Ryuuichi and Yuuichi were having a cold war, Gokudera realized. It wasn't that obvious since they were still talking, but the way they interacted and reacted when near each other was so cold. They were having lunch together at the rooftop with Tsuna and Yamamoto, sitting in a circle as usual. What unusual was, despite sitting next to each other, the twin wasn't talking nor looking at each other at all. Not even a glance.

Gokudera didn't really understand since while he and his sister fought before, it was quick to come, quick to go unless it involved their parents, which was rare. He wasn't aware that the twins were capable of fighting against each other, seeing how close they both were. That, and Ryuuichi wasn't one to fight, verbally, that is. (There wasn't any injuries or bruises on the twins, so he deducted that they fought verbally.)

Tsuna and Yamamoto noticed as well, as they all sat in awkward silence, each eating their own food.

Gokudera leaned over to Yamamoto and whispered. "What the hell is going on?"

Yamamoto jerked a bit, worried. "I'm not sure. This is the first time I see them like this." He whispered back. Gokudera raised an eyebrow. Even Yamamoto didn't know. They both glanced at the brunette, who shook his head as well. The sixteen years old Ryuuichi huffed, closing his bento.

"Thanks for the food."

Yuuichi hummed briefly and coldly. The trio sweated. Yamamoto couldn't stand the tense atmosphere anymore. "U-um." The twins turned to him almost immediately, making him even more nervous than he already was.

"Something happened?"

Ryuuichi furrowed his eyebrows, finally noticing how the three were uncomfortable. Yuuichi noticed as well. They both sighed in unison. (It freaked Tsuna and Gokudera a little. How was the twin able to do that? Yamamoto seemed to be immune to it however.) Ryuuichi leaned back, his hands supporting his weight as he loosen himself.

It wasn't a war, nor a fight. Not exactly. The previous night, days after their parents went to Italy for work, Yuuichi had suddenly told him that he wanted to be in the mafia and wanted to train. Of course, Ryuuichi refused to let him. Ryuuichi didn't want his brother to be involved, despite Yuuichi already was, and he tried to persuade him not to.

But Yuuichi was adamant about his thoughts. Which then, led to an argument.

He was already tired of it, fighting with his brother. They rarely fight, but that doesn't mean they never fought. Though, most of the time one of them would gave in after a few hours. This, was different. None of them wanted to give in. Ryuuichi could feel his own restrain killing him, yet he refused to let it go.

"Ask him." He said curtly, looking away.

Yuuichi placed his chopstick down, his lips tugged down and scowling. "Why don't you say it?" Ryuuichi mirrored his scowl as he turned to him. "You started it." Yuuichi clicked his tongue. He closed his bento box and placed it aside. "I'm joining the mafia."

The other three blankly looked at him before Tsuna suddenly exploded. "W-what?!"

"I. Am. Joining. The. Mafia."

Gokudera frowned. "This is not a game, Yuuichi." He jolted back when Yuuichi shot him a cold glare. "Of course I know." Of course Yuuichi do. He had thought about it for almost a year. He knew of the risk, of the chance of death, but he still wanted to.

"And if you knew, why don't you just give up." Ryuuichi bit out. Yuuichi twitched, a vein popped. "I'm not going to." Somehow, Ryuuichi lost his composure. "You haven't seen everything, Yuuichi. It's not a place for you. You cannot!" And Yuuichi lost his.

"I can! I know there's more, and I know it's dark and may not be my place, but I want to! Are you underestimating me?!"

"Goddammit I'm not! It isn't something that easy you know?! You have a great path ahead, and why are you trying to stray away from it?!" They continued to shout at each other as Tsuna and his two best friend stared with wide eyes. It was surprising, that they were actually fighting in front of them, and Yuuichi. Even them, they haven't seen the darker side of the mafia, haven't experience it, but they knew exactly why Ryuuichi was trying to get his brother to throw that thought away.

It was too dangerous. Tsuna decided to try and stop them both and discuss it properly. "Yuuichi-"

"Just so you can leave me behind?! Just so all of you can leave me?!" Tsuna's mouth slammed shut, as Ryuuichi stared with wide eyes at Yuuichi's words. "All of you, including mom and dad, are in the bloody mafia. I know nothing. I know not of the suffering, not of the darkness, not of anything at all! You know how painful it is to see all of you like that when I can't do anything at all?! Do you know how useless I felt?! This isn't a thing that I've thought up overnight, Ryuuichi. I had been thinking about this over a year!"

Ryuuichi scowled and stayed silent. He breathed in and looked away from his brother as Yuuichi calmed himself down after that outburst, sniffling slightly. The others stayed silent as well, looking absolutely awkward. They hadn't expect that at all. Yuuichi was always cheery despite of things, so it left them speechless.

Ryuuichi knew of what his brother had been feeling. Yuuichi could hide them from their parents, could hide them from their friends, but he couldn't hide it from him. Ryuuichi wasn't Yuuichi's brother for nothing. Their bond wasn't steel and tight for nothing. Just as how his brother could see through him easily, he could do it just as much as well. It left him feeling guilty. He really didn't want him to go into the darkness.

Yuuichi has his whole life ahead of him, he didn't want him to regret anything and leave it just because of them. Ryuuichi hated it, for bringing his brother into the mafia. He would hate himself more if he let Yuuichi join. But..

He sighed and turned back to Yuuichi, who was rubbing his eyes. He looked into his twin's eyes. "Do you have the strength? Do you have the resolve? To live in the darkness and to fight, to maim and to kill? Do you have it in you to throw your morals away for the sake of it?"

Yuuichi's eyes harder, fire flashing in them as they clashed with Ryuuichi's blank ones. "I do."

Ryuuichi stared a little longer, finding if there was any waver, anything that indicated that Yuuichi wasn't ready. There was none. He let out another sigh, in resignation and exasperation. "Fine." Yuuichi's eyes widen. "It's your life. Even as a brother, I can't control what you want, what you do, and which path you take. This is your choice. However,"

He was back with the fierce, stern look. "Remember well that the mafia is not a safe place. Live with your resolve, live because of it. Never let your resolve falter. Understand?"

Yuuichi nodded, a determine smile on. "I will." Ryuuichi snorted as his face soften, a wry smile on. Yuuichi grinned and jumped onto his brother, hugging tightly.

Tsuna, Gokudera and Yamamoto stayed awkward as they tried to register what happened. Everything happened too fast for their minds to catch up.

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When both parents met, it was a coincidence. Kei and Sakura were having a stroll on the land of Switzerland, just finishing a job earlier than expected when they bumped into Mamoru and Yue. And it started off with the two women squealing and pulling each other into a hug while Kei and Mamoru stared at each other.

"Long time no see, Sakura! How are you?" Yue released the hug with a bright grin on her face. Sakura was grinning just as brightly. "Great! You?"

"Awesome."

They immediately chattered, catching up on everything as Mamoru nodded at Kei. "Good to see you again." Kei had a sardonic smile on. "Yeah. Still in the Yakuza?"

Mamoru shrugged. "Of course. You're still in the mafia, are you not?" They locked into a staring competition before Kei bursting out into laughter. "I can't believe that you haven't change much at all."

