Panda Eyes
A/N: Hey guys, this is my second fic for KHR. I don't exactly know where the idea came from, but it's nothing extraordinary. It won't be that long, but hopefully it'll satisfy you guys. Also, I cannot believe my stupidity! I was almost done typing up this first chapter, but I forgot to save it and my computer crashed. I still feel like beating myself up for being stupid. ANYWAY, I know it will DEFINITELY be different from the first (and failed) attempt, because I have an absolutely HORRIBLE MEMORY. I can only remember so much. Things go into my head then it escapes from the other end within a matter of hours.
Summary: Tsuna's hyper-active guardians and full-schedule tires him out flat almost everyday, but now he thinks it's a mild case of insomnia. No-one notices, but a certain former prefect intends to take advantage of this adorable and constantly, sleep-deprived boss. 8YL/Yaoi/1827
Warning: Mild swearing and Yaoi (boy's love). Rated T, but will probably change in later chapters.
Disclaimer: Our KHR bishies would steal the spotlight and heat it up to the max if I owned it.
Chapter One: Hectic day to speak frankly.
Sighing for the umpteenth time that morning, he opened the black leather wallet he received from his mother on his twentieth birthday and pulled out two euro notes. He slipped the wallet back into the depths of his pocket and knelt down slightly in front of the young boy who was jumping around impatiently, being scolded by black-haired girl standing next to him.
"Here, take this and buy sweets for the two of you," the twenty-three year old brunet said calmly, almost shoving the notes into the small hands.
The twenty-three year old brunet was named Sawada Tsunayoshi, also known as Tsuna. When he was fifteen-years old, he started his crazy journey as the soon-to-be mafia boss. At first he declined the inheritance to officially become Vongola Decimo, but a mind-changing incident occurred. Just before his sixteenth birthday, he inherited the official position as Vongola Decimo, tenth generation Vongola boss, the most prestigious mafia family there was. Now, eight years in the mafia business, he has become one of the most famous and adored man around.
"Thanks, Tsuna-nii! " the impatient boy replied, carelessly shoving the notes into his gray hooded-shirt pocket.
The boy was known as Lambo bovino, a thirteen year old hitman from the Bovino family. At the age of five, he was deemed as the tenth generation Vongola lightning guardian, due to the extent of his capability to endure massive amounts of electric shocks. Over the years, he had grown quite fond of the young mafia boss who protected him no matter what the situation was, which lead to calling him 'Tsuna-nii' instead of weird names he would usually come up with on the spot when he was younger.
"Thank you, Tsuna-san!" the black-haired girl said, bowing at the man.
The girl was called I-pin, and like Lambo, was thirteen years old. At the age of five, she was sent to Japan from Hong Kong to be trained as an assassin under her master who was known as 'Fong'. I-pin was reluctantly accepted to be a part of Tsuna's family to fight along-side with them and to be under their protection when they found out the extent of her abilities. When she was five, she formed a crush on Hibari Kyouya, who bears a stirking resemblance to her master, but then it dispersed as she slowly started realising her feelings towards Lambo.
"Be careful, and make sure to call me before six, alright?" Tsuna smiled, with a casual tone. The two children nodded and ran off into the nearest candy store which they had their eye on for quite a while. Tsuna waved at their backs and smiled for a second or two even after they had gone out of his sight. When he realised he was waving at no-one, he let his arm drop down to his side as he spun on his heels, momentarily closing his eyes as if he was warding off an on-coming headache. As Tsuna walked down the streets of Italy near the Vongola headquarters (more like mansion or castle), he dug around in his pocket for a while, only to falter in his steps for a moment.
"I should go buy some more aspirin." he said to himself with his eyes shut, opening them as he walked into a pharmacy that just happened to be there at the right time.
Inside the pharmacy, Tsuna walked towards the counter and asked for a box of aspirin. As he was waiting, he looked around and spotted a blond-haired man looking at products on the shelves. Tsuna smiled, knowing it could only be one person.
"Dino!" Tsuna called out, smiling as the man turned around. The blond smiled in return and walked towards him with his hands in his pockets.
"If it isn't my cute little brother! Here to buy more aspirin?" Dino laughed, ruffling Tsuna's already messed up hair.
"Yeah, I can't survive without a box on me," he replied, shifting his attention to the lady at the counter calling for his attention. He walked over and paid the lady, smiling charmingly as he said 'Thanks', causing her to blush, along with the other ladies working at the back, who just happened to see that.
