Part 1
A lot of things had happened in the last month, especially the distance between the young guardian of thunder and the hitman of the Vongola Family.
Many would say that between the pair, the fact that they did not see each other was uncommon, but those who really knew them knew that the separation between them was not normal.
Every time the young Lambo entered a place and saw that Reborn was in the same room, he avoided it, or simply fled even when it seemed like a cowardly act since he had nothing to lose if we considered it to most of the members of the family.
However, Tsuna was the one who had most sensed the tension created between them, especially the effort that Lambo put to hide his nervousness or his feeling of sadness that came every time he was with the arcobaleno. Somehow he had to find out what had happened between those two, but how?
Letting out a sigh, Tsuna leaned against his chair and assumed that the best he could do was to ask one of them. The thing was this idea did not motivate him in the least. Not that he did not want to help them, on the contrary, but knowing those two were unlikely to tell what had happened. Well, at least not without a good dose of screams and curses from both of them. Splendid.
"Juudaime, here are the papers you asked me to sign ." His storm guard's voice rang loud and clear in the room. A kind smile settled on his lips before the Vongola boss received the papers and placed them on his desk, ready to sign them.
"Thanks, Gokudera, I'm full of papers that if it is not for your help with the files, I'd probably up to my neck in documents now ." The brunette finished signing the required paper and handed it to Gokudera.
"There is no need to say that, Juudaime. Though I'm more concerned about that silly cow ." Said the silver-haired man to Tsuna with a look and voice that dismissed seriousness, and a trace of concern.
Sighing, Tsuna ran his hand over his hair and face, while giving the silver-colored hair man a tired look.
"I know, Gokudera, the truth is Lambo has been acting quite apart from the others, especially..." Without needing to finish his sentence, the brown-haired man let out a sigh of concern and weariness.
"Yes, Juudaime, now that you said that, it's true that the stubborn cow and Reborn-san has been more distant for about a month now, and his change of mood has made Reborn-san almost liquidated 5 men from the mansion in an attack of anger. Well at least that's what the poor bastards told me, who is still in the infirmary, and to be frank, that's a normal attitude in Reborn-san, Juudaime ."
"I suppose I'll have to talk to one of them," the task was one I'd gladly postpone until hell froze, but the peace and health of the mansions members, including his own, depending on his finding out on what was going on in the head of that crazy couple. God knew he had no heart for another complaint from the cleaners, or his schizophrenic doctor, who had threatened to physically harm him several times if he had not kept the other members of the mansion away from his sacred sanctuary which was the infirmary and laboratory of the Vongola complex. Which was almost impossible to carry out, if his ex-tutor continued to slaughter the house staff, or if Lambo, like him, still had fights of anger and acted in the same way.
"Alright, Juudaime, if you like, I can go talk to them, or perhaps any of the guardians-" The Silvretta in an attempt to improve the dejected spirits of his boss, offered his help, not quite sure that he was any better than the brunette and without any thoughts if the other guardians would take the favor very well.
Knowing how the situation was tense between the guardian of thunder and the hitman of the family, certainly, not many of Tsuna's close friends would want to get into this mess. Hell, he did not even want the idea of dealing with them himself.
"It's okay, Gokudera. You don't have to worry. Besides, I'm sure none of the other guys will want to talk to them. Anyway thanks for the support, but I better go now if I want to find out what happens with those two."
Lambo was in the training room, practicing his shots with his flames, but the truth is he had very little concentrated in his task.
"Lambo,you should pay a little more attention to the mark on the shooting board and stop shooting at it so badly." The voice of a young Chinese known as I-pin, sound shaky and almost on the verge of hysteria. She had been accompanying Lambo for three hours, and at no time had she had a feeling of peace since her friend was dedicated to throw wildly and without any consideration to her. He had not missed enough to blow the poor girl's head.
"You don't have to worry, I-pin, I just need to hit the mark and we can go to lunch...just a little more, just....-" The string of shots continuous non-stop, but the bad thing was that the young man was not focus at all, every shot was wrong or simply made to kill somebody. Well, every shot was apparently dedicated to one person and the person was nothing less and nothing more than Reborn.
Since he had started training, in every shot he did, the face of the arcobaleno appeared, causing Lambo to shot with anger and a little caution.
"Actually, I think..." The girl had to bend over so that the shot wouldn't pierce her head, as it had been for some time. With exasperation, and worried about her life, I-pin stood ready to stop Lambo, when suddenly the steel doors that protected the training area were opened wide, causing a thunderous sound.
