A/N: Mina-san, CIAOSSU! I hope I didn't make those who were waiting for this chpt wait too long *guilty*

I just figured that I may stick to the 1 week per post schedule, since... well, I also got other stuff to do... and I hope it won't be too long... And it probably will end up being 1 month per post when school starts in, like, the next month...

So ya, let's just continue with the story...

Disclaimer: I don't own KHR, if I did, I'll give out Squ-chan's background story.

Xanxus was still in his office, in his own thoughts of confusions, without going out to eat dinner. He didn't even keep track of the time.

Oh shit. Xanxus thought as he looked up at the clock hanged on the wall after finally gotten out from his own world. It's already this late and Squalo still haven't come back? How in the world is that possible? It's not really a difficult mission. Is it? Then why isn't he back yet? Or could it be... don't tell me he really quit? Is he that mad at me? Xanxus thought as he started mentally cursing himself and at the same time wondering if he had made the right choice by telling the shark how he feel that day.

*Sigh* "Maybe it's not that much of a wise choice to tell the truth all the time, huh?" Xanxus mumbled to himself.

"Oh Boss, don't be silly! It's definitely a wise choice to tell the truth." Xanxus looked up from his table, which he developed a sudden interest in staring at, and saw his Sun Guardian standing at the door.

"Why are you here?" Xanxus asked, trying to hide his pitiful self and act like his normal self. "I don't remember ordering you here."

"Oh Boss, don't say such thing!" Lussuria said as he walked towards his boss, a plate in both hands. "I came to deliver your dinner."

"Shouldn't that be Squalo's job?" Xanxus questioned. "Hadn't he return from the mission?"

The Sky isn't quite ready to hear the answer, afraid that the Sun will say "no", but what made him surprised was when he actually said "yes".

"Yes, Boss. He had come back." answered Lussuria as he placed the plate on the desk.

"Then why hasn't he reported to me? Why it isn't he the one to come and serve my dinner but you? Why didn't he even shout like how he usually did when he came back? Why-"

"Boss! Calm down!" the self-claimed Varia's Mama said as he raised both hands up, trying to slow down his boss. "You can't get anything out of me! Since apparently, I don't know either. He just came back a while ago and said that he's going back to his room."

"Shouldn't he report to me about the mission first before he does anything else?"

"Ya, that what he usually do, but..." Lussuria paused, trying to figure out a reasonable excuse for the shark, but didn't manage to think of one.

"Uhh... ano... sono... I'm also not sure why."

"Is that so?" Xanxus questioned, more to himself than the Sun.

Lussuria nodded. "By the way. what's with that 'telling the truth' thing that you were mumbling about just now?" the Sun asked with concern.

"Nothing."

"Anyway Boss, you really should eat something. It's not healthy to skip meals."

The boss nodded as took his fork and started eating.

"Mou, I really don't understand what's with you and Squ-chan." Lussuria said. "Why you both chose to skip dinner? And Meridionale-chan too. At first I thought she just went back home for a while since, well, she had been staying here for quite a while and, well, just maybe, will miss her own home. So it shouldn't be strange for her to go back once in a while. But Squ-chan said that she had come back already. And it's only for dinner time! Did she just went to have dinner at her brother's place? Why all three of you have to skip dinner? Do you guys hate my cooking or something?"

Lussuria turned towards his boss, who doesn't seem to be listening. Actually Xanxus was shocked when the Sun said that Squalo didn't go for dinner, but then he was a little disappointed that the Fiancata Cloud had come back. Truth to be told is that he didn't even know she left. But who cares？ It's a good thing that she left. If only she could stay there longer...

So Squalo really hates me, huh? Xanxus thought. There's no other reason than that he'll skip dinner and didn't even report the mission to me.

"Mou, Boss. Are you listening?" Lussuria asked the scarred man, who didn't even bother to answer back. So he decided to leave his boss alone, and will come back later to get the plate.

"Is it really okay to leave it like this?"

"Of course, Boss ordered it to be done like this."

"Or is it that you're saying you have any better idea then?"

"But what if he got send on a mission? Won't he be found out?"

"Don't worry about that."

"We checked the mission list already,"

"And it's said that all the mission he will be having is done by one self."

"So there you have it."

"I'm still not very sure about this idea. The Varias aren't easy to fool..."

"Don't need to worry about that. He has his way of doing things."

"How long was he supposed to stay there anyway?"

"Just as long as it takes to get what we want done."

"And how long will that be?"

"Well... depends. It's a matter of how long he needs."

"That's not much of an answer..."

-The next day-

"Fran-chan. Mammon-chan. What are you two doing?" Lussuria asked as he witness the two illusionist walking along the corridor, opening every door they passed.

"Looking for Bel."

"Looking for senpai."

The two mist holders turned around to stare at each other as they noticed what they had just said. In UNISON.

"Should this be a good thing that we had something in common?" Fran asked in his monotone.

"Who knows? Don't tell me you're also looking for him to get him to pay up for all the strawberry ice cream that he ate yesterday?" Mammon questioned. "That's some improvement, my inheritor."

