Hello again! :D I read many of your reviews, and most of you kept guessing the same thing, which I thought was hillarious xD In this chapter, we finally get Tsuna to confront Hibari! :] How? Well just read and find out O.O And look forward to next chapter where we get into Hibari's head from chapter one to now! xD Enjoy!

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Chapter 03: Cornered Policeman

"Hibari-san... We need to talk."

Tsuna watched the skylark carefully, trying to predict what he was going to do next with him. The possibilities were endless. He could attack him, run away again, or actually stay to answer his questions! Or all of above. He could get attacked, then have to chase the skylark, then get the answers he's been wanting for over a month! So he must be prepared for anything. However, when it seemed that Hibari was not going to move from where he sat to attack or something, the short brunette took a step forward, wanting to get a little closer to the prefect. Unfortunately, that one step forward seemed to jolt Hibari back to life. Tsuna gasped when his cloud guardian suddenly stood up from his seat, his blue-gray eyes watching him intently as if he were the enemy, which was probably the case. This somewhat discouraged Tsuna, too nervous to try to take another step forward in fear he will get bitten to death by the threatening looking skylark, but he knew he couldn't stop now. He just couldn't.

"W...Why have you been avoiding me, Hibari-san?" Tsuna asked in a soft voice as he took a couple of steps forward, but soon stopped when the dark haired teen took two steps back in response. For some odd reason, this really hurt the caramel eyed boy. It was almost as if some kind of force had tried to yank his heart from his chest, but failed to do so, leaving only a sharp throbbing. Tsuna's large golden brown eyes filled with obvious hurt as they gazed into guarded blue-gray eyes. But for a split moment, Tsuna thought he saw some kind of concern in those eyes. But it had only been for a moment, so Tsuna wasn't completely sure if he had actually seen it or if it had all been in his head. Either way, that didn't matter right this moment.

"Hibari-san... Please answer my question!" Tsuna said, still deteremind to get an answer despite that he felt hurt. The brunette started to walk forwards again, trying to ignore the fact that the skylark was matching every step backwards. Tsuna's delicate brows knitted together as he bit his bottom lip for a moment, starting to feel a bit lost and a bit frustrated with Hibari's difficult behavior. "Hibari-san!"

"Stop!"

Tsuna froze at Hibari's shouted comman, startled that the other had actually spoken when earlier he remained silent. Tsuna noticed that all of his steps had driven Hibari back against the wall, which meant he couldn't take anymore steps backwards if Tsuna kept walking. Tsuna chewed on his bottom lip again, wondering if he should run at Hibari before he did anything rash, but he decided he'd be patient and wait for the skylark to finish what he began to say. If a person told someone to stop, that must mean they had more to say right? However, that didn't seem to be case, as Tsuna watched Hibari's blue-gray gaze shift back and froth from him to outside. Tsuna frowned softly, not understanding why the skylark would stare outside, then at him...then back outside... and then back at him, over and over again for a whole minute. Was that some kind of nervous habit of the prefect's? Finally, Hibari sighed deeply, running a hand through his dark hair as if he decided to give up. The thought made Tsuna all giddy inside for the fact that he may finally get his answer!

"The reason why I've avoided you is because..."

Suddenly Tsuna lurched forward, making his way across the room as fast as he could, but it was too late! Hibari had already jumped out of the open window! Tsuna ran over to the window and stuck his head out, golden brown eyes searching until the spotted the skylark way below, seeming to have landed safely. Hibari looked up from where he stood, his blue-gray eyes meeting with Tsuna's for just a moment before he stalked off, clearly assuming that Tsuna wouldn't have the guts to jump out the window. He assumed correctly. The brunette bit his bottom lip and sighed heavily, brows knitting together in frustration. He had been so close. So, so, so close! If he hadn't been three stories off the ground, he would've jumped too and gone after the cloud guardian! But he was useless when he was Dame-Tsuna. And how Hibari could jump from these heights was beyond the brunette.

