The next day, Hibari and Yamamoto met up again after school. This time however, they just watched the sunset and listened to Hibird's singing. Hibari found himself smiling for no reason again, but this time he expected it, and therefore wasn't surprised or startled like he was the day before.
He had just made it in time to see Yamamoto's brilliant eyes watching the sunset, as he had made up for the day before by holding an extra-long meeting with the committee since he had canceled the meeting the day before.
Even though they didn't talk, it was still nice to share it with another person, because no one else had been allowed up on the roof with Hibari to watch the sun set before, not even Kusakabe.
They did this every day for a week. With the meetings normal lengths, Hibari could talk about the things that made him angry with Yamamoto and the things he was very proud of. Yamamoto would laugh when necessary and nod when Hibari was being very serious. Things Hibari had never shared with people he shared with Yamamoto.
Hibari showed Yamamoto how to tie a tie once as well, even though he knew he baseball freak was simply staring at Hibari's hands watching the movements, but not really taking them in.
"Hey, Hibari-san?"
"Yamamoto Takeshi." Hibari addressed Yamamoto cooly.
"Do you come up here for lunch too?"
"…Yes." Yamamoto smiled sadly a little and turned back to the sunset.
"Me and Tsuna and everyone don't usually see you up here."
"I go to a different part of the roof."
"Ah…"
"…"
"…"
"…Can I join you then, too?" Hibari thought for a moment.
"…no" Yamamoto's face fell. Then he resumed his previous expression.
"Ah…well I suppose I should be happy that you're allowing me to see you up here anyway." He stood up and looked at Hibari for a moment. Hibari stared back at him from below, as he was sitting on the floor, his arms crossed. Yamamoto reached out and ruffled Hibari's hair. Hibari brought his tonfa out, ready to strike, but sitting down, he wasn't as fast nor was he in a good position to be attacking. AS well, Yamamoto gave him one last pat before backing away with a grin on his face. Hibari growled softly, and then put his tonfa away.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow!" Yamamoto said, backing away towards the door and waving energetically at Hibari and his bird companion.
Hibari frowned at his sudden solitude. The baseball captain was usually pretty talkative, or if not, his aura was quite large and obvious. He then blinked in surprise. He hadn't ever been unsatisfied at being alone. He stood up and shook his shoulder a little to let Hibird know what he was about to do. Hibird took the hint and flew off and landed on the railing singing, "Hibari, Hibari!"
Hibari then swung frustrated into the air with his tonfa. He then began to engage in a battle with the air, ducking and swinging at it mercilessly, enjoying the swishing sounds and imagining the sound of breaking skin, and bones. He swung around once more then went back to the railing and leaned on it, satisfied and feeling much better. He shook his head and put his tonfas away. Hibird hopped back on his shoulder. Hibari blinked once then walked towards the door leading back into the school, following Yamamoto's path. After descended all the stairs in the school, he walked out the front door and walked down the road to the direction of his house, Hibird singing the Namimori school anthem loudly and cheerfully.
"Ahahaha…" Yamamoto scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"You guys didn't need to wait for me!" Tsuna's mom was passing around snacks at the Sawada's table usual smile on her face.
"Ah... Yamamoto-kun!" she turned to him. "It's nice to see you! Tsu-kun and Gokudera-kun wanted to wait for you, so I thought snacks would stall for a bit."
"That's a good idea," Yamamoto answered. She handed him a cookie. "Thanks" He said turning to Tsuna and Gokudera who were sitting at the table along with Lambo, I-Pin, and Reborn.
Tsuna looked up and greeted Yamamoto. "We have to study for the math test, Yamamoto-kun,"he said a little exasperated. "Ah…how are we supposed to study for math?"
"Doesn't matter," Gokudera growled. "You're going to fail it anyway."
"Hehe... You're right."
