"In the Mafia?"
Taken aback, both the Ninth and Iemitsu stared at Tsuna in bewilderment.
Reborn, on the otherhand, narrowed his eyes by the slightest bit. Wasn't Sawada Tsunayoshi protected from the Mafia? Her ties with the Vongola should've been cut off completely. She shouldn't be informed about the Mafia unless..
He glanced Tsuna with an unreadable expression, clicking his tongue once before he spoke, "Who told you?"
With her eyes hidden by the fluffy brown mane hers, Tsuna seemed to tilt her head a little in curiosity before her mouth formed a 'o' as she realised what he had meant.
"Umm..." she looked down, twiddling her thumbs shyly as she whispered, "T-tsu-chan found out by herself.."
Reborn twitched in annoyance as the girl addressed herself in third person but said nothing. Instead, he crossed his arms, making himself seem as menacing as possible from where he sat, "How?"
Tsuna flinched at the look he was sending her and released a small shriek. Instantly, Iemitsu jumped into action and wrapped his arms around her, sending Reborn a look, "Don't scare my daughter Tsuna, Reborn!"
I'm the one at fault?
Reborn raised his eyebrows dully and suppressed another huff. A hitmen does not huff. They don't huff.
Cutting in, the Ninth smiled, "Now, Iemitsu, you and I both know that Reborn doesn't mean any harm."
Iemitsu pouted at his words, "But he was glaring at Tsuna!"
Reborn twitched. He could barely restrain himself from inching his fingers towards Leon and shooting him right there and then.
"U-umm!" Tsuna exclaimed and 'hii-ed' as everyone turned to stare at her. She twiddled her fingers again, "T-the postcard Papa sent last month.."
Reborn raised his eyebrows, Postcard? Wait-
Turning to Iemitsu, he growled out, "Iemitsu, don't tell me you really sent that damn postcard with the picture you took when you went to the Northpole with the CEDEF complete with penguins?"
Iemitsu blinked, "Yeah?"
*Crack*
The Ninth sweatdropped as a corner of the table cracked from Reborn's grip. "Iemitsu..." Reborn hissed out, dark aura gathering around him.
"W-wha.. Wait, why are you glaring at me now?" Iemitsu shrieked in disbelief.
"Pray tell, what kind of construction worker goes to the Northpole to take picture with penguins?," Reborn questioned with glowering eyes as he reached up for Leon.
"W-wait!"
"You idiotic bionda!"
Deciding to ignore them, the Ninth turned to Tsuna with a gentle smile, completely disregarding the loud clashes and noise behind, " Tsunayoshi, can you tell me how you found out?"
Tsuna blinked at him from where she sat in her father's lap before smiling, "Un!"
The Ninth watched as she scrambled off Iemitsu's lap and stumbled towards his side and smiled cutely, "Ano ne, whenever Papa comes home, he always gets a lot of weird phone calls! And he never ever answers in front of me and Mama! And, he speaks Italian into the phone!"
"Is that so?" the Ninth pretended to be surprise in order to encourage Tsuna to continue. If she noticed, she said nothing. Instead, she continued, "Un! Kawahira Oji-san said he knew how to speak Italian so I told him to teach me!"
*Bam!*
Reborn and Iemitsu both turned to stare at Tsuna as Iemitsu dropped the wooden tea tray that he had held up to shield himself from Reborn. As they processed her last sentence, everything clicked in perfectly.
The Ninth on the other hand, seemed as though he had completely expected her response and continued smiling, "Is that so? And how long did you take to learn it?"
Tsuna beamed her eyes sparkling with a childlike innocence in her eyes as though glad that he had asked. Holding up two fingers, she exclaimed, "Two months!"
"Oh my..." The Ninth patted her head with a proud smile, "That's quite a feat. You must have worked hard."
Tsuna nodded, smiling, "Un! Because, Tsuna doesn't like it when Papa speaks into the phone.."
The Ninth raised his eyebrows as she went silent. "Yes?" he probed a little.
She looked down like a dejected kid with a pout, "When Papa speaks into the phone, it feels as though he isn't Tsu-chan's Papa anymore.."
"Tsuna.." Iemitsu murmured from where he sat in surprise before he jumped up and scouped Tsuna back into his arms, wailing, "Tsunaaaaa! You're so cute!"
Reborn on the other hand, pulled his fedora down to hide his surprise. While certain people who worked with Iemitsu oftenly knew that he had a rare serious side to him only when it came to the Famiglia, for a seven year old kid who only got to see him once every few month or even years to notice... Could it be that her hyper intuition is already awakening at such a young age?
The Ninth chuckled a little he watch Iemitsu coo all over Tsuna. For a second, Reborn felt a shudder down his back, snapping him out of his thoughts. He sent the old man a wary look. He's planning something. Definitely.
As though reading his thoughts, the Ninth turned to him and gave him a playful smile before he turned back to Iemitsu, "Tsunayoshi.. I have something to.. discuss with your father. Why don't you go and play with Reborn for a while?"
With a calm mask on his face, Reborn revealed nothing about how he felt. But truely, at the moment, deep within him, he wanted to scream in disbelief. What the heck is this old man spouting? Play? Play? I'm a hitman! I don't play!
The Ninth simply smiled. A bright, bright smile.
Tsuna seemed to like the idea of having a playmate very much as she struggled in Iemitsu's arms and immediately jumped out them the moment he released her and rushed toward him with another beaming smile.
That damn smile. With sparkles. Lotsa nice beautiful sparkles.
Reborn twitched. It was official. Iemitsu and his daughter and the Ninth, whoever had that damn Primo's blood was crazy in the head. Bonkers. Completely bonkers. And their damn smile was evil. It was threatening his existence. That damn smile was. to. be. feared.
Because we all know that no matter how calm and cool Reborn is, no one can resist the urge to take a brick and smack Iemitsu on the head when he acts like an idiot.
:D The next chapter is gonna be fun! Reborn playing with Tsuna! I can totally imagine that!
Ciao~ Raita