At the threshold of the entrance, the Vongola boss appeared, dressed in a simple Polo shirt and jeans with a pair of matching sneakers. Tsuna used to wear suits only when he was in the middle of a meeting or at work, but when he was at home, his family simply wore casual and comfortable clothes, just the way he liked it.
The young girl breathed a more relaxed breath, knowing that Tsuna had arrived, and make sure that at least with him, Lambo would have a little more caution when shooting.
"I-pin, Lambo, I'm happy to find you two, would you like to join us and leave the workouts for a while? We were going to have lunch at three." With a warm smile, the brown-haired man asked the two teens.
"Tsuna-nii, that idea sounds great, I have wanted to go have lunch for some time now, but for some reason, I have not left yet –" with an accusing look at the guardian of thunder, the young Chinese answered his brother.
"That's not true, I said I will finish the training first and then, we were going to eat – " at the same time, Lambo answered the question, rejecting the accusation of I-pin.
"Well, it would happen, if you had shot at the marks rather than a shot at everywhere." The accusation was once again present in the voice of the young girl, as she put both her hands on her waist, in an annoying way.
"Hey, you're still alive, what are you complaining about?" Sparks began to glow with a threat in the boys hands, as he looked upset at I-pin for her accusation.
"I am complaining because I had been here for three hours and at no time, did you tried to pull anything with more tact! If I had not been bending over and keep watching all your shots, you would have blown my head for a while now, you fool!" With the same anger in the young girl's voice and posture, one could deduce that she was also prepared to attack her friend.
"That's enough, I-pin, Lambo, I demand that you two stop now. No one is going to fight with anyone, so it's better if you stop looking at each other angrily and want to tear each others head off and ignore me." The authoritative voice of the brunette, echoing between the two teens, causing them to automatically take a breathe, calming their anger and abandon their fighting posture.
"Okay." Both teens answered.
"The three of us will leave here now, I will go to the dining room to have lunch with others and I will not accept no as an answer, understood? " Although the order was made with patience and kindness, it did not lose its touch of command.
"But I'm still training.." The refusal he heard in Lambo's voice was more scared than anything else and Tsuna realized without much effort. Just like the young guardian has been avoiding Reborn, he also avoided having eating or dining with the family members for several weeks. Whether he was doing homework, training or just not feeling well.
These actions were becoming frequent and foolish since no one lost sight of this because of the simple fact of not wanting to bump into Reborn.
What amused Tsuna the most was the effort that the young guardian had made in avoiding the ex-arcobaleno. While the other, even if he didnt let it be noticed, was that he was silently angry every time Lambo did not come down for the meals.
It was good to pretend to be calm which I did not have in the first place, it was more likely that I had to give credit to Reborn since I was always overwhelmed by the setbacks that kept me from going down to the dining room. However, that spark of anger and frustration was not undetectable for the brown-haired man, who always saw with some fun and fatigue, as the older pretended that he did not care if his thunder guardian appeared or not.
The fact was that at some point they must meet, and Lambo could no longer avoid going to the meals that were done in the mansion simply for fear of running into Reborn. He also had to solve and understand what went through the mind of those fools, who made his already difficult relationship change to almost unbearable, in the short span of a month.
"You can train at any other time Lambo, but right now you will go to your room, you will clean up, change clothes, and go down to lunch with everyone. Like it or not." With that order, Tsuna cut off any protest that might come from the boy.
"It's ... okay " Lambo's anger and frustration were evident, and even more noticeable when the boy walked out of the training room, between curses and grumbles.
"It seems things have not improved " With a sigh, Tsuna took I-pin's shoulders and pushed her slightly so that they left the room.
"I know Tsuna-nii, lately, Lambo has been distracted, and acting with a lot of anger when attacking. It is as if he wanted to unleash a kind of anger or pain that keeps deep within himself."
I-pin's words confirmed what he already suspected; the arcobaleno had done something to make Lambo look like that, and he was sure that it was related to his womanizer.
Only in cases such as these, his young guardian lost control in this way, and anger and pain were marked in his actions, making him equally want to avoid at all costs run into Reborn. It was the defense mechanism that Lambo took to not lose his composure, and give vent to his rage and pain.
Several times this situation had arisen between his ex-tutor and the boy, only that the difference was that on other occasions Lambo had not wanted to avoid with such fervor the closeness of Reborn. They fought, they shouted, but in the end, everything always went back to normal, not lasting more than a few days the matter.
Now it had been almost a month and a half, and the young man had been hiding from the older one, avoiding it as if it were the plague. To which Reborn only ignore and lost a little more control, disguising it clear, but the action was present anyway.
