A/N: S27? XS? As I write on, I'm debating of which ship I want.
Kiss Part 3
Squalo is before his boss in his office with his report. Lussuria happens to be there to give out the snacks which are parfaits! The sun guardian sets in action. "My, Squ-chan, did you do something to your hair? Did you buy a new shampoo?!" He asks in admiration. Xanxus ignores this.
"Shut up! What the fuck are you getting at?!" His swordsman questions suspiciously.
"I was just askiiiing! That's because you look more handsome than usual! Practically glowing!" Lussuria approaches him after setting his boss's parfait before him.
Squalo backs away feeling disgusted by being noticed by the transvestite. "What?!"
"Are you in love, Squ-chan?" Lussuria keens. That caught his master's attention. Xanxus looks at them from the paper that he was skimming through.
"Wha-wha-VOOOI! Shut up! I'm not fucking in love!" An obvious lie to the black-haired's observation.
"Really?" Lussuria looks like he's thinking, and then speaks, "But you certainly are getting more handsome Squ-chan, and the only way that happens is if you're in love!"
"I said shut up! Do you want me to fuckin' slash you, ya fucker!" Squalo swung his blade which gets him a glass to the head. "VOOI! What was that for?!"
"You were being fuckin' loud, scum." Xanxus replies sharply. "And don't fuckin' wave that sword in my office. Trash," he refers to Lussuria, "get out. Squalo isn't done giving his report."
"Right away, bossu!" The tranny leaves happily.
Squalo feels his goosebumps because he really wants to hurt Lussuria for saying something like that. Shit. Is he really that obvious? Almost a month has passed. Giannini is almost done with his current mission, and will hurry to finish the antidote. The shark is sure to give him a good fuckin' scar for having created that potion.
Even if he has come to accept his feelings for Tsuna, it is a dangerous love game considering that he is loyal to Xanxus. Squalo isn't so sure that he's in love with the older man anymore. What he feels is different for what he feels for the younger brunette. Xanxus is still the Xanxus he loves despite it being extra annoying.
The shark shouldn't be comparing them, but he is. Tsuna is a lot more comforting to be around. Not that the swordsman needs comfort. He knows that if he is to be in a relationship with Xanxus, it'd mainly be about just sex and no snuggling. Tsuna wouldn't mind snuggling. Maybe even likes it. Squalo isn't so sure if he likes them since he never gave snuggling a chance since he only had one-night stands.
Tsuna may be weak, but to the swordsman, he saw that the teen is also naturally good-hearted, and can be strong when needed be. While Xanxus is always strong, and conceited. He likes them both. He admires both. Though the teen could be better, Squalo sees the potential. And he wants to see that potential stem out from this seedling kid.
He knows that he would always bottom for Xanxus while Tsuna would need some encouragement and training to do so. The shark is fine with both positions. Tsuna could be cute as a bottom while Xanxus would be hot as his top. Squalo sometimes thought that it would be an ideal threesome, but knew that his boss would be possessive and scary. It'd be hard to balance rough with gentle unless Xanxus appears in the middle of the two of them getting it on and joins in.
It'd also have to be when Tsuna is a bit older and familiar with the lustful side of sex before a threesome can happen. The teen seems to be the type to take these first times as important. Though the kid may not seem to mind it at first if a threesome does occur, but then he'd comment that he wouldn't have mind, yet preferred that it'd just be them.
Xanxus wouldn't have mind it being a threesome or even an orgy. All that matters is that he got his chance of claiming Squalo first, and then gets the chance to bang the others. Maybe Squalo is over exaggerating of how he sees his boss. He isn't sure. He never even got to kiss the man, and that's the final step of his journey. He just needs that one simple kiss.
While the shark is deep in thought, Xanxus is staring at him. He's trying to read the male's expression. It seems that Lussuria is right that the male is in fact in love, and is now trying to contemplate on his true feelings. It looks like his love is unrequited by those depressing and conflicted facial expressions.
The varia boss wonders of who this person may be. Maybe someone that Squalo met on his supposed two month trip for personal business. This doesn't please the man. Having a romantic loving relationship screws up focus, and it is practically pointless. He knows Bel and Fran is in that sort of relationship, but it doesn't matter since its Bel. He's a lazy piece of shit unlike Squalo.
His second being in that sort of relationship would get in the way of his work which is piled with the work Xanxus is supposed to do. He definitely wants Squalo to not be in a relationship at all if it gets in the way of pleasing Xanxus like he always does.
