XLIII

[wilder]

[City Filter/Tsuna's room at Casa de Guts]

[Hey Tsuna are you in your room? ]

[Cool, because there seems to be some sort of tapping on your glass from what seems to be a stick.]

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[not_mafia]

[Yep, just laying down on the bed and thinking at the moment. He blinks when he hears the tapping, and gets up and goes over to inspect it.]

[wilder]

[And the moment he gets close enough, Zelos will call down]

Grab a coat and get up on the roof.

[not_mafia]

[... the hell?

Tsuna opens the window and looks around, then tries to twist his neck to look up.]

Zelos? Was that you?

[wilder]

[And there's Zelos with a stick in his hand, sitting up on the roof]

That? Nah it was the other guy sitting on your roof with a stick.

[in a staged whisper, putting his hand near his mouth to emphasize] Between you and me I think he's got issues.

[not_mafia]

[OKAY DISREGARDING YOUR FOOLING AROUND FOR A SECOND--]

What the heck are you doing up there?

[wilder]

I'm waiting for you to get your coat and get up here.

[not_mafia]

Why on the... [SIGH. Nevermind. Just chalking it up to 'it's Zelos'. Reluctantly:] Alright, alright.

[He'll be up in just a couple of minutes. He looks a bit suspicious, and definitely doesn't sound too perky.]

Yeah?

[wilder]

['It's Zelos' is probably the best way to look at these things Tsuna. He'll move to stand when Tsuna comes out here]

Cool. Figured we'd get more privacy on the roofs.

You ever roof jump before?

[not_mafia]

[... roof jump? What a strange question. He rubs the back of his neck, thinking.]

Um... I guess I might have once or twice?

[wilder]

Good. C'mon.

[He'll walk over to the edge of the roof and proceed to leap over to land on the roof of the next building over]

[not_mafia]

[He comes over to the edge and hesitantly looks over.

Hoo boy. This was so much easier when he was in Dying Will Mode.

He looks up at Zelos, not jumping yet.]

H-hold on! Where are you taking me?

[wilder]

[He'll glance back at the kid]

Some place where your housemates can't eavesdrop on you.

Don't worry, if you fall I'll catch you.

[not_mafia]

[Eavesdrop...? His mouth twists into a frown, and he still looks pretty uncertain about this. But, well, it sounded like it could be pretty important...

He takes a deep breath, prepares himself, then takes a leap. He clears the gap quite easily, actually, although the landing's pretty shaky and he about falls over.]

W-woah!!

[wilder]

[More like he knows Ino is nosy and isn't in the mood to deal with that today. He make an amused "hm"]

Nice.

[And he'll walk across the roof to jump over to the next one. ]

[not_mafia]

I'm definitely going to shorten my lifespan...

[He follows after Zelos, jumping after him, and sure enough, his foot catches on the building's edge. A startled yell escapes him as he falls back.]

[wilder]

[And Zelos is there almost immediately, grabbing him by the arm and dragging him back onto the roof]

Whoa, close one!

[not_mafia]

[HOLY CRAP his heart is going from that. He's panting from fear.]

H... how much farther do we have to go? [Tsuna, baby, that was only two jumps.]

[wilder]

A bit. Need me to carry you?

[his offer isn't condescending in tone, he kinda knows some of these jumps would be hard for a normal human]

[not_mafia]

[He's a little startled at the offer, since it seems to be lacking its usual condescending bite.]

Uh... no. I could always just fly to wherever we need to go?

[...can he? Actually, he's not entirely sure he can muster up the will to go into that mode.]

[wilder]

[And he looks surprised]

You can fly?

[not_mafia]

Well.. it's not exactly true flight. I can hover and propel myself with flames. [It's damn near close enough to flying anyway.]

[wilder]

One of these days I'll learn to stop being surprised.

[But hey that makes his life easier. He glances around to make sure the street areas are pretty empty before bringing out his wings. ]

Alright, see that warehouse roof over there? [He points to the one a few blocks down] That'd be a good spot.

[not_mafia]

Ah... o.. okay...

[Oh crap, he shouldn't have said that, he doesn't think he can actually do this right now.]

[wilder]

Something wrong?

[not_mafia]

Um... I don't think I can do it right now. [And he's No-Good Tsuna, like always.]