[Icon ID: Reborn, from the manga Katekyo Hitman Reborn. He's in his cursed form, dressed in a kimono, eating noodles. He says, "Ciaossu ~." His hair is blond. /End ID] | [Header ID: A bush of yellow flowers against the blue sky. /End ID] | French black woman | She/her | 20+ | Multifandoms but a KHR-centric blog | Find me on ao3 and ffnet | Read About Me | Read About my WIPs | Drop me an ask about anything whenever!
Imagine, for a moment, that your internet just stopped loading images one day. Your dash might look pretty different (and less usable), but at least you can still make posts — whether about your internet situation, or about completely unrelated topics.
Now, imagine that one or more of your posts blew up, to the tune of hundreds if not thousands of notes. Imagine people started adding images to your posts.
Imagine your post circulating almost entirely in the form with four or five images attached, and with everyone in the notes laughing about those images — except you, who started the post in the first place, who can't even see those images because you're trapped in Tumblr's loading gradient hellscape.
You're excluded from any further conversations on your own post, because someone added a mystery image with the caption "don't leave this in the tags," but you have no idea which set of tags it is, and can't tell if it's one of the good takes from the tags or one of the horrible takes from the tags. You're excluded from the Tumblr users playing with JPEGs like dolls. You can try to guess the contents of the images based on people's reactions, but it's hard. And no one adding images even seems to notice the irony.
This is, of course, a real problem plaguing Tumblr users with regularly slow internet. And it's also a huge, insidious problem plaguing blind and low vision people who rely on either screen readers, or image descriptions in combination with enlarged text on their device.
People with disabilities around comprehending images, people who have images (or gifs) disabled due to photosensitivity, and many others are also affected.
If you add an image to a post without either alt text, an in-post image description, or even both for maximal inclusivity, you don't know if OP — or the person whose tags you're peer reviewing, or whose reply you're screenshotting — will actually be able to see it. From their perspective, you might just be shoving a mystery rectangle in their face, expecting them to be able to guess — or responding to them without them being able to know.
Imagine being on the receiving end of that expectation constantly. Imagine how isolating that must feel.
We need, collectively, to stop making assumptions that everyone we interact with online will be able to access, physically see, and mentally process images. The assumption that disabled people are vanishingly rare and statistically shouldn't really need to be considered is an assumption of structural and/or implicit ableism.
Write image descriptions. Write image descriptions for every image you post, if you're able — but if you have limited energy, or you're still learning, you should at least start trying your absolute best to describe images you add to other people's posts. If you're starting a conversation, even an online conversation, you should make your best effort to be accessible.
So: Write IDs, especially if they're as simple as just text, like screenshotted tags (link to guide). Write IDs even if you think the best ID you can write is too short, or too incomplete (link to post explaining why even "bad" IDs help).
Write IDs in general (link to a huge compilation of guides). Challenge ableist assumptions and inaccessibility.
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[Video description: An anime music video I made of Katekyo Hitman Reborn. It's set to the song "Rise" by Katy Perry. It's a battle AMV focused on the Vongola tenth generation, covering the Kokuyo and Varia arcs. It shows them struggling to come out on top of their fights by relying on each other and for each other, despite how it first appears as if they're losing. /End video description]
i first wanted this to have more of an emotional narrative/theme (as in, less focused on the fights in and of themselves, and more about their reasons to fight), but i quickly realized that was too ambitious a goal for where i'm at with my editing skills haha. (too many clips to pick and choose from when looking at the whole anime.) plus i also wanted this to cover the future arc too, but again, there's too many fights in the future arc, and i didn't feel like rewatching them all to pick and choose clips from them.
this was hard enough as it is zfsdvds. to pick and choose clips that'd fit together, that is. it's like when you're doing a plank and realize 1 min is a long-ass time actually. a 3 min+ song is both a very long and a very short time when you're trying to fit whole-ass anime arcs within that time frame. 😭 i didn't even get to fit all my favorite shots i was looking forward to adding. 😔
also, idk if this maybe lacks... dynamism for a battle amv? because the song is kind of a slow one, there's overall not many fast-paced action scenes in it. i thought adding voice lines and sound effects might help with that, and trust me when i say i DID try to add them in lmao. 😭😂 more than once too. but eventually i had to accept the universe just wasn't up for it. 🤷♀️
anyway, i'm still super happy about the result!!! for my second full-length amv, i got to pick up more editing skills and i feel like the result is visibly smoother compared to the first one i made. so yeah, i hope you guys liked it too!
Let 2026 be the year we appreciate the khr girls (a lot) more.
LAL is the one who was chosen to be part of the seven strongest. and is also comsubin (italian navy's special forces) 's ace and colonnello's superior and instructor. So like, post-fated day and the whole time after that too, she's still stronger than colonnello without a doubt, let's be real
LUCE and ARIA and UNI are the sky arcobaleno and the literal donne of their family, which is said to be on par with vongola in terms of standing (but i personally like to think in terms of influence and authority too, if not power too). And then they can also see the future
BIANCHI's a good enough hitman she literally worked alongside reborn for a while. And she's just 17. And she's also a good enough hitman she's otherwise a freelance one working on her own
I-PIN's third out of fifty hitmen showing the most promise and potential (or whatever fuuta's ranking was exactly, i don't remember lol). She's also being trained and presumably has been noticed for her skills to begin with by fon
CHROME's out there doing all that without her organs out of sheer resolve. She's the one mukuro trusted was strong enough and suitable enough for him to take over her own body and use his skills through her. And by the end of the manga, she also grows into her own skills in her own right to the point mukuro's impressed by them. She also goes through mammon's training during the future arc, who also compliment her illusion of yamamoto during the shimon arc
HARU goes to a super hard, elite all-girls school and then has tutoring after. She does gymnastics and she's good enough to participate in competition. There's nothing she wouldn't do in the name of her convictions and principles and the people she loves, and violence is at the top of the list. She will hit you and challenge you to a duel and starve you and test you and capture you in the name of justice and doing the right thing and because she cares. She'll also become vongola decimo's wife as long as he's kind and cares and has his heart in the right place
KYOKO's her brother's strength and tsuna's bravery. She's ever-enduring support and ever-enduring comfort and ever-enduring trust. She's patience and understanding too, but more than that, she's ever-enduring faith. She will not doubt your love for her. You will come back to her and allow her to walk by your side down your path as long as she waits for you right where you felt safe letting her behind. But she won't allow you to walk too far away from her either. She'll be the first to make her way to you if she must
HANA's the friend who'll be by your side through thick and thin and won't ask questions about it. She's the friend who'll remain by your side through thick and thin even if you never tell her what you're involved in and what she's getting herself involved in on your own either. She's the friend that'll always welcome you warmly and will always offer you a helping hand even if you're suddenly 10 years younger or a 100 years old granny or a little baby. Hana's the friend whose love for you will never so much as falter for as long as she breathes
M.M. literally landed herself in vindice. Which is crazy if what mukuro did to land himself there is any basis for the kind of things that land you in vindice. And then she also broke out of it alongside mukuro and the kokuyo gang. And she's also a good enough hitman to be a freelance one who works solo (before the kokuyo gang) as far as we can tell
NANA's the one who raised tsuna to be the kind of person he is. And no, i'm not giving her all the credit for it, and yes, for sure we can criticize her parenting, but listen. Who else was even there to raise him if not her?? She also looks at all those kids she could have been scared of and turned away and judging and hostile towards, but she welcomes them into her home instead and makes it feel like it's their own too
I forgot some of my girls, so sorry 💔, but let me add them now:
ADELHEID's the shimon's strength and their family's pillar. She took on the caretaker role so the others could keep holding onto what little left of their childhood the mafia didn't take away from them. She's their shield and their spear both, and the love they show her in return for it is her strength
SHITTOPI-CHAN's proud and unapologetic and unyielding self-love. Even in the face of the world telling her who she should be and who she's allowed to be, she'll keep being the exact person she wants to be and the exact person she loves to be. She loves herself the most, but as long as you respect that and don't try to take it away from her, she'll love you too
BLUEBELL's the rain mare ring bearer and has the skills to back it up. In an all-out mafia war involving multiple strong and dangerous people, she was one of the seven biggest threats while still only a teenager. She's unconditional love and loyalty even in the face of abandonment, even in the aftermath of death and betrayal
ELENA's principled ideals and the resolve to turn them into reality from the place of privilege she was born into. She's the unyielding belief in how privilege and power should be used for those who aren't so lucky to have them to the very end, even while breathing her last. She's daemon's light and heart and grief and pain, as well as the core of vongola's beliefs and the reason for its strength, for better and worse
SEPIRA's duty that defines you, duty you're born into and duty you will die for. She's duty you didn't get to choose and duty you sacrifice yourself for, and she's the strength to willingly embrace it and see it through. She's humility where she could have seen herself as superior to the human species, choosing to become one of them so she could care for them and understand them
DANIELA is vongola ottava. Born into that position, hers to inherit by right as it may have been, no doubt she still had to prove herself twice as much worthy of it and fight twice as hard to claim and secure that position for herself compared to if she were born a man. In that violent, bloodstained and power-hungry world overwhelmingly made of men, she took well enough to it to command them all from the very top of the food chain. She's the first and only (so far) donna among the vongola bosses, rising to the history and the legacy others made before her, and becoming history and legacy herself in turn for others after her to rise to
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Hi, I just read your college headcanon thing and I'm just wondering if you have any about what Reborn, viper, Collenelo & Lal and Skull are doing during this! Or of them during their college years!!
Literally any excuse to write about Mammon, I will take... these will likely be shorter because I'll do a bit of both! ♡ Thank you for suggesting arcobaleno content I am so so in love w them all xx
♡ The Arcobaleno in University*:･ﾟ✧
*kinda
As for while the main cast (Tsuna & co.) are trudging through their years in uni, Reborn has grown a considerable amount, and has kind of let Tsuna on a longer kitestring than before; He still offers his absolutely unhinged tutoring services, and threatens Tsuna that if he doesn't sit down and study to do well in college, he is doomed to having no skills outside of being the 10th generation Vongola family boss lolol
Mammon literally doesn't have to worry about anyone in uni lolol I don't think they're close to anyone who would go to university, maybe Fran but they genuinely could care less about how his studies are going; Maybe if Fran was an accounting/econ major and Mammon considered him a good asset for accumulating wealth.... but we all know Fran's an art or language student or some shit so there's no way in hell
Colonnello goes to all of the sports events to cheer on Yamamoto and Ryohei and literally everyone else; Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he was a PE instructor or decides to be a kinesiology/athletics/nutrition related instructor at some point, he's got time...
Lal doesn't feel as much obligation towards watching over Tsuna & co. anymore at this point, but she gives them shit about their studies sometimes whenever they do see her; Duuuude maybe Colonnello's a prof somewhere and she's the mysterious hot person that visits him during his breaks a little too often and the students are definitely speculating LOL (ColoLal is literally the "prof who overshares" and "brick wall prof" ship dynamic and I love them for it)
Skull is pretty involved with Enma and the Simon bbies in uni!! He goes to any of their sporting events or extracurriculars that they want him to witness bahahaha; Aside from that though, university was never his thing..
Now, as for a little... ♡ College Arcobaleno AU *:･ﾟ✧
The thought of these characters as cute little college students... oh my heart
Reborn
That is the face of an evil evil business major idc; Something like international business or dareisay a double major into political science as well..
He's so intimidating but also like tall and handsome and such a head turner when he struts around campus; He dresses well and he knows it, always experimenting with fashion and is the definition of hottie walking to his next class in a timely manner, with his expensive ass fair trade organic small batch coffee in hand
Would probably be a frat boy at some point in his college career, he's terrifying and notorious for being brutal with incoming members (hazing isn't fun, y'all); He thinks it's all in good fun though hmmmm.. evil
He somehow has so much time it's like he has infinite time he's that friend that's taking all these classes and balancing work and clubs and socializing, nobody knows how he does it; He's secretly running on basically no sleep, just pure survival instinct
He's in a lot of clubs, his favorite is the costume making or fashion club, he's not the best with sewing, but he loves the people there and they love him as well; He's their bestie and model of choice and he has a good eye for design
He has a creative knack and it's his destressing outlet but he tends to ignore it, why are youuu doing polisci of all things, hardass :\
And of course his favorite class was the one solely about coffee (the fact that those exist @ my school is wild but so so wonderful)
Esper Mammon
Literally why would Mammon be in university it's expensive???
In the case that higher education is not exorbitantly priced and Mammon is attending such an institution..
They literally have purple hair and pronouns BAHAHAH They're absolutely styling on everyone in class all the time, but in a dark brooding and emo way
Says the bare minimum and does just what they need to pass their classes, spare time is spent grinding their side hustles for moneyyy
They're pretty quiet and generally keep to themselves, but won't hesitate to speak to people when spoken to or interacted with
Mammon studies econ or something like that because eughh money money money, but they also have a soft spot for studying certain animals
They got closer to Reborn because they were in the same herpetology course, and had some heated debates over whether the frog or the lizard was superior; They study together sometimes, people think they're dating but they're literally just two hot people sitting next to each other reading up on caecilian life cycles
Mammon definitely has kind of a weird room, with pink lights set up for exotic plants they got really into taking care of at some point, some frogs in a tank somewhere, it's also quite dim in there for no good reason
Colonnello
Gym rat
University is but an extra expensive gym membership to him
He's the type to bring coffee or snacks in to a friend's class, sneaking in through the back with that stupid little grin
Yeah, he knows the effect he has on people, his eyes pierce through hearts brooo it's insane
People assume he's involved with Lal and kind of back off, they probably founded a little paintballing club and a majority of their initial recruitments were just people who thought they were hot and came up to them
He studies something super niche like kinesthetics or whatever goes into physical therapy; He's fascinated by the works of the body and actually is so sweet for wanting to use his experience to help others live their best lives
He volunteers at the raptor center because I said so and that's where he met his best bird friend Falco; He also goes birdwatching at the crack ass of dawn, the perfect time for him to start his morning run before going to the gym or something ashdhsjdf idk how people do this shit broe
Him and Reborn have friend groups that somehow merged and they hated each other's guts since the moment they met each other, they probably fought at some point idk and then became like rival besties LOL the kind where they compete with each other in a not so serious way to keep themselves motivated
Reborn admittedly loves paintballing with him <3
Lal Mirch
Not a gym rat
Either has a double major or minor in women's studies, she's too much of a baddie to not; She's a physics/engineering student though, if not something else hot and sexy like biochem or chemeng...
A substantial number of people in her classes have the hots for her because of the skewed sex ratio in stem especially engineering college life Lal is the hottest bitch on campus
She's got blue light glasses (nerd) and usually shows up to class right on time with sweatpants and a tank top, maybe a zip-up hoodie (my bets are that it's Colonnello's hehe) if there's a breeze outside
She's probably yet another busybody that somehow has time for everything; College level volleyball or softball, probably, and probably some internships on top of her classes
Lal gets along surprisingly well with Mammon, they both begrudgingly respect each other's interest in insects
She definitely started getting tattoos in her college years, she wasn't allowed to even think of them before that, but she knew that once she got out into the world on her own she would adorn herself with so much wearable art
She's got mad rbf to the point where other students are intimidated to even speak to her, sometimes even intimidating to instructors
She's usually in a neutral or even decent mood though, she's quite blunt and straightforward with things, but she's so kind and helpful to anyone who dares to ask her for help
Skull
Why is he even here he doesn't know why he's here
He's here because there are hot girls on campus who look at him when he pulls up on his motorcycle, that is all
Imagine his surprise when he realizes he has to do work to stay in uni, not just hang out and be hot and get girls
College was his peak and his prime for getting his hair cut and dyed spontaneously, getting a million new piercings, etc.; A good amount of these body modifications are done with friends or by friends
He's punk af and loves going to yard shows, maybe house parties
Frat people love him because he has the most insane party tricks, being basically invincible
I like imagining that Colonnello and Skull have lived together at some point and Colonnello has a stockpile of energy drinks; Skull makes great use of that stockpile as well when he's furiously guzzling those electrolytes the morning after to fight off his hangovers (oh Skull my dear it doesn’t work that way lol)
His handwriting is so messy yo whenever he bothers to actually take notes, he'll look back on them and he isn't even 100% sure what he wrote orz
This man cannot cook for his life and became the errand boy just getting groceries for the house so that his dear roommates can make dinner LOL He doesn't mind though :)
Everything that I write about Mammon is sooo friggin self-indulgent, and this is my worst offense. I love reptiles and insects and they do too now I don't make the rules :)
Also I literally have a crush on Lal don't come for me if she was @ my uni I'd propose on the spot move aside 'Nello
I am so fucking tired of all these companies forcing your hand to squeeze every last bit of data out of you. So i'm using my sister's netflix and made my own profile on it, and did you know netflix now wants you to give them your own personal email address too before letting you access your account? Did you know that? Did you? Did you fucking know that?
Someone remind me when we burn it all to the ground again???
Oh okay, so they didn't make the phone number mandatory. They DID ask for it, but you can just move on and access your profile without giving it to them
I am so fucking tired of all these companies forcing your hand to squeeze every last bit of data out of you. So i'm using my sister's netflix and made my own profile on it, and did you know netflix now wants you to give them your own personal email address too before letting you access your account? Did you know that? Did you? Did you fucking know that?
Someone remind me when we burn it all to the ground again???
I am so fucking tired of all these companies forcing your hand to squeeze every last bit of data out of you. So i'm using my sister's netflix and made my own profile on it, and did you know netflix now wants you to give them your own personal email address too before letting you access your profile? Did you know that? Did you? Did you fucking know that?
Someone remind me when we burn it all to the ground again???
[Plain text: "ten people you'd like to get to know better!" /End PT]
I was tagged by @kail-lizuc , thank you for the tag!
Last song: icarus by onewe! It's their latest comeback and their first song of theirs i listened to, and i really like it! It's been on repeat the past few days haha
Currently watching: technically not currently anymore, but i just finished watching the kdrama moving last night, and it's really such a good series, like damn. But when i looked into the tags, it didn't seem like it became a worldwide hit and phenomenon?? Somehow. Crazy if you ask me 🤷🏽♀️
Current obsession: errrrr... Khr i guess??? I don't really do obsessions actually. I think so anyway lol. Like I can get really into something and really love it, but it's as close as i get
Currently reading: nothing. 😭 Not even fanfictions anymore. 😔 I'm always planning to get back into reading (of actual books, not just fanfictions), and then it's a while later and i'm still always planning to get back into reading zjdknsks. I just went to a library a couple of days ago and borrowed two books tho!! So i'm hoping to start there (hopefully for real this time lmao)
Currently working on: my wips? I want to either work on another bonus chapter of "haunt me, then", or the next chapter of "even rome fell", but i find myself adding to the supers chat au instead lol. Well, at least i'm writing so i'll take it
Last google search: "the glory part 2"! Someone mentioned it while i was scrolling the moving tag, and for a second i forgot they realeased the series in two parts and was like "holy shit the glory got a s2??? How did i not know that and how did i miss it???" haha. Sadly it's not the case, but while i'm here, i also really recommend the kdrama the glory too, it's one of my favorites!
