37. Candy (1/1)

my god it was hot here in london yesterday

i was not amused

i was dying

-candy-

tsuna had gone downstairs for a few only a short while to get some drinks and snacks. however, upon his return, he found that lambo had somehow made his way onto the table in his room and was excitedly chattering to kahiro.

lambo and kahiro hadn't really had much of a formal introduction before then. sure, there were

ief moments where the toddler would rush into tsuna's room and yell about this, that and the other but usually he was quite quickly removed from the situation-tsuna suspected reborn had something to do with this. he always did.

his immediate thought was that to take lambo away from kahiro immediately before the child did something too drastic but he hesitates. the girl isn't exactly interacting with lambo in the same manner as all his friends do so. she isn't gushing over him like haru or kyoko, neither is playing with him and laughing at everything he says like yamamoto, and she definitely isn't ignoring or being intensely irritated his very existence like practically everyone else.

kahiro's patient-surprisingly so. she's listening to everything lambo is saying and replying to him not quite with adult speech but less with almost patronizing words. when lambo says something in arrogance she doesn't really put him down but she looks at him and says 'well put your money where your mouth is'. and it's almost other worldly how lambo's thrilled with her response as she isn't simply nodding her head and taking his word for it or dismissing him with a roll of her eyes. she's telling him to show her why he's the best without making any signs of having made a judgement herself already as to whether he is.

his first claim was that of being best at spinning tops and tsuna watches from the door as lambo grabs a spinning top from his afro and makes loud noises as he makes the toy go. when kahiro then raises and eye

ow and says 'you aren't half bad', lambo's eyes shine because it's said with complete honesty. her laugh following his assertion of her being correct makes the boy seem even more blisteringly happy (kahiro's laugh has always had that effect on people though and tsuna really does wonder whether it's possible to get addicted to a sound).

nana calls lambo down then and he leaves waving goodbye to the girl who waves back, tsuna entering his room soon afterwards. kahiro turns her smile onto him and there's a

ief moment of analysing her features again-the curve of her nose, the colour of her lips, the way her eyes are focused on him-before he catches himself and puts the tray of snacks and drinks down. "took too long, tsunayoshi. i've already been served!" she lifts up a couple of pieces of candy and she speaks with a teasing tone.

later that evening, lambo tugs on tsuna's sleeve and asks when kahiro will next come over.

after note: patience, in my experience, is often the key thing to making children like you. sometimes i wish i had less so i could escape looking after them whoops.