The man's curiosity loops him into trying to think of what this girl may be. Knowing Squalo for about five years (including the years before he was frozen), he can't picture the male with another woman. He tries though since it's a lot more entertaining than his work. He first think about the boob size since the girl will obviously be pretty. Not gorgeous, though. The shark seems to not fawn over great beauties. More like he would fawn over a woman who knows how to take charge. Spend more of her time being a boss, than being in front of a fuckin' mirror.
Perhaps the silverette likes a woman with large breasts like double D's. A curvy girl. Maybe with short hair since Squalo already makes up for the hair she doesn't have. If the woman is dominant, then their sex would mostly consist of the woman battling for that dominance and there would be a lot of grunts, bangs and yells.
Almost different from Xanxus's type. He doesn't necessarily fawn over great beauties either. He likes slender skinny women with a dominant side, but would eventually succumb to his control on bed. Surprisingly, he prefers women with boobs that were as big as B's or C's. He finds them more fun to tease and hold in the palm of his hand. He definitely likes to see a cute butt.
A butt like his second-in-command's own. Damn, they've been at saunas together, and he's seen the man without his towel on, and anti-christ, does he have a nice ass. He could just bend over the man and ram him while thinking that he's a girl. But he wouldn't do that. He may be cruel, but he's not that much of a dick. Xanxus figures that he is bisexual since he has felt interested in fucking a few guys he's seen, but hasn't actually done it.
He's too aware that Lussuria would advance to him if he ever knew.
He tries not to imagine of how that would go down, and focuses back to his right hand man. He makes a mental image of Squalo having sex with this woman, but then his mind shifts into imagining the two of them in bed having sex. Xanxus feels his dick harden by he thought. He pushes the thought away since he doesn't want to make things complicated with his swordsman. Squalo is the type to cling to him as a serious lover, or would be bitter if he is told that he's just a random hook up. Things are good as they are now. No need to screw it up by sex.
Squalo finishes giving his report, and leaves to his room. After days of missions and paper work, he's given the rest of the day off. The man feels shame in entering his room because he knows that he's been writing...poems. He can't help it! He's going crazy without Tsuna! He's all he ever thinks about. Training and killing people doesn't put him at ease either when they usually do! So he's been writing these fuckin'...poems that surprisingly help him feel better!
He sighs roughly as he lays on his bed lazily. He doesn't want to do anything other than kiss the male. He doesn't want to train, doesn't want to train others, doesn't want to do anything but go to Japan and embrace the teen. Hear his helpless voice, touch his skin, see his warm smile, taste those lips, and smell his scent. He wants to go back to the aquarium, and just admit that he doesn't care about the potion despite complaining about it because he likes being in love with him!
There's a knock at his door. "VOI! Who is it?!"
Mammon enters like a ghost. "Mail." He hands an envelope. "Pay for the delivery fee."
"VOI, you didn't have to deliver it!" But he pays him anyway to get some privacy before opening the envelope that doesn't have an address on it. There is only a piece of paper inside. He looks at who's it from to see that it's Tsuna! Squalo's eyes widen to saucers as he read it.
Dear Squalo,
I know that you must be busy, but I miss you a lot. It's not a good enough reason for you to come back, but even with everyone keeping me company, I can't help thinking about you at night. It's really hard to sleep knowing that you aren't here in Japan with me. I really want us to have fun again if that's okay with you, because it is really okay with me. I'm hoping on it.
Sincerely, Tsunayoshi Sawada
The shark rereads it again and again, and he's not analyzing it. It's his heart growing fonder at the idea of going to Japan to fulfill the teen's wish. He is going to be the future tenth vongola boss, so he's under duty to attend to him. Squalo brain kicks his heart for thinking such a thing when the swordsman's loyalty should always be with Xanxus. Going to the fake on purpose is a clear sign of faltering loyalty! The heart smacks the brain and screeches that the man also needs to go back to Japan to get the cure! Perhaps the teen forgot to mention that a cure is done! His heart and brain gets into a full out brawl before guts come in and knocks them out.
Guts tell Squalo to go to Tsuna at his next day off which is now. It'll only take a few hours of a visit, and if there is no cure, then leave immediately or else it is a sign of faltering loyalty which his pride will not condone of him doing. Even though the letter is suspicious, it's best to check.
The silverette nods to his guts, and then calls for the varia's private jet. He tells Levi to tell Xanxus that he had to leave for important business. He'll explain the other details later. The shark then goes to Japan.
Levi is happy that the man left which leaves room for him to do something great for his boss! He knows full well that it's because of Squalo that he can't get the boss's attention. The man goes to his boss's office happily, and enters after a knock. He gets a glass to the face.
"What the fuck do you want trash?" Xanus growls. He really hates looking at Levi's face. He is especially pissed off at hearing Bel's laughter who is in the room giving his report after Squalo.