"Tsuna, you shouldn't do that." Dino said, as he draped an arm over the brunet's shoulder.
"Do what?" he questioned;confused, walking out of the pharmacy with the other.
"If you keep smiling like that, some people might even turn gay!" Dino joked, pouting slightly.
Tsuna laughed and came up with a comeback that made Dino stop and throw a fit of laughter, earning weird stares and blushes from pass-byers. As they continued to walk towards their unknown destination, Tsuna suddenly stopped and checked the time on his wristwatch that he just so happened to receive from Dino.
"Glad to see you still wear that thing!" Dino said,
"Of course," the other replied, smiling as he remembered the time when he received from Dino on the day after the inheritance ceremony. Suddenly, he shot his attention back to the watch and flinched.
"Crap. I was supposed to attend a brief meeting after dropping off Lambo and I-pin, but I completely lost track of time!" Tsuna said with a sweat-drop. Dino laughed and offered a ride to the meetings' location, which Tsuna happily accepted. After listening to Dino about a humorous moment that happened in his headquarters, Tsuna thanked his so-called older brother for the ride when he realised the car had come to a halt.
"Come over to visit once in a while, It's not good to stress so much!" The blond man shouted out, waving dramatically at the brunet who almost tripped over when he tried to run backwards.
"This meeting should finish in about thirty minutes, then after this I have attend an interview, then after that I have another meeting with the head of the XXX family..." Tsuna let out a heavy sigh. He had so much work to do, and twenty-four hours a day just didn't seem enough for him. Sure, He became the official tenth boss of the Vongola family, which stood above all, making him absolutely successful which was obviously better than ending up on the streets drinking booze...But sometimes he just regretted inheriting all this. Everyday was absolutely hectic, but he just couldn't seem to keep up with his hyper-active guardians; not with so much work on his hands. He would often assign the guardians to certain tasks or missions, but he believed no-one had as much work as him.
Exactly thirty-five minutes later, many people wearing suits filed out of a room labeled 'Conference room 12', all looking eager and desperate to get some fresh air. Tsuna, was one of those people eager to get out.
"I'm so tired..." Tsuna said to himself, stretching his arms as he let out a loud yawn. He lifted up his wrist and checked the time. There was at least twenty minutes until the next interview, which meant he could probably walk to the location and be just in time for the interview, but he felt his legs turn into jelly the moment he stepped out in the sun. He reached into his pocket to dig out his new touch phone and pressed speed-dial.
"Hello, Can you send a car over to the main conference building right now?"
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It was only a few minutes until a sleek black limo pulled up in front of Tsuna. The driver stepped out and bowed, then proceeded to open the door to the back seats. Tsuna didn't really like being treated so 'importantly', but he had pretty much gotten used to it. He murmured a thanks and drifted off into a brief sleep during the ride.
"Juudaime!" a familiar voice called out, as the car came to a halt.
Tsuna fluttered his eyes open as he heard a light tap on the car window.
"Ah, Hayato-kun" Tsuna said, yawning. He shot a quick smile to the driver who opened the door and appointed him to come pick them up in an hour or two.
"Juudaime, maybe you should rest for today." Hayato said suddenly, looking a little bit worried.
"Why's that?" Tsuna asked, stretching his arms high up in the air again.
"You look awfully tired today. Did you get enough sleep yesterday?"
"I'm fine, thanks Hayato-kun. I just had a ton of meetings, conferences and interviews this mor-...afternoon. You know how boring they can get!" Tsuna laughed, checking his wristwatch again, realising it was now past noon. Hayato seemed convinced, and lead Tsuna to the building in which the head of the XXX family would be waiting. Apparently, the XXX family wanted to be part of the Vongola Family Alliance.
About an hour and a half later, Tsuna and Hayato walked out of the building, with their backs slouched comically and facial expression ghastly.
"Bastards, how dare they add more onto Juudaime's workload?" Hayato complained, ruffling his gray hair.
"What a handful they were..." Tsuna complained with a weak voice, ignoring what Hayato said, "As if you guys give much of a difference..."
Suddenly, he heard a stomach rumble next to him. He glanced over at Hayato who was blushing madly and laughing nervously.
"Wanna go grab some lunch before going back?" Tsuna offered, telling the driver to go back first, as he knew Hayato would never decline a offer made by him.
"Of course, Juudaime!"Hayato chirped, as he followed Tsuna who lead the way.
