I love that Takeshi ses her backing off but doesn't show it, so she has time to get away, and that he worries and that he gets all "pay no attention to the blade behind my smile". Man, I think in this 'verse I could ship them. XD

*thoughtful* Yeah, I have some stuff in the pipeline that I want to pull together that establishes their dynamic more clearly; in my head, the reason Takeshi has always kind of... looked out for Tsunako is that he recognizes the outsider in her, the outsider he feels in himself. (In my head, he already gets that he's into boys, not girls, heh, and also he's never exactly felt connected himself.)

But they haven't told me how that conversation is going to work, yet. Or what the equivalent to the suicide attempt is going to be. *pokes them*


>He paused before adding, "And you should think carefully before you accuse anyone of not being Family."
Oho. Are you going with "papamoto is retired Mafia"? I don't even remember if that was canon or not. But it makes so much sense. XD

Actually, I was aiming at Reborn needling Hayato for his own outsider status there. But there is the Papamoto factor; I still haven't decided where he falls in all this.


>Right, Tsunako thought, of course he didn't, he was just a baby. Then Bianchi-san added, "When you're that good, you don't need a name. Your reputation speaks for itself."
Oh, Tsuna, you will never stop hoping, huh? XDDDD

Tsunako lives in hope! Desperate, dwindling hope.