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Day Two
A single eye swept through the dark reception room. Thunder crashed down, making a noise loud enough to wake up a sleeping giant… But instead, a demon is what woke up. The rain was pouring even harder now. The clouds were so thick that you couldn't even tell if it was morning or night. The young girl, her hair untied, walks over to the window. Her sleepy face became attentive. What she saw yesterday was worse today. The flood didn't recede, it rose. The level got so high that even the second floor of the school was under water. Ah… but the person who was dismayed the most was Hibari. His expression was could not be understood. There was a sense of anger, sadness, despair, and irritation showing. Well what could he do? No matter how many times he attacked the water with his tonfas, it didn't recede. The Cloud just got wet, so he needed yet another change of clothes.
"Tch…" That was a very Gokudera-ish way of showing annoyance. Hibari, soaking wet, Chrome decides to look for a towel so that he can dry himself up. But her search ended in failure. There weren't any clean towels anywhere, just some really dirty ones. Panicking a little bit, the girl checks her school things if she had anything that could replace a towel. All she found was her handkerchief. It was clean and unused, so… close enough. Approaching the upset skylark, the young girl starts to wipe of some of the water on his face. Hibari's eyes widened a little, so he takes a hold of the girl's wrist and eventually getting the cloth himself.
Chrome estimated it to be 7:30 in the morning. Her stomach grumbled a bit, since she only ate bread for dinner. Now that the canteen is completely submerged, their supply on food was rather low, but it was enough to last them for today. But it was a good thing that their water supply would be enough to last them for two more days.
Now eating breakfast, the young girl ate uncomfortably because she was being pierced by a deadly glare. She kept fidgeting. She didn't like how he just stared at her like that. Was something wrong with her? Did she look unusual in any way? Now her face started turning a little red out of embarrassment. "Etto… Is something wrong?" She was responded with silence. Now she felt very conscious about her self. There was something about her that just made Hibari stare intently at the young guardian.
"Your hair. It's against the rules to have a strand of hair blocking your eyesight. If you don't fix it, I'll bite you to death." Was Chrome actually getting in trouble for something so small? All she could do was look away and comply, even if all she did was brush away her bangs.
After breakfast, the skylark puts a coat on and leaves the room. Chrome questioned where the guardian was going, so she decided to follow him. The boy didn't walk that far off, so Chrome was able to catch up to him. Noticing the girl who was right behind him, the skylark turns around with his still deadly glare.
"What are you doing?" He asks in his cold tone.
"Uhh… I'm wondering where you're going." It was weird for him to leave when there's absolutely nothing else to do in this school.
"It's eight o'clock, so it's class hours. I'm patrolling." 'Patrolling?' Chrome thought. Why would the prefect be patrolling now in a time like this? There was a freaking flood, it's not like anyone else would sneak into the school without permission. But then again, this was Hibari. If there's anything that he valued, it was the school. Besides, he must've had his reasons, so the girl didn't question. She just followed him because she didn't want to feel lonely in that reception room. It seemed like the rain started to calm down as well, so a little stroll around school might as well pass off the time… even if it's with Hibari.
Going up the fourth floor, the prefect notices that the floor was wet. Now alert, he quickly looked for the source of where the water was coming. He theorized that the rooftop had probably flooded which made the water ooze out through the crack of the door. And he was right. The source was the rooftop. At least the wasn't getting any stronger, because if it did, then the school would no longer be safe. The prefect had to quickly think up of emergency measures because it was not acceptable that a student who has done nothing wrong risk her life… And no, risking her life was not worth the small rule she broke.
Grabbing the girl's wrist, the prefect immediately drags her back to the stairwell. On the way, Chrome struggled a bit because she didn't like this feeling of being manhandled. "A-Ano… I can walk by myself, Hibari-san." The instant she said this, she slipped on the wet floor and down the stairs. "Ah….!" Was all Chrome could say before her body toppled down till she hit the ground. Hibari was too late to even grab her hand.
The boy calmly rushes down to the girl lying on the wet floor. She didn't seem to have any serious injuries, but her ankle was sprained. It was very obvious, but Chrome still tried to stand and look as if everything was okay, but she just toppled over. The skylark was quick enough to catch her this time though. Lifting her up, the prefect carries her back to the reception room. Once there, he gently… oh wait. He dropped the girl on the couch.
"Herbivore, you stay there while I look for bandages." Hibari didn't even wait for her to reply or protest about being okay. He just suddenly left. With nothing to do, the young girl decided to take a nap to pass time. It was, after all, only nine in the morning.
