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A shriek rang out from the bathroom.
Byakuran ran into the bathroom and crashed into Tsuna, the source of the noise. "Tsunayoshi-kun?! What happened?!"
Tsuna clung onto Byakuran, fearfully pointing towards the floor, near the bathtub. Byakuran followed his gaze and mirrored Tsuna's shriek.
A spider.
A huge, black, ugly spider!
He quickly lifted Tsuna into his arms and leapt onto the highest point in the bathroom, which happened to be the sink.
"What are you two screaming about?"
Mukuro entered the room and stared at the scene in front of him.
Byakuran was standing on the sink, hunched over slightly to not hit his head, with Tsuna in his arms and clinging to him like a limpet.
They were both staring wide-eyed at something on the floor, and Mukuro followed their gazes to find.. a spider.
Mukuro stared deadpan at the tiny creature for a second, then turned back to his boyfriends with an equally deadpan look. Seriously?
Byakuran looked insistently at him, while Tsuna just kept his face buried in Byakuran's shoulder.
Mukuro sighed, stepped towards the offending arachnid, and smoothly picked it up, cracking the window open with his free hand and letting it out.
"There, it's gone."
Tsuna slowly turned towards him. "Are you sure?"
"Very sure. Now could you please get down from there and stop acting like idiots?"
Byakuran did so, shooting him an offended look in the process.
Tsuna twisted himself out of Byakuran's arms, landed on the floor, and shot him an equally offended look.
Mukuro just raised an eyebrow, still staring deadpan. "It was just a spider."
The two fixed him with stares of shocked betrayal. "'Just a spider'..?" - "How dare you, Mukuro-kun!"
Exasperated, Mukuro lost his deadpan look and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"You two are the most powerful Mafia bosses currently in existence. Why, exactly, are you afraid of a creature smaller than your thumb?"
"Spiders are deadly." said Tsuna, giving a shudder. Byakuran sympathetically patted his shoulder.
"So are Mafiosi."
"Yeah, but Mafiosi can't sneak up on you like spiders," said Byakuran.
"Plus, they're bigger targets, so they're easier to hit," Tsuna added. Byakuran nodded emphatically. "Yeah, exactly!"
Mukuro stared for a moment, then gave up. "You're both ridiculous," he concluded, "but for the sake of my remaining sanity, I'll stop arguing. Just.. tell me next time you find one, alright?"
Byakuran beamed, leaning over to give Mukuro a grateful peck on the cheek as Tsuna smiled and reached for his hand. "Deal. You're the best, Mukuro-kun!"
Mukuro sighed again, but couldn't quite keep a smile from his face as Tsuna took his hand and asked, "how about a snack to forget about it?"
He couldn't say no to Tsuna's cooking. And a snack did sound nice right about now.
"Alright."