Note: for some reason, I can't see certain line breaks no matter what I do, I don't know if this is just my computer of not but here's a notice just in case it isn't

1st Secret:

Everyone was wary of the new recruitment officer. The man was tiny, sure, and he obviously wasn't as physically strong as the other members of the Varia let alone the other officers, but he had the backing of their SIC (and interim boss) and the sun officer and that was enough to make sure they acted smart around him.

Nevertheless, it always looked as if he was staring deep into your soul when you spoke and everyone knew about the Rabia incident. He was emotionless when he spoke to them, but a few had seen brief glimpses of warmth and joy when he spoke to the SIC and Lussuria.

2nd Secret:

There were some who were dumb enough to cross him. He generally lived and let live, and didn't say much but there were some who got too loud. Too cocky. Too self-assured and had called him out. Didn't take long for them to disappear.

There were rumors that he used to bartend for a place in Palermo. Apparently most of the patrons were old school mafia too (non-flame mafia who apparently owed the guy), which would explain the frozen body parts they would find in the fridges around the Varia base (one guy found a finger in his packet of frozen fries. People are still wondering how he had done that considering the packed was still as sealed as the way he had bought it).

Then the evil little girl came.

3rd Secret:

The Varia had long since accepted they would be tormented by the genius storm officer. Then they met the little girl that the recruitment officer referred to as a younger sister and they couldn't help but be glad that she wasn't a permanent fixture in their lives.

It was bad enough that they were stuck with Belphegor but this Rosa girl was evil. She would mess with their specialised equipment, rig their stuff to fail in the middle of a spar, she once made it look like someone had broken in and ransacked the place and had the blame placed on a guy who had just returned from a mission and hadn't even met the Devil.

Unlike Belphegor, though, she got away with it! The rain officer would just look at the carnage she wrought, sigh and walk off as she cackled. The only one that could keep her in line was obviously the new guy, but he'd just give this weird smile and let her just do as she wished.

It got bad enough that one guy had gone to the SIC and begged for some modicum of peace. At that point, the rain just looked at the cloud and the cloud just looked at the little girl and said "I think they've had enough." She just grinned and shrugged. At least things relatively settled down after that.

After that, no one was dumb enough to cross the guy.

4th Secret:

There were rumors in the Varia. Then again, there were always rumors going around the Varia. There was a betting pool for everything to be honest (all of which were run by Mammon for a price). You could even find a pool on 'will it rain fruit?' (they had weird mists).

But the most popular was: 'Is the rain officer sleeping with the recruitment officer?'

Everyone had something to say about it. Ranging from 'no way' to 'the rain officer wouldn't settle' to 'probably yeah'.

No one had actively tried to figure it out, they had jobs. But a new recruit had gone in for his interview with the cloud and had been thoroughly, and metaphorically, ripped to shred by the man. He was sleeping with another recruit (apparently dilating eyes mean arousal?) and when he had tried to lie about it -which everyone already knew not to do, especially in front of the officer-, he had been even further hassled.

At the end the recruit stared at the man with a newfound respect for the Varia's lie detector. Especially when he gave an enigmatic smiled and told him "Don't worry, I was just giving you a hard time. There isn't any rules that says you can't have sex with another recruit or member. Honestly, if there was, I probably would have lost my job by now."

5th Secret:

After that, the entire Varia was hit with a gossiping storm to figure out who the cloud was sleeping with (because a lot of people had a lot of money riding on it being the Rain officer and they wanted to win).

Squalo just watched on as they hassled Rosa, who had just arrived on the compound from school, with Harry. Sighing, he looked over at him and asked "Did you have to feed them?"
"Oh, come on, you know it's funny."
"Still annoying."

6th Secret:

A lot of people were very happy after that incident as Rosa, in a fit of rage, ended up spray painting 'YES, YOU ASSHOLES' onto the main wall in the compound.

The Varia were the unofficial record holders for fastest money exchange in 24hrs after that.

7th Secret:

Since it wasn't really a secret anymore, it wasn't exactly rare for a Varia member to open the door to the SIC's office in the rain wing and see them making out. At one point Rosa had been with the poor member that had opened the door, and she looked up at the shell shocked assassin before giving an exasperated sigh.

