A sky within the night -KHR

56: Nezumi

Written September 12 2016

Edited February 3 2020

Honey snapped open when the sound of soft scuffling reached his ears, he tilted his head to the side to see a small rat crouched by his sprawled out hand.

The creature's small black eyes blinked with curiosity when they met his gaze.

The rat was a dark grey, with a white on it's stomach that also covered the inside of its legs and gave it two stripes on one side and one on the other as well.

Tsuna smiled softly as he waggled his index finger at the rat experimentally, chuckling softly when the rat grabbed the finger with its front paws in a somewhat strong grip for it's size. He noted by its size that it was most likely a female.

"Hello little rat"

The brunette greeted softly as the rat began to fiercely lick his finger in greeting. Tickling him due to the small size of the tongue.

He rolled over so that he was on his side, facing the rat, wanting to observe her characteristics.

He noted that the rat's ears were rounder and slightly larger than the average rat's, and instead they were on the side of it's head, signifying him that the rat was a 'dumbo rat' instead of a 'top eared rat'. He also noticed the small wisp of white trailing from it's chin.

He ran the rat's slightly scaled tail through his fingers as the rodent continued to lick his fingers, absently noting that the tail was all dark skinned except for it's tip which was pink.

"I want to keep you"

Tsuna stated as he slowly sat up and gently scooped the rat up into his arms, marvelling at how soft and shiny it's coat was.

The rat didn't seem to object as he placed it onto his head and began to walk towards his home.

"Your name is now Nezumi"

*

The hitman stared blankly at the brunette as the teen slid through the open window of his bedroom, his clothes tattered and coated in blood.

"There's a rat on your head"

'It's just perched there...'

Reborn stated, the brunette smiled softly and nodded in acknowledgement at the hitman's words.

"Her name is Nezumi"

'What if it has any diseases? Lazy-Tsuna already has enough health problems as it is....'

"Lazy-Tsuna, it could have fleas or be carrying diseases"

Reborn replied, not wanting to ruin the teen's mood, who seemed so happy with the fact that he had a rat.

"It's not"

The honey eyes brunette replied, Reborn observed the brunette's confidant expression before letting out a sigh.

'His hyper intuition is probably at work...'

"Fine, but are you sure that it's female?"

The brunette put his hand on his head to allow that rat to crawl onto it before bring it down. He then gently picked up the upper half of the rat in a way where it's back legs were still resting comfortably on the palm of his hands.