A/N: Beware from here on TYL and whatever plot confusion that's gonna come.
Ten years had passed.
"Do you remember the day I confessed to you?" Dino asked with a warm smile, kissing the young man lightly on the lips from across the desk.
"Yeah, and right after that, you tied me up with your whip and had sex with me."
"T-that's not true!"
Hibari smirked, indicating that he was joking. To Dino, that boy he had loved for the last ten years had become more mischievous, and he had to groan as if it was his responsibility. "You're always ruining the good mood..."
"That's too bad." Hibari walked around the desk, and sat down heavily in Dino's lap without warning. He tangled the Italian's blonde hair in his fingers, leaning towards his face with a smile. "Does that mean we can't do it now?"
"...No, we can do it now."
Hibari had gotten more straightforward too.
Dino had lived his happiest life during this span of time. Cavallone was still one of the tops, he had yet to kill anyone, and the love of his life was with him, still well-protected like he had promised. He could not ask for more.
A familiar ringtone made him open his eyes. After rubbing his eyes, he glanced at the clock which told him that it was dinner time. Then he felt a pat on his bare shoulder.
"My phone..."
"Oh, right." Dino sat up in the bed, reaching for the ringing cellphone on the bedside table. He passed it to Hibari, who was lying next to him with the cover up to the lower half of his face to hide his bad mood. "I'll go bring some tea for the both of us. Japanese tea, right?"
"Mm..." Hibari waved Dino off as the Italian quickly threw on a pair of pants and a shirt before leaving the room. He squinted at the screen, which showed an 'Unidentified Number' on it. Who could it be...
He flipped it open and put it to his ear. "Hello?"
"Kufufu..."
His eyes widened.
"Kufufufu..."
He sat up very fast.
"Kufufufufu - "
"Shut up and say what you want," Hibari scoffed, tossing the covers aside and reaching for his clothes.
"Don't be such a spoilsport - oya, what are you doing naked there?"
"What?" Hibari's eyes glanced around quickly, until they came upon a window across from him. He could not see anyone, but he was not taking any chances, scrambling over and pulling the curtains close. Then he tried to slip on his shirt while keeping the phone pressed to his ear. "I told you not to contact me unless you're out of the Vendicare for real."
A chuckle. "But I am out of the Vendicare."
Hibari's fingers slipped away from a button. "...What?"
"It's been a month already. Didn't you know?"
Hibari clenched his jaw. "But Dino said a week ago that you're still in there!"
"Oh, did he? I wonder why he lied to you."
"...Eh?"
"Why, he was one of the few who saw me leave it. He must really think that you won't win if you come and fight me now. What a protective boss."
Hibari was literally stoned by that remark. He swore that his phone was starting to crack under his fingers.
"Where are you now?"
"Do you seriously want to know?"
"I asked, where are you now?"
"...At an abandoned warehouse east of the town you are in. I'll be waiting for you, Hibari Kyouya."
He hung up, and Hibari did not wait to hear the dialtone before throwing the phone onto the floor. It bounced off the carpet, still in tact, but Hibari had no time to break things. Just as he was throwing on his pants, Dino came in. "Kyouya, we're out of tea. Bono is going out to buy some, so we'll have to wait-eh?" Hibari had stormed to him and grabbed his shirtfront, pulling him down.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Hibari was beyond furious.
"Tell you what?"
"Rokudou Mukuro is out of Vendicare!"
Dino's eyes widened. "How did you - " Those were the only words Hibari needed to throw Dino as hard as he could to the wall.
"He called me! He said that he's in an abandoned warehouse east of here! He's been free for a month and you didn't tell me! Why?"
Dino stared at the angered face for a moment, before lowering his gaze, expression serious. "Because I don't want you to know that."
"Why?"
"I don't want you to fight him. It's not that I don't trust your ability now," Dino quickly added, "but rather I don't want you to waste your time over this." He sighed, digging his fingers in his blonde hair. "I can't believe you're still bent over revenge after all these years."
"This is not revenge. I'm taking back what belongs to me from him." Hibari began to walk past Dino, but was grabbed by the wrist.
"Kyouya, I don't care whether he took something from you, or if you're going to hit me."
Hibari glanced over his shoulder at Dino, whose face had darkened to its hardest.
"I'm not going to let you go."
Hibari stared, as if in a trance. A moment lingered.
Then he smiled. Almost mysteriously.
"I knew you'll say that. Fine, I won't go then. Let me go."
Dino was hesitant, but he let go, although ready to grab again if Hibari ran. But he did not, and instead started for the dining room. "I'm thirsty. How about a glass of water before the tea comes?"
"Ah..." Dino awkwardly followed, unsure whether it was okay to let it go. But as he watched Hibari pouring them glasses of ice water from a pitcher, he decided that perhaps Hibari understood his intention. And so he accepted his drink and downed it. A minute after he did, a wave of dizziness hit him. Dino grasped the edge of the table, trying to steady himself. "Wha..."
"I heard that you're resistant towards drugs, but this one is pretty strong even for you." Dino saw through blurred vision, Hibari tipping his sleeve and letting some almost invisible powder fall from it. "I was going to save it for later, but it can't be helped."
"Kyouya..." Dino's knee met the floor, and just as the rest of him followed, he faintly heard Hibari's last words before passing out.
Sorry, Dino. I love you.
"Kufufu...I thought you'd never come."
Hibari stood at the doorway of the dark warehouse. He licked a thumb, and slipped on a ring. "I'm not like you."
"That is an understatement."
Rokudou Mukuro emerged from the darkness, his long ponytail whipping behind him. Hibari could feel it - that the man before him was solid and real.
He could almost feel his fingers trembling as he took out a box.
Mukuro chuckled, lifting a hand. Hibari saw the rings on his fingers-hell rings. He gripped his box harder.
"Shall we begin then?"
Please don't come, Dino...
Hibari inserted his ring into his box and drew out his flaming tonfas.
If you come, I can't guarantee that there will be a pretty sight welcoming you.
