Normal is Italian.

Bold is Japanese.

3rd Point of View.

Ignoring the woman's blank look, Giotto made himself comfortable on the chair that the maid before occupied. He looks at the woman expectantly, "How are you?" he waited for a response but the woman just stared at him.

Giotto felt sweat accumulating behind his neck.

'Does she not know Italian...hmm, maybe I should talk in Japanese.' using all his brain cells, he uttered words that is foreign to himself, determined to talk to the woman.

"Are...she...okay?" the woman's face shifted, showing her amusement. Giotto blushed, feeling as if he just embarrassed himself, "Did I say it wrong?" he asked himself.

"Yes." he heard the woman say under her breath, it was unexpected, and Giotto finds himself staring in shock at the now timid woman who is fiddling with her blanket.

"You know Italian!" Giotto lets himself grin.

The woman wordlessly nods and looks down, Giotto's smile fell at the dead look on her face. "Hey." he calls out softly, the woman's honey brown eyes darts to him minutely before going back to her lap.

"What is your name?" he gently asked.

"..."

"..."

"Tsunahime Sawada." Giotto had to strain his ears to hear properly but nonetheless heard it, he smiled again. "My name is Giotto. Nice to meet you, Tsunahime!" Finally, after 3 days of waiting, he finally knows the woman's name!

Eagerly, he sticks out a hand to her and she looks at it impassively, looking back up, Tsuna sees his bright grin that achingly reminds him of Takemi. Her heart ached.

Slowly, she reached out and clasped his hand with hers and nearly tears up at the warmness of his hand. So alive and full of vitality, unlike Lanchia and Dino whom she witnessed their life force leaving them.

She felt warm once.

Now, all she feels is numb.

"Nice to meet you too." she whispered back.

A/n: So freaking short, I'm sorry.

Addio per adesso!