Written March 11 2016
Edited January 4 2020
"How do you feel about killing?..."
The hitman asked cautiously, he was curious but at the same time didn't want to upset the honey eyed brunette.
Tsuna bit his lip as he gazed towards the ground silently for a few moments before raising his head to meet Reborn's gaze.
"It hurts... Life is precious, but I won't hesitate to steal it away if it means that someone I care about will be safe if I do so..."
The hitman nodded in sympathy.
'It's good that he doesn't love killing but isn't afraid to kill. A mafia boss should be conscious of how precious life is, thankfully Tsuna is already conscious of the fact'
"Those are good words Tsuna"
A small smile laced the brunette's lips as a small blush tinted his cheeks as he looked away in embarrassment.
"Umm... What do you think about killing? Because, you know... You're a hitman..."
The hitman raised a brow at the question, it wasn't one that was completely off topic yet he hadn't expected it.
"I just kill whoever I deem fit, life is valuable, yet it fades so easily..."
The hitman replied lightly, he noticed a look of consideration within honey eyes.
"Tsuna"
"Hm?"
The brunette hummed in response.
"One day will you tell me why you only talk to a few people? There's got to be more to it than what you've already told me"
The hitman whispered softly as he stroked Leon who was perched atop his beloved fedora.
The brunette tilted hit head to the side and tapped his chin in thought.
"There is... I trust you with the answer... But I'm not comfortable to speak about it... It's nothing personal, I just–"
"I get it, you still haven't come to complete terms with it?"
'Everyone has things that they don't tell anyone, even if they trust the person... I'm no different after all...'
The brunette nodded sadly.
"Yeah, sometimes I wake up hoping that everything had just been a horrible nightmare..."
The brunette replied softly after coughing.
"I've been there...'
The hitman murmured as he remembered how he had ended up in the body of an infant.
"Yeah... I sort of figured, something happened to your real body right?"
The hitman froze in shock, wondering if the teen had read his thoughts.
"Why do you think so?"
The hitman stated, Tsuna shrugged in response.
"Even if you're a prodigy child, your taste buds wouldn't usually accept the strong espresso that you drink. Plus your strength just smells of experience that isn't possible if you were the actual age of your body. No matter how natural a person is at something, it takes time for those actions to become muscle memory"
Tsuna replied, the hitman's unease faded away at the logical response from the teen.
"You're right"
'Most people would just gloss over those pointers and just say that I was a special baby... But Tsuna guessed that my true body wasn't my current one...'
Tsuna nodded.
"I won't pry into that topic anymore, I just wanted to confirm"
The brunette soothed with a small smile, the hitman nodded thankfully and hopped onto his shoulder.
"Thanks, anyways I think I've seen enough of your stamina. I have to admit, I'm impressed, I wasn't expecting so much"
Reborn praised, changing the topic.
"Thanks, I have a lot of free time so I just run in the shadows..."
The hitman raised a brow.
"So this is what you do when you disappear? What about helping the bloodthirsty skylark?"
The brunette chuckled at how the description fitted his friend perfectly.
"Yeah but running helps me calm down and get out of small areas and away from people, it also allows me to scope for any assassins and dispose of them. However, I wasn't lying when I said that I help Kyoya with his paperwork, I didn't say that it was the only thing that I did after all"
Tsuna replied smoothly, the hitman smirked at how careful the brunette was with lying.
'He really seems to do his best to stick to the truth, even if it's part he's not absolute with ,his words half of the time to allow exceptions that couldn't seem as if he was lying... A great skill for any type of leader'
"You're really good at bending the truth yet at the same time not bending the truth"
The hitman stated.
"Yeah I hate liars, I don't mind not getting an answer, but I get upset when I'm lied to"
The brunette explained softly.
"Hence how you only tell the truth, a bit of the truth vaguely or even stay silent"
The hitman commented in realization.
"Yeah, I've seen enough liars like my dad"
Tsuna replied with a grimace, the hitman was amused at the brunette's obvious distaste for his father.
'It's not hard to dislike Iemitsu...'
"I'd take it you're not fond of your father?"
Reborn inquired.
"He's always lying to mom, even though I've already told her everything"
The hitman raised a brow at the brunette's statement.
"You told mama about the mafia?"
The brunette nodded.
"Of course, it's not fair that she would be left out in the dark, plus she was getting upset that dad never came home. She's more safe if she actually knows the potential dangers"
'I never realized... Sawada Nana is quite the actor...'
"Understandable"
"This one time dad sent mom a picture of him in the Arctic, apparently he was doing construction work there with penguins... Mom isn't stupid, and she knew that he was lying to her"
"... That idiot..."
Reborn couldn't believe that such an idiot was actually a highly ranked mafioso and leader.
"Yeah agreed... Anyways... What will my training entail?"
The brunette asked curiously, he was wondering if it was like Ie's but without the dying will bullet.
'Hmm I wonder...'
"Tomorrow I'll check on your combat skills, I've seen a few of them already, but I'm pretty sure that you have more than that"
The brunette nodded in acceptance.
"Okay"