"I was so close..." Tsuna mumbled sadly, sighing deeply. Little did the brunette knew, one of the plants Hibari had in his office were a bit shorter and stouter than the rest, and had ridiculously curly sideburns. And since when did plants have a smirking face and a handgun?

"For taking the initiative, I shall reward you with my help Tsuna," Reborn said, as he loaded his gun with a sharp click.

"Eh?"

BANG!

Tsuna's eyes grew wide as he was shot in the head just as he turned around to see who was in the room with him. The brunette's body went limp for a moment as he fell to his knees, his head bowing once his knees touched the ground. It looked as if the brunette would fall over by how he was swaying a bit, but in the next moment, however, the dying will flame flickered on the boy's head. When Tsuna looked back up, those usualy gentle brown eyes were now a calm fiery amber orange, a color that matched his flame perfectly. Reborn smirked to himself. He made the good choice to have some Hyper dying will bullets made for emergencies. Originally, he was just going to shoot the boy with an ordinary dying will bullet, but because he tried to confront the skylark all on his own, the arcoballeno rewarded him.

"Reborn..." Tsuna said with a soft frown, his voice soft and lower than normal. The baby hitman's gun morphed back into Leon, who perched himself on the baby's leafy shoulder.

"You have your gloves in your pocket as I have instructed you to keep them right? As the boss, it's your responsibility to keep things comfortable between you and your guardians," Reborn lectured as he took off his plant cosplay. Tsuna merely nodded as he took out his gloves from his back pocket, putting them on so they could become the Tenth Vongola gloves instead of woolen gloves. Without wasting another moment, the brunette jumped out of the window himself, landing gracefully once he hit the ground. He glanced around for a moment to see if there was anyone around, but when he saw that the coast was clear, he ran off in the direction he saw Hibari walked. From Hibari's office window, Reborn watched with a smile as his pupil hunted down one of his guardians. Now he had to follow the boy and make sure he got the job done.

Tsuna ran around the school, his amber eyes scanning the area, searching for a familiar mop of dark hair and that black jacket he always wore on his shoulders. Unfortunately, since Hibari had turn a corner when he had been watching the skylark from his window, before Reborn had shot him, he had no clue where the teen had disappeared to. The brunette cam to a halt just as he was about to enter the school building, when he wondered if it would be a good idea to do that when he had a flame over his head. People that didn't understand can freak out and think he was on fire or something on the sort. Tsuna frowned softly, sighing deeply, wondering if Hibari would really be somewhere in the school when he just escaped from it.

Midori tanabiku namimori no~! Dai naku shou naku nami ga ii~!

Tsuna's head instantly snapped upward when he heard that high pitched voice singing, and easily spotted a yellow ball of feathers flying in the sky. At first it flew in circles in the open blue sky, but then it flew towards the school roof top. The school roof top! A soft smirk appeared on the brunette's lips, those amber orange eyes gleaming in victory.

"I've got you now, Hibari-san," Tsuna said softly in that calm and deep voice he possessed when he was in his Hyper Dying Will state. Just then, the bell rang, signalling that lunch was over and that students should report to class. This made Tsuna's smirk widen just a bit. There were several upsides to this. One, no one will be getting in his way. Two, he didn't have to worry about being caught in his Hyper Dying Will state. And Three, Hibari won't expect him because he is supposed to be in class. Never before had he been so grateful that little Hibird was able to sing that annoying song and was incredibly attached to the prefect! When Tsuna was sure that everyone was inside, he dashed inside the building and down the halls, making his way up stairs to his destination. He had thought about just using his flames to fly himself up onto the roof, but then Hibari would get a head's up from the noise his flames make. By foot, he would be able to stay quiet, which was exactly what he was doing as he climbed the flight of stair to the roof top. Once by the door, Tsuna took a moment to stop and listen.

Asa tsuyu kagayaku namimori no~! Heihei bonbon nami de ii~!

