Adventure Time with Hibari Kira!

4 Problems

Agreeing to tutor my classmate turned out to be much more eventful than anticipated. Aside from the real issue of Sawada's lack of self confidence, his friend's attitude towards everyone was very confusing. Gokudera seemed to hate him right off the bat, but now worshipped him? What the hecking heck was going on here?

Part of Sawada's poor academics stemmed from his ingrained perception that everything he tries to do will be wrong so his mind is in a constant frenzy. This... was too relatable. There was only so much I could do to try to inspire confidence–well, more like subdue some of the overwhelming feeling of doom–but it was quite hard with Kyoya in the room. Sawada's last practice sheet was barely legible as his handwriting was exceptionally shaky.

After two weeks of getting nowhere this way, I decided to ask Kyoya to move the tutoring location.

"Does it have to be on school grounds? He seems traumatized by it."

"I didn't expect you to care so much about him. You know the people he hangs around with aren't safe."

I bit the inside of my cheeks from saying 'Neither are you'.

"What?"

"Nothing. You know that if this continues it's just a waste of time."

Kyoya breathed out a sigh. "You still need to be supervised."

"Does it have to be by you?"

"..."

"Is that a yes?"

"There's no one else I can trust."

"What about his parents?"

Kyoya didn't budge. "Parent. His father isn't in the country."

For some reason I felt ashamed. Staring at my feet I asked, "What if he comes over to our house when mom or dad is around? They've been wanting to come every weekend but..."

Kyoya didn't respond right away. He didn't seem bothered by that in any way, maybe he was waiting for me to ask that? Truthfully, I wanted an excuse to see mom and dad more often, but I didn't know how to do it without hurting our relationship. With his personality, if I were to leave Kyoya, he'd choose solitude and that thought crushed my heart.

"I'm fine with that. Just don't expect me to be nice to them."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Yay! Thank you, Kyoya!" My mood swung back up and I hugged him tight, bouncing up and down. For my foreseeable school days, I could count on using tutoring as a way to see my parents. "I'm so happy!"

The last time they came over was... tense to say the least. Kyoya and I cooked at my request, which made them really happy. The actual dinner part was less so. Kyoya pointedly ignored their questions, only occasionally asking me something here and there. He took his stance long ago, I just didn't expect him to say nothing even now.

One of these days I'll get to the bottom of his hatred, but that was not today! First things first, I should call Sawada and see if he's cool with the change. Chances are, Kyoya won't even be in the room, he might not even be at home. This should relieve a good amount of tension.

"Hello?" The now familiar meek voice answered.

I gently closed my bedroom door behind me. "Hey! You busy right now?"

"No. I can talk."

I could faintly hear cars in the background. Probably downtown. "Are you cool with studying at my house on weekends instead? Kyoya won't be there, it'll be my parents instead–but they're cool!"