Tsuna walked into a nearby restaurant which was one of his favourites. Being the famous and regular customer he was, Tsuna and Hayato were offered a special table in the most elegant and quiet part in their restaurant, despite Tsuna declining. Tsuna ordered a simple dish of ravioli pasta with a garden salad, and Hayato ordered a plate of steak and light pasta. Whilst waiting for their dishes to come, they started a conversation which was typically normal to both.
"When did you come back from your mission?" Tsuna asked, taking a sip of his water.
"We came back this morning around eight. Yamamoto had a few cuts on his arm so he went to the infirmary, so I went to your office to report in, but you were already gone." Hayato explained, smiling sheepishly.
"Yeah, I left quite early today." he sighed, "How did your mission with Takeshi-kun go?"
"We set prepared quite a bit before leaving, and everything went according to plan!" he smiled, proud of his successful mission. Tsuna smiled and complimented the other, asking if he wanted to be assigned to more harder missions. They continued to chat and eat, until they decided it was time they went back, as Tsuna still had plenty of work left to do in his office.
A few minutes, after a quick ride back to their headquarters or so-called 'Home', Tsuna was instantly greeted by many lower-ranking officers part of the Vongola foundation, who reminded him of the weekly meeting he had with his guardians.
"Not that again..." Tsuna groaned, telling Hayato to go ahead of him to their private meeting hall. Tsuna quickly made way to his office and pulled out a think folder from his top drawer, and locked the door before making his way to the meeting hall where his guardians were.
Tsuna stood in front of the beautifully designed, mahogany doors for a moment or two, taking a deep breath in and out. Without hesitation, he the doors open with a creak and stepped inside, attracting the attention of his guardians.
"Sorry I'm late" he apologised with a heart-warming smile, which was quite common, but it still caused a few hearts to melt and noses to bleed.
Before Tsuna could say anything, another argument started between Ryohei and Hayato, who was joined by Takeshi. Mukuro and Chrome, the two mist guardians were talking quietly. Hibari, who was persuaded by Reborn to come, was laid-back and sleeping in his chair, and Lambo was messing around with the flowers in the middle of the table. The brunet sighed and sunk down into his huge, black chair which was the same as everyone else's. Tsuna pulled out an orange hair tie from the pocket of his pinstriped suit and tied the long strands of hair at the bottom into a small pony tail.
"Everyone, could you quiet down now?" he pleaded, but his voice was much to quiet to be heard amongst the huge noise they were causing. The brunet heaved out another heavy sigh and cleared his throat. With a loud and stern voice, he spoke up.
"Everyone, the meeting shall commence."
All the heads in the room turned to him, and everyone settled down almost immediately. Tsuna smiled and proceeded to start the meeting which was simply discussing things about the guardian's performance in all areas, including missions, daily tasks, complaints from the public and so on. No-one liked long and droning meetings, especially Tsuna, so he tended to keep things short and simple, since some of his guardians were still idiots. After about twenty minutes, Tsuna smiled to himself inwardly, knowing that he was almost done. The final part of the meeting was to assign each guardian to a task and mission that was to be carried out individually with the exception of Mukuro and Chrome, since they were both the guardians of mist.
Before Tsuna could open his mouth to speak, the telephone on the desk in front of him started ringing.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi here. Yes...W-what? Uh, I can't exactly decline...Put them on in a few minutes."
The rest of the people in the room had their full attention on Tsuna's short replies over the phone. When he hung up, he sighed heavily and dropped his head onto the desk.
"Is something the matter, boss?" Chrome asked, quite worried about her beloved boss.
"Ah it's nothing. Just the Va-"
"VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOII!"
The large, LCD screen on the wall behind Tsuna suddenly turned on, revealing the face of a man with long silver/white hair, who almost burst everyone's eardrums.
"I-it's been quite a while..." Tsuna said nervously, spinning his chair around to face the 'shark'.
"Squalo-sempai, you're voice is too loud." A dull and monotonous voice said in the background, which revealed to be a boy with green hair and a huge black frog hat.
"VOOOI! SHUT UP FRAN!" Squalo, the white-haired man complained,
"Ushishi, The prince has arrived~ Bow down to me, my servants!" a man with blond hair said. He wore a small tiara on the side of his head, and his bangs were so long that it covered his eyes and only showed the huge grin that was plastered across the only part of the face that was revealed.
"Bel-sempai, you're just a hindrance. Do everyone a favour and go away." Fran said with the dull tone of his, shooing the other away.
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"Sempai, stop acting like a washed-up prince and get these knives out of my back. It really hurts." the boy said again, making everyone wonder if he really was in pain.
