Warning: VARIA's language

"Talking"

'Thinking'

This story is beta'd by Pure Red Crane.

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Chapter 15

Hidden Plan

Tsuna wasn't the kind of person to forget his acquaintances' birthday, especially those who were close to him. He always remembered it and tried his best to make the day memorable, even though the said acquaintances sometimes felt too embarrassed to comply with his wish to celebrate the day. Some decided to use the day to pull pranks and some weren't interested in it.

So, that was why Tsuna felt a bit down when he realized that in his unconsciousness, he missed his Lussuria's birthday. When he told Kyoya about it, the raven haired man only rolled his eyes, uninterested.

"You don't have to. Besides, you were unconscious."

"That's why we have to visit the VARIA's headquarters when we get back to Italy." Tsuna argued with Kyoya.

"Whatever." Even though Kyoya often thought that his lover's ideas were ridiculous, he couldn't help but comply with all his wishes because he knew that if his lover wanted something, he would do anything to get it. Complying with the brunet was the easiest, simplest, and fastest way to deal with it.

Then, it was decided that they would go to the VARIA's headquarters when they arrived at Italy.


Rosette had never heard of or seen the VARIA before. That's why she was quite excited about visiting them while the assassins were rummaging through their luggage for anything they could use to stuff their ears. Not that Rosette understood why.

However, just one second after stepping into the dark and scary headquarters, Rosette finally understood what the ear muffs were for. The VARIA was a bit noisy and loud.

"VOOIIIII!" a man with long silver hair stepped down the stairs. "What the fuck are you doing here, brats?"

Tsuna smiled at the man. "Hi, Squalo. I'm here to visit Luss-nee."

The man, Squalo, said calmly (but still shouting). "He has been fucking waiting for you for fucking fucked up days! Go talk to him before he fucking explodes the building with his fucking craziness!" He walked back upstairs, motioning them to follow.

Tsuna followed him calmly with Kyoya behind him while Rosette and the assassins walked a bit far from the Cloud Guardian.

Then, they reached a big room where the VARIA was. As soon as Tsuna stepped into the room, he was glomped by a tall man with colourful Mohican hair. "Tsuna-kun! Where were you? I was worried you know."

Tsuna smiled as he tried to pry himself from the tight hug. "I'm sorry. Something came up when I was in Namimori."

"Mou...Eh?" Lussuria was about to whine when he placed his hands on Tsuna's sides. "Tsuna-kun, you're thinner than the last time I saw you."

"Eh? Really?" Tsuna said indifferently.

Behind the black sunglasses, they could see that the man's eyes narrowed. "You also look paller and sick. What happened?"

Lussuria's words caught the attention of the five other occupants in the big room.

"VOI! He's right. You look...bad…" Squalo said as he squinted his eyes and walked closer, looking at Tsuna from head to toe.

"Ushishishishi~~" Bel stopped throwing his knifes at the dart board, staring at Tsuna.

Mammon stopped counting his money and threw a glance at the Vongola Boss.

Levi looked indifferent while Xanxus placed his wine bottle on the table beside him, raising his eyebrow at Tsuna.

Lussuria asked the Decimo. "What's happened, dear?"

"Well, I just got a little tired from the constant paperwork." Tsuna said calmly.

"VOI! But you've just got back from your fucking days off, haven't you?" Squalo's loud voice made Tsuna cringed.

*CRASH*

"VOOOIIIII! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, STUPID BOSS?!" Squalo glared at the said Boss who was currently glared at Tsuna.

"Just shut up!" Xanxus growled before he continued to drink his wine.

Squalo growled at Xanxus, but stopped when the Boss ignored him completely. He turned to Tsuna. "So, what's wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong. I just got tired. In Namimori, I also had to do my paperwork." Tsuna lied easily.

Noticing Tsuna's attempt to keep quiet, the VARIA went back to anything they were doing before, leaving Tsuna with Lussuria's whining.


