The Princes(ses)

Rough Draft

A/N: My notes are in bold. Thank you.

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“Listen up, trash!” Immediately, the room quieted down; the Varia leaders weren’t willing to risk Xanxus' wrath by continuing their arguments. A few glances were spared to the little girl with Bel-blonde hair and brown eyes standing next to their boss, but nothing was said. “--- (TYL!Tsuna or Nono??? Not sure yet.) ordered me to take care of this brat, so you scum are gonna be in charge of her! Now, I'm going to go to my room. Nobody is to disturb me, understood?” Xanxus sent one last glare towards the group before stalking up the stairs towards his room, most likely to down several glasses of wine.

“Oh, she's so cute! What's your name, sweetie?” Lussuria asked, crouching down so he was at the girl's eye-level.

“I'm Adelina! I'm a prince!”

Squalo groaned from his seat not more than fifteen feet away.

“Don't tell me we're going to have another brat that's obsessed with being a prince!”

“Now we have a child, female version of Bel-senpai,” Fran stated emotionlessly. “I wonder if she’s a fallen prince too,” Several knives hit his frog hat. “Bel-senpai, your glare in unnerving.”

Belphegor appeared behind Lussuria, a grin ever-present on his face.

“Ushishishi, a baby like you could never take my place as prince. Besides, princes are supposed to be boys; girls are supposed to be princesses," he said. (Bel doesn't strike me as the type to be sexist, but I think I'll keep this. It's a common thought, and I don't think he'll turn down Adelina's proposal/declaration.)

Adelina blinked, seeming to take his words into consideration before looking up at him with determined eyes.

“I'm the princess prince!” She declared, hands on hips. “And I'm not a baby! I'm five!" She pouted as she held up five fingers, stomping her foot in frustration.

“Isn't she such a cutie! I just want to hug her and not let her go!” Lussuria squealed, picking Adelina up and swinging her around before finally settling her on his hip. “I've always wanted to be able to dress up a little girl! There’s so much cute clothes out there for them!”

Said girl poked him on the cheek to grab his attention.

“Mister, what's your name?”

“I'm Lussuria, but you can call me Big Sis Luss like everyone else! The man you came in with was Xanxus. Be careful not to get him angry. The guy over there with the tiara is Belphegor.”--“It's a crown!”--“And the man with the long hair is Squalo. The scary guy with the funny hair is Leviathan and the boy wearing the frog hat is Fran.”--“Hello.”--”And lastly, the girl(unofficial? in manga translation, male. No official gender. May stick with either female or gender-neutral pronouns) in the cloak is Mammon!”--“Do I get paid for watching the brat?”

Adelina's gaze followed Lussuria's gestures as he introduced everyone and as soon as he finished, started squirming, wanting to be put down. Getting the hint, the green-haired man put her down, which seemed to please the five-year-old. Dusting the imaginary dirt off her capris, she walked up to Belphegor.

“Are you really a prince, Bel-phe-gar?” She asked, struggling to pronounce the blond's name.

He giggled at the question and pronunciation.

“Ushishishi, of course. And you can just call me Bel.”

“Where are you the prince of, Bel?”