"I could say the same to you, Kei." Mamoru smiled slightly.

"Sakura, did you know that our sons are dating?" Sakura nodded enthusiastically. "Yep! I can't believe how things works!" Yue agreed, before she suddenly shot Kei a sharp look. "It's quite unexpected, isn't it?"

Kei twitched. 'She still have a grudge on me?' "It is. I had almost forgotten that the both of you are Hibari-kun's parents since we haven't met for twenty two years." A small spark of electricity crackled as they engaged into a staring contest. Mamoru and Sakura exchanged an exasperated glance and interfered.

Sakura grabbed Yue's arms and pulled her to a cafe. "Let's chat while we have tea~"

Mamoru shook his head and followed, Kei walking beside him in silence.

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The first time Ryuuichi stepped a foot on Italy, was also the first time he joined Reborn on a hit. The seventeen years old teen looked at his surroundings in awe. Everything looked so, ancient. It was amazing, in another words. While Japan is one of a kind, Europe is another kind. He felt that he was brought back to the olden days.

Yet not, since he had never traveled before, so he wasn't sure about it. (Much later on, he would laughed at his own thoughts after having to travel to half of the world.)

"Stop gawking like a bird and come on." He pouted and quickly followed the hitman. Reborn, being physically fourteen, was quite tall. Really. Ryuuichi couldn't help but be sour at that. "So where are we going?"

"My condo." He blinked. "Your condo?"

Reborn nodded, pulling his fedora down slightly. Ryuuichi pried no more about it and changed the subject. "So what's the job?" They walked down a secluded alley, the sunlight blocked slightly by the building. It looked as though they were going to be dead here, but it wasn't as though anyone would dare to target them.

"We'll participate a masquerade tonight and kill this woman." He blinked, slightly taken aback. "Woman?" Reborn handed him a picture. Ryuuichi sweated as he looked at the picture. The woman in the picture was slightly plump, and with thick make-up. She probably wears thick perfume. Ryuuichi just knew it. "She's the owner of the Milie Inc.. Her rivaling partner has paid us to kill her."

That didn't sit well with Ryuuichi. While the client's request is the priority, but killing someone innocent, Ryuuichi didn't like it. More so when it was a woman. Reborn, as though had read his mind, sighed inaudibly. Not out of exasperation, but out of the same sentimental. But he wasn't the strongest hitman for nothing.

They would just have to get over it when they were done.

"If it makes you feel any better, she's charged with several abuse to her workers and housemaids, and is actually a suspect of money laundering. And she's the patron of a few mafiosi."

Ryuuichi raised an eyebrow. "And our client is involved in money laundering as well..?"

Reborn smirked. "Of course he is. Money laundering is mostly why big companies are able to rise. Although there are some that doesn't do it." He leaded them down another corner to a quieter street, and into a building. Ryuuichi looked at the old, but rather cozy looking place, liking it immediately.

Reborn shook his head slightly at his apprentice and walked to his place, unlocking the door. Ryuuichi trotted in after him as the door clicked shut behind him. He blinked at the wall beside the shoe rack, pictures of people and pin on each one's head. He sweated at the amount of it.

"That's not all of it." Reborn added as he walked to the window, pulling the curtains apart and let the dust flew. He hadn't been back here for years after the curse, leaving everything behind to start anew. Now that it was broken, Reborn felt that he could slowly accept it.

Everything felt nostalgic, and yet, he didn't want to go back to it. "Go get some rest. It'll be a long night."

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The masquerade was extravagant. Too extravagant for Ryuuichi's liking. He was wearing a black mask that covered both of his eyes and the right side of his face, while Reborn was wearing a similar white one that covered the left side of his face. It contradicted with them, somehow, but they didn't care.

Ryuuichi's hair was tied up into a really high pony tail, his bangs slicked back. He was feeling uncomfortable with the black suit he was wearing. He never really liked suits, but he supposed that he should really get used to it. Reborn, on the other hand, looked especially handsome despite that his face was covered. His fedora was forgone, Leon in his chest pocket to disguise as the one that created the gun-shaped bulge.

Though, it wasn't as though anyone could see through it, their jackets were specially made to hide the gun from being noticed. Which was why Reborn and Ryuuichi made through the electronic sensor from the securities.

Ryuuichi was standing beside the window, watching the guests mingle and dance to the slow, soothing music. Everyone was chatting quietly, even Reborn, who was at the opposite of the ballroom. Ryuuichi had never been to a ball or masquerade before, so he had no idea what to do. That, and everyone was strangers. He wasn't good with talking to strangers.

"Excuse me." He turned to the woman that suddenly approached him. He blinked, immediately recognizing who it was despite the huge purple mask. "Would you like to dance?" He took a peek at Reborn, who nodded at him, only minisculely. He turned back to the woman and flashed a business smile. "Of course." He raised his arm for the woman and led her to the dance floor, immediately swaying to the tempo of the song. (Briefly, he mentally thanked Reborn for the lessons or he wouldn't know what he was doing.)

She had her hand on his shoulder as he held onto her right hand, slowly moving. From how close they were, he could really smell the perfume from her. He had to force himself not to outright lean away and carefully tried not to step on her feet.

"You're quite a dancer, aren't you?" The woman giggled. "I've never seen you before. What's your name?"

"Thank you, milady. It's my first time participating a ball." He then smiled brightly again. "I'm afraid that I can't say, as this is a masquerade ball after all."

She wasn't the lest bit offended at all. Instead, she was amused and impressed. "Charming. You're doing pretty well for a first timer, handsome."

Was.. Was she flirting with him?

"I'm glad and flattered. I can't be grateful enough to be dancing with the prettiest woman in the room." He twirled her slightly and pulled her back, almost losing it when she held closer. 'Oh god..'

"My, how sweet. Do you have time after the ball, handsome? I'd like to threat you to a late night dinner." 'And perhaps sex...' Ryuuichi paled internally at that thought. He quickly pushed that thought behind and smiled again. "I would be honored, milady." The dance ended with Ryuuichi bowing slightly and pecking on her hand slightly. She giggled again and passed him a napkin with a number and a name on. She winked at him and walked away. "I'll see you later~"

Once she was out of sight, Ryuuichi moved walked towards Reborn's direction and pocketed the napkin after folding it neatly. Reborn was smirking as he was in his earshot. "Aren't you a charmer?"

Ryuuichi shuddered, having to hold it back since the beginning. He quickly wiped his lips and stuck close to the hitman, but not too close to gather attention. "No thanks to you." At least Reborn smell much more nicer than her. "So what did she gave you?"

"... Her hotel and room number.." Reborn chortled and quickly stopped himself with a cough. He had this grin on that made Ryuuichi wanting to wipe it off with a punch. He leaned down slightly to Ryuuichi's height and gleefully teased. "Isn't that wonderful, someone wanting to bed you during your first masquerade ball."

Ryuuichi punched the hitman on the gut. Reborn merely chuckled slightly, as though it didn't hurt. Which it really didn't. Ryuuichi wasn't exactly serious about it. He huffed and crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes. "How are we going to do this?"