"No. Unfortunately, Me is not as money-minded as you, Mammon-san." Fran said provokingly.

"Bel-chan is missing?" Lussuria asked again.

"Maybe. Maybe not. That childish fake prince may just be playing hide-and-seek with us." Fran answered nonchalantly.

"Anyway, we, or rather I, didn't see him in his room this morning." Mammon stated.

"There isn't any mission assigned to him, is there?" Lussuria asked again.

"No, he won't be having mission for the next two days." Fran answered. "Some mother you are to not even know whether of not your 'child' got any mission."

"Well, it's not my fault that Bel-chan didn't actually told me anything about his mission schedule. I don't think any of you ever did." Lussuria made up an excuse for himself.

"Well, it's not as if he got tell us." Mammon said.

"So how do you think we know whether he got mission or not?" Fran continued.

Awkward silence filled the room, or rather corridor, as the two Mist Guardians slowly turned their heads around to face and stare at each other for a good 10 seconds before Mammon broke the silence. "Never quite expect that we could pull this out so well."

"Me never thought of it myself too." Fran agreed.

"Shouldn't we just do the old fashion way by just giving Bel-chan a call or something?" Lussuria suggested.

"Good point." the two illusionists said in unison before they started their staring contest, again.

Xanxus stared outside the giant window behind his desk. He had not seen Squalo that morning at breakfast. The boss knew that the shark had a mission that morning, but the no point in going so early, right? There's no better reason to explain the strangeness of the swordsman other than he's avoiding his boss.

Ya. That has to be the reason why. What else explanation does he need? His shark had skipped dinner the night before, and didn't report to him after the mission, and now, he's skipping breakfast?

Xanxus had not seen Squalo since he left his office the day before. And when he refuse to see him again, he chose to skip dinner. Now, he thought that it was a stupid choice to make. Since he currently wanted to see his shark so dearly.

Before, Squalo is always by his side. Ever since they met in their teenage years. He's the one who vowed to follow him forever. The one who sweared his loyalty to him. The one who promised not to cut his hair ever again until he became to official boss of Vongola.

Even though he really don't like, and he used to hate, the Sword Emperor's loud voice, now he kinda missed it.

That loud voice used to piss him off. And it still did sometimes now. So he decided to solved the problem, by throwing wine glasses at the owner's head to shut him up. It doesn't really solved the problem though, since it just made said owner angrier and louder. Xanxus sometimes wonder why he still do that even though he knew it's not gonna work. But then later, he figured out that it's because he enjoy pissing the shark off.

Also that hair he grow in the past few years. It used to be spikes. Now it's all the way below his waist. That's the work done by those 8 years. Xanxus thought that it's a stupid promise to make before. But now, he wonders what will happen if he didn't make that promise in the first place. He won't be able to enjoy pulling that long, silky hair anymore. He also couldn't enjoy seeing the red alcohol flow down it any longer. And he guess he'll be very sad if he can't run his fingers through that long hair...

And that eyes. It still didn't change in the 8 past years. Still proud and beautiful like it was before.

Xanxus knew that he'll regret not going down to see Squalo the night before, and he really is now.

He knew it's not a wise choice to tell the shark how he felt. But that Gaylord said it is. If it being a wise choice requires not being able to see his shark nor talk to him, the boss will consider that as not a wise choice.

"Hmm, that's strange." Lussuria said to the two illusionists who were still having their staring contest. "Bel-chan isn't answering his transmitter."

"How is that possible?" Mammon questioned, turning around to face Lussuria, breaking the stare between him and Fran.

"Mammon-san, you lose." Fran stated out. "That means Me wins!" the younger Mist cheered at he raised both his arms into the air.

"I'm not playing with you, Fran."

"You're just denying your lose."

"I'm not."

"Don't deny the truth."

"It's not the truth."

"Maa maa, quiet down you two." Lussuria said as he made himself stand in between the two, raising his hands a little. "Now shouldn't it be strange? Varia members should always have their transmitters with them. So what makes Bel-chan not answer?"

"Maybe he run out of knives to throw at some random person and decided to use the transmitter instead?" Fran asked.

"Fran, you can be more creative than that." said Mammon.

"Thanks for the not-so-good compliment, Mammon-san." replied Fran.

"Mou, enough already, you two." Lussuria said. "Now where in the world could Bel-chan be?"

A/N: Ya, so... ya... that's it for chpt 11.

It's kinda hard to figure out which to write first and which should save for the later chpts...

It's also hard to stick with a certain number of words for every chpt. Like for my case, 2000+ words per chpt. I had no idea what to write to fill up those words, so I ended up thinking up random arguments. But hey, it's not as if the Varias never argue right?

Would any one of you believe it if I said that I originally planned to write this story in a more formal way instead of a humor one? Well, it can't be helped! I suck at being formal when it comes to writing! *Sad*

Good thing is that this story is already starting it's 2 digited chpt!

WOW! Longer than I imagined!

Please Review. Bad or Good, I accept all.