Yes! He was still there, and still oblivious! Or so Tsuna hoped he still was. Quietly, the brunette opened the door that led to the roof top, silently stepping out into the open, but all the while his eyes were darting back and forth calmly. He didn't see Hibari out in the open, so that meant... Tsuna looked up over his head, and couldn't help but smirk when he saw a foot just slightly poking over. Distracted by his little discovery, however, Tsuna accidentally let the door slip past his fingers just when it was only an inch away from being closed quietly, effectively letting the sound of a closing door echo through the silent air. Tsuna's gaze narrowed when he saw Hibari's foot twitch before it quickly disappeared. Why hadn't he been more careful? Using his flames, seeing as there was no point in hiding anymore, Tsuna shot himself up into the air and onto the little roof Hibari had the habit of taking naps on. Unfortunately, the prefect had guessed who it could've been and was already jumping down just when the brunette landed. Tsuna clicked his tongue, as he shot himself forward, this time maneuvering himself so that he would land right in front of the skylark. That still didn't stop Hibari from turning on his heel and running the other way, hover.

"Tch! Hibari-san!" Tsuna shouted after the prefect, frustration clear in his low voice as he ran after Hibari in hot pursuit. The prefect through the door open and before stepping through and tried to close the door shut again, but a pair of gloved hand took hold of the other side of the door knob. And so proceeded a game of tug-o-war between Hibari and Tsuna in which Hibari was trying to shut the door and Tsuna was trying to keep it open. This whole situation was ridiculous in Tsuna's eyes, who still didn't understand why the prefect was so keen on avoiding him!

"Why...Hibari-san!" Tsuna grounded out as he struggled against Hibari's strength. Surprisingly, they were evenly matched, but that didn't matter at the moment! Tsuna wanted answers damnit! "Tell me! Why are you avoiding me, Hibari-san?"

"..."

Tsuna let out soft frustrated growl when the other insisted on stay quiet and refused to give him an answer. Frustration, anger, hurt. They all were boiling inside the brunette's small body, along with his will to talk to Hibari and try to fix things between them so that prefect won't look away every time they met eyes, or walk out of the room whenever he walked in, or turned and walked away from him, or run away from him! The orange flame flickered as it grew just a bit bigger, just as the brunette through his whole back into this tug-o-war, and yanked with a strength that overpowered Hibari's. Sadly, when he did this, Tsuna lost his balance and fell backwards. Hibari too, caught off guard by the brunette's unexpected strength, was pulled forward and falling. With a thud, they both fell, Hibari on top of Tsuna, with his knees and hands on either side of the small boy's body/head. Slightly wide blue-gray eyes gazed down into narrowed amber orange, locked in a stare down, and apparently, Tsuna won as Hibari quickly jumped away from the brunette and once again tried to make a run for it. But Tsuna wouldn't have that. Quickly scrambling to his feet, Tsuna lunged forward and tackled Hibari to the ground just like he had done with Gokudera earlier.

"No! You're not running away from me!" Tsuna shouted as he pinned the skylark down against the ground by sitting on his waist and holding his shoulder down. But even without this, it seemed as if Hibari had frozen up the moment Tsuna had climbed on top of him. Tsuna's breath came out in soft pants, all the struggling and running, and scuffling had worn him out some, and judging by Hibari's chest rising and falling more rapidly than usual, he too was worn by it all. Tsuna gazed down at the prefect with narrowed eyes before he repeated his earlier demand, "Tell me! Why are you avoiding me, Hibari-san?"

And just like last time, silence met his words, as the prefect remained quiet and even turned his head to the side so not to look at the brunette. Tsuna stared wide eyed at the prefect at that small action. Did Hibari hate him so much that he was avoiding him? Did he hate him so much that he couldn't look at him?

