I sat at the table, Dino-nii clutching my left shoulder forcefully as he made me apologize for my outburst, "I'm sorry. Very, very sorry! I just lose it when anyone belittles someone precious to me. It does not help with Dino-nii nearby,"

He tightened his grip on my shoulder so much, I was sure he had broken my collarbone as soon as he grabbed me, "Forgive Ashura-chan. She normally isn't like this,"

"I remember," Reborn nodded, "Dino-san, you may want to release her, I think she's going to faint,"

I was trying my hardest not to, believe me, "Please, I'll accept any punishment, as long as you don't think ill of my brother for my actions,"

He finally let go of me, being exceptionally proud of me for taking the blame, "See, it was just a misunderstanding,"

"What? For almost murdering me?" Hayato demanded rubbing his neck were my fingerprints were still clearly visible, "Are sure she's not really your brother?"

I grinned at him, proud of my strength, "I'll try to act more feminine next time I fight,"

"Normally I would have been angry that you attacked my little brother, but because it was for love, I'll just act like nothing happened," Bianchi finally spoke up, clearing up her dishes so she could leave.

"Oh, I just realized that I have nowhere to go," I mumbled pitifully, hoping someone would invite me to stay with them.

Bianchi turned to look at me before leaving out of the front door, "I'd let you stay with me, but my place is too small. You should stay with Hayato,"

We glared at each other, "Like that would ever happen!"

Dino-nii rolled his eyes at me, "I agree with Bianchi. Hayato is the only one with the spare room for you,"

He jumped up like he just sat on something sharp and spiny like an urchin, "Yamamoto-"

"Sorry, my folks would kill me if I brought a girl over to live with me," He looked up at me with a sincere smile, "Sorry,"

I waved him down, "It's not your fault!"

"There's no room here, sorry sweety," Tsuna's mother told me kindly.

I doubted that Lambo or I-pin could be of much assistance, so I turn to my big brother, "Dino-nii, can't you get me a place?"

"I want to teach you the importance of earning your own place to stay," He refused flatly.

I looked around in despair, Gokudera being my last hope, and I muttered grudgingly, "Fine, since I have no choice," I choked on each word, making it perfectly clear this was against the core fiber of my being, "Can I please stay with you?"

Tsuna's mom looked at him before he answer, "She has nowhere to stay. If we had the room I'd let her stay here,"

Hayato Gokudera sighed, not wanting to be anywhere with me, but because the 10th asked, or rather his mother, he just couldn't refuse him, "Alright, you can stay, but only if you agree to stay away from me as much as possible,"

"Deal," I nodded, already wanting to be away from him.

"Then it's done. Ashura's punishment will be to live with Hayato," Reborn declared.

I would have negotiated that Lambo can come over and he can't be mean to him, but I knew I was in no position to do so.

When it was time for us to leave, Dino-nii took this chance to tease me, "Try not to kill each other, alright? It just wouldn't do to kill your future spouse,"

I couldn't stop myself because that was just too far, so I punched Dino-nii straight in the stomach. Like I planed, he wasn't expecting that, so he didn't have time to block. He fell on the floor, too dazed to scold me. He'd be cross next time we saw each other, but it was so worth it.

"So scary...." I expected Gokudera to have said that, or even Tsuna, but it was Yamamoto, "Why did he suddenly fall to the ground?"

Wow, he wasn't too bright, was he? Well, athletes never are the sharpest tools in the shed, so I figured as much. At least Tsuna can be sure that he'll one of the strongest families, if not the strongest.

Tsuna and Gokudera looked at each other, knowing that it was my doing, "I wonder why?"

"What was that?" I turned to glare at them venomously.

They both wimpered under my gaze, "Nothing,"

I smirked and head out the door, "See you later, Yamamoto, Tsuna-kun, Dino-nii,"

I stood outside of Gokudera's place. It was vast, cold, and void of life. It was just like my house when I was growing up! Ah, the memories! It's good to see that Tsuna has at least one mafia child in his family. It would be harder for everyone to adjust without him. Eww, I just complimented that jerk. I think I'll just sweep that under my denial rug, an incident that never occurred.

"So, here we are," Hayato opened the door and let me inside the dimly-lit room first.

"This feels like I'm back home in Italy," I was breathless with just how much this place reminded me exactly of home.

"It was modeled after all of the great mafia houses," He told me boredly, clearly irritated that I was asking him all of these pointless questions.

"You know, I'm not happy with this arrangement either," I told him, putting my hands on my hips, "But at least I'm trying to be civil,"

He waved me down, "Whatever, I'm just glad that we don't have to share a room,"

I scoffed, "I wouldn't share a room with you even if you were my husband,"

He snorted, "Please, you strike me as the type that's too stuck-up so you have a husband chosen for you. I bet you wouldn't share a room with him either, but if I were him, I wouldn't want to share anything with you,"

"I would, if I loved the man I supposed to marry," I spat bitterly, revealing more than I should have.

"Who were you supposed to marry?" He asked me, too curious to drop it.

"Drop it. This isn't the way you should treat a woman," I looked back out the still open door and closed it with a loud bang.

"Sorry," He said remorsefully and pointed around the house without moving to show me in detail, "This is the main room. The kitchen is past the double doors. There are two bathrooms on every floor, each the first and last door on the left. The right side are bedrooms. Mine is on the second floor, closest to the stairs,"

"Why would I care where your room is? Thinking I'll get scared and run to you?" I laughed loudly and it echoed throughtout the room, "Like that would ever happen,"

He nodded in agreement, "You're right, that would never happen, because you'd scare it away first,"

I pushed him even though he wasn't in my way and climbed the stairs slowly, ignoring his ranting as I did so. I really didn't want to stay that close to him, but I chose the room right next to his, just to annoy him.

Alright, I had originally planed on her only acting like that when her brother's around, but I think it will also be with Gokudera. Also, I wanted to thank the first reviewer again, so thank you!!! It feels great getting a review in only the first or so that I put the fic out! I wanted to say sorry for how long it took me to update, but in my defence I was gathering information on my subject! That's right! I'm now on episode 55! I would be farther into the show, but I'm trying to wait (and by wait I mean force) for someone to watch the show with me, so that's taking so time, not to mention the fact that I have to watch other anime too, so that cuts into my writing time. Wow, I think this may just be the longest explanation I gave. Probably not, but it is up there! So, please continuing reading and/or review!