" I like
where we are,when we drive
in your car.
I like
where we are;
here. "
Despite having almost a dozen people inside the limousine, there was not a soul making any sort of noise. Even Lambo and I-Pin who usually plays together whenever there is nothing to do are hushed and are close to falling asleep. The sole female Vongola guardian shifted from her initial position and tried to make herself comfortable and unfazed by the almost oppressive atmosphere that hung around the car.
She thought of why the boss would have thought of such a trip when there was a battle that was waiting to erupt any second now and dragged everyone associated to the Vongola (except his parents, of course) to somewhere. Maybe it was something to increase the morale of everyone, but instead of socializing, most of the passengers were sleeping or blankly staring at the distance. Sadly, the host was part of the former.
After an hour comprised of little chit-chat with the other females and small talk with the guardians in front of her, everyone eventually grew tired of even trying not to fall asleep. Even Yamamoto, the only one with guts to actually initiate conversation soon gave up as everyone showed signs of not understanding what he was trying to say.
Chrome tried to close her eyes and drift off to sleep but when she thought she had slept for a long time already, only ten minutes have passed and realized she was the only one awake. After all, they left at an ungodly hour for a place no one knew where. She could not even hear Mukuro's voice in her head now, but she could not go back to sleep. After staring at her nails then her boots for an hour or so, she decided to look at whoever her eyes fall upon.
Just beside her were Haru and Kyoko, sleeping as their heads fell upon the other's shoulder. Lambo and I-Pin used their laps as their beds and snored lightly. Bianchi was a little farther from them, so that she could see Reborn from the lightly tinted window that separated them from the driver, the boss and his tutor. In front of them was Yamamoto, clutching his sword on one hand. A little farther from him was Gokudera whose head bobbed from left to right as it fought gravity. A striking contrast from his personality, Ryohei was sleeping like a log as if he was in a bed, thus occupying quite a large space. But the limousine was actually spacious (cannot expect less from the top mafia family, after all) so it was not such a big deal for her.
Her attention was then focused to the sole guardian at the farthest end of the car. Hibari Kyouya was sleeping, with arms crossed as if he was observing everyone who was in front of him. Not that he cared, if he actually was. Despite knowing the nature of the cloud guardian, she was intrigued; it was as if she saw a weak side of the elusive guardian. She moved closer, making sure that no sound was produced by her footsteps. Chrome sat down so that there were at least three people that could sit in between.
This was the first time Chrome could see the guardian's face this closely. She remembered how this man's future self saved her from dying – again – when Mukuro's presence suddenly disappeared. It was a hazy image, but she was quite sure it was him, although an older and mature Hibari Kyouya, held her hand to help her realize she can save herself.
She blushed at how high her praises are for him. Chrome's world has always evolved around Rokudo Mukuro after all and she never really socialized with anyone else, except for Tsuna. Nevertheless, she had to thank him. Although she knew the man before him hated Mukuro so much, he had made a difference in her life like him.
They never talked afterwards, except from when she had called out to alert him and even going as far to call him Cloud Man. But he was engaged in a fight and she did not really hear a response from him so it was hardly a conversation. She thought of the guardian as someone so hard to understand; or is it that he is simply just that?
'Definitely not.' Chrome sighed to herself. Even if he was a man of few words, his actions expressed how strongly he felt towards anything.
Despite his cold attitude towards everyone, maybe except Dino, she admired him for being such a good warrior. Even without proper training, she thought that maybe, he could easily beat anyone. Except Tsuna or Mukuro, maybe. But still, her mind argued, he was exceptional with what he does. She admired him, and that was it. Probably. After all, she was used to looking at things from the sidelines, from the bleachers even.
She moved a little closer and stared at his face for a while and concluded that he even look as amazing as his skills. That thought surprised her too. She was not the girl you go to when you want to know if someone was good-looking or not, but that does not change the fact that she is a girl and she knows who they like and he certainly fits the bill. Her lightly tinted face hovered nearer to the guardian's cheeks. She felt the need to thank him after all, and a magazine that she had read from Haru's collection said that kisses were the best way to show appreciation. But Hibari was not exactly your average guy…
Her musings was suddenly halted as the car gave a mild jerk, although not strong enough to wake up the sleeping guardians, except for the light sleeper Hibari. His eyes opened and scrutinized the female just inches away from him. Chrome immediately moved away and scrambled back to her original seat beside Kyoko without looking back.
She could not believe her luck and mentally cursed herself for allowing it to even happen. Her head turned away from the direction where Hibari was seating as she could almost swear she heard the Namimori discipline committee head's tonfas being clutched. But no footsteps were ever heard so, after some minutes of Chrome intently looking at the steel floor below her, she allowed her eyes to fall upon the guardian seated far from everyone else. She was glad to see him close his eyes again, although he had his tonfas ready, as if he was just waiting to strike anyone who would come near.
Faint rays of light started to seep through the edges of the window, where the material used to tint windows failed to cover. They touched her pale skin as she continued thinking of the guardian that no else could reach.
'This might be as close that I could get but,' Chrome thought to herself as a smile graced her tired face. Seeing another side of the Hibari Kyouya already gave her a sense of contentment. She liked where she was right now, but somehow she could not help but want to grow closer, maybe even intimate with him.
'I won't give up.'
Hello everyone! You probably thought I was dead, no? :P All I've been doing here in is read 1896 stories so I thought of doing one as well. This will be a series of oneshots related to the awesome song Here (In Your Arms) by the equally amazing hellogoodbye. Probably will update every weekend, I'll try. And sorry to everyone who's waiting for the next Light and Darkness chapter! D: Let's all hope I get inspired mwahahaha :P
