Beauty and The Beast: A Varia's Tale
Summary:
"Only true love can break the curse."
The Varia were so sure they'd never escape their fate now. Why? One. Their boss was incapable of falling in love with women. Two. Because he loved tequila more than anything. Three. And because of reason two, he'd NEVER find love. Or so they thought.
They didn't expect Miss Vongola Decimo, afteral.
[Fem!Tsuna x Xanxus]
DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything of KHR which is the best mafia related anime and manga in this whole wide world. Only Amano Akira does.
4. Breakfast the Varia way.
Previously,
A frown appeared on his face not too long after. "That damned brat just had to get lost."
Xanxus continued walking with irritation. A door opened a member of the Varia stepped out with a yawn as the brown haired male stretched his hands. He turned around and jumped at the sight of his boss. The male immediately saluted the crimson eyed man with shaking hands.
"You will take the Vongola brat back to her room." Xanxus growled in Italian as he picked the unfortunate male off the ground by his shirt front. "She's down the hallway."
"YESSSS SIR!" The brown haired male squeaked as he was let down before taking off in a rush.
The Varia Boss swiftly walked off to his bedroom. He really felt the need for tequila right now. And a whole crate of it.
Sawada Tsunayoshi was starting to think that she would never be able to wake up like a normal person as long as she stayed in the Varia mansion. The reason why was just simple.
She had woken up to the sound of someone clapping. But of course, that wasn't the reason why.
Her mind still being half asleep, the brunette frowned and instead chose to cuddle up to the warmth that lay next to her. She exhaled in contentment as she buried her head into the warm…fur.
Then like every other time when her brain processed what wasn't normal, her eyes flew open at the sudden realisation that she had rubbed her face against 'fur'. As far as she was concerned, Nat-su was not huge and this warm. And she wasn't in the Vongola mansion. And that monotonous voice that didn't seem to be shutting up any sooner belonged to someone rather familiar.
"Wow. Nee-san slept next to the boss's beast and she's still alive. Amazing."
Someone who belonged to the…
"VARIA!" The brunette exclaimed as she sat upright in the blur of the eye.
Her sleep was so peaceful that her mind had erased this certain memory of her being trapped in the confines of the residence belonging to the Vongola's independent assassination squad.
I can't believe I forgot about that! Her mind screamed. The brunette's horrified look was replaced with one of thoughtfulness, as though she was trying to remember something but was failing to. She turned to face the teal haired illusionist. "What did you mean by…-eep!"
Tsuna's eyes had fallen on what was emitting so much warmth next to her as she spoke, leading her to squeak before she could complete her sentence. It was a huge feline with white fur and black stripes on it, a liger to be exact. And to be even more specific, a box weapon which belonged to the one and only man of this planet who probably wanted her dead more than anyone else in the entire universe. Parallel worlds included.
The creature growled in its sleep and this shut the girl up for she had the feeling that if it was woken up, she would be in deep trouble, possibly that of turning into the first morning meal of the majestic beast.
However though, the teal haired boy didn't seem to get that fact through his brain. A part of Tsuna knew he was just doing it intentionally while the other part told her that he was 'just a kid'. But of course, he was more than a kid to have already joined the Varia. "Wow. That's so awesome. Amazing."
She could have sworn he was getting louder with each word that was uttered out from his mouth. The brunette knew she had to do something to stop him. Regrettably, her brain didn't seem to have any ideas. "Shh. What are you even doing here?"
"I have humbly come here on behalf of the Varia to escort you to breakfast." He blinked.
Tsuna felt her eyebrow twitch. He was definitely growing louder with each sentence. "You sure it isn't to make me into Bester's breakfast?"
"Oh my." Fran faked a monotonous-if it even existed- gasp and the brunette froze when the beast stirred. "Why would I?"
"Okay!" She whispered hastily as she hand gestured him to leave the room. "You wait outside. Just give me a minute to change!"
"But the long-haired dumbass commander said that-"
"I don't care who said what!" Tsuna squeaked when her hyper-intuition flared and she jumped out of bed. She pushed the young illusionist out of the room, not caring about being rude at that moment. "OUT!"
SLAM!
Rather cautiously, she turned around and almost melted when she found the liger staring at her with its cold golden eyes. She gulped and waited for the worst. However, the beast just gave a big yawn and shut its eyes again. Tsuna heaved a sigh of relief before grabbing a set of 'normal' clothes and heading into the bathroom to change.
Meanwhile outside the room, Fran stared at the door which had been shut on his face and blinked a couple of times as though processing what had just happened. He nodded his head to himself as though in sympathy. "Ah. Maybe it's that time of the month. No wonder she's so grumpy."
When Tsuna stepped into the dining hall, everyone had turned to stare at her. But she wasn't paying any attention to that. In fact, the first person she looked out for was Xanxus. To her utter relief, his chair was empty. She hoped that he had already eaten or was in the process of eating his breakfast in his bedroom.
"G-Good morning." The brunette greeted them with a smile. She was afteral, needed to get to know the Varia properly. She had to begin her mission at the earliest; the sooner she got out of this place the better.
