Tsuna shrieked. His sister's bag had just broken the coffee table. His sister's bag, which she carried everyday on one shoulder, had just broken the coffee table, which had survived Reborn, his explosions, Lambo, his explosions, and every other traumatic event that had happened in his room. Yet one leather bag which should have not contained anything other than a few books and stationery, had broken the hard, sturdy, wooden table.

He was understandably freaked out.

"I told him not to throw it." His sister sighed, and went to retrieve her bag from the wreckage - the wreckage - of his late coffee table. She then proceeded to rummage through her bag to check that nothing was broken, and let out a sigh of relief. "Looks like the only casualty was Tsuna's table."

She patted the splintered remains apologetically. "You served him well. Rest in peace now."

Tsuna finally found his voice. "W-w-w-w-w-w-what?! How- what- Nee-chan-"

Or not.

His sister ignored his shocked stuttering, and instead pulled out a slightly rumpled package. She handed it to Reborn.

"Here's what you asked me to pick up."

Reborn tilted his head in thanks. "Did you manage to give the metal plates to your friends?"

"Yep," She nodded, "But I couldn't find Akira, so I had to carry an extra plate around the whole day." She rolled the shoulder the bag strap usually rested on. "It was really heavy."

Tsuna attempted to speak again. "M-metal plate?"

His sister raised an eyebrow at him. "A girl's gotta have a way to defend herself, and not everyone likes getting their hands dirty. Speaking of which, is Mum home? I have what she asked for as well."

Tsuna wasn't quite sure of what she meant by, 'Speaking of which', but decided he didn't really want to know. Dino chose that moment to greet her.

"You must be the sister of Vongola Decimo! It's nice to meet you!" He put away his turtle held out his hand for her to shake. Tsuna started panicking - his sister didn't know about the mafia and he'd like it to stay that way! - but she just stared at Dino blankly, gave him a once over, then whispered to Tsuna, "Who's the hottie?"

Tsuna started panicking again, this time for a different reason. His sister turned back to Dino when she didn't receive an answer and shook the Cavallone boss's outstretched hand.

"It's nice to meet you too, even though I'm not sure who Vongola Decimo is. Who might you be?"

Dino looked surprised. "Eh? Vongola Decimo is-"

"Alalalala~ He's Dino, and Mum's downstairs! You should go now!" His sister might be blissfully oblivious to conversations about the mafia around her, but even she couldn't ignore a direct 'Your brother's the heir to the most powerful famiglia in the world'! He tried to hurry the confused girl out of the room, but the door opened and I-pin ran inside, followed by a grenade-holding Lambo, who then tripped on a cord. The grenades flew free from their pins and out the window. Tsuna panicked as he realized that Dino's men were outside, but the man was already jumping out of the window.

He yelled at his men to get down, then skilfully used his whip to capture the grenades and throw them up into the sky, where they wouldn't be a danger to anyone.

"...He's so cool," Tsuna said, amazed, then realized he hadn't been the only one to say it. His sister was also staring out the window at Dino, eyes full of admiration and an almost unnoticeable blush on her cheeks. He gawked at her in horror.

No. Nonononono. She can't- she can't have a crush on him! She just met him!

But her awestruck gaze said otherwise, and Tsuna couldn't decide if he should resent Dino or not. On one hand, this was his sister, he was naturally protective over her, but on the other, he really liked Dino too, although probably not in the way his sister did.

Reborn invited the man to stay for the day, despite Tsuna's protests. His sister wholeheartedly supported Reborn, and cheered when Dino agreed. Tsuna really wasn't sure what to think.

That night, Dino joined them at the dinner table. Tsuna's mother and sister were happily cooking side by side, although his mother had to keep reminding his sister to "put down the spice, dear, not everyone likes the fiery flavour as much as you do." He yet again sent a silent thank you to his mother. If not for her, he would have surely died from a burning mouth long before Reborn came and the madness started.

When Dino fumbled with his chopsticks and made a mess, Tsuna looked to his sister. But instead of the scornful 'dude can't even use chopsticks' expression he was expecting, he saw a 'that's so cute' face, accompanied with a light giggle as she handed him the utensils he was used to eating with.

Wait, what.

She giggled. His sister giggled. She never giggled outside of school and it's popularity game. Snicker, yes. Cackle, yes. But giggle? Just what-?!

"Kyaaaah!"

A scream from his mother interrupted his thoughts and the conversation he had been half paying attention to. He immediately stood up along with the other occupants of the table and rushed to the bathroom, Dino proving Reborn right when he tripped by stepping on his own foot.

When his mother ran to them shouting something about the tub, he directed her to his sister, who started comforting her, and followed the others to the bathroom, where a giant turtle had taken a bite out of the ceramic bathtub.

Dino's inability to function properly without his subordinates was further shown as his whip hit everyone but the turtle. The situation was quickly resolved though, with Leon leaping onto Tsuna's face and transforming him into Romario.

Tsuna let out a sigh of relief. He was still unsure what to think about his sister's apparent crush on Dino, but for now, he'd stay quiet. He really did like Dino too, after all.

I snickered as Dino fell down the stairs, and Tsuna following soon after due to me 'accidentally' sweeping his feet out from under him. He fell on top of Dino, and I ran down as well, helping them both up, but paying more attention to Dino, much to Tsuna's dismay. I snickered again, this time internally.

The boy really thought I had a crush on Dino, and he didn't how to deal with the information. It would be so worth it to keep up this charade. His reactions were just pure gold.

I rather like this chapter.

Reaper Senpai: I'm really happy you think so.

Not-Gonna-Update: Not so much fight alongside as trying to avoid being hit while occasionally helping unnecessarily, but yeah. I'm happy you found it fun to read, and hope you'll continue to do so.

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Disclaimer: I don't KHR or anything else used in here. Except for the chopsticks. Yeah, I own a pair of chopsticks.