"G- Gokudera," Tsuna chided, eying Hibari with a wary eye from their seemingly safe place on the roof. It seemed superstitious, but even mentioning the other's name was like tempting fate and asking for the head of prefects to appear.
He freed another chunk of rice with his chopsticks and watched as Hibari began to drag the freshman along the school grounds, the creeping feeling along his neck making him grateful that it wasn't him, even as Yamamoto let out a heart laugh at his side.
"He certainly seems like a robot sometimes," he took a sip of his water bottle.
"Inhuman, he might be, but he's certainly not a robot," Reborn chimed in, appearing as if out of nowhere, with an uncanny sense of timing as always.
Tsuna stumbled back in surprise, gaping, "Re- Reborn! What do you mean? Hibari-senpai can't really be-" he gulped, glancing down through the bars around the top of the school building at Hibari as he found another victim.
"He certainly can," Reborn nodded, settling down between Gokudera and Yamamoto and pouring himself a cup of tea from his own cannister as if he'd been sitting there the entire time, "Ciaosu."
Yamamoto chuckled, "What do you mean by that, then, little guy?"
"It's quite simple," Reborn continued, sipping at his tea with an almost perfect flair for the dramatic, "He's actually a spirit."
"A- A what?" Tsuna gaped incredulously. There was no way. Reborn had to be pulling his leg. Hibari was weird, that was for sure, but... a ghost?
"That makes perfect sense!" Gokudera slapped his fist against his palm with a nod and Tsuna had to mentally groan. Gokudera couldn't seriously be falling for this.
"This school's been in existence for many years," Reborn continued with his usual tone, as if neither of them had interrupted. "It's seen hundreds of students throughout the years and it's gained a certain spiritual aura over time."
"To put it quite simply," he finished, taking another sip of his tea, "Hibari Kyouya is the love for the school that hundreds of students have felt in human form."
Tsuna gaped, watching as Yamamoto and Gokudera nodded along. What the hell? Seriously, what the hell? They couldn't...
The sound of the door to the roof cut off his thoughts and he stared at the new-comer with a different sort of horror.
"What are you all doing up here?" Hibari asked, a vicious turn crossing his lips, "Mingling?"