[ There's always been a certain level of emotional strength that Leontuzzo has been expected to exhibit in front of others. His men needed him to look strong and unflappable for the most part, and he needed to appear cool and level-headed no matter the situation.
But there were always people that he could let some of that mask slip with before. To an extent he could do that in front of Demetri, though his friend still expected some degree of strength from Leon, and he'd since lost that shoulder to lean on anyways. Lavinia was another who was fine with Leon showing weakness in front of her, and once he got back from all of this (if he got back from this), she was certainly going to have to deal with him being particularly pathetic for a bit.
People he didn't know well were harder to let these sides of himself show, but at this moment, at this particular nadir, he's tired of keeping up the act. So he won't put any more fight as Haru rushes him along to indeed nurse the sickie back to health.
Boy will he look like a bit of a fool when he shortly realizes this is all just a flu. ]
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But there were always people that he could let some of that mask slip with before. To an extent he could do that in front of Demetri, though his friend still expected some degree of strength from Leon, and he'd since lost that shoulder to lean on anyways. Lavinia was another who was fine with Leon showing weakness in front of her, and once he got back from all of this (if he got back from this), she was certainly going to have to deal with him being particularly pathetic for a bit.
People he didn't know well were harder to let these sides of himself show, but at this moment, at this particular nadir, he's tired of keeping up the act. So he won't put any more fight as Haru rushes him along to indeed nurse the sickie back to health.
Boy will he look like a bit of a fool when he shortly realizes this is all just a flu. ]