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So, this chapter is written mostly to clarify the previous one because I feel like I confused many people.
But no need to worry, because this is a love story, and I won't let family drama to take it over. Everything is there to help R27!
Also, so many thanks to my friend Amu4ever, as she is the great help I have with this story.
Chapter 7: Explanation.
After they ate the pizza, they found themselves in a nearby park. The children were already off playing as the older ones sat around the bench Tsuna and Reborn were sitting on.
After 5 minutes of everyone pretending not to stare at Tsuna, the brunet took a deep breath and said "I don't know where to start."
"I suggest the beginning" The hit man said, his eyes never leaving the brunet. "Wow. That is such a good idea. Where do you find such fabulous ideas? Out of your-Ouch! Okay! Okay! STOP HITTING ME!" The brunet glared angrily at Reborn as he slid away from him on the bench.
"Okay, so, I learned the whole story piece by piece over the years – which was very difficult for me to do so I want a medal when we are done with this drama- but apparently it all started when my dad had this huge fight with his family. And that is where you figure out that they are just a bunch of weirdos just like me. I mean who takes my dad seriously enough to have a real fight with him? Weird people, that is who does.
"I don't know the details only that after the fight my father and his family burned the bridges between them. They didn't talk to each other for years, even going as far as to ignore each other if they were to come across. I sometimes wish I knew what they said to my dad, so I can say it and have the beauty of ignoring him, too.
"After my parents met and fell in love, my mother was forced to break the contact with her own family as well, because her father didn't like my dad. He said a man who couldn't keep his own family, shouldn't be trusted with another.
"He is a wise man as you can see. But my mother was blind with love, so to be able to marry my dad, she left her family. I am pretty sure that she gave birth to me so she could forget that horrible decision.
"I have two aunts from her side; they call us occasionally, though I have never even spoken to my grandparents. My mother refuses to speak about her family, so there is almost nothing I know about them. All I know is that my aunts are funny and sometimes when they speak, I am not even sure what exactly they are talking about, so I just laugh.
"When I was little, I believed that I had no one else besides my mum and my dad. That changed when I was ten and a man came to our door and told my mum that he was her father-in-law. He demanded to see me, and my mother had to let him in even though she didn't want to due to the two scary looking men behind him.
"I remember when I saw them for the first time; it was a disaster. I was disappointed because I had to stop playing, so I tried to look as angry as possible. No matter what Mrs. Sawada says, I was scowling, not pouting. Stop laughing Reborn.
"Anyways, the oldest man smiled at me and started talking as another man extended a box to me. I got so confused because it wasn't a holiday so of course I started crying, as that was my response to any kind of strong emotion. I tried to run away, but I was quickly stopped. The oldest men nodded his head towards me and the other two caught me before I could escape. One of them held me up while the other pulled a gun from the box."
There were a few gasps from the previously laughing group but Tsuna focused on Hayato to take the bottle of water from him with a grateful smile. He drank almost half of the bottle before he continued;
"I remember that my mother started screaming while I started crying harder and harder. Then the man pointed the gun towards the ceiling and pulled the trigger. And then, bubbles blocked my vision. Bubbles were everywhere. It was a toy, not a gun. And this is your second clue on how crazy they are."
Everyone laughed as they relaxed their tense forms. Except for Reborn, he was still studying the brunet intensely.
"It turned out that they were trying to calm me down though they did it in the worst way possible. I remember my grandfather scolding them; they had to sit in the corner of the room as he talked to me. His voice was very stern as he told them off. When he turned to me; he smiled and spoke to me with a calm tone of voice.
"He explained to me that he was my grandfather and the men in the corner were my uncles. I relaxed as they seemed like big children that got a time-out punishment to me.
"They apologized for scaring me. I played with them after then, as my mother was busy talking with my grandfather. My uncle Luca pretended to be a horse for me as I was the vicious but still adorable cowboy. We ran away from my other uncle, Antonio, as he was the sheriff. That was the day I decided that Luca was my favourite. He still is.
"I cried when they left, but we kept in touch after that visit. And after a month or so we went to Italy for the first time. I met with almost everyone in the family within a week. My mum said we shouldn't say anything to my dad, I thought it was a game so I never told him anything.