Something big had happened between them, but apparently, Lambo was not willing to face the problem, and Reborn would not help in the cause, of that he was sure, more if you considered the ego of the major was equivalent to that of all his guardians together. Which really was bad in these cases.
In conclusion, if Lambo was not going to look for him, Reborn would not do it, and as the young man now seemed very hurt to take the usual first step, and look for the older one, that left them all in a serious mess.
He knew that if he tried to talk to Reborn, he would receive a direct pass to "go and fuck you" courtesy of his "sympathetic" side, which left him only hoping to be able to talk to Lambo, and pray that he would listen to him and tell him what the hell was going on between them.
"I suppose I'll go with Lambo to see if he can tell me what happened this time. While you can go ahead to the dining room with the others, and in a while, I will go down with him." He smiled warmly at l-pin before leaving behind his guardian and hoping to solve some of this mess.
Nodding, the young Chinese went to the dining room, praying that things would be solved because when Reborn and Lambo were involved, it was very difficult to understand why their actions, or know how things would end.
In his room, Lambo came out from bath, and finished changing his clothes to go down to dinner since that had been the order given by Tsuna.
Yes, he would continue avoiding the meals that were in the mansion, but apparently, Tsuna had decided that his desire would go straight down the drain.Which only put him in a bad mood, and altered his nerves, because he really did not want to run into Reborn.
For a month he had achieved it; He had avoided the older man with hard work, even if part of him yearned to see him or feel close to the other.
"Damn my luck, damn Reborn and fucking Tsuna for forcing me to go down " While cursing under his breath those who he thought were the culprits of his fate, the door of the bedroom opened, giving way to the Vongola boss.
"Are you ready, Lambo?" The brown-haired man asked the child leaning against the wall and waiting for the other to finish, so they could go down to lunch. He would not move from there, because he knew that the boy would try to sneak away, and he did not think he would allow that.
"Yes, but I want to know, since when did you become my nanny?" The anger was more than evident in his voice, and although Lambo knew that Tsuna did not deserve that, he could not help acting that way when he was being taken to a place that could be classified as his firing squad.
Sighing, Tsuna tried to find the right words so that before going down to dinner they could fix part of the problem, and the child told him what had him in that state.
"Lambo I'm not your nanny, the only thing I want is to understand what happens to you and be able to help you. For a month you have acted in a more strange way than usual, and have been avoiding "
Before he could finish that sentence, the young guardian faced him with his eyes shining with fury and tears.
"I have not avoided anyone, and stop talking to me as if you understood anything about what I feel Tsuna-nii. You want to help me ?! Well, not getting involved helps me, so get into your affairs, and stay out of mine. " There are pain in his voice, added to the abrupt way of confronting the other, they increased the belief in the brown-haired man that something really bad had caused Reborn and Lambo to distance themselves and cause this sudden change of mood in the boy.
In his life, the young man had never answered him in that way, and with that voice full of sadness and anger. This really had to be solved no matter what it cost.
"Lambo, tell me what's wrong with you please, I know you want me not to get involved, but you can not ask me that when it does not only affecting you but everyone in the mansion."
With anger and despair, the young guardian went to the exit, determined to escape the questions of the Vongola leader.
Halfway to the door, Tsuna took Lambo by the arm, preventing him from leaving, but the youngest with a shove escaped the grip and hurriedly left the room.
From his back, he heard the brunette shout his name, and heard his footsteps following him, which increased the speed of his walk.
When arriving at the stairs which he practically running, followed by Tsuna, but without care that everyone present at the table saw him as if he were crazy, he went to the exit of the mansion.
Suddenly before arriving at the exit, he felt a hand that took him by the arm with force and stopped in his flight.
"Not so fast dumb cow, I've endured a lot of this game that you've been doing so hard, but do not even think that I'll take more of this stupidity." The husky and hard whisper in his lover's voice, which now grabbed his arm, and kept him from escaping, made his body tremble. The situation was that I did not know if it was because of the courage or because of the intense desire for the long-awaited contact.
I had hoped to escape from the mansion for a few hours and return during dusk to enter without being noticed and avoid explanations. But now he would not only have to deal with the members of the house, but he would have to endure the delicious torture that represented which is the closeness of Reborn.
The worst was that it hurt, even the memory of that night, which had nailed deep in his heart and mind, hurt too much. That night although it should not have affected him so much, it fell deep inside him, opening wounds in his interior by the cruel words spoken by that woman, after having shared the best and most ardent moments with Reborn.
Perhaps they were mere words, but they had planted doubt in him, and now I did not know if I could continue trusting in the elder, without the pain being nested in his being.