"Bo-Bossu, sorry for intruding." Levi tells him with utmost respect. "Captain Squalo told me to pass along this message that he's leaving on important business, and would not tell of what it is."
Xanxus figures that it is to meet his secret lover. "Leave scumbag." He orders, and Levi leaves.
Bel laughs, "Shi shi shi~I bet that important business is actually code for seeing a secret lover." His boss glares at him, but there is a glint of interest in his eyes. "I believe Mammon happens to know since we've been suspicious of captain Squalo's behavior recently. Ushishishi~! The baby won't tell me unless I pay a rather hefty price. He told me that the identity of this secret lover is someone that you will not only kill, but also kill Squalo for. Ushishishishishi!" Excitement really builds in the young blond man.
Xanxus's eyes widens because he knows of only one person that he would kill and also kill Squalo for being in love with! He stands up abruptly with flames of wrath glowing at his fists. "MAMMON!" The baby appears as if he has been waiting to be called in. "WHO THE FUCK IS SQUALO IN LOVE WITH?! I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE PRICE!"
Bel scrams out of the office for safety. The baby stays near the door's exit. He shows the proof first, "I found these love letters written by Squalo to his lover." Xanxus doesn't really care, but it's good to know so he doesn't have to ask later. "They're all written to...Tsunayoshi Sawada." He flees when he sees scars form on his leader's skin.
Xanxus doesn't know what the fuck his second was thinking about being in love with the damn fake, but he knows well that Squalo has betrayed him, and he's going to kill him! "SQUALOOOOOOOO!"
The shark in the private jet sneezes hard and feels a dreading atmosphere upon him. He isn't sure of why he feels this way. If he does try to decipher this, he's too scared of thinking of the answer. He let's himself relax, yet his heart is feeling more anticipation of finally seeing Tsuna once again. Unknown to him, Xanxus and the other varia guardians are on his tail on their own private jet.
Bel, Mammon and Lussuria are both frightened but also excited by what they have done! They are going to see the epic and most tragic ending of Squalo!
The shark reaches Namimori, and goes straight to the future tenth's house. Lambo and I-pin are playing on the front yard so are the first to greet him. "Squalo-san is here! Squalo-san is here!" The cow cries out.
Tsuna immediately runs out of the house to go greet the swordsman. "Squalo! You came back!" Squalo's heart nearly explodes by the sight of the teen's smile. "Giannini hasn't finished the cure, yet, though."
Disappointment washes over the man's face. "You got to be fuckin' kidding me! I thought that he might have been done by now, but it was a mistake! I can't stay here, so I'm going!"
"No! Lambo wants to play!" The child latches onto the man's leg.
"VOI! Get off me brat!" He kicks his leg aggressively to shake him off, but the cow just laughs thinking its a game despite the silverett'es complaints.
Tsuna tries to take control of the situation to calm everyone, especially Squalo. "Can't you stay for a few bit more hours. How about a walk at the park for old times sake. I really miss you Squalo."
The gray-eyed male pauses his kicks to remember the the letter. It's just a walk at the park, so he agrees. But then he's also pulled into the house and greeted by everyone including Bianchi who came back. It almost felt like he never left, and the warm atmosphere is nice. Tsuna's mother prepares bentos for them before they leave since she figures that they would spend a lot of time together before the man has to leave again. She's not too oblivious to the fact that Squalo is a special someone for her son.
The two of them finally leave to the park along with Lambo and I-pin whom are going to play at the playground with Bianchi's and Reborn's supervision.
Squalo and Tsuna walk along the concrete steps. The teen asks of how the varia has been doing. He replies that nothing different happened than usual. The brunette tells him about what he has been doing with his friends and mother. He talks about Reborn's crazy assignments, and other crazy stuff. The shark smiles because he's pleased with finally hearing the male's voice. The sound of warm and casual familiarity with just a touch of passion behind his tone.
His mind is telling him to leave, but his heart is telling him to stay. His gut tells him to stay, but being cautious of time and surroundings.
"I'm really glad that you're here Squalo." Tsuna tells him happily. "I was scared that it'd be awkward to meet again at some mafia meeting or problem. I was afraid that you would want to just ignore me and not act as friends."
Squalo nearly sighs to the word of friends. He knows he told the teen that they wouldn't be friends after he's cured, but now, he wouldn't mind just being friends. He doesn't know of how he's going to feel after the cure, but one thing is for sure is that he will continue to feel this side of him wanting to be gentle to the teen.
