Mocking Bird
Summary: AU. Tsuna has his normal 'no-good' life on his hands, and then his day didn't get any better when he came across a hit-and-run incident, leaving a poor raven-haired boy sprawled across the road to die. Not being selfish like most, he took the boy home, but was that a good decision on his half? 1827
Chapter Four
"Vongola Herbivore!"
Everyone in the room paused before lemitsu let out a fake, unknowing laugh. Tsuna simply blinked, tilting his head to the side and wondering if Hibari had a concussion or not while Nana shot her husband a questioning look. Hibari was like a son to her, and she would have no fighting in this family.
"Explain what is going on," she demanded, threatening lemitsu with a wave of her ladle. "I do not have all the patience in the world, so telling me sometime soon would be nice."
"I don't have a clue what he's talking about," lied lemitsu smoothly, a grin on his face as he cupped the back of his head with both his hands. "Although, Vongola is Italian, I'm sure. Are you sure he isn't calling me weak or something?"
Tsuna stood, scratching his left cheek thoughtfully as he closed his eyes. Hibari was always confusing, but what was he going on about now? What did Vongola mean? He watched as Hibari just looked at all three of them with cold onyx-silver eyes before turning and jumping out the window, much to Nana's dismay.
"Hiba-kun!" Nana ran over to the window, but lemitsu stopped her, shaking his head.
"Give him space. Try to remember he's a teenager and that he needs space, Nana," the woman could only nod while Tsuna looked out the window, watching Hibari's shadow dance in the lamp-light before frowning. He didn't care what his mother would say, he was going to follow him. Before they could even say a word, he jumped out the window, landing not so gracefully on the gravel outside as he heard a few shouts aimed at him, but he ignored them both. He had to make sure Hibari was ok.
Sitting on the bench, Hibari allowed his bangs to fall in front of his face, covering his eyes as he looked at his tonfas. Who would have known that the brunette herbivore he had spent so much time protecting would be related to the Vongola's outside advisor. To be honest, Hibari was just happy that Tsuna wasn't the son or the ninth or something, or else the boy would end up being… Vongola Decimo…
"Hibari-san…!" but it was beside the point. Sawada Tsunayoshi, the boy he had allowed himself to get close too, would be connected to Vongola, whether he wanted to or not… and it just… wasn't to Hibari's liking. "Hibari-san!"
Snapping his head to the side, Hibari softened his look as he saw Tsuna standing nervously at a lamppost, around ten feet away in fear of irritating the skylark. The brunette was trying to hide himself behind the lamppost, feeling as if he had done something wrong even though he hadn't really done anything.
"I don't know how, but something tells me… that you don't like my father…" said Tsuna softly, causing Hibari to look away in attempts to hide his scowl. "Can you tell me what Vongola is, Hibari-san?"
"…" Hibari said nothing, keeping his lips sealed as he chose to look at the suddenly interesting street in front of him, even though it was totally empty. Not a person or car drove by, much to his annoyance as he felt the tenseness grow thicker around him. "… Vongola is the most well known mafia Famiglia in Italy."
Tsuna stiffened, before shaking his head in denial. He couldn't believe that his dad had anything to do with… well, guns, blood, violence… His dad was just the drunken geezer that went round the world, looking for oil, right? Right?
"I don't think I can believe you," mumbled Tsuna, bowing his head. "It's kind of hard to believe, that my dad would be involved with something like that. Please don't call him a Vongola herbivore again Hibari-san, he isn't-"
"But he is," said Hibari, sighing. "I'm not even going to try and persuade you, all I'm going to tell you is that your father works for the forsaken Vongola family. As long as he doesn't threaten me in any matter, then I won't attack him."
Tsuna let out a sigh of relief before sitting down next to Hibari, thinking about what to do tomorrow before his head suddenly sparked.
"Hey, Hibari-san, isn't your birthday tomorrow?" the skylark blinked before nodding, closing his eyes before thinking on how to hide it from the females at Namimori High. "Do you want to go into town? I still have to get you a gift."
"Don't you hate me for making accusations against your father?" questioned Hibari lowly, his mood already rotten from having to meet lemitsu and seeing that… damn flame. Tsuna had no flame, so he should be safe.
"No," said Tsuna softly, causing Hibari to raise an eyebrow. "I know nothing of your past, so I think it's within your right to be suspicious of someone who just appeared after you were knocked out."
'Too bad you don't know it was you father that knocked me out in the first place,' thought Hibari, shaking his head before coughing, speaking out loud once more. "Do what ever you want herbivore, I'll have to follow you to make sure you don't get yourself in trouble anyway."
Tsuna clapped his hands, letting a smile cross his lips as he twiddled his thumbs. Hibari rolled his eyes. Sometimes, that boy was just too easy to please.
"Hibari-san, what kind of things to you like?" asked Tsuna as they walked through town. "CDs? DVDs? Books…?"
"I don't like owning too many possessions," said Hibari dully, pausing outside the pet shop and peering into it, a soft smile escaping him as he looked at a chirping bird in the window. Tsuna looked as well, before thinking. He had plenty of saved up lunch money… but did he have enough for a bird?
