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]

[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.]

[wilder]

Seriously?

[His wings seem to bristle up from slight exasperation]

Why not?

[not_mafia]

My energy is called the dying will flame. And... I can't use it if I don't have the will to.

[wilder]

You need to have the will to die to fly?

You know, that's...kinda messed up.

[not_mafia]

Heh... I guess it kind of is. [Pause.] Sorry.

[wilder]

[a sigh] Don't be. Not your fault your housemate's nosy.

[So he'll just be walking over to you and picking you up bridal style B) ]

[not_mafia]

--wah!!

[WOW he is really not sure how to feel about this!!]

[wilder]

Make sure to hold on.

[It's what you get for not working out that dying will thing! He's heading over to the edge of the roof]

[not_mafia]

[Yeah he... still really doesn't know how he should feel about this, so he's not going to think about it too hard.

But he does know it's been awhile since he's been this close to Zelos and not actively sparring with him. It's... nice.]

[wilder]

[Yeah I bet he smells lovely too, being Zelos and all]

[He meanwhile starts leaping rooftops at a much quicker pace, using his wings to help glide to each one a lot easier since you know, he's still working on that whole flying while carrying someone thing. It won't be too long until they reach that warehouse roof]

[not_mafia]

[He does smell quite lovely!

And Tsuna doesn't say anything. Doesn't squirm or flail about how embarrassing this is. He almost wants to apologize again, but he figures he'll at least wait to see what Zelos wants to talk about.]

[wilder]

[Good kid, when they reach the roof, he'll deposit Tsuna and hide his wings again. He heads to the edge of the roof and leans against the ledge]

This should be far enough.

You okay?

[not_mafia]

[And he lets himself be set down on the ground, watching Zelos.]

Ah... yeah, I didn't really mind it. [You were talking about you carrying him, right?]