50. Splinter (1/2)

last of the ones i forgot about haha

-splinter-

"it's not funny!" tsuna insists as kahiro dies of laughter, almost falling off the veranda in her back garden.

"oh my god, it so is!" she guffaws, leaning towards him and lowering her voice. "a splinter. a future mafia boss has been defeated by a splinter."

"kahiro!" the

unet turns red in slight embarassment, the girl waving her hand as if to say 'joking, joking'. she then looks him dead in the eyes and poorly hides another snort of amusement. "kahiro!"

"okay, okay, now i'm done. i promise." shaking her head with a smile, she gestures for tsuna to show her his hand. the splinter is lodged in his palm, it having gotten there when he'd fallen over earlier on the wooden veranda, kahiro actually falling over him but meeting no such fate. "gonna have to get the tweezers for this one." she decides, tsuna's face turning pale. "don't you worry, i'm a pro at this." kahiro laughs again, patting him on the cheek before standing up.

"pro?" he manages to say, still horrified at the prospect of her yanking the splinter out. yes, he could manage being shot at, manage being in dangerous fights, but ugh, he did not want to do this!

she smiles in bemusement. "come on, you know me! how could i have not gotten about a billion splinters at my age?"

"you make it sound like you're old." tsuna mutters as she disappears inside the house.

"oi, you whippersnapper!" a yell comes from inside, making him hide a smile behind his hand. fairly soon she emerges with a first aid kit and a bottle of liquid. "alcohol, to make you drunk enough to forget the pain!" she laughs at his slightly wary expression. "nah, it's just water." at this, she unscrews the cap and, without warning, pours it over the red area of tsuna's hand.

"ow!"

"cleanliness is next to godliness and far away from infection...ness." kahiro finishes lamely, patting down the wet area with a bit of tissue.

"that was terrible."

"shut up, i'm the doctor here."

tsuna almost says she's a terrible doctor in response but then remembers shamal and decides she isn't that bad.

then, she

ings out another small bottle. "now, this is the alcohol to make you drunk enough to forget the pain."

"it's water isn't it?"

she puts her hand to her heart in mock offence. "tsunayoshi, i would never lie to you! but please don't drink it, as my one and only patient i can't let you die from drinking this alcohol." kahiro then grinned and set to work sterilising the tweezers that tsuna was still eyeing cautiously. "now, are you ready to feel the burn?"

"i am not happy with you being my doctor." he tells her.