The cicadas sing, their songs linger in the heat haze. Yamamoto wipes the sweat off his brow, raising his free hand to wave at Gokudera. The said silver head blushes and lets out a string of curses regarding the baseball ace. Yamamoto laughs as usual, returning to hit a couple more home runs.
Chrome basks in the sunlight, the mirage causes her pale skin to glimmer in an elf like way. She feels relieved for the heat of the sun heats her small body. Until now, the after effects of Mukuro's imprisonment by the Vindice is still felt by her, the cold creeping out her spine. Even though they are now two separate entities, no longer sharing bodies.
Mukuro on the other hand, feels that it is too hot and creates an illusion of winter. Because he believes it is true, so it is. He isn't used to the heat, even though it's been two years since he was properly freed from the grasp of the Vindice. But he was kept in their cold, wet cage for god knows how long, it's effected his mental and physical evaluation. Ken and Chikusa join him, for they seriously can't stand summer.
Lambo, Ipin and Mama enjoy the summer, heading over to Namimori Beach. They make a gigantic sandcastles and frolic in the sparkling ocean. Even while playing with the little ones, Mama notices how her eldest is gloomy. He's hiding under the umbrella, even though clad in a tank top with the number 27 on it and his favourite orange shorts.
Tsuna stares at the ocean, thoughts going a thousand miles per hour. Usually, the 17 year old would be the happiest person during this period of the year, loving summer as much as he loved spring. But he'd change from the carefree 14 year old he was into his brooding, 17 year old self. He was supposed to be Vongola Decimo.
Forget supposed to be. He IS Vogola Decimo.
Tsuna held the ring that hung on his neck. His boss ring. He usually wore it like this these days, around a chain on his neck instead of his fingers. He didn't actually feel ready to wear it properly. Or forever. Even if he did do all that awesome stuff with it, he was just...some 17 year old. Just another 17 year old teenage boy.
And being forced to find a wife. Like seriously, WHO on earth chooses a wife when they're 17 years old. That Reborn's a pain in the ass. He wasn't that heads over heels in love with Kyoko-chan anymore anyways. Nor was he attracted in that way to Haru. He liked them as sisters, best friends even. Everyone is Tsuna's best friend. He has a lot of best friends.
Yeah. He had a lot of people who he dragged into the mafia.
" Omnivore, stop that or you'll cut yourself"
Tsuna broke form his thoughts to see that he was gripping his boss ring so tightly, his knuckles turned white. It was his lucky day. The great Hibari Kyoya had come down to talk to him." Hi there, Kyoya-kun. Finished your patrols?" Tsuna asked, a little smile gracing his features. He was among the few that were allowed to call Hibari his first name.
Others got bitten to death.
" I asked Tetsu to take care of it, it's my day off anyways. Besides, the sea looks beautiful today" he said, plopping down beside Tsuna, putting his shoes aside.
" Darou?"
Hibari has surprisingly opened up to Tsuna after their last big fight. Seeing how Tsuna had changed so much, from the wimp that he wouldn't hesitate to bite to death, to the strong and loyal boy beside him now. Heck, he'd even change Tsuna's herbivore title to omnivore. Tsuna discovered that Hibari was both simple and complicated at the same time. They'd stay on the roof, while Gokudera and Yamamoto were busy with club activities. During those times, they'd talk about everything under the sun, or just enjoy looking at the sky.
Either way, they'd naturally become close.
" Ara, ara, Kyo-kun's here! I made those sandwiches that you like." Mama says, fetching the basket filled with goodies and offering one of those sandwiches. Hibari couldn't say no, he liked Mama's cooking. Anyways, Mama wouldn't take no for an answer, after she'd seen the way the boy reacted to one of the lunches Tsuna forced down his throat. After a few rounds of sandwiches and cool green tea, Mama and the little ones headed home. Tsuna wanted to stay on the beach a little longer, wanting to feel the breeze blowing through his brunette locks.
" Something's bothering you"
Tsuna hid his head in his knees, curling into a ball.
" I don't think I want to be Vongola Decimo"
" That isn't it. It's something else. The tone that you're using says otherwise" Hibari cut " It's about...the guardians. Us"
Bingo Hibari. Bulls Eye.
Tsuna laughed nervously. " You always seem to know what I'm thinking about." He closed his eyes, not trusting them to keep his emotions in check " It's just...I dragged all of you into this. A stupid game that's put your lives at risk more that once. There's no need for any of that to happen actually...I mean you guys didn't have to be friends with me..." Tsuna paused. What was his babbling about? His innermost thoughts, things that even Reborn THE ALL KNOWING had no clue about. Well...maybe he did know, he was Reborn after all...gods, this is screwed up.
" So you're saying that you dislike the friendships that have forged because of the Vongola? In retrospect, you're saying that you actually liked the life you had before, all the teasing, endless bullying and Dame-Tsuna as your permanent name"
Tsuna could feel those blue-grey eyes staring at him hauntingly, even though his were closed and hidden in his knees.
" It's not that!" Tsuna protested, lifting his head so fast that he got whiplash " It's difficult, okay, I...just...you know what? Forger it. Everything I said, I take it back. I...take it back" There was a begging tone in Tsuna's voice.
Hibari couldn't refuse. He knew how vulnerable the pure spirited boy was. He knew that Tsuna would become depressed every once a while. And he'd know this was exactly the reason why Tsuna would get depressed.
" Midori tanabiku namimori no, Dai naku shou naku nami ga ii!"
Hibird had arrived, saving the day! He landed on Tsuna's head, burying into the brunette's gravity defying locks. A small laugh escaped the usually cold man, seeing how Hibird was treating Tsuna's head as a nest. " Tsuna! Tsuna!" Hibird chirped, trying to cheer Tsuna up in his own way. Tsuna laughed, as Hibird's movements were ticklish.
" Enough, enough! My head's not meant to be a nest Hibird!" he said, petting the small ball of fluff, who pecked affectionately at the teen's fingers. Hibari felt so proud of his little companion, seeing how Hibird managed to turn the entire situation around. He walked Tsuna home after that, seeing as how the sun was starting to lower itself into the ocean, dying everything a gentle orange.
As they neared Tsuna's front gate, the said teen did something different. He suddenly spun on his heels, and kissed Hibari's cheek. His left one to be exact. " That's for asking how I felt. Thanks, Kyoya-kun" he said, smiling a little before rushing into the Sawada residence. Hibari stood there, just a few steps before the gate. Frozen. Hibird's tweeting brought him back to reality. The prefect walked, slightly touching the cheek the younger boy had kissed, listening to the chirps of Hibird.
A little smile appeared at the corner of his lips. A little blush came on his face. Both of which he was trying to keep down.
Gods, how screwed he was if any of his subordinates were to bump into him while he was all giddy. It was just a small thank you kiss! He'd seen it been given to the other guardians and didn't feel weird about it. Why was it so different to him? Maybe it was because he was THE Hibari Kyoya, the infamous, cold hearted, aloof and detached prefect who guarded Namimori. He was untouchable.
Until now.
