Chapter 1 – Prison
Summary: Tsuna is the orphan who's just been sold. Giotto is the one who bought him. Hibari is Giotto's business-partner who seems to have ulterior motives towards Tsuna. Let the dark love triangle begin.
Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman Reborn does not belong to me! If it did, a lot of questions would be answered…
A/N: Hi there! Thanks for clicking on this fic! To those of you who have read my other stories, I know you think I'm shameless for not updating them since the requests for them keep piling up, but I just had to get this idea out of my head. Since my other fanfics are more or less light-hearted, I decided to write a darker fic. This is also my first attempt at a proper yaoi fic, so gomen if this doesn't satisfy your yaoi needs. There will be lemon scenes, but… ah well. So… enjoy!
"Matron… where are we going?" Tsuna asked warily.
The middle-aged lady didn't reply. She merely shifted in her seat.
"Matron?"
"You've been adopted. We're heading to your new home."
"At my age?" The 16-year old raised an eyebrow.
The woman looked uncomfortable. "Don't ask so many questions."
All his life, Sawada Tsunayoshi had been an orphan. He had known this from the very start. His parents had abandoned him at birth.
"I'm pretty sure that people my age aren't that popular for adoption."
"Well, you were lucky okay? Don't ask so many questions already! Jeez!" The matron snapped.
Tsuna wanted to ask more, but kept his mouth shut. After all, what right did he have to question the woman who had taken care of him all his life? Even if she was only doing it out of duty. Not out of love.
Sawada Tsunayoshi had never known love.
The car rumbled up to a fairly large mansion. Tsuna took a deep breath and tightened his grip on his suitcase. His one suitcase that contained all his worldly possessions.
"Alright, we're here. Get out." The matron said.
Tsuna hefted his suitcase and got out of the car. His eyes travelled over his new home. Standing out against the bright blue sky behind it, it looked fairly well kept. Tsuna's gaze shifted to the sky, the beautiful bright sky.
To the sky that was eternally free. How he wished for that sort of freedom.
The stone mansion looked ugly next to the sky. It looked like a prison.
Yeah… a prison. Just another prison. The orphanage had been one, now this was another.
Tsuna trailed after the matron up the cement path. The oak double-doors looked heavy, but they swung open easily enough to reveal a slim young man with tousled blond hair, as though he had just gotten out of bed. His clothes were crumpled too.
"I've brought him. Where's the money?" The matron asked.
Money?
"Right here." A brown envelope dangled from the man's slender fingers. He tossed it over to the woman who caught it. She quickly stuffed it into her pocket before turning to Tsuna.
"Well, Tsuna… enjoy your new home. Goodbye." And just like that, the woman whom he had known all his life, the one who had raised him, disappear back into the car and drove off, without so much as a smile or a pat on the shoulder.
Tsuna looked dumbfounded as he watched the car drive off.
"Hurry up. We don't have all day." The man grunted and turned back into the building.
"U-um… c-could I know your name please?" Tsuna blurted out, still standing there.
"Giotto."
"Ah… t-thank you for adopting me, Giotto-san!" Tsuna squeaked nervously.
The man stopped walking. "Adopted?" He said, turning to face Tsuna.
"Adopted?" A black-haired man, slightly shorter than Giotto suddenly appeared and echoed.
"Y-yeah… Didn't you adopt me Giotto-san?"
"Adopted?" Who said anything about adopting?" The black-haired man asked.
"Y-you didn't adopt me, Giotto-san?" Tsuna asked faintly.
"No." Giotto finally spoke up. "Your caretaker sold you to me."
Sold.
Not adopted.
The eternally free sky was further out of reach than ever before now. He was trapped. A prison, indeed.
A/N: Ah… finally typed it out. For once, I'm actually pretty satisfied with the way this chapter turned out. Anyway, I have to go and update my other fics. Urgh… T_T. 3 fanfics all vying for my attention and a fourth one on hold. But anyway! I'll try and update as soon as I can.
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