Do I Know You?
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Summary: Gokudera and the Sasagawa siblings run into an old friend who has forgotten who they are.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Warnings: Mentions of blood.
It was only a matter of time before they would run into her again. Namimori is a small town after all. If you asked Hayato, it was all too soon, seeing her again. She looks strange. Her black hair is a touch below her shoulders when in her signature pony tail. What's different is that this time, the bottom is in loose curls. She has make up on, the eye liner making her eyes more sharp. The dusty red eye shadow makes her look more mature than she actually is and her mascara makes her lashes so long, they flutter. Her lips are so red that they look like they've been kissed upon many times over.
It breaks his heart to see her this way.
Just a bit before, Ryohei, Kyoko, and Hayato were on their way to Tsuna's place after bumping into one another at the convenience store. With bags filled with goodies, the late teenagers are making their way down the street. With Ryohei's luck, the oldest Vongola member bumps shoulders with someone frail and small.
"Eep!" Shouts a small voice.
"Onii-san!" Kyoko lectures immediately.
"S-Sorry." The older pair of siblings scratches the back of his head as Hayato is already helping the girl back up. "I didn't see you, you're so small." He laughs, his voice boisterous. The Storm Guardian is rolling his eyes and looks back to the girl. His mouth opens to say something but the moment he does, his words clog his throat. Kyoko is the next to react, her eyes widening and a small gasps escapes her lips. Ryohei looks down at her, his mouth suddenly shut.
Before them stands Haru. Or who they know to be Haru. This Haru is different than the one they know. She's decked out in make up and her Midori High uniform is not in the slightest bit modest. Her black skirt is very short, her white collared shirt leaves the first two buttons undone and her cream cardigan is slipped to her shoulders.
She looks at Hayato with a curious look before turning to Ryohei. "It's okay. I'm fine." She says in a low voice. It's not the cheery one that they're used to, that he's used to. From Ryohei, her eyes travel to Kyoko. The auburn haired girl looks at her with slight tears in her eyes as she tries to hide her trembling body behind her older brother. Then her attention goes back to Hayato.
There's a wistful look about him as he gazes at her with deep sorrow. His heart nearly beats out of his chest as Haru continues to give him an inquisitive look. She's right there in front of him and all he wants to do is wrap her in his arms and hold her closely to his chest. It's been a month since he's last seen her. Since everyone decided it was best for her to forget.
A large part of him regrets it, forcing her to forget the Vongola. All without her consent too but when he glances at the scar that he knows is by her ear, however faint it is, the part of him that regrets relaxes because he knows that this way, she's safe. She's safe from the mafia, she's safe from them, she's safe from him.
"Do I know you?" She asks. For a moment, he wants to tell her the truth. That yes, she knows him. So very well. That she is, in fact, the closest person to his heart. That she is the person he holds dearest to him and that it took so long for him to figure it out and even longer to act on it. Right now, Hayato feels like he wants to cry because right when he got her, he lost her.
And she forgot them.
Clenching his fists and in spite of his thumping heart, against all of his wishes, Hayato answers Haru in an aloof manner. "No, never seen you before." There's a gasp in the back of Hayato from Kyoko but he ignores it and forces all of his strength into the will not to tell Haru the truth.
The girl before them tilts her head and she blinks slowly at him. A smile then curves on her face and Hayato's heart race spikes because damn, her smile is still the same. Part of his heart seems relieved by that. Haru's eyes twinkle from beneath her make up and for him, it's almost like seeing the girl he used to know. "I see." She says coolly. "My mistake, you just seem familiar." She looks past Hayato. "You all do."
"We do?" Asks Ryohei, a tiny grin making a way onto his face.
"Mm hm." Smiling, Haru takes a quick glance at her phone for the time and gasps. "Oh, I've gotta go." She murmurs and looks up. "Anyways, have a good day!" Bowing quickly, she jogs past them. All three members of the Vongola look back and wince. When Haru makes it across the street from where they are at, she continues down without looking back at them once.
"She really doesn't remember us." Kyoko's voice is colored with all the feelings swirling in three hearts as she says this. "We're nothing to her." Ryohei puts a hand on his sister's head and soothes her to the best of his ability.
"This way, she's safe. Remember?" The white haired teen looks at Hayato who's eyes still seem to linger in the way Haru disappeared at. "Hey, let's go. Tsuna's waiting, remember?"
As if snapping out of his trance, Hayato scowls. "It's Tenth to you, idiot." Ryohei chuckles to himself and the three continue the opposite way of where Haru went. He doesn't tell the Storm Guardian that his insult doesn't have the usual bite in it. It'll all be okay. Ryohei tells himself. We'll all make it. Alive this time. Neither of the Sasagawa siblings call Hayato out when his head turns back one more time, his look forlorn.
Haru... Are you happy?
"Gokudera!" Kyoko sobs as she cradles Haru's head close to her. Fat tears roll down her cheeks while her right arm is bleeding profusely. The room he finds them in is dark and smelly for an abandoned apartment. The silver haired teen's eyes grow wide when his attention lands on Haru. Her eyes are closed and it almost looks like she's not breathing. Her sun kissed skin is now ghostly pale. "H-Haru... HARU! HARU! HARU!" Kyoko screams and looks to Hayato with desperation. "Save her Gokudera! SAVE HER!"
"KYOKO!" It's Ryohei who runs in right after. His eyes widen at the state of the girls. "Kyoko!" Rushing to his sister's side, he takes her arm. "You're bleeding!"
She pushes him away from her and brings Haru to the older boy as gently as possible. "ONII-SAN! PLEASE! HARU-CHAN IS DYING!" She screams hysterically.
One look at Haru makes Hayato want to kill someone. To get rid of the sons of bitches who did it. But his heart cries for her first and just like Kyoko, he waits pathetically by Haru's side and let's Ryohei quickly try to salvage what has been done to her. The amount of blood that is coming from her head makes him sick and scared. So scared of losing her.
"Sh-She's so brave but..." Kyoko cries into her bloodied hands. "H-He... He stabbed her in the head. He stabbed her..." Hayato bites his lower lip, hard enough to draw blood. "She'll be okay, right? She's gonna be okay. You two are here now..."
Scared.
He's so scared for her.
"I'm here!" Haru calls out to her friends as she enters the cafe. Three guys and another girl from her school are already waiting for her at a large table. She sits next to one of her guy friends. He is in loose, comfortable clothes and greets Haru with a cheeky grin. He's a handsome young man with a head full of black hair and the brightest green eyes she has ever seen.
It's his best feature.
"Hahi, sorry it took so long. Where's Sakura-chan?" She asks while looking around. The other girl looks at Haru, worried.
"Hahi? What's that? And... Why are you crying?" Shocked, Haru touches a hand to her face and is surprised to find something wet there. Rubbing her pointed finger and thumb together, a troubled feeling settles in her heart. She looks around her friends and then to the boy she's sitting next to. His eyes are now worried and he rubs his thumbs along her cheeks.
"You're still crying." He says softly, his gaze steady on her. "What's wrong?" That seems to be the question repeating over and over again in her head. Haru touches the little scar that travels up from behind her ear and looks into beautiful green eyes. Green is one of her favorite colors and it's why she likes the boy next to her so much. "Haru?" He asks again.
"I don't know."
(A/N: I really got to stop making one-shots. You guys don't know how many I have for 5986 though, do you? All incomplete at this time but I want to publish all of them, HAHAHAHA. But all the stories I already have to do though... Anyways, thanks for reading! Leave a review and tell me what you think.)