Title: A in Clam
Rated: K+
Summary: They were only kids and Tsuna would be damned if he couldn't stop it.
Warn: AU, ooc, TYL timeline, kids!Arcobaleno, absurd, weird, not beta'd.
Disc: I don't own KHR.
Note: some of their ages would be tweaked a bit for the sake of the fanfic. "END" means the end of a chapter, while "THE END" means the end of a story.
A/N: Finally got around to rewrite this whole thing. A short prologue and a little cliffy, but I guess it's kinda worth it. Enjoy!
A short pair of feet ran through the long, dark, and muddy alleys of Canicatti in Italy. Dark charcoal eyes scanned through it when the owner of the eyes paused for a moment before continuing to run again and doing the same process again when the owner's back faced one of the walls. After a while, now leaning on a molded worn-out green wall behind him, the boy (no older than eight years old) panted heavily though still looking back at the deserted alleys from the corner of the wall.
Loud shouts echoed from the far ends of the alleys as the boy gritted his teeth and softly cursed under his breath. He gripped his wounded stomach and immediately (but also quietly) ran toward the other direction as the noise became louder. Turning to another corner after turning to countless lefts and rights, the raven-haired boy met the other end of the alley and saw it was not another dead end like before, but blinding streets full of people walking here and there—but most importantly, he met a crowded street.
"Finally," he breathed, "civilians…" looking back at the alley behind him. He heard the shouts was coming closer and quickly ran to a nearby stand, hiding under it when the owner didn't saw him, as he heard hurried steps came out of the alley and an old (yet loud) man's voice commanded the other people behind him to search "the dratted brat" (aka him).
The boy folded his legs (while trying to not hurt his already injured stomach and shoulder) and clutched the yellow pacifier hung around his neck, praying they wouldn't find him.
Hours passed and the child felt his eyelids became heavier. He forced himself to stay awake (at least until it was safe for him to go out and find a safer hiding spot to sleep). He pinched his arms and slapped his cheeks; but no avail, his eyes still felt drowsy and soon fell asleep.
The boy hugged his arms around his body, feeling cold from the wind poking through the fabric, as his surroundings suddenly became colder before it became warmer. The raven-haired child instinctively curled closer to the source of new heat and slept soundly with a thin smile forming on his lips.
END
A/N: Guess the "source of new heat"—he's totally a canon character. :9 Probably gonna update the next chapter later, I already got most of them ready. Anyway, any reviews are welcomed, thank you! :D
~G L. [Jakarta, 25.06.2015]
