I decided to separate all my 50ficlets drabbles into separate fics, because they focus on different characters, pairings, situations etc. and it's easier to separate them by subject. Especially with the thirty ficlets I'll be writing about specific dynamics or relationships, because otherwise it will feel quite disjointed.
Anyway, these are the Dino and Hibari drabbles. I'm not sure whether they'll end up romantic or not, so feel free to voice your opinion on the matter.
Amano Akira owns Reborn. This story is for entertainment purposes only.
Theme Twenty-One - Wind
The roof of Namimori Middle School is bathed in pale autumn sunlight. The air is fresh, crisp, and cool against Dino's skin, and he pulls his coat around his shoulders a little tighter. His new student, the head prefect if what Dino has heard from Reborn is true, tosses his school blazer over his shoulders thoughtlessly and goes to lock the door that leads to the roof to ensure they are not disturbed.
For a second, Dino wants to think that Reborn was wrong about this kid. He's quiet, not entirely impolite, and he certainly didn't protest against the idea of training, even going so far as to suggesting the roof as the perfect place to spar. But a second later, he realises that he's wrong and Reborn's right; Reborn's always right. Hibari Kyouya is as untameable as he is reputed to be, and he's not at all afraid to prove it. Once the door clicks shut and Hibari pockets the key, he hits Dino before he can defend himself - before he's even ready to spar - and the bruise on Dino's cheek smarts for days on end, a constant reminder of the brat's existence, even when he's not being graced by his presence.
At midday, Hibari tells Dino that he's bored with him and walks off without saying goodbye. Dino spends the next ninety minutes trying to convince Hibari that what he's doing is not a waste of his time while fighting against clumsiness and a pronounced limp, and then he finally realises that it's a hopeless endeavour. He gives up for the day and returns to his hotel, the feeling of failure weighing down on his shoulders. By the time that Dino retires to bed, Hibari's attitude is still annoying him. He goes over the day's events in his head, and wonders whether asking Reborn for advice on controlling teenagers is a wise idea. Hibari's current attitude is so painful that he's willing to risk the potential ridicule and scolding.
The next day, Dino doesn't hold back. He hits Hibari first, figuring that no hostile mafioso would give the kid the honor of landing the first strike anyway.
Dino watches Hibari fall as if the whole scene was in slow motion, and for a fleeting second Dino wonders if he'll actually let himself hit the ground. Hibari puts his arm out to stop his descent at just the right time, but his blazer gets knocked from his shoulders and blown to the corner of the roof, where it catches on the protective chain link fence. When their eyes meet, the prefect's expression is positively malicious. Dino laughs and offers a hand to help him up, which is promptly ignored. Hibari sits up, spits a mouthful of blood over his left shoulder and grips his tonfas so hard the skin on his knuckles and fingers turns a sickly white.
"I'll bite you to death."
Dino smiles and unfurls his whip.
They fight until sunset, and Dino's amused when he's the one who has to put a stop to their training, considering how their meeting ended the day before. Hibari leaves without saying goodbye for the second day in a row. Dino comes to the conclusion that asking anyone for advice is probably out of the question, because Hibari Kyouya is hardly normal. There's probably not a single person out there who's figured out how to make him listen to good advice and take it on board.
Dino decides on that day, on the roof of Hibari's beloved Namimori Middle School with his clothes stained with both his blood and Hibari's, that he will be the first.
end.