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It's not a problem! I'd rather you be somewhere safe, you know?

Did he try the ritual thing, too?

That's the weird thing - I don't think he did. He's also gone longer than a lot of people that did it, it seems? S'weird.

...Maybe he actually left. You said people could leave here, right?

Crap, I hope not. That asshole better not have left me here with his creepy boyfriend-stalker.

Haha. The one that drove you over here that one night?

There isn't much room left over here, but if you needed a place, I'm sure the others including myself wouldn't mind an extra person.

Maybe just for a night, if you're sure it'd be okay. I'm used to being alone, but being woken up by every little sound wondering if some monster got past the tripwires... it's been wearing on me.

And yeah, that guy.

It would be fine. Nagisa said that he wanted to meet you sometime to thank you since you were helping to look for Gou. I still really appreciate all of that effort. And I'm sure Gou, Rei, and Ishtar would all like your company as well. So you don't need to worry about it.

[He laughs a bit.]

I hope he's not giving you problems now.

Yeah? I'm glad I have a good first impression to work with then. [So rarely that happens. Gokudera laughs a little.] He's just annoying. Ugh, I don't even want to think about it. How's Gou doing?

I'm still worried about her, but she seems fine and she says she's fine. She says that she wants to sit everyone down and discuss what happened. I'm kind of nervous to know what could have happened. I'm hoping that it's something harmless like she got really lost and had to stay with someone, but the text messages that I got....

They were very shady...

Some person told me not to continue looking for her and that she'll contact me eventually. But they said that it's "not my business" or "concern".

[He lets out a sigh]

At least it's done for now.

Oh...and there was also something I wanted to ask you. Mukuro-san...He said that you were in the mafia. He was trying to reveal more, but I said that it would be best if I discussed it with you since...well, it's personal information and I'd rather hear it from you.

He WHAT?

That FUCKING SNITCH!

[Welp. Guess there's your answer.]

A-ah! Hayato! It's okay! It's not like it bothers me!

I just don't want to listen to bad rumors so I wanted to talk to you directly!

[He still punches a wall a few times, which might be audible. Stupid stupid Mukuro, ruining everything!]

... I didn't mean to - to lie to you or mislead you. You were just - you're normal and you were already freaked out enough when you got here, and it isn't like there's any mafia here so it wasn't really relevant and - and I figured I'd tell you when you settled in more.

[He hears the loud thuds and starts getting worried.]

It's okay. It's fine. You were thinking of me and I appreciate that.

I told him that you haven't done anything but help me and that I still feel like I can trust you. That hasn't changed, Hayato.

You're a nice person no matter what kind of background you have.

Haha...I don't...even really know that much about the mafia except for the things from that one movie or things about the yakuza.

[There's another soft thud as he just kinda lets his forehead hit the wall, listening to Makoto's kind words. Damn it, his heart is doing that clenching thing again.] Well, movies are never all that accurate. Some people are assholes, sure, but there's a lot of good people trying to do good work, too. I was born into a mafia family, but that's not the one I'm with now. Back home, I'm the right hand man of the tenth head of the Vongola family! [He's said that with more pride than just about anything else he's said about himself.]

Er.

Well, I mean. I will be. When we kinda graduate high school and all that.

So...what do you do?

I know that bonds are really important in mafias, right? Like the family is a priority.

We uphold the ideals of the Vongola family - especially to protect those that can't protect themselves! [Really it's less like 'mafia' and more like 'power rangers' when they do it. No wonder Yamamoto thought it was a game for a long time.]

Family... I think the family that you choose is more important sometimes.

[He was really glad he decided to get the story from Gokudera himself because Mukuro was making him out to be a bad person. He won't tell him that because he doesn't want to rile him up again, but he's glad he's having this talk and getting his side.]

"Protecting others that can't protect themselves"...So it's like one of those "good gangs" that you sometimes here about. Bad title, but good deeds.

It was originally started because the law wouldn't or couldn't help people! [Well, Vongola was, as for the 'actual' mafia it's hard to tell since they deliberately kept no records and came up with a bunch of false stories.] There's some bad people, but there's a lot of good people too!

So like a group of vigil antes.

[He smiles even though Gokudera can't see.]

That doesn't sound bad at all.

IT'S REALLY GREAT, AND THE TENTH IS THE BEST. HE'S REALLY KIND-HEARTED AND DETERMINED AND DOWN TO EARTH- [And Gokudera has a LOT of FEELINGS, okay? ~~Tsuna was the first person to care if he hurt himself.~~] ... He was here, for a really short time. If he ever comes back - I think you'd like him. [BECAUSE HE'S AMAZING.]

[Oh! Then there was sudden passionate yelling. He can't help but give a small chuckle at that.]

The Tenth?

[Oh right, he was getting ahead of himself. He coughs.]

Sawada Tsunayoshi.

[He makes an affirmative noise of understanding.]

Is he your leader?

If I'm asking too many questions, you can stop me. I'm just really curious about this now.

No, it's okay. It's kind of nice to actually talk about this to you now? Yeah, he's our leader. HE'S THE BEST LEADER!

[He laughs again when he starts getting excited about his leader again.]

When he comes here, I'll definitely have to meet him then.

It's all really interesting, you know? Hearing about all of these different kinds of people with different abilities from different worlds. And even if we're from the same country, it's still very different.

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