Rosette stared at Lussuria as he kept telling her about his birthday party, which was held in the VARIA's headquarter a few days ago. The girl looked around the big room, asking for someone to help her shut the man up. Lucia was talking with Bel with big smirks adorned their faces. Ruby and Antonio were staring at Mammon, who was still counting his money with an indifferent expression while Erick and Luciano were talking with Squalo. Rosette spotted Levi in the corner of the room, sulking. But she didn't see Xanxus or Tsuna and Hibari.

'Where are they?'she thought to herself.

"...and then Bel threw his knife at Squalo again, making Squalo jump and trip over the long rope. And his drink poured over his body. Hohohoho." Lussuria's laugh caught the girl's attention.

"Oh...Haha..." Rosette laughed dryly since she wasn't really listening to the man.

Lussuria caught it and asked her. "Is there something bothering you, dear little Rosette?" he asked caringly.

"Eh? Ah...no...just...where is Tsuna?" she asked after fumbling with her words.

"Tsuna? Hmm..." Lussuria placed his finger on his lips. "I saw him talking to Xanxus. And then, they were gone after I took my gaze off them for a while. Maybe they were talking about business," he said with a small smile.

"If you say so..." The girl frowned a bit.

"Ah ah ah! Don't frown! It will make you ugly. Smile more, dear."

Smiling softly, the girl said. "Okay..."


Time flew. Before the girl noticed, Xanxus and Tsuna were back in the room, though Hibari was still nowhere to be seen.

Rosette was talking with Bel and Lucia when Tsuna decided that it was time to go back to Vongola Headquarters. Complying with Tsuna, they readied themselves to go back.

Lussuria was ready to take them to the front door when Tsuna sneaked a glance at Xanxus, who just nodded slightly at him. There was a serious expression was on their faces. The exchange went unnoticed by the other occupants of the big room, except for one girl who was constantly watched Tsuna.

'What's up with them? Were they talking behind our backs?'she thought, but she shrugged it off because Tsuna ushered them to go back to headquarters as soon as possible or else the Cloud Guardian would go mad.

"Where is your Cloud Guardian, Tsuna?" the girl asked as they walked along the hallway towards the front door.

"Kyoya is waiting in the car. He can't stand to be with the VARIA for more than 15 minutes." Tsuna said while scratching his cheek. "Anyway, why do you call Kyoya 'Cloud Guardian'? You can call him by his name, you know."

Rosette looked down at the floor. "He's...scary." she said honestly. She was really scared of the aloof guardian.

Tsuna chuckled and then patted her head. "Well, he does look scary, but he's actually nice. Get along with him, okay?"

Rosette didn't say anything. She pondered about it. 'If Tsuna says he's nice, then he must be.. Well, he did look nice when he stayed by Tsuna's side. But, maybe it's only because he loves Tsuna.'

The Cloud Guardian was indeed waiting for them in their car with annoyed expression on his stoic face. Rosette just tightened her grip on Tsuna's hand, scared.


Days passed. Rosette wanted to be with Tsuna. But because Tsuna had to do paperwork, Rosette found herself with the stoic Cloud Guardian. She tried hard to keep up with the man's long legs and fast walking so she wouldn't be left behind. 'It's impossible for me to get along with this man.' She thought while glancing up at the man who just walked around the headquarters aimlessly. Or so she thought.

She felt the man slow down to let her smaller and shorter legs keep up with his, and walked beside her. 'Well, maybe he is not that bad.'

Kyoya was confused. Why did Tsuna want him to babysit this girl? She was old enough to keep herself from danger.

"Get along with her." Tsuna's words before he left his lover's office rang through his head. He glanced down at the girl who was walking beside him. He knew that Tsuna kept the girl as if she was his own daughter, but that didn't mean he, Tsuna's husband, had to take part in the play house, right? Hibari Kyoya sighed.

Hearing the soft sigh from the man, Rosette looked up. "Unnn...Mr. Hibari, where will we go?"

Hibari looked down for a while before looking up again to face the hallway. "Garden." he said shortly.

