Written May 31 2016
Edited January 25 2020

Honey eyes blinked in confusion at the hitman's silence, he paused in lapping up the blood on his arm.

"What's with the silence?"

'What he said could be interpreted in many ways... I'll mess with him'

The hitman tipped up his fedora and smirked at the confused brunette.

"Dame-Tsuna, think about what you just said"

'I wonder if he'll be able to figure it out'

The brunette was silent for a few moments before a fierce blush covered his face.

"Gah! Reborn you idiot!"

Tsuna squeaked in embarrassment, the hitman's smirk grew in volume at the brunette's response as he ignored the fact that he was called an idiot.

'So he isn't truly innocent, good. The mafia would have eaten him up, innocence and all'

"A mafia boss must choose his words wisely"

The hitman scolded in amusement, the brunette let out a soft huff as he crossed his arms.

"I meant as in how an injured animal licks their wounds!"

'I already guessed that, but it's fun to mess with him'

The honey eyed teen whined softly before going back to licking up his blood.

Reborn grimaced faintly at this, not liking the fact that his chosen student was willingly licking up his own blood.

'It's actually rather disturbing...'

"Why do you lick up your blood?"

The hitman sighed after a few minutes when he realized that the teen wasn't stopping.

Honey eyes blinked at the hitman before flickering towards his arm.

"There are most likely nutrients in my blood, I might as well regain them"

The brunette replied, as if the answer was an obvious one.

'I have such a strange student...'

"I see... I guess that I've got to break whatever blood fetish you have then"

Tsuna's jaw dropped abruptly at the hitman's words.

'Well that got a reaction'

"Y-you!"

The brunette pointed a finger at the infant accusingly before continuing.

"I-It's not a fetish! I don't get– uh... I don't get entertained by that kind of thing!"

Tsuna squeaked as he jumped to his feet, using a nearby tree trunk to streaky his balance.

"Oh are you sure?..."

Reborn trailed off with a devious smirk. Tsuna nodded silently at this.

"Hmm... Maybe instead of lazy-Tsuna you could be Pervy-Tsuna or even Kinky-Tsuna"

Reborn had to suppress a chuckle at how his student's face seemed to pale drastically.

'Hmmm maybe I should stop messing with him, though the faces he makes when flustered are quite nice'

"Please don't..."

Tsuna whines softly, coughing a bit.

"Fine, anyways are you ready to leave the forest lazy-Tsuna?"

The hitman inquired, he was pretty sure that the teen was okay, however he wanted to make sure. He figured that the teen needed all the rest he could get, especially with his tendency to find danger.

The brunette was silent as he thought for a moment before nodding.

"Yeah, I'm completely healed now"

The hitman noted that the brunette had no scars on his arms despite how there'd been some just a bit ago.

'What's with that?'

Tsuna noticed the hitman's curious gaze and smiled sheepishly as he scratched his head, avoiding eye contact.

"Ah my saliva has a semi-healing agent that is very effective on injuries or my scars exclusively if they're less than an hour old"

Tsuna replied softly.

"Oh, so if someone was covered in wounds, you'd just have to trail your tongue all over their body and they'll be fine?"

Reborn stated in amusement as he watched the poor teen's face heat up even more than before.

"Y-you!"

Tsuna stuttered before he silently fumed.

'At least he's taking my jokes as they are instead of smiling and patting my head like some civilians... Sometimes this body is really inconvenient'

The hitman lowered his fedora and beckoned the teen to follow him out of the forest.

"Okay, I've had my fill of teasing you"

The hitman stated with amusement, the pink dusting still hadn't left the teen's cheeks.

"Thank god... You're really horrible at times..."

The brunette sighed in semi-false dejection.

'For some reason when he insults me, I don't feel like killing him like most people'

"Hurry up, your mother is worried sick"

Reborn called as he hopped onto the teen's head.

When they arrived back home, the two of them went straight to bed, Tsuna hugging the hitman like a teddy bear and the hitman soaking up the sky essence surrounding him like a sponge.

At 5 AM the hitman felt the loss of the warmth surrounding him,his eyes opened in annoyance to see the teen standing in front of the bed.

'I was actually really comfy... Though that's because of his sky aura being so strong'

"Going to 'disappear' lazy-Tsuna?"

The hitman inquired, Tsuna looked back towards the hitman, flashing orange for a brief second.

The hitman noticed the slight grimace in the teen.

"Yeah..."

The honey eyed teen whispered softly before coughing, the hitman frowned before hopping onto his head.

"Take me with you, we can go together"

Reborn stated as he petted the fluffy brown locks.

The brunette bit his lip slightly at the hitman's words.

"I'd like to be on my own..."

Tsuna replied softly.

"Oh so you're going to have one of your 'attacks' soon?"

'I'm still a little curious about them'

Reborn inquired , his answer was clear from the tensing of the teen's shoulders.

"Y-yeah..."

'Good, he's not so stupid so as to tell a visible lie to me like his brother, though then again, Tsuna doesn't lie, he only stays silent or says words with double meanings'

The brunette replied as he clutched his chest slightly, Reborn noted that his voice was somewhat strained.

"I'd like to observe, I'm still curious"

From the increasing tenseness of the teen, the hitman could tell that the other was uneasy with his request.

"I'd rather be alone..."

Tsuna replied as he picked up the hitman and placed him on the floor.

'From his actions, his 'attacks' seem to make him feel vulnerable...'