Moment In Time

Chapter 55

Chapter 55:Weak

Tsuna was very close with all of the Arcobaleno. Reborn- of course- as his tutor turned advisor. Fon had stuck around after the breaking of the curse for I-Pin and had ended up getting drawn in by Tsuna before he could leave and so never really did. Verde had been drawn in to help Spanner and Shoichi and had also fallen to Tsuna's pull though he swore he stayed for the chance to observe Tsuna's effects on Reborn and everyone around him. It helped that Vongola had some very top notch equipment and Verde was very aware that it was thanks to Tsuna he was aging to his adult body. Colonnello and Lal both had already been associated with Tsuna through Mafia Land and the CEDEF and so only had to drift into visiting more often. Viper originally only approached Tsuna due to the debt he felt he owed for the return of his adult body, but Tsuna ended up charming the mist as well and as a result he was the one sent when the Varia needed to interact with the brunette.

Skull thought......skull was someone Tsuna was very close to having connected and empathized with the purple haired man from the very beginning.

Skull had always been called 'weak' and was always the one the other Arcobaleno picked on both verbally and physically, he was treated as a lackey.

Tsuna looked at that and remembered all the times he had been told 'you're not good enough. You're weak.' All the times he was bullied and hurt and Tsuna saw in Skull a kindred spirit. It was the reason he had reached out to Skull rather than Skull coming to Tsuna.

It took a while for Skull to respond to him. Skull was so used to being used because he was Immortal that it never even crossed his mind that Tsuna might actually be reaching out to him because he wanted to know Skull. It never crossed his mind that Tsuna was the true definition of a Sky given form.

That Tsuna would never ask Skull to change himself or use Skull for his abilities that Tsuna just naturally and without thought reached out to all the misfits of the world and enveloped them into his family asking for nothing in return.

And Skull liked Tsuna.

Tsuna was gentle and caring and Reborn picked on him too, but Skull couldn't quite believe that Tsuna really only wanted Skull to be happy and know that Tsuna welcomed him into his family with open arms, no reservations, no catches.

In the end what eventually convinces Skull that Tsuna really only wanted Skull to be free to wander under the sky and be happy with a place beside him to call home is Tsuna's reaction when he finds out about the missions his Family are piling on his shoulders.

The missions are hard. They would be considered Suicide Missions for anyone who wasn't immortal, but Skull can do them so his Family use him as everyone before them have used him and he is sent out again and again without thought.

Skull doesn't actually know how Tsuna found out about the missions- he assumes it has something to do with Vongola Resources and leaves it at that, but Skull does remember Tsuna's reaction.

Tsuna had been so angry about what they were doing to him. He had noticed Skull looked tired almost constantly. (Tsuna may not have gotten him into the Family at this point but he did get Skull to visit at least once a week and he had even convinced him to remove the helmet in his presence) He had been worried and a worried Tsuna was a determined dangerous Tsuna. He had used Vongola's vast resources and quickly discovered exactly what Skull's Family was doing to him.

It had enraged the normally calm laid back brunette. In very short order Tsuna had 'talked' to Skull's Family and was then welcoming Skull into Vongola.

Skull never did find out what it was exactly that Tsuna had done to get him from his old Family, but it only took two weeks for Skull to realize Tsuna was different and wasn't going to use him and become eternally thankful.