"But around that time, my dad stopped coming home altogether, and I slipped it out on the dinner accidently. That caused a huge argument, as my grandfather tried to leave the house to track my dad down, yelling things like that it was about time to teach him how to use his brain.
"He was my hero, as he was the man strong enough to say bad things about my father. I remember my mum trying to calm him down with everyone, but even she had this look in her eyes. Whereas I just sat there with the cookie jar, watching them like I was watching a movie."
Tsuna drank more from his water, and kept ignoring the hit man as he talked.
"He tried for almost 4 hours, but then his heart went bad again. He was already sick, so it scared everyone to the point we had to call the doctor. The doctor said he would be fine as long as he took another pill with his medicine for the night, but it scared the hell out of me to see a doctor next to him, because I thought it was my fault that he got sick and I cried for hours. At the end I was so exhausted that I fell asleep at my aunt Liana's arms."
Tsuna ignored the "Aaaww"s and kept talking.
"Please don't 'Aw' in front of Aunt Liana; I am pretty sure she is still angry that I ruined her new sweater with my snot."
Tsuna couldn't help the small smile creeping up his face as his family laughed.
"We lost my grandfather the year after that, when I was nearly 13. It still feels unreal. I still can't mock with someone because they are female out of the fear that he is going to pop up in front of me and drag me away by my ear when I am done apologizing.
"It was a short time when you look at it, only 3 years of family meetings, but I think it was enough. We used to talk at phone everyday when my mum and I were in Japan, but after we lost my grandfather, after the funeral I mean, we kind of stopped going there.
" I think it is because the first time we went there after he passed, I ran to his study to greet him because I forgot that he was gone, and started crying my eyes out the second I entered there and saw that his chair was empty. I -Hayato, please stop hugging me."
Tsuna waited before continuing for the silver haired boy to stop kneeling in front of the bench to hug him.
"I cried almost non-stop for a week until my mum decided to return Japan a week earlier than planned. And a little after that, I stopped talking with them on the phone.
"It was hard for me because my grandmother always figures it out when I am lying. Seriously I used to think that she was a demon because lying was a sin and that was how she knew when I lied. Also her pancakes are out of this world. And then there is h-"
Tsuna cut himself off as he saw that Reborn was getting ready to hit him, again.
"Sorry, I got sidetracked. After that accident I swore that I would not speak about my dad with any of them. So if I told her I was fine, she would know that it was a lie and then I would have to tell her that my dad didn't come home or even called. I was scared that I would lose her too, so I just... stopped."
Hayato glanced towards the hit man as Tsuna drank the rest of his water. He was still tempted to hug Tsuna, but he saw something in the hit man's eyes when Hayato was busy with burying his face in his beloved boss's stomach.
There was something that felt off. The silver haired boy tried to figure it out, but the man was focused at the brunet, in a way he almost ignored everything else. Tsuna started talking before Hayato could dwell on that little thought.
"Then a year or two later, mum sat me down and we talked about all these stuff, and that is when I learned that she knew about my dad being a mafia even before she married him. She just wants him to come and tell her himself. That was why I couldn't tell anything to any of you."
Tsuna smiled apologetically. He answered some of their questions before Lambo came and told them he wanted to go home. Everyone stood up while Tsuna kept sitting on the grass where he moved around the fifth question.
"Move it, Dame-Tsuna." Reborn said, as he kicked the brunet. "I don't want to." Tsuna answered as he ignored them and plucked the grass around him. "There is a big drama in the house right now, my dad is probably crying while my mum tortures innocent foods with her knives. I don't want to deal with that."
Reborn simply looked at the boy, then before anyone could blink, Tsuna was up on the man's arms as he started to walk back home. The whole way Lambo laughed at Tsuna. The brunet on the other hand was busy with throwing empty threats while Reborn tried to convince himself not to beat anyone.
After all, taking his anger for a silver head out from his student's innocent family was not professional, and Reborn was nothing but professional. (Yes Fon, just student. Just. No. What do you mean feelings? What feelings? I don't do feelings.)
He ignored that little voice inside his head. He was not enjoying the way the boy was in his arms. This was only for punishment. The boy had to learn how to listen.
When they reached home, Reborn put the brunet down at the door. So Tsuna ran away as soon as he was able to. Thinking that it was a game the little kids ran behind him. While their older siblings waved good bye as they left, Reborn decided that he needed a cup of coffee.
