Pairing : 69D

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Dino could feel someone hold his hand tightly.

He could hear someone speak into his ears.

He could feel warmth that others would define as cold.

Dino knew who was that "someone".

His breathing was laboured. He could not stop the memories that were overflowing his mind.

Dino did not know how to judge his past.

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He did not know whether it was beautiful or just a waste of time.


-x- Flashback starts. -x-

"W-Wait, Kyoya...!" Dino forced out a grin as he held on to his student tightly.

He was displeased seeing the person that caused all of this standing before them, still smirking.

Here he was being a kind soul by preventing a murder, and that particular person was still standing there smirking.

He was there, part of the trident plunged into the floor.

The mismatched pair of eyes were staring at them with no signs of fear or of being offended.

Just that cold stare.

Pushing that aside, Dino really hated seeing the illusionist.

If Rokudo Mukuro was in sight, it spelt trouble for Dino Cavallone.

Dino was always trying to prevent his former student, Hibari Kyoya, from killing the illusionist.

The Italian did not intend to fight back when the prefect charged at him.

He just stood there with a look that Dino could only describe as "smug".

"Kyoya, you don't have to treat Mukuro like this." Dino only released Hibari when Mukuro left the place.

Catching the swift movement of tonfa being shoved towards him, Dino, as Hibari's former teacher, dodged his attack easily.

Hibari was displeased, very displeased.

He did not want to see that herbivore illusionist in his line of sight ever again.

Dino could only try to stop Hibari from attacking Mukuro, while Mukuro wore that indifferent, smug look on his face.


Turning the doorknob, he entered the reception room that he knew Hibari frequented.

But his former student was not there.

"I have been waiting."

Dino stared at the person before him, the door closing behind him with a soft click. "You were waiting for me?"

Mukuro took off his gloves and rested them on the table.

He took a quick glance outside the window before turning to face the Cavallone.

Nodding his head, he walked towards Dino with soft, yet clear footsteps.

"I have a question for you."

Dino felt an urge to turn and flee from the room, but he ignored it. "And what would that be?"

A slight smirk made its way to Mukuro's face.

Oh, that was a bad sign.

A cold hand brushed past Dino's cheek, and the blonde could feel the cold hand sliding to the back of his neck and rested there.

"You like that student of yours, don't you?" Dino could feel Mukuro's other cold hand on his other cheek.

It was cold, and it made his mind go blank.

The question echoed in his mind several times, and he snapped out of it after being stunned into speechlessness.

"O-Of course not...! Kyoya, I treat him like-" Both of them heard the sound of the doorknob being turned.

Mukuro tugged Dino closer by using his grip on the blonde's neck and crushed his lips against the Cavallone's.

The door was pushed open and Hibari stood there staring at the scene he would have never expected to see in his whole Namimori life.


Wait, why were the roles exchanged so suddenly?

Mukuro had his back leaning against the wall, and the person before him was Dino.

The blonde had his fingers closed on Mukuro's neck, attempting to strangle the illusionist to death.

Hibari would not say that he would hate to see the illusionist die, but he sure hated people dying in his school area.

Dino had his right arm pulled by his former student; Hibari was trying to separate them.

Dino's cheeks were flushed as he bit his bottom lip.

He just wanted to get that Mukuro's heart to stop beating right this very second.

That Mukuro, he just kissed him.

He just let Hibari see what happened.

He just did all of those ridiculous things...!

"I'm going to kill you...!"


Dino sat on the muddy ground, not moving.

He just stared listlessly in front of him. He could only see trees, and only trees. Not that any of these registered in his mind in his current state.

The droplets of rain that splattered onto him were not waking him up from his sleep.

He was too tired, too exhausted to even care about the things that were happening around him.

He heard a soft sigh.

He tried to open his eyes, but he was too tired to do so.

He could feel someone touch him lightly.

It did not take long for him to realize that he was being lifted off of the ground.

He leaned his head against the nearest source of support; he could hear someone's steady heartbeat.

The sound of that person's heartbeat made the sound of rain falling turn inaudible instantly.

A certain warmth which he tightly held on to.


He opened his eyes to see a number of people hovering over him.

His subordinates were eyeing him with worry, and he saw someone he was very familiar with at the side of his bed.

"Herbivore," Hibari mumbled softly when he saw Dino look to his side.

Seeing the quick glance given by Dino, the Cavallone's subordinates took the hint and excused themselves from the ward.

Hibari stared at Dino, a questioning look on his face when the blonde just cupped his cheeks with a serious expression.

No, it was not this warmth.

Dino felt Hibari's pale cheeks with his hands, and this warmth was not what he felt a moment ago.

The warmth he felt was unique. It was something he wanted to feel again. At least for the last time. "No, not this warmth-"

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"Had a tough fight with those brats?"


Dino let go of Hibari, and turned to see Mukuro standing at the end of his bed.

This time, there was something different about the usually smug illusionist.

He was no longer smirking.

"You had a close shave with death, after bleeding that much," Mukuro muttered under his breath, and walked closer to the blonde.