No pressure tag @lucknndyingwill @mistingrain @hermitoftheloup @apiratefellinlovewithastar @uwu-kore and uhhh @a-phr-o3 and @crysaiism maybe? Plus anyone else who wants to!
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I think about that writing prompt about a hero ending up in the villains' group chat i reblogged back then sometimes. How i immediately felt like having tsuna in the hero's role, and then very predictably paired him up with the arcos as the villains lol. I'm not sorry about it. <3
So there's tsuna who isn't actually a hero but a nobody civilian, who first thinks this is someone playing a prank on him because no way he just got added to the actual group chat of one of the most notorious group of villains in the world. Tsuna who goes from "um, hi? Can i help you?" But then never actually gets to "i think there was some kind of mistake here" because the arcos are a bunch of yappers.
And at some point between "who the fuck is that?" "Is he one of you guys' underlings?" "Since when are we adding underlings to this group chat?" "Why don't you just hold a press conference to reveal all of our most sensitive information on live tv while you're at it, skull?", skull goes "i added him on purpose!!!" You know, like a liar. He IS the one who added tsuna, and judging by the others' reactions, he clearly wasn't meant to, but he doesn't remember why the hell it was on his to-do-list to do then?? Also the guy's profile picture and name don't even ring any fucking bell. Wait, was he supposed to add him to his underlings' group chat instead?? Ugh, whatever!!!
(Did tsuna... apply to become a group of villains' underling? He doesn't remember that.)
"What purpose?" The arcos continue to yap. "Aren't we always bitching about how nobody ever reads what the others have to say on here??" Skull says. "Well, there you have it! He can keep track of it and let us know of the important things!"
(Did tsuna... apply for this specific position as an underling?? He doesn't remember that either.)
"Why the fuck are you deciding that on your own?" Tsuna reads with a steadily increasing ominous feeling, because these guys sure seem to take this prank very seriously. "Is he even trustworthy?" "Haven't you guys ever heard of a trial period?" Skull defends. "And WHERE is he gonna let us know of those important things again??" They ignore him. "In the same group chat we never read???" "YOU'RE READING IT RIGHT NOW AREN'T YOU???? FUCK YOU--"
"I actually already have a job, so..." Tsuna says, to which the arcos instantly go off on him because "why the fuck did you apply then???" And also "so???" Skull says, because his reputation is on the line here. "Just quit???"
(Did Tsuna really apply to this job, though? He guesses he must have, right? But did he really, though?
For the life of him, he really just can't remember.)
"Well, i kind of need the money, so..." He tries again, and feels himself lose 3 years of his life when they all go silent for a bit.
"You think we make our underlings work for free??" They start talking again all at the same time. "YOU THINK I DON'T PAY MY UNDERLINGS THE JUST SALARY FOR THEIR WORK????" Skull says, outraged. "PLUS ALL THE BENEFITS MIND YOU," he adds, because the FUCK does tsuna take him for???? "Well, i guess he at least won't have any problems saying the things he wants to say to us," reborn says.
"Well," tsuna keeps typing in a momentary lapse of sanity, "how much are we talking about...?"
"What do you mean how much?" The arcos keep yapping. "Didn't you read the contract?" "Didn't skull make you one?" "YES I DID," skull lies. ("THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WHEN I SENT IT THE FIRST TIME," he keeps lying in tsuna's dms. "I'LL SEND IT AGAIN SOON.") "Do you just commit to things you don't know about?" "Are you stupid?", meanwhile skull sends in the group chat ten times the amount he usually offers, just to make sure to get one over the other arcos about how he's the one paying his underlings the most.
And, well. It sure IS more than what tsuna's current job pays him. Plus all the benefits?
"Am i really talking to the real arcobaleno?" He finally brings himself to ask before the offered money can make him lose all sense of self-preservation.
"Is your current job being a comedian?" Is the first answer he gets. "LMAO" "Whose dumbfuck wannabe villains out there would dare to use our names, let alone pretend to be us?" "Do we have to go on a purge again and remind everyone why they shouldn't do that?"
"Please don't," tsuna quickly types and sends in dawning and horrifying realization.
Is this really happening? Are they really the arcobaleno?
They sure act like it.
"Don't tell us what to do." "Who the fuck asked for your opinion?"
"I won't kill anyone," tsuna takes the opportunity to say while they're on the subject. "And would like to be the least involved possible in any of your killings. Or crimes in general," he adds as an afterthought.
To which the arcos instantly go off on him again because "But YOU applied to work with US????" "Why the fuck keeping track of a group chat would involve you killing anyone??" "Who is it you're saying you'd have to kill? One of us?"
Tsuna feels himself lose 5 years of his life as he looks at the last message in horror, and then another 10 years when they all go dead silent again.
Oh god. He didn't fucking say that???? Oh fuck.
Is he dead? Are they gonna track him down and kill him?
Are they gonna kill him without even granting him his trial period even when he's apparently crazy enough to actually consider accepting the job?
"Where the hell do you even find these people, skull?" They eventually start yapping again, and tsuna starts breathing again. "You let your underlings talk to you like that?" "At least MY underlings actually TALK to me like the fellow human being i am" "debatable" "and you're proud of it?" "It's because even them can tell you're a fucking pushover lmao" "all of you shut the hell up. Does anyone actually have something important to say? Otherwise i'm out of here" "good fucking riddance," skull says. "Tsunayoshi, is it?"
"Yes, but you can just call me tsuna," he says, because what else is even there to say?
"As long as i don't have to hear directly from these guys ever again, i'll even pay you a million dollars a month"
"Haha," he says, because it feels like the correct thing to say.
"Oh, was that funny to you?" Reborn says, because of fucking course he does lmao.
And already, tsuna can see his shortened lifespan (in spirit) flash before his eyes.
i was hesitating whether to share this because it doesn't really advance the story or anything, plus this turned out to be less of a chat fic and more of a proper narrative story, but i figured the interactions in and of themselves would be fun to see haha.
@mistingrain @otaku-reborn have a little addition to this verse!
Skull sends him the contract. Tsuna reads it through. Signs it and sends it back before he can think better of it.
He receives a package the very next day with a phone in it. It's the exact same one as the one he has, except it's immediately apparent when he turns it on that this one is at the height of technology. It comes with a second screen where the group chat app is and that can only be accessed when he's the one holding the phone, among other features.
Otherwise it appears to be a normal phone, and Tsuna clones all the data of his phone to the new one before he sends the old one back to the sender as instructed.
As soon as he turns the phone on and logs onto the group chat app, he gets jump scared by the arco all sending him private messages.
They range from "I'm sure you know what'll happen to you if you get any funny ideas with the information you'll be privy to" to "better get a will ready now you're in this line of work" and "hello. Let us hope you last long enough to at least make it past your trial period :)" but also "don't bother me with needless information. All i need to know are the information needed to help me make a profit or avoid a loss"
Which. Okay. Not unexpected from a group of villains, but also very much not needed. He has no intention of getting any "funny ideas" whatsoever, thank you very much. Because he'd very much like to stay alive, so he won't be writing a will either actually. Wouldn't want to jinx it and all that. Especially when, again, he very much plans to stay alive for another long while, thank you very much.
Reborn sends "i know everything there is to know about you" which. Yeah. His contact information on the contract skull sent him made that much clear, plus the fact they sent him the exact same phone model as the one he was using wasn't exactly subtle either. Not to mention they even knew somehow he apparently applied to this job before even he himself did. But even without any of that, he was expecting the background check.
"Look out the window," reborn sends as soon as tsuna reads his first message.
Tsuna's heart picks up its pace as he hurries to his window. What does he mean? Are they watching him?? Will they be watching him??? Did they send someone to get rid of him? But he didn't even have the time to do anything yet!!!
Should he have negotiated a clause about not invading his privacy without cause too?
"You're not actually looking out the window, are you?" Reborn has sent when tsuna checks his phone again. "The first thing you should have done is duck out of its line of sight. Second is to secure all access to you. And third to grab a weapon in case it's more than just a bluff" "Do you even really want this job?" "Tsk, tsk"
Tsuna looks at the messages with his jaw on the fucking floor. Really?? Is that what this guy plans to be all about? Making him fear for his life and taking years off it while he's at it for shits and giggles?
And at once, he completely understands why someone would be willing to pay someone else a million dollars a month just to not have to deal with him lmao.
"Why would you choose skull to be the boss of you??" Nello asks, to which tsuna just goes "???" because what are they even talking about now? "I mean, you wanted to work for skull out of all of us???" Nello continues to yap, and tsuna goes even more "????" because, well. What else choice was even there when skull was the one offering the job?? Or were they all listing the job and he chose to apply with skull? Or something--whatever??? But it didn't seem like they were aware it was something skull was up to, did it?
(Tsuna still does not remember how he ended up with this job.
He doesn't plan to mention it either now he's made it this far regardless.)
"Um, well, i mean," he awkwardly fumbles, "i'm sure you're all very nice—" a pause so he can cringe at himself "—and you're definitely all super impressive!!" More cringing even if it's not untrue zbdksjsk. "But—" another pause because he doesn't know what to fucking say??? What if he says the wrong thing and nello holds it against him and stops him from keeping the job??? "—i like the way skull looks?" He settles on, which is also not untrue, but also not an opinion he can say he's been actively having lol. "He looks cool ^^"
"Lmao," nello sends before he immediately switches to the group chat and sends "rate skull's fit on a scale of 0 to 10. Negative numbers allowed" to tsuna's fucking HORROR AJEKSKS. 😭😂 "UNPROVOKED????" Skull says. "i'll start," nello ignores him, "-10" and then of course, the other arcos waste no time pitching in too. "6" "3" "1, for sparing us from the sight of his face" "5" "2"
"Wow," skull says. "Fuck you guys first of all, like i asked or give a shit second of all, and WHO's talking again????" "Mister i can't move on from my military days himself??? Mister camo clothes is the peak of fashion himself???" "Green AND blond, really??????? You're ugly enough as it is"
The chat, of course, goes fucking crazy zheksjs. And tsuna would be highkey laughing too if he wasn't too horrified at this being his doing lmao.
"Reborn laughed too btw," viper makes sure to let everyone know as nello and skull keep going at each other. "None of your business," is all reborn can say because it'd be useless to deny it when they're all aware of viper's power. "OH YEAH???" Nello turns right on him. "That's not what you were fucking saying last night, bitch" "wouldn't that be because you were naked then?" Fon muses. "Oh?" Lal says at the same time. "Do share with the class" "yeah??" Skull says, also at the same time, because they're all yappers lest we forget. "I don't need confirmation to know i'm the funniest guy you guys know"
"You see our issue," verde sends tsuna as the others continue to yap in the group chat. "Even if we did read the group chat, we'd still end up dead before we could get to the point."
Tsuna breathes out a laugh, half nervous, half disbelieving, and half genuinely amused. And yes, the math is wrong. Well, you won't believe this, but tsuna's never been all that good at math.
Anyway. He DOES very much see the issue. So that's why they all sent him private messages so he could contact them privately. That's where he's supposed to let them know of the "important things", huh?
You'd think the convenience of a group chat instead of sending the same message to everyone multiple times would make them get over... whatever they have going on between them, but who's tsuna to tell them how they should behave, right?
What ARE those "important things" tho?? Especially if they're going to each have their own meaning of it if viper's message is anything to go by. Should he ask everyone the question and see what they say?
"Skull-san," he decides to ask skull first. He can call him skull-san, right? Or should he call him boss instead? Would that be more underling-like?? Well, he wouldn't fucking know that. "I was wondering--" he's in the middle of typing when skull sends him a message too that only says, "TSUNA" "Yes?" Tsuna quickly deletes and sends instead. Shit. Did nello tattle on him??? But he complimented him so he should be fine, right??? Or has something "important" been shared in the group chat and he missed it?
Oh wait. Does skull want him to answer to what he first sent him? What was it again?
"Yo tsuna" "don't ever listen to anything the others have to say about me, 'kay?" "I'm the one paying you anyway, so you can just ignore them" "actually i'll even give you a bonus for every time you withhold information from them and it gets them in trouble lol" "plus a promotion if it ends up killing them LOL"
Right, that.
Haha. Lol. Yeah, right.
Tsuna will NOT fucking do that, thank you very much. He's not a big fan of actively trying to get himself killed, you see.
"You see the bullshit i've had to deal with???" Is what skull says. "Why would anyone care about anything these guys have to say when they're always like this, right???"
"Actually, i've been meaning to ask, skull-san," tsuna strategically avoids answering, "but what are the 'important things' i should make sure you're all aware of?"
"Beats me," is the helpful answer he gets. "I can survive anything so i don't really care. Just make sure to remind me you're still alive every now and then so i can keep you on payroll" can they please STOP manifesting his death he swears to god-- "i don't give a shit about the others either," skull continues to be oh so very helpful. "Oh wait, DO let me know if it looks like they're about to lose against supers or something!!" "So i can show up and make sure they DO lose" "LOLLLL"
"haha," tsuna says, because it feels lile the correct thing to say.
Maybe it was a mistake to accept this job.
"Leaving me on read, are you?" Reborn asks as tsuna's rethinking his life choices, because of fucking course he does ZHKSKS. 😭😂 (I love reborn so much.)
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"You're quitting?" Yams repeats back at him with nothing short of the grief of a wife who just learned she lost her husband at war.
(IDK I REALLY LIKE YAMSTUSNA OKAY--)
"I mean, possibly?" Tsuna tries to soften the blow. "It's in the plans, but nothing's confirmed yet," he lies a little, because he very much did sign the contract already.
But he can always quit, right? So he'd rather wait for that first pay check if he even lasts that long before quitting his job. He can't just quit it cold turkey like that anyway, so it all works out.
"You found another job?" Gokudera asks, trying to not look as unaffected by the news as yams, and looking like the most abandoned and kicked puppy of all puppies anyway.
"Yeah. It kind of just happened."
The restaurant's busy and he should move on from their table now he gave them their orders, but he's not the type to slack off and their regulars like him, so he's allowed to have these little chats as long as things aren't too busy.
"But i don't even have your number yet," yams says, in that particular tone of voice that always makes tsuna's cheeks grow warm.
"Well, it's against policy..."
"Just until your last day, right?" Gokudera says.
Tsuna scratches his cheek, feeling bad for denying them when he really likes them too, but... "Yeah, but you won't know which day it'll be, right?" It's also against policy for them to share their schedules with their customers.
"What about meeting at your house?" Yams tries. "I know where you live--" Gokudera kicks him under the table and shuts him up lol.
"Hello, welcome," tsuna greets some new customers before he turns their attention back to them. "Sorry, you were saying?"
"He said, what kind of job is it?" Gokudera says.
"Sorry, but i'm not allowed to say."
"That's okay. Where is it then? Which company?"
"Hm. I'm not allowed to say either..."
"You're going to work in the supers sector?" They immediately put 2 and 2 together, at which point the other regulars in the restaurant stop badly pretending they aren't eavesdropping on their conversation.
"With supers?" "Our tsuna?" "What if he ends up in danger?" "No way--"
"But i thought you just happened to end up with this job too and weren't interested in working with supers?" Yams asks, and the look of betrayal on his face stabs tsuna right through his heart.
"Right--"
"If i knew it was on the table and you were looking for another job, i would've--"
"At which company?" Gokudera scoffs.
"How hard can it be to make one?" Yams fires back. "Like you're not thinking the same too"
"Guys!" Tsuna cuts in. "Look, it just really happened out of the blue, i swear. The offer was just too good to refuse"
"But we all agreed to a pact of non-action--" gokudera kicks him under the table again zhzkskkd.
"What?"
"He meant, whose backstabbing b--" this time, it's yams who stomps on his foot under the table "--i mean, whose super are you going to work for?"
"Hm--i can't... say either, sorry..."
Gokudera narrows his eyes. "It's not going to be dangerous, is it?"
And tsuna, as always, feels warmth spread through him. "Not at all." It shouldn't be anyway, right? "But thank you for worrying. And i'm really sorry for dropping this on you so suddenly."
Yams immediately smiles at him with the force of a thousand suns, the smile reaching his eyes too, to tsuna's relief. "Don't worry about it! It's not like we can only see each other here, right?"
"Right!" tsuna perks up, because he'd really like it too if they could keep in touch somehow.
"But, you know, tsuna. If this is really all so sudden... Does kyoya know?"
Tsuna snorts. "What?" He laughs. "You're saying that like he's my dad or my boyfriend or something."
Yams laughs too. "Right?" He exchanges a glance with gokudera who is not laughing, and is still not laughing when he looks at him like he might as well keep laughing while he still can. "You totally don't need his permission for anything."
"Right? Hahahaha."
"Hahaha, yeah. Right, so..." He grins, trying to soften the blow as much as he can. "He doesn't know yet, does he?"
Back again lol
@mistingrain @otaku-reborn (btw this might be the last addition for all i know lol, but let me know whenever you want me to stop tagging you!)
The group chat stays completely inactive for a week and some, and tsuna's not sure what to make of it. He doesn't know if it's normal for them because the messages automatically deletes themselves every 12 hours, so he can't back read to see how often or not so often they use the group chat. He makes sure to check it every 4 hours at the very least too, so he knows it's not that he just so happens to miss them when they do use the group chat.
Well, even easier for him, right? He's going to get paid handsomely for literally doing nothing. They will still pay him even on months they don't use the group chat at all, right??
But tsuna being tsuna, it just gives him more anxiety over it lol. He'd like to feel like he's earned at least some of his salary, you see. Plus, what if this means bad news??
And okay, yes, maybe it's unlikely seeing as they're one of the strongest group of villains in the world and all, plus the news would definitely say something about it, but still. He'd like to know if he has to look for another job, especially if he ends up quitting the one at the restaurant to fully focus on this one.
(Plus, like. Spare some compassionate thoughts about their unlikely deaths, he guesses?? Or something. Whatever.)
(Oh, wait. Is this just their way of firing him by ghosting him???
Um, rude if true.)
Anyway. "Hello," he types to test the waters, and doesn't send it because it feels awkward somehow. "How's everyone doing today?" He adds to see if it makes it better and immediately deletes the whole thing lmao. "Hi," he tries again. "Is everyone all right?" And then makes a face at his message because who even is he to ask that lol. Also why wouldn't they be being who they are?? There's been no indication they aren't either.
