oddeyesight's prompt of teething
Tsuna knew teething was painful for most babies. Why wouldn't it be? There were hard things emerging through your gums. It was kind like something out of a horror story.
Both Reborn and Tsuna had researched for stories about teething, preparing themselves for what was to come, but nothing could have prepared them for this.
When babies felt pain, they would usually cry. Hibari Kyoya, on the other hand, would get violent.
Tsuna came into the living room to see that the coffee table had been broken into two. Kyoya was gnawing on one of the legs, making Tsuna wonder, exhaustedly, where Kyoya's teething ring had gone. The question was answered a few seconds later when Tsuna caught sight of small, broken pieces of silicone on the ground.
This was the fifth teething ring Kyoya had bitten to pieces this month.
With a sigh, Tsuna walked into the kitchen to take out another teething ring from the fridge. Hopefully he could repair the table before Reborn came home.
-o- -o-
faeries-everywhere's prompt of small dad
"…are babies supposed to grow that fast?" Tsuna asked Reborn. Reborn shrugged. It had only been three months but Kyoya seemed to be reaching the physical and cognitive milestones of a two year old. Tsuna didn't know much about babies in general, but he really didn't think this was normal. Hibari Miyu had been human… right?
"Dad!" Tsuna heard Kyoya yell from some part of the house approached Kyoya, however, the young boy scowled.
"Other dad," Kyoya clarified, annoyed that he had to speak (and that Tsuna and he couldn't communicate through telepathy).
"We really should find a way to differentiate ourselves," Reborn noted. "I can be dad."
"And what is he going to call me?" Tsuna asked. Reborn smirked.
"Small dad, I presume." Tsuna twitched and opened his mouth to refute but it was too late.
"Dad and smol dad," Kyoya said to himself with a satisfied nod. Tsuna narrowed his eyes.
"If the name sticks, I'll kill you," he hissed to Reborn.
The name stuck.
-o- -o-
crimsonwings21's prompt of family outing (kinda)
When Kyoya could walk and talk and go for relatively long periods of time without biting through things, Reborn brought up the idea of taking Kyoya out to the nearest town.
"It's good experience for him," Reborn explained. "It wouldn't do to coop him up in our house like that."
"Alright," Tsuna grudgingly accepted. He was still a bit apprehensive about letting Kyoya go out, both for fear of Kyoya getting taken away – for Hibari Miyu's murderer, because the only way she could die was for someone to kill her, was still out there – and also for fear of Kyoya biting people (to death).
Tsuna really wanted to know who taught Kyoya that phrase. Reborn always magically went missing whenever Tsuna turned to question him (which was, admittedly, an answer in itself).
-o-
"Don't talk to strangers," smol dad told Kyoya. "Don't take food from people who aren't us, even if they're the same age as you. Try not to go into dark places or places where there aren't a lot of people. If someone tries to take you away, shout and scream as loud as you can. Don't—"
"Kyoya," dad spoke seriously. "Bite anyone you don't like.
"Reborn!" smol dad sounded distressed. "So you're the one…" Kyoya tuned out his dads' chatter as he looked around him. They were in a very crowded place. People were bustling about, brushing shoulders with one another and talking really loudly.
Kyoya hated it.
Suddenly, something yellow caught his eye. He turned around to see a little bird perched on the wall close by. It was looking at him with its cute little black eyes.
"Hibari, Hibari!" it chirped, making Kyoya's eyes widen. That was his name!
Disregarding whatever smol dad had said, Kyoya ran after the bird.
-o-
It took a while for Tsuna and Reborn to realise that Kyoya was missing. When they did, however, they panicked. Reborn cast a few spells, trying to track down Kyoya through usage of time magic, while Tsuna quickly whispered to the shadows, summoning creatures to find Kyoya and keep him safe.
-o-
Kyoya lost sight of the bird. He also finally realised where he was, and that was somewhere his dad were not.
In contrast to the busy market area, the alley he was in was narrow and dark and unnaturally quiet. He would never admit it to anyone, but Kyoya was scared. And when he was scared, he was…
Hands gripped his shoulders and Kyoya tilted his head back to see an old man with a bucket hat and small, round glasses. He was smiling widely, baring his teeth in an extremely unnerving way, as a little bird landed on his hat.