He says with rough tone, "Vooooi...Tsuna, you already know that my boss is Xanxus and he wants to kill you more than anyone including the ninth." The teen frighteningly remembers. "Being your friend would be a sign of betrayal to him. A sign that I am no longer loyal enough to be by his side no matter what reasons I have for my actions. Love potion or not, the fact that now that I am seeing you like this as a friend or a man in love, is all Xanxus needs to terminate me."
"T-terminate?! You don't mean..."
"Yeah. He'll kill me if he knew about this."
"The-then you should go! I don't mind if we don't talk again if it means that you won't be killed."
Squalo chuckles, "Heh, I'm already a dead man for walking in this park with you. But I couldn't help it." He looks at the teen with a clear face of adoration and confliction. "I'm in love with you." Tsuna blushes to the confession. "Can I kiss you one last time?" The brunette is shocked by the question, but then they already kiss, so he shuts his eyes tight and nods. They are at a rather secluded place in the park anyway.
The swordsman feels irritated in himself for asking the question. More irritated that the teen said yes. But then, he also feels pleased to be able to kiss the teen. It felt like it would put a load of, but also on his shoulders.
Despite how conflicted he still feels, he goes for the kiss. He bends down, holds the teen's chin to make him look up, and they meet eye to eye. Tsuna shuts his eyes again since it is so embarrassing! The silverette lightly chuckles at him before leaning forward and touch their lips together.
It doesn't last long when they both feel an ominous heat flung at them. Squalo pushes Tsuna away as he lunges himself back. He barely makes it out of the flame's way. Some of his hair follicles didn't make it all the way though.
The shark knows that flame that was shot at them. He looks towards where it came from to see a truly pissed off Xanxus aiming his gun at him. "Oh shit." Squalo whispers in doom.
"Squalo!" Tsuna shouts out to him worriedly which isn't a wise thing to do. Xanxus pulls the trigger. The swordsman reaches to the teen and throws themselves into the bushes where they run. The varia man leads them since he knows how to dodge the wrath of Xanxus as his boss shoots a section of the park's forest down. People are screaming, and running away.
Tsuna's guardians-Yamamoto, Gokudera, and Ryohei-appear before the silverette and their boss. "Tenth, are you alright?!"
"I'm okay!" The future vongola replies, and then is pushed by Squalo into his right's arms.
"GO! I'll handle Xanxus!" Squalo orders!
"What?! Squalo, you'll be killed!"
"It's my fuckin' business, so stay out of it, and GO!" He demands again. Gokudera pulls Tsuna with him to run with Ryohei. Yamamoto stays. "VOOOI! I-"
"I know Squalo." Yamamoto tells him in all seriousness. He then pulls a foolish grin, "I wanted to tell you that I would like it if you'd come by my place again to try out a new menu my dad made up!"
Squalo smirks at him, "I'll come by, and you better not be slacking off on your training!" Yamamoto nods, and then runs off for his friends.
"Ushishishi~" There is that annoying laugh. The four varia guardians surround him.
"We've been ordered to assassinate you Squ-chan! I hope you don't take it personally!" Lussuria tells him happily.
"I've been waiting for this." Levi grins. He's been anxious for this.
"Umu, you're an idiot for thinking that you can get away with this." Mammon scolds him.
"Shut up, and come you fuckin' bastards!" Squalo demands. He isn't afraid of his fellow guardians. He was the one who was the varia boss for eight fuckin' years, and not one of them dares to throw mutiny at him because they know that he is second-best.
When they began, he already knows that Mammon is throwing in an illusion. The swordsman already sees through them. Lussuria is keeping back as back up as Bel and Levi are the first in line to attack. Knives are thrown and parabolas are arranged. Squalo easily dodges the knives, cuts their strings, and then destroys the parabolas. He knocks out the thunder guardian first.
He aims straight for Lussuria who uses his knee to protect himself against sword's blow, but then is subjected to the strong vibrations that caused. He is paralyzed, so can't defend himself against the hit to the noggin by the swords man's hand. He falls unconscious.
Bel continues to throw his knives along with Mammon using his illusions to confuse Squalo, but they know that the swordsman has a strong sense of intuition. Bel is met with a sword that cut the shell of his ear, and injects itself into the tree behind him. The blond's breath hitches when he knows that the swordsman has just spared his life. He nervously laughs, "What's wrong? Not going to kill us? Did that fake make you soft?"
"No." The man growls. "I understand that I am defected from the varia, so there needs to be someone to handle the crap I had to deal with! And since I am defected, my loyalty to Xanxus is shattered!" He takes out his sword from the tree, and grabs his hair. "I don't deserve to his guardian nor can I keep my promise." He slices his hair off, and drops it on the ground.
