Moment In Time

Chapter 43

Chapter 43:Father(part 1)

When Tsuna was little he wanted his father's attention. He wanted his Papa to come home, to stay home. He wanted him to stay there with Mama and himself.

As he grew he wanted more.

He wanted to be able to go to his father for advice, for comfort, for affection. He wanted to go to his father for all the things he couldn't go to his mother for, he wanted his father to walk up and bap him in the back of his head and tell him 'you're being an idiot, grow a pair and just do it or deal' when he was scared he wanted his father to tell him it's ok and help him face those fears.

That never really happened and Tsuna had rejected Iemitsu Sawada as his father.

Eventually Reborn came into Tsuna's life.

Reborn terrified Tsuna at first, not because he was the hit man, but because he changed everything.

He changed Tsuna himself. He changed the people around Tsuna. He changed everything Tsuna thought he knew about himself, the world, and his family.

Tsuna supposed he began to see Reborn as a father when Reborn didn't leave Tsuna floundering with all the changes. When Reborn patiently- violently yes, but patiently- began to coach Tsuna through the changes.

Then Tsuna realized he could go to Reborn for advice. And he realized in his own way Reborn offered comfort and affection, even if it was violent in nature. He realized Reborn was perfectly willing to hit him over the head with a Leon-Mallet when he was being an idiot and tell him so, that he was willing to coach Tsuna through all his problems, and help Tsuna face his fears- even if Reborn had a tendency to throw him kicking and screaming into those fears- and conquer them. He realized Reborn did all the things Tsuna wanted his father to do and more.