Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! belongs to Amino Akira. Not me. TTATT
Summary: Maybe Gokudera could have his "happily ever after" ending after all. 8059 drabble.
Warning: Shonen-ai.
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Of Dumb Cows and Baseball Freaks
Gokudera hated fairy tales. He really did.
He hated them for their signature perfect "once upon a time" beginnings and perfect "happily ever after" endings and perfect everything else in-betweens; he hated them for their fucking perfection; their lack of everything the made his tale -- his story, his life -- not perfect.
Because they reminded him of all the things he didn't have, things so wanted and needed and never gotten; things so numerous that even if he wrote a whole goddamn frickin' book there'd still be more than enough left over to write a sequel and more.
Because they told a story about a prince and a princess who went through a lot of shit and still, still came out unscarred and pure and happy, when he himself had come out tainted and dark and angryangryangryat the entire fucking world -- and the jealousy seared through him, even though the princesses and princes were only a bunch of fictional dumb characters in some stupid made-up fairy tale that didn't actually exist and didn't actually happen.
So it really was understandable that he utterly despised reading bedtime stories to I-pin and Lambo, since those usually consisted of said fairytales, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. And it certainly explained why he was very against playing a quick game of "Save the Damsel in Distress from the Big Scary Horned Dragon Thingy a.k.a. Lambo-san" when he was asked to by Lambo --
"Oiii, Octopus Heeeaad!" called Lambo, pointing a finger imperiously at Gokudera, and went on, ignoring his threatening snarl of indignation, "you're the princess!"
-- well, more like demanded, actually...
"Why I am I the fucking girl?! I'm not playing your stupid game anyways," snapped Gokudera, completely disregarding Yamamoto's cheerful chide of "Language!" in the background.
"You *are* playing," was declared, childishly, "and because you have long hair," as if it were the final and most obvious thing in the world (the way only very small children with large afros wearing a cow suit pajamas can).
"What the hell kind of shitty reasoning is that you stupid cow?!!!"
"Yama-chan will be your knight in shining armour!"
"What the -- ?!"
Yamamoto just laughed sheepishly, scratched his head and grinned at Gokudera.
And for a minute, Gokudera wasn't so against it because Yamamoto was smiling at him; Yamamoto was happy and warmwarmwarm, and Yamamoto was everything he never had and always wanted, needed, and maybe, maybe --
Maybe Gokudera could have his "happily ever after" ending after all.
"Put me down!" screeched Gokudera, pounding on Yamamoto's back.
He still hated fairy tales, though.