Reborn snickered once more and turned serious, a murderous smirk on. "You'll go find her." Ryuuichi frowned under his mask, but Reborn could see it. The hitman continued. "Since she invited you, there shouldn't be a problem with her guards. You'll have to open her window to let me in when she's in the bathroom."

"Um, I took a peek at the floor, it was on the tenth floor? How are you going to climb in through the window? And how are you sure that she would be going to the bathroom?"

His smirk turned feral. "Who do you think I am?" He snorted. "I'll climb in from the room next to her's. And her late night dinner meant by sex, which of course she needed to clean herself." Ryuuichi blinked at the explanation and groaned. "So she's the type to be interested in younger people. Of course." He rolled his eyes at himself and huffed.

Reborn raised an amused eyebrow at that. Surely, Ryuuichi doesn't react to anything that would make typical people blush unless it involves his boyfriend. Quite amusing. "If things doesn't go the way as expected, you'll be the one who will kill her, understand?"

Ryuuichi sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "Yeah."

The hitman patted him on the back a few times in an unsteady tempo. "Good luck, kid."

"Stop calling me kid. I'm only younger than you by 8."

"Still a kid" Reborn smirked and walked away, proceeding to mingle with boring people and diss their boring life internally.

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Ryuuichi knocked on the door a few times. His gun was still in the hostler, and he had a dagger as a back up if anything goes wrong. He silently hoped not, as he braced himself for what was going to come. The door swung open and the plump lady was without her mask, clad in nothing but a white bathrobe.

Ryuuichi refrained himself to scowl.

"You're finally here. I thought you aren't going to come." She said in a sickly sweet tone. Ryuuichi pushed down his discomfort. "My apologies, milady." He took her hand and pecked at it again. "I met a group of thugs on my way here."

"Oh my. Are you alright then?" He smiled. "Yes. A bit ruffled, but dandy. Thank you for your concern." She giggled and let him in, the door clicking shut behind him. "Well, handsome, can you tell me your name and perhaps, take off your mask?"

"Luka is what they call me. I was thinking perhaps, milady could do the honor to take it off?" She smiled at that. Pressing flush against Ryuuichi, she literally purred. "I'm Rose, Luka. Of course, I'd be delighted to take it off." She placed her pointer finger on Ryuuichi's lips, looking up with a seductive look as she was shorter than him.

"But let me take a shower first, okay?" He nodded, still smiling. "Please, take your time."

She winked at him and sauntered into the bathroom, the door closing but it wasn't lock. Ryuuichi let out a breath and waited for the sound of water. When he heard it, he silently walked to the window, the only window of the room, and opened it. Or, he was about to when a group of men popped out of the closet, and the bathroom.

'Ahh...' He sighed internally as multiple guns were pointed at him. Rose came out, looking absolutely smug as though she just heard the most embarrassing scandal of her rivals. "Luka, Luka." She said in a chiding tone, arms crossed over her chest. "I'm disappointed. I was expecting so much from you."

Ryuuichi shrugged. "I don't meet expectation." She walked towards him, not the slightest bit worried that she might just get killed. Confident, wasn't she? Too confident, as the matter of fact. She brushed her finger against his left cheek gently like she was touching the most fragile thing in the world.

"How foolish. Do you really think that I would invite anyone to my room just like that, dearest Luka? Or should I say, mister hitman." She grasped his cheeks tightly, her long nails digging into his flesh and causing it to bleed slightly. He chuckled lowly, Rose frowned. "Hitman? Well, you're not wrong, but,"

He gripped her wrist and put up a cloud shield around the both of them, gun shots was heard but not seen as it was opaque. He leaned down slightly and whispered. "I'm not the only one here."

She blanched and tried to stab him with a knife she took out of her robe with her other hand, but Ryuuichi deflected that attack as though it was nothing. He grabbed both her wrists tightly as the knife clattered onto the ground. The gun shots were loud, but it soon died down. Two, uneven rap on the shield was heard and Ryuuichi took down the shield.

Reborn stood there, mask still on but his fedora was with him again, a smoking gun in hand. The guards that previously stood strong had all fallen, some dead with headshots and some right on the heart. The beige colored wall was tainted with bright red splattering across it carelessly.

"W-what?!" The woman paled as she tried to pull away from Ryuuichi's grip. Ryuuichi's lips were pulled thin. "I think it's quite stupid of you trying to approach me like that when you've no idea who was your opponent." He silently said, letting her go. She quickly jumped away, creating a distance between the two and her. She picked up the knife and clasped it with both her hands in front of her, shaking.

"And it's stupid of you to think that placing a hearing bug on me." He took out a device from his pocket, which shaped of a small lady bug and crushed it, small electrical components falling out. He bowed once as Reborn aimed his gun at her. "Our condolences."

A silent gunshot echoed in the silent room as the once alive woman fell lifelessly on the ground, a bullet to the brain. Reborn clicked back the safety and placed the gun back onto the hostler, smirking. "Good job. Though, our condolences?"

Ryuuichi shrugged, rubbing his cheek. He really need a long shower. "Can't I? I'm not really regretting it like I thought I would, but still." Reborn took noticed of how uncomfortable he was and pulled him into a side-way hug. While he wasn't much of a touchy person, he could stand it with his apprentice. After all, physical touches are sometimes the greatest secret code.

"Let's go." He ruffled his hair as they walked out of the bloodied room, stepping over the corpse and eliciting a whine from Ryuuichi as his hair was messed up.

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Dino had been busy with his work, no joke. He had been trying to finish it but it just increases whenever he deemed he was done with a pile. Were they trying to keep him from visiting his little brothers, or what? And god, was he exhausted.

He was finally finished with the last stack of paperworks and other things, silently thanking whoever up there for their generosity. He yawned as he headed to his bed room, wanting to take a quick bath before going to sleep. He pushed open the door too see two lumps of human on his very large bed, under the duvet.

Before he could even take his whip out at the intruders, a bullet grazed his cheek and hit the door, the door creaking shut at the impact. He finally saw the tuft of familiar black hair and the gun pointing at him. The other lump remained dead, only the slow, steady rises of the chest indicating life. "You have the gall to disturb us, pipsqueak-Dino?"

He jolted in surprise at that. "R-Reborn!? What are you-" Another bullet whizzed past him. "Shut up." And Reborn went back to sleep, arms draping across Ryuuichi's being and brought him closer to his bare chest. Cuddles are nice. And Ryuuichi gives good cuddles. He could tell why Hibari couldn't take his hands off him. (Which reminded him; shove tonight's cuddle into Hibari's face when they get back to Namimori.)

Dino remained frozen by the door, scared to wake the equivalent of Satan up and very confused.

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Saying that Ryuuichi hate horror movie was actually an understatement. He was bloody terrified of it. He didn't know if they were trying to play with him or what, but all of them, including his own brother, voted for horror movie for the movie marathon night slash sleepover at his house. It was only him, Tsuna and Enma who didn't want it.

He tried to sneak away even after Tsuna and Enma gave up on escaping from Yamamoto's clutches, but Hibari just had to stop him. Reborn literally barricaded the door with wire nets that would electrocute whoever tries to run away, successfully trapping everyone including Reborn himself in the living room.

Dino wasn't much of a help when he tried to help him escape after seeing his terrified look.

