Late at night, in the Vongola's base, Irie Shouchi's laptop flickered to life. From his bed, he noticed the screen blinking on, and wrapped his blanket around his waist and pushed his glasses back on as the screen blinked the words "Video Message: Recieve Y/N?"

He glanced at the screen's clock. 2:56 am. If it was an emercency, they wouldn't have used the webcam- meaning it was probably someone it Italy, where it would be just before ten in the morning. But who would still be trying to contact him after Melone Base?

Shouichi clicked the letter 'Y' curiously. The screen flashed to a farmiliar face grinning at him, nearly causing Shouichi to fall backwards in surprise.

"Good morning, Shou-chan!"

"B-Byakuran-san! What the hell?"

The image smiled at him. "I just thought I'd see how everything's going for my dearest friend on your side. Getting all prepared for Choice?"

Shoichi fell backwards with a sigh, resting his weight on his palms. "Yes, it's quite busy. Spanner and I were just taking a break for a while, and I was hoping to get some sleep for once. Why are you calling mne, really?"

Byakuran's visage pouted at him. "Why, Shou-chan, I'm sad that after all we've been through you'd doubt my reasons. Can't I want to talk with my old friend before I kill him and his family?" The image squinted at him. "You're not wearing any clothing, Shou-chan..."

Irie blushed, pulling the sheet around him higher. "That's not your business in any way, Byakuran." He said with a glare.

Byakuran gave him a curious look. "But you only sleep naked when we..."

"That is even LESS your business!" He barked. He reached to turn off the screen and cut off communications, when Spanner snuck up behind him to peer over his shoulder.

"What's this? A communication at this hour? Is that who it looks like, Shouichi?" The mechanic asked with a raised eyebrow.

Byakuran's image seemed to be surpressing a cringe, forcing it into a smile. "That's... Your mechanic friend from Black Spell? Really?"

Shouichi did not fail to notice Byakuran's expresstion falter. He grinned. "He's not in Black Spell anymore, obviously. But I should think that it's fairly obvious, Byakuran-san."

Byakuran twitched. Shouichi continued. "Also, I feel I should let you know; you were horrible in bed. I was just too lazy to fight you off all the time." He said triumphantly, slapping the screen of his laptop closed with a click.

Spanner glanced at the other. "That was interesting."

Shouichi barely glanced back. "Well. It's true anyway. That guy's such an asshole."