"Mou~!" The flamboyant Sun Guardian was the first to return her greeting. "Good morning Tsuna-chan~!"
Squalo frowned. "What took you so long, brat?"
"I…uhm…" Tsuna mumbled as she wrecked her brain for a reply. She couldn't just tell them that their boss's box weapon held them up now would she?
Thankfully, though unfortunately, Fran had answered for the Decimo.
"It's that time of the month for her, dum- commander."
The room fell into dead silence again and Tsuna felt herself grow a shade of tomato red. "Wha-?"
"Are you having cramps? Would you like some medi-"
"I'm totally fine. I-"
"-cine? Or did you take so long because you haven't any sanitary pa-"
"ENOUGH!" The brunette exclaimed with much authority, cutting off the flamboyant man immediately. She was in a room where the majority of its occupants were male for crying out loud!
Not waiting for anyone to say anything, the girl marched towards the table and sunk unto an empty seat, which happened to be next to the Rain Guardian because she didn't want to sit anywhere near the knife wielder or the ominous cloaked illusionist or the man with the fancy beard who was busy glaring at her or any of the other guardians. All except for Squalo, probably since he had saved her once and was possibly the sole reason why she hadn't been killed by their boss yet.
Also, the seat next to Squalo was the only empty one available at the table.
The maids rushed in with the brunette's breakfast which comprised of. A classic Italian breakfast. It smelled delicious and it was only then that Tsuna actually realised how hungry she was. She was grateful that her stomach's growls weren't loud enough to be heard this time.
"Thank you." She said in Italian as she gave the maids a sincere smile. They nodded and left the brunette's side with stunned expressions since those very words were hardly ever heard in the Varia.
"Thank you for the meal." Tsuna muttered under her breath as she picked up the spoon and fork.
Breakfast with the Varia was ensured never to be a quiet and peaceful one. There was far too much bickering, it actually reminded her of the times she ate with her guardians. Back in the Vongola mansion, it would always start with Lambo stealing someone's share of breakfast and then further escalate into a disaster topped with grenades, the ten-year bazooka and Bianchi's poison cooking somehow finding its way to the table.
Not to forget Gokudera's dynamites in an explosives' showdown with the young Lightning Guardian. Tsuna never remembered a decent breakfast or any other meal with no drama ever since Reborn had popped into her life a couple of years ago.
Right now, the Varia's Storm was busy claiming all the fine croissants from everyone's plates in an incomprehensible speed. His reason wasn't what the brunette would even consider a reason. "Because I am a Prince."
"A fake self-proclaimed one." Fran said with his mouth full of what he could save of his breakfast.
"Ushishishi." Bel turned to face the young illusionist with his signature smile, a knife magically appearing at the tip of his finger. "What did you say, frog?"
"Mou~!" Lussuria exclaimed with a look of disapproval. "No fighting at the table! Squalo! Teach your younger brothers-"
"VOI! I'M NOT FUCKING RELATED TO ANY OF THE ASSHOLES HERE!" The white haired swordsman slammed his fist on the table, sending the bottle of champagne crashing over to Levi.
"That was meant for the boss!" The Lightning Guardian stood up with much furiousness as he turned on to Tsuna with a glare.
The Decimo who was in the process of putting a spoon of the cold porridge into her mouth blinked in confusion at the man who looked ready to kill her. Wait…what!? What did I do!?
And then it erupted. Varia's classic food fight which involved knives and punches flying around along with the food which wasn't spared. Viper had chosen to gracefully exit sometime before the fight got on to a whole new level where Tsuna found herself hiding behind a huge clay flower pot in an attempt to avoid being hit.
The brunette had her hands on her head as she chanted out about her early death, comical tears flowing down her cheeks. This would have been another matter if it Reborn had left her pills and gloves with her. She wouldn't be hiding like a coward if he had. That damned hitman!
CRASH!
"HIEEE!" She yelped when the pot crashed into a million pieces due to the weight of Lussuria who had been flung by Squalo in the direction where Tsuna had been hiding.
The Sun Guardian was out cold and the next person likely to go down would be the brunette due to her unfortunate position of being under the direct sight of those who had their heads much too into the fight and the fact that she was defenceless.
As though sensing her helplessness, Levi turned around and locked eyes with her. The female gulped at the fact that the man looked so murderous and she was most likely the reason why. She whimpered. "But what did I ever do!?"
But before he could even send the cup in his hands at her, the door to the dining hall suddenly flung open with a loud bang.
A frightening roar which had everyone's hairs standing erupted as the majestic liger leaped into the scene as though sensing the female's distress. The snarl of the beast was so threatening and loud that even the Sun Guardian had been revived from his state of unconsciousness in an instant and was seen crawling away from the brunette's side to a safer corner.
All the occupants in the room watched warily as the box weapon approached Sawada Tsunayoshi and sniffed her, making sure that she was alright. Then Bester turned around, blocking the girl from view as it bared it's fangs at the Varia as though threatening any of them to step forward and attack her.
"V-Voi." Squalo sweat-dropped, he was having a hard time really accepting the scene before his eyes. "What the hell is the meaning of this?"