"Captured, captured!" the bird said. Kyoya didn't understand what it meant, but it probably wasn't good.
"You are Hibari Miyu's son, are you not?" the old man asked. "You are the splitting image of your mother."
Kyoya was frozen in place. His chest felt tight and his body tense, coiled up and shaking.
A hand weaved into Kyoya's hair and tugged, forcing Kyoya's head further up and straining his neck.
"Unfortunately for you, I was sent to kill you." The man's creepy grin widened. "And I love to make my victims suffer."
Suddenly, a black blur smashed into the man and Kyoya was free from his grasp. Without missing a bit, Kyoya put some distance in between them, grey eyes focused on the man and the black thing, warily watching for any signs of danger.
The black thing picked itself up and shook. Kyoya recognized its form as that of a lion – smol dad's lion, to be exact. Kyoya could have sworn that it was smaller, though.
From Kyoya's peripheral vision, he saw a grey thing leap at him. Immediately, the shadow lion leapt at the thing and caught it in its mouth. Kyoya turned just in time to see the shadow lion bite down, killing the grey thing. Another grey thing lunged towards Kyoya but the shadow lion made quick work of it as well, biting and tearing until there was nothing left that could be identified.
"Bite… to death…" Kyoya breathed in admiration and awe.
Kyoya felt someone restraining him again. It was the old man. Hadn't he been knocked out?
Smol dad's shadow lion growled, hackles rising. However, it couldn't do anything for the old man was holding a knife near Kyoya's neck. Kyoya eyed the arm that was conveniently placed in front of him and his lips parted.
"I'll bite you to death."
Screams could be heard from the small alleyway.
-o-
"Kyoya!" Tsuna sighed in relief when he was the boy walking back to him, a shadow lion by his side and a yellow bird on his head. The people around them gave the lion a wide berth, knowing dark magic when they saw it.
"Smol dad, dad!" Kyoya said excitedly. Well, as excitedly as Kyoya could be. "I bit a man to death today!"
Tsuna's smile froze on his face as his mind totally blanked out. If one were to shine a light into his ears at the moment, his eyes might've lit up.
"Good job Kyoya," Reborn praised, pride clear in his voice. This helped Tsuna to snap out of his daze and he kicked Reborn in the shin.
"Don't encourage him!"
-o- -o-
It took a while (six months in fact) for Tsuna to realize that Kyoya's ears were different from his.
They were pointed.
"Reborn? What has pointed ears?" Tsuna asked. Reborn thought for a while.
"Pixies and elves," he said finally. "Why do you ask?" Wordlessly, Tsuna gestured to Kyoya's ears. Kyoya looked a little irritated.
"Ah," Reborn said when he saw Kyoya's ears. "Well. That explains why his growth rate is different from human children."
"Is that the only thing you have to say?" Tsuna asked, his voice bordering on hysterical. He was hyperventilating, mumbling to himself about bad parenting and cultural differences and unmet needs. Kyoya tugged on Reborn's pants.
"Make smol dad stop," Kyoya demanded. Reborn raised an eyebrow.
"How?"
"Smash faces with him," Kyoya replied with all the seriousness and wisdom of a child. It made Reborn choke.
"What?"
"Smash faces with him!" Kyoya repeated, annoyed. He got impatient a mere second later and used his grip on Reborn's pants to toss him towards Tsuna just as Tsuna turned to face them. Tsuna and Reborn collided magnificently (and so did their lips) and fell to the ground. Pleased, Kyoya nodded and left the room to play with Hibird.
Reborn and Tsuna couldn't look at each other in the eye for a week.
there's a plot for this thing i swear (just look at birds!)
i hope they're in character. especially kyoya and reborn.
reviews
Crucifix HiME tbh i don't know how long this is going to be either. i'm still in the midst of coming up with a concrete plot for it.
ghostx50 not sure what you mean about making tsuna being not as dame but i doubt i'll be making him too "dame". he's grown up and a bit more responsible now, with friends who can whip him into shape (even though that one friend is dead)