Squalo suddenly disappears. Bel dodges a shot of flame that was meant for the swordsman. Xanxus enters having walked to where they are. "WHAT THE FUCK?! WHERE THE FUCK IS HE?!"
Mammon replies, "It seems that the mist guardian, Chrome, interfered." The baby takes out a paper and sneezes. "Her skills has increased greatly. It will take time for me to decipher of where they went."
"THEN THE REST OF YOU GO FUCKIN' FIND THEM!" He orders and kicks his unconscious guardians. He roars out angrily.
Squalo finds himself within the hospital which would be the last place for the varia to search since the man isn't injured. "Why the fuck am I here?!" he shouts at the vongola guardians and Reborn; except for Hibari who isn't there. "And why do I have this bad taste on my tongue?!"
"I'm sorry Squalo." Tsuna apologizes. He is sitting on a chair next to the swordsman. The rest are standing. "I called for Chrome to help you get out of there even if you wanted to fight because I was worried. It is my fault after all, so I was trying to take responsibility for my actions."
"It's not your fault! It's that stupid inventor's fault! I'm going to kill him when I find him!"
"Mwah, mwah," Yamamoto tells him with mirth, "That's why he left after giving Reborn the antidote. He chugged it down your throat, and you knocked out for a while."
"Be grateful to the Tenth that he went through all this trouble for you!" Gokudera orders.
"It's okay Gokudera-kun." Tsuna says to his friend. He face Squalo. "So how do you feel?"
That is a good question. The varia man looks at him, and there is still that sense of wanting to be gentle despite his rough personality, but any feelings further doesn't appear. "Nothing. I guess it was the potion after all."
"That's nice to hear since you're in love with Xanxus." Tsuna comments and then realizes what he said.
Squalo's eyes widen. "How the fuck do you know that?!"
"Ah," Yamamoto grins like an idiot, "I told him a few days ago, when he asked. It just slipped out."
"What the fuck do you mean it slipped out?! Don't tell me that you told them about the other stuff! I'm goin' to fuckin' kill you, you fuckin' katana brat!" Squalo gets up, but then realizes he's naked. "Why the fuck am I naked?!" He stands proudly without a care that Chrome's in the room.
"Reborn said that since you're defected from the varia, it would be a good idea for you to change your appearance. It won't be long before they find you, but then you should at least have a chance to change your life. You're still a prized assassin to the vongola." explains Tsuna. "He even cut your hair." He hands him a mirror.
Squalo stares at himself in the mirror to see that his hair has been put into a spiky haircut, and dyed black. "Why is it black?!"
"He also got you some brown contact lenses, so you wouldn't stand out!" Yamamoto gives him a lens case. The varia man frowns at it, but then knew that the baby is right. He puts them on, and then looks at them. Squalo doesn't look like himself at all, but is still very handsome. Even manlier.
Soon, Reborn tells Squalo that since he is a member of the vongola, he will be receiving his work from the ninth. The swordsman understands that the old man is looking for his own best interest to stop the ex-silverette from becoming a rogue. The male was capable of taking down the vongola's castle and reach the old man. It is better to have him on his side instead of another. Even if Xanxus has his varia men hunting him down for betrayal.
Squalo accepts his fate, and heads out to Italy.
But before he could, Tsuna and him are left alone in the hospital room because the teen still wants to talk to Squalo. "What is it brat?"
"It's not something that I can't say in front of the others, but I thought that it would be best if it was just us." Tsuna clarifies his decision to be alone with him. "I really had fun Squalo. I hope that you don't regret the time we had together."
The swordsman growls annoyed. "I don't regret any of the shit we did together! It's not like I let you force me into any of them!"
"Ri-right!" Tsuna tries to think of what to say. He does want to talk with Squalo on one on one, but hasn't really thought of what to say. Squalo easily reads him.
The man can't believe that he went crazy in love with this brat. But then he knows that it wasn't so bad being in love with him. He decides to confirm of how he truly feels. A kiss always settles the chemistry that they actually have.
So he has Tsuna face him, and kisses him. The kiss feels the same way it did back at the aquarium. Tsuna is also aware of this by the way he blushes, and doesn't look disgusted at all. Perhaps it will take time for the swordsman to be truly head-over-heels over him again. That seems like a more plausible idea of becoming in love with someone. Maybe...Maybe he'll love him more than Xanxus.
He's still hurt right in his pride that he betrayed the man, and can no longer keep his promise. He also still holds feeling for his murderous ex-boss.
He doesn't know know where his love life will lead him, but all he knows now is that he's in love and falling in love. It may all come to one conclusion eventually.
"Squ-Squalo..." Tsuna is shocked by the kiss.