The girls set themselves by the corner, a bowl of popcorn with them with a thick blanket over all of them. Gokudera, Yamamoto, Enma and Tsuna took the middle with the two shortest in between them as they leaned against the longest sofa in the room. Reborn lounged on the sofa with Dino, who was a bit battered. The popcorn was with Tsuna and Enma, in the hitman and the blonde's reach.

Yuuichi set himself on the two seater, totally relaxed while Ryohei placed himself between the girls and the boys. Mukuro was beside Amemori on the other corner, the former smirking. Ryuuichi, on the other hand, was locked in Hibari's arms on the recliner opposite of, him sitting on Hibari's lap.

"Let me go!" He plead, trying to get the nineteen years old prefect to release him. (The others ignore them as Yuuichi played the video.) Ryuuichi flinched at the creepy theme song of the movie and immediately shut his eyes and covered his ears. He resigned to his fate and decided to just deal with it since Hibari wasn't letting him go anytime soon.

But he could still hear the sound from the movie. Hibari pulled him closer, his back against his chest and whispered silently. "Don't worry. Everything will be alright." Ryuuichi twitched at that but still refused to open his eyes. The last time he did, which was years ago, he was jumpscared by the sudden appearance of a ghost on the television.

Hibari gently tugged his hands down and rubbed his hands reassuringly, coaxing him to open his eyes. Ryuuichi shook his head, flinching at the soundtrack again. God, was that creepy.

"Come on. Open your eyes." Ryuuichi hissed at him. "I'm so going to kill every single one of you when this is over." He, hesitatingly cracked an eye open to the screen, sighing in relief when there wasn't anything except for a group of people. He swatted Hibari slightly when he placed a peck on his cheek, hands clutching onto Hibari's. Worse case scenario, he breaks them.

And so he gave into it and watched the movie, regretting it as everything got worse as each second passed. Half an hour through the movie, a jumpscare happened. Some of them screamed a little, but Ryuuichi remained silent, his voice stuck on as he paled at it. He jumped, definitely, and was mourning for himself.

He couldn't take it anymore. He patted at Hibari's hands, silently telling him to loosen his grip. Hibari took his eyes off the screen and peered at Ryuuichi, who was really pale. He loosen his grip on Ryuuichi's waist. Ryuuichi, upon feeling that, immediately whirled around to face Hibari instead and held onto him, burying his face onto his neck and tried to drown the sound out.

Hibari blinked in surprise. Of course he knew Ryuuichi hate horror movies, but not to the point of can't handling it even when it wasn't halfway through. Then again, this was Ryuuichi he was talking about. He smiled, chuckling slightly and held Ryuuichi closer. He resumed his attention to the movie, drawing little circles on Ryuuichi's back to calm him down.

It wasn't such a bad idea after all, joining them for the movie night. He was able to see another side of Ryuuichi after all.

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Ryuuichi had fallen asleep sometime during the movie, his breathing even out as he held onto Hibari. Hibari didn't mind that, as he continued to watch the movie. About three hours of horror movie, they decided to call it a night since some of them had fallen asleep as well. Reborn took down the net as they sprawled out on the ground, sleeping on the extra futons they had. Yuuichi went back to his room after they settled down.

Hibari carried Ryuuichi up, the teen clinging onto him like a koala and went to his room. Just as he set the teen onto the bed after finally detaching him from himself and wanted to head to the toilet, he heard a brief whimper. He frowned slightly and sat on the side of the bed, brushing Ryuuichi's hair slightly.

Ryuuichi's eyes snapped open. They were flashing slightly in panic, but it died down awhile after he noticed Hibari. "Nightmare?" Ryuuichi scrunched up his nose, eyes threatening to shut close but he kept it open, looking at the other. "Not really." He said softly, tired and slightly breathy.

It was a weird dream, but it was weird enough to unsettle him. He never liked weird dreams, despite having it for a lot of times. They never make sense, and he couldn't stand him. Hibari nodded. "Wait here."

And he walked out of the room. Ryuuichi slowly sat up and leaned against the bed frame, pulling the Hibird plushy into his arms. He yawned, forcing himself to stay awake. He could always go back to sleep later, but not after he get rid of the weird dream out of his memories.

He twitched, suddenly feeling crept out by the fact that his room was dark and he was alone. He huffed, burying his face into the plushy. 'This is why I hate horror movie...' He frowned and impatiently waited for Hibari to come back. The prefect wasn't gone for long, but he felt like it had been years.

The door swung open slightly and closed. Hibari sat down beside Ryuuichi and handed him a cup of warm water. "Drink. You haven't drink anything at all since dinner."

Ryuuichi took the cup into his hands, relaxing at the other's presence. It was always funny how people was scared at Hibari's presence, or a mere glance of him, when Ryuuichi found himself at peace with him. Things sure work in a strange way. He took slow sips of the water, well aware that Hibari was staring at him. (For the three years they have been together, he still couldn't understand why Hibari likes to stare at him so much.)

When he was done, Hibari took the cup and placed it on the night stand. Hibari leaned in, placing a peck on Ryuuichi's forehead. He shifted closer and cupped Ryuuichi's cheek. He pulled Ryuuichi into a passionate kiss, their tongue lapping slightly. It was a bit lazy and messy, but they didn't care, merely taking everything in.

Hibari pulled apart, breathing in. "Better?" Ryuuichi's cheeks was flushed, and although it was dark, Hibari could see them. Ryuuichi nodded slowly. Hibari smiled and leaned his forehead against Ryuuichi's. "I love you, Ryuuichi."

Ryuuichi blushed even more, but had a small, happy grin on. "I love you too, Kyouya."

That night, they slept soundly in each other's arms, dreamless but contented.

(They couldn't help but fall deeper for each other, and couldn't help but yearn for each other's presence whenever they're separated.)

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A twitch. "Mukuro, please stop with your illusions or I swear to god, I'll pluck your pineapple hair out."

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It was summer again, and another day of Ryuuichi trying not to die because of the heat. The noises were so deafening, with the children shrieking and shouting and laughing, the chatters of the rest, and the loud wave crashes. It was so noisy. Adding with the heat, he couldn't take it.

They were all at the beach, courtesy of Reborn. Ryuuichi had given up all logic with Reborn's reason when he dragged him here. His brother and the others were playing around, swimming, building sandcastle, surfing, collecting shells and, volleyball? Yeah, volleyball. He stayed under the shade with a sunglasses on. His hair was tied up high into a messy bun as Ryuuichi couldn't stand it sticking against his skin, wearing a thin, blue shirt with a black knee-length shorts and sandals.

He squinted his eyes at them through the sunglasses, could briefly see the invisible waves of heat emitting from the sand. He huffed, not going to go out of the shade anytime soon lest he die of heat . But Reborn had another idea.

The hitman suddenly, appeared behind him and manhandled him out to the glaring sun easily. "Relax and have some fun." He smirked.

Ryuuichi struggled and threaten to pull Reborn's sideburns out but the hitman paid no heed to his threats, literally dumping him onto the sand. He growled at him, trying to run back to the shade only to jump back to avoid a right hook from him. "You wanted to spar? Here?!"

Reborn's smirk was still on. "You scared?"

