Authors Note: This is my first Katekyo fanfic, and I deeply apologize if the characters are too OOC (although, in Tsuna's case, it's on purpose!).
I also apologize for any spelling and/or grammar errors that you might find. English is not my first language, you see~
Also, a big thank you to my Tsuna who came up with the title!3
Disclaimer:I do not own, or claim to own, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
It hadn't really been hard to break into Namimori middle school in the middle of the night. With simple locks and no real alarm-system, getting through the gate and the front doors had been a real breeze.
He snorted when he thought about how ridiculously easy it had been, placing a newly lit cigarette between his lips and taking a long drag.
He didn't remember when he had started smoking, but he guessed it was about the time he came into contact with Gokudera Hayato. The lock picking? Probably around that time too. Almost no one except for himself and a very few others knew these things about him, and he intended to keep it that way. After all; What would they say about the Tenth Vongola Boss if they saw him now, sitting on the fence surrounding the roof of Namimori Middle School, in the middle of the night, smoking?
Tsuna snorted again and took another drag of his cigarette. Small, weak, "cute", innocent and no-good. That's what everyone thought about him. They probably wouldn't if they saw him now, or any of his other "darker" sides, but he didn't really feel any need of showing them. After all; if his friends thought he was weak, then the enemy would think so too.
It had been a tough act to keep up in the beginning, especially during the training with Reborn and Basil, and the fight with Xanxus. Tsuna had known from the start that he would beat Xanxus, but if he did it without any problem people would realize that he was a lot stronger than he showed. So he had prolonged the fight, pretending to be weak, receiving a lot of unnecessary injuries, only to keep his no-good act up.
The brunette sighed and let the cigarette dangle between his fingers. He looked out over the city and then up to the clear black sky. The stars twinkled down at him, and he smiled slightly. This was the sky that he really was; the dark one with subtle light. Mist was creeping into the city, but Tsuna paid it no mind. Normally, during the day, the mist would alert him of a certain blue-haired guardian getting closer. But Mukuro wasn't getting closer. He was already there, leaning against the fence Tsuna was sitting on, with his back towards the city.
The illusionist had been standing there almost as long as Tsuna had been sitting there.
Mukuro had known almost from the very beginning about Tsuna's darker side, and as often he could he joined Tsuna during the nights when the brunette went out. He was highly interested in this side of Tsuna. The side that no one else in the Vongola, except for him (and Chrome, obviously), had seen. He doubted that even the all-knowing arcobaleno knew about it.
"Hey, Mukuro?"
Mukuro glanced at Tsuna who was still staring up at the sky. He didn't answer, but Tsuna knew he was listening.
"If the sky disappeared, what would happen to the world?"
The mist guardian turned his gaze up to the sky too.
"There would be a total chaos with the elements, storms would erupt everywhere and destroy almost everything. Then hell would take over and replace the sky with an illusion until the real sky returns."
A light chuckle escaped Tsuna's lips before he raised the cigarette again and took a long drag before flipping it away. The two boys watched the still glowing cancer-stick fall all the way down to the ground.
"Kyoya-kun will bite you to death for that, you know."
"As if he would ever figure out that it was me."
"True."
Silence settled over them again as Mukuro went back to watching the stars while Tsuna watched the city. They remained like that for a while, silent and unmoving, before Tsuna turned around and jumped down from the fence and landed on the roof next to Mukuro. The blue-haired male let out a low whistle.
"It always impresses me how you can jump down from there without a problem during the night, while you're whining every time you fall on your butt during the day."
"I do have an act to keep up in front of the others", Tsuna said with a shrug, leaving the roof.
Mukuro only nodded, walking behind Tsuna as they left the school grounds. Neither cared about locking the doors and the gate after them. No one would ever know that it had been them anyway.
After a few minutes of walking in silence, the mist guardian spoke.
"Winter is on the way, Tsunayoshi."
"I'll stop by with food and blankets in the weekend when mom is away," came Tsuna's fast reply, as if he had already known that Mukuro was going to say.
"You should be careful, a storm might be brewing around the corner."
"I can handle it. I know this city like the back of my hand, I'll just take a path where the storm can't reach me."
"The advantage of being small built, I guess, kufufu~"
Tsuna glared at Mukuro out of the corner of his eyes.
"Both you and I know that it has nothing to do with how I'm built, Mukuro."
Another "Kufufu~" left Mukuro's lips as he met Tsuna's gaze and nodded, agreeing with the boy.
They continued walking in silence, not exactly enjoying each other's company but enough to not want to go their separate ways right away. Tsuna had gotten used to it after the multiple walks they had taken together since Chrome has joined the Vongola, giving Mukuro a chance to meet Tsuna while his body was still in the Vendicare prison. At first the presence of the illusionist had irritated Tsuna, but now it was a sort of comfort to know that he could be himself around someone. Still, it didn't mean he liked being with Mukuro. Much.
After a little while they stopped and looked at each other. Mukuro grinned and Tsuna gave him a small smile, before mist surrounded the blue haired guardian. When the mist disappeared Mukuro was gone, and Chrome was standing there.
"Hello Boss," she said with a smile.
"Hi Chrome."
"Will we see you on saturday?"
"Yeah, sometime during the evening. Make sure that you'll all be there."
Chrome nodded.
"Of course Boss. I should go now, good night."
The female illusionist hugged Tsuna, who returned it with warmth, and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before she turned and walked away.
Tsuna watched her for a moment, smiling brightly, before walking in the opposite direction.
Autors Note: Alright, I'm not completely happy with the ending, but it works for me so I won't complain.
There will be more chapters of this, when I have the time and energy to write again.
Until then, please give me some nice reviews :D
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