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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[wilder]

[Yup. He'll move to jump up onto the ledge of the building]

Word of advice?

It's okay to be afraid, but don't let your fears stop you from doing what you need to do. Even if you think that you're just a failure and you'll disappoint everyone.

Because...you start acting on those feelings of fear and that you'll fail? Then...you really will. And you'll end up missing a whole lot because you were too busy running.

[not_mafia]

[He frowns, and looks up at Zelos.]

But... what if I'm already failing? What then?

[wilder]

Then it's time to look at yourself and change some things.

[not_mafia]

[And Tsuna falls silent. Look at himself and change some things, huh? It was hard to change a defeatist attitude that he'd had for most of his life. He'd only just begun to change it with Reborn around, but... coming here, and not really having anyone to shove him into things like that, he felt like he was slowly falling back into old habits, even as much as he'd try to push himself.

Honestly, there were a lot of days he felt like without Reborn, he really was just No-Good Tsuna, from being a nuisance to a complete failure.

He doesn't want to voice those fears. What if he can't change himself? What if he's No-Good Tsuna forever? He hates appearing so weak in front of Zelos, but... the past few days in general hadn't put him in a good spot.]

[wilder]

You'll work it out, I'm sure of it.

[He knows how hard it can be, when your entire mind seems out to knock you down. Knows it all too well. It was troublesome, how much this kid could remind him of himself]

[Aw well]

Anyway, that's all I wanted to say.

Oh and, I guess try not to hold too much against Ino? I don't really know the details...but I can guess her heart was in the right place, if not her smarts.

[not_mafia]

[Tsuna figured that it was, and to be fair... Ino hadn't known why he was so afraid of Giotto. He figured she must have thought it was because he was a Big Bad Mafia boss. She couldn't have been farther from the truth.

It was nice, though, hearing those words of encouragement from Zelos. They... meant a lot to him, actually. It earns him a small smile.]

Thanks, Zelos.

[wilder]

Sure sure.

I'll leave you to your thoughts now. I trust you know your way back home?

[And even if you don't? Well he gives a wave and promptly jumps off the ledge over the building's edge B) ]

[not_mafia]

--huh? Hey!!

[He runs over to the ledge and looks for Zelos. Okay, he's not completely surprised the man went and ditched him, he's mostly just making sure that he didn't... fall to his death. hey it's unlikely but you don't think about probability when you just saw a person jump off a freaking roof.]

[wilder]

[Zelos meanwhile falls and lands safely on his feet on the pavement, not even seeming phased he just jumped from a building. He'll look up and give Tsuna a wave before starting to walk down the street]

[not_mafia]

[Oh, Zelos. Leaving him up here is a dick move, but somehow, Tsuna can't even get mad at you. Not after you'd brought him up here for the sole purpose of checking if he was okay.

And this boost just might be what he needed. For awhile he just stays on the roof, watching the clouds, thinking about what Zelos had said. And finally, once he's truly calmed, he slips right into hyper dying will mode, and heads for home.]