Ryuuichi twitched. He toed off his sandals and threw it near their spots where Nana was sitting along with the sunglasses. He fell into a stance as they immediately started sparring. If he wasn't that annoyed with the heat, he wouldn't participate, but well, heat was getting to him. His toe curled on the sand to get a grip as he duck down to dodge another punch, leaping back to avoid the kick.

Curling up his hands, he aimed a punch to Reborn's side, which the hitman dodged with ease and grabbed Reborn's wrist. Instantly, Reborn pulled him closer and flipped him. He instinctively did a 360 degrees turn and landed on his two feet behind Reborn, rolling aside immediately as a sweep was aimed to his head.

Tsuna, who was in the water with Yamamoto and Gokudera, sweated upon seeing them sparring on the sand. Their pace was fast, so fast that he almost couldn't catch up with anything at all. He almost didn't register it when Ryuuichi landed on his back with a groan as Reborn had a hand on his throat.

"Don't let the heat deter you, Ryuuichi." Reborn said in a serious manner. Ryuuichi, who was panting, grunted. He grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at Reborn's face. Reborn jumped back to avoid it as Ryuuichi rolled up and away from the hitman. Reborn nodded in approval of how he made used of whatever is around him.

Leon crawled to his hand and changed into a gun. "Die." Ryuuichi's eyes widen as he pulled the trigger.

A splurt of water hit the teen in the face as he ran away from the hitman. Ryuuichi squeaked loudly. "Dammit, stop!" Reborn chased after him, still hitting him with water. "Never."

Tsuna did a double take and slipped into the water.

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"Thank you." Ryuuichi smiled at Yuuichi as he took the towel from him, wiping his face. Yuuichi chuckled and sat beside him on the sand. "Must be hard to have Reborn as a mentor, huh."

Ryuuichi grunted, shaking his head frantically to shake off the sand and water. "I could say the same to you." He slung the towel around his neck and sighed, feeling tired after running around for so long under the sun. It was fortunate that a large piece of cloud covered up the sun, or he might collapse.

"At least Lal and Col aren't that harsh."

"You better not let them hear that or they'll increase your training." Yuuichi snickered and nodded. Ryuuichi huffed, a smile on his face. When they found out that Yuuichi was a Rain, Lal and Colonello immediately became his mentors on various things. Colonello, specifically on long distance shooting and Lal on strategics since Yuuichi was gifted on both aspect. Let's just say, him and Lal got along on bullying Colonello.

They stayed in silence as they watched Lambo running away from I-Pin and Fuuta, each holding a water gun in hand. It was comfortable, Ryuuichi found himself smiling even more, finally remembering why he likes summer. Hibird suddenly came in view, chirping as the yellow bird landed on his knees.

"Small animal. Small animal." Ryuuichi blinked, brushing a finger on the fluffy bird. "Something wrong?" Hibird chirped loudly once. "Hibari. Cave." Yuuichi gave Ryuuichi a teasing look, a smirk on his face as Ryuuichi shoved him slightly.

"Okay." He patted Yuuichi on the back slightly and stood up. Hibird jumped and landed on Yuuichi's knees instead. "I'll see you later." Yuuichi gave him a thumbs up as he slow jogged to the more secluded part of the beach.

'Cave? Really? Why is there a cave here-' His eyes widen upon seeing a small opening under a cliff and jogged over. He hummed, finding that this part was cooler, and more peaceful. Seemed to be a bit lonely, but it was nice. He slowed down and walked into the cave carefully as it was near the water. His eyes widen in awe at how it beautiful it was. Seeing at how the structure and the color of the walls was, he suspected that it would be half submerged in water when it was high tide, since it was on low land.

The wall was sparkling slightly at the reflection of the sea water, the sound of waves echoing softly in a soothing tune. Ryuuichi was amazed.

"Insects are going to fly into your mouth if you don't close them anytime soon." He turned to Hibari, who was sitting on a boulder and pouted, closing . The pout didn't last as he couldn't stop the grin from forming. "How did you find this place? It's gorgeous." He walked over, staring at the walls.

"The little one did." He hummed. Wouldn't be surprising somehow, but still, amazing. "So what are you doing here, isolating yourself from society?" He sat down beside Hibari. Hibari arched an eyebrow at him, seemly amused as he rolled his eyes. Ryuuichi looked at the ground instead, cold and damp.

He tilted his head when he saw a seashell on the sand and picked it up. It was quite big sized, nice and unbroken. He hummed, turning it over slightly before placing it back down and picked up another one.

Hibari stared at him as he did. He reached over and tugged the younger onto his lap, Ryuuichi straddling him. Ryuuichi blinked in surprise but settled on Hibari's lap without complain, his hands over Hibari's shoulder. Hibari had his hands holding on Ryuuichi's back, gazing into those dark brown orbs.

He leaned in and captured Ryuuichi's lips. He bit softly at the lower lip, coaxing the other to open and slipped his tongue in. He heard the other making a soft noise as his hands strayed, one slipping into Ryuuichi's shirt as the other traveled down to his leg.

He brushed against the thigh, rubbing slightly before moving lower to the calf, feeling the muscle tensing slightly and loosen. He felt Ryuuichi's arms tightening around his neck as they broke off, lips millimeters apart as they panted slightly. He dived back to the kiss after a second, rubbing his hand against the back. He pressed hard on the cervical spine, eliciting a soft groan as he moved it down, brushing the spine along the way to the end.

He removed his other hand from the calf and brushed up Ryuuichi's torso, feeling the body shivering slightly at his touch. Ryuuichi pulled off from the kiss, staring heatedly into Hibari's eyes. His breath hitched when he felt the hands brushing against a weak spot of his before they settled on his hips.

Ryuuichi huffed slightly as he thread his fingers into Hibari's hair. "What's wrong?" Hibari murmured as he kissed on the jaw, moving to the collarbone and bit it softly. Ryuuichi gasped at that and shook his head slightly. "No.. I just realized how much I love you.."

Hibari smiled against the skin and it softly. He leaned back up and pulled Ryuuichi back into another breathless kiss. "I love you too."

The seventeen years old teen returned the kiss just as hard.

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Amemori, who was swimming around, swam to where the cave was. He didn't notice that there was a cave and was about to venture in when he heard a soft groan, and saw a glimpse of two humans. He blushed and hightailed out of there. He swam towards Yuuichi and slammed into him as Yuuichi laughed at him.

"Why didn't you tell me that they were there?!"

Ryuuichi broke off the kiss upon hearing loud splashes of water. Hibari didn't even care and just pulled him back.

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Dino's face was flaming and red when Ryuuichi, a rather drunk one, crawled into his large sweater and stayed there. His head popped out from the collar as he lean against Dino's chest, humming and fell asleep. The teen had caught a cold when he was visiting, again. The last time he did, which was last year, he was damn cranky and short tempered, sulking in his room.

And now, he turned into the drunk one. Dino had took two months away from Italy to guide and teach Ryuuichi on the things he needed to be aware off when it comes to dealing with mafiosi, most on the paperworks and stuff. Ryuuichi was the one who plead him for this since it's about three months away before Ryuuichi decided to declare the forming of Giudizio to public (Mafiosi only), and when he did managed to fly to Namimori, he found a sick Ryuuichi.

