A/N: WOW! I didn't expect there to be reviews within one night! ( again )

I'm glad that some people enjoy my story, and thanks to people who added this story into their Story Alert list. *bows*

To those who were eager to read this chpt, let's continue...

Take note: I think the part of the plot that I planned should start from here...

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR and apparently never will!

Squalo was making his way towards his boss' office, about to report to him about the mission they had earlier.

"VOI!" he shouted as he turned around. "Why the fuck are you following me?"

"Fufu. I'm not." the Cloud laughed. "I was just on my way to the same place as you."

"Tch, whatever." the shark continued walking and ignored the Cloud.

"VOI! Boss!" Squalo shouted as he slammed the door to Xanxus's office against the wall. "We're back!"

"How's the mission?" Xanxus asked with his eyes closed. Not like he really needs to know, seeing his Rain Guardian and his fiancee got back in one piece without any cuts or injuries.

"Well," Meridionale answered. "It went out very smoothly. And very easy."

"I see."

"Here's the report." Squalo said as he placed a piece of paper on the boss' desk. "I'm leaving." the shark announced as he turned around and headed towards the door.

"Who gave you permission to leave?" Xanxus asked, opening his eyes.

He just cannot stand Squalo leaving every time, leaving him to be alone with the Fiancata Cloud anymore.

He needs Squalo to stay by his side!

"I don't need your permission to leave." Squalo answered, not even bothering to turn around and face his boss.

"I order you to stay!" Xanxus roared, causing the swordsman to flinch before stopping on his track.

"Voi, fine!" Squalo shouted as he turned around completely to face his boss. "What do you want?"

"Hey, you." Xanxus said, eyeing the Cloud beside his desk.

"Yes, my dear?" Meridionale asked with a smile.

"Out, NOW!" Xanxus growled under his breath.

"Fufu. Yes, my dear." Meridionale said. "But would you mind telling me why?"

"I need some private talk with my right-hand-man." Xanxus answered, eyeing at the shark. "Is that a problem to you?"

"Fufu. No, not at all. My dear." Meridionale replied before heading towards the door.

Squalo stared as she closed the door with a thud as she left before turning back to Xanxus.

"So..." Squalo started. "What do you want?"

"Hn" Xanxus turned around to face the large window behind his desk but didn't answer the shark's question.

"Well...?" Squalo asked again, seeing his boss totally ignored his question.

"Why?"

"Huh?"

"Just why did you always left me behind to deal with that annoying woman myself?" Xanxus questioned, still back-facing the shark.

Squalo arched an eyebrow at the question. Now that's something that caught the shark off guard. He certainly didn't expect his boss to ask that out of all the things to ask. But he still didn't hesitate to tell the truth. "Because she's your fiancee. The Ninth said that you're suppose to have some relationship-bonding with her. And being the total ass you are, you certainly need some private time alone with her in order to do that."

"Voi, and I don't like her. So let it be." the shark added just in time before Xanxus turned around from his staring outside the window to face the shark.

Squalo resisted himself to flinch again as Xanxus stood up from his seat and approached him, sending him a death glare as if he's the one responsible for all this.

"Then," Xanxus stopped right in front of the shark as he began to speak again. "why the hell did you chose to drag your time during missions? And even if you did finish them, you chose to stay there, taking your own sweet time and refusing to come back?"

Squalo gulped as he felt his boss' face coming closer and closer towards his own. He stepped a few steps back to create more space between the two of them, but Xanxus just took equal number of steps forward until the shark's back touches the wall behind him.

"Well?" asked Xanxus as he placed a hand on the wall behind Squalo. Now Xanxus's the one who was getting impatient because of the other not answering his question.

"I- I told you that I don't like her, didn't I?" Squalo answered his boss' question with another question. "Isn't it obvious that one will use any method available to try to avoid the other when he hates him? You do have enough brain cells to know that, right?"

Xanxus didn't answer the shark's question. Instead, he leaned his head forward, closing the little gap between them, causing the shark to feel more and more uneasy.

"V- Voi. What do you want now?" the shark managed to ask.

Xanxus stared into Squalo's eyes. Blood red against silver. "You do know that I don't like her too, don't you?" the boss finally asked.

"Tch, of course I know that." the shark answered, closing his eyes to break the starring between them. "Since when did you ever enjoy having anyone around you?"

Since Squalo had his eyes closed, he didn't see Xanxus opening his mouth to answer, so he continued. "But liking her is for your own good. Whether if you two are getting married or not, she's going to be by your side for most probably the rest of your life. So you either enjoy having her presence around or you're going to have a prey that you can never eat beside you forever. And trust me, it's going to be damn irritating."

"I- "

"No, you can't kill her. During the mission, she took down the hundred A-class trashes along with me and Mammon. I can tell that she didn't even use her full strength on the mission. Tch, but it's not like we're actually using our full strength either. I also can tell you that she's not some weakling that we thought she was. Besides, she's only a Guardian in the Fiancata Famiglia, who knows how strong her brother, who is the boss, is?"

"Are- "

"No, I'm not trying to say that you're weak, Boss. It's just for safety. Don't forget the war between the two famiglias. Maybe it's time that you stop acting like a spoiled child that wants everything to be done his way and start giving a thought about the others."

