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[reluctant10th]

[sitting at a bench in the park(because that is totally the best place to study, yes), staring at a book appropriately titled 'How to Learn Italian for Dummies'.

Come bother him? Steal his book? Anything to get away from studying]

[filtered to Giotto, voice]

Um...P-Primo? C-Could I ask you something?

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[demonicbookworm]

[Right behind you.]

What are you reading?

1/2

[reluctant10th]

[YELP, tossing his book high up in the air]

2/2

[reluctant10th]

Oh, Ruca-kun!

[watch it come down and hit Tsuna right over the head, bounce off it and onto the table again]

O-Oww! Um. It's for learning a language. Italian.

[heeeeeeeeeeeeeelp him someone]

[demonicbookworm]

Sorry! I didn't mean to startle you. [He looks a bit worried.] Are you okay?

[Then he looks at the book.]

I can help you, if you want.

[reluctant10th]

I'm fine, I'm fine, don't worry.

[relief]

Could you? I-I'm really bad at this.

[demonicbookworm]

Of course! [He chuckles a little.] Studying is the only thing I'm really good at, after all.

[sitting next to you, taking the book.] Let's see...

[reluctant10th]

[Hands the book over, waiting patiently]

[demonicbookworm]

[Reading, reading...]

So... um, you've only started learning it? [...He's judging by the fact that everything in this book seems really simple.]

[reluctant10th]

Yeah, only just recently.

[couple of weeks counts as recently, right?]

[demonicbookworm]

And recently means...?

[reluctant10th]

About...two...three weeks now?

[think think think]

For some reason, I managed to sleep through three days or something, so I can't be sure.

[demonicbookworm]

...That's a while. [He looks at the book.] Do you remember anything from the basics?

[He makes a thoughtful look.]

Wait... Maybe you won't believe it, but... I met the older you about two weeks ago.

[reluctant10th]

How to introduce myself, my age--some of the structures I guess.

[thinking---hold on]

You met the older me?

[sdjfsdkf]

[demonicbookworm]

[nods.]

Yeah, he told me that he didn't know exactly why he was here, because he didn't find the music box. He was trying to figure out if he was here because of someone’s wish.

...And apparently he was here instead of you... which would be the reason why you don’t remember anything. [Yes Tsuna, that means you didn’t sleep though those three days.]

[reluctant10th]

I don't remember wishing anything that would have aged me up but--

[think think think think]

Well, that does explain that at least. Wonder why Reborn or anyone else never mentioned anything.

[demonicbookworm]

I don't know.

Reborn? ...Your tutor, right? He's here? [Is that the reason why you're so interested in studying now?]