Sky High

Chapter 2

Gokudera smiled as he remembered the day when Tsuna told him that he broke off with Hibari. That was two years ago, yet he especially loved that memory simply because he was the first person Tsuna approached to talk with.

"Tenth, YOU WHAT?" Gokudera almost screamed in joy after he heard his boss' surprising secret. Tsunayoshi Sawada, his boss and best friend was leaning on his office table with a glass of wine in hand when he bluntly confessed to his right hand that he broke up with his two year lover, the Vongola's Cloud Guardian. Gokudera didn't even try to hide his happiness in front of his friend, he was just too glad that his beloved tenth finally realized that Hibari Kyouya was not good enough for him. Seriously, that carnivore obsessed bastard was mind washing Tsuna and he just knew it. Thankfully Tsuna finally realized that he was above that cocky bastard, and that he could find a better partner. Gokudera's grin was so large that Tsuna almost chuckled at the sight, but the numbness he was feeling inside took the better of him.

"Hayato, it's not something we should celebrate about. What if he decides to quit the family? What if he doesn't forgive me? It's too complicated." Tsuna sighed weakly. He put down his glass and ran his fingers through his hair in deep thought. Gokudera frowned, he knew Tsuna's worries were valid, and more than being just Vongola's Cloud Guardian, Hibari practically held Japan's Vongola branch like it was Namimori Middle High. If he was to suddenly leave Vongola, the whole family would have to deal with the after effects of losing their strongest guardian, and also Hibari was Hibari, he might be the second biggest ass in Vongola, second to Mukuro, but he was still part of the family and that mattered the most.

"I know that…but…why did you even break up with his tenth?" He almost regretted the question when Tsuna looked down, walked to his seat and sat down. The Vongola Decimo closed his eyes and leaned back, his face was pained but there was no indication of regret. "I…I just thought we've reached the point when there's nothing more for our relationship. I just felt like our relationship… is just companionship. There's no love anymore, just attachment and the worst feeling I get is when people praise our relationship. They keep asking me how we're still together, and honestly I don't know…I don't even know why we were still together when there has been no love and no connection between us for so long. I just wanted to-" "Stop acting like you love him?" Gokudera finished.

Tsuna opened his eyes, they were filled with sadness and confusion, but Gokudera saw an ounce of relief in those blown pools. "Did you know that I always wanted to be his friend, even before everything between us started?" Tsuna almost smiled, Gokudera closed his eyes and chuckled silently even before he got the chance to see. The tenth was forever a good man, he decided. "Tenth, I think…if you put it that way, he'd forgive you." "Hayato don't laugh! …and I still think he hates me." "Well you did dump him."

Thinking back now, there was never really a big deal made because of the split. Hibari carried on with his own life and Tsuna though guilty at first, finally moved on, he even succeeded in being 'friends' with Hibari. The friendship mostly consisted of Tsuna talking to Hibari and the latter responding with the usual non-nonsense blunt replies, and if he was feeling generous, the occasional hard to understand Hibari advice. If he said "Don't be a herbivore" it meant face the goddamned problem, or just do it, or pummel the enemies. He was Hibari after all. Those days, everything was running smoothly for Vongola, for Gokudera's life. The Tenth was focused on Vongola, and Gokudera swore he was the best leader in the whole history of the world. Tsuna was happy, the family was happy, heck Yamamoto and Ryohei's relationship announcement didn't even make him throw up two times, just only once. That was saying something. Lambo was less of an ass because he was at school or asleep most of the time. Reborn didn't bother him at all and Hibari didn't care about him. Yes, everything was perfect.

Everything was perfect until Mukuro claimed Tsuna as his today. OH, TSUNA SAID YES.

Gokudera couldn't stop himself from banging his head in his paperwork. Today was the day that Mukuro and Tsuna announced to everyone in the Vongola HQ that they were officially a couple, two months ago. He didn't even care about the fact that Tsuna never mentioned or even hinted about liking Mukuro to him. His problem was that Tsuna was DATING Mukuro, as in the biggest ass in Vongola Mukuro. That was his problem and it was a very big problem. What's worse is that Tsuna doesn't even listen to reason when he decides on something, he was the Decimo, and he was the RULE. Sighing he glanced at his wristwatch and read 2:30am. Gokudera decided that it was wiser to head back to his room. Obviously, with the amount of worries he has for the tenth's chastity, safety and reputation, he knew he wasn't in the right shape to even sign one stupid document. Sighing heavily and rose up. Why was life so hard sometimes?