"Y...You hate me that much, don't you... Hibari-san? ...Do you..." Tsuna stopped talking in mid-sentence as he bowed his head. Hibari kept his head turned away from him, of course, those blue-gray eyes staring off at nothing, anything but the brunette that straddled him. However, those eyes widened when he felt something wet fell onto his cheek. The prefect snapped his head to face forward, looking up at the small brunette just in time to see his flame dye off, and those familiar caramel eyes welled up with tears that delicately rolled down his cheeks. "D-Do you have any idea how much it hurts to have you avoid me, Hibari-san? I-It really hurts! It hurts e-every time you walk away from me, or leave the room w-when I'm there, or when you look away so fast! But it hurts the most when y-you run... wh-when you run away from me! I-I knew Hibari-san hated me, but I didn't think you'd hate me so much to avoid me!"

Tsuna sniffed softly as he raised his hand to wipe his tears away with the back of it. It really did hurt. It hurt more than he thought it would. It was as if someone was slowly tearing his heart into peices while sticking needles into it at the same time.

"I-It hurts..." Tsuna whispered as he closed his eyes, letting his tears roll down his flushed face, not caring if Hibari saw him in this state. Not like the prefect would care right? He'd probably hates him even more for being such a crybaby! So it startled the brunette when he felt a hand hesitantly cup his cheeks. Teary caramel eyes opened to gaze down into blue-gray eyes, confusion and sadness swimming in his pools of brown. Did Hibari now feel pity towards him?

"The reason why I avoided you is because..."

Tsuna blinked as Hibari finally spoke, saying the same line he said before jumping out the window. Tsuna waited patiently for Hibari to continue, but the oddest thing happened before him. Slowly, the prefects pale cheeks flushed pink...then flushed red to the point that his whole face was red. Stunned, Tsuna watched as Hibari covered his face with the hand that had reached up to caress him, his eyes looking off to the side. Tsuna then began to worry if something was wrong with the prefect, who began to take deep breaths.

"Hibari-san?" Tsuna said hesitantly, before his world suddenly went whirling around and their roles were reversed, with Hibari now hovering above him. Tsuna stared up wide eyed as Hibari gazed down at him with a pink face instead of red, and he seemed to be chewing on his bottom lip nervously. Tsuna blinked rapidly, blinking away the last few tears as the prefect drew closer to him to the point where he could see every detail in those eyes of his. He could see how there was a ring of light gray around Hibari's pupil followed by the soft blue interweaving with that light gray with faded to a darker gray until it became an outer ring of that dark gray. Tsuna could also see how long and how dark the prefect's lashes, which would cast soft shadows on his cheeks whenever he blinked. Tsuna shivered softly when he felt Hibari's lips by his ear, and those very lips whispered three little words.

"I like you..."

Before Tsuna knew it, the body above him disappeared, and the slamming of a door echoed through the open sky. Hibari had just ran away from him again, but this time it didn't hurt. It didn't hurt because now he knew why he was running away. The brunette laid there on the ground, his caramel eyes wide and staring up at the sky, stunned. Then slowly, a sweet shade of pink adorned the boy's cheeks as his eyes softened, sweet feelings shining in them. Quietly, Tsuna pushed himself up from the ground, dusted himself off, then left and went back to class, where he was scolded and humiliated by the teacher. But Tsuna didn't care. For the rest of the school day, Tsuna was in a daze, his golden brown eyes softer than usual, and always staring off into space as if he were remembering some sweet memory. Gokudera and Yamamoto, who had escaped the lackeys with little to no injuries, had noticed the change, but didn't ask, because they thought it was a nice look for the brunette. After school, Tsuna walked home quietly with his friends, his mind elsewhere. And when he arrived him, he went straight up to his room in that daze. He had automatically went straight to his desk where he pulled out a little journal from one of the drawers, a journal he was forced to keep by Reborn. Most of it was full of useless nonsense, but today he had something special to write. Opening to the next clean page, Tsuna grabbed a pen, sighed softly, and proceeded to write the first meaningful thought this journal would get.

Today I found out three things about Hibari-san. One, he has very pretty eyes. Two, he likes me. And three...he's incredibly shy.