Even Dreams Know When to End
Rating: R
Pairing: 1827, D27 if you squint.
Warnings: Some smex, angst.
Summary: The past and the future coincide and memories spill from both sides to haunt Hibari and Tsuna.
Notes: Strangely, enough I am more nervous about this than my first KHR fic. Mainly because this is a multipart and I wrote it in my usual style. *dies*
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"We'll meet again."
This is what Sawada Tsunayoshi tells him before everything collapses.
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Hibari remembers the way the steering wheel felt in his hands as they drove away from where he, Tsuna and Irie agreed to meet. The road was wide and empty. At the backseat Tsuna had opened an old copy of Kobo Abe's Kangaroo Notebook. It was a book stashed away in a pile of books Hibari had no use for.
"I don't think I understand this book just yet." Tsuna frowned. "Growing radish sprouts on your shins, is...weird."
"No one told you to read it."
"That might be true, but-- when a person tries to understand something most people set aside to ignore, he ends up discovering something very important." The brunette smiles. "For example, even though Hibari-san is so unreasonable, it turns out that he's reliable at the same time."
"Ten years ago, you wouldn't be saying that." Hibari clicked his tongue.
"A lot of things have changed since then."
Hibari steps on the brakes. The car stops in the middle of the vast, and seemingly deserted road. "Sleep with me tonight." He says in his usual, deep but cold voice.
"What's that all of a sudden?!" The tenth Vongola Boss accidentally drops the book out of sheer surprise.
"If you understood me well enough, you should know by now that when it comes down to it, I'm still a man." Hibari doesn't look him in the eye. "These things come into my head more often than you think."
Tsuna's face slowly turns into a deep shade of red. With a hand over his mouth he tries to think of something to say but his mind draws a blank.
"How exactly am I supposed to respond to that, huh?"
Hibari smirks. "You're supposed to say 'yes'."
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The other man's teeth scrape at his collarbone. Tsuna flinches when Hibari thrusts inside him over and over again. Beads of sweat formed on Hibari's pale back , his eyes shut tight as Tsuna's warmth overwhelms him.
He places a kiss on Tsuna's forehead. Tsuna cups Hibari's face. Hibari opens his eyes and kisses the tip of Tsuna's nose. Then, he covers the other man's lips with his own. Hibari's thrusts speed up into a manic like pace causing Tsuna to pull his head back and moan at the mixture of pain and pleasure.
Just a little more and everything will be put to an end. Hibari thought.
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"Doing it on a futon was stranger than I imagined it to be." Tsuna says as he stares at the ceiling of Hibari's room. "Hibari-san?"
"Even though it's just sex, somehow...doing it with you was different from how I imagined it to be. In essence it's just putting two bodies together, but I suppose these things have a greater meaning after all."
"Are you mocking me, Hibari-san?" Tsuna rose an eyebrow.
"No, not at all. I was being honest about that. Given the chance, I'd probably do it again."
"You sure know how to deal with these things." Tsuna sits up and pulls his knees close to his chest. "But then, that's Hibari-san's nature isn't it? You're always above things. Whenever I think of it like that, I stop worrying."
Hibari's eyes were cast on that small back, it may have been small, but it carried the weight of the Vongola family with all it's might. And because of this, because Tsuna had always struggled to protect this ifamily/i, Hibari admittedly had himself drawn into him. Hibari was drawn in because in simplest terms, Sawada Tsunayoshi was strong in many ways. "It's that naivety of yours that will bring you to your grave."
"That may be true but-- I'd rather live this way. Hibari-san," Tsuna turns around and looks at Hibari who is still lying on the futon. "when you meet with the person I was ten years ago, don't hold back. Make him strong so that he can protect the things that matter to him. I'm sure..."
Tsuna's smile is bright and wide. "...we'll meet again."
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"So how is it?" Dino asks the Hibari from ten years ago. He stumbles a little as he sits on the cold concrete plane of Namimori High's rooftop. As he opens his can of Asahi beer, he gazes at the colorful roofs of the small residential houses beneath his feet.
"The air in Japan is always so different." The 25-year old Sawada Tsunayoshi told him this. "All I have to do is take a deep breath to realize where I am. Just one deep breath and I know I'm in Japan, that's because Japan is my home." A picture of the Tenth Vongola boss comes into his head and fades out within the fraction of a second. It was an unbelievably sad memory. Dino starts to wonder if he's slowly becoming a middle aged man who gets teary eyed whenever the nostalgia hits him.
"This place?" The black haired male mumbles as he straightens out the collar of his school uniform.
"It's the future, Kyouya. Do you need text running down here somewhere that says 'ten years later'?" The 32-year old takes one big gulp of beer and smiles to himself. "This is it. The world we've decided to create. You, Tsuna and everyone else were responsible for shaping this future."
Hibari looks over this 'world', this unfamiliar future that resembles a jigsaw puzzle. A jigsaw puzzle with big black, gaping holes. He squints and his brows furrow.
"How unsightly." Hibari murmurs, he stares at the Dino from the future and once again, speaks up. "Drinking Asahi in the middle of the day, what are you? A grandpa? "
"Ah, that would be good. Being a grandpa would be good." The older man answers.
Over their heads, the clouds silently sailed through the sky. Hibari stares at that infinite blue. "As long as there's the sky, this bird will fly." The yellow bird that comfortably sat on his shoulder stretches it's wings just a bit. "It's the same with me."
"I guess that means you want to train now?" Dino scratches the back of his head, long fingers tangled with thick blond tresses. "Please let me—at least finish my beer, I'm feeling a little blue right now. These things happen when you step into your 30s and you're unmarried, you know? You kids sure have it good, don't you?"
Without another word, Hibari attempts to strike Dino with one of his tonfas. The older man manages to block it with the handle of his whip.
With one hand still holding the beer can against his lips and the other defending himself, Dino speaks, words slurred-- just like a typical drunk. "Listen Kyouya, people like me get pissed off too. You need to re-evaluate the way you perceive what strength is."
Hibari avoids Dino's backlash and tries to create a bigger distance between them. "Enough." His eyes are painted with a quiet fury. "I'll bite you to death."
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To be continued...
Notes: Because I like to make references, Asahi Beer is the greatest! I like the writer Haruki Murakami a lot and I've recently discovered Kobo Abe. And yes, his book Kangaroo Notebook is about a man who has radish sprouts growing on his shins. X3 I hope you guys like it so far. *hides* Comments are love so feel free to leave a comment. ^^v