He twitched as the teen purred against his bare chest. He sighed, ruffling his hair slightly. He would have to wait for Ryuuichi to get better. Leaning against the back rest of the recliner, he sweated. If Hibari was to find out about this, he probably would be killed. Yuuichi walked into the living room from the kitchen and blinked at the sight.

Dino gave him a small, nervous smile, completely stuck. The younger sighed in exasperation and walked closer. He patted Ryuuichi's head, trying to wake him up. Ryuuichi crack a half lidded eye open.

"Ryuu, go sleep in your bed." He frowned and turned away from Yuuichi, sticking to Dino. Dino flailed a little and gave up. "Did Kyouya gave him a habit of clinging onto people?"

Yuuichi shook his head and flopped onto the sofa at the other side. "No. He's not even clinging at all, actually." He sighed again. He raised an eyebrow when Dino squeaked a little. "What's wrong?"

"He's tickling me." Dino reached into his shirt from the bottom and pulled the hands away from his sides. Ryuuichi grunted slightly, but settled down, falling asleep again.

Dino groaned. "Kyouya is so going to kill me."

"I won't kill you." A familiar voice sounded behind him. He jolted slight, not enough to jostle Ryuuichi too much as he looked back. "Y-yo." He greeted nervously as Hibari grunted. The raven head walked nearer and leaned down slightly, touching Ryuuichi's bangs slightly.

Ryuuichi's eyes snapped open upon the touch and peered up at Hibari. A foreign glint flashed in his eyes and he, without a word, detached from Dino and pulled himself out of the blonde's sweater. Immediately, Hibari bent down just enough for the younger to curl his arms around his neck and hoisted him up.

He walked out of the living room, but paused for a moment to give Dino a side way glance. "I'll merely bite you to death."

Dino mourned for his own life as Yuuichi patted him on the shoulder.

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The next day when Ryuuichi was back to normal and all better, he saw a Dino with a bruise on his cheek. It was strangely shaped of a familiar cylinder. He yawned and flopped beside the blonde. Without a word, he hovered a hand over the cheek and used his sun flames to heal it.

"So I take you're well enough to not do anything weird?" Ryuuichi laughed briefly.

"Yep." Dino sighed in fond exasperation and shook his head. "Well then, shall we start with your lesson?" Ryuuichi wheezed out another laughter at how uncharacteristic Dino was and nodded. "Sure, but you'll have to bear with my antics."

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The first time Yuuichi got into a relationship was during the summer of his third year of middle school. It was with a junior who was also the sister of his teammates. They started off when she suddenly confessed to him in summer camp, Yuuichi himself had a crush on her as well.

It was fine and all, until a month before his graduation.

Yuuichi at first had thought that he liked her romantically, hell even love her, but after months of being together, he realized that he took her as a younger sister somehow. He told her on the evening he was walking her home, and they broke up. It was rather clean, but it was painful. It hurt, for the both of them, but Yuuichi was sure that she was hurting even more.

When he was home, Ryuuichi was the one who greeted him by the door. He had an indifferent look on, but he had opened his arms for Yuuichi without a word. Yuuichi couldn't contain it anymore and he burst out crying as he ran into his brother's arms. He cried into his shoulders, soaking it with tears and snots and yet, Ryuuichi said nothing as he held him tight, silently telling him that he'll always be with him no matter what.

The second time was during their second year of high school, with a girl with long black hair and has an interest on flowers and hanakotoba. She was nice and fun, Yuuichi was happy, yet when she tried to have sex with him, he backed out. He didn't know why, but it unsettled him. He avoided every attempt she has on trying to get him to sleep with her, until the point she couldn't take it and openly mocked him.

Ryuuichi was there when she did. He had the same indifferent look on, silently waiting for her to finish her jabs towards Yuuichi. Yuuichi's hands clenched tightly, nails dug into his flesh as he looked down. He couldn't take it. Ryuuichi looked at him, as though asking if he was allowed to do anything for him. Yuuichi said nothing but his brother understood.

"Yui-san." Ryuuichi's voice was cold, and yet warm at the same time. It was weird, Yuuichi didn't know how he managed it. "Do you truly love my brother?"

Ryuuichi took a step forward, towering over her. She flinched. "O-of course!" He took another, she backed away. "Are you sure?" Forward, backward. "Because having sex means that you're willing to give everything to him," Forward, backward. "And take everything from him." Her back hit the wall as Ryuuichi slammed a hand beside her head, causing him to flinch.

No one, not even the girl's friends dared to stop him. Yuuichi's eyes were wide, glazed as he watched his brother, listening tentatively to what he was saying.

"To show your vulnerable side, and to take embrace the other's weak side." Ryuuichi's voice were low despite going through puberty and his voice actually was cracked. "It's not about forcing, nor is it about just doing it for the sake of it. Wanting to do it, means that you'll have to wait until the other is ready and to learn of your boundaries, not overstepping them unless permission is given."

He gave her a tight, sharp smile. "So tell me, do you truly love my brother?"

She broke down into tears, shaking her head frantically. Everyone was still frozen stiff. When she slid down onto the ground, Ryuuichi backed away, the smile dropped as he turned to Yuuichi. Yuuichi's eyes were still wide, he felt himself breaking down even more when Ryuuichi's eyes met his.

Wordlessly, Ryuuichi pulled him out of the room and as though the spell was lifted, the rest were finally able to move. He brought Yuuichi to the roof, and the moment the door closed, Yuuichi broke into tears. Ryuuichi simply pulled him close, silent promises of unconditional love and presence. Yuuichi felt so safe.

For four years, reaching five, Ryuuichi and Hibari's love were still strong, growing, even. Yuuichi never felt so jealous of someone before. He envied Hibari, and he was jealous of him, for having Ryuuichi's heart and soul. He, although has a place that Hibari could never replace, knew he could never complete his brother as how Hibari could.

He wondered endlessly if he would even find the right one. If there is any.

The month before they graduated high school, Amemori confessed to him. He and Amemori got along really well for a few years, and unknowingly fall for each other.

But Yuuichi hesitated. Amemori loved his brother. He didn't want to date him just because he was Ryuuichi's brother, and he looked like him. When he told Amemori that, Amemori immediately proved that he no longer hung onto his brother. Yuuichi was confused.

He accepted the confession on the day they graduated. On the same day, he came out as Bisexual, and Ryuuichi accepted.

It was the happiest time of Yuuichi's life, he realized, but he felt that there was something missing. Their relationship grew strong for a few months, until he had to fly to Italy. Amemori had stayed behind in Japan, studying Business in Japan. Yuuichi wavered of his choices, but he broke up with Amemori and followed his brother.

Ryuuichi said nothing of his choice.

The feeling lingered in his heart, almost forgotten as it was the busiest for the first three years, with only him and his brother managing the mansion given by Dino and their works. Giudizio slowly, but surely, rose in name and power. When they were 21, Xena, same age as they were and a Storm, joined them.

Things got slower, and a year after that, Liu Xie arrived, twenty four and a Lightning with Cloud as secondary. Amemori came to Italy to further his study. Amemori stayed at his rented apartment near his University in Rome, while they were in Sicily. Yuuichi drove to Rome to find him and helped him unpack and such.

