Reborn pulled his fedora; a mini sized one made by Leon; down, as his eyes flitted from left to right scanning the room carefully without being noticed like a hitman would.

Iemitsu's house was normal. Reborn wasn't surprised. After all, his wife was a normal housewife with a child. What had actually surprised him was Iemitsu's wife herself.

Now when one's husband has been gone for three full months without any call or messages until one very fine day when he'd finally sent a postcard to inform them that he was visiting them, Reborn would imagine that the wife would probably be so pissed off that she would slap the man once he came home.

That, unfortunately wasn't the case, with Sawada Nana, Iemitsu's wife. In fact, the woman had welcomed them in with a bright pleasant smile, as though her husband had merely left for a few a hours instead of a few months. She'd showered them with sweets and offers of teas and drinks, making sure to cater to ever single of their needs without asking even once, where the heck her husband had been in the past few months.

Reborn swore in his long Arcobaleno life, that he'd never seen a woman far more denser than Sawada Nana. Iemitsu should've been glad that this was the woman he married because Reborn was sure that if it was any other, he would've been bitch slapped so many times that he probably wouldn't be able to even count.

He watched with unimpressed eyes as Iemitsu fawned over his wife like a pedophile whilst cooing at how she looked 'prettier with her hair short' , how she was 'so cute with her apron' and how he 'was so lucky to have such a beautiful wife'.

He felt like vomitting.

Then again, after knowing Sawada Iemitsu for so many years, he couldn't exactly say that he was shocked. It was more of something he had expected to see the man do. And the knowing chuckles coming from the Ninth who sat opposite him proved that the man's thoughts were very much similar to his own.

He stared blankly as the couple continued as though they didn't existed; Iemitsu cooing and gushing at her whilst Nana batted away his compliments with a blush and a glowing smile.

He sigh inwardly although he revealed no hint of how he was actually feeling outside to anyone. This was a waste of time. He wished that Iemitsu's daughter would get a move on and return home from elementary school already. Before he decided to suffocate her father to death.

"PAPA!"

Oh, he thought dully, so it seemed like Iemitsu would be living pass this day after all.

He observed the girl with a huge mass of brown fluffy hair as she tackled her father into a bone crushing hug. Iemitsu beamed at her arrival and proceeded to rub his cheek against hers over and over again. He fought the urge to facepalm as he began another round of cooing and gushing. The girl had accepted her father's actions without a hint of hesitation and giggled at his coos as though they were nothing of the unusual.

Like father, like daughter he thought dryly.

Arching an eyebrow at the brown fluff, he suppressed an impatient huff. He couldn't see anything but hair from where he sat.

He waited impatiently for Iemitsu to finish up with his stupidity and get back on business; not that he was showing any.

As though reading his mind, the Ninth sent him a mischievious smile than made him shiver involuntarily. That smile is not good. The Ninth may seem like a good old grandpa but he had his moments whereby Reborn saw him as nothing but crafty bastards.

He eyed the Ninth warily as he turned to smile at Iemitsu, "What a cute girl you have, Iemitsu."

At this, Iemitsu wailed even louder about how his daughter had grown up so fast and proceeded to rant to the Ninth about how he haven't even seen a small part of her cuteness yet.

Reborn felt tempted to bash his head into the wall. Or Iemitsu's head. Or the Ninth's.

As Iemitsu finally unwrapped his arms around the girl and set her back down on the floor, he turned to his wife with a grin, "Nana, could you leave us alone for a while? I need to discuss some business matters with them."

Nana nodded and sent him one last smile as she left the room, humming under her breath, not even questioning the fact that Iemitsu's arm remained around his daughter, as though making sure that she didn't follow her mother out. One would wonder why a seven year old's presence was required for 'business'. That didn't apply to her though, it seemed.

Iemitsu then turned to the Ninth, eyes remaining on his daughter, "Tsuna, this man here is Papa's boss."

The brunette stared at him for a second before nodding. She stumbled towards the Ninth smiling and with a bow, she spoke with her cheerful voice, "Konichiwa!"

The Ninth stared in mild surprise at how cheerful she seemed for releasing a few chuckles, reaching his hand out to pat her fluffy hair, "Konichiwa, Tsunayoshi."

The girl, Tsuna watched at him for a few seconds before grinning, "Neh, neh, can I call you Oji-sama?"

Once again surprised by how outgoing she was, the Ninth faltered for a second before he regained his smile, "Of course!"

Tsuna beamed, "Then, nice to meet you, Oji-sama! My Papa is a really a handful and I know that he might do some really stupid things at times so please take care of him for me!" She added another bow.

Iemitsu's jaw fell at his daughter's words whilst Reborn snickered internally at the man's wounded pride. The Ninth was the only one who laughed openly at what she said whilst Tsuna continued smiling as though she hadn't said anything out of ordinary.

She then turned to him with curious eyes, reaching out to tug on her father's sleeve, "Papa? Is he from your work place too?"

Regaining his composure, Iemitsu cleared his throat and smiled at her, "Tsuna, his name is Reborn. And he'll be your tutor from now onwards."

Tsuna blinked at him, eyes reflecting her childlike innocence, "Tutor?"

Iemitsu's eyes hardened a little at that, "Tsuna.. Remember what I told you about my work?"

Tsuna tilted her head at the question but replied nonetheless, "That you were working as a construction worker around the world?"

If Reborn wasn't skilled at hiding his emotions, he would have choked on air at the ridiculous answer Tsuna had given. His eyes darted towards Iemitsu as he thought to himself incredulously, Is he really that thickheaded?

Which idiot on earth would actually fall for that?

The Ninth too, seemed to twitch a little at her words but aside from that, seemed relaxed.

Iemitsu on the otherhand, smiled as though she had said something completely normal. He patted her hair and gave her and apologetic smile, "Gomen, Tsuna.. Actually, that isn't my real line of work. I've.. actually been working in.."

Reborn watched as Iemitsu hesitated to tell his daughter about the truth. He wasn't surprised though. Placed in that kind of situation, anyone would have been as afraid to break the truth to their own daughter. What surprised him the most, was that Tsuna had opened her mouth first.

"In the Mafia?" her tone was far too innocent for that word. Yet, she stared at him curiously s Iemitsu's eyes widened. As though wondering why he seemed so shock, she reached up and pinched his cheek, "Papa?"

"T-tsuna.." he choked out, "W-what did you just say?"

She blinked again.

"The Mafia?"

1) Oji-sama - Grandfather

I sorta wanted to include parts of Reborn acting like a child slowly, so that he wouldn't lose his mature side. I think that the part where he almost couldn't stop himself from huffing out impatiently was so cute! I can just imagine his cheeks flushing red as he tries to resist the temptation!

I know its kinda short, but I promise that either the next chapter or the one after will contain loads of R27 goodness!