Hello everyone~~
I'm so sorry it took all this time, but I had tons of tests TT-TT... Well, at least it was worth my time!! (I got 85 on my English exam, the average being 79 and my teacher said me grammar improved! :D)
Anyway, I'n just glad I managed to finally publish.
Are you ready for the first chapter of my sequel?! (If you didn't read 'Visiting Hours', you can get to it through my profile ^^)
Disclaimer: If I owned Reborn!, I would have been less obsessive However, I don't own it, so I'm still super obsessive with it.
Please enjoy, I hope there aren't a lot of grammar mistakes and OOC-ness =]
Healing together – Ch. 1
Tsuna looked anxiously at the door in front of him. He woke up too early in the morning, thanks to his Spartan home tutor who kicked him in the head. Having nothing better to do, he ate and got ready as quickly as he could. Just when he finished packing his bag, as if on queue, there was a knock on the door. Kusakaba was there, like a chauffeur, ready to take the brunette to the unknown destination. Now, after 20 minutes of silent driving, he was standing in front of a house. A big and mysterious house.
The house was huge; two stories high, though the high windows looked dark and empty. There was a wide garden linked to the left side of the house, open and green. He closed his eyes, taking one last breath before he reached out and knocked on the door. However, there was no door in front of him. Instead of strong knocks, soft and muffled sounds were heard, as if he was hitting fabric. He opened his eyes to see his hand had halted, still touching the thing that replaced the door in front of him. Looking up, he realized what, or rather who, he knocked on.
"Hibari-san?" The brunette called in panic. He did not just knocked on the chest of the scariest man in Namimori. How no-good can he be?
"It's usually appropriate to knock on the door, Tsunayoshi." Hibari said in a teasing voice. What an interesting moment to start the day with. He thought he heard noises coming from the door and it seems like he was right.
"I'm sorry…" Tsuna muttered apologetically, unconsciously stepping into the house with the prefect. It was even bigger on the inside than the outside. They walked into a massive living room with several couches spread around a wooden table. On the table laid an open book, one that the brunette recognized from the time they spend in the hospital together.
"Give me your bag." The raven-haired teen ordered, grabbing said item before the other even got the chance to answer. The smaller teen let go and followed the other with his gaze as he went into a room.
"Would you show me your home, Hibari-san?" Tsuna asked without thinking too much. The place looked so big from the outside, it made him curios about the inside. One second after he asked that, Hibari looked out of the room at the other. His head was showing through the opening of the door but the rest of his body was still in the room, making it look like his head was floating. It made Tsuna giggle. When the prefect realized it, he quickly went out of the room and stopped next to the laughing teen.
"You want to?" He asked with a raised eyebrow, getting back to the subject. The smaller teen stopped giggling and nodded sheepishly. With a silent sigh, he walked to the room he just left, the brunette right behind him.
"This is the bedroom. You'll sleep here." He gestured to the room. It was big and tidy, the walls and sheets white. A couple of books lay on the dresser, marked exactly where the raven-haired teen stopped. The closet was slightly open, giving Tsuna a glimpse of its content; white button shirts, black pants – Namimori middle school's uniform. His bag looked out of place, lying on the bed.
"Isn't this your room?" He asked, puzzled.
"What is your point, Tsunayoshi?" Hibari asked indifferently. He didn't see what was wrong with it, but he felt like there was an argument coming.
"Where would you sleep?" Tsuna asked innocently. He was genuinely worried about this issue. When the other made a gesture towards the couch in the living room, his eyes widened. "You can't sleep on the couch!" He protested.
"It's my house." The raven-haired teen said in response. It all sounded very ridiculous to him; did his sleeping place mattered so much?
"It's your house, meaning you should sleep in your bed." The brunette protested, an adorable pout decorating his face. "I can sleep on the couch."
The prefect frowned. "I'm not letting you sleep on the couch." He growled. Yes, there was definitely an argument coming, it may have already started.
"Why not?" Tsuna asked weakly. This disagreement was getting no-where. How could he convince him?
"Because you are more important than me," the raven-haired teen said and looked down at the other with his piercing gaze. Tsuna looked away, not wanting to drown in the other's narrow gray-blue eyes, to lose his focus in the debate. He took a deep breath and organized his thoughts while he was looking at the floor.
