*sparkles at you* Thank you! I work on this series slowly, generally as I get pinged by ideas that make me go "...wow, that would be hot." But I do like playing with Tsuna and Xanxus' weird relationship to each other an awful lot. They're so fascinatingly complicated.

I think Squalo is doing the equivalent of sticking his fingers in his ears and going lalalalalala this isn't happening. Even as he reaps the benefits, as it were.

And I love how present Tsuna's other people are in this, even though they aren't central. I've always sort of pictured Tsuna's Family perpetually sort of living in the back of his head, so it really works for that.

Yes, this exactly! Tsuna never lets go of his Family, never stops being aware of them--that's what being the Tenth means to him. I think that once Xanxus realizes that, and realizes that Tsuna counts him as Family, it's going to make his brain melt and dribble out his ears. But in a good way. Er. Yeah.