That night he had wanted to avoid Reborn as he was; I had not answered the calls, every time they were in the same room I would escape, however, if I could avoid meeting him at meals, it is much better.
It did not matter that they called him a coward, because the pain he felt made him think that what he thought about him was worth a reverend horn.
"Reborn let go..." the whisper that I gave to the eldest was full of anger and indignation, but above all, he was deeply in pain from his very soul.
"I'm not going to let you go and shut your mouth, because what you're going to do now is go with everyone to the table, and then we'll talk." With that, he shot the young man's arm with force, dragging him almost to the dining table and it would be better if you did not try to escape after lunch, because then, for God's sake, you would pay me dearly. That whisper was a threat, that the child was sure to comply unless he obeyed. I wanted to refuse, but I did not have many possibilities.
On the way to the table, I passed Tsuna, who was finished shaking the clothes, because of the push I had given him, and still, the brunette saw him with a touch of compassion and sorrow. Just fantastic.
The dinner did promise to be something interesting, but nothing could save it now, or maybe it would, but would it be the desired help, which would prevent Lambo from facing the arcobaleno ...?
Halfway through the silent meal in the dining room, the door to the Vongola Mansion rang, causing one of the mansion's attendants to come forward to open, giving way to a person who would probably make the penalty of Lambo to increase.
High heels rang out from the hall, and the woman who owned them stepped in front of the dining-room door.
"Hello Dear, I thought we would meet today." Liana's sensual voice echoed in the room making Lambo almost lose control, but appealing to all the calm he could, he continued eating as if he heard nothing. And the pain was present, isolating and destroying his interior, but unable to do anything to heal him so he decided to pretend he was not present.
"Liana dear I told you that we would see each other in my apartment." Although his voice sounded sensual and silky like that of a male who promised nights of intense passion, the irritation, and anger did not go unnoticed by everyone, especially by the brown-haired man. Which now he saw Reborn as if he was the largest animal that had ever stepped on this planet, and at the same time he watched his young guardian with concern.
The boy's complexion was between pale, and grayish as if from one moment to another he would faint or return to eat the food, which made Tsuna worry even more.
Maybe the arcobaleno did not care about the boy's health, but as far as Tsuna was concerned, he did not want to see the young man in a painful way.
"I do not want to sound impolite, but Reborn, would you mind telling me who is the ... Miss?" The Vongola boss had to leave the question hanging at that moment to control the situation and keep Lambo from getting worse.
"Her name is Liana and she is my ... companion." It was more than obvious that what he meant by "companion" was a bitch, but as always the refinement of Reborn in speaking was present at all times. Well, normally I was afraid of his finesse since other times that fineness passed to a better life.
"Yes, as I am his ... "suddenly Liana's cold and cruel look met Lambo's visibly tense figure, who had not said anything in the whole conversation, and was still focused on eating, or trying not to vomit the food that he had already ingested. "... I did not think I would see you again."
Lambo hoped to be able to disappear at that moment, or at least be able to be invisible before the eyes of that woman, however, fate sent him to the devil once again, making the woman focus her attention on him and observe him for the first time.
"Kufufu this sure promises to be a truly entertaining night" the voice of the guardian of the mist, sounded in the middle of the silence followed by the shy, but sweet Chrome.
"Mukuro-sama, do you think it was a good idea to come?" The small, fragile girl was taken by the hand of the other man, who shielded her from the gaze of others, and hugged her protectively.
Many knew the relationship maintained by the girl named Chrome and the mist guardian better known as Rokudo Mukuro, so they were not surprised by the way he protected his woman in the look of others.
However tonight the girl seemed a little sick and came very well wrapped, which left no doubt that the man would be stuck to her like a magnet.
Nobody was surprised since the emotions of the mist guardian towards the girl were so clear; He loved her, and he would protect her from whoever he was, by harming her if necessary.
"Chrome, Mukuro, what a pleasure it is to see you both. Right now I was attending to " The brunette was interrupted at once by the cold voice of Liana, who practically purred the name of Reborn.
"Reborn honey, you promised that we would have fun today, so why do not we go away once and for all?" That unscrupulous whisper, hidden behind the words spoken with a sensual touch, made Tsuna turned his face quickly to see Lambo, and what he saw made him paralyze with grief and pain; the boy was shaking uncontrollably, trying to appear calm, when his eyes were bright with the tears that threatened to fall. While his pale complexion was pearled with sweat.
