Slow fic is slow.
Beta'd by Tsumugi Hitomi
Chapter 4: The Neighbor is a Recluse
Tsuna had never seen the King emerge from his castle since he moved in. And if the gossiping of everyone else was anything to go by. Then neither had anyone else.
The forbidding gates deterred many people and the King's servants refused to let anyone in. Not even those that brought neighborhood welcoming gifts. All were turned away and their gifts politely (or at times forcefully) rejected.
For a while though, people had pestered those who lived around the castle about it. They lived next door didn't they? Surely they must have seen some sign of their elusive neighbor. When they asked Tsuna though, he was called a liar and people passed off his words as those of an attention seeking child. No one would believe his tale of the dark King with red eyes who arrived in a Lima Bean at the crack of dawn. So Tsuna learned to keep his mouth shut and stayed away from the jeers of the other children and disapproving looks of the other adults.
Not even Mama believed him, saying that he must have been dreaming.
Tsuna was determined to prove that he was neither dreaming nor lying about the King, but first, he had to find him.
Go Tsuna! Make them eat their words.