The Shadow*"Hello?""Shadow Demon."

The Shadow*

"Hello?"

"Shadow Demon." A soft voice replied. A voice that was only too familiar to Tsuna. He could never forget this voice.

"Byakuran of the Millefiore." Tsuna growled in reply. "And what do I owe the pleasure of this call?"

Byakuran chuckled. "There is no need for such an attitude, Shadow Demon."

"How many times must I tell you that I will not work for the Millefiore?" Tsuna snapped.

"That hardly seems fair, Shadow Demon. You work for all the other Mafia Famiglia, no matter their crimes, which means you must have a grudge against Millefiore." Byakuran concluded, making Tsuna scowl in annoyance.

"Think what you like, Byakuran."

"My dear Shadow Demon, I would very much like to work with you. We should meet up and resolve our differences so we may do business together."

"That. Would not be a good idea."

"Oh?"

"I would kill you the moment I laid eyes on you, Byakuran."

"I am not that weak, Shadow."

Tsuna scoffed. "Whatever, Byakuran. I'm busy. Don't call me again." Huffing in annoyance, Tsuna ended the call and practically threw his phone back in his bag. He hated talking to that man. Couldn't he just get the message and stop calling him?

"Hey Tsunayoshi, is everything okay? You seem upset." Takeshi asked when the younger boy came back to them.

Sighing, Tsuna ran a hand through his hair in a frustrated manner. "It's nothing you need to worry about. So, about this project?"

Not believing his acquaintance, but figuring he should drop it for now, Takeshi grinned. "Right, let's go. Where do you want to work on this? Your place?"

Tsuna grimaced. "Sorry, but I don't let anyone into my apartment."

"Awww, not even your acquaintance?" Takeshi asked with a cheeky smile, which Tsuna ignored as the two boys left the school, waving back at the others as they left. "So where are we going to work on it since both of our homes are off-limit?"

"Library for today since all we're doing is picking a scene and deciding how to build it. After that, we'll see if one of our teachers will let us use the classroom after school to work on it." Tsuna replied, trying to keep his annoyance form the phone call hidden.

Seeing as he saw the anger earlier though, Takeshi already knew his acquaintance was not happy so he could detect the well-hidden annoyance in Tsuna's tone. "Now, now, Tsunayoshi, just forget that call. Brooding on it will only make it worse. Forgetting it will make you smile."

"I can't just forget it. It is….important." Tsuna argued.

"Then forget it for now and worry about it later. If you think about it while upset and annoyed, you'll never see the solution." Takeshi retorted. Seeing the distress in those brown eyes, the Rain heir slung an arm around his partner's shoulders. "Personally, I think we should do an easy scene to build. What would be easy?"

Tsuna rolled his eyes. "The whole book was easy, Takeshi."

Takeshi huffed. "Well, that doesn't help us pick a scene.