"I do not think that " Once again the voice of the Vongola boss was cut short by the hoarse and sensual words of Reborn, who had risen to his feet and approached Liana with an almost feline smile on his lips.
"Okay, let's go, Liana, I've finished eating so I'm sure we can go now." The elder answered Liana's request with a voice full of passionate passion and promises of immense pleasure. His idea was to teach Lambo a lesson, so he would know that he did not like tantrums and that if he wanted them out, he had to learn that he was not just one person and stick to his rules.
Without more time to waste the arcobaleno take the woman by the waist and kiss the lips of the woman in front of all. For a moment, silence invaded the room, before the angry voice of his ex-pupil sounded with great disapproval.
"Reborn I know you have ... things to attend but you can not leave like that. I mean we have things to discuss here, and they require your presence, so I'd appreciate it if you did not leave and postpone your ... occupation for later. " Every word was uttered between his teeth and almost a step of becoming a string of curses and screams.
Looking at Tsuna with narrowed eyes, and a hard smile on his lips, Reborn turned around ignoring what he had said and left the exit.
"See you later folks." To finish this sentence, Reborn passed by those who present and went straight to the exit. But on the way to the entrance of the house, he could see the presence of Lambo, who only watched his plate with an indecipherable expression, the same goes for the arcobaleno.
The boy's skin was almost translucent, his eyes were opaque, and his body trembled, although he tried to calm himself down. For a moment the state of Lambo almost made Reborn to cancel his lesson for him with another, but then tightening the grip on the waist of Liana, he left, ignoring the annoying feeling that seized him, that something was wrong.
At the exit, the elder arrived at his black car, opening the door of Liana to enter, and then directing himself to the driver's door, to enter, close, start the car, and go to his apartment, decided to spend some pleasant moments with Liana. Without giving importance to the feeling that he had felt when seeing Lambo, moments before leaving.
Inside the dining room, the room was still silent before the little Chrome, with her characteristic shyness, separated herself from Mukuro and moved towards the silent Lambo. Mukuro let her go reluctantly away from him, and he glanced at Tsuna, then nodded.
"Kufufu well those who have just finished eating I think it is better to go to do their own activities and stop watching this unnecessary drama." His voice sounded amused but also hid an order behind it.
"Who do you think you are ordering?" The voice of the cloud guardian sounded menacing before he stood up and looked at Mukuro.
"To you, is it not obvious?" The haughtiness in Mukuro's voice can be heard, as always when he ran into Hibari Kyoya. Ten years had passed and their relationship was just as difficult as before, rivaling the power, the desire to fight, and the pride of both men.
"Hibari please do not start fighting, Mukuro was not ordering you, he just wants us to settle this calmly." With a pleading look at his lover, Tsuna approached him and stroked his cheek gently. To which the other responded with a snort, to later correspond to the caress.
"Well, we already heard it Tsuna, we're leaving." Without wait for another answer the guardian left the room, knowing that after Tsuan's order everyone would leave. Which it was.
"Let go Hayato. We are late and we must train, I would also like to play for a while."The the sensual hint was marked in the voice of the rain guard, Yamamoto, who imprisoned the waist of his lover gently.
"Shut up idiot, and do not say that here." The angry growl coming from Gokudera in response brought out another amused laugh from Yamamoto. Although it seems that the two of them were like dogs and cats, they loved each other, and there was no better proof than watching the silver-haired man keep the hand of the rain guard, who embraced him possessively, from his waist.
"Come on, do not start and let's go." With a laugh, and while ignoring those present, he steal a kiss from the silver-haired man, who taking it with protests and everything, probably to the nearest room.
After they had left, both Mukuro and Tsuna directed their eyes to Chrome and Lambo, who despite being together had not said anything.
That was one of the characteristics that all love about Chrome since she knew how to support others without needing to talk much, with her sole and soothing presence, the affected began to let out their grief. This was happening with Lambo, who was only touching Chrome's hand, and being slightly surrounded by her little arm, began to cry and tremble with a force that had not been present before Reborn and Liana left.
Quickly Tsuna ran to the youngest of his guards and signaled to them to go. The silent l-pin who had been watching the scene with anger and sadness and the sweet Chrome were moving away.
The first to leave was an I-pin with a low head, which did not stop cursing Reborn, saying he could be a good killer, but that did not give him the right to hurt Lambo.
On the other hand, the fragile Chrome approached Mukuro, who quickly opened his arms and wrapped it against his body, while covering it with the coat he was wearing. Without saying anything, the man raised her chin, the girl's flinty chiseled face, to kiss her lips sweetly and passionately, while at the same time provoking a beautiful blush in the young woman.
