A sky within the night -KHR

34: Mysterious meal

Written April 4 2016

Edited January 9 2020

The hitman couldn't help but grimace at the meat's smell as the brunette cooked it.

'It smells so wrong..... I'm glad that Tsuna is planning on making me a salad instead. I don't think that I'd enjoy whatever kind of meat that is...'

The brunette tapped on the counter as honey eyes glanced towards the hitman's hidden location inside the wall.

'His hyper intuition is strong, I wonder if I'd be able to hide from him perfectly if I really tried'

"That smells bad lazy-Tsuna"

Reborn stated as he hopped onto the counter beside the stove to get a better look at the meat, the brunette smiled apologetically and wrote his response.

"Sorry Reborn, but don't worry, you'll only smell this smell at least once a week"

The hitman frowned but nodded nonetheless.

"Could I try a bit? I don't want that to be my meal, however I'm curious"

The hitman's curiosity was triggered when a slight flash of alarm and unease flickered within honey eyes.

"I don't think that it's such a good idea... I put my blood in it and your body may not be able to handle the meat..."

'So they weren't joking about the blood part.....and he's still writing despite him talking to his mom moments ago...'

Reborn felt slightly pleased that he was trusted more than the brunette's own mother.

"I can handle any meat, and I'm a hitman, I've tasted blood many times before unintentionally, I'm fine as long as you don't have any blood transmitted diseases"

The brunette pouted cutely and let off a silent huff.

"I'm clean, I've got nothing that you can easily catch"

"Easily catch? So you do have something?"

The brunette shrugged.

"Maybe, depends if your doctor friend finds anything when he comes"

'That does remind me to call him to hurry up, and to get him to give lazy-Tsuna a full physical instead of just a check up on his coughing problem'

"So I'm curious, why do you put blood in the food?"

'It's not normal at all'

"Revenge, I'm used to the taste of blood for various reasons which you can probably guess what, I do little things to get back at Ie-San"

The hitman smirked darkly at the response.

'He's more vengeful than I thought, though... He did drag Baka-Ie up the stairs by his leg that one time and spill his food on him....'

"Understandable, though I'd prefer it if you were more open with your crafty acts of revenge"

The hitman noted Nana leave the kitchen with a pleased smile on her face.

"I don't fight back, but that doesn't mean that I want to have Ie-San hurt me"

"Even though you could most likely beat your bratty brother to a pulp, and your mother left so why aren't you talking?"

The hitman asked curiously, not used to the brunette writing to him instead of talking.

"Talked too much today, throat hurts. Also I love my brother, I could never actually hurt him"

The hitman let out a disappointed sigh as he watched the brunette add some garlic and dried onions to the frying meat.

"You're too soft..."

*

Reborn was impressed as he looked at his  salad in front of him as everyone sat at the table, Tsuna predictably sat beside him while Ie was placed the furthest away from him.

His salad look professional with how crisp the lettuce leaves, tomato slices, cucumbers all looked. He was even impressed that the brunette used an Italian brand dressing for his meal.

Meanwhile Tsuna's and Ie's meals were the mysterious fried meat glazed with a red sauce that the brunette hadn't told him the name of.

"You're a good cook lazy-Tsuna"

The hitman praised as he dug into his salad, he inwardly glowed at how the salad tasted as if it had been professionally made in a restaurant.

"You're at least good for something Dame-Tsuna"

Ie muttered as he put a slice of the meat into his mouth.

"Thank you for the meal Tsu-kun!"

Nana chirped.

'So even Baka-Ie will complement Tsuna's cooking straight to his face'

The hitman didn't miss the way the Tsuna seemed to sit up straighter at his brother's indirect praise.

After everyone had eaten for a bit, the hitman put down his fork.

"Oi Tsuna, you said that you'd let me try your food"

Reborn raised a brow at how Ie seemed to freeze, and how Nana seemed to be surprised.

'Is the meat that weird? If so Baka-Ie would eat it'

"Oh Reborn, you're so silly!"

Nana laughed as she got over her surprise.

Ie snickered to himself, further confusing the hitman.

"A baby like you won't like it so just stick to your salad"

The hitman glanced towards Tsuna and the brunette sighed silently at the silent order from the infant. He cut off a small piece of his food and slid it onto the hitman's plate.

Reborn nodded his thanks and picked up the food with his fork and examined it.

'It looks normal enough, if one ignores the odd smell'

The hitman quickly put the food into his mouth and grimaced inwardly at the taste. He didn't know how to describe it but it just tasted wrong, even ignoring the faint taste of blood he felt sick. When he actually chewed the meat he felt even sicker at the chewy texture for it didn't break apart like any meat that he had ever eaten before. He just chewed and chewed yet the meat seemed to refuse to be broken into smaller pieces.

He noted the napkin being held in front of him and he took it graciously to dispose the small portion of food neatly into it.

He easily hid his discomfort but he could feel the sympathetic gaze of the honey eyed teen and the smug one of the boy's brother.

"Wow, you didn't throw up..."

Ie chuckled, not noticing the glare that Tsuna sent him.

'What the hell did I just try to eat?....'

Me: that's the end of the chappy~ hope you enjoyed~ poor reborn ate yucky food~ hehe and poor Tsuna spoke too much in the previous chapters~~ anyway bai bai~