He was still not so sure how he felt about the news; he just knew that Viper was the one who would be doing the paying this time.
Now, Reborn was not a man who did anything half. Even before he accepted the job, he was collecting information about the young Vongola. There were rumours about an heir in Japan, and as the best hit man of the world, he was bound to learn these kind of information.
He had contacted Viper, gave him nothing because he is the best hit man in the world, and the other arcobaleno brought the information to his feet. There may or may not be blackmailing involved, but that is just detail.
The important thing is Viper did not bring this bit of information to him. He didn't know that Nana knew, or Iemitsu's fight with his family, or that said family was in contact with the boy, which meant that someone was very good at hiding information. And that made the hit man very uncomfortable.
If even the Viper didn't know, than what else could they be hiding?
"Can I have a cup of that, too?" said Nana with a smile as she entered the kitchen, interrupting Reborn's thoughts. The hit man smirked and said "Of course." They were half of their coffee when Reborn said "So you knew."
Nana smiled and took another sip of her coffee, "I was expecting you to ask something else, but yeah. I knew."
Reborn smirked to the woman across him and said with an amused tone "I don't care anything about your husband, Mama."
Nana laughed out loud and said while laughing "Yeah, that one is very obvious." She took another sip and then continued "Shoot."
Reborn's fingers tightened their grip on the cup as his eyes snapped back at the woman's brown ones. She was watching him with a glint in her eyes as if she was enjoying herself. Reborn narrowed his eyes and asked "What?"
Nana snickered as she replied with "Obviously, you have a lot of questions, so shoot."
Reborn resisted the urge to literally shoot her because she was willing for answers and that was exactly what he wanted for now. "What is next?" he asked, starting with the easy one.
"Next, I will get the permissions so we can take everyone to a trip in Italy." Nana answered as she went to wash the cups. "It was an offer up till a few hours ago, but now, we have to go."
"Why?" Reborn asked, hating that he had to ask for her to answer. He enjoyed it more when people started talking out of fear. They usually spilled everything in hopes they said the right thing, so Reborn didn't have to talk at all for sometimes; those were the best.
"It seemed logical to call his mother and tell her that she was not allowed to talk with Tsuna anymore. She asked why and I told her what Iemitsu told me." Nana answered before mocking her husband's voice;
"They are my family. Mine. Did I introduce you with any of them? No. How long have you been talking with them? And Tsuna knows Italian? I didn't even let him when Nono said he would tell Reborn to teach Tsuna Italian!
"Do you even know what is going to happen now? He could have stayed in his world for a little longer, but if he knows Italian, I have nothing left to say to Nono when he wants Tsuna to start learning the business!"
Nana took a deep breath to calm herself and than continued;
"We had a big fight as you can see, but the final straw was when he said; 'You are not allowed to speak with my family, until I forgive them and say that speaking with them is necessary.'
"Just like one would expect, his mother did not like that sentence, and they had a bigger fight. In the end his mother said that Iemitsu might be happy that he has no family, but Tsuna and I had one and until Iemitsu starts using his brain to see how wrong he is, we would be staying at home.
"I managed to explain her that Tsuna needed to graduate until we could go there to stay permanently, but she still wants us to go back home for a while" she finished with a shrug.
Reborn tried to resist the urge to track Iemitsu down and put some sense in his head. The man was completely ridiculous. There was no logic behind his actions, it was as if his brain decided it deserved better and left when the man was still young.
They talked some more and then Reborn left the house as Nana went to get some sleep. He had to find Viper as the said man was in need of doing some explanation. But before all of that, he called Nono and told him the short version of the events. Then he forced a meeting with all the ex-arcobalenos within an hour, because it was more fun to beat people up when there were other people to watch.
The next day, they were busy with planning a trip to Italy, as a certain blond was confused as to why his boss suddenly demanded to see him as soon as possible. Because they talked a day before and Nono was fine with him staying a little while longer.
He was always fine with it honestly; Iemitsu was the one who had trouble with staying at home. Nono never told him to come back because of work; it was always something more important. That was why Iemitsu hurried to meet with his boss; it also helped him to take his mind off from his family. So it was a win-win, really.
But needless to say, Nono was a man who managed to rule a mafia family successfully for almost his whole life, so he was expecting this break down for years. He also figured out the right punishment for a man who traded his family with his work: No family, no work.
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