"Hibari-san…" He started to say, but stopped mid-sentence. He remained stuck, his mouth open and his eyes staring at the floor. He just couldn't find the right words in his head. Going over all of his vocabulary, he still couldn't build a sentence that would make his statement reasonable. Even though he tried, he couldn't describe his feelings in words. Anger and desperation filled him, making his caramel eyes water slightly. He started shaking his head, trying to stop the tears from falling. He was getting a headache from all the shaking, but he would not stop before he got rid of the tears. However, he did stop when a strong hand firmly gripped his chin, making him stop by lifting his face to look at the other.
Hibari flinched at the sight of the crying boy. He hated seeing tears falling down his cheeks, hearing his soft sobs. With a sigh, he pulled him into a tight embrace. His hand caressed his back in an attempt to calm him down while he wiped the tears away. "Stop crying." It was an order, though his voice was gentle.
"I'm trying." Tsuna whispered between sobs. He was such a crybaby at times, especially when it came to the prefect. He never cried so much in one week. "I just…" He still didn't manage to finish the sentence, his voice getting even weaker.
After a few minutes of taking deep breaths, the brunette finally stopped crying. He slowly looked up at the other and gave him a small smile to indicate that he was okay. "You still want to see the house?" The taller teen asked as he released him from the embrace. He nodded meekly and followed him once more.
"Kitchen." The raven-haired pointed to the right. The room was as big as living room was. The cabinets were wide above of the sink and under it. There was a lot of space for cooking, a long surface made of marble. In the middle of the room was an average looking counter, a high chair on each side of it. The windows were open and brightness lightened the room. Tsuna barely had time to take in the beauty before the prefect moved on.
"Bathroom." He pointed at the door on their left. He didn't stop, just moved to the last door. It was a see-through door made of glass. Through it, you could see green grass and tall trees, the leaves fluttering in the wind. The sun was high in the clear sky, shining down upon them. "Garden." He explained quickly before getting back to the living room.
"What is on the second floor, Hibari-san?" Tsuna pointed on the staircase. It was wide but quite dark. Hibari tensed, stopping in mid-step. He was obviously trying to avoid those, skipping them in his co-called 'tour'.
"There is nothing there. Don't go up there." He had given the other a warning glare before sitting on the couch, once more reading his book. The brunette was still curious, but seeing the warning glare he received from asking, he decided to wait. Instead of requesting more information, he walked around the table and sat down on Hibari's right side, pressing his cheek against the other's shoulder.
"I missed you." Tsuna said in a sweet voice before he closed his eyes and just concentrated on the feeling of the teen next to him.
"It was only half a day since the last time we have seen each other." The prefect stated. However, the smaller teen's closed eyes made him miss the little smile that surfaced to the raven-haired teen's face. It is unfortunate to miss such a rare thing as Hibari Kyouya's smile (don't mistake it for a smirk, it was a smile) but there will be others.
"Still." Tsuna said, snuggling closer. In his opinion, there was no warmth that could compete with Hibari's own warmth.
"You'll fall asleep if you stay like this." He stated. His voice was suddenly lower, almost a mere murmur. Maybe his words were against the sleep, but his voice was in favor.
"I don't care. At least I'll be sleeping on the couch." He whispered with a small laugh, wrapping his arms around the other's torso. It was getting chilly in the room. A light chuckle was heard from beside him and a warm hand wrapped around his waist. Slowly, he dozed off into dreamland with the feeling of soft lips pressing against his forehead.
~x~
The bell rang and the teacher dismissed the class. It was a long day in Namimori middle school, a long day that was finally over. Tsuna said goodbye to his friends as they went home without him. On that day of the week, he used to stay until late in the school and watch the most terrifying man in Namimori, Hibari Kyouya, finish his paper work. After that, the raven-haired teen would walk him home to make sure he gets there alive and in one piece.
He half ran to the reception room, eager to see the prefect. He quickly knocked and without waiting for an answer, he went in. The sight in front of him when he opened the door shocked him completely.
Hibari was lying on the floor in a pool of blood, his white shirt soaked in the red fluid. His tonfas were at the other side of the room, covered in blood as well. It looked like the source of the bleeding was the hall in the middle of his abdomen.