"Wow." Fran clapped his hands. "Amazing! First, boss's beast keeps watch over her when she was asleep and now protects her. Nee-chan, what makes you so awesome?"
"Ushishishi." The prince cocked his head to the side. "Now this is something one does not come across every day."
"B-Bester! How could you betray the boss!?" Levi exclaimed, looking aghast and receiving a deep growl as though a warning.
Lussuria gaped openly from his spot on the ground. "Tsu-chan! Are you hurt!?"
The Decimo was still in a daze. She herself couldn't believe what was actually happening. Why was Xanxus's box weapon protecting her? Shouldn't it hate her like how Varia's boss did too?
And as though the unexpected appearance of the ferocious beast wasn't enough, its master strolled in through the doors looking half-awake and grumpy. If he had come for breakfast, he wouldn't find any and that would only worsen his already bad mood. The aura that leaked out of him was really dark which indicated that this was one of the mornings when he didn't wake up pleasantly, which was unsurprisingly almost every day.
Xanxus plopped down on his chair which was the only piece of furniture that hadn't been used as some sort of weapon during the fight. He set his feet up on the table and crossed his arms before shutting his eyes.
CREAK.
Everyone present gulped down hard as the table seemed to be slowly giving away to the extra weight after all the damage it had bore from the 'food fights' these past two weeks.
The white haired commander was already calculating the repair cost for the damage if the boss whipped out his deadly guns. He made a mental note to cut a little amount from everyone's pays even though Viper would disapprove. It wasn't like money grew on trees anyway. And seven thousand Euros wasn't a big thing either for men like them.
CREAK.
The blond prince laughed nervously as he edged a little towards the shadows without actually noticing that he did. Fran picked the wisest decision ever in his life by not saying anything and preparing an illusion plan in his mind to escape if things got out of hand. They knew an angry boss was a terribly frightening one.
CREAK.
Levi stood unwavering in his spot. His main purpose in life was to serve his boss. He would strive to do just that and would not run away like a coward. Come what may. The flamboyant Sun Guardian struggled to stand. Being in a disadvantaged position was not the best thing especially when they were so sure the boss would lose his temper.
C-REA-K.
Sawada Tsunayoshi bit back her gasp. The table would break any moment soon and from all the reactions of the black haired man's Guardians, so would his temper which was hanging by a thin thread. This time it would be a real death for her if he pulled out his guns. She furrowed her brows; there was something she could at least do to save herself…right?
When the table gave what sounded like its final cry to signify the end if its years of serving as a grand oak tree which stood tall among all its companions before the Italian furniture company came along and decided to use it to produce this fine dining table, the brunette reacted.
"Xanxus-san!"
Now every eye in the room was on her. It was so quiet. Too quiet that one would be able to hear the petal of the purple hydrangeas fall. All the Guardians present had their personal thoughts for her 'bravery' as some termed it and 'stupidity' as others termed it at that moment. Even the French cook who was busy stirring up something for the cranky Varia Boss almost tipped a tad too much salt into his preparation in shock that she just addressed him so boldly.
The once shut eyes of the true beast in the form of a human languidly opened and landed on her, hardening like steel as it did. He didn't say anything. It was a sign that said she could go on with the reason why she called out to him so loudly as though he was deaf.
"T-Thank you!" Tsuna exclaimed as she bent down so low, her head almost touched the floor; the deepest sign of respect in the Japanese culture. "Thank you for helping me find my way back to my room last night!"
The heads of the rest of the occupants in the room swivelled to Xanxus, waiting for his reply as they watched on as though this was a soap opera. Even the maids who were always afraid of the Varia's Boss popped in their head through the door leading into the kitchen with expectations. This made the brunette sweat-drop at their actions.
Xanxus blinked as though he was…surprised?
He swung his legs down with astonishing elegance and stood up, his eyes still on her. The black haired man kicked his heavy chair to the ground effortlessly with a loud bang which sent the maids squirming back into the farthest corner of the kitchen.
"Shut the fuck up. I don't want to see your face."
Tsuna comically blanched as she watched the Varia Boss exit the room with long elegant strides. He shut the door with a loud bang which snapped everyone back to reality and once more that day, she became the centre of everyone's attention.
"…" Levi stared at her as though assessing a critical mission. He looked like he was viewing her as competition. Competition to what? The brunette fought a tired sigh as she turned away only to realise she was under the scrutiny of the rest of the Guardians.
"Umm…" She fidgeted under their strong gazes. Tsuna was actually quite willing to have a stare down with Hibari right now than be stared at by them. "Is there a second breakfast by any chance?"
"Tsu-chan! Are you still hungry?" Lussuria asked with his hands clasped.
"I didn't exactly even get to swallow three spoons of my porridge…"
"I'll ask the maids to-"
"VOI!" Squalo suddenly exclaimed as he marched up to Tsuna and grabbed her by the arm. "You're coming with me you trash!"
"E-Eh?" The brunette's eyes grew wide in surprise.
"I will train you, fucking brat!"
"EHHHH!?"
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