They caught up during the week Yuuichi stayed there, showing him Italy and they got back together. Still long distance, but at least they weren't oceans apart.

The year after, Gilbert, twenty nine and a Sun and a secondary Mist, came. He isolated himself from everyone, only appearing for missions, or Ryuuichi personally dragged him out. He was salty and seemed to hate everyone. Yuuichi, being a secondary Mist, showed him the non-existing rules and house chores, since they have no maid or butler. Only occasional cleaner when all of them were too tired. Gilbert doesn't wanted to get along with him, apparently.

Yuuichi occasionally drove to Rome to find Amemori, or Amemori came over whenever it was break period. Amemori wanted to bed him. He didn't want to, so he backed away, like how he did years ago. Amemori was hurt, but he respected him. Yuuichi ran back to Ryuuichi, confused.

So Ryuuichi held him close for the night, as they basked in each others' warmth. He told him about what he felt about sex, about everything. Ryuuichi told him to possibilities and why he actually felt like that.

"Perhaps you're unable to bring yourself to show Hibiki your vulnerable side, or that you're simply an asexual."

Two days later, he came out as an asexual. Ryuuichi accepted him nonetheless, still love him just as much regardless of it. Amemori took some time, but he soon accepted him. Yuuichi felt unsettled.

The same year, Yura arrived. He's a Sun as well, so he was placed under Gilbert as his mentor for the time being. Things happened, Gilbert almost left them, but it ended up fine, none of them leaving. And Yura announced himself as a transgender man. Yuuichi felt himself being interested in Yura.

But he kept it silent in himself.

His relationship with Amemori was still okay, but there was a huge gap somehow. Until the day Amemori was drunk when visited him. He almost raped him. Yuuichi ran away and back to Ryuuichi. Ryuuichi remained silence, only holding him close. The next day, Amemori was banned from setting a foot in the mansion unless Ryuuichi says so, and Amemori was beaten black and blue. None of them except for Ryuuichi and Yuuichi knew why.

The crack in their relationship grew, just as how Yuuichi's interest on Yura grew. He wondered if he was falling for Yura.

It took a while, but Yuuichi and Amemori made up, and the ban was lifted, but everything hadn't been better.

When they're twenty four, Ivy and Eliot came. Ivy's a Mist, so she was placed under both Yuuichi and Gilbert's guidance while Eliot's flames was still unknown. None of them knew what Ryuuichi was thinking when he brought back Eliot, who was merely ten. When they knew why, they all shut up.

"How long have you and Ame been together?" Yuuichi blinked in surprise at the sudden question from Yura, his hands paused in motion of placing the book on the shelf. They were in the mini library they had, cleaning up and rearranging the books when Yura suddenly jumped to that topic in the middle of their chat.

Yuuichi snapped himself out of it and pushed the book into the slot, looking down. How long indeed? ".. About three years..?" Yura hummed, impressed as he went to take another stack of books.

"You guys sure love each other a lot." Yuuichi blanked out, lips pulled thin. Were they really in love with each other? Were they truly belong to each other?

He sighed and leaned against the shelf, staring as Yura placed the books on the bottom row. "I don't know about that..." Yura looked up at him, in confusion. "I mean, I.. I might be interested in you." He flushed a bit and coughed.

"Thank you. You're interesting as well."

"I mean romantically."

Yura jolted and stared at him eyes wide. Yuuichi remained serious, when Yura suddenly burst out laughing. He frowned. "What's so funny?"

The younger shook his head, amused. "Just when I thought that you're better than Head on this.." He snickered. "I don't know about why you're interested in me, but it's certainly not romantic interest."

"Hah?"

"I mean, you're clearly in love with Ame. Even Head could see that. While I could never know what Head was thinking, he had once told me this, and I quote 'Yuu and Hibiki are much worst than me somehow. Hibiki loves Yuu, that's clear, but he is insecure about his standing. Yuu, on the other hand, hasn't found himself, and is still unclear about his feelings even though he really loves Hibiki.'." Yuuichi's eyes widen again.

"He told me not to tell any of you anything that he said since he wanted you both to find it out yourself, but I couldn't help it." Yuuichi frowned.

"But I.." Yura stood up, smiling at him. "You pushed him away, but isn't that because you're scared of giving yourself to him?" Realization dawned Yuuichi. "It does takes time, loving. Head and Hibari's relationship wasn't without any fight and cracks, but they got back together because of the trust they have. Vice, you love Ame, but because of your attachment to Head, you locked yourself down."

He did. The time he left Amemori and Japan, was to follow his brother even though Ryuuichi had given him a choice to stay. He followed Ryuuichi, because he wanted to stay with him. He was the one who chained himself down because of this, because no matter what, Ryuuichi would accept him and take him into his arms. Because Ryuuichi will never leave him.

"Head noticed this, so he decided not to do anything for you both. Though, he was furious of Ame that time when he banned him to come here. I wonder why.."

"Yuu, in contrary to what people says, love doesn't involves anyone else. Polyamorous relationships are one thing, but when it's between two, nothing else matters. What important is the two, love and trust between the two. Remember this well, alright? It doesn't matter who it was, or what it was, if you and your significant other are truly happy, then go for it. Don't hesitate because of circumstances."

Yuuichi choked on a watery laugh. He covered his eyes and tilted his head back, laughing slightly. Yura was taken aback by his reaction, but he wasn't paying attention. He was so foolish.

'Ahhh... I really love him..'

"Sorry, Yura, but could you take care of these?" Yura smiled and nodded. He slapped him on the back hard, pushing him towards the door. "Go for it."

Yuuichi smiled gratefully and ran for his car. He drove to Amemori's apartment, ignoring how it was already late, and burst in with his spare keys. Amemori yelped in surprise at his sudden arrival as he was lounging on his sofa and reading something off his phone. "Yuu- Wha-?" Yuuichi said nothing more and just jumped onto the man.

"I'm sorry.." He sobbed out. "I'm sorry for all this time." Amemori frowned and held onto him, patting his back gently. "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry.. I love you." The words were muttered out, muffled as Yuuichi buried his face into Amemori's shoulder. Amemori's eyes soften as he held him closer. A stream of tears flowed from his eyes as well. "I love you too.."

'I'm sorry for making you wait, I love you."

They amended, and they grew closer and closer. On Yuuichi's twenty fifth birthday, they were having a party at the Giudizio mansion, and he got drunk as he had drank from evening to one in the morning. Amemori was slightly flushed, but still sober.

They fell into bed together, and the next morning when Yuuichi woke up, he and Amemori were in his bed, both and his back hurts. Yuuichi felt confused yet again, but he returned into Amemori's arms and slept, finally feeling complete.

Sometime in the cloudy afternoon, Ryuuichi, with a smirk, came in when they were still naked and was totally disregarding that fact. He, instead, invited to them the courtyard for tea. Yuuichi never felt so embarrassed in front of his brother before.

"You guys sure made me wait." Ryuuichi mused as he sipped on a cup of black tea, two more cups placed in front of the empty chairs and a plate of sliced cakes in the middle of the ceramic table. They awkwardly apologized as they took a seat. Ryuuichi took another look at them, and smiled.

