Pictures
"Tsuna! Could you please change out some of the picture frames in the living room with the ones on the counter?" Nana calls from the kitchen where she is beginning to start on dinner.
"Okay!" Tsuna says as he picks up the pile and walks out into the living room. It was a tradition in their house to change out the pictures every time that the seasons changed. Usually Nana was the one who would do the changing, but, with all of the new additions to their small family, it seemed as though she was willing to enlist the help of her son around the house more and more. Tsuna doesn't pay too much attention to the pictures of himself, his mother, and his father until a rather happy picture of himself dressed as a robot catches his eye.
"Tsu-kun! Don't you look so nice?" Nana coos from the kitchen as a 10-year-old Tsuna dressed up as a robot walks into sight. His costume is very obviously handmade from a refrigerator box painted to resemble a well-known character from a recently popular show, but the child can't help but feel pride as he turns to show off his handiwork.
"Thanks, Mama!" Tsuna says with a sheepish smile. "Your costume is cool too!" The woman, dressed as a witch, laughs as she waves off his compliment.
"This old thing? It's not nearly as cool as your costume. Here." she hands her son a jack-o-lantern shaped trick-or-treat bag before picking up her camera and pointing it at him. "Smile for the camera!" Tsuna does as his mother tells him and smiles one of the biggest smiles that he has ever smiled.
Tsuna smiles fondly at the memory captured in the picture held in his hand. Nothing could ever take away the happiness that he felt in this moment. Not the fact that it was the first Halloween without his father, nor the following memories of being teased by other kids in the neighborhood. Because, in that moment, he was able to experience an emotion that was always so rare for him to experience.
Pride in himself.
A/N: Hello! This is the first part of a drabble series that I wrote over on my imagines blog (mistsrealillusions) on tumbler. Each one of these drabbles is accompanied with some other Halloween headcanons that I have. I hope you enjoy this!
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