(Because, see, tsuna's been doing his homework. He's been following the news about supers activities, especially supervillains, as well as following relevant pages, websites, blogs, hashtags and all that, and goggling stuff too every now and then, hoping none of that will put him on some kind of list lol. He also subscribed to the big superhero agencies' more likely to take on threats like the arco newsletters.
He figured it'd help him recognize the "important things" they'd share in the group chat, but then, very little about them is actually revealed to the general public or made accessible to them.
Well, no news is good news, right?)
"So," he settles on, not letting himself overthink it so he actually sends the message. "What do you guys do for work?"
And, of course, the arco immediately come online to dunk on him ZJDKSKS. "Well, who's asking? 🧐🤨" "Wait, no--" "Hunting innocents people for sports" "killing the weak and the oppressed" "LMAO you undercover dude??" "NO--!!!" "adding to the numbers of widows and orphans" "i already said that" "that's good to hear. They meet unfortunate ends when they are :)" "I'M NOT--" "overthrowing governments for fun" "blowing up places and such" "giving heroes a career" "LOLLL" "nice one lmao"
They keep making fun of him like tsuna isn't about to have a heart attack over it lmao. Turns out they're alive and well, though. They can even get along! Well, fucking good for them. 🙄🤬🙄🤬🙄
(HE'S ALREADY SO TIRED OF THEIR ASSES ZJEKZKDK--😭😭😭
I love tsuna so much. I love them all so much.)
"I just thought we could try to know each other better!!!" He manages to get a word in. "AND NOW YOU'RE FLIRTING WITH US???" Is what the arco say just to fuck with him more lmao. "Wait, but you don't even know what we look like" "Who do you think is the hottest between us?? There's only one right answer btw" "What else could i be but devastatingly handsome? Be serious"
Tsuna's face is beet red, and he'd be grateful if he could just explode right about now actually.
"I was just making sure i still had a job i'd get paid for by the end of the month," he sends. "Feel free to just leave me on read next time if you're going to be like this" "have a nice day"
And then he dips for the next 4 hours without waiting for an answer lol.
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Meanwhile, on the 10th gen's group chat. Yes, they also have a group chat. And yes, i guess they're part of this verse too now.
(It's because i love them too, that's why.)
"You didn't hear it from me because i'm sure tsuna wants to tell you himself," yams says, "but he's planning to quit his job at the restaurant." And it's basically him dropping a bomb in front of their nice salads zjdksk. "WHAT" "what." "WHY???" "Did someone give him a hard time at work?" "What happened?" "Coworkers or customers? Their names?" "We'll see," is what hibari says lmao. "The fuck you mean???" Is what gokudera says in response. (😭😂) "He can do whatever the hell he wants"
"So suddenly?" the others ignore them. "He said the offer he got was too good to refuse," yams explains. "I can make him a good offer too--" "how GOOD could it have been--" "from whom?" Mukuro's the one to ask, which makes it obviously concerning lol. "A super," gokudera's the one to say.
"WHAT" "is this a joke? Tsuna's always said he'd rather not work in that field" "RIGHT???" "Wait because why can't i think of whose super it could be?" "He did end up as a district worker anyway tho" "he said the offer just kind of happened too" "IS IT A SUPER WHO DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER BEING A REGULAR AT HIS RESTAURANT???" "I KNOW RIGHT???" Yams says. "They don't even know him like we do or care about him as much as we do. The audacity--" "whose. Super is it?" Hibari asks. "And if you knew?????" Gokudera's the one to answer again, because he's never not on that 'clock hibari's bullshit' duty zjdkskdks. 😭 "Like tsuna will thank you for it" "tsuna said he's not allowed to say," yams offers helpfully.
"Wait wait wait. How are we gonna keep seeing him if he quits his job?? We didn't even get his number yet :(" "i know :(" yams says, because is he even yams if he doesn't take every opportunity to be hopelessly and pathetically lovesick about tsuna? "But you know, if the offer was from a super and he still accepted it..." Chrome starts. "WE are supers too" "what a funny thing to say," mukuro immediately clowns on that statement, that bitch LMAO. "That's fucking news to me," gokudera reluctantly agrees. "I doubt tsuna will care much about an offer from unknown, unaffiliated, part time, neighborhood supers. Who do it FOR FREE too in case you idiots forgot" "don't forget unregistered," mukuro adds, because god forbid you mistake him as the type to comply with governments. "I have money," hibari corrects, because god forbid you think him the type to be poor lmao.
"THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE EXTREMELY NEED TO BE TSUNA'S TYPE" ryohei defends. "Yeah yeah yeah!!!" Yams backs him up. "It's not like we couldn't compete with all the great supers out there if we wanted to" "we just need to get our names out there" "then should we stage some kind of big, national incident and be the ones to resolve it?" Chrome asks, to which nobody actually goes 'what about no????' Because they're all insane in the heads. Also nothing is ever too much if it's for tsuna, you see. 😌☺️ Anyway, as they're all trying to work out the logistics of that, yams remember the most important thing.
"OH WAIT GUYS!!!" "Holy shit i can't believe i almost forgot" "yes?" "???" "So as we were talking, tsuna mentioned the idea of him having a BOYfriend and..." "AND????" "go on." "hurry up and spit it out" "he seemed totally A-OKAY WITH THAT CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT GUYS" "Good for you guys," chrome says supportively as the chat goes crazy in joy. They've already figured out he's attracted to girls too, you see haha
"your boyfriend's here," one of tsuna's coworkers tells him.
"Which one?" He says, because they're busy and don't have time for the usual 'not my boyfriend/whatever you say' back and forth.
"The weirdo one." Now of course they're ALL weirdos, but the last one who acted the weirdest gets to wear that badge of honor until one of the others ones-up them lol. Plus tsuna's learned to guess whose not-boyfriends his coworkers are talking about going by their tone of voices and stuff.
(OR his not-girlfriend too. ☝🏽 but there's only one so that immediately makes it easier lol. UNLESS ✋🏽 kyoko and haru have something to say about that, but they haven't let me know yet if it's the case.)
"Kyoya?" He asks anyway, hoping against all hope.
"Yep, that one. He's waiting for you in the boss' office."
Shit.
"Hi?" He says after he walks in without knocking, because hibari isn't actually the boss of them or anything. He doesn't even have anything to do with the restaurant OR their actual boss as far as tsuna knows and can tell. Would that have ever stopped him to make himself at home in the boss' office like he owns the place whenever he comes by? Lol. Of course not. "Is this urgent? Because we're kind of busy right now--"
"Spit it out," is what hibari says, sitting behind the desk and looking none-too threatening lmao, so of course tsuna's happy to stay right by the door.
"No can do."
"Or i can beat it out of you."
"No thanks. I still wouldn't even if you did--"
"That's what they all say."
"--because i legally agreed not to," he finishes before he rolls his eyes. Jeez. And so what if he still backs up further against the door? He's been bitten to death and has seen other people be bitten to death by hibari before, thank you very much. "So like, it's not that i don't want to tell you or would mind telling you, which I think should make you at least 5% less angry about it."
"I will find out regardless."
"Um, yeah?" he says just as obviously. Tsuna doesn't doubt one of the greatest group of villains in the world isn't so easily found out against their will, but he isn't about to doubt hibari's skills and sheer will either. "And i would have had nothing to do with it, which we'd all be able to agree on." Which also means they'll leave tsuna out of it as they duke it out or whatever until they figure things out.
"You don't work with supers," hibari says, and his accusing tone pricks at tsuna's heart a little in guilt.
"I mean... I kind of have been anyway for the last couple of years, right?"
"Around supers," he corrects.
Which. Yeah, he's not wrong. Only on their days off too. But it doesn't change the fact it's common for villains to take a shot at targeting the district or for supers' disagreement to turn into fights that get out of hands.
So like. The job with the arcos is technically safer than the one at the restaurant.
"Really? Because if you want to play it like that, then i'm only going to work for supers now. Far away from any actual supers activities too."
"This is a government job."
Tsuna blinks, his mouth hanging open silently, needing a moment to get what hibari's getting at. Hibari can only say so many words at once and only so many sentences successively after all. He gotta keep that cool, mysterious and unbothered air about him at all time, you see.
Tsuna swallows back his laugh and purses his lips to hide his smile. He's so silly.
"I know." So maybe this really doesn't come across as a sound decision to make overnight without knowing all the facts, huh? (< he says, like he wouldn't come across as even crazier if people DID know all the facts about his new job and how he ended up getting it. 😭 if they'd even believe him to begin with lmao. but actually, the people who know him WOULD, in fact, believe him, because tsuna's just as crazy as the rest of them esgxcvd, let us never forget. ☝🏽) Landing a job as a district worker is basically the dream job for civilians with awakened powers who aren't interested in a super career, but also whose power is just that little too much suited for it for them to not make a living out of it. "but they're going to pay me more for doing an easier job that will take less of my time than this one. It'd have been stupid of me to refuse, right?"
Hibari narrows his eyes at him for a long moment before he scoffs and stands. Tsuna lets his shoulders drop, the matter settled for now, grinning despite himself.
It's always nice to be reminded he now has people who trust him to make his own decisions, and who trust he put thoughts behind them no matter how sudden they might be. Even nicer and warmer when they still worry about it anyway for no other reason than they care about him.
Tsuna still moves along the wall to keep the distance between him and hibari as he walks closer, because he knows his silly and weirdos not-boyfriends and not-girlfriend, okay? 😂
"It'd be more believable if you were being stupid about it."
"It's a real job! You know it's hard to fool me about these kinds of things."
"There's no need to fool you to coerce or threaten you."
"Well, no one's doing that, so let's not manifest it."
"Here I thought you wanted a peaceful and long life--"
"I do, stop!" he shouts, making hibari laugh. Tsuna holds back his own laugh as best as he can so he can keep acting upset. "I swear, you're always so--"
Hibari stops in front of the door, crossing his arms on his chest, an unrepentant smirk on his face. "It's hard to believe when these things just keep 'kind of happening' to you."
Tsuna huffs, crossing his arms on his chest too right back. "You say that like I chose to have it be this way. And it never led me wrong anyway." Which doesn't mean it's always pleasant to go through, at best, but they both already know that. "Besides," he adds, both his tone and his grin cheeky, "if things come to that and i can't figure it out myself, you'll just have to come to rescue me, won't you?"
"It'll cost you," hibari shoots right back with a blank face. "I'll add it to your tab. A real one i've been keeping track of. One i expect you--"
Tsuna throws his hands up in the air. "Fine, i get it! Oh my god--don't you have to go? aren't you busy? i'm not keeping you." Hibari spares him from outright laughing at his face, but he's grinning at him, his eyes full of unapologetic mischievousness that totally does not make tsuna sulk in response. "Whatever. How do you even know about this anyway?"
"How do you think? I haven't heard it from takeshi because you want to tell us yourself."
That makes him huff a laugh, forgetting all about how he's supposed to be sulking. "You're just gonna tattle on him like that?"
"You don't look like you care."
"I mean, it's not like i asked them to keep quiet about it so i don't mind. I was planning to tell you guys about it too." Hibari doesn't look convinced. "I was! Andmaybeiwasplanningtotellyoulasttoo," he adds quickly, muttering and averting his eyes. Hibari just dismissively turns to the door and reaches for the doorknob lol. "oh, wait! i've always wanted to ask, but what happens to our boss when you take over her office like this?"
"Do you need to know?"
"Do you know? or you don't care as long as she lets you kick her out of her own office without a fuss?" Hibari dismissively opens the door, and tsuna doesn't even bother rolling his eyes about it. Typical. "Oh, wait, wait!!!" he shouts again. "Is that all?" That gets a reaction out of hibari, making him frown. "I mean, i plan to quit this job and you don't have my number either--"
"You think i can't have it even if you don't give it to me?"
"I'll ignore that and you better not," tsuna says casually with the expertise of habit. "Also you don't have to say these kinds of things out loud." hibari looks unimpressed, but tsuna still sees how the corners of his lips twitch. "Anyway, hayato and takeshi were so sad to hear it, but you're not going to give me anything? That hurts my feelings--" Hibari slams the door behind him ZFSDFDS. "Say hi to the others for me!" Tsuna shouts after him and then just laughs about it.
Jeez. He didn't even stay long enough for tsuna to ask him how he's been doing lately.
God forbid tsuna tries to be the one to initiate the flirting with his not-boyfriends and not-girlfriend for once. 🙄
(he loves his silly weirdos so much.)
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"oh," fon sends him privately not long after. "it's been quite busy lately, so i just got around to do my own proper background check on you," he lets him know entirely unprompted and unneeded and also unwelcomed if tsuna's honest about it lmao. like, okay??? he already figured out that much and they've already made it clear too. why the sudden, threatening reminder of it?? "you know quite the interesting people :)" tsuna squints at his message, trying to make sense of it. does... he? (he's talking about hibari.) he guesses he's... familiar with a lot of supers due to the nature of his job, but... wait. is he insinuating something? (he's not. he's just talking about him knowing hibari.) "the world really is small, isn't it?" well. that's definitely a threat. right? isn't it?? right??? (it's not. he's just talking about hibari zjdksfsd. 😭😂)
"is that so? ^^" is the least incriminating thing tsuna can think of sending after thinking about it hard. "^^" fon sends back as if he doesn't know (he doesn't 😭) it just adds to tsuna's self-inflicted psychological warfare lmao.
(this isn't necessarily meant to go anywhere btw. i just thought if i ever get around to the scene where tsuna realizes hibari and fon both know each other and also are related, it'd be fun to set up the opportunity for fon to go "yes, we do know each other. i already told you about it, remember?" only for tsuna to go "THAT's what you meant??? i thought you were just threatening me for no reason!!! how was i supposed to figure out that's what you meant???" 😂)
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tsuna keeps sending messages in the group chat every now and then to make sure the arcos are still alive and well. or still alive at the very least. they're one of the strongest groups of villains in the world and all that, sure, sure, but things move fast in the supers world, okay? you never know.
at first he still feels awkward about it, so he only sticks to safe and polite messages like "good morning" "the weather doesn't look too good today" "have a nice day" and such, cringing about it the whole time. 😂 and by now, he also totally expects the arcos clowning on him for it when they don't just leave him on read like he asked, because of course they do lol. anything from "dude, you're such a weirdo" "shall we hold hands and thank the lord for allowing us another day as well?" "HAHAHA" to "what about wishing us good night too?? :(" and such. so tsuna sends "good night" that day as his last message for the day, and of course, they all leave him on read ZAKEDKDF.
(it's fine tho, he was totally expecting something like that haha!! he just rolled his eyes about it and moved on, but also makes it a point to tell them good morning and wish them good night every day anyway from then on. 😂)
as he gets a feel of what they'll allow and what they're comfortable with, he becomes more natural and spontaneous with his messages. "i almost missed my bus" and "went on break just in time to avoid an annoying customer! lucky" and "i should probably try to cook and not just order takeout for dinner again, right?" basically just sharing random thoughts and keeping them updated on small stuff about his life. he doesn't expect them to answer him either. again, it's just so he can see who reads his messages (or who has yet to) so he's sure they're still alive and, more importantly ☝🏽, will pay him for his work zdffds. (listen, living costs money, all right?)
they DO answer him more and more tho. and make fun of him more often than not too lmao, but he's starting to suspect that's just them being friendly towards him and warming up to him. (it is. <3) "are you still in the process of quitting your job at the restaurant?" is what he gets today. "or do you plan to work two jobs?" "wait, did skull reduce your salary on the actual contract??" "EXCUSE ME--" "damn, dude. you poor or something?" "I DIDNT--" "as he should," viper says. "who pays mere underlings so much money?" which, hmmm. granted, tsuna doesn't know the average pay of an underling depending on the job they're doing, but he's been under the impression he's meant to handle very sensitive information about them, so like. well, you know. he's just saying. 🙄😤 "what a shocker to hear you say that, viper," reborn says. "lmao" "IM PAYING HIM EXACTLY AS MUCH AS I SAID I WOULD SHUT UP!!!!!" "TELL THEM TSUNA" "well, maybe you should reconsider if you really have financial issues?" fon helpfully and genuinely advises. "ZJDSKFSK"
"yo tsuna, are you writing a novel over there??" nello's the one to eventually ask, to which tsuna scoffs disbelievingly. he's been TRYING to get a word in, but how is he supposed to keep up with them when they're all a bunch of professional yappers-- "maybe if you'd all shut the fuck up for a bit," lal says. "ladies first," verde shoots back. "bitch," she says. "guess that makes two ladies among us now" "LOLLLL" "damn. she fucking killed you verde" damn, tsuna agrees. He hasn’t been able to talk yet, but maybe he should shut the fuck up too just in case. 😭😂
"it makes them slack off and greedy at the same time when you pay them too much," reborn says like they never digressed from that conversation. and, like. unwarranted much??? "MY money??????" skull says. "that’s mean," tsuna finally manages to get a word in at the same time. is it HIS fault they have yet to share anything work-related so he can do the job they hired him for?? "and MY underlings too so mind your own fucking business" "'that’s mean' he said LMAO" "next thing you know he'll call us bad people too" "this is a grown-up conversation," reborn says, making tsuna almost scoff out a lung. "i'm a grown-up too" "why are you even listening in on our conversation?" "you're the ones who added me to your group chat???" in response to which reborn immediately kicks him out of the group chat EZKFLDSLD. 😭😭😭
(i love reborn so much.)
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when they add him back in the following day, tsuna decides to stand up for himself and stops sending them messages. he DOES, in fact, have a backbone of his own, okay?
To his surprise (and maybe he's a little happy about it too), the arcos waste no time being the first ones to reach out, tho of course, they're childish and tease him about it lol. "man, there's just something missing about this morning today" "right? it's like it could have been good, but for some reason it can't manage to" "my day didn't go so well today. i wonder why" "does anyone else's nights suck all of a sudden??" "i just can't seem to wake up well-rested these days"
tsuna holds on strong and totally doesn't smile and giggle to himself as he leaves them on read.
"i feel like someone used to care about these type of things before" "but did they really ever care if they can stop giving a shit about it so easily?" "well, maybe it says something about us. should we just go and die in a ditch somewhere?" "right. should we go and kill ourselves about it?" "should we go and kill other people about it?" is what reborn says. "it might simply be a matter of releasing some stress" and as much as tsuna sees right through him, he still can't help but give in and send "don't"
"COME ONNN TSUNA!!!!!" the other arcos immediately go off on him haha. "watch and learn, peasants," reborn says, somehow managing to convey just how smug he is about it through the screen. "you could have answered to ANYONE else!!!" "well, maybe someone else should have thought about it first then!!!" he defends. he's ALSO annoyed about it, okay???
