Moment In Time

Chapter 33

Chapter 33:Trust

Trust is a tricky thing that is hard to earn and easy to lose.

For Reborn Trust is exceptionally hard to earn, and it is harder to give.

Reborn is a Killer. He is a Hitman- the best in the world. He knows hundreds of thousands of ways to kill a person before their body even has time to register something has happened. Who in their right mind would trust a killer like Reborn?

That person started out as Tsuna and soon it grew to include his Guardians.

Reborn knew how precious Trust was especially when it was given to him, and he treasured their trust even if he never said anything aloud or even acknowledged it.

Reborn doesn't give his trust to many people.

He is a killer- the best in the world. As such he has earned himself quite a large number of enemies. Reborn knows this. He knows that there are people who would try to get close to him so they can take his life or take advantage of the perks that come with knowing him. He knows there are people who will try to get to know him so they can kill people that are close to him.

For these reasons Reborn tends to hold his trust close to his heart.

The first person that earned his trust had been the Ninth. Reborn trusted him not only with his life but with his own life as well. He trusted the Ninth to be able to defend himself from Reborn's enemies.

Next had been Tsuna himself. Tsuna hadn't known who Reborn was at all, he hadn't been trying to get close to him for perks or to kill him. It had been a genuine bond formed in blood, tears and pain. A genuine care that had formed between them and a slow expansion of trust and respect on both their parts. Reborn had grown to trust Tsuna with his life- one of the reasons he had chosen Tsuna in the Representative Battle- and he had grown to trust Tsuna's strength both metal and physical.

Through Tsuna Reborn had grown to trust his Guardians and through Tsuna the Guardians had learned to trust him.

Trust was precious.

Reborn knew that. And he was silently thankful.