siLent - Katekyo Hitman Reborn [COMPLETED]

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Tsuna is young and eight, a mere child, when he realises just how cruel the world can be.

He realises the power of words.

The pain of being laughed at.

The fear of being targetted by others.

The fact that people will never listen to you, or to what you want. Not if you are as small and useless and weak as Tsuna.

And it hurts, of course it does.

But what could someone like Tsuna do?

The world is never fair.

And Tsuna learns to keep his thoughts to himself.

Well, it's not like anyone wants to hear him anyway.

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When he first meets Reborn and hears of his heritage, and what he is to inherit— Tsuna doesn't want it.

"I don't want to be a mafia boss!" He screeches, already horrified at the idea of being plunged into the world of darkness.

To find someone like Dame-Tsuna to be the next heir, were they really that desperate?

Tsuna doesn't want the power, or the leadership.

Because Tsuna is weak, and he knows that he will only break and break and break until nothing of him is left if he were to take up the mantle.

But then, if the world isn't fair,

And if the world never listens,

Then why should Reborn?

The hitman merely snorts and shoots a bullet which grazes past the brunet's hair, and Tsuna lets out a shrill shriek, just as Reborn says, "You don't have a say in this, Dame-Tsuna. Life is never fair."

And Tsuna knows this much, his mind flashes back to the cold words of his tormentors and his constant pleadings for them to just stop and-

"I know." He whispers, but Reborn is already out of the room, unable to hear his quiet words.

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After Tsuna first saves Hayato, he finds himself both flattered and overwhelmed at the silveret's high expectations of him.

He claims Tsuna to be strong.

Worthy.

A great leader.

A saint.

And so when he asks to be Tsuna's subordinate, Tsuna smiles and nods. He understands, because that's what Hayato calls a friend.

He swallows down his own insecurities, and tries to be half the person Hayato thinks he is.

He hopes that he's not failing entirely.

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Tsuna's thoughts echo in his head over and over again.

He practises the words in his head once, twice and thrice, and hopes that maybe, just maybe, even someone as useless as he deserved to be heard. Deserved to have someone to just listen.