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meanwhile, on the other 10th gen's group chat with lambo in it too. who they're just as close to, don't get them wrong (and lambo knows they have another group chat without him). but they can't freely simp about tsuna when he's there too, that's all lol.
"hey, lambo!" "is this about tsuna-nii?" lambo instantly calls them out. "you only remember i exist when it has to do with tsuna-nii" "come on kiddo, not true!!!" yams says. "so make yourself useful and tells us about him, idiot-cow," gokudera says at the same time lmao. "we already know you've been doing extremely well!!!!" ryohei tries to salvage it. "hearing it from haru-nee and kyoko-nee doesn't count," lambo keeps sulking. "you've been doing well," hibari repeats ominously. "but i can help you make it otherwise if you want to keep whining about it, little animal" "that's so mean kyoya-nii-san 😢🥺😢" "not helping, guys" "and scary... 😢😢" "and i'm not even wrong!!! 😢😢😢😢" wait idiot-cow DONT--" lambo logs off, which is one of his favorite card to play against them zfesfgh.
"what if it was something urgent???" gokudera immediately gets on his ass when he finally deigns logging in again. "humph. as if i wouldn't know anything that has to do with tsuna-nii" "did you hear about his new job then?" chrome asks. "we just want to make sure there's nothing weird about it!" ryohei adds.
lambo types and deletes it and types again. and types and deletes it again.
"wait, you didn't know??" yams says. "I DID", he lies. "He didn't tell even you?" "well, well. what did tsunayoshi get himself into this time?" "HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT TOO" "HA! stop lying idiot-cow" "isn't this extremely weird??" "so much for knowing everything about him when he actually told me and the baseball-idiot first," gokudera keeps boasting to a 15yo lmao. "ITS NOT AS IF IM REALLY HIS BROTHER" lambo snaps, and the group chat goes dead silent in shock.
"THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT" he quickly sends when he realizes just what he said. "the fuck???" "I DIDNT MEAN IT" "THATS EXTREMELY WRONG OF YOU TO SAY LAMBO" "lambo-kun" "did you have a fight with tsuna, lambo?" "NO--" "BUT BAKADERA KEPT TEASING ME--" "tsuna-kun would be heartbroken to hear you say that," chrome casually says, making sure lambo will feel the absolute worst about it. 😭😭😭
"thank you for this very useful screenshot," mukuro pipes up. "...you don't mean that, right?" "oh, it's not for any immediate use, don't worry." "but i'm sure it'll prove useful one of these days" "mukuro-nii--" lambo tries, but mukuro pulls a uno reverse on him and logs off zfefsds. "...isn't anyone gonna say something about this?" he asks. "DO something about it????" "your problem," gokudera says. "you should be more careful with what you say, lambo, okay?" yams isn't any more helpful. and neither is ryohei's "i'm sure he was just joking, you know how he is!!!" "😢😢😢😢😢" "fine" "i have screenshots of my own too" "okay now," yams quickly sends. "let's all--" lambo logs off again lmao.
"first of all," he says when he logs back in a while later. "tsuna-nii said the only reason he had yet to tell me is because he didn't want to distract me from my EXAMS" "oh right!!!" "did it go well??" "when will you get the results?" "HUMPH" "too late" "i will only CONSIDER forgiving you if you buy me a thousand grapes juice boxes and a million candy" "so did you hear anything about his new job or not???" gokudera asks. "what about it?" "whose super is he working for?" "i don't know" "he said he isn't allowed to say" "but aren't you usually able to at least say which agency your work for?" yams muses. "i mean, if the offer was really that good, it can't have come from a freelance super, right?" "But what about kyoya? Some freelance supers get by just fine" "wait, why do we care?" lambo asks. "is he doing something dangerous??" "that's what we're trying to figure out, idiot-cow" "tsuna already said it isn't dangerous tho," ryohei reminds them. "And he extremely wouldn't lie to us about it!" "maybe it's just that sensitive and confidential a job," chrome says, making them all sit a bit on it.
"soooo...." yams eventually starts. "do we stop looking into it?" "Should we?" "but how are we supposed to give him an even better offer if we don't know anything about how good theirs is? :(" "are we still going with the plan then?" gokudera asks.
"what plan??" lambo immediately grows concerned. "oh my god" "what plan???" "something to say, little animal?" "Oh my god--" "hahaha, don't worry! It's nothing bad," yams says, about their plan to stage a big, national incident for their debut as proper supers. because that's the plan btw. the plan lambo totally doesn't have to worry about. yeah, that plan. "oh my GOD--" lambo totally worries about it, because they've done this before. 😭 "at least make sure you won't have to use plans B to Z all right???" "your plan As are already always the worst and suck enough as it is" and then he logs off again before they can tell him off for saying the truth✌🏽✨😌😂
Yes ofc this isnt a fic, Hope, this isnt a fic. Just a very long, 20k words, with worldbuilding and carefully written 'tumblr post' that is updated every week. Nice try in denial, Hope, you are almost as good as tsuna now :P keep trying and maybe this post will take a spot in your khr fic collections on ao3 :)
Is this already at 20k words. 😭 THE WORLDBUILDING'S HAPPENING AGAINST MY WILL. ✋🏽 Like all worldbuilding i end up having to do for any of my stories actually lmao. Somehow i never see it coming that writing aus also means figuring out how those alternate universes work. 😂
Anyway. I might have some more scenes left for this story WHO SAID THAT???
[ID: Screenshot of my works on ao3 for the fandom Katekyo Hitman Reborn. /End ID]
OH RIGHT HAHA. You know, i've actually been thinking if i should make a series on ao3 for my tumblr exclusive stories. Which'd stop being tumblr exclusive once i'd have cross-posted them over on ao3 lol, but you know. I kind of like the idea of having tumblr exclusive stories tho. But at the same time, the idea has also kind of always been to post them over on ao3 too once i'd consider them "proper, finished stories" (idk what that means either 😭), but who knows when that'll ever happen lmao.
On another note, i feel like i've been stuck at 96 works for forever now zbdksks. Like, every time i post a new work, somehow it's still and always my 96 work haha
I HOPE I DID NOT PRESSURE YOU TO POST IT ON AO3 AGHCHFCHT PLS HAVE A TUMBLR EXCLUSIVE FICS CUZ THIS PLACE IS LIKE A SECRET UNDERGROUND BASEMENT FOR THE FANDOM AND I NEED A REASON TO COME BACK HERE
Anddd for the fics on ao3, 96 is Chromes number so i was hoping that you would keep it like that for a while hehehe
OH NO YOU TOTALLY DIDN'T DON'T WORRY ZHEKSJSK. Really tho!!! I've actually been considering the idea for a while already all on my own lol, so we're all good.
Something else i like about tumblr is that it comes with less pressure somehow? Not that i value my tumblr readers less than my ao3 readers or anything, i don't and i love you guys just as much <3, but yeah. I feel like if i had posted this on ao3, there probably wouldn't have been all these updates, or at least much slower ones, because i'd have felt like i just had to format it in a "nicer" and more "serious" way by coming up with the group chats' names and everyone's usernames and stuff. Whereas here, it's like... well, that's just my silly tumblr post (affectionate and complimentary) i keep adding my thoughts to haha, you know?
I think about that writing prompt about a hero ending up in the villains' group chat i reblogged back then sometimes. How i immediately felt like having tsuna in the hero's role, and then very predictably paired him up with the arcos as the villains lol. I'm not sorry about it. <3
So there's tsuna who isn't actually a hero but a nobody civilian, who first thinks this is someone playing a prank on him because no way he just got added to the actual group chat of one of the most notorious group of villains in the world. Tsuna who goes from "um, hi? Can i help you?" But then never actually gets to "i think there was some kind of mistake here" because the arcos are a bunch of yappers.
And at some point between "who the fuck is that?" "Is he one of you guys' underlings?" "Since when are we adding underlings to this group chat?" "Why don't you just hold a press conference to reveal all of our most sensitive information on live tv while you're at it, skull?", skull goes "i added him on purpose!!!" You know, like a liar. He IS the one who added tsuna, and judging by the others' reactions, he clearly wasn't meant to, but he doesn't remember why the hell it was on his to-do-list to do then?? Also the guy's profile picture and name don't even ring any fucking bell. Wait, was he supposed to add him to his underlings' group chat instead?? Ugh, whatever!!!
(Did tsuna... apply to become a group of villains' underling? He doesn't remember that.)
"What purpose?" The arcos continue to yap. "Aren't we always bitching about how nobody ever reads what the others have to say on here??" Skull says. "Well, there you have it! He can keep track of it and let us know of the important things!"
(Did tsuna... apply for this specific position as an underling?? He doesn't remember that either.)
"Why the fuck are you deciding that on your own?" Tsuna reads with a steadily increasing ominous feeling, because these guys sure seem to take this prank very seriously. "Is he even trustworthy?" "Haven't you guys ever heard of a trial period?" Skull defends. "And WHERE is he gonna let us know of those important things again??" They ignore him. "In the same group chat we never read???" "YOU'RE READING IT RIGHT NOW AREN'T YOU???? FUCK YOU--"
"I actually already have a job, so..." Tsuna says, to which the arcos instantly go off on him because "why the fuck did you apply then???" And also "so???" Skull says, because his reputation is on the line here. "Just quit???"
(Did Tsuna really apply to this job, though? He guesses he must have, right? But did he really, though?
For the life of him, he really just can't remember.)
"Well, i kind of need the money, so..." He tries again, and feels himself lose 3 years of his life when they all go silent for a bit.
"You think we make our underlings work for free??" They start talking again all at the same time. "YOU THINK I DON'T PAY MY UNDERLINGS THE JUST SALARY FOR THEIR WORK????" Skull says, outraged. "PLUS ALL THE BENEFITS MIND YOU," he adds, because the FUCK does tsuna take him for???? "Well, i guess he at least won't have any problems saying the things he wants to say to us," reborn says.
"Well," tsuna keeps typing in a momentary lapse of sanity, "how much are we talking about...?"
"What do you mean how much?" The arcos keep yapping. "Didn't you read the contract?" "Didn't skull make you one?" "YES I DID," skull lies. ("THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WHEN I SENT IT THE FIRST TIME," he keeps lying in tsuna's dms. "I'LL SEND IT AGAIN SOON.") "Do you just commit to things you don't know about?" "Are you stupid?", meanwhile skull sends in the group chat ten times the amount he usually offers, just to make sure to get one over the other arcos about how he's the one paying his underlings the most.
And, well. It sure IS more than what tsuna's current job pays him. Plus all the benefits?
"Am i really talking to the real arcobaleno?" He finally brings himself to ask before the offered money can make him lose all sense of self-preservation.
"Is your current job being a comedian?" Is the first answer he gets. "LMAO" "Whose dumbfuck wannabe villains out there would dare to use our names, let alone pretend to be us?" "Do we have to go on a purge again and remind everyone why they shouldn't do that?"
"Please don't," tsuna quickly types and sends in dawning and horrifying realization.
Is this really happening? Are they really the arcobaleno?
They sure act like it.
"Don't tell us what to do." "Who the fuck asked for your opinion?"
"I won't kill anyone," tsuna takes the opportunity to say while they're on the subject. "And would like to be the least involved possible in any of your killings. Or crimes in general," he adds as an afterthought.
To which the arcos instantly go off on him again because "But YOU applied to work with US????" "Why the fuck keeping track of a group chat would involve you killing anyone??" "Who is it you're saying you'd have to kill? One of us?"
Tsuna feels himself lose 5 years of his life as he looks at the last message in horror, and then another 10 years when they all go dead silent again.
Oh god. He didn't fucking say that???? Oh fuck.
Is he dead? Are they gonna track him down and kill him?
Are they gonna kill him without even granting him his trial period even when he's apparently crazy enough to actually consider accepting the job?
"Where the hell do you even find these people, skull?" They eventually start yapping again, and tsuna starts breathing again. "You let your underlings talk to you like that?" "At least MY underlings actually TALK to me like the fellow human being i am" "debatable" "and you're proud of it?" "It's because even them can tell you're a fucking pushover lmao" "all of you shut the hell up. Does anyone actually have something important to say? Otherwise i'm out of here" "good fucking riddance," skull says. "Tsunayoshi, is it?"
"Yes, but you can just call me tsuna," he says, because what else is even there to say?
"As long as i don't have to hear directly from these guys ever again, i'll even pay you a million dollars a month"
"Haha," he says, because it feels like the correct thing to say.
"Oh, was that funny to you?" Reborn says, because of fucking course he does lmao.
And already, tsuna can see his shortened lifespan (in spirit) flash before his eyes.
i was hesitating whether to share this because it doesn't really advance the story or anything, plus this turned out to be less of a chat fic and more of a proper narrative story, but i figured the interactions in and of themselves would be fun to see haha.
@mistingrain @otaku-reborn have a little addition to this verse!
Skull sends him the contract. Tsuna reads it through. Signs it and sends it back before he can think better of it.
He receives a package the very next day with a phone in it. It's the exact same one as the one he has, except it's immediately apparent when he turns it on that this one is at the height of technology. It comes with a second screen where the group chat app is and that can only be accessed when he's the one holding the phone, among other features.
Otherwise it appears to be a normal phone, and Tsuna clones all the data of his phone to the new one before he sends the old one back to the sender as instructed.
As soon as he turns the phone on and logs onto the group chat app, he gets jump scared by the arco all sending him private messages.
They range from "I'm sure you know what'll happen to you if you get any funny ideas with the information you'll be privy to" to "better get a will ready now you're in this line of work" and "hello. Let us hope you last long enough to at least make it past your trial period :)" but also "don't bother me with needless information. All i need to know are the information needed to help me make a profit or avoid a loss"
Which. Okay. Not unexpected from a group of villains, but also very much not needed. He has no intention of getting any "funny ideas" whatsoever, thank you very much. Because he'd very much like to stay alive, so he won't be writing a will either actually. Wouldn't want to jinx it and all that. Especially when, again, he very much plans to stay alive for another long while, thank you very much.
Reborn sends "i know everything there is to know about you" which. Yeah. His contact information on the contract skull sent him made that much clear, plus the fact they sent him the exact same phone model as the one he was using wasn't exactly subtle either. Not to mention they even knew somehow he apparently applied to this job before even he himself did. But even without any of that, he was expecting the background check.
"Look out the window," reborn sends as soon as tsuna reads his first message.
Tsuna's heart picks up its pace as he hurries to his window. What does he mean? Are they watching him?? Will they be watching him??? Did they send someone to get rid of him? But he didn't even have the time to do anything yet!!!
Should he have negotiated a clause about not invading his privacy without cause too?
"You're not actually looking out the window, are you?" Reborn has sent when tsuna checks his phone again. "The first thing you should have done is duck out of its line of sight. Second is to secure all access to you. And third to grab a weapon in case it's more than just a bluff" "Do you even really want this job?" "Tsk, tsk"
Tsuna looks at the messages with his jaw on the fucking floor. Really?? Is that what this guy plans to be all about? Making him fear for his life and taking years off it while he's at it for shits and giggles?
And at once, he completely understands why someone would be willing to pay someone else a million dollars a month just to not have to deal with him lmao.
"Why would you choose skull to be the boss of you??" Nello asks, to which tsuna just goes "???" because what are they even talking about now? "I mean, you wanted to work for skull out of all of us???" Nello continues to yap, and tsuna goes even more "????" because, well. What else choice was even there when skull was the one offering the job?? Or were they all listing the job and he chose to apply with skull? Or something--whatever??? But it didn't seem like they were aware it was something skull was up to, did it?
(Tsuna still does not remember how he ended up with this job.
He doesn't plan to mention it either now he's made it this far regardless.)
"Um, well, i mean," he awkwardly fumbles, "i'm sure you're all very nice—" a pause so he can cringe at himself "—and you're definitely all super impressive!!" More cringing even if it's not untrue zbdksjsk. "But—" another pause because he doesn't know what to fucking say??? What if he says the wrong thing and nello holds it against him and stops him from keeping the job??? "—i like the way skull looks?" He settles on, which is also not untrue, but also not an opinion he can say he's been actively having lol. "He looks cool ^^"
"Lmao," nello sends before he immediately switches to the group chat and sends "rate skull's fit on a scale of 0 to 10. Negative numbers allowed" to tsuna's fucking HORROR AJEKSKS. 😭😂 "UNPROVOKED????" Skull says. "i'll start," nello ignores him, "-10" and then of course, the other arcos waste no time pitching in too. "6" "3" "1, for sparing us from the sight of his face" "5" "2"
"Wow," skull says. "Fuck you guys first of all, like i asked or give a shit second of all, and WHO's talking again????" "Mister i can't move on from my military days himself??? Mister camo clothes is the peak of fashion himself???" "Green AND blond, really??????? You're ugly enough as it is"
The chat, of course, goes fucking crazy zheksjs. And tsuna would be highkey laughing too if he wasn't too horrified at this being his doing lmao.
"Reborn laughed too btw," viper makes sure to let everyone know as nello and skull keep going at each other. "None of your business," is all reborn can say because it'd be useless to deny it when they're all aware of viper's power. "OH YEAH???" Nello turns right on him. "That's not what you were fucking saying last night, bitch" "wouldn't that be because you were naked then?" Fon muses. "Oh?" Lal says at the same time. "Do share with the class" "yeah??" Skull says, also at the same time, because they're all yappers lest we forget. "I don't need confirmation to know i'm the funniest guy you guys know"
"You see our issue," verde sends tsuna as the others continue to yap in the group chat. "Even if we did read the group chat, we'd still end up dead before we could get to the point."
Tsuna breathes out a laugh, half nervous, half disbelieving, and half genuinely amused. And yes, the math is wrong. Well, you won't believe this, but tsuna's never been all that good at math.
Anyway. He DOES very much see the issue. So that's why they all sent him private messages so he could contact them privately. That's where he's supposed to let them know of the "important things", huh?
You'd think the convenience of a group chat instead of sending the same message to everyone multiple times would make them get over... whatever they have going on between them, but who's tsuna to tell them how they should behave, right?
What ARE those "important things" tho?? Especially if they're going to each have their own meaning of it if viper's message is anything to go by. Should he ask everyone the question and see what they say?
"Skull-san," he decides to ask skull first. He can call him skull-san, right? Or should he call him boss instead? Would that be more underling-like?? Well, he wouldn't fucking know that. "I was wondering--" he's in the middle of typing when skull sends him a message too that only says, "TSUNA" "Yes?" Tsuna quickly deletes and sends instead. Shit. Did nello tattle on him??? But he complimented him so he should be fine, right??? Or has something "important" been shared in the group chat and he missed it?
