~Not Working As Expected~
As they finished eating breakfast, both of them went back to the cave Skull used to live in. Tsuna wanted to test out both of their flames, and they can't do it in public.
"You'll try first," Tsuna said nonchalantly. Skull shook his head, disagreed with his decision.
"W-well, I've rarely use my flames before, even in the past life," he stuttered.
Tsuna sighed, and agreed that he will show how to use flames to him. His tensed shoulders became more relaxed. He stood calmly in his spot, before getting into his Hyper Dying Will Mode.
Skull stared at him with some sort of odd fascination. While he was obviously not on guard, Tsuna tapped his shoulder gently, but it still caused surprise to him.
"Your turn," Tsuna told him.
Skull took a deep breath, and asked, "Um, how do we released our flames, again?"
Tsuna answered to his question, "Think of something that you cared for, or something you wanted to protect. That usually worked out for me."
Skull understood and tried to do as what he just said. He closed his eyes, and trys to think about someone that he always cared for.
And he didn't know who is it. Tsuna is his friend, but to be honest, there's still a lot of things Skull doesn't know about him. The only person he knew is Tsuna, nobody else.
Ha.
He fluttered his eyes open slowly. He quietly spoke, "It's not working."
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Tsuna blinked his eyes. "What," it was more like a statement than a question.
Skull sighed and said the same thing as before, "It's not working."
"But, how!?"
"I.. I don't know who or what do I care for. I desired to protect nothing and I have absolutely nothing to lose or protect," he chuckled darkly.
Tsuna stared at him with corcern. Surprisingly, he understands his problems. He embraced Skull suddenly, without any warning.
Skull is shocked with the sudden act of affection. He felt very safe under Tsuna's hug and actually wished to not be released.
"Don't worry, I felt the same thing as you, when I first activated my flame."
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The sudden hurt/comfort element at the end is hundred percent not in the original plan. I have no control when writing this chapter.
Also, the endgame for this fic is possibly Fon/Skull/Reborn.