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[In between maintaining a completely casual air, Gokudera is panicking. He'd thought Uri was right there and he had been until Gokudera was completely occupied doing exercises with his flames.

Next thing he knew the little bastard was somewhere most easily defined as not there, somewhere else, somewhere well away from Gokudera.

He isn't calling out as he prowls around trying to find the little whelp but he is radiating fury as determinedly as he can. If he called out the cat would just take off and he wouldn't be able to pick him up by the scruff of his neck and inflict the many terrible tortures Gokudera has planned.

Eventually, he sticks his head out and discovers Haru. Haru and his traitorous cat.

At least Uri is safe - it would be just like him to get hurt and demand Gokudera patch him up - but that still leaves him how to wrestle him off Haru.]

He scratches and bites.

[Yes, ferocious that purring box animal. He's going to take her eye out any moment.]

[Wrestle him off Haru? Like hell. Both Haru and the cat are perfectly enamoured with one another, because 1) soft lap, 2) eeee a kitty. That ferocious purring animal is getting petted probably more than he has gotten in the past few months of excruciating training.

Haru feels very sorry for Uri.

But it doesn't mean she doesn't startle when Gokudera talks, because did he hear her talking about him?] Hahi! How long have you been lurking around? And what are you talking about, Uri-kun's been nothing but lovely to Haru.

[Gokudera's hands twitch towards the animal. He's going to get shoved in his box for a month if he doesn't behave. No flames either.

He's wondering what he could have missed though.]

Tch, he's waiting for the right time.

[Gokudera steps closer with all due caution. He's surprised to see Haru with a book, even if she's messing around with a terrifying (purring) beast instead. He reaches out and - yep - Uri takes a swipe at him. He glares at the cat and retracts his hand.]

[She looks from the cat to Gokudera, and then her face splits into a grin.] Ha! Haha, it looks like you two don't get along too well, doesn't it?

[Her hand goes up to pet Uri's head, and the rest of the discourse is aimed at the animal.] Maybe if the silly boy treated you more like a friend and less like a creation.

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[His hands grip the air, if he can strangle air he can strangle a cat who gets him into shit.

She obviously doesn't spend much time around Gokudera - he does treat his friends like that.]

Maybe if the bastard remembered I feed him he would respect his master. [This is getting awkward, he's pretty sure. He's showing how little control he has over a deadly killing machine in front of practically a civilian.

Instead of trying to force Uri back into his box - a futile endeavour - Gokudera takes the spare chair next to her. This can be... infiltration training. So they can send Uri in under the guise of being adorable and then he can wreck the place like the terror he is. He nods at her book.] What's that?

[Well, in her defense, she knows he treats her like that, she just doesn't think he thinks of her as a friend.] Calling yourself his master is rude. [She rolls her eyes and scratches Uri under the chin before returning to pet his back.

Her attention's brought back to her book by Gokudera, and she blinks and looks down at her lap.] Ah, this. It's a conversation book, to Italian. I'm trying to learn. [So I can ninja out of this joint.]

[Of course she's his friend, anyone who gets as close as she's wrangled with Tsuna gets to be called a friend. Unless he's having a bad day.

He makes teenage boy grunt number seventeen at the book, leans forward and takes it, ruffling through and thoroughly losing her place.]

Why buy a book when you're surrounded by people who speak it?

[She scowls at him when he does that, and would reach over for it if Uri hadn't settled right accross her lap now that it's unnocupied. And they thought they didn't work well as a team. Pah!]

Give that back, I - [The question makes her pause, blink.] No-one has time to teach Haru. Everyone's busy with training and...stuff - I can do things on my own too, you know? I'm not going to sit and demand a tutor until I get one.

[He looks at the book a little more carefully, flicks through a few pages, actually reading them and then passes it back, crossing his arms. It's not as terrible a book as it might be but it still doesn't have all the things that he would mention.

Her point about everyone being busy actually sounds sensible.]