Oh wait. Does skull want him to answer to what he first sent him? What was it again?
"Yo tsuna" "don't ever listen to anything the others have to say about me, 'kay?" "I'm the one paying you anyway, so you can just ignore them" "actually i'll even give you a bonus for every time you withhold information from them and it gets them in trouble lol" "plus a promotion if it ends up killing them LOL"
Right, that.
Haha. Lol. Yeah, right.
Tsuna will NOT fucking do that, thank you very much. He's not a big fan of actively trying to get himself killed, you see.
"You see the bullshit i've had to deal with???" Is what skull says. "Why would anyone care about anything these guys have to say when they're always like this, right???"
"Actually, i've been meaning to ask, skull-san," tsuna strategically avoids answering, "but what are the 'important things' i should make sure you're all aware of?"
"Beats me," is the helpful answer he gets. "I can survive anything so i don't really care. Just make sure to remind me you're still alive every now and then so i can keep you on payroll" can they please STOP manifesting his death he swears to god-- "i don't give a shit about the others either," skull continues to be oh so very helpful. "Oh wait, DO let me know if it looks like they're about to lose against supers or something!!" "So i can show up and make sure they DO lose" "LOLLLL"
"haha," tsuna says, because it feels lile the correct thing to say.
Maybe it was a mistake to accept this job.
"Leaving me on read, are you?" Reborn asks as tsuna's rethinking his life choices, because of fucking course he does ZHKSKS. 😭😂 (I love reborn so much.)
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"You're quitting?" Yams repeats back at him with nothing short of the grief of a wife who just learned she lost her husband at war.
(IDK I REALLY LIKE YAMSTUSNA OKAY--)
"I mean, possibly?" Tsuna tries to soften the blow. "It's in the plans, but nothing's confirmed yet," he lies a little, because he very much did sign the contract already.
But he can always quit, right? So he'd rather wait for that first pay check if he even lasts that long before quitting his job. He can't just quit it cold turkey like that anyway, so it all works out.
"You found another job?" Gokudera asks, trying to not look as unaffected by the news as yams, and looking like the most abandoned and kicked puppy of all puppies anyway.
"Yeah. It kind of just happened."
The restaurant's busy and he should move on from their table now he gave them their orders, but he's not the type to slack off and their regulars like him, so he's allowed to have these little chats as long as things aren't too busy.
"But i don't even have your number yet," yams says, in that particular tone of voice that always makes tsuna's cheeks grow warm.
"Well, it's against policy..."
"Just until your last day, right?" Gokudera says.
Tsuna scratches his cheek, feeling bad for denying them when he really likes them too, but... "Yeah, but you won't know which day it'll be, right?" It's also against policy for them to share their schedules with their customers.
"What about meeting at your house?" Yams tries. "I know where you live--" Gokudera kicks him under the table and shuts him up lol.
"Hello, welcome," tsuna greets some new customers before he turns their attention back to them. "Sorry, you were saying?"
"He said, what kind of job is it?" Gokudera says.
"Sorry, but i'm not allowed to say."
"That's okay. Where is it then? Which company?"
"Hm. I'm not allowed to say either..."
"You're going to work in the supers sector?" They immediately put 2 and 2 together, at which point the other regulars in the restaurant stop badly pretending they aren't eavesdropping on their conversation.
"With supers?" "Our tsuna?" "What if he ends up in danger?" "No way--"
"But i thought you just happened to end up with this job too and weren't interested in working with supers?" Yams asks, and the look of betrayal on his face stabs tsuna right through his heart.
"Right--"
"If i knew it was on the table and you were looking for another job, i would've--"
"At which company?" Gokudera scoffs.
"How hard can it be to make one?" Yams fires back. "Like you're not thinking the same too"
"Guys!" Tsuna cuts in. "Look, it just really happened out of the blue, i swear. The offer was just too good to refuse"
"But we all agreed to a pact of non-action--" gokudera kicks him under the table again zhzkskkd.
"What?"
"He meant, whose backstabbing b--" this time, it's yams who stomps on his foot under the table "--i mean, whose super are you going to work for?"
"Hm--i can't... say either, sorry..."
Gokudera narrows his eyes. "It's not going to be dangerous, is it?"
And tsuna, as always, feels warmth spread through him. "Not at all." It shouldn't be anyway, right? "But thank you for worrying. And i'm really sorry for dropping this on you so suddenly."
Yams immediately smiles at him with the force of a thousand suns, the smile reaching his eyes too, to tsuna's relief. "Don't worry about it! It's not like we can only see each other here, right?"
"Right!" tsuna perks up, because he'd really like it too if they could keep in touch somehow.
"But, you know, tsuna. If this is really all so sudden... Does kyoya know?"
Tsuna snorts. "What?" He laughs. "You're saying that like he's my dad or my boyfriend or something."
Yams laughs too. "Right?" He exchanges a glance with gokudera who is not laughing, and is still not laughing when he looks at him like he might as well keep laughing while he still can. "You totally don't need his permission for anything."
"Right? Hahahaha."
"Hahaha, yeah. Right, so..." He grins, trying to soften the blow as much as he can. "He doesn't know yet, does he?"
Back again lol
@mistingrain @otaku-reborn (btw this might be the last addition for all i know lol, but let me know whenever you want me to stop tagging you!)
The group chat stays completely inactive for a week and some, and tsuna's not sure what to make of it. He doesn't know if it's normal for them because the messages automatically deletes themselves every 12 hours, so he can't back read to see how often or not so often they use the group chat. He makes sure to check it every 4 hours at the very least too, so he knows it's not that he just so happens to miss them when they do use the group chat.
Well, even easier for him, right? He's going to get paid handsomely for literally doing nothing. They will still pay him even on months they don't use the group chat at all, right??
But tsuna being tsuna, it just gives him more anxiety over it lol. He'd like to feel like he's earned at least some of his salary, you see. Plus, what if this means bad news??
And okay, yes, maybe it's unlikely seeing as they're one of the strongest group of villains in the world and all, plus the news would definitely say something about it, but still. He'd like to know if he has to look for another job, especially if he ends up quitting the one at the restaurant to fully focus on this one.
(Plus, like. Spare some compassionate thoughts about their unlikely deaths, he guesses?? Or something. Whatever.)
(Oh, wait. Is this just their way of firing him by ghosting him???
Um, rude if true.)
Anyway. "Hello," he types to test the waters, and doesn't send it because it feels awkward somehow. "How's everyone doing today?" He adds to see if it makes it better and immediately deletes the whole thing lmao. "Hi," he tries again. "Is everyone all right?" And then makes a face at his message because who even is he to ask that lol. Also why wouldn't they be being who they are?? There's been no indication they aren't either.
(Because, see, tsuna's been doing his homework. He's been following the news about supers activities, especially supervillains, as well as following relevant pages, websites, blogs, hashtags and all that, and goggling stuff too every now and then, hoping none of that will put him on some kind of list lol. He also subscribed to the big superhero agencies' more likely to take on threats like the arco newsletters.
He figured it'd help him recognize the "important things" they'd share in the group chat, but then, very little about them is actually revealed to the general public or made accessible to them.
Well, no news is good news, right?)
"So," he settles on, not letting himself overthink it so he actually sends the message. "What do you guys do for work?"
And, of course, the arco immediately come online to dunk on him ZJDKSKS. "Well, who's asking? 🧐🤨" "Wait, no--" "Hunting innocents people for sports" "killing the weak and the oppressed" "LMAO you undercover dude??" "NO--!!!" "adding to the numbers of widows and orphans" "i already said that" "that's good to hear. They meet unfortunate ends when they are :)" "I'M NOT--" "overthrowing governments for fun" "blowing up places and such" "giving heroes a career" "LOLLL" "nice one lmao"
They keep making fun of him like tsuna isn't about to have a heart attack over it lmao. Turns out they're alive and well, though. They can even get along! Well, fucking good for them. 🙄🤬🙄🤬🙄
(HE'S ALREADY SO TIRED OF THEIR ASSES ZJEKZKDK--😭😭😭
I love tsuna so much. I love them all so much.)
"I just thought we could try to know each other better!!!" He manages to get a word in. "AND NOW YOU'RE FLIRTING WITH US???" Is what the arco say just to fuck with him more lmao. "Wait, but you don't even know what we look like" "Who do you think is the hottest between us?? There's only one right answer btw" "What else could i be but devastatingly handsome? Be serious"
Tsuna's face is beet red, and he'd be grateful if he could just explode right about now actually.
"I was just making sure i still had a job i'd get paid for by the end of the month," he sends. "Feel free to just leave me on read next time if you're going to be like this" "have a nice day"
And then he dips for the next 4 hours without waiting for an answer lol.
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Meanwhile, on the 10th gen's group chat. Yes, they also have a group chat. And yes, i guess they're part of this verse too now.
(It's because i love them too, that's why.)
"You didn't hear it from me because i'm sure tsuna wants to tell you himself," yams says, "but he's planning to quit his job at the restaurant." And it's basically him dropping a bomb in front of their nice salads zjdksk. "WHAT" "what." "WHY???" "Did someone give him a hard time at work?" "What happened?" "Coworkers or customers? Their names?" "We'll see," is what hibari says lmao. "The fuck you mean???" Is what gokudera says in response. (😭😂) "He can do whatever the hell he wants"
"So suddenly?" the others ignore them. "He said the offer he got was too good to refuse," yams explains. "I can make him a good offer too--" "how GOOD could it have been--" "from whom?" Mukuro's the one to ask, which makes it obviously concerning lol. "A super," gokudera's the one to say.
"WHAT" "is this a joke? Tsuna's always said he'd rather not work in that field" "RIGHT???" "Wait because why can't i think of whose super it could be?" "He did end up as a district worker anyway tho" "he said the offer just kind of happened too" "IS IT A SUPER WHO DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER BEING A REGULAR AT HIS RESTAURANT???" "I KNOW RIGHT???" Yams says. "They don't even know him like we do or care about him as much as we do. The audacity--" "whose. Super is it?" Hibari asks. "And if you knew?????" Gokudera's the one to answer again, because he's never not on that 'clock hibari's bullshit' duty zjdkskdks. 😭 "Like tsuna will thank you for it" "tsuna said he's not allowed to say," yams offers helpfully.
"Wait wait wait. How are we gonna keep seeing him if he quits his job?? We didn't even get his number yet :(" "i know :(" yams says, because is he even yams if he doesn't take every opportunity to be hopelessly and pathetically lovesick about tsuna? "But you know, if the offer was from a super and he still accepted it..." Chrome starts. "WE are supers too" "what a funny thing to say," mukuro immediately clowns on that statement, that bitch LMAO. "That's fucking news to me," gokudera reluctantly agrees. "I doubt tsuna will care much about an offer from unknown, unaffiliated, part time, neighborhood supers. Who do it FOR FREE too in case you idiots forgot" "don't forget unregistered," mukuro adds, because god forbid you mistake him as the type to comply with governments. "I have money," hibari corrects, because god forbid you think him the type to be poor lmao.
"THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE EXTREMELY NEED TO BE TSUNA'S TYPE" ryohei defends. "Yeah yeah yeah!!!" Yams backs him up. "It's not like we couldn't compete with all the great supers out there if we wanted to" "we just need to get our names out there" "then should we stage some kind of big, national incident and be the ones to resolve it?" Chrome asks, to which nobody actually goes 'what about no????' Because they're all insane in the heads. Also nothing is ever too much if it's for tsuna, you see. 😌☺️ Anyway, as they're all trying to work out the logistics of that, yams remember the most important thing.
"OH WAIT GUYS!!!" "Holy shit i can't believe i almost forgot" "yes?" "???" "So as we were talking, tsuna mentioned the idea of him having a BOYfriend and..." "AND????" "go on." "hurry up and spit it out" "he seemed totally A-OKAY WITH THAT CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT GUYS" "Good for you guys," chrome says supportively as the chat goes crazy in joy. They've already figured out he's attracted to girls too, you see haha
"your boyfriend's here," one of tsuna's coworkers tells him.
"Which one?" He says, because they're busy and don't have time for the usual 'not my boyfriend/whatever you say' back and forth.
"The weirdo one." Now of course they're ALL weirdos, but the last one who acted the weirdest gets to wear that badge of honor until one of the others ones-up them lol. Plus tsuna's learned to guess whose not-boyfriends his coworkers are talking about going by their tone of voices and stuff.
(OR his not-girlfriend too. ☝🏽 but there's only one so that immediately makes it easier lol. UNLESS ✋🏽 kyoko and haru have something to say about that, but they haven't let me know yet if it's the case.)
"Kyoya?" He asks anyway, hoping against all hope.
"Yep, that one. He's waiting for you in the boss' office."
Shit.
"Hi?" He says after he walks in without knocking, because hibari isn't actually the boss of them or anything. He doesn't even have anything to do with the restaurant OR their actual boss as far as tsuna knows and can tell. Would that have ever stopped him to make himself at home in the boss' office like he owns the place whenever he comes by? Lol. Of course not. "Is this urgent? Because we're kind of busy right now--"
"Spit it out," is what hibari says, sitting behind the desk and looking none-too threatening lmao, so of course tsuna's happy to stay right by the door.
"No can do."
"Or i can beat it out of you."
"No thanks. I still wouldn't even if you did--"
"That's what they all say."
"--because i legally agreed not to," he finishes before he rolls his eyes. Jeez. And so what if he still backs up further against the door? He's been bitten to death and has seen other people be bitten to death by hibari before, thank you very much. "So like, it's not that i don't want to tell you or would mind telling you, which I think should make you at least 5% less angry about it."
"I will find out regardless."
"Um, yeah?" he says just as obviously. Tsuna doesn't doubt one of the greatest group of villains in the world isn't so easily found out against their will, but he isn't about to doubt hibari's skills and sheer will either. "And i would have had nothing to do with it, which we'd all be able to agree on." Which also means they'll leave tsuna out of it as they duke it out or whatever until they figure things out.
"You don't work with supers," hibari says, and his accusing tone pricks at tsuna's heart a little in guilt.
"I mean... I kind of have been anyway for the last couple of years, right?"
"Around supers," he corrects.
Which. Yeah, he's not wrong. Only on their days off too. But it doesn't change the fact it's common for villains to take a shot at targeting the district or for supers' disagreement to turn into fights that get out of hands.
So like. The job with the arcos is technically safer than the one at the restaurant.
"Really? Because if you want to play it like that, then i'm only going to work for supers now. Far away from any actual supers activities too."
"This is a government job."
Tsuna blinks, his mouth hanging open silently, needing a moment to get what hibari's getting at. Hibari can only say so many words at once and only so many sentences successively after all. He gotta keep that cool, mysterious and unbothered air about him at all time, you see.
Tsuna swallows back his laugh and purses his lips to hide his smile. He's so silly.
"I know." So maybe this really doesn't come across as a sound decision to make overnight without knowing all the facts, huh? (< he says, like he wouldn't come across as even crazier if people DID know all the facts about his new job and how he ended up getting it. 😭 if they'd even believe him to begin with lmao. but actually, the people who know him WOULD, in fact, believe him, because tsuna's just as crazy as the rest of them esgxcvd, let us never forget. ☝🏽) Landing a job as a district worker is basically the dream job for civilians with awakened powers who aren't interested in a super career, but also whose power is just that little too much suited for it for them to not make a living out of it. "but they're going to pay me more for doing an easier job that will take less of my time than this one. It'd have been stupid of me to refuse, right?"
Hibari narrows his eyes at him for a long moment before he scoffs and stands. Tsuna lets his shoulders drop, the matter settled for now, grinning despite himself.
It's always nice to be reminded he now has people who trust him to make his own decisions, and who trust he put thoughts behind them no matter how sudden they might be. Even nicer and warmer when they still worry about it anyway for no other reason than they care about him.
Tsuna still moves along the wall to keep the distance between him and hibari as he walks closer, because he knows his silly and weirdos not-boyfriends and not-girlfriend, okay? 😂
"It'd be more believable if you were being stupid about it."
"It's a real job! You know it's hard to fool me about these kinds of things."
"There's no need to fool you to coerce or threaten you."
"Well, no one's doing that, so let's not manifest it."
"Here I thought you wanted a peaceful and long life--"
"I do, stop!" he shouts, making hibari laugh. Tsuna holds back his own laugh as best as he can so he can keep acting upset. "I swear, you're always so--"
Hibari stops in front of the door, crossing his arms on his chest, an unrepentant smirk on his face. "It's hard to believe when these things just keep 'kind of happening' to you."
Tsuna huffs, crossing his arms on his chest too right back. "You say that like I chose to have it be this way. And it never led me wrong anyway." Which doesn't mean it's always pleasant to go through, at best, but they both already know that. "Besides," he adds, both his tone and his grin cheeky, "if things come to that and i can't figure it out myself, you'll just have to come to rescue me, won't you?"
"It'll cost you," hibari shoots right back with a blank face. "I'll add it to your tab. A real one i've been keeping track of. One i expect you--"
Tsuna throws his hands up in the air. "Fine, i get it! Oh my god--don't you have to go? aren't you busy? i'm not keeping you." Hibari spares him from outright laughing at his face, but he's grinning at him, his eyes full of unapologetic mischievousness that totally does not make tsuna sulk in response. "Whatever. How do you even know about this anyway?"
"How do you think? I haven't heard it from takeshi because you want to tell us yourself."
That makes him huff a laugh, forgetting all about how he's supposed to be sulking. "You're just gonna tattle on him like that?"
"You don't look like you care."
"I mean, it's not like i asked them to keep quiet about it so i don't mind. I was planning to tell you guys about it too." Hibari doesn't look convinced. "I was! Andmaybeiwasplanningtotellyoulasttoo," he adds quickly, muttering and averting his eyes. Hibari just dismissively turns to the door and reaches for the doorknob lol. "oh, wait! i've always wanted to ask, but what happens to our boss when you take over her office like this?"
"Do you need to know?"
"Do you know? or you don't care as long as she lets you kick her out of her own office without a fuss?" Hibari dismissively opens the door, and tsuna doesn't even bother rolling his eyes about it. Typical. "Oh, wait, wait!!!" he shouts again. "Is that all?" That gets a reaction out of hibari, making him frown. "I mean, i plan to quit this job and you don't have my number either--"
"You think i can't have it even if you don't give it to me?"
