Oblivion

I have no idea why, but I love the idea of Skull and Reborn being best friends. I know there’s literally no evidence to support this, but it is how it is, so here’s a list for you.

Skull isn’t really afraid of Reborn, but instead teases him relentlessly all the time with his senpai thing, and tries to annoy him on purpose, completely unaffected by the bullets he receives in exchange. That kinda tends to happen when you cannot die.

Reborn doesn’t really find Skull weak - I mean, he has seen Skull receive an appalling amount of deadly injuries only to come out of them unscathed and with a grin on his face, if anything Reborn’s kind of terrified for Skull’s mental health - but he gets oh so annoyed when Skull brings up old moments from their past - and no, Reborn will not talk about it - that sound harmless and even a little bit naive to anyone else, but to the Arcobaleno is hilarious because they remember exactly what happened. Reborn is not amused in the slightest.

You cannot convince me that the first time they all saw each other at that house in the middle of nowhere, Skull didn’t take one look at the table, realized they didn’t take him seriously, grabbed a knife from Luce’s tray, and stabbed himself in the arm, steadily dragging the blade down his forearm as he looked them all dead in the eye. When the wound disappeared seconds later, they realized Skull was the real deal.

Skull doesn’t know how to read. He grew up on the streets before joining the circus, so there was never a need. And if there was, it certainly wasn’t Italian he learned. When Reborn finds out about this, during their down time in between missions before the Curse, instead of teasing him, he sits down with him and starts teaching him how to read and write.

They all changed after the Curse, closed off more, had to come to terms with their babyfied bodies. Even then, Reborn insisted Skull joined a Famiglia so he would be safe from roaming the Mafia unaffiliated. He stayed with Skull until he found a Famiglia he liked, making it clear that the Cloud was under the Greatest Hitman’s protection. He still reminds the Mafia of that from time to time.

Even after joining the Carcassa, Skull didn’t feel at home, so he tends to pop up near the other Arcobaleno’s general vicinity from time to time, but especially Reborn’s. He’s the one that travels the most - well he and Fon, but Skull has a bit of an issue with the Triads, so he tends to be away from the Storm while he’s on business - so Skull sometimes joins him.

All of Reborn’s students end up meeting Skull at one point. They are all confused about their unlikely friendship at first, because their personalities could not be more different if they tried. Then they find out Skull leveled an entire Famiglia because they damaged his motorcycle once, and it all makes sense.

I don’t want anyone to remember me,