"Hibari-san?" The brunette asked, shocked. It was supposed to be a scream but the shock left him almost completely speechless, making it a mere whisper. He stumbled to the side of the body, lifting the other's head into his hands. Slowly, the raven-haired teen's eyes opened slightly.
His body started shaking uncontrollably and it seemed like his eyes couldn't focus as he tried to look at the boy next to him. "Tsu… na…." Hibari whispered slowly his name, his voice breaking it to syllables. "yo…" He only mouthed the syllable soundlessly before his shaking stopped. He remained silent and frozen in Tsuna's arms, his mouth agape and his eyes open, staring into space.
"No!"
His body shot up when his eyes snapped open, the scream tearing from his throat. The clock on the table showed the time was 2:37 A.M. His forehead and arms were sweating and tears ran salty in the corners of his mouth. He tried to breathe in deeply, to push the panic away but he failed miserably. The scene from his dream wouldn't leave him alone and it drove him more and more into terror.
"Tsunayoshi!" When he heard the scream of his name, he almost fell to the floor. The brunette was completely surprised when he turned around to see the one he just dreamed about running towards him.
Hibari stopped a dew steps before the couch the other was sleeping on. When the scream woke him up, his greatest fear was the small teen that was sleeping in his living room. Was he being attacked? Or was he just frightened by a nightmare? When he got to him and saw he was still in one piece, he was relieved. However, he was still worried because of the condition the small teen was in; His eyes were so red he could see the color in the darkness and tears rolled down his cheeks, his body was trembling even though the night wasn't cold and a blanket covered him. Just when he was about to ask what was wrong, the boy jumped and tackled him onto the nearest sofa. The brunette held on to him tightly, clutching the fabric of his shirt as his tears fell on it.
"Calm down." The prefect ordered softly, as he did in the morning. It all made him cry even more; the touch, the voice, the warmth, it all hurt so much, because it was identical to his nightmare: the warm touch was the same, the tone of the voice was a perfect match. Silent sobs turned into loud wails, filling the entire house. "It was just a nightmare."
Tsuna didn't know how the prefect found out the main reason for his crying, but he decided not to focus on that. Instead, he tried to concentrate on his words. It was only a nightmare. Hibari was right there with him, trying to help him to calm down, not dying on the floor of the reception room. He pulled himself closer to the other, trying to forget the pool of blood. The raven-haired teen understood and pulled him as close as he could without suffocating him.
"You cry too much." He whispered in his low voice before getting half a glare half a pout from the small teen above him.
"It's not funny." He barely got the words out of his mouth, his voice breaking. "I saw you in a pool of blood, your blood, and you died in my arms, in the middle of saying my name. How can I not cry?" He tried to sound angry, but couldn't. He was too worried and stressed to sound irritated. Tears were once again in his eyes, threatening to fall. Closing his eyes, the brunette sat up and pressed with his hands on his eyelids, trying to relax. He took two deep breaths before something weird happened.
One strong arm wrapped around his higher back while another lifted his legs and placed itself under his knees. In one swift move, he was pulled into the air with his head leaning on something strong. Opening his eyes, he realized he was in Hibari's arms, his head leaning on his chest. The other wasn't looking at him as he walked to the bedroom.
"Hibari-san?" Tsuna whispered when he was placed on the comfortable bed. It was still warm from when the other slept in it and it made him sleepy. His eyelids felt heavy and they half closed while he lost every control he had over his body. Sleepiness getting stronger, he reached out and grabbed the prefect's shirt, pulling slightly. "Stay…" He said in a begging and tired voice, his eyes closing even more.
Hibari accepted his plead, lying beside him. He wrapped his arms around the other's petite figure and kissed his nose slightly. Tsuna snuggled as close as he could get to the other, enjoying the warmth, before dozing into a dreamless sleep.
Well, I'm not too pleased with this chapter, but it's the best I managed to write...
I loved writing the scene Hibari died *shot* I actually love writing death scenes, but I'm bad at writing deliberated angst .
I make Tsuna cry too much =.= I'll try and keep him more in character in the up-coming chapters!
I hope you all enjoyed this ^^ I already started the second chapter, so I hope i can publish it in the near week.
Please review~
Bye!!