"I'll ignore that and you better not," tsuna says casually with the expertise of habit. "Also you don't have to say these kinds of things out loud." hibari looks unimpressed, but tsuna still sees how the corners of his lips twitch. "Anyway, hayato and takeshi were so sad to hear it, but you're not going to give me anything? That hurts my feelings--" Hibari slams the door behind him ZFSDFDS. "Say hi to the others for me!" Tsuna shouts after him and then just laughs about it.
Jeez. He didn't even stay long enough for tsuna to ask him how he's been doing lately.
God forbid tsuna tries to be the one to initiate the flirting with his not-boyfriends and not-girlfriend for once. 🙄
(he loves his silly weirdos so much.)
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"oh," fon sends him privately not long after. "it's been quite busy lately, so i just got around to do my own proper background check on you," he lets him know entirely unprompted and unneeded and also unwelcomed if tsuna's honest about it lmao. like, okay??? he already figured out that much and they've already made it clear too. why the sudden, threatening reminder of it?? "you know quite the interesting people :)" tsuna squints at his message, trying to make sense of it. does... he? (he's talking about hibari.) he guesses he's... familiar with a lot of supers due to the nature of his job, but... wait. is he insinuating something? (he's not. he's just talking about him knowing hibari.) "the world really is small, isn't it?" well. that's definitely a threat. right? isn't it?? right??? (it's not. he's just talking about hibari zjdksfsd. 😭😂)
"is that so? ^^" is the least incriminating thing tsuna can think of sending after thinking about it hard. "^^" fon sends back as if he doesn't know (he doesn't 😭) it just adds to tsuna's self-inflicted psychological warfare lmao.
(this isn't necessarily meant to go anywhere btw. i just thought if i ever get around to the scene where tsuna realizes hibari and fon both know each other and also are related, it'd be fun to set up the opportunity for fon to go "yes, we do know each other. i already told you about it, remember?" only for tsuna to go "THAT's what you meant??? i thought you were just threatening me for no reason!!! how was i supposed to figure out that's what you meant???" 😂)
///
tsuna keeps sending messages in the group chat every now and then to make sure the arcos are still alive and well. or still alive at the very least. they're one of the strongest groups of villains in the world and all that, sure, sure, but things move fast in the supers world, okay? you never know.
at first he still feels awkward about it, so he only sticks to safe and polite messages like "good morning" "the weather doesn't look too good today" "have a nice day" and such, cringing about it the whole time. 😂 and by now, he also totally expects the arcos clowning on him for it when they don't just leave him on read like he asked, because of course they do lol. anything from "dude, you're such a weirdo" "shall we hold hands and thank the lord for allowing us another day as well?" "HAHAHA" to "what about wishing us good night too?? :(" and such. so tsuna sends "good night" that day as his last message for the day, and of course, they all leave him on read ZAKEDKDF.
(it's fine tho, he was totally expecting something like that haha!! he just rolled his eyes about it and moved on, but also makes it a point to tell them good morning and wish them good night every day anyway from then on. 😂)
as he gets a feel of what they'll allow and what they're comfortable with, he becomes more natural and spontaneous with his messages. "i almost missed my bus" and "went on break just in time to avoid an annoying customer! lucky" and "i should probably try to cook and not just order takeout for dinner again, right?" basically just sharing random thoughts and keeping them updated on small stuff about his life. he doesn't expect them to answer him either. again, it's just so he can see who reads his messages (or who has yet to) so he's sure they're still alive and, more importantly ☝🏽, will pay him for his work zdffds. (listen, living costs money, all right?)
they DO answer him more and more tho. and make fun of him more often than not too lmao, but he's starting to suspect that's just them being friendly towards him and warming up to him. (it is. <3) "are you still in the process of quitting your job at the restaurant?" is what he gets today. "or do you plan to work two jobs?" "wait, did skull reduce your salary on the actual contract??" "EXCUSE ME--" "damn, dude. you poor or something?" "I DIDNT--" "as he should," viper says. "who pays mere underlings so much money?" which, hmmm. granted, tsuna doesn't know the average pay of an underling depending on the job they're doing, but he's been under the impression he's meant to handle very sensitive information about them, so like. well, you know. he's just saying. 🙄😤 "what a shocker to hear you say that, viper," reborn says. "lmao" "IM PAYING HIM EXACTLY AS MUCH AS I SAID I WOULD SHUT UP!!!!!" "TELL THEM TSUNA" "well, maybe you should reconsider if you really have financial issues?" fon helpfully and genuinely advises. "ZJDSKFSK"
"yo tsuna, are you writing a novel over there??" nello's the one to eventually ask, to which tsuna scoffs disbelievingly. he's been TRYING to get a word in, but how is he supposed to keep up with them when they're all a bunch of professional yappers-- "maybe if you'd all shut the fuck up for a bit," lal says. "ladies first," verde shoots back. "bitch," she says. "guess that makes two ladies among us now" "LOLLLL" "damn. she fucking killed you verde" damn, tsuna agrees. He hasn’t been able to talk yet, but maybe he should shut the fuck up too just in case. 😭😂
"it makes them slack off and greedy at the same time when you pay them too much," reborn says like they never digressed from that conversation. and, like. unwarranted much??? "MY money??????" skull says. "that’s mean," tsuna finally manages to get a word in at the same time. is it HIS fault they have yet to share anything work-related so he can do the job they hired him for?? "and MY underlings too so mind your own fucking business" "'that’s mean' he said LMAO" "next thing you know he'll call us bad people too" "this is a grown-up conversation," reborn says, making tsuna almost scoff out a lung. "i'm a grown-up too" "why are you even listening in on our conversation?" "you're the ones who added me to your group chat???" in response to which reborn immediately kicks him out of the group chat EZKFLDSLD. 😭😭😭
(i love reborn so much.)
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when they add him back in the following day, tsuna decides to stand up for himself and stops sending them messages. he DOES, in fact, have a backbone of his own, okay?
To his surprise (and maybe he's a little happy about it too), the arcos waste no time being the first ones to reach out, tho of course, they're childish and tease him about it lol. "man, there's just something missing about this morning today" "right? it's like it could have been good, but for some reason it can't manage to" "my day didn't go so well today. i wonder why" "does anyone else's nights suck all of a sudden??" "i just can't seem to wake up well-rested these days"
tsuna holds on strong and totally doesn't smile and giggle to himself as he leaves them on read.
"i feel like someone used to care about these type of things before" "but did they really ever care if they can stop giving a shit about it so easily?" "well, maybe it says something about us. should we just go and die in a ditch somewhere?" "right. should we go and kill ourselves about it?" "should we go and kill other people about it?" is what reborn says. "it might simply be a matter of releasing some stress" and as much as tsuna sees right through him, he still can't help but give in and send "don't"
"COME ONNN TSUNA!!!!!" the other arcos immediately go off on him haha. "watch and learn, peasants," reborn says, somehow managing to convey just how smug he is about it through the screen. "you could have answered to ANYONE else!!!" "well, maybe someone else should have thought about it first then!!!" he defends. he's ALSO annoyed about it, okay???
///
meanwhile, on the other 10th gen's group chat with lambo in it too. who they're just as close to, don't get them wrong (and lambo knows they have another group chat without him). but they can't freely simp about tsuna when he's there too, that's all lol.
"hey, lambo!" "is this about tsuna-nii?" lambo instantly calls them out. "you only remember i exist when it has to do with tsuna-nii" "come on kiddo, not true!!!" yams says. "so make yourself useful and tells us about him, idiot-cow," gokudera says at the same time lmao. "we already know you've been doing extremely well!!!!" ryohei tries to salvage it. "hearing it from haru-nee and kyoko-nee doesn't count," lambo keeps sulking. "you've been doing well," hibari repeats ominously. "but i can help you make it otherwise if you want to keep whining about it, little animal" "that's so mean kyoya-nii-san 😢🥺😢" "not helping, guys" "and scary... 😢😢" "and i'm not even wrong!!! 😢😢😢😢" wait idiot-cow DONT--" lambo logs off, which is one of his favorite card to play against them zfesfgh.
"what if it was something urgent???" gokudera immediately gets on his ass when he finally deigns logging in again. "humph. as if i wouldn't know anything that has to do with tsuna-nii" "did you hear about his new job then?" chrome asks. "we just want to make sure there's nothing weird about it!" ryohei adds.
lambo types and deletes it and types again. and types and deletes it again.
"wait, you didn't know??" yams says. "I DID", he lies. "He didn't tell even you?" "well, well. what did tsunayoshi get himself into this time?" "HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT TOO" "HA! stop lying idiot-cow" "isn't this extremely weird??" "so much for knowing everything about him when he actually told me and the baseball-idiot first," gokudera keeps boasting to a 15yo lmao. "ITS NOT AS IF IM REALLY HIS BROTHER" lambo snaps, and the group chat goes dead silent in shock.
"THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT" he quickly sends when he realizes just what he said. "the fuck???" "I DIDNT MEAN IT" "THATS EXTREMELY WRONG OF YOU TO SAY LAMBO" "lambo-kun" "did you have a fight with tsuna, lambo?" "NO--" "BUT BAKADERA KEPT TEASING ME--" "tsuna-kun would be heartbroken to hear you say that," chrome casually says, making sure lambo will feel the absolute worst about it. 😭😭😭
"thank you for this very useful screenshot," mukuro pipes up. "...you don't mean that, right?" "oh, it's not for any immediate use, don't worry." "but i'm sure it'll prove useful one of these days" "mukuro-nii--" lambo tries, but mukuro pulls a uno reverse on him and logs off zfefsds. "...isn't anyone gonna say something about this?" he asks. "DO something about it????" "your problem," gokudera says. "you should be more careful with what you say, lambo, okay?" yams isn't any more helpful. and neither is ryohei's "i'm sure he was just joking, you know how he is!!!" "😢😢😢😢😢" "fine" "i have screenshots of my own too" "okay now," yams quickly sends. "let's all--" lambo logs off again lmao.
"first of all," he says when he logs back in a while later. "tsuna-nii said the only reason he had yet to tell me is because he didn't want to distract me from my EXAMS" "oh right!!!" "did it go well??" "when will you get the results?" "HUMPH" "too late" "i will only CONSIDER forgiving you if you buy me a thousand grapes juice boxes and a million candy" "so did you hear anything about his new job or not???" gokudera asks. "what about it?" "whose super is he working for?" "i don't know" "he said he isn't allowed to say" "but aren't you usually able to at least say which agency your work for?" yams muses. "i mean, if the offer was really that good, it can't have come from a freelance super, right?" "But what about kyoya? Some freelance supers get by just fine" "wait, why do we care?" lambo asks. "is he doing something dangerous??" "that's what we're trying to figure out, idiot-cow" "tsuna already said it isn't dangerous tho," ryohei reminds them. "And he extremely wouldn't lie to us about it!" "maybe it's just that sensitive and confidential a job," chrome says, making them all sit a bit on it.
"soooo...." yams eventually starts. "do we stop looking into it?" "Should we?" "but how are we supposed to give him an even better offer if we don't know anything about how good theirs is? :(" "are we still going with the plan then?" gokudera asks.
"what plan??" lambo immediately grows concerned. "oh my god" "what plan???" "something to say, little animal?" "Oh my god--" "hahaha, don't worry! It's nothing bad," yams says, about their plan to stage a big, national incident for their debut as proper supers. because that's the plan btw. the plan lambo totally doesn't have to worry about. yeah, that plan. "oh my GOD--" lambo totally worries about it, because they've done this before. 😭 "at least make sure you won't have to use plans B to Z all right???" "your plan As are already always the worst and suck enough as it is" and then he logs off again before they can tell him off for saying the truth✌🏽✨😌😂
Yes ofc this isnt a fic, Hope, this isnt a fic. Just a very long, 20k words, with worldbuilding and carefully written 'tumblr post' that is updated every week. Nice try in denial, Hope, you are almost as good as tsuna now :P keep trying and maybe this post will take a spot in your khr fic collections on ao3 :)
Is this already at 20k words. 😭 THE WORLDBUILDING'S HAPPENING AGAINST MY WILL. ✋🏽 Like all worldbuilding i end up having to do for any of my stories actually lmao. Somehow i never see it coming that writing aus also means figuring out how those alternate universes work. 😂
Anyway. I might have some more scenes left for this story WHO SAID THAT???
[ID: Screenshot of my works on ao3 for the fandom Katekyo Hitman Reborn. /End ID]
OH RIGHT HAHA. You know, i've actually been thinking if i should make a series on ao3 for my tumblr exclusive stories. Which'd stop being tumblr exclusive once i'd have cross-posted them over on ao3 lol, but you know. I kind of like the idea of having tumblr exclusive stories tho. But at the same time, the idea has also kind of always been to post them over on ao3 too once i'd consider them "proper, finished stories" (idk what that means either 😭), but who knows when that'll ever happen lmao.
On another note, i feel like i've been stuck at 96 works for forever now zbdksks. Like, every time i post a new work, somehow it's still and always my 96 work haha
I think about that writing prompt about a hero ending up in the villains' group chat i reblogged back then sometimes. How i immediately felt like having tsuna in the hero's role, and then very predictably paired him up with the arcos as the villains lol. I'm not sorry about it. <3
So there's tsuna who isn't actually a hero but a nobody civilian, who first thinks this is someone playing a prank on him because no way he just got added to the actual group chat of one of the most notorious group of villains in the world. Tsuna who goes from "um, hi? Can i help you?" But then never actually gets to "i think there was some kind of mistake here" because the arcos are a bunch of yappers.
And at some point between "who the fuck is that?" "Is he one of you guys' underlings?" "Since when are we adding underlings to this group chat?" "Why don't you just hold a press conference to reveal all of our most sensitive information on live tv while you're at it, skull?", skull goes "i added him on purpose!!!" You know, like a liar. He IS the one who added tsuna, and judging by the others' reactions, he clearly wasn't meant to, but he doesn't remember why the hell it was on his to-do-list to do then?? Also the guy's profile picture and name don't even ring any fucking bell. Wait, was he supposed to add him to his underlings' group chat instead?? Ugh, whatever!!!
(Did tsuna... apply to become a group of villains' underling? He doesn't remember that.)
"What purpose?" The arcos continue to yap. "Aren't we always bitching about how nobody ever reads what the others have to say on here??" Skull says. "Well, there you have it! He can keep track of it and let us know of the important things!"
(Did tsuna... apply for this specific position as an underling?? He doesn't remember that either.)
"Why the fuck are you deciding that on your own?" Tsuna reads with a steadily increasing ominous feeling, because these guys sure seem to take this prank very seriously. "Is he even trustworthy?" "Haven't you guys ever heard of a trial period?" Skull defends. "And WHERE is he gonna let us know of those important things again??" They ignore him. "In the same group chat we never read???" "YOU'RE READING IT RIGHT NOW AREN'T YOU???? FUCK YOU--"
"I actually already have a job, so..." Tsuna says, to which the arcos instantly go off on him because "why the fuck did you apply then???" And also "so???" Skull says, because his reputation is on the line here. "Just quit???"
(Did Tsuna really apply to this job, though? He guesses he must have, right? But did he really, though?
For the life of him, he really just can't remember.)
"Well, i kind of need the money, so..." He tries again, and feels himself lose 3 years of his life when they all go silent for a bit.
"You think we make our underlings work for free??" They start talking again all at the same time. "YOU THINK I DON'T PAY MY UNDERLINGS THE JUST SALARY FOR THEIR WORK????" Skull says, outraged. "PLUS ALL THE BENEFITS MIND YOU," he adds, because the FUCK does tsuna take him for???? "Well, i guess he at least won't have any problems saying the things he wants to say to us," reborn says.
"Well," tsuna keeps typing in a momentary lapse of sanity, "how much are we talking about...?"
"What do you mean how much?" The arcos keep yapping. "Didn't you read the contract?" "Didn't skull make you one?" "YES I DID," skull lies. ("THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WHEN I SENT IT THE FIRST TIME," he keeps lying in tsuna's dms. "I'LL SEND IT AGAIN SOON.") "Do you just commit to things you don't know about?" "Are you stupid?", meanwhile skull sends in the group chat ten times the amount he usually offers, just to make sure to get one over the other arcos about how he's the one paying his underlings the most.
And, well. It sure IS more than what tsuna's current job pays him. Plus all the benefits?
"Am i really talking to the real arcobaleno?" He finally brings himself to ask before the offered money can make him lose all sense of self-preservation.
"Is your current job being a comedian?" Is the first answer he gets. "LMAO" "Whose dumbfuck wannabe villains out there would dare to use our names, let alone pretend to be us?" "Do we have to go on a purge again and remind everyone why they shouldn't do that?"
"Please don't," tsuna quickly types and sends in dawning and horrifying realization.
Is this really happening? Are they really the arcobaleno?
They sure act like it.
"Don't tell us what to do." "Who the fuck asked for your opinion?"
"I won't kill anyone," tsuna takes the opportunity to say while they're on the subject. "And would like to be the least involved possible in any of your killings. Or crimes in general," he adds as an afterthought.
To which the arcos instantly go off on him again because "But YOU applied to work with US????" "Why the fuck keeping track of a group chat would involve you killing anyone??" "Who is it you're saying you'd have to kill? One of us?"
Tsuna feels himself lose 5 years of his life as he looks at the last message in horror, and then another 10 years when they all go dead silent again.
Oh god. He didn't fucking say that???? Oh fuck.
Is he dead? Are they gonna track him down and kill him?
Are they gonna kill him without even granting him his trial period even when he's apparently crazy enough to actually consider accepting the job?
"Where the hell do you even find these people, skull?" They eventually start yapping again, and tsuna starts breathing again. "You let your underlings talk to you like that?" "At least MY underlings actually TALK to me like the fellow human being i am" "debatable" "and you're proud of it?" "It's because even them can tell you're a fucking pushover lmao" "all of you shut the hell up. Does anyone actually have something important to say? Otherwise i'm out of here" "good fucking riddance," skull says. "Tsunayoshi, is it?"
"Yes, but you can just call me tsuna," he says, because what else is even there to say?
"As long as i don't have to hear directly from these guys ever again, i'll even pay you a million dollars a month"
"Haha," he says, because it feels like the correct thing to say.
"Oh, was that funny to you?" Reborn says, because of fucking course he does lmao.
And already, tsuna can see his shortened lifespan (in spirit) flash before his eyes.
i was hesitating whether to share this because it doesn't really advance the story or anything, plus this turned out to be less of a chat fic and more of a proper narrative story, but i figured the interactions in and of themselves would be fun to see haha.
@mistingrain @otaku-reborn have a little addition to this verse!
Skull sends him the contract. Tsuna reads it through. Signs it and sends it back before he can think better of it.
