It took a few days until Skull seemed to relax again. She still spent her time almost glued to Colonnello's side but they didn't talk about anything serious anymore, more focused on gaming together. She found comfort in him, relied on him to distract her.

But she got better, it was a slow progress but the rawness in her slowly firmed up again. She had never been one to mourn long. To let things impair her. She was a fighter, pushing forward in any way and not getting held back. She wouldn't let this take her down either. Not now and not ever. She had come to terms with it… partially. The rest time would do.

She did get better though, yesterday she had even watched a movie with the arcobalenos together. Sure, she had been mummified by Nello into one of the blankets until she couldn't move anymore but she didn't complain much when he kept on feeding her with snacks. She actually even fell asleep after a while.

Nello and her still shared the same room, they hadn't even breached the topic yet but him using his flames almost on a constant just helped her find stability again. Her dreams were nightmare free whenever he was with her. She relied on him way too much.

She wasn't yet able to actually get her mind to focus on the whole keeping the others grown thing but… for the moment she didn't mind living with them. Nello had been right when he said it would be like a sleepover. Sure, they weren't alone but no one bothered them when they kept up their tradition and Fon actually made more than just great tea. While Nello knew how to make it for her, Fon just excelled at it.

And Viper knew the best movies. Reborn was actually not that bad when she didn't provoke him every last minute. He often lingered close, often staying quiet and even while she would rather die than admit to it she felt reassured when he was with her.

It was kinda sweet to see Verde trying to hold back his questions even if he occasionally had to get muffled by the others and Lal herself actually had secretly gotten her a few bras and other products. The rain had been gruff with it, not able to hold her slight blush though.

Leilani felt majorly better, in a way it was way too nice to get so much support from them but… it was too nice. Leilani was still freaked out by too nice arcobalenos and… she couldn't sit idle right? Not when she had to avert her eyes whenever the worry showed through their eyes and so she had to take it back into her own hands.

She had stood up early, actually preparing breakfast with Nello keeping her company.

She grinned at everyone as soon as they stepped inside the kitchen, greeting them before she jumped up on the counter, which was actually way harder than she had assumed. Honestly, why were kitchens always made for tall people?

She casually sipped on her tea, not moving from her spot though. It was strategic, same as the opened window behind her, just in case.

It took a while for anyone to notice, Colonnello himself had tried his best to keep his eyes off of Reborns cup as he had seen her work on the cups this morning.

It was Lal who first set her eyes on it, a laugh already busting out and the rest immediately found the cause of her amusement as Reborns cup had now a new lettering on it reading 'Wold's okayest Hitman'.

Reborn immediately picked up on the clues, staring at it for a moment before zeroing on Skull who was still sipping on her mug even while she couldn't hide her grin.

"Skull."

"Uhuh?"

"Is this funny to you?"

"Very." She was ready to run but to her surprise Reborn made no attempt to chase her.

The hitman just sat his cup down, his fedora pulled down but while she wouldn't swear on it she had the impression he almost seemed relieved.

"Skull… Turn it back."

"No."

"Skull."

"Fon can do it."

The martial artist who had hid his daughter behind his own mug looked up in surprise "Excuse me?"

"Yeah, you can do it."

He raised an eyebrow "And how?"

"You wouldn't ask that if you knew how to handle your flames."

He sighed "Skull, come on. I can destroy it but not reverse your mist flames on it."

She shrugged "Then you should find out or Senpai keeps the mug."

"Very well… and Skull?"

"Yeah?"

"Welcome back."

The blinding smile that made its way on her face actually made Lal turn her head away while bright red and the rest could only stare.

Reborn had been right, her appearance alone was way too much of a weapon.

Skull finally jumped down from the counter to get to her own chair, snatching up some of the fruit off Nello's plate before pulling up her legs to sit cross legged, still brightly grinning.

Reborn did get up at one point to get a new mug only to have the same lettering appear as soon as he took a sip, same with every cup he pulled out afterwards. He stopped at the fifth only to stare down the sky, who was a bit too giddy "Did you do it to every mug?"

"Kinda, don't worry though it reverses after being untouched for three minutes or when someone elses uses it. Will only ever affect you. I mean it's cool right? You will always be able to tell which ones yours. At least until Fon figures out his flames."

"Is that your poor attempt at tutoring us?"

"Hmm not really. I guess motivation. Sure, not everyone can be as awesome as me but you seriously lack creativity."

"You're not pulling any punches today, are you?"

"never. You guys had too much of a resting period. Can't let that stay on or you're gonna get spoiled."

The hitman sighed but finally accepted his fate, staring a bit miffed at the cup in his hand but his need for coffee was stronger. While it was definitely annoying he was more relieved to have the tiny sky be back to her normal self.

Breakfast proceeded in a way more relaxed manner and they were about to clean up when Viper addressed Skull. "So… Skull. As you started to be yourself again this means we should call you by your name, right?"

She tilted her hand, already balancing a stack of dishes "Huh? But Reborn's not allowed to call me Lackey anymore. What do you mean?"

"No, not Skull, your actual name."

She gently sat down the dishes in the sink "You want my real name?"

"Yes, it would be the perfect time now and appropriate."

"Don't think so. It wouldn't be fun."

"It wouldn't be fun?"

"Yeah, you have to guess. That never changed. Not my fault if you can't manage that."

"You're not relenting? I could negotiate with you."

"Nope, it's way more fun if you try to scramble for it. Rewards don't get handed out for nothing after all. How hard can it be? I mean you're only trying for 35 years now." She giggled.

"But we only knew about your gender for two years and you didn't really gave us much time with you."

"That's great right? You can start the whole process again! Double the fun! How many names can there even be?"

Verde raised an eyebrow "Several thousands per country."

"Then you should start soon, right? Who knows how many years this will take."

She giggled while already starting to wash the dishes, her magic as always taking care of it for the most part.

It was later that evening, already snuggled into Colonnellos embrace when she poked him on the arm.

The rain, slightly groggy, opened his eyes "Kora?"

"Flower."

"Huh?"

"My name, it's related to flowers."

He was immediately fully awake again "You're giving me a hint?"

"Yeah, figured you wanted to beat the rest of them to it but still win the competition… but that doesn't mean you can't get a headstart."

His smile immediately went wider "Lily?"

"That's my middlename and the name of my mother so… well don't call me that please."

He laughed out "So I got your middle name?"

"My last name is Potter."

His grip tightened as he pulled her on top of him "Only your first name left."

"You think you can manage?"

"I will, kora."

"Can't wait to see Reborns face when you tease him with that."

"Oh don't worry. I will."