"Ushishi~ The prince is not washed-up. You should just keep quiet, froggy-chan"
"VOOOOOOOOOOOI! YOU TWO ARE GETTING IN MY FUCKING WAY!" Squalo shouted, drawing his sword.
"Now now, you boys play nice." a high-pitched, sing-song and slightly gay voice said, revealing to be a man with sunglasses and multi-coloured hair.
"VOOI LUSSURIA! GET THIS COUPLE OUT OF THIS FUCKING ROOM!"
"Yes sir~" the man chirped, dragging Belphegor and Fran out with him.
"Squalo-sempai, I think you're mistaken. I would never want to be a couple with this self-claimed washed up prince."
"Ushishi~ The prince does not affiliate as a couple with a frog."
"VOOI LISTEN UP BRATS!" Squalo shouted, with a vein or two popping out on his forehead, clearly stating he was extremely pissed off. He pointed his sword at the screen and spoke in a slightly lower voice than before.
"WE HAVE A FUCKING MISSION OUR DAMNED BOSS GAVE US, AND NEED A PLACE TO STAY DURING THAT TIME. WE'RE COMING TO WHERE YOU BRATS ARE NEXT WEEK SO BE PREPARED!"
Without another word, Squalo disconnected the line, and Tsuna spun his chair around to face everyone else.
"There you have it." Tsuna said with a smile. However, he looked as if he was trying to desperately hold in his anger.
"Kufufu, It's going to be very interesting next week" Mukuro said with a sly smile.
"Mhm...Anyway," Tsuna began, opening the thick folder he brought in. He pulled out seven different coloured folders, which were relevantly thin.
"This week, I received quite a number of requests. So, every guardian, will get at least two or three tasks and one mission." Tsuna explained, holding up the folders.
Tsuna got up from his seat and went around the oval-shaped table, handing out the folders. Each folder had the Vongola crest and the person's name and the type of guardian they were. Hayato received a red folder, Takeshi received a blue folder, Ryohei received a orange-yellowish folder, Mukuro and Chrome received a violet folder, Hibari received a dark-purple (which looked like black) folder and Tsuna's was white and outlined by the colours of all the guardians.
"Oh, Takeshi-kun and Lambo, I need you to re-submit your previous mission." he said before announcing the end of the meeting.
Everyone cheered and filed out of the room in a unruly manner. Those who didn't eat lunch went straight towards the dining hall, and the rest to their rooms. Tsuna walked to his office and unlocked the door. He shoved the folder back into the top drawer and flopped onto the cream-coloured sofa in front of his desk.
"Oh god. I have enough work on my hands, but now the Varia?" Tsuna groaned and closed his eyes.
The Varia is the Vongola Family's elite, independent assassination team. They are composed of genius assassins who work in the deepest recesses of the Mafia. Each member takes on missions that are said to be impossible to accomplish by humans, however, they do not accept a mission unless they believe there is a 90% chance of success. Those that see them work often say that their high level assassination skills are demonic. Despite lacking loyalty and respect for other members, they are extremely loyal to their leader, Xanxus.
"I sure won't be getting a single wink of sleep next week either..." he sighed.
"What do you mean by that, Tsunayoshi?" a dark and familiar voice said, standing at the door.
"Ah, Kyouya-kun!" Tsuna smiled, sitting up properly.
"Answer my question."
"Oh, um..." Tsuna began, "I just had so much work on my hands, I've only gotten about twenty hours of sleep this entire week.*"
"No wonder..." Hibari muttered under his breath, too quiet for Tsuna to hear.
"Huh?"
"I'll be going now." Hibari said before turning his back on the slightly confused Tsuna. Hibari walked down the hallways, seeing people quickly stop and move out of the way when they met with his icy cold glare. He couldn't help but smirk, as a thought suddenly invaded his mind. He decided he was going to have a little fun tonight.
"Maybe It's Insomnia...?" Tsuna murmured to himself.
A/N: Okay, so I stopped here. Tell me what you thought of this first chapter. If you guys tell me, I could somehow change the storyline around according to your requests!
*Twenty hours of sleep in a whole week isn't much as, there's around 168 hours in an entire week.
Everyone should know how the guardians sound and look like when they're older, but as for Tsuna, I'm sure there are some that don't. It's only a few seconds, but go to this link if you wanna hear TYL Tsuna's sexy voice:
http:/ www. youtube. com/watch?v= GbN-kjPL66U (get rid of the spaces)
Everyone in this story looks and sounds like they are like their TYL self.