[Ohhhh, the curse Hijikata first met him under... well, still, it's not the worst food habit to have. Hijikata doesn't know Zuko, though he can at least put a face to the name from having seen him in network posts here and there... AOL user fireprince, isn't it?

Gokudera's past experiences would once again feel vaguely familiar to him, who was admittedly an aggressive and thorny youth until he met Kondou and Mitsuba, the first people who accepted him (granted, it helped that he was beaten to a pulp and couldn't start a fight when Kondou first picked him up).]

Hm. So it's more like friends of your friends who don't trust you? As long as the truly important people stand by you I wouldn't worry about anyone else. You know what you're about; stick to your principles.