Second Chances
Chapter Thirteen – First Truths
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyō Hitman Reborn.
A/N: Adult Reborn X Nana. AU. Some OoC. Will update relationships as other relationships appear ;)
Answers to questions/comments can be found at the end of the story. Please read for an important announcement.
Present Day
The whole time Nana followed Ren-kun, she continually told herself, 'I can do this. He will tell the truth. I can do this…'
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As Nana and Reborn ordered their kakigōri, Fon snuck away. Prior to the date, Reborn had discussed what would happen and when it would happen with him. So, according to plan, Fon left the duo and scouted ahead.
Arriving at the secluded fountain, Fon made sure no-one would interrupt the discussion to be held there. Once he was satisfied, he signaled for Reborn to enter.
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Reborn guided Nana towards the meeting place. With his fedora pulled down, he contemplated what he would tell her today. Focusing on his conversation with Yamamato, he decided to start from there.
Approaching the fountain, Reborn motioned for Nana to sit beside him. When he looked at her, he felt as if he was carrying a large weight upon his shoulders. Her large expressive eyes looked as if they were a window to her heart, and he did not want to break it again.
Clearing his throat he began, "Nana-chan, you asked where I have been and why I left you. I want to tell you the truth, but to do that I need to start at the beginning."
Nana nodded slightly, her hands grasping her skirt.
"When I met you, I was a contract hit-man and a member of the 'I Prescelti Sette.'" pausing briefly, he continued, "To be precise, when I met you; I was under contract by both the Vongola Mafia and the 'I Prescelti Sette.'"
Reborn was no longer looking at Nana, as his gaze had drifted to the fountain and he now saw only the past reflected there.
"Vongola Nono had hired me to track down and eliminate a local Yakuza Family that had left the Vongola Alliance and was selling information about alliance members. That Yakuza Family was led by your father.
Shortly after I accepted the contract, a Vongola informant contacted Vongola Nono. Your father had arranged for the informant to set-up your omai, knowing that she would turn him and his family in. The only thing he asked was for you to be spared."
Nana's sharp intake of breath caused Reborn to look at her. She was still sitting next to him with her hands fisted in her lap. But now, she had tears streaming down her face as she was crying silently while listening to his story.
He wanted to reach out and comfort her. He wanted to shoot something. But he did neither. He knew that if he did anything other than finish this part of his story, he would never have a chance to tell it again.
"The day I met you, I already knew everything about you. An associate and I had followed your movements for days beforehand. The two of us, Yamamato and I, were hand-picked by your father.
He chose me as the method of his death.
He chose Yamamato because," Reborn paused. His instincts told him he needed to tell the whole truth, yet he knew this was Yamamato's truth to tell, not his. "The reasons for choosing Yamamato should be asked of him.
The three of us courted you earnestly, but we each had our own reasons. For myself, you began as a means to an end. But you became the path to my salvation.
I never lied to you. But I did not tell you everything.
After I completed my contract and your father was buried, I left. I told you I would return to you and believed that I would."
Reborn stopped. Mentally he shook the remnants of his memories away. He had revealed more today than he had intended to.
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Tsuna didn't know what was wrong, but his intuition told him that his mother needed him. As the bell rang to signal the end of his lunch, he rushed off the campus grounds and towards his home.
Alone, since Yamamato ad Gokudera had gone ahead to class, he ran through the streets of Namimori. As he neared his home, his intuition urged him towards the park.
In the end, Tsuna found himself standing beside Fon as he listened to Reborn's tale. As his tutor finished his tale, his mother crumpled.
Tsuna rushed to his mother as she began sobbing. A glance at Reborn, showed him a sight he never thought to see before the hit-man pulled his fedora down. Though Reborn never showed emotion, Tsuna knew that what he had seen in the other's eyes was a deep sadness.
Tsuna picked up his mother and took her home.
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Nana neither remembered being brought home nor how she had ended up in bed. She only remembered having cried herself to sleep.
The next day she found herself cleaning. Everything and anything in her home needed cleaning. As she cleaned, she thought. She thought about Ren-kun's tale. She thought about their past.
She understood what he had done. She understood why he did it.
And now she understood why Iemitsu arrived in her life. Tomorrow, on her next date with Ren-kun, she would ask him about her husband.
She had two more dates that she had promised Ren-kun. She would use those to find out the truth. Then she would decide, whether to forgive or forget.
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