A sky within the night -KHR

57: Scolding

Written September 13 2016

Edited February 3 2020

Tsuna blinked at the hitman in surprise at his words, a small frown playing on his lips.

"What do you mean that my life isn't just my own anymore?"

The teen questioned, causing the hitman to internally sigh at how clueless the other could be.

'He really hasn't realized it yet...'

"Dame-Tsuna, more people than just you would be affected if you were to die. Think about your new friends and that skylark as well, how do you think they would react if you were to die or get hurt."

'Gokudera and Yamamoto have already become fiercely loyal to Tsuna.... Especially Gokudera'

The teen opened his mouth to respond, however he quickly closed it and averted his eyes towards the ground. He looked like he was feeling guilty.

"Gokudera would be lost after having finally found his sky, and Yamamoto would most likely lose his true smile. You saved Yamamoto from killing himself, so you have no right to throw away the value of your own life. Also, you're the only one who can keep Hibari in check, what do you think will happen if you die?"

The hitman scolded, causing the honey eyed teen to shudder slightly.

"I–"

The hitman inwardly smirked at how the teen's response faltered.

"And your mother, she really cares for you, your her son, how do you think she'd feel if you died and left her all alone with your horrendous brother?"

'Baka-Ie would most likely make her depressed, especially if Tsuna wasn't there to make things better for her...'

"And how would I look? I'm the world's greatest hitman, one of my assignments is to keep you and your brother alive, how do you think that would reflect on me if you died?"

Reborn added, his tone much softer than in the previous comments as he lowered his fedora to hide his face.

'I don't want you to die lazy-Tsuna.....'

A soft sigh escaped from the brunette's lips as he leaned against the wall and slid down it so that he was now sitting on the floor, he tucked his legs up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them while he let out a small whine.

"I– I never wanted to get involved with anyone.... I didn't want to make friends, or have anyone close to me...."

Tsuna whispered softly, petting Nezumi as the little rat hopped onto his knees.

'How can he expect not to make any important ties with anyone?...'

"So you're just going to throw them away?..."

The hitman prodded, wanting to find out how the teen's mind was working.

The teen shook his head, honey eyes dimming a bit.

"No..... I don't want to... I–I like the ties that I've made...."

Tsuna whispered softly as Nezumi nuzzled one of his fingers as if she was trying to cheer him up.

'That's good, it would have been a problem if he just threw away his ties as if they were nothing'

"So you're going to keep your ties, yet still throw your life around as if it's meaningless? That's actually quite cruel and selfish of you...."

The hitman replied with a sigh as he gave Leon a reassuring pat since the chameleon was starting to seem a little upset, much like himself.

"I–"

Tsuna clenched his eyes shut as he grit his teeth.

"I don't want to be like that..... But I also want to be with them....."

Tsuna replied softly, his voice slightly strained.

"Then care about your life, don't think of it as useless, gain some self preservation instincts as well"

Reborn replied with a smirk, honey opened to meet onyx.

'All he has to do is care about his life more.... It'll cause less problems and pain in the long run'

"But..... I won't be around forever.... I'll disappear and leave everyone... Even though I don't want to...."

Tsuna whispered, his voice barely audible. The hitman raised a brow, curious about the teen's words.

'He's going to leave? Or is this about his health being poor?'

"And why is that lazy-Tsuna?"

Reborn inquired as he hopped onto his student's head and tugged at the teen's hair.

The teen shook his head, ignoring the tug.

"Can't say yet.... I just have the feeling that I'm not going to be around for much longer...."

The hitman frowned at the response, it wasn't what he was hoping for, however he decided to let it go in favour of being on the teen's good side.

"Then do what you can to survive until you have to leave"

'It's always better to never have regrets...'

Reborn replied with ease as he hopped onto the teen's bed, Tsuna blinked at the hitman in surprise.

"But then I'll become even more close to people and it would become more painful...."

"Dame-Tsuna, pain is a part of life, which is something that you should already know, it'll be fine, just so long as you have no regrets"

Reborn sighed, not used to trying to cheer others up, he was more used to being the one who causes the misery in others

"No regrets?"

The hitman nodded.

"Live with a dying will, especially if you have a feeling that you won't be around for long"

'Though if I have anything to say about it, you'd be around for a very long time as the Vongola Decimo'

The teen's lips quirked up slightly into a faint smile at the hitman's words.

"I don't think that I'll be able to live with a dying will.... Though, I guess I could maybe try to be a little more careful...."

The brunette relented, having long known that this was where the conversation was going to end up.

'Tch.... At least he's going to attempt being more careful, hopefully this means that he won't actively go out just to get captured because he's too lazy to track his enemies down like that one time....'

"Well, I guess it's a start Dame-Tsuna"

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Me: so hope ya guys enjoyed the lecture from Reborn, it was fun to write~ especially how it's soft of a round about way of him saying that he cares for Tsuna hehe ^-^