Hibari attacked fiercely at Gokudera. "Wait, stop!" said Tsuna who is terrified. But Hibari and Gokudera ignored him.
"Stop it!!" cried Tsuna who can't stand the sight of them fighting. Gokudera stopped and looked at Tsuna. "Please…stop…"said Tsuna breathlessly. He don't want to see them fighting. "Tenth…" said Gokudera, his eyes full with confusion.
This was a good opportunity for Hibari to beat Gokudera up. In a flash, Hibari's toufa was in front of Gokudera. Everything was in slow motion. The toufa will heat Gokudera for sure. Then a tiny figure shielded Gokudera. Hibari held his action immediately before Yamamoto caught his hand. Tsuna, who shielded Gokudera with his arm wide opened and his eyes closed. The toufa was just a few inches away from his cheek. He was shivering.
Hibari stared at him, his eyes fill with anger. He shook off Yamamoto's hand and walked away. "Next time then…" He murmured. After Hibari walked away, Tsuna collapsed on the floor. He tried to catch his breath. Just now really scare the hell out of him.
"Tenth, I'm so terribly sorry!!" Gokudera kneeled down and started banging his head on the floor.
"I'm fine, Gokudera. Stop that. You gonna hurt yourself." Said Tsuna with a smile on his face. "No, I shouldn't have put you into such danger. It's all my fault."Gokudera was feeling guilty. "I'm fine, really!" Tsuna tried to convince him.
"Thank you, Yamamoto. You saved me." Tsuna turned to looked at Yamamoto. But then, he realized Yamamoto staring at Hibari's back. He bent his brows with confusion.
"Yamamoto?" Tsuna was worried that Yamamoto was gonna go after Hibari even though Yamamoto was not the kind of person. Yamamoto realized Tsuna was worried about him. He gave him a comforting smile. "You're welcome. Let's going back to class, Should we? Haha, Gokudera. You're bleeding!"Said Yamamoto, laughing. "What?" cried Tsuna, looking at Gokudera. Yamamoto pulled Gokudera but Gokudera shook off his hands. "I can get up by myself!" Three of them went back to class. Without a doubt, they got punished when they got back to class.
The prefect door shut with a bang. Hibari sat on his couch, feeling frustrated. Why can't he strike the boy like he did to other students? Why did he felt so angry when the boy was protecting his friend? Why did he even bother when the boy's friends came to save the boy? This feeling was so new to him. He doesn't like it at all. He felt himself so week when he was in front of that brat. Did that boy came to destroy him? No, he can't let that happened. Never, he should let his guard down.
Hibari let out a sigh to clamed himself down. His eyes on the package that the boy gave him. His mind was flashing back what the boy had just said "my mom wanted to say thank you for yesterday."
His hand was shacking when he opened the package. It had been many years he didn't felt his heartbeat. He opened it carefully. It was silly for him to act like that. He might as well tear it off but when he thinks of that boy's warm smile he dropped the idea.
There was a lunch box inside the package. The lunch looked delicious. There was a small card beside the box." Thank you…" He murmured.
It's finally recess, what Hibari needed now was taking a nap at his favourite spot, the roof top. He was frustrated and tired about this morning. He wished he could just sleep and forget about everything.
When Hibari arrived at the roof top, he nearly turned and walked away. Sawada Tsunayoshi was alone at the roof top. He was sitting beside the fence with his lunch box beside him. He was staring at the preparation of the school's festival. His face fills with excitement. Hibari shut the door behind him and it got Tsuna's attention. Tsuna noticed Hibari was leaning against the door looking at him.
"Hibari-san!" greeted Tsuna cheerfully. Hibari took it by surprised. He thought the boy would run away from him for what he done this morning. But the boy didn't run away from him. In fact, he was grinning at him like nothing had happened.
"What exactly is he thinking…" thought Hibari, watching Tsuna who still staring at the preparation. Hibari clench his hand into fist.
"Tomorrow is our school's festival, isn't it? I can't wait. I love festival!" said Tsuna excitingly still looking at the preparation of the school festival. However, Hibari didn't care about the festival at all. All he needs to do is 'ask' the students to hand up their money. But mostly he robbed their store. "Even though I can't go with Yamamoto and Gokudera since they busy with the festival but I still can go with Mukuro-san." Tsuna went on happily.
"His friends…come to think about it, why the silver haired guy keep calls the boy as Tenth?" thought Hibari, looking curiously at Tsuna.
"So, how is it?"Asked Tsuna suddenly turned to looked at Hibari. His puppy brown eyes met his coal-black eyes.
"…"
"I meant the lunch" Tsuna added quickly since Hibari didn't answer.
"Horrible…" Hibari answered without a second thought. There was a moment of silence then Tsuna burst out a laugh.
" Haha, that's strange. My mom is a well-known cook in my family. She will be very sad if she heard what you said." said Tsuna. Then the boy started laughing again. He looked so innocent when he laughed.
Hibari walked slowly toward Tsuna. He slowly brushed Tsuna's cheek by using the back of his cold hand. His coal-black eyes met his big brown eyes. Tsuna looked at him wide-eyed. He can felt the blood ran through his face to head. His heart was racing. His mind was blank.
Hibari hand frozen at Tsuna's chin. He just realized what he is doing. He bent his brow in embarrassment. He held Tsuna's chin tightly. "Here is my territory, get lost." He ordered, trying to cover the action that he just made. He noticed Tsuna still staring at him so he held out his toufa trying to scare Tsuna away. And thanks goodness that's worked. Tsuna snapped off Hibari's hand ran toward the exist with his lunch box. The door slammed hard behind Hibari.
After Tsuna gone, Hibari sat tiredly against the wall and let a frustrated sigh. He was off guarded just now. He never did something like this before. He had done something out of character.
As for Tsuna, he can't concentrate at class. He rushed back home as fast as he could after school. He still can felt the amazing beating of his heart. He finally arrived his house. He planned to sneak into his room but he failed.
"Tsuna-kun? You come back early today. Where the others?" asked Tsuna mother, Nana.
"They busying with the festival." Said Tsuna. He knew who his mother getting at. "Mom…I try…"
"Ah, school's festival isn't it?! So, how is the lunch?" Tsuna's mother cut in. "What? Lunch? its nice." said Tsuna. "I expect you to say 'It's delicious. So what did he said?"
Tsuna blush after heard what his mother asked.
"Tsuna-kun? Are you okay? Your face…"
"I'm fine!! He sa…said its nice. M…mom, I'll go and take a bath first okay?" Tsuna cuts in quickly and rushed to his room. He was making an excuse to escape from his mother 'horrible' question.
"I wonder what happen to him?" wondered Tsuna's mother.