#ilbronco

He arrived a little bit early than the agreed time in order to scope the boardwalk out, which seemed to be all fun and games and food. The moment he noticed Dino approaching he somehow felt a little more annoyed.

“Voii! You really plan on going to this stupid boardwalk?!” He vocalized his annoyance, but still hadn’t said no to... whatever this was.

For all their arguments about cheap breakfasts, Gokudera was not one to turn his nose up when food was actually presented– awaking to the smell of processed sausage drew him out of his room in his boxers and t-shirt, scratching his stomach with a yawn. He blinked in surprise at the familiar face, and took a few beats for his morning brain to catch up to the words being cheerily spoken.

“Oh… oh! Thanks.” Too soon after waking up to give anything more than his usual morning grumble, he sat down at the table and accepted his breakfast with another murmured thanks. “I guess I’m seventeen now, huh?”

Dino had come in with such a good energy, an absolute sunshine, and Gokudera hated that his first instinct was to be.. sad. “…I miss Tsuna. I miss home.” He gave a soft sigh, then a little smile. “..but I’m really thankful you’re here, y’know. I don’t know if I could have made it this long without you to fall back on.”

Perhaps he sounded more like a child than ever, even with his voice soft and serious, but the request was earnest. No matter how much he spoke to his other selves, the information he could pull was weak, bare, factual, with no emotion to it. No implications, only tidbits. It was like eating plain bread for every meal, and not nearly enough of it besides.

“Something from your life... something emotional. I might already know it, but I want to hear you tell it. Would you indulge me?”

There’s a tug on the leash he holds and Clint think’s he missed something. Lucky’s supposed to be doing his job, but when he looks down the one-eyed Labrador is much more interested in something on the sidewalk.

Clouds are my specialty

“...”

No no guys, she’s right, I am a 10 just accept your defeat graciously