"Yuuichi." The said man jolted in attention, placing the cup down even before he could take a sip. "Have you found it?" Yuuichi blinked, before he flushed. He nodded slowly. "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Ryuuichi gave him a gentle look before turning to Amemori, the gentleness disappeared and replaced by a stern facade. "And you, Hibiki. Do you truly love him?"

Hibiki blushed at the sudden question, but when he saw how serious Ryuuichi was, he showed him determination. "Yes."

"You love him because of who he is, and not what his back ground is or who I am to him, right?"

"Yes. You think I was still hung up on you?" Ryuuichi gave him an amused smile, raising the cup to his lips again. "No." He laughed briefly. "I can't believe that my words actually pulled you guys back." He shook his head. Yuuichi raised an eyebrow as Amemori remained confused.

"You overheard?"

"Nope. Yura told me." Ryuuichi finished the tea in one go and placed the cup down. "Congratulation, and I pray for your happiness. The both of you." He stood up and left them, when Yuuichi stopped him. "Wait- I- I'm an asexual, but I just did it with Hibiki and I.."

"Yuu, being asexual doesn't mean you can't have sex. It's just that you didn't want to and find it unappealing. But if you did.." Ryuuichi cast a brief glance at Amemori, who tensed up at his look. "That means you trust him enough, even if you're drunk."

Yuuichi blushed again. He bit his lips and clenched his hands. Ryuuichi noticed how he was controlling himself, let out an inaudible and exasperated sigh, fond. He opened his arms for Yuuichi. "One last time?" 'One last time I'll hold you the way you will hold Hibiki, and the way Hibiki will hold you.'

Yuuichi gave him a shaky smile and jumped into his arms. "Thank you, Ryuu-nii." Ryuuichi squeezed him once and let go. He ruffled his hair and walked back into the building, waving his hands slightly.

"Are you sure about that?" Hibari, who was leaning against the wall and out of the other two's sight, questioned the moment he stepped into the building. Ryuuichi smiled wryly and nodded as they walked off. "Yes. I cannot give Yuu what Hibiki could give after all. And we are never meant to stick together like that regardless of whatever."

Hibari stared at him for a moment before looking away, intertwining their hands together. "You sure act older than you look sometimes."

"Ah, I am but older than you mentally after all."

"You're a pedophile then." Ryuuichi laughed and smacked Hibari on the arm, who had a smile on his face as well. Ryuuichi shook his head in fond exasperation and leaned in, kissing Hibari on the lips.

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A/N= Uhummm. Yay for Yuuichi!

This chapter emphasized more of the twins' relationship? Yeah. The beginning is when they were 15, after that, they were all 17 and Hibari being 19, Dino is 25. The last part with Yuuichi starts off with them as 15, then 17, then 21, 22, 23, 24 and lastly 25.

The parents meeting each other is short because I've no idea how to continue it.

Hanakotoba means 'Flower's meaning' or something along the line.  

  Note= Ryuuichi's younger than Reborn mentally by eight years.  

Fun Fact= After the mission, Reborn and Ryuuichi sneaked into the Cavallone mansion and slept in Dino's room because, why not? Reborn was indeed half naked, but Ryuuichi wasn't. They were, yes, cuddling. Ryuuichi was mentally exhausted somehow after all.

Fact= The hearing bug was slipped into Ryuuichi's pocket when they were dancing. Of course, Reborn noticed it and he signaled him. Their conversation was heard, but they didn't know that they had another plan. When Reborn patted Ryuuichi's back in an uneven tempo, it was a code. The rap on the shield was a code as well. Basically, they both had a lot of codes. A lot of em.

Fun Fact= Ryuuichi isn't exactly a clingy person, but only when he was distressed or too mentally exhausted, he would. Or if he was drunk.

Fun Fact= Ryuuichi's really sensitive on his thighs and back (mostly on his shoulder), and he was uncomfortable with people touching his stomach because, he didn't like it. Minus if it's Hibari. And, well, they just made out in that small cave, didn't go all the way *smirks*

Fun Fact= Yuuichi's mentor is Lal and Colonello since he's a Rain, both of them are Rain, Lal has Mist as well, Yuuichi has Mist as well. And Yuuichi's actually a strategist and a long distance shooter. In basketball court, he's the Point Guard slash Shooting Guard, position ever changing.

Errmm, so because of the fact that Ryuuichi wanted to start the Giudizio, he needed to know about the paperworks and blah blah blah, system everything blah blah blah. He had literally pestered Dino into teaching him since Reborn wouldn't. That was set around before his 18th birthday.

Yes, Ryuuichi started calling Hibari by his first name~ =w=~

The last part was, well, Yuuichi centric. Ryuuichi knew that Yuuichi had an attachment to him, and he accepted him. For the first few years since Yuuichi dated and broke up, he unconditionally accepted him despite knowing that he might plant a seed that would hold Yuuichi back in him. And yes, he did. He noticed it when Yuuichi broke up with Amemori, and when they got together again. It wasn't until when Amemori accidentally tried to rape him and Yuuichi being heart broken did he put a stop to his own action.

Ryuuichi and Yuuichi had been together since they were born, and Yuuichi loved his brother in a slightly different way. It took Ryuuichi a while to realize that, and he knew that they weren't meant for it. While he perhaps could give Yuuichi what he want, but he couldn't fully complete him. And he wasn't the one for his brother. Ryuuichi immediately saw how Amemori and Yuuichi interacted and all, he knew they were meant together.

Shits happen, however. Ryuuichi was damn frustrated at how stupid they were of their own feelings, though, he was at fault somehow. Since Yuuichi was clouded by his love for him. Ryuuichi was furious of Amemori to the point of attempting to throw him into a lion den, which the lions were all hungry and starving. Hibari stopped him.

Never expect Yuuichi and Amemori getting together, now did we? I never did. I was thinking of Yuuichi and Yura or Xena, but somehow, this just popped out. *sigh* My brains...

Note= Most of the Giudizio members call Ryuuichi as Head and Yuuichi as Vice. They do call them by their names, only certain times.

I'll write about how Ryuuichi met the rest of the Giudizio members and all in the next chapter, and perhaps, it'll be longer than this one. Though, I'll still write requests, only, in the TYL period. So, please comment on this sentence if there's any request.

Questions!

--From ju7393

-Is Yuuichi getting anymore training since the whole mafia thing was finally told to him?

It's answered! XP

-Dino! Had he ever planned to visit Ryuuichi and Yuuichi when they were younger or was he staying away to keep them safe?

Dino: Work is hectic somehow it's a bit hard for me to fly to Namimori. I still visit them whenever I can though. I feel that they're safer when I'm with them though. 

--From starfirepie

-This is is for Tsuna-sama. Are you still single because the OC is beating you to it right now? (Sorry if I misinterpreted your question.)

Tsuna: Um, please just call me Tsuna. I'm single not because of Ryuuichi..? I mean, why would it be because of Ryuuichi..? I just haven't find the right one. *sweats*

That's all! I'm sorry if I missed out any questions.

Please comment on this sentence if there's any questions!

[I apologize for any grammar, spelling, etc. etc. mistakes]