Xanxus fell silent at the shark's word. He closed his eyes and rested his head on the other's shoulder, ignoring the discomfort of the other.

"So," he began. "are you saying that I have to stick with this stupid, annoying woman because of some scums?"

Squalo opened his eyes. "I'm afraid so, Boss. You and I both know that there's nothing we can do about it."

Silence hung again. The two of them just stayed like that for a while. Squalo somehow managed to adjust himself into a more comfortable position though. He didn't even bother to ask his boss to get off from him.

"Voi," the shark broke the silence this time round. "do you have any more reasons for me to stay, Boss?"

Xanxus removed his head from Squalo's shoulder. "Squalo," he mumbled. The shark was a little taken back at this. It's one of the only times that the boss had called anyone by their name instead of a simple "trash" or "scum". ( He can't promise this was the first though. )

"Hn?" the shark was a little surprised that himself was so startled by this that he cannot even voice out a proper "yes?".

"You're the one who understands me the best." Xanxus continued. He wished to lie, but it's quite obvious to anyone that the shark is like the only one who understands him. Xanxus always thought that having emotions is a sign of weakness, that's why he tried to hide them. All except for his anger. The anger that Squalo admired so much. He never thought that he could ever be so readable. Until he met Squalo. That someone who followed the only emotion he showed, anger. That someone who can read him like a book. That's why the Rain Guardian was selected as the Second-in-Command. The right-hand-man of the scary, fearsome boss of Vongola's independent assassin squad, Varia. "Can you tell why am I so angry?"

"Tch, I don't think you ever need a reason to be angry." the shark replied.

"Is that what you think?" the boss questioned.

"Voi! Aren't you always angry? What's the big deal?"

"BANG!"

Squalo was a bite startled as his boss slammed his fist against the wall beside the shark's head.

Xanxus don't deny that. After all, it is, in fact, the truth. When had there ever been a time that you see the adopted son of the Vongola Nono actually happy? But what made Xanxus unsatisfied with the answer is that Squalo, the one that is supposed to know him the best, don't know the actual reason behind his anger.

The shark had no idea what was going on in his boss' brain, so he was surprised when Xanxus placed a firm kiss over his lips.

However, with the little experience from the 'incident' last time at the undercover mission, Squalo managed to react this time by trying to push his boss off him. But it was futile though. Xanxus is in fact stronger than him.

"Mmph" the shark tried to resist when the boss' tongue slide in, but Xanxus had already removed his hand from the wall and wrapped it around the shark's waist. The other hand was now at the back of Squalo's head, preventing him from retreating.

When Xanxus finally let go of his shark, Squalo panted heavily, trying to take in as much oxygen as possible.

"Wh- Why the hell did you do that for?" the shark attempted to yell at his boss, but kind of failed with the lack of air. "You already had a fiancee, so STOP teasing me why don't you?"

The scowl on Xanxus's face deepened when he heard the shark's words.

"I'm not." he answered, only to make Squalo's silver eyes stared into his crimson ones in disbelieve.

"You stupid shark," he placed a hand against the wall. "after that undercover mission, I told you that you'll understand that someday, didn't I?"

"Y-Ya..." the shark answered hesitantly. "But it's not as if you ever explained it to me!"

Okay, that's enough! Xanxus grabbed Squalo's shoulder with so much force that the shark winced in the pain.

"YOU STUPID, DENSE, SHARK!" Xanxus roared in fury. "Is that stupid brain of yours too small to absorb the information? Do I look like someone who will just kiss any stupid trash? Which part of any of these do. you. not. under. stand?" with each word, the shark was slammed against the wall once.

"Gah! Boss, quit it!" the shark managed to shout at his boss. "What does it matter? I'm not a girl! I cannot love you! And you already had a fiancee! What do you want me to do?"

That made the boss speechless. His eyes widened in shock before lowering his head to face the ground. He was angry, ya that's right. But there's other emotions mixed with it. Sadness because he don't know whether if Squalo's answer means he loved him back or not, also because even if he did love him back, they cannot be together. And he guessed that shock can be involved in that too. And of course, angry because he can't be together with his shark!

What the hell was he suppose to do now?

-Outside Xanxus's Office-

"Fufu. Xanxus and Squalo, I heard rumors about you two, and I guess it's true now. Hhmp, I knew this day will come. Now I just have to start with the reason I came here for."

-Outside Varia Mansion-

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Hai Hai! Who is it?" Lussuria asked as he opened the gate to the Varia Mansion, only to face a black haired-man.

"Fufu. Ciaossu, Lussuria is it? I came to visit Meridionale."

A/N: OMG! I took so long to write finish this! There's so many things to work on!

The gramma.

The fluff.

The ICness of character.

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OMG! *Scratch head* Now I thank all those authors with stories that I favourited/followed/read/whatever that can let me enjoy a good fluff! Seriously... romance is so hard to write...

I'm sorry this took so long. I think this is so far the chpt that took the longest to update! 1 WEEK! The 2nd longest is 5 days...

Anyway, enough with the ranting.

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