"Herbivore, I'm going to go find a café for us to eat in, go to the bathroom," suggested Hibari, pointing down the food street as Tsuna nodded, running off in the other direction as Hibari walked into a café, waiting patiently.
Tsuna was quick in the toilet before going into the pet shop, making sure Hibari didn't see him as he looked at the bird cages and food, and of course… the prices… He had enough for the cage, and the food… but a bird would cost more than 300yen…
"Hello, how may I help you?" said a lady behind him, causing him to jump abruptly and turn his head. "Is there a gift you seek for a family member? A friend perhaps?"
"I-I was hoping to get my friend a b-bird…" mumbled Tsuna softly. "But I don't think I have enough."
"Perhaps something can be done," she said, looking round before picking up a cage and food before asking Tsuna how much he had left before walking over to the window, where the bird Hibari as looking at. "This was a returned bird. Nobody could seem to tame it, so I'll give it to you for free, 'kay?"
Tsuna's eyes brightened as he watched the bird chirp happily, flapping his wings and instantly choosing to settle in his unruly brown locks, causing the assistant to giggle. It chirped softly before curling up, choosing to go to sleep there, much to Tsuna's worry.
"I guess it took a liking to you!" she said, before going behind the till and accepting Tsuna's money and taking the bird off his hair, earning an angry chirp as she placed it inside the cage and put a sheet over it. "I hope your friend likes his gift!"
"I h-hope so," said Tsuna, smiling warmly. "He's very important to me, and I think he's upset with my dad right now."
"Aw, that's a shame," she said, pulling a cute expression as Tsuna held his just bought bird and cage. "Do you need any advice on how to help him?"
"… No," said Tsuna, shaking his head before turning to leave. "Thanks for all your help, miss."
She nodded, and Tsuna bolted out the shot, sighing. How was he meant to get advice from her when Hibari was going on about the strongest mafia family in the world? She would think them both crazy!
Running down the street, Tsuna popped into the café he saw Hibari sitting in and then plonked down, pacing the covered cage in front of Hibari, who raised an eyebrow at it.
"Happy birthday, Hibari-san!" said Tsuna cheerily, pushing the cage closer to Hibari. Slowly, the raven-haired skylark took the sheet off before blinking, in shock. The bird chirped at him, and he continued to blink, causing Tsuna to smile as he kept staring. "Do you like it?"
Hibari remained quiet, opting to open the cage door and letting the bird hop on his finger, and much to Tsuna's dismay, brought it out.
"Hibari-san" It might fly away-!"
"Hibari~ Hibari~" Tsuna stopped and then stared at the bird, in shock that it was already speaking. Hibari petted his head, and Tsuna was surprised at how… gentle he was being. He had never seen Hibari so gentle with anything.
Well, it seemed Hibari had a nice birthday… and it seemed Hibird was a funny name for a bird.
The sun was setting, and Tsuna and Hibari walked through the quite empty town, eating the takeaway of fish and chips they had purchased only minutes ago. Hibari seemed happy, with Hibird perched on his head and nice, warm food being put in his belly.
Tsuna was eating his, trying not to get vinegar over himself when he heard a whistle. At first, he thought it was Hibird, but the second time it happened and Hibari had his head turning from side to side, he could tell something was up.
"Hibari-san-?"
"Shhh," hushed Hibari, still looking around with Hibird chirping on his head, clearly panicked. He kept looking round, and then stopped when he heard a loud 'THUD' behind him.
"Ah, Kyo-chan, you survived getting hit by my van after all~" whipping round, Hibari felt a hard hit come across his face and then yelling from Tsuna, who had panicked the instant he had turned round. Hibari had been knocked back and was rubbing at the side of his face, long, slim fingers brushing against his lips to collect the dribbling blood.
"Leave Hibari-san alone! He didn't do anything!" shouted Tsuna, flinching when a punch was aimed at him, but then opened his eyes again when he saw Hibari standing in front of him, a well aimed punch already caught in his hand. "H-Hibari-san…?"
"Get out of here, Tsunayoshi," he said, grabbing Hibird from his head and handing it over. "I'll be back soon, ok?"
"But I-"
"Do it," growled Hibari. "Or I really will pile on maths homework for you-"
Hibari froze and then stared at the brunette boy carefully, focusing his eyes. It was only a flicker, a mere flicker, but it was long enough for him to notice. Tsuna blinked in confusion, oblivious onto what Hibari was focusing on.
It couldn't be. Hibari had lived with Tsuna for a while now, and he would have noticed if- if…
"Ah, that boy behind you has a delicious smelling sky flame~"
A/N: Rawr, I hate looking over the old and new version of this story. It seems like there is a MAJOR difference, and I dun know if I like it *furrows brow and then shrugs* If other people like it, then I'm happy~~
Oh, and I'm happy because my papa is all better and out of hospital *grin*
Hope you enjoyed the chapter~
Shanny~
