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Ryohei knows he isn't the sharpest tool in the (or any) toolbox. Generally speaking, he can claim mastery of one thing (BOXING, to the EXTREME) and competency of another (his little sister).
And for many years, that was enough. He continues to try improving at the whole big brother thing, but little siblings (or maybe girls in general?) are difficult to work with. Fortunately, his sister is pretty easygoing, and appreciates his efforts for what they are. She smiles, and eventually Ryohei learns that Kyoko has different smiles that tell him important things. It's not a perfect system, but he is getting better at it. It's not like he's getting worse, at any rate.
So one day, when she comes to him and she isn't smiling, a red flag goes up in his head, and he does his best to focus and not yell. Extremely.
She asks him if everything is going well, if there is anything he isn't telling her. Ryohei thinks.
At the moment, no one (he knows of) is being threatened, there aren't any contests of strength to be had, and nothing stranger than normal has occurred.
So he tells her this, and Kyoko smiles. It isn't a happy smile though, and being the awesome big brother he is, he expresses his concern. Gently, to the Extreme.
"I just don't think Tsuna-Kun is very happy. He seems upset all the time, worried, and so I thought that maybe something else dangerous was happening."
It isn't a long conversation.
But it left Ryohei with a new concern. For all that he claimed Tsuna as a younger brother, it seemed that he had forgotten to take responsibility for that. Not Extremely cool.
So he started to watch his little brother outside of life-threatening situations, and came to the conclusion that Kyoko was right. Something was upsetting Tsuna, and it was his responsibility to fix it.
The question: How, and what was it?
Or two questions. Whatever. Thinking, Ryohei admitted (quite often) was not his strong point.
But that's what the Octopus head was for, right? Right. Therefore, the obvious answer to his problem was to ask Right Hand Man. If he didn't know what was upsetting his Little Brother, then Ryohei would have to go on a pilgrimage to find God and ask him.
Extreme.
So the alternate title of the chapter is 'Ryohei you troll' because I was working really, really hard with Hibari and instead our favorite Boxer just kind of jumps in and so...
yeah.