Your pronunciation is going to be fucking terrible. [He slouches down in his chair.] Run it by me first before you bring shame to the family. [And with Uri throwing a kitty hissy, he's got fuck all to do.]

[He seems to forget that she went to a very demanding private school back in Namimori, and that her father was a college professor - it's only natural that Haru demands as much of herself as her father demanded of himself; she learned from him. She has half a mind to take insult to his accusations.

Until she recognizes it for what it is: Gokudera sucking at offering his help to anyone that isn't Tsuna. He's really bad. She laughs a little, and shakes her head before settling back in her chair, glancing at him from the corners of her eyes as she opens her mouth and Italian comes out.] You're so silly. Have some trust in Haru.

[He tries very hard not to look agog. Fails miserably, slouches down further and deepens his frown. Her pronunciation isn't perfect but it's certainly understandable and much better than he'd thought it would be. If he was easily impressed he'd be... no he's totally impressed. Maybe the cat helps study, he'll have to try it on Tsuna.

If she's going to show off he figured she should be able to handle him replying in kind.]

Trust is earned. And I'm not silly.

[HAHAHA YES, sure it's the cat. No, it's Haru being super smart - or who else was there during Maths studies, hm? Of course, it's usually something that impresses people, considering the feeling her usual personality normally gives people. But she'd thought that after all these years as - hey, friends? - he'd know better.

She struggles a bit with is earned, not understanding that word; but the negation is simple - it makes her smile and let out a little laugh before shrugging. Maybe you think you aren't, but you are.] What does 'is earned' mean?

[Is Haru Tsuna or anyone Gokudera pays real attention to? No. Because Haru isn't Tsuna. She exists in his sidelines of not Tsuna and mildly annoying.

He rubs a wrinkle out of his sleeve, only to have another take its place; it's one of those shirts. He's never taught language without a guide, isn't certain which approach to take.] You have to work for it. Like, money is earned, friendship is earned and responsibility is earned.

[Yes, Haru's eternal destiny: to be in the sidelines for everyone ever. If she weren't used to this by now, she'd be very hurt. But it's one of those things that you just - learn to accept, maybe. Somehow.

Surely, someday someone will notice her as more than just the sidelined girl. Surely.]

Ahh. So you don't trust me?

['Fraid Gokudera's too busy being a bit of an idiot. Guy is smart but so so dumb.]

No.

[Awkward. His shoulders hunch up to his ears.]

Not yet.

Why not? [Has she not been around for years? If she were really untrustworthy, she'd have left after Tsuna openly chose Kyoko, not...stuck around like an intelligent version of a lap dog.

It hurts that Gokudera doesn't. Sure, they're not the closest, but... She thought he, of all people, would see loyalty and recognize it.]

[Aren't the Japanese supposed to be discrete? What happened to make her miss that. He wants to give her the run around. But it would be obvious, and he shouldn't care. Except, the reason is: he doesn't understand her. He doesn't know why she tags along with the rest of them, can't understand what keeps her sticking with it. And with a smile, too. He twitches - a shrug.]

Trust is for people without enemies.

[It's a reason at least, even if it is a lie.]

[It upsets her a lot more than it should. There's a hint there, that she's not to be trusted, that he expects her to rat them all out at one point. She picks up Uri, and stands up from her chair.]

If I wanted to betray you, I could've done it countless times before, Gokudera.

[She pauses, before leaning in and dropping the cat in his lap - fully calmed, for a while - before snatching her book away.] It's a shame, because Haru would trust you with her life, thug or not.

[Whoa, easy on the book, what did it ever do?]

You could be waiting for the right moment. To launch into sabotage.

[He doesn't want to think about her trusting him with her life. She's an outlier, he wouldn't know what to do if he had a hold on her life. Probably help - try to.] I'm not that much of a thug.

Play with me

be gentle, I should probably have reread more of the canon before pretending I could play him

don't worry i haven't touched canon in 16 months

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