This is why I shouldn't write and watch How I Met Your Mother at the same time! ASDFGHJKL! D:

Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! belongs to Akira Amano. The title of this fanfic comes from an episode of How I Met Your Mother.

Pineapple Incident

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She couldn't slice it. The knife shook slightly in her hand as she looked down at the brown-yellow spiked skin of the fruit. It wasn't the spikiness of the fruit that bothered her, the spines were soft to touch and didn't hurt in the least. The green leaves that sprouted from the top were even sharper then the skin, even so, they didn't hurt.

It was who the pineapple reminded her of that made it impossible to cut through even a little. It made her think that she was harming him, him of all people. Cutting into that pineapple was like cutting into Mukuro.

But she had to, that night's dessert depended on her! Pineapple upside-down cake depended on pineapple! Without it, it would simply be upside-down cake. Haru and Kyoko had placed faith in her to make the dessert for the family, she couldn't let them down.

It wasn't as if it was Mukuro, right? It was just a fruit, right? Just something that happened to share the same silhouette as him…right?

"I'm sorry…Mukuro…" She muttered as she brought the knife down through the fruit.

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Um, what?