"Not again," he had heard her mumble before she closed the door and threw a bottle at him (speaking of, he never figured out where she got that).

8th Secret:

The Varia began to truly like their unofficial cloud officer after the Vongola Ninth decided to screw them over. He had tried to limit their movements again. He had stolen their boss from them for seven years, adding more and more restraints.

At first it wasn't that bad because the Eighth had protected them as much as she could as the old boss. But after her death two years prior(which shook them all, the entire Varia mourned the woman that had done her all to help them), the Ninth hadn't even waited a month before trying to add more and more limitations to the organisations. So much so, that a few had wondered if they were truly independent anymore.

But then the cloud, their blessed cloud had gone up to the interim and placed a paper on his desk. It was a contract. Mammon had gone through it with their usual fine toothed comb and summarised it for them.

"It allows us to disconnect from the Vongola. We get a set salary, and the money we get from kills will be considered extra commision. We'll get full autonomy. He's giving us an out."

It was then the Varia realised just how rich the cloud was and how much he cared (in his own weird way).

9th Secret:

Their rain had obviously said no, which was a given considering how much their sky loved Vongola (even after the lies of the Ninth, the over reliance on the idiotic Sawada. But the pure Vongola that had lived within the Eighth boss and haunted them).

Their cloud wasn't surprised let alone bothered, he just gave his usual enigmatic smile and said that he knew that they would say no. "I just gave it to you as a threat against the Ninth if he gets to cocky. And even if you say no now, just remember it will always be an option."

Their cloud would protect them even in his own way.

10th Secret:

He had always had their begrudging respect from the start for his skills, he had gained their interest in the betting pool, he gained a bit of their trust when he gave them an out but he gained their loyalty when he helped them get their Sky back.

Xanxus returned after another year. Rosa and their sky had insult matches that frequently resulted in glasses being thrown at the small girl, but the two of them got along well enough (which was a miracle in and of itself).

Their unofficial cloud became their official cloud officer after Xanxus returned and harmonised with him.

11th Secret:

They always knew not to mess with him, but crushing Sawada was what certified it. The man hadn't just gone after him in terms of CEDEF but had gone after his marriage too (but then again, Sawada did that himself).

He didn't do anything by halves.

12th Secret:

Xanxus's meeting with the Vongola heir had been put in place by Harry and Rosa for a few months after they had taken down his father.

The small heir was looking at the, technically, sixteen year old in an apprehensive way as he was flanked by Harry and Squalo. They had made a deal that day. When Tsuna became boss, he had long since accepted that it would happen by that point, he would go back on the limitations put in place by the Ninth. He would give the Varia their autonomy back. The brief joy in their faces was worth it.

13th Secret:

Then an old bastard had gone after their Cloud. He really messed with the wrong familigia.

Hey all! Sorry for the late update. I realised that I hadn't done enough on Harry's time in the Varia (outside of being Rosa's brother) and I hadn't explained how he got their respect, as seen in the previous set of lies. So here it is!

As you can see, Harry has sort of reverted to this enigmatic, confusing character from the loveable big brother we know in the more current chapters. This is mostly because, to others, Harry is this weird guy that makes no sense. The Varia and Rosa, and the Vongola, Luna and Clara know him personally after at least a year of knowing him. I think after a while, they do truly learn what Harry really is like.

Time passes a lot in this one interlude so I'm gonna explain it now.

1st year- Harry, Squalo and Rosa interact and get along and all that (lie 14 to 51). Rosa is 11

2nd year- Harry joins the Varia (lie 52 to 55 with 1st Secret to 10th Secret between) and works with them. Rosa is 12.

3rd year- Harry and the Varia save Xanxus and take down Iemitsu and everything after that before England arc (lie 56 to 89 with 11th secret and 12th secret) Rosa is 13

4th year- England Arc and everything after (lie 90+ and 13th Secret) Rosa will be 14 but not yet.

Thank you all for the Favourites and Follows and Reviews! You all mean the world to me you kind people. I loved writing this. And I'm happy to leave it here as an epilogue. It was fun writing Harry and Squalo's relationship and their family dynamic. I hope to come back to this and do some much needed edits when I have time and I may occassionally come back to this and post something but I'm gonna end it here. So from here on out, this story is formally completed.

Thank you for being with me to the end.

Laetus.