He receives a package the very next day with a phone in it. It's the exact same one as the one he has, except it's immediately apparent when he turns it on that this one is at the height of technology. It comes with a second screen where the group chat app is and that can only be accessed when he's the one holding the phone, among other features.
Otherwise it appears to be a normal phone, and Tsuna clones all the data of his phone to the new one before he sends the old one back to the sender as instructed.
As soon as he turns the phone on and logs onto the group chat app, he gets jump scared by the arco all sending him private messages.
They range from "I'm sure you know what'll happen to you if you get any funny ideas with the information you'll be privy to" to "better get a will ready now you're in this line of work" and "hello. Let us hope you last long enough to at least make it past your trial period :)" but also "don't bother me with needless information. All i need to know are the information needed to help me make a profit or avoid a loss"
Which. Okay. Not unexpected from a group of villains, but also very much not needed. He has no intention of getting any "funny ideas" whatsoever, thank you very much. Because he'd very much like to stay alive, so he won't be writing a will either actually. Wouldn't want to jinx it and all that. Especially when, again, he very much plans to stay alive for another long while, thank you very much.
Reborn sends "i know everything there is to know about you" which. Yeah. His contact information on the contract skull sent him made that much clear, plus the fact they sent him the exact same phone model as the one he was using wasn't exactly subtle either. Not to mention they even knew somehow he apparently applied to this job before even he himself did. But even without any of that, he was expecting the background check.
"Look out the window," reborn sends as soon as tsuna reads his first message.
Tsuna's heart picks up its pace as he hurries to his window. What does he mean? Are they watching him?? Will they be watching him??? Did they send someone to get rid of him? But he didn't even have the time to do anything yet!!!
Should he have negotiated a clause about not invading his privacy without cause too?
"You're not actually looking out the window, are you?" Reborn has sent when tsuna checks his phone again. "The first thing you should have done is duck out of its line of sight. Second is to secure all access to you. And third to grab a weapon in case it's more than just a bluff" "Do you even really want this job?" "Tsk, tsk"
Tsuna looks at the messages with his jaw on the fucking floor. Really?? Is that what this guy plans to be all about? Making him fear for his life and taking years off it while he's at it for shits and giggles?
And at once, he completely understands why someone would be willing to pay someone else a million dollars a month just to not have to deal with him lmao.
"Why would you choose skull to be the boss of you??" Nello asks, to which tsuna just goes "???" because what are they even talking about now? "I mean, you wanted to work for skull out of all of us???" Nello continues to yap, and tsuna goes even more "????" because, well. What else choice was even there when skull was the one offering the job?? Or were they all listing the job and he chose to apply with skull? Or something--whatever??? But it didn't seem like they were aware it was something skull was up to, did it?
(Tsuna still does not remember how he ended up with this job.
He doesn't plan to mention it either now he's made it this far regardless.)
"Um, well, i mean," he awkwardly fumbles, "i'm sure you're all very nice—" a pause so he can cringe at himself "—and you're definitely all super impressive!!" More cringing even if it's not untrue zbdksjsk. "But—" another pause because he doesn't know what to fucking say??? What if he says the wrong thing and nello holds it against him and stops him from keeping the job??? "—i like the way skull looks?" He settles on, which is also not untrue, but also not an opinion he can say he's been actively having lol. "He looks cool ^^"
"Lmao," nello sends before he immediately switches to the group chat and sends "rate skull's fit on a scale of 0 to 10. Negative numbers allowed" to tsuna's fucking HORROR AJEKSKS. 😭😂 "UNPROVOKED????" Skull says. "i'll start," nello ignores him, "-10" and then of course, the other arcos waste no time pitching in too. "6" "3" "1, for sparing us from the sight of his face" "5" "2"
"Wow," skull says. "Fuck you guys first of all, like i asked or give a shit second of all, and WHO's talking again????" "Mister i can't move on from my military days himself??? Mister camo clothes is the peak of fashion himself???" "Green AND blond, really??????? You're ugly enough as it is"
The chat, of course, goes fucking crazy zheksjs. And tsuna would be highkey laughing too if he wasn't too horrified at this being his doing lmao.
"Reborn laughed too btw," viper makes sure to let everyone know as nello and skull keep going at each other. "None of your business," is all reborn can say because it'd be useless to deny it when they're all aware of viper's power. "OH YEAH???" Nello turns right on him. "That's not what you were fucking saying last night, bitch" "wouldn't that be because you were naked then?" Fon muses. "Oh?" Lal says at the same time. "Do share with the class" "yeah??" Skull says, also at the same time, because they're all yappers lest we forget. "I don't need confirmation to know i'm the funniest guy you guys know"
"You see our issue," verde sends tsuna as the others continue to yap in the group chat. "Even if we did read the group chat, we'd still end up dead before we could get to the point."
Tsuna breathes out a laugh, half nervous, half disbelieving, and half genuinely amused. And yes, the math is wrong. Well, you won't believe this, but tsuna's never been all that good at math.
Anyway. He DOES very much see the issue. So that's why they all sent him private messages so he could contact them privately. That's where he's supposed to let them know of the "important things", huh?
You'd think the convenience of a group chat instead of sending the same message to everyone multiple times would make them get over... whatever they have going on between them, but who's tsuna to tell them how they should behave, right?
What ARE those "important things" tho?? Especially if they're going to each have their own meaning of it if viper's message is anything to go by. Should he ask everyone the question and see what they say?
"Skull-san," he decides to ask skull first. He can call him skull-san, right? Or should he call him boss instead? Would that be more underling-like?? Well, he wouldn't fucking know that. "I was wondering--" he's in the middle of typing when skull sends him a message too that only says, "TSUNA" "Yes?" Tsuna quickly deletes and sends instead. Shit. Did nello tattle on him??? But he complimented him so he should be fine, right??? Or has something "important" been shared in the group chat and he missed it?
Oh wait. Does skull want him to answer to what he first sent him? What was it again?
"Yo tsuna" "don't ever listen to anything the others have to say about me, 'kay?" "I'm the one paying you anyway, so you can just ignore them" "actually i'll even give you a bonus for every time you withhold information from them and it gets them in trouble lol" "plus a promotion if it ends up killing them LOL"
Right, that.
Haha. Lol. Yeah, right.
Tsuna will NOT fucking do that, thank you very much. He's not a big fan of actively trying to get himself killed, you see.
"You see the bullshit i've had to deal with???" Is what skull says. "Why would anyone care about anything these guys have to say when they're always like this, right???"
"Actually, i've been meaning to ask, skull-san," tsuna strategically avoids answering, "but what are the 'important things' i should make sure you're all aware of?"
"Beats me," is the helpful answer he gets. "I can survive anything so i don't really care. Just make sure to remind me you're still alive every now and then so i can keep you on payroll" can they please STOP manifesting his death he swears to god-- "i don't give a shit about the others either," skull continues to be oh so very helpful. "Oh wait, DO let me know if it looks like they're about to lose against supers or something!!" "So i can show up and make sure they DO lose" "LOLLLL"
"haha," tsuna says, because it feels lile the correct thing to say.
Maybe it was a mistake to accept this job.
"Leaving me on read, are you?" Reborn asks as tsuna's rethinking his life choices, because of fucking course he does ZHKSKS. 😭😂 (I love reborn so much.)
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"You're quitting?" Yams repeats back at him with nothing short of the grief of a wife who just learned she lost her husband at war.
(IDK I REALLY LIKE YAMSTUSNA OKAY--)
"I mean, possibly?" Tsuna tries to soften the blow. "It's in the plans, but nothing's confirmed yet," he lies a little, because he very much did sign the contract already.
But he can always quit, right? So he'd rather wait for that first pay check if he even lasts that long before quitting his job. He can't just quit it cold turkey like that anyway, so it all works out.
"You found another job?" Gokudera asks, trying to not look as unaffected by the news as yams, and looking like the most abandoned and kicked puppy of all puppies anyway.
"Yeah. It kind of just happened."
The restaurant's busy and he should move on from their table now he gave them their orders, but he's not the type to slack off and their regulars like him, so he's allowed to have these little chats as long as things aren't too busy.
"But i don't even have your number yet," yams says, in that particular tone of voice that always makes tsuna's cheeks grow warm.
"Well, it's against policy..."
"Just until your last day, right?" Gokudera says.
Tsuna scratches his cheek, feeling bad for denying them when he really likes them too, but... "Yeah, but you won't know which day it'll be, right?" It's also against policy for them to share their schedules with their customers.
"What about meeting at your house?" Yams tries. "I know where you live--" Gokudera kicks him under the table and shuts him up lol.
"Hello, welcome," tsuna greets some new customers before he turns their attention back to them. "Sorry, you were saying?"
"He said, what kind of job is it?" Gokudera says.
"Sorry, but i'm not allowed to say."
"That's okay. Where is it then? Which company?"
"Hm. I'm not allowed to say either..."
"You're going to work in the supers sector?" They immediately put 2 and 2 together, at which point the other regulars in the restaurant stop badly pretending they aren't eavesdropping on their conversation.
"With supers?" "Our tsuna?" "What if he ends up in danger?" "No way--"
"But i thought you just happened to end up with this job too and weren't interested in working with supers?" Yams asks, and the look of betrayal on his face stabs tsuna right through his heart.
"Right--"
"If i knew it was on the table and you were looking for another job, i would've--"
"At which company?" Gokudera scoffs.
"How hard can it be to make one?" Yams fires back. "Like you're not thinking the same too"
"Guys!" Tsuna cuts in. "Look, it just really happened out of the blue, i swear. The offer was just too good to refuse"
"But we all agreed to a pact of non-action--" gokudera kicks him under the table again zhzkskkd.
"What?"
"He meant, whose backstabbing b--" this time, it's yams who stomps on his foot under the table "--i mean, whose super are you going to work for?"
"Hm--i can't... say either, sorry..."
Gokudera narrows his eyes. "It's not going to be dangerous, is it?"
And tsuna, as always, feels warmth spread through him. "Not at all." It shouldn't be anyway, right? "But thank you for worrying. And i'm really sorry for dropping this on you so suddenly."
Yams immediately smiles at him with the force of a thousand suns, the smile reaching his eyes too, to tsuna's relief. "Don't worry about it! It's not like we can only see each other here, right?"
"Right!" tsuna perks up, because he'd really like it too if they could keep in touch somehow.
"But, you know, tsuna. If this is really all so sudden... Does kyoya know?"
Tsuna snorts. "What?" He laughs. "You're saying that like he's my dad or my boyfriend or something."
Yams laughs too. "Right?" He exchanges a glance with gokudera who is not laughing, and is still not laughing when he looks at him like he might as well keep laughing while he still can. "You totally don't need his permission for anything."
"Right? Hahahaha."
"Hahaha, yeah. Right, so..." He grins, trying to soften the blow as much as he can. "He doesn't know yet, does he?"
Back again lol
@mistingrain @otaku-reborn (btw this might be the last addition for all i know lol, but let me know whenever you want me to stop tagging you!)
The group chat stays completely inactive for a week and some, and tsuna's not sure what to make of it. He doesn't know if it's normal for them because the messages automatically deletes themselves every 12 hours, so he can't back read to see how often or not so often they use the group chat. He makes sure to check it every 4 hours at the very least too, so he knows it's not that he just so happens to miss them when they do use the group chat.
Well, even easier for him, right? He's going to get paid handsomely for literally doing nothing. They will still pay him even on months they don't use the group chat at all, right??
But tsuna being tsuna, it just gives him more anxiety over it lol. He'd like to feel like he's earned at least some of his salary, you see. Plus, what if this means bad news??
And okay, yes, maybe it's unlikely seeing as they're one of the strongest group of villains in the world and all, plus the news would definitely say something about it, but still. He'd like to know if he has to look for another job, especially if he ends up quitting the one at the restaurant to fully focus on this one.
(Plus, like. Spare some compassionate thoughts about their unlikely deaths, he guesses?? Or something. Whatever.)
(Oh, wait. Is this just their way of firing him by ghosting him???
Um, rude if true.)
Anyway. "Hello," he types to test the waters, and doesn't send it because it feels awkward somehow. "How's everyone doing today?" He adds to see if it makes it better and immediately deletes the whole thing lmao. "Hi," he tries again. "Is everyone all right?" And then makes a face at his message because who even is he to ask that lol. Also why wouldn't they be being who they are?? There's been no indication they aren't either.
(Because, see, tsuna's been doing his homework. He's been following the news about supers activities, especially supervillains, as well as following relevant pages, websites, blogs, hashtags and all that, and goggling stuff too every now and then, hoping none of that will put him on some kind of list lol. He also subscribed to the big superhero agencies' more likely to take on threats like the arco newsletters.
He figured it'd help him recognize the "important things" they'd share in the group chat, but then, very little about them is actually revealed to the general public or made accessible to them.
Well, no news is good news, right?)
"So," he settles on, not letting himself overthink it so he actually sends the message. "What do you guys do for work?"
And, of course, the arco immediately come online to dunk on him ZJDKSKS. "Well, who's asking? 🧐🤨" "Wait, no--" "Hunting innocents people for sports" "killing the weak and the oppressed" "LMAO you undercover dude??" "NO--!!!" "adding to the numbers of widows and orphans" "i already said that" "that's good to hear. They meet unfortunate ends when they are :)" "I'M NOT--" "overthrowing governments for fun" "blowing up places and such" "giving heroes a career" "LOLLL" "nice one lmao"
They keep making fun of him like tsuna isn't about to have a heart attack over it lmao. Turns out they're alive and well, though. They can even get along! Well, fucking good for them. 🙄🤬🙄🤬🙄
(HE'S ALREADY SO TIRED OF THEIR ASSES ZJEKZKDK--😭😭😭
I love tsuna so much. I love them all so much.)
"I just thought we could try to know each other better!!!" He manages to get a word in. "AND NOW YOU'RE FLIRTING WITH US???" Is what the arco say just to fuck with him more lmao. "Wait, but you don't even know what we look like" "Who do you think is the hottest between us?? There's only one right answer btw" "What else could i be but devastatingly handsome? Be serious"
Tsuna's face is beet red, and he'd be grateful if he could just explode right about now actually.
"I was just making sure i still had a job i'd get paid for by the end of the month," he sends. "Feel free to just leave me on read next time if you're going to be like this" "have a nice day"
And then he dips for the next 4 hours without waiting for an answer lol.
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Meanwhile, on the 10th gen's group chat. Yes, they also have a group chat. And yes, i guess they're part of this verse too now.
(It's because i love them too, that's why.)
"You didn't hear it from me because i'm sure tsuna wants to tell you himself," yams says, "but he's planning to quit his job at the restaurant." And it's basically him dropping a bomb in front of their nice salads zjdksk. "WHAT" "what." "WHY???" "Did someone give him a hard time at work?" "What happened?" "Coworkers or customers? Their names?" "We'll see," is what hibari says lmao. "The fuck you mean???" Is what gokudera says in response. (😭😂) "He can do whatever the hell he wants"
"So suddenly?" the others ignore them. "He said the offer he got was too good to refuse," yams explains. "I can make him a good offer too--" "how GOOD could it have been--" "from whom?" Mukuro's the one to ask, which makes it obviously concerning lol. "A super," gokudera's the one to say.
"WHAT" "is this a joke? Tsuna's always said he'd rather not work in that field" "RIGHT???" "Wait because why can't i think of whose super it could be?" "He did end up as a district worker anyway tho" "he said the offer just kind of happened too" "IS IT A SUPER WHO DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER BEING A REGULAR AT HIS RESTAURANT???" "I KNOW RIGHT???" Yams says. "They don't even know him like we do or care about him as much as we do. The audacity--" "whose. Super is it?" Hibari asks. "And if you knew?????" Gokudera's the one to answer again, because he's never not on that 'clock hibari's bullshit' duty zjdkskdks. 😭 "Like tsuna will thank you for it" "tsuna said he's not allowed to say," yams offers helpfully.
"Wait wait wait. How are we gonna keep seeing him if he quits his job?? We didn't even get his number yet :(" "i know :(" yams says, because is he even yams if he doesn't take every opportunity to be hopelessly and pathetically lovesick about tsuna? "But you know, if the offer was from a super and he still accepted it..." Chrome starts. "WE are supers too" "what a funny thing to say," mukuro immediately clowns on that statement, that bitch LMAO. "That's fucking news to me," gokudera reluctantly agrees. "I doubt tsuna will care much about an offer from unknown, unaffiliated, part time, neighborhood supers. Who do it FOR FREE too in case you idiots forgot" "don't forget unregistered," mukuro adds, because god forbid you mistake him as the type to comply with governments. "I have money," hibari corrects, because god forbid you think him the type to be poor lmao.
"THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE EXTREMELY NEED TO BE TSUNA'S TYPE" ryohei defends. "Yeah yeah yeah!!!" Yams backs him up. "It's not like we couldn't compete with all the great supers out there if we wanted to" "we just need to get our names out there" "then should we stage some kind of big, national incident and be the ones to resolve it?" Chrome asks, to which nobody actually goes 'what about no????' Because they're all insane in the heads. Also nothing is ever too much if it's for tsuna, you see. 😌☺️ Anyway, as they're all trying to work out the logistics of that, yams remember the most important thing.
"OH WAIT GUYS!!!" "Holy shit i can't believe i almost forgot" "yes?" "???" "So as we were talking, tsuna mentioned the idea of him having a BOYfriend and..." "AND????" "go on." "hurry up and spit it out" "he seemed totally A-OKAY WITH THAT CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT GUYS" "Good for you guys," chrome says supportively as the chat goes crazy in joy. They've already figured out he's attracted to girls too, you see haha
"your boyfriend's here," one of tsuna's coworkers tells him.
"Which one?" He says, because they're busy and don't have time for the usual 'not my boyfriend/whatever you say' back and forth.
"The weirdo one." Now of course they're ALL weirdos, but the last one who acted the weirdest gets to wear that badge of honor until one of the others ones-up them lol. Plus tsuna's learned to guess whose not-boyfriends his coworkers are talking about going by their tone of voices and stuff.
(OR his not-girlfriend too. ☝🏽 but there's only one so that immediately makes it easier lol. UNLESS ✋🏽 kyoko and haru have something to say about that, but they haven't let me know yet if it's the case.)
"Kyoya?" He asks anyway, hoping against all hope.
"Yep, that one. He's waiting for you in the boss' office."
Shit.
"Hi?" He says after he walks in without knocking, because hibari isn't actually the boss of them or anything. He doesn't even have anything to do with the restaurant OR their actual boss as far as tsuna knows and can tell. Would that have ever stopped him to make himself at home in the boss' office like he owns the place whenever he comes by? Lol. Of course not. "Is this urgent? Because we're kind of busy right now--"
"Spit it out," is what hibari says, sitting behind the desk and looking none-too threatening lmao, so of course tsuna's happy to stay right by the door.
