Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman REBORN!

Warning: Bullying, violence, depression.

" Talk "

" Tsuna's writing/'talking' "

' Thought '

3. Home tutor

Tsuna backed off as the broom was pushed on him. He furrowed his brow in fear, and looked at his classmates.

"It's your fault we lost, you know!" The other boy yelled annoyed. "So, you can do the cleaning, right?"

Tsuna just lowered his head and held tight on the broom as he heard one of them sneer. He numbly looked at his feet while hearing the others mock him and soon he was alone in the gym.

Twisting his feet, he turned to see the window and peeped through it.

There, outside, was Sasagawa Kyoko and Kurokawa Hana talking to each other.

Tsuna's heart skipped a beat; Kyoko was smiling. Her lips curved up in a pure and innocent smile; her eyes lit in happiness. The sun illuminate her in a way that made her even more beautiful — in Tsuna's mind, of course. But he doubt that there were someone who thought different. She was, after all, the idol of Namimori.

And his crush.

Maybe it was romantic feelings, maybe it wasn't; but it didn't matter. All he could do was watch her from afar; watch her smile and giggle.

It was enough for Tsuna, anyway. He could live just watching and seeing a world so different from his. A place so warm and calm, safe from the pain.

Kyoko was his heaven. Just a glimpse of her made his bad thought go away and even if was for a second, he was grounded again and not drowning on his own silence. She was his safe spot.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Kyoko." Mochida-senpai's voice woke Tsuna up from his thoughts.

The older boy smirked upon seeing Kyoko acknowledge his presence and her friend go away. He made his way to her with confidence, something Tsuna doubted he would ever be able to do.

Stepping back from the window, he left the broom and decided to go home. He wasn't found of Mochida-senpai — one of his bullies — and didn't want to see him with the school's idol. For some reason it bothered him, but it wasn't like he could say anything, so it was better to just go away, far from what hurt him.

Nana looked up to the stairs and back to the telephone, frowning. Tsuna had come home earlier again and she was concerned for his well-being and education.

The young mother stared at the flyer that was on her mail box and bit her lower lip. Maybe calling the tutor was the right decision, but what if he just worsen her baby boy's situation? She should've asked him first. But if Tsuna get more lethargic than he already is, she won't know what to do.

Maybe it would be okay, even if the flyer was suspicious. Maybe a change on her son's routine could be a good choice and if she was luck, the tutor could be a wonderful man who could give Tsuna a new light.

She was already out of option, this was all she could do.

Determined, Nana went to her son's bedroom and knocked the door before opening it.

"Tsu-kun, I got a call from yout school! "She said, not angry, but worried. "You skipped class again?"

Tsuna, lying on the floor reading a manga, looked up to her. He slowly nodded and mouthed:

"Sorry... "

Nana sighed.

"I just want you to be happy, Tsu-kun. I want you to feel safe and confident. ", she said kneeling down and passing her hand through his brown locks. "... I called a home tutor, okay? "

The boy tensed. His mother hired a tutor, a person that should teach him, but in the end would just give up on him. One more person that he would disappoint. One more person that would make him feel useless.

He didn't want it; he didn't want anything. But his mother seemed so worried and scared; she cared too much about him and he was tired, however he didn't want to make his mother feel bad nor bother her.

"Okay. " he wrote on his phone and even managed to smile lightly.

As if waiting for Tsuna's approval, the doorbell rang and Nana went down stairs with her son tailing behind her.

"Ciaossu!"

The Sawada duo looked down. A small baby wearing a suit and a fedora smiled smugly.

"I arrived 3 hours early, but as a service, I'll evaluate you now. " he said entering in the house.

Nana shared a look with Tsuna and then kneeled down, a sweet smile appearing.

"Who are you little one? "She asked patiently, not really caring that he just invaded her house. "Are you lost?"

"Hm? I'm Reborn, the home tutor."

The baby stared at them and waited for their surprise to fade. The woman had gapped and covered her mouth with both of her hands; the boy just looked at him with eyes wide open before chuckling.

Reborn's finger twitched. Honestly, that was why he didn't like to meddle with civilians. He hated his cursed form and to be looked down by the others when he was, obviously, the best, was something that fueled his annoyance. But of course he wouldn't let his self be carried by the looks of the mother and son duo, so it didn't pass unnoticed by him how his new student tensed after seeing his finger twitch.

"So you're Tsuna, right?" Reborn didn't wait for an answer and continued. "Let's go to your room and start."

The boy nodded while the mother looked to him worried. Noticing it, Tsuna turned to her and nodded again but not breaking the eye contact with her. Reborn concluded that it was his way to reassure her when the woman's shoulders fell and her lips tugged upside a little.

While Tsuna sat on his bedroom's floor, Reborn put his briefcase down and opend it.

"Let's start. "He said looking at the parts of his gun and then putting them together. "My real job is to make you a Mafia Boss."

Reborn looked closely as Tsuna reacted. The teeneger jumped on his seat, his eyes widening and his mouth hanging open; tense shoulder and one of his hand holding tight the cellphone while the other was closed in a fist. His posture changed, he was ready to flee.

Being honest, Reborn never thought that his reaction were going to be so strong. He expected Tsuna to laugh him off (or something close, as he is mute), not to be taken serious.

"I was assigned by Nono — The ninth Vongola Boss — to make you an exellent Mafia Boss."

Between the fear and incredulity in his eyes, confusion also shined there. The boy started — or tried — to use his eletronic to communicate, but Reborn cut him, already answering the unsaid question.

"You are the direct descendent of Vongola Primo, the founder of the Vongola Famiglia, and so a legitimate candidate to the boss position. "He then showed Vongola's family tree with the name 'Giotto' on the top and at the bottom his name.

"But there isn't any other candidate? Someone from the mafia? ", Tsuna asked a little more calm.

"The sons of the current head of the famiglia died. Enrico, the most qualified, was shot; Massimo was drowned; and Federico, the favorite child, was found reduced to bones. ", Reborn said while showing photos of the deaths and Tsuna's face twisted more and more after seeing each them.

Putting back his gun to his briefcase, the baby smiled.

"I'm hungry now. We'll continue tomorrow. "

I hope you guys like it!

Uh... just to say something, in the last chapter it wasn't that Reborn felt the need to save/help Tsuna. It was just that he knew that Tsuna needs to have confidence to talk back to people and protect his self if he is going to be a mafia boss. Sorry if it seemed that Reborn wanted to help out little tuna by just observing him.

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