Let's Prove Them Wrong

Part 3

Reborn rolled his eyes since Tsuna was acting like this was a drug deal. Reborn took his hand anyways and said, "A fair trade."  

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Since Nana had made the food, Tsuna and Reborn promised they would do the dishes. They practically had to push Nana into the living room so they could do it too since she was so adamant on helping them in the slightest. Reborn and Tsuna still refused though so she read the newspaper on the couch while Tsuna and Reborn worked.

"Do you have any friends here, Tsuna?" Reborn asked as he dried a plate.

Tsuna shook his head. "Not really. People don't like me."

"Is it because of that rumour people kept telling me about?" Reborn picked up another plate but he was staring straight at Tsuna, seeing how he reacted to this.

Tsuna flinched a little when he heard Reborn knew about the rumour. He looked up quickly but looked back down when he saw Reborn was looking and focused on getting a small speck of dirt off of a spoon. "Yes, it's because of that. People think I'm weird because of it."

"They don't think you're weird. They think you're gay. There is a very big difference."

"Okay, well, anyways people aren't exactly accepting in this town so everybody kind of avoids me. There are some people that are nice to me though, so it's not that bad."

"But a majority of the school dislikes you because of how they don't like gay people?"

"Basically." Tsuna refused to look at Reborn because he knew what was coming next. He knew that Reborn was going to move out and say he wasn't comfortable rooming with him because he would be hit on, stared at, and be asked out by Tsuna.

"Well that's stupid. They should judge you based on how you treat other people, animals, maybe even yourself or your personality. Not if you enjoy a guy's body over a girl's."

"Wait, what? You're not going to ridicule me because of-"

Reborn gave Tsuna a look of disgust. "What do you think I am, Russian? I have an uncle that's gay so I grew up knowing it exists and that's it's okay to like something other than the opposite sex. So don't your underwear in a bunch over it. At least you're not lusting over that Kyoko girl like every other guy I have talked to. It's kind of sad how desperate they are."

Tsuna laughed, leaning his head against his hands as he tried not to start crying. It was hard though since somebody finally told him it was okay to be who he was. It was okay to be different. He felt his shoulders shake as he thought about it a small sob racking through him.

"Don't get sappy on me here. I only told you I don't care." Reborn said.

"That's the thing, you're the first person to tell me you don't care. Almost everybody in this town is so mean about it when the rumour spread and everybody in town heard about me. Some of the people look at me like I'm Satan incarnated or something. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to be told I can't buy something or get a person in my face saying I can't come into the store because of it. Other people look at me with sympathy, like they pity me. It's better then being looked at with anger but not by much. It's also terrifying to think that one day I could be hurt because of it if some people hate me that much."

"Again, that's stupid, and no matter how hard it is, you have to ignore it. People can only hurt you if you give them the consent."

"You know, I sometimes don't believe you're a teenager. Like who knows quotes like this?"

"The people that say them. Writers. People that actually read books."

"Okay, laugh at me reading online."