The answer lit up the girl. "Are we going to the Rose Garden?" she asked hopefully.

"No." the man answered flatly. "Green House." Hibari said simply. He didn't feel like talking with the girl.

Upon reaching the garden, Hibari said. "Just do whatever you want." He walked towards the small rest area inside the green house. There was a round, white table surrounded by 4 white chairs. Not far from it was white long sofa. Kyoya lay down on the sofa. He had just gotten back from a small mission. He needed a little nap. Even though he was fast to fall asleep, Hibari kept his guard up. After all, Tsuna asked him to 'babysit' the girl.

Rosette watched the man slip into the dreamland. She didn't know what to do. So she just walked around the big green house, appreciating the full bloom of flowers and hummed some songs here and there. She was so deep in her own activity that she didn't notice that the black haired man was now awake and eyeing her.

After a while, Rosette finally felt the cold gaze on her. She turned around and found the man's steel grey eyes staring at her with a calculative gaze. She felt awkward.

"What are you planning to do?" the man asked.

The girl looked up at him with confused eyes. She didn't know what the man meant.

"Why are you still here?" Hibari asked again.

"...I want to stay with Tsuna..."

Hibari narrowed his eyes. "You know Tsuna's life will end soon. He can die at any moment. What will you do after his death?"

"...I..." Rosette couldn't answer it. She never thought about it. The only thing she knew was that she wanted to be with Tsuna. That was all. She never thought about the future after Tsuna's death. That thought never crossed her mind. "...I don't know..."

"I don't know why you want to stay with Tsuna. And I don't want to know. But I want to know what you will do afterwards." Hibari dusted the invisible dust off his black suit. "Find me when you figure it out." Hibari left the girl alone in the green house.


Tsuna had finished his paperwork. He was currently looking through the books Hayato found for him a month ago. He was still searching for a clue about the riddle in the meeting room which was once a Vongola Boss' Office.

However, Tsuna found none. He was about to give up when his eyes caught sight of a folder. Following his intuition, Tsuna stood up and walked towards the bookshelves and took the folder. The content of the folder was about all the estates Vongola's famiglia owned. Tsuna began to read it. The first estates were the current Vongola's main headquarters Tsuna was at.

All Bosses since Primo's time stayed in this mansion. Rumours said that Vongola Primo built this mansion with a hidden trick and passage. But until now, the hidden trick and passage were never found.

Tsuna flipped the pages. And he found the Varia's headquarters.

The one who built the mansion was Vongola Secondo. The mansion was built with hidden rooms to store weapons. The mansion was treasured by all the Vongola Bosses. But after Xanxus took over the VARIA, he made a lot of changes because the mansion's structure didn't suit his liking. But the hidden rooms still remain as before.

Tsuna snickered about it. 'That's so Xanxus.' He thought.

After a few pages, he found a small cottage, which was currently used by Vongola Nono and his retired Guardians.

According to Primo's journal in Vongola History, this cottage was the first headquarters Vongola owned. Primo started the vigilante group here.

Tsuna's eyes widened. He reread the sentence. Primo started the vigilante group here. Placing his finger on the photo of the small cottage, Tsuna thought with a wide smile. 'Found it. I finally found it.'

He had to ask Nono to let him investigate it or even better, if Nono knew about it. So, Tsuna took out his phone and called a certain number. Placing the phone on his ear, Tsuna waited until someone answered his call.

"Hello, Tsunayoshi-kun. It's rare for you to call me." the familiar voice of an old man greeted Tsuna kindly.

"Hello, Nono. Well, actually, I want to ask you something." Tsuna said.

"What is it?"

"Do you, perhaps, know about Vongola's truths and secrets?"

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To be Continued~~


I don't know Mammon is female or male, so I decided I will call Mammon with he.

Bad news, the country I live in won't let us in ff .net. It's awful, it's like a piece of me has been ripped from my soul, but my beta reader told me she is willing to post the stories for me. I will continue my stories, though the process just got a little more complicated and I'm bumbed about the whole situation.

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