"Mukuro-sama…?" The silhouette of the true Mist Guardian was all I could see. In every dream I have, Mukuro-sama is always there and we just talk for hours. Ever since that dream last night, I was anxious to see the man. I was so afraid that… that I might have lost him. But right now, I'm happy that he's here.
"My precious Chrome, you seemed to have gotten yourself in an accident. I'm sorry to say though, but I can't fix it up for you. You'll just have to wait for the sprain to heal. Till then, I wouldn't be able to visit you."
He wouldn't be able to visit me? Why? I don't see the connection of this small sprain that's keeping him from seeing me.
"A-ano…? You can't visit me? Why…?" I was afraid to ask. I was afraid of the response that he'll give me. He may seem selfish, but he's actually the opposite. He was always kind-hearted to the point that he decided to offer me this life. And right then… I knew now that that question was the wrong thing to ask.
"Kufufufu," His laughter was bitter. "Even if it's just a sprain, a broken vessel will be of no use to me." That… really stung. "You really should stop being so clingy, my precious Chrome. It's time that we've stopped our co-dependency…" I think I'm catching on now… I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad though…
"…since I've been released… Ah. The proper term for that would be escape. I've escaped from the Vindice. In other words, I've no need for you anymore. But I'm sure that after the things we've been through together, you can finally fend for yourself no?" Taking a few steps towards, my saviors hand brushes through my hair.
"It would be better to forget about me." After that statement, he disappeared. I've never felt so empty in my life now. My whole purpose in living was to serve Mukuro-sama, and now he just throws me off just like that…What should I do now?
The female guardian wakes up, tears flowing down her eyes. She was feeling very depressed about almost everything now. She wasn't even sure what to do next. And her hero just left her in the shadows of barrenness. She felt like she was so close to her goal, then completely forgot about it and now she's frustrated to try to remember it. That's how it felt.
Leaning up, she catches the prefect's eyes watching her. Ah… what time was it? She estimated to be somewhere between two to three in the afternoon. The girl also notices that her sprain was perfectly patched up in bandages.
"Eh… Ah…"
"You kept squirming in your sleep. I put those when you calmed down a bit." Ah… This cold tone reminded the girl of Mukuro.
"Ah… Arigatou, Hibari-san." She says, with a tint of redness on her face. But this was replied with a simple 'Hmph'.
By the time nightfall came, it was very dark. The electricity didn't seem to come back on, but the flood at least finally receded. Since Chrome had a hard time walking, Hibari decided to carry the girl bridal-style. The purplette decided to help by holding the candle as the two left the school.
Namimori was in ruins. A simple flood could actually do this much damage to a town. The skylark couldn't hide his irritation at what just happened to his beloved Namimori. The two could only get as far as the commercial areas of the town. Any farther than that was blockaded by many fallen buildings. Hibari remembered that there was a huge earthquake and the increase in the flood was actually caused by a tsunami. Of course, Chrome didn't know this because she was too immersed in her nightmare.
Instead of going back to the school, the two decided to look for shelter close enough to their important resources like food and water. Since they were in the commercial district, there was a lot of that.
Finding shelter in a small, and apparently abandoned, building, the prefect lays the student down on the empty couch. "Injured herbivores shouldn't move" He says, offering her his prefect coat as a blanket. It was rather late, and the only other place where the boy could stay was a small chair. He didn't plan to sleep anyway. With nothing separating them from the outside world, he thought that they wouldn't be safe. The skylark just stood by the entrance, guarding the shelter.
It was getting really late, and Chrome still couldn't sleep. Hibari was just leaning there on the entrance wall, but it was obvious that he didn't fall asleep yet. The girl decided that it should be her turn to guard and that the boy should get some rest. So she limps to the prefect.
"Etto… I think you should rest now, Hibari-san. I-… I can take over." All she got was an icy glare. Well, it was probably wrong to offer to Hibari since it was just like underestimating his powers.
"Ah… Just think of it as thanks for bandaging my ankle." Resting her hand on his arm, she leans up and gives him a peck on the cheek… The look on Hibari's face was priceless. It was a mixture of surprise and… happiness? Facing his back towards her, the prefect hid a smirk.
'I see now... I get it. I understand what Mukuro-sama is trying to tell me. He's telling me to stop dreaming. He's telling me to stop finding him. He's telling me to open up to others in the best way I can. He wants me to understand. He wants me to cut the stems of my withering emotions so that a new, healthy stalk would arise... I understand now.'
That night, they didn't even sleep. They just graced each other with their presence.
A/N: And here we go. Of course, I'm not going with the fall-in-love instantly bit. I thought that it should be something like a developing relationship.
Next chapter should probably have some drama in it and more on Hibari this time.
