[VOICE/ACTION @ Golden District]

[reluctant10th]

[Action]

[When Yamamoto doesn't return home and Gokudera doesn't show up at all, Tsuna knows something is wrong. Yamamoto's room is easy enough to get into. It's completely empty and the way the furniture has been arranged has returned to the way it originally was before Yamamoto moved in. Gokudera's room is a lot harder to check but a few carefully

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voice;

[neverbeenworse]

How sad.

voice;

[reluctant10th]

...Enma.

[He hadn't heard Enma around in awhile...and now that he thought about it, he hadn't heard any word from the other Shimon Family members in awhile either]

I guess.

voice;

[neverbeenworse]

[He eyes Tsuna for a moment, trying to figure out what the hell that answer is supposed to mean]

Imagine if they couldn't just come back tomorrow.

[reluctant10th]

It can't be helped. The music boxes appear randomly after all.

[voice]

[bindingoaths]

Then you'll be reporting to me in his place.

[reluctant10th]

[his head snaps up---was it Daemon pretending to be Alaude now or the real one]

Y-You're...Alaude-san, right?

[bindingoaths]

Use your judgment.

[and if your judgment is really, really good you might catch that faintly affronted note in his voice.]

[reluctant10th]

[Tsuna's judgement tends to vary from day to day but seeing as how closely he was listening to Alaude's voice, he does catch that faintly affronted note. Oops]

S-Sorry, Alaude-san. I just wanted to make sure.

Um--what was Yamamoto suppose to report to you with?

[gladlygullible]

[Kyoko had noticed the estate had been rather quiet that day. It was odd not to see Yamamoto at least once, but she had hoped he had been out playing baseball or spending time with friends.

When Tsuna comes over the seal, she can feel her expression fall. She pulls it out of her pocket and spares a moment wishing that she knew where he was. Talking over the seals was nice, but she had always preferred face to face--

--and suddenly, she's hit with a mental image of Tsuna sitting outside the estate. Taking a chance, she hurries down to the bottom floor of the estate and finds her way outside.

She looks around and, spotting him not too far away, walks over.]

...Tsuna-kun?

[reluctant10th]

[Tsuna looks up from studying the cracks in the ground. Kyoko-chan

He gives a hesitant smile, trying to make it look normal--except, there's a bit of a forced quality to it now]

Kyoko-chan!

[gladlygullible]

[She takes a moment before sitting down next to him. Her first instinct is to say 'I'm sorry', but considers what that would do for both of their moods. So instead, she pulls up a smile and watches Natsu play.]

Has he met your lion yet?

[reluctant10th]

[His smile becomes a touch more genuine at Kyoko's. Kyoko has always had that effect on him. He tugs at the stick of broccoli, smiling a little as Natsu gives his best adorable growl and tries to tug it back]

You mean Sienna? Yeah, he has. She ended up adopting him too.

video;

[w_oapplause]

Your friends are gone?

[ o3o ]

video

[reluctant10th]

[debates over switching to a video feed for a moment before he does so]

Y-Yeah. But at least they're fine back home.

video

[w_oapplause]

[Tink is obligated to push his little doggy nose at everyone ever. What is this 'voice function' of which you speak?]

I guess that's good, even if Splendor is pretty awesome.

[reluctant10th]

[that mysterious function to use when you want to play hide and seek?]

Well, while Yamamoto liked it here, I don't think Gokudera-kun was ever really happy here. And I guess it's weird, not having them around.

Video;

[seethelanterns]

Friends of yours? I'm sorry....

[reluctant10th]

Y-Yeah, Yamamoto was one of the people living at the estate too.

...it's okay. They'll be alright back home.

Happier too, probably.

[seethelanterns]

Oh. I guess I didn't see him much if at all. Even so, you'll miss them. You still have other friends here though, right Tsuna?

[reluctant10th]

Oh, you would have liked him, I think. He's really friendly. His olderself is still with us though.

[nodding]

That's true.