The man explains with that body rocking tone, "I'm not head over heels over you now, not that the potion is gone from my system, but would you mind it if I fell in love with you later?"
The future tenth's face goes completely red. He doesn't believe that Squalo still wants to like him like that! He knows that he should say that they should just be friends, but to be more...he thinks that he would like that.
Before he could reply, Gokudera comes in raging over what he just saw!
Back at the varia, Xanxus is drinking more than usual. He's completely ignoring his duty as the varia boss, and leaving it to the others to finish. He doesn't care if they screw up, or if he screws up. He just doesn't care anymore.
Lussuria, Bel and Mammon truly regrets their action. They only thought of the fun aspect of Squalo being gone and hunted to be dead, but they never thought ahead of how Xanxus would react. He is pissed that Squalo betrayed him, but remains pissed even when he's given news that the swordsman is dead.
They've been given a body of a dead Squalo. It was a believable corpse of the swordsman. But then a few days later of researching the autopsy again, they realize that it is a fake. When they told their boss, he smirked for the first time in weeks! But then quickly grimaces sullenly.
If it's not murder that will take down their great leader, its the increased amount of alcohol in his system. None of them thought that he is drinking water anymore. Usually, one would think that they would just overthrow Xanxus, but then who would lead them? No one. Varia will disappear, or they will be assigned a boss that wouldn't be as good as Xanxus or Squalo.
Realizing their mistake, they all eventually agreed that they needed Squalo back. Lussuria pleaded for the ninth to make a meeting between them and Squalo since they knew that the swordsman is now working with the vongola directly.
Being the sentimental adoptive father, he makes this happen for the sake of Xanxus. Squalo is called to his office. "What is it old man?!" He shouts. He may be working for the man, but wouldn't give respect! He is going to give even less when he sees his ex-fellow guardians sitting on the coach! Even Levi is there! "What the hell?! Why the fuck are they here?!"
Timoteo stands up, "I'm going to take my leave now. Mr. Squalo, please listen to what they have to say. It's an order." The man tells him sweetly which builds up the frustration within the silverette.
"VOOOOOOOOOI!" He shouts but doesn't deny the man. He is the boss.
"My oh my, Squ-chan!" Luss coos. "You don't look like yourself at all! Are you wearing contacts?!"
"Ushishishi~You finally look like a man." Bel snickers. If the man hadn't said voi, then it would've taken more than a minute or so to realize that the black-haired, brown-eyed man was his former captain.
"SHUT UP! Why the fuck are you here?!" Squalo barks at them. He really wants to remind them of how he trashed their asses when they ganged up on him!
"Tch," Levi really does not like this. "We don't need him! Look at him! He obviously no longer wish to serve under Xanxus! Why would he bother to help us?!"
Bel holds a knife to his throat. He orders the man to shut up with a seething anger as he lets the man take a little peek from below his bangs to see the vicious glare. Levi swears that he saw the eye of the devil.
"Umu," Mammon knows that he's the best person to explain without pissing Squalo off. "Bossu is drinking himself to death since you've been defected. He won't listen to anyone, and its not doing good for the varia."
"And why the fuck should I care?!" The swordsman challenges. "I'm no longer one of you assholes!"
"Please Squalo!" Lussuria embraces his legs pathetically. "We need you! You're the only one who can snap him out of this state!"
"Then kill him and get a new boss!"
"Who?" Bel questions amused. "None of us is suited to be the next boss, and there is no one strong enough to gain our respect or tolerance."
"Not my problem!"
"Squalo," Mammon pauses to think of the best way to persuade the man. He says, "Xanxus needs you. He won't say it, but he knows that you are better off without him, and its killing him." That's a little dramatic, but then he's trying to get into the shred of sympathy the sociopath has.
Squalo gives him a dour expression. "If that's true, then why do you still want to follow such a pathetic guy."
"Because Xanxus is the best!" Levi cries out passionately. "It's your fault that he's like this. Letting your manipulative ways get to his head while you are having an affair with that pathetic fake!"
"Shut the fuck up! That is none of your business! If that's all you have to say, then I'm leaving!" He kicks Lussuria off him, and strides to the door.
Mammon pulls out the last card he has. "Then leave." He tells the ex-varia man who stops instead. "Leave him just like the others. Disappoint him like the others have. You obviously can't rise above them."
Squalo grips his one working hand. He thinks back to the promise he made to Xanxus. His joy when he was appointed to be his second. He remembers the eight years he spent waiting for this one man. He barely remembers of how they first met, or even of how they even started talking. All he knows is that he fell in love with that wrath. He wants that wrath, and would rise above anyone to be the closest and most trusted person to stand along side him.
