Chapter 1

Synopsis: Will they ever find peace to their troubled lives?

Yakuza AU. Pairing: 1896.

Kyoya Hibari is not one to openly show that he has any interests. But he knows the things that appeal to a lot of people for them to spend so much time on- music being one of them.

He knows that it is what he's hearing now.

It was the first kind he had listened to since he came to this world. A soothing melody sung or hummed softly, not too loud and only enough to be heard by the sole listener to put him to sleep—it's a lullaby. It came from a sweet voice he's familiar with, or at least that's what he thought so. It's been too long; he forgets how his mother sounded. He feels a delicate hand gently combing through his dark hair as the song continues. These gestures, instead of lulling him to a deeper slumber, made him stir.

It's bright. Though not too bright to blind him as he slowly opened his stormy grey eyes. The first thing he instantly saw was the calm ocean. Next, he was staring at a quaint-looking town down the hill. Everything seemed so serene and peaceful. But the need to gaze around more of his surroundings was cut off when he suddenly realized that his head was laying down on someone's lap. He tilted his head to look up at the face in question. And the question still remains. He missed his chance to confirm who it was, as out of the blue he heard a loud beeping sound and he jerked awake—truly, this time.

He glanced at his alarm clock. It's 1:00 AM. He's not the type who lingers on the bed after waking up. Usually, he wastes no time to rise up and ready himself for the day, but he couldn't help dwelling on the dream he had for a little while. He's astonished of himself- he can still have dreams after all.

However, he needs to get up. He's got work to do.

She cried herself to sleep. Chrome Dokuro had countless nights like this, even while her parents still lived. She quietly wept in her room when her mother harshly yelled at her during the times that Chrome tried to strike up a conversation with her.

"Quit bothering me, idiot girl! Go to bed!" Even at home, her mother would prefer chatting with friends over the phone more than having a heart-to-heart with Chrome.

She whimpered as she cradled her painful cheek in her palm when her father slapped her senseless after he found out that she sneaked in their home a stray kitten. Or when he dragged her by hair out of his study when she broke an expensive vase. Despite these moments, she never complained. She fancied that her parents did love her. They gave her enough clothes, food to eat, and sent her to a good and prestigious school.

When she turned twelve, her parents died in a car accident, and she sobbed over their graves—her uncaring and unloving parents' graves. Chrome knew she didn't just cry over their tragic death, but also for the sudden realization that she would be literally alone from now on. Or so she thought.

Her uncle, her father's brother, and his wife took her in. They were old and didn't have any children of their own. Her uncle was just another cruel and bad-tempered man. She felt sorry and awful for her aunt. Oh, her dear and kind aunt. Chrome thought of her as an angel sent from heaven. She never received so much love from a parent until her aunt came.

But her aunt was ill all this time, and soon enough she had to leave this unkind world behind with Chrome still in it. And that's why again tonight, Chrome is sobbing her heart out.

Author's Note:

Dear readers,

Before you continue on with this story, I have to warn you that this is extremely AU. I'm afraid you won't even get to meet other KHR characters in this fic. So basically it's just Chrome and Hibari you will be seeing more every chapter along with minor OCs.

I would love to hear, albeit nervously, what you think about this story.

xoxo,

homesgood