarrassed while muttering something about 'overprotective friends' under his breath.

"Oh, and did you know? My roommates Mochida. Mochida!" Toshide repeated, "I hate whoever planned the rooms, they put me with the worst person."

A cheeky smile made it's way onto Tsuna's face, "And if I said it was me?"

"Well, then I hate you," Then realising what he had just said, he started rambling a mile a minute, "No-no, I didn't mean it like that! I don't really hate you. It was just-" He flailed, "Just-"

Tsuna rolled his eyes, "Yes yes, I get the point. Now shut up before I get a headache."

Toshide paused, "You know, you're so different here. Nothing like how you were at school."

Caution flickered over Tsuna's face, "And is that a good thing, or a bad thing?" He asked carefully.

"Of course it's a good thing!"

At that, the brunet relaxed. He had been worried that his new friend wouldn't like the change in personality. At least now, there was one less thing to worry about. Catching sight of the time he made a shooing motion to Toshide, "You better go get ready for dinner."

Toshide nodded reluctantly before heading out the door, "See you at dinner, Decimo!"

XxX

Not much about Tsuna's classmates in this chapter, but I hope you still liked it. Like I mentioned before, Mochida will be in Tsuna's class despite the fact that in the manga/anime he was an upperclassman.

Thank you for reading and reviewing!