"No can do."
"Or i can beat it out of you."
"No thanks. I still wouldn't even if you did--"
"That's what they all say."
"--because i legally agreed not to," he finishes before he rolls his eyes. Jeez. And so what if he still backs up further against the door? He's been bitten to death and has seen other people be bitten to death by hibari before, thank you very much. "So like, it's not that i don't want to tell you or would mind telling you, which I think should make you at least 5% less angry about it."
"I will find out regardless."
"Um, yeah?" he says just as obviously. Tsuna doesn't doubt one of the greatest group of villains in the world isn't so easily found out against their will, but he isn't about to doubt hibari's skills and sheer will either. "And i would have had nothing to do with it, which we'd all be able to agree on." Which also means they'll leave tsuna out of it as they duke it out or whatever until they figure things out.
"You don't work with supers," hibari says, and his accusing tone pricks at tsuna's heart a little in guilt.
"I mean... I kind of have been anyway for the last couple of years, right?"
"Around supers," he corrects.
Which. Yeah, he's not wrong. Only on their days off too. But it doesn't change the fact it's common for villains to take a shot at targeting the district or for supers' disagreement to turn into fights that get out of hands.
So like. The job with the arcos is technically safer than the one at the restaurant.
"Really? Because if you want to play it like that, then i'm only going to work for supers now. Far away from any actual supers activities too."
"This is a government job."
Tsuna blinks, his mouth hanging open silently, needing a moment to get what hibari's getting at. Hibari can only say so many words at once and only so many sentences successively after all. He gotta keep that cool, mysterious and unbothered air about him at all time, you see.
Tsuna swallows back his laugh and purses his lips to hide his smile. He's so silly.
"I know." So maybe this really doesn't come across as a sound decision to make overnight without knowing all the facts, huh? (< he says, like he wouldn't come across as even crazier if people DID know all the facts about his new job and how he ended up getting it. 😭 if they'd even believe him to begin with lmao. but actually, the people who know him WOULD, in fact, believe him, because tsuna's just as crazy as the rest of them esgxcvd, let us never forget. ☝🏽) Landing a job as a district worker is basically the dream job for civilians with awakened powers who aren't interested in a super career, but also whose power is just that little too much suited for it for them to not make a living out of it. "but they're going to pay me more for doing an easier job that will take less of my time than this one. It'd have been stupid of me to refuse, right?"
Hibari narrows his eyes at him for a long moment before he scoffs and stands. Tsuna lets his shoulders drop, the matter settled for now, grinning despite himself.
It's always nice to be reminded he now has people who trust him to make his own decisions, and who trust he put thoughts behind them no matter how sudden they might be. Even nicer and warmer when they still worry about it anyway for no other reason than they care about him.
Tsuna still moves along the wall to keep the distance between him and hibari as he walks closer, because he knows his silly and weirdos not-boyfriends and not-girlfriend, okay? 😂
"It'd be more believable if you were being stupid about it."
"It's a real job! You know it's hard to fool me about these kinds of things."
"There's no need to fool you to coerce or threaten you."
"Well, no one's doing that, so let's not manifest it."
"Here I thought you wanted a peaceful and long life--"
"I do, stop!" he shouts, making hibari laugh. Tsuna holds back his own laugh as best as he can so he can keep acting upset. "I swear, you're always so--"
Hibari stops in front of the door, crossing his arms on his chest, an unrepentant smirk on his face. "It's hard to believe when these things just keep 'kind of happening' to you."
Tsuna huffs, crossing his arms on his chest too right back. "You say that like I chose to have it be this way. And it never led me wrong anyway." Which doesn't mean it's always pleasant to go through, at best, but they both already know that. "Besides," he adds, both his tone and his grin cheeky, "if things come to that and i can't figure it out myself, you'll just have to come to rescue me, won't you?"
"It'll cost you," hibari shoots right back with a blank face. "I'll add it to your tab. A real one i've been keeping track of. One i expect you--"
Tsuna throws his hands up in the air. "Fine, i get it! Oh my god--don't you have to go? aren't you busy? i'm not keeping you." Hibari spares him from outright laughing at his face, but he's grinning at him, his eyes full of unapologetic mischievousness that totally does not make tsuna sulk in response. "Whatever. How do you even know about this anyway?"
"How do you think? I haven't heard it from takeshi because you want to tell us yourself."
That makes him huff a laugh, forgetting all about how he's supposed to be sulking. "You're just gonna tattle on him like that?"
"You don't look like you care."
"I mean, it's not like i asked them to keep quiet about it so i don't mind. I was planning to tell you guys about it too." Hibari doesn't look convinced. "I was! Andmaybeiwasplanningtotellyoulasttoo," he adds quickly, muttering and averting his eyes. Hibari just dismissively turns to the door and reaches for the doorknob lol. "oh, wait! i've always wanted to ask, but what happens to our boss when you take over her office like this?"
"Do you need to know?"
"Do you know? or you don't care as long as she lets you kick her out of her own office without a fuss?" Hibari dismissively opens the door, and tsuna doesn't even bother rolling his eyes about it. Typical. "Oh, wait, wait!!!" he shouts again. "Is that all?" That gets a reaction out of hibari, making him frown. "I mean, i plan to quit this job and you don't have my number either--"
"You think i can't have it even if you don't give it to me?"
"I'll ignore that and you better not," tsuna says casually with the expertise of habit. "Also you don't have to say these kinds of things out loud." hibari looks unimpressed, but tsuna still sees how the corners of his lips twitch. "Anyway, hayato and takeshi were so sad to hear it, but you're not going to give me anything? That hurts my feelings--" Hibari slams the door behind him ZFSDFDS. "Say hi to the others for me!" Tsuna shouts after him and then just laughs about it.
Jeez. He didn't even stay long enough for tsuna to ask him how he's been doing lately.
God forbid tsuna tries to be the one to initiate the flirting with his not-boyfriends and not-girlfriend for once. 🙄
(he loves his silly weirdos so much.)
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"oh," fon sends him privately not long after. "it's been quite busy lately, so i just got around to do my own proper background check on you," he lets him know entirely unprompted and unneeded and also unwelcomed if tsuna's honest about it lmao. like, okay??? he already figured out that much and they've already made it clear too. why the sudden, threatening reminder of it?? "you know quite the interesting people :)" tsuna squints at his message, trying to make sense of it. does... he? (he's talking about hibari.) he guesses he's... familiar with a lot of supers due to the nature of his job, but... wait. is he insinuating something? (he's not. he's just talking about him knowing hibari.) "the world really is small, isn't it?" well. that's definitely a threat. right? isn't it?? right??? (it's not. he's just talking about hibari zjdksfsd. 😭😂)
"is that so? ^^" is the least incriminating thing tsuna can think of sending after thinking about it hard. "^^" fon sends back as if he doesn't know (he doesn't 😭) it just adds to tsuna's self-inflicted psychological warfare lmao.
(this isn't necessarily meant to go anywhere btw. i just thought if i ever get around to the scene where tsuna realizes hibari and fon both know each other and also are related, it'd be fun to set up the opportunity for fon to go "yes, we do know each other. i already told you about it, remember?" only for tsuna to go "THAT's what you meant??? i thought you were just threatening me for no reason!!! how was i supposed to figure out that's what you meant???" 😂)
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tsuna keeps sending messages in the group chat every now and then to make sure the arcos are still alive and well. or still alive at the very least. they're one of the strongest groups of villains in the world and all that, sure, sure, but things move fast in the supers world, okay? you never know.
at first he still feels awkward about it, so he only sticks to safe and polite messages like "good morning" "the weather doesn't look too good today" "have a nice day" and such, cringing about it the whole time. 😂 and by now, he also totally expects the arcos clowning on him for it when they don't just leave him on read like he asked, because of course they do lol. anything from "dude, you're such a weirdo" "shall we hold hands and thank the lord for allowing us another day as well?" "HAHAHA" to "what about wishing us good night too?? :(" and such. so tsuna sends "good night" that day as his last message for the day, and of course, they all leave him on read ZAKEDKDF.
(it's fine tho, he was totally expecting something like that haha!! he just rolled his eyes about it and moved on, but also makes it a point to tell them good morning and wish them good night every day anyway from then on. 😂)
as he gets a feel of what they'll allow and what they're comfortable with, he becomes more natural and spontaneous with his messages. "i almost missed my bus" and "went on break just in time to avoid an annoying customer! lucky" and "i should probably try to cook and not just order takeout for dinner again, right?" basically just sharing random thoughts and keeping them updated on small stuff about his life. he doesn't expect them to answer him either. again, it's just so he can see who reads his messages (or who has yet to) so he's sure they're still alive and, more importantly ☝🏽, will pay him for his work zdffds. (listen, living costs money, all right?)
they DO answer him more and more tho. and make fun of him more often than not too lmao, but he's starting to suspect that's just them being friendly towards him and warming up to him. (it is. <3) "are you still in the process of quitting your job at the restaurant?" is what he gets today. "or do you plan to work two jobs?" "wait, did skull reduce your salary on the actual contract??" "EXCUSE ME--" "damn, dude. you poor or something?" "I DIDNT--" "as he should," viper says. "who pays mere underlings so much money?" which, hmmm. granted, tsuna doesn't know the average pay of an underling depending on the job they're doing, but he's been under the impression he's meant to handle very sensitive information about them, so like. well, you know. he's just saying. 🙄😤 "what a shocker to hear you say that, viper," reborn says. "lmao" "IM PAYING HIM EXACTLY AS MUCH AS I SAID I WOULD SHUT UP!!!!!" "TELL THEM TSUNA" "well, maybe you should reconsider if you really have financial issues?" fon helpfully and genuinely advises. "ZJDSKFSK"
"yo tsuna, are you writing a novel over there??" nello's the one to eventually ask, to which tsuna scoffs disbelievingly. he's been TRYING to get a word in, but how is he supposed to keep up with them when they're all a bunch of professional yappers-- "maybe if you'd all shut the fuck up for a bit," lal says. "ladies first," verde shoots back. "bitch," she says. "guess that makes two ladies among us now" "LOLLLL" "damn. she fucking killed you verde" damn, tsuna agrees. He hasn’t been able to talk yet, but maybe he should shut the fuck up too just in case. 😭😂
"it makes them slack off and greedy at the same time when you pay them too much," reborn says like they never digressed from that conversation. and, like. unwarranted much??? "MY money??????" skull says. "that’s mean," tsuna finally manages to get a word in at the same time. is it HIS fault they have yet to share anything work-related so he can do the job they hired him for?? "and MY underlings too so mind your own fucking business" "'that’s mean' he said LMAO" "next thing you know he'll call us bad people too" "this is a grown-up conversation," reborn says, making tsuna almost scoff out a lung. "i'm a grown-up too" "why are you even listening in on our conversation?" "you're the ones who added me to your group chat???" in response to which reborn immediately kicks him out of the group chat EZKFLDSLD. 😭😭😭
(i love reborn so much.)
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when they add him back in the following day, tsuna decides to stand up for himself and stops sending them messages. he DOES, in fact, have a backbone of his own, okay?
To his surprise (and maybe he's a little happy about it too), the arcos waste no time being the first ones to reach out, tho of course, they're childish and tease him about it lol. "man, there's just something missing about this morning today" "right? it's like it could have been good, but for some reason it can't manage to" "my day didn't go so well today. i wonder why" "does anyone else's nights suck all of a sudden??" "i just can't seem to wake up well-rested these days"
tsuna holds on strong and totally doesn't smile and giggle to himself as he leaves them on read.
"i feel like someone used to care about these type of things before" "but did they really ever care if they can stop giving a shit about it so easily?" "well, maybe it says something about us. should we just go and die in a ditch somewhere?" "right. should we go and kill ourselves about it?" "should we go and kill other people about it?" is what reborn says. "it might simply be a matter of releasing some stress" and as much as tsuna sees right through him, he still can't help but give in and send "don't"
"COME ONNN TSUNA!!!!!" the other arcos immediately go off on him haha. "watch and learn, peasants," reborn says, somehow managing to convey just how smug he is about it through the screen. "you could have answered to ANYONE else!!!" "well, maybe someone else should have thought about it first then!!!" he defends. he's ALSO annoyed about it, okay???
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meanwhile, on the other 10th gen's group chat with lambo in it too. who they're just as close to, don't get them wrong (and lambo knows they have another group chat without him). but they can't freely simp about tsuna when he's there too, that's all lol.
"hey, lambo!" "is this about tsuna-nii?" lambo instantly calls them out. "you only remember i exist when it has to do with tsuna-nii" "come on kiddo, not true!!!" yams says. "so make yourself useful and tells us about him, idiot-cow," gokudera says at the same time lmao. "we already know you've been doing extremely well!!!!" ryohei tries to salvage it. "hearing it from haru-nee and kyoko-nee doesn't count," lambo keeps sulking. "you've been doing well," hibari repeats ominously. "but i can help you make it otherwise if you want to keep whining about it, little animal" "that's so mean kyoya-nii-san 😢🥺😢" "not helping, guys" "and scary... 😢😢" "and i'm not even wrong!!! 😢😢😢😢" wait idiot-cow DONT--" lambo logs off, which is one of his favorite card to play against them zfesfgh.
"what if it was something urgent???" gokudera immediately gets on his ass when he finally deigns logging in again. "humph. as if i wouldn't know anything that has to do with tsuna-nii" "did you hear about his new job then?" chrome asks. "we just want to make sure there's nothing weird about it!" ryohei adds.
lambo types and deletes it and types again. and types and deletes it again.
"wait, you didn't know??" yams says. "I DID", he lies. "He didn't tell even you?" "well, well. what did tsunayoshi get himself into this time?" "HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT TOO" "HA! stop lying idiot-cow" "isn't this extremely weird??" "so much for knowing everything about him when he actually told me and the baseball-idiot first," gokudera keeps boasting to a 15yo lmao. "ITS NOT AS IF IM REALLY HIS BROTHER" lambo snaps, and the group chat goes dead silent in shock.
"THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT" he quickly sends when he realizes just what he said. "the fuck???" "I DIDNT MEAN IT" "THATS EXTREMELY WRONG OF YOU TO SAY LAMBO" "lambo-kun" "did you have a fight with tsuna, lambo?" "NO--" "BUT BAKADERA KEPT TEASING ME--" "tsuna-kun would be heartbroken to hear you say that," chrome casually says, making sure lambo will feel the absolute worst about it. 😭😭😭
"thank you for this very useful screenshot," mukuro pipes up. "...you don't mean that, right?" "oh, it's not for any immediate use, don't worry." "but i'm sure it'll prove useful one of these days" "mukuro-nii--" lambo tries, but mukuro pulls a uno reverse on him and logs off zfefsds. "...isn't anyone gonna say something about this?" he asks. "DO something about it????" "your problem," gokudera says. "you should be more careful with what you say, lambo, okay?" yams isn't any more helpful. and neither is ryohei's "i'm sure he was just joking, you know how he is!!!" "😢😢😢😢😢" "fine" "i have screenshots of my own too" "okay now," yams quickly sends. "let's all--" lambo logs off again lmao.
"first of all," he says when he logs back in a while later. "tsuna-nii said the only reason he had yet to tell me is because he didn't want to distract me from my EXAMS" "oh right!!!" "did it go well??" "when will you get the results?" "HUMPH" "too late" "i will only CONSIDER forgiving you if you buy me a thousand grapes juice boxes and a million candy" "so did you hear anything about his new job or not???" gokudera asks. "what about it?" "whose super is he working for?" "i don't know" "he said he isn't allowed to say" "but aren't you usually able to at least say which agency your work for?" yams muses. "i mean, if the offer was really that good, it can't have come from a freelance super, right?" "But what about kyoya? Some freelance supers get by just fine" "wait, why do we care?" lambo asks. "is he doing something dangerous??" "that's what we're trying to figure out, idiot-cow" "tsuna already said it isn't dangerous tho," ryohei reminds them. "And he extremely wouldn't lie to us about it!" "maybe it's just that sensitive and confidential a job," chrome says, making them all sit a bit on it.
"soooo...." yams eventually starts. "do we stop looking into it?" "Should we?" "but how are we supposed to give him an even better offer if we don't know anything about how good theirs is? :(" "are we still going with the plan then?" gokudera asks.
"what plan??" lambo immediately grows concerned. "oh my god" "what plan???" "something to say, little animal?" "Oh my god--" "hahaha, don't worry! It's nothing bad," yams says, about their plan to stage a big, national incident for their debut as proper supers. because that's the plan btw. the plan lambo totally doesn't have to worry about. yeah, that plan. "oh my GOD--" lambo totally worries about it, because they've done this before. 😭 "at least make sure you won't have to use plans B to Z all right???" "your plan As are already always the worst and suck enough as it is" and then he logs off again before they can tell him off for saying the truth✌🏽✨😌😂
Yes ofc this isnt a fic, Hope, this isnt a fic. Just a very long, 20k words, with worldbuilding and carefully written 'tumblr post' that is updated every week. Nice try in denial, Hope, you are almost as good as tsuna now :P keep trying and maybe this post will take a spot in your khr fic collections on ao3 :)
Is this already at 20k words. 😭 THE WORLDBUILDING'S HAPPENING AGAINST MY WILL. ✋🏽 Like all worldbuilding i end up having to do for any of my stories actually lmao. Somehow i never see it coming that writing aus also means figuring out how those alternate universes work. 😂
Anyway. I might have some more scenes left for this story WHO SAID THAT???
[ID: A full-color digital fanart of Luce, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
She's drawn from her chest up, facing us. She holds a big knife next to her face, a big grin on her face, her eyes shadowed, looking threatening as she looks straight at us.
The background's a bleeding gradient from black to red. /End ID]
[Plain text: "Expression art meme" /End PT]
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[ID: Full-color digital fanarts of Gokudera Hayato, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
From top to bottom, he sits, facing us, leaning his elbow on his thigh and his face against his hand. He looks at us, smiling, a cigarette between his lips.
He's drawn from his chest up, holding the cigarette in his mouth between his fingers. He looks at us, smiling.
He sits on the floor, his arms crossed on his chest and his legs loosely crossed at his ankles. He looks down at us, smiling.
The background's white, with "Gokudera Hayato" written in brown atop the picture, and "2026" in the bottom right corner, also in brown. /End ID]
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[ID: 1: A full-color digital fanart of Yamamoto Takeshi and Dino Cavallone, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
They're drawn as plushies in a chibi-style, facing us. They look at us, smiling, their arms spread to the sides, sparkles drawn next to them.
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