He heard the click of the door's lock and looked at the long hallway that was dark and eerie, but he wasn't so much as worried about getting lost or ambushed. After a few seconds of walking he turned to a corner, but feeling something or someone coming his way, he suddenly stopped. He heard the sound of metal hitting concrete and heavy footsteps coming his way. Whoever that person was obviously wasn't trying to hide that he was there, and so the feeling of attacking the offender for Vongola's safety wasn't seeping into him right now. He decided to wait for whoever it was though, just to be sure. The noisy bastard better be ready for some hard ass beating tomorrow.

By now the metal was scratching the walls louder. 'What the hell? Is this person trying to ruin the walls of something?' Gokudera thought with a look of boredom and irritation in his face. If he wasn't inside the HQ, he would have already have blown up that destructive offender by now. What was taking the bastard too long? He leaned on the other side of the hallway knowing that the scratching sound was coming from the left. At the moment that noisy fuck was meters away from him, he'd light up one of his bombs to know the identity of the bastard then he'd promise hell to whoever that was and go to sleep. He wasn't really in the mood to add more problems to Vongola's list right now though.

"five…" The sound was getting louder and a grunt was heard. "four…three…" Gokudera played with his lighter and clicked his tongue. God he needed a smoke right now. "…two…" The figure was exactly in front of him. His eyes widened as a clearly drunk Hibari moved pass him. "..one." He lighted one of his small bombs and confirmed what he saw in the dark. "WHAT THE HELL?" He hissed. Hibari stopped and turned to glare at him, he was leaning on the wall for support, still holding his tonfas. It was obviously the one creating the annoying scraping sound. "What?" Hibari said. His face looked like would have punched Gokudera if he wasn't obviously too drunk to even stand properly. "…go back to your room and don't make any more noise." Gokudera said he felt a sudden dryness in his throat. Why was he feeling like something bad was about to happen?

"Are you ordering me around herbivore?" Hibari hissed. Gokudera crossed his arms to his chest and raised his eyebrow. Obviously Hibari was trashed because of what happened today, and as Vongola's right hand man he was not going to be intimidated by a drunken broken hearted man and his hate for the world. "Yes, yes I am. Obviously you're causing trouble to everyone in Vongola by being so damned noisy at this time of the morning. Can't you even be more subtle about being sad?" He smirked.

Through the years, Gokudera has been one to bicker with Hibari on a daily basis. Surprisingly, lately he would get away unscratched most of the time. He doesn't really know when the bickering at and telling Hibari to piss off hobby started, but it helped him hate the Cloud Guardian less, especially since the other has quite the eccentric personality and habits that ticked off Gokudera even if it didn't concern him at all. Although truthfully, he still disliked Hibari enough to step on his shattered soul, or heart, whatever shatters when someone's sad. Okay maybe that'd be going too far. But with all that thoughts, Hibari was still ice, so trying to rain on his parade might be a tad bit hard for Gokudera but he's still trying though.

"And why would I be sad hm?" Hibari's amused voiced echoed as he heard metal hitting metal. Hibari's tonfas hit the ground and in a flash Hibari's face was millimeters away from his. Gokudera's eyes widen in surprised and a panicked hiss escaped from his lips. What was going on here? "Who is sad again, Gokudera Hayato?"

Gokudera stiffened as he stared up, straight at Hibari's intimidating eyes. Wasn't he completely unstable a while ago? "Y-you of course…" He felt his voice crack. Gokudera swallowed hard and let his fingers brush softly at the bombs in his belt. He knew that there was a large possibility of a fight coming up. Hibari's frown suddenly turned in to a devilish smirk and Gokudera couldn't help but scowl. "W-what?" "So what if I'm lonely?" Hibari's cold hands suddenly moved to his chin and the other to the wall. Gokudera wasn't even able to react when a wet tongue parted his lips and Hibari's hot breath made him moan. Really what was going on here?