He grits his teeth, but then his resolve is made. He faces them, and sighs out loudly. "FIIIINE! But you're going to help me! Tell me the situation!"
The three guardians grins at their victory. Levi is not happy. Lussuria explains about how Xanxus is not working, and simply drinking his sorrows away! Bel explains that their boss is still able to shoot his guns at full blast and kill away his opponents since its as easy as breathing for him, but the atmosphere isn't vicious or fun. It's simply mundane like watching blood dry on the wall. Mammon explains or better yet complains of how the bills of alcohol is piling up, and the money to make up for it is not coming in by their boss's lack of drive to do even the simplest of duties to sign papers in time!
Squalo is becoming more frustrated by what he hears. He already has orders and list of things to do in his head. "VOOOI! Listen you assholes, this is what I need you to do! Levi, get all the fuckers in the mansion to stay out of the hallways when I enter. If I see even a maid, I will slash her to pieces! Got it! Bel and Mammon, I need you to prepare a hot bath in the shitty boss's bathroom! Lussuria, prepare the best dish for a hangover after he rest! No alcohol whatsoever! Also set aside some aspirin! I'll take care of the rest!"
They set out back to the varia mansion. Xanxus is in his office emptying another bottle of alcohol and then chucking it against the batter abused wall. The floor is littered with glass everywhere. The only light shining within the place is the sunlight barely peering out from the curtains. The man isn't even aware that its the early afternoon since he's sitting opposite from the light.
He takes another bottle of alcohol that's set on his table and swigs it down his throat. He doesn't care if the varia falls at all by his pathetic drinking state. He doesn't give a shit about what the others are thinking. Whether its to pity or murder him, he doesn't give a shit. He doesn't want to think anyway. All he can think about is Squalo. He wants the man to walk into this room with his loud voice. That loud voice giving him a validating excuse to chuck a glass at his head.
He knows he misses Squalo. He misses torturing the dumbass. He loves him...He loves him...Xanxus doesn't deny this to himself. He loves him...That gives him a validating excuse to swig another bottle, even though he doesn't need excuses. He's fucking Xanxus with double X.
"VOOOOOOOI!" A roar echoes throughout the whole mansion. The door to his office slams open so hard that the hinges crack! Xanxus doesn't react. He's to drunk to react. "WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THIS DEPRESSING ATMOSPHERE?! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET PALE OR WHAT?!" Squalo tears down the curtains letting in the sunlight that burns the man's rhodopsin. He clenches his eyes away, but then realizes something wrong.
He looks at who is supposed to be Squalo with silver hair and blue-ish grey eyes, but he's met with black hair and brown eyes. What the fuck? Is he so drunk that he's hallucinating.
"What the fuck is with this room?!" The swordsman thinks that he's been given the rated PG version of how his ex-comrades explained his boss's state. "I leave for a few months and you're already a piece of shit in a dumpster! Come here!"
Before Xanxus could object, he's pulled off his thrown and led to his room which is the next door. Best to be convenient so he doesn't have to look at too many ugly faces on his way there. He's shoved into his private bathroom, and has two of Squalo's fingers shoved down his throat. He hurls out the alcohol out his system into his toilet. It left a nasty sting in his throat, and a disgusting texture on his tongue.
When he's done puking, Squalo has a water bottle shoved in his mouth. He almost chokes as he drinks it. And then the ex-sexond is brushing his teeth, and Xanxus almost swallows listerine. He's thrown into his bathtub gracelessly. Squalo doesn't give a fuck if he's hurting him. Get fuckin' defected without getting the chance to explain himself, he's restraining himself from leaving his own scar on the man's body!
The water is pleasantly hot which relaxes the man despite the harsh display of care. It did make him kind of alert and sober to realize that he is dealing with Squalo. The former silverette drops a bucket water of his head, and lathers the shampoo on his head.
After the shower, the silverette has the man stand up so he could wipe him down, have his hair blow dried and fixed, and then forces him to wear a bathrobe. He pulls Xanxus to his bed and tucks him in.
The wrathful man feels very peaceful on his bed that he almost falls to sleep, but then he sharply realizes Squalo leaving. "Lussuria will bring your food when you wake up! Make sure to take your medicine and get back to work! I didn't keep this place running for eight years for you to turn it into a scrap heap! Got it?!" The swordsman asks rhetorically.
He makes his way to get out of the room as fast as possible, but Xanxus's hand is quicker. The varia boss fights off every urge to sleep so he can glare at the man who betrayed him. "Where the fuck are you going?" He asks solemnly.
"VOI! As if I'm going to fuckin' tell you!"
"Is it back with that brat?!" Xanxus questions in a roar. He hates Tsuna! But he hates the idea of Squalo with that fake even more!