Dino felt something familiar about this scene.

How long has it been since he last saw Mukuro after that incident?

5 years.

Without a warning just like years ago, Mukuro grabbed Dino's hand and stared into his eyes.

"By any chance, are you looking for this?" Mukuro whispered into Dino's ear as he rested the bandaged hand against his cheek.


He could hear wheels, and some people speaking.

A strong hospital smell filled his nostrils, and sharp sunlight pierced his vision, causing him to be unable to see.

There was a hand that he was holding on to so tightly, and he could feel a warm breath being heaved out onto his cold, bleeding hands.

His hands slid up, and felt a certain warmth.

He held onto it, and he heard the sound of doors being pushed open.

His hands were forcefully pulled away.


"Y-You.." Dino's eyes widened as he stared at the illusionist.

Was this some kind of prank? Someone was going to jump into the ward and laugh loudly, saying that this was all a prank, right?

Dino stayed still, not moving. His hand was still on Mukuro's cheek.

This warmth. Dino cursed silently.

Why wasn't anyone jumping into the ward yet?

Mukuro seemed to be able to read his mind. His smirk grew as he leaned closer to him.

"It's the truth, Dino Cavallone," Mukuro whispered.


Dino chewed the slice of orange in his mouth, and mused on what had actually happened yesterday.

"Boss?"

Dino lifted his head up to meet his subordinate's worrying eyes.

"I'm feeling well. I'm just thinking of some... insignificant things." Dino grinned as he took another slice of orange.

The faint scent of orange lingered in the room, and he could see Romario setting flowers in the vase on the table. The flowers were a gift from an alliance family; Dino received them this morning.

His gaze was on the yellow flowers. The scent of those flowers was really nice.

It was then that the door opened.

Dino turned to see the illusionist standing there, much to his displeasure. Dino swore, this illusionist traumatized him a lot. He wanted nothing more than to just get this illusionist away from him.

He could see Mukuro take a step closer to him, and then another. Dino stared at his subordinates, but they did not notice his disgruntled look.

Mukuro smirked slightly. Of course he noticed that.

Dino could smell something as Mukuro neared him; it was a pleasant smell-

Something bright coloured was shoved in front of his face, and Dino caught it to see that it was a bouquet of flowers. The flowers were white and beautiful.

"Gardenia? Is someone getting married -"

"You and I then, if you insist on the marriage talk." Mukuro folded his arms across his chest and sat on the bed.

That sentence stunned everyone in the room. Every single one.

Dino looked at the bouquet of gardenias, then shifted his gaze onto Mukuro.

He and Mukuro? Wedding?

"Keep dreaming, Rokudo Mukuro...!" Dino shoved the bouquet of flowers back into Mukuro's hands.

Mukuro leaned in even closer, much to his discomfort. Dino had the urge to stuff the flowers into Mukuro's mouth to stop the illusionist from saying any rubbish.

"You're blushing."

Dino immediately hopped out of his bed and pushed the Mist Guardian out of the room.

He took a quick glance at Mukuro and the smug look remained on the Italian's pale face.

"You can be certain that I'm going to get you, my wife." Mukuro smirked and Dino slammed the door close instantly.

"Your wife? You can wait forever...!" Dino almost wanted to strangle the illusionist just like he had done 5 years ago.

Dino turned to see his subordinates' shocked faces.

"Boss, you were having difficulty to move a moment ago."

It was then that Dino noticed the petals lying on the bed.

Gardenias.


"Mukuro-san hasn't been coming lately, Boss."

Dino looked to his subordinate's side, then at his bandaged hand. The warmth.

"It's better if it stays like this forever," Dino mumbled softly.

Every day without fail, Mukuro would visit the ward with a bouquet of gardenias in his hand. It had almost become routine.

Dino would always expect to see a bouquet of gardenias in front of him when he opened his eyes, while Mukuro would always expect to see the usual frustrated look on Dino's face when he tried to get him to stop speaking those 'disgusting' words.

Then, all of a sudden, Mukuro stopped coming.


The door was pushed open.

"Stop it with your gardenias-"

Dino turned to only see Hibari there. Mukuro was nowhere in sight.

"Ah, it's you, Kyoya." Dino grinned slightly.

In spite of himself, he could not help feeling disappointed a moment ago.

Something was definitely wrong with him, Dino concluded.

"Cavallone, something happened."

"Something related to Mukuro?" It was out of instinct that Dino said that.

He was sort of expecting someone to tell him news about Mukuro.

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"There's nothing the Vongola can do to get Ken and Chikusa back to life."


A/N : Enjoyed writing this fic 0.o , surprisingly . It'll be a two/ three shots, and yeaps. A story about flashbacks is all what i like XD -shot- And thanks my loveellyyy DiorPapa XD -shot- I mean my coocuit :Dior Crystal , for helping me to beta this fic :D Gotten a lot better ! :D thanks a lot to her -hugs- . and thanks for reading this till the end XD

Reviews are deeeply wanted and appreciated :)