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Chapter 22

A few days later Reborn was back to normal, walking around and speaking like his usual grumpy, aloof self. Whatever sickness he had had disappeared. Once he felt well enough, he took a few flights outside to get some good stretches in his other form or would walk around the campus, though that was less often due to the various female stalkers that liked to follow him. Though the raven didn't mind the attention, it got annoying after a while. Regardless, the fact that Reborn was back to normal made Tsuna's days a little crazier, but that worked out just fine for him. He'd rather have it crazy with everyone around him than have no one at all.

Fong and Colonello had decided to stay longer despite Reborn's recovery, taking an interest of their surroundings and would often wander about Earth in their free time. They would come and go back to Meraviglie when they felt the need and before Tsuna realized it, the regular arrivals of the two joining him whenever possible in the day was common. He grew used to cooking more food and buying various groceries with either of the three, but was still able to keep his money budget within the set bounds of spending.

Still, with the false lie of Colonello being one of his Assurers, his schedule was changed to include what appears to be a bonding class between Capturers and Assurers. But it got rid of one of his book classes that he despised deeply, he was happy with that. Though he wasn't sure on what to do since he didn't know if Colonello would want to follow along with him and Tsuna didn't want to ask in fear of being denied. Reborn didn't seem to care however, taking an interest in how these classes would work, and seemed ready to go at any time.

As Tsuna got himself prepared for his new class, he looked at the raven with a smile. "Ready?"

"Who are you talking to? I should be saying that to you," The raven just smirked and tilted his fedora to the side to give that infamous shade over his eyes. This resulted with a pout on the brunet's lips and Tsuna wanted nothing more than to flip that hat over. Reborn then turned to the blonde with an incline of his head, taking a glance at the eagle that was settled on the couch. "What about you, Colonello? You following? Or staying here?"

Colonello rubbed his chin as if trying to think for a moment and peered at Fong, who was apparently slumbering away below a window. The transformed fox was all curled up underneath the warm sunlight, his fur glowing in the beam, and seemed too peaceful to disturbed. But for Colonello, that meant he would have nothing better to do until the two came back. Shrugging his shoulders, he decided that it might be more interesting to just go along. "Sure, why not, kora."

Tsuna nodded and peered back at Fong with a smile. "We'll be back soon, Fong. Make sure to change positions, alright?"

There was a huff from the fox, but to everyone, it meant that he had heard and immediately rolled over onto his side to stretch. The nine long tails were flailing everywhere, no longer curled around the body, and Fong stretched his neck to get into a more comfortable position. The eyes remained closed shut and with a soft rise and fall of the chest, Fong was heading deep into dreamland. Tsuna smiled softly at the action and made his way out the door, the other two men following along right behind. Keeping his hands on his new schedule, he slowly made his way off towards the direction, praying that the new class wouldn't be too bad and that he could perhaps gain some new friends or at least a new start.

However, when he arrived, that hope was completely blown away the second he got one look at everyone. Many of his classmates from other classes were mixed into this one, which made him feel like he was back in the previous class he had been exchanged out of originally. Despite most people knowing who he was, reintroducing himself was nerve-racking as always since he'd never enjoyed the detested stares he got in return. And just as he had expected with his reputation, no one wanted to talk to him and ostracized him from the group, but that worked with Tsuna just fine. That left him alone with the two men beside him, the two people that at least treated him like normal human being. And anyway, he'd rather talk to them than anyone else.