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”Is that your owl?” Takeshi asked Chrome, who shook her head.
”It has something on its feet,” Chrome observed. “It looks like a letter. Should we let it in?”
”...Alright,” Tsuna sighed as everyone looked at him. He got up and opened the window, the owl flew in and held out its leg towards Tsuna.
Tsuna hesitated, and untied the letter. The owl flew over and nestled on the couch, waiting expectantly. Tsuna warily looked at the letter with dread as he recognised the handwriting. “It... it’s from Reborn,” he said.
”What’s it say?” Dino asked curiously. Tsuna opened the letter and cleared his throat to read. Then he scanned it over, turned pale, screeched loudly, and threw the letter away.
”Hey!” Colonello yelped, grabbing the letter. “What’s wrong?”
Then he too, read the letter and gaped. “Holy shit...”
”What is say?” Gokudera asked in annoyance. “Give me that.”
He swiped the letter and read it. Then he swore loudly.
”Read it,” Lal ordered. “Out loud.”
”R-right,” Gokudera said. “Uh... it says...
”Dame-Tsuna. This is Reborn. I’m writing because Skull told me to tell the lot of you idiots about our new relationship. While I didn’t want to bother, I thought of the chaos and- here the writing sort of veers off. I think Skull dragged it away from him. Skull’s writing here -hello you guys! This is Skull. Reborn was getting a bit boring, so I’m writing instead!
”Anyway, about what, here it is. Reborn and I are together! Surprise!”
Gokudera stopped here as everyone in the room had varying reactions.
Tsuna whimpered, and started rocking back and forth, muttering, “I didn’t read it wrong. I didn’t read it wrong!”
Takeshi blinked, his smile slipping and his eyes wide. He asked, “Is... this a joke?”
Lal swore loudly, and Colonello gaped, his mind having gone blank. Verde’s glasses cracked and his face read [404 Error. File Not Found]. Dino gave a shriek and cried, “Who’d want to willingly date the reincarnation of Satan himself?!”
Lambo had started to wander around the room, his eyes unseeing and muttering, “Dream. This is a dream. Yes. I must be having a bad dream. Not funny... not funny at all...”
Chrome mostly looked confused and pleased for Skull at the same time. Confused because of everyone else’s reactions. She shrugged, thinking, ‘well, as long as they’re happy’.
And so on. However...
”About time,” Fon said in amusement and all eyes turned to him disbelievingly.
”You knew?” Colonello asked. Fon blinked.
”I thought it was rather obvious,” he said.
”My sanity,” Tsuna sobbed into Gokudera’s shoulder. “My poor, poor sanity.”
Verde snatched the letter from Gokudera and looked at the date written at the corner of the page. He clicked his tongue.
”So slow. And there’s more.
”Anyway, I hope you guys are alright and in good health. Have Lal and Colonello-Senpai decided on the wedding date yet? Then it goes back to Reborn. I’m writing this outside the Owlery. Dame-Tsuna, send me more bullets. I’m running out of them. Tell Verde to make a device that works with magic and doesn’t blow up. Get Viper to help. If Viper tries to charge you, put the fee on my tab. Don’t be stupid. Don’t die while I’m away. Chaos. That’s it.”
Everyone glanced at each other, and Verde sighed, nodding at Viper. “Let’s get to it then.”
”Mou, I’m going to charge Reborn and Skull for this,” Viper muttered, following Verde.
”...Reborn... and Skull... are together... the world is ending...” Colonello mumbled.
”Shut up,” Lal snapped.