Make sure you have an iron stomach for today.

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Bianchi stirred the contents of the pot she was cooking with a smile on her face. She was making a meal in hopes of having Reborn fall in love with her. Of course, to make sure that it was perfect she needed someone to taste test it for her.

"Okay, Hayato, time to dig in," stated the pink-haired cook as she placed a plate of her Poison Cooking in front of her half-brother.

Gokudera looked at the food before him with dread. How the hell does his sister not realize that everything she makes is inedible?! Better question, how the hell did he get dragged into this?!

'Today is the day I die and I haven't even become the Boss' right-hand man yet!'

"Is something wrong, Hayato?" questioned Bianchi, seeing the hesitation in her brother's form.

"No!" cried out Gokudera, not looking at his sister's face. "Nothing's wrong!"

"Then why aren't you eating? Are you sick?"

'Not yet I'm not,' thought the bomber as he grabbed his fork.

Bianchi watched as Hayato pierced a piece of the food and put it in his mouth. She watched as he tensed up a bit, but took it that the food was just that tasty.

"So? How is it? Will Reborn like it?" asked Bianchi, hope in her voice.

Gokudera swallowed the nasty food and tried to keep it down. He could feel the effects of the food already! He didn't want to lie to Bianchi, but he had no choice. "Y-Yeah. H-He'll like it for sure."

Bianchi beamed in happiness. She turned back to the stove to make more of her Poison Cooking.

"I'm so glad that Reborn will like this meal! Maybe I should make different meals though just in case. Hayato! I'll need you to taste test a few more meals for me!" exclaimed the Poison Scorpion. She heard a thud and turned back to see her brother unconscious on the table. She rushed over and tried to shake him back to consciousness "Hayato?!"

What could have caused her brother to blackout like this? If only she knew.

FIN

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I think this is the first Reborn! fic I've written that doesn't feature Chrome in someway.