"It's none of your fuckin' business!" Squalo tries to set himself free.
"That's what you're always saying!" His boss complains. "Why the fuck do you love him more than me?!"
"What?! Who the fuck said that I loved him more than you?! I've always been in love with only you, but you were always so fuckin' oblivious! Did you really think that I would grow my damn hair with an impossible promise to just anyone! How fuckin' dense are you?!" Squalo takes this opportunity to explain himself. "It was a fuckin' love potion that made it even possible that I fell for the damn brat! But now I'm cured of the potion, but you know what the funny thing is, considering that there is no longer anything that can give me a reasonable excuse to even bother standing along side you, I don't mind being in love with that fake since we're obviously not happening!"
"Then let's happen!" The sitting man yells with childish passion. He pulls the swords man down onto him. "Don't fuckin' leaving me for that fuckin' brat!" He takes Squalo's lips onto his.
The former silverette is completely stunned. He can't believe that the journey worked?! He honestly forgot about it, and thought that he was so stupid for doing it in the first place, but here he is. He's being kissed by his boss!
The kiss is rough but hot. Teeth clashing against one another as the man forcefully claims his mouth. When Squalo reciprocates the kiss, the kiss softens slightly into one smooth rhythm between them. It's completely different from kissing Tsuna. Kissing the teen felt soft, clumsy, but he could feel the kid trying to kiss him right. It was cute and funny by how he tries.
Yet this kiss with Xanxus is no joke. When the man broke away, he looks down at Squalo with this observant look, and then smirks. That pisses off the swordsman, "VOOI, get off me! I need to get back to work!"
"Consider your schedule free, scum." Xanxus has his hands clenching the male's wrists. He tightens them to express his control over the former silverette.
"You're not my fuckin' boss!"
"I am now." The grinning man laughs like a maniac. He has Squalo back in a whole new light and he's fuckin soakin' in it.
"Screw you!"
"Alright."
Squalo splutters on his words before he's taken by his new lover's whims on his body.
The other varia members are at the living room waiting for Squalo to tell them that he's done, and is not coming back and blah, blah, blah.
"He's taking rather long." Bel comments bored. He's lying languid on the couch. Mammon is floating over him and is equally bored.
Levi is standing near the exit way as he is eager to go check on his sleeping boss. "I should go check on them! What if he took the chance to kill Bossu!"
"Calm down Levi!" Lussuria orders him. "I'm sure that Squ-chan won't do something like that to our boss! But if he does, he knows the penalty! He won't be able to run away from not only the varia's, but also the vongola's assassins no matter how hard he tries!"
They quiet down when they hear Squalo screaming as if he's being hurt, and then they hear him screaming their boss's name in a rather...lewd way. "Oh my!" Lussuria gasps. Levi cries and tries to run to the room, but is stopped by Mammon's illusions. Bel laughs out his insanity.
The next morning, Squalo finds himself wrapped in his boss's arms. The tanned man feels warm and dangerous. He hears concealed laughter and growling. He looks at the varia guardians whom are staring at them. Lussuria is the only one with a validating excuse of being there since he is bring the breakfast.
"VOI! Get the fuck out!" Squalo shouts at them. He is met with a hair pull by Xanxus. "OW! Are you trying to make me bald?!"
"Shut the fuck up trash. It's your fault for becoming melodramatic and cutting your hair." His boss runs his fingers through the dyed hair to see that silver hair is growing back. "Don't cut it again."
The returned varia second looks at the scarred man. They share this loving wistful look. The other guardians looks at each other thinking that they are all wheeled out of the moment. Xanxus looks over at them, and orders them solemnly to get the fuck out or he's going to kill them. Their guardians shivers in both fear or excitement. They are all relieved that they got their old boss back.
And so, the varia once again becomes peaceful. Xanxus has a restraining order put between Squalo and Tsuna where they are not allowed to be in the same country unless its official vongola business, and Squalo must be escorted by a fellow varia member. The returned silverette is not happy at all about this, but then he figures that he isn't going to fall in love with Tsuna anyway. He's simply going back to being someone he'll meet professionally, and perhaps even as a...friend.
There is also the matter with where is that girl that is part of Levi's subordinates. She specializes in spying since she easily disappears into the background. He would ask Levi, but the man doesn't want to talk to him at all. It's as if the woman never existed. He wondered if he was just under some kind of illusion trick. It's been a while since that they happened, so he's not sure.
But at truth, the woman is in the very mansion passing by him. She doesn't bother to let the man know she existed. She gets all her thanks from him by having a front row seat of her boss and captain making love. It's good to be invisible.