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"Ara~? Who are you?" Nana asked. She tilted her head with a curious smile. "Are you lost?"

Reborn's heart dropped. That was the first thing Nana had said to him. Word for word, action for action. That meant, any second now, Tsuna was going to coming shrieking downstairs saying he was late.

"HIIIE! I'M GOING TO BE LATE!"

His gut clenched as he saw Tsuna alive and whole. Anger and relief warred inside of him, a tug of war. He was still trapped in this loop, still listening to the same scene playing out in front of him. But that meant Tsuna was still alive. Reborn had a chance to save him again.

Functioning on autopilot, Reborn delivered his lines, half listening to the same words being quoted back to him over and over again and hating it.

The goddamn loop. He took his frustrations and shoved them back, compartmentalizing them for later. Tsuna was about to leave, having reacted in all the right ways. He had to focus. Right now, all he had to do was repeat everything he did yesterday to get Tsuna through this day.

He hopped onto Tsuna's shoulder, ignoring his protests. With a swift and dark glare that reflected his mood, it silenced any further complaints from Tsuna.

"I don't need a tutor," Tsuna said as he began his walk to school.

"Of course, because you don't get ridiculous low grades, failing every subject and having no speakable talents. It's not as if you're on the lowest position of the social ladder, bullied and unwanted by both your peers and teachers," Reborn retorted darkly.

Tsuna reeled back, flinching so hard at Reborn's words, it knocked Reborn off his shoulder. "That's-" Tsuna struggled to get the words out, tears beginning to form in his brown eyes. His arms wrapped around himself, trying to shield himself as he curled inward.

Reborn felt annoyance at his reaction. Even Dino at his weakest had some pride. Dino would have shouted back at him at this point.

Tsuna chose to retreat further into himself and Reborn hated that he was running away from his problem.

His hand twitched for a Dying Will Bullet. This would be a perfect scenario to test it in. Unlike the first blotched time, there was no moment of contentment that could ruin it. Tsuna would either lash back out at him, or actually really flee from his problems. All that anguish and regret at not being able to do better.

If Reborn wanted to take out some of his frustration at Tsuna, well that bonus.

"Then die and be reborn," Reborn said. Without any more hesitation, Reborn fired the Dying Will Bullet.

It hit Tsuna squarely in the forehead, right on mark. Tsuna collapsed, blood spilling on the ground.

Reborn waited for the burst of Dying Will Flames to explode.

And waited.

And waited.

No. Reborn's breath hitched, panic lighting up like wildfire. No. There was no reason for the Dying Will Bullet not to work in this scenario.

He rushed over to checked Tsuna's body, feeling no pulse in his neck. No. Tsuna's vacant brown eyes stared at him, the spark of life gone, snuffed out by Reborn himself.

No.

No! This wasn't supposed to happen. Why didn't the Dying Will Bullet work on Tsuna?! Nothing about this made even the slightest sense! This loop! The Dying Will Bullets! How was he suppo-

Reborn woke up.

-pats Reborn- There, there. You'll figure it out eventually. Dying Will Bullets still don't work on Tsuna it seems. Hmmm

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