Ehehe, this follows on right after the Christmas Special! (on my profile, if you're wondering.) The long-awaited first appointment between Bel and Fran is here! Believe me, it's not as good as it sounds (i mean my writing, not the actual meeting.) And the usual Varia chaos.
Enjoy!
"Ugh," Fran groaned, clutching his head, "My head feels horrible."
"You really did a number on yourself yesterday," Yamamoto laughed, punching his arm lightly. "AKB48 and Girls' Generation? Nice."
"Good luck with your first session with knife psycho, eh?" Gokudera said. "Hope you don't come back with holes all over," he joked.
"Believe me, I've done worse than that," Fran replied drily, and stepped into the Varia Ward.
Fake prince, I'll find out your secret.
He could almost hear him reply, "Ushishishi~ I'd like to see you try."
Mammon and Lussuria were playing cards in the Varia common room, waiting for the rest of the members. To be honest, the purple-head was getting very annoyed by the constant praise on his nails. He knew that they looked nice, gorgeous, amazing and all other synonyms, thank you very much.
The second Xanxus and Squalo walked in, Mammon sensed that something was amiss. It wasn't… unpleasant, more of a confusing feeling. He looked into Lussuria's sunglass-covered eyes. "You feel it too?"
Lussuria answered, unusually simply, "Yeah, I do."
And then… wait for it…
…
"BOSS AND SQUALO ARE IN LOOOVEEE~~"
"What the hell, trash?/VOOOIII IMMA KILL YOU FAGGOT!"
Mammon fought the urge to headdesk himself. Way to go with being discreet, Luss.
"I knew all that violence was something!" Lussuria squealed excitedly, clapping his hands together in delight, "Seeing as both of you are quite violent people, it was only natural that you displayed affection in a violent way! How could I have missed that?"
Yes, how could you have missed that? Mammon thought sarcastically. It was everywhere, you moron.
"Thank you, Mammon-chan~"
A vein pulsed slightly under the clairvoyant's bangs. "Didn't I tell you not to rope me into this?" he hissed.
"Oh, oops~"
Oops indeed, Mammon sighed internally, watching the anger bubble over in the two most violent members of Varia.
Nobody else in the corridor? Check. No cameras? Check. No possible way of others walking in? Check.
Shoichi took a deep breath next to the still-oblivious blonde. Okay, I'll do it now.
"Hey, um… Spanner?"
The blonde turned to face his redhead boyfriend. "Yeah?"
"Um… oh we're here already, I'll see you later!" Shoichi said in a hurry, and rushed off.
A voice in his mind nagged, Coward, you couldn't even say a thing.
"You're early, Sho-chan," Byakuran smiled. "Did the talk go well?"
"I didn't even get a chance to start," Shoichi said darkly. "You stay in that seat for the entire session today."
"Aw, that's mean~" Byakuran said. "I quite enjoyed it last time."
"Shut up, you marshmallow bastard," the redhead growled.
"Don't say that you didn't either, Sho-chan, 'cause I know you did," Byakuran said slyly, "The sounds you made were just so cute, like a mewling kitten~"
"OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH!"
Lilac eyes sprang open in amusement at the sight of a fuming doctor.
"I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU, BYAKURAN! I DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP YOU, AND THIS IS WHAT I GET? YOU JEOPARDIZING MY LOVE LIFE?" Shoichi yelled, and feeling even more furious when all he saw was that goddamned smirk. Who gives if I'm being unprofessional. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.
"What about me?" Byakuran asked. "Have you ever cared how I feel? Being stuck in the same room for years and never seeing anybody apart from you and the rest of the people here? That would make it four people that I've seen in a total of four years I've been here. And the others don't even talk to me, they fear me because you lot," he said angrily, "have labelled me as dangerous.
"Loneliness can make a person sick. You can no longer ask somebody 'Is this real?' or 'Is this fake?' Reality becomes a dream and dreams become reality. Have you ever felt like that?"
Shoichi was stunned. This was a new side of Byakuran, a more human side, that he had never seen before. Sitting in front of him wasn't the infuriatingly difficult person who toyed with everyone else, but it was a person driven mad with loneliness.
And just when he was feeling sorry for the albino…
"Hah, fooled ya~" Byakuran laughed. But Shoichi could feel that it was forced. The smile wasn't the same easygoing, mischievous smirk. Not talking about it would probably be the best thing, he thought.
Standing up to go, he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and said, "I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Byebyee~"
As the door clicked shut, Byakuran's smile slid off his face, lilac eyes becoming serious. He walked over to his bed and flopped himself on top of it. Depression, sadness, loneliness; all that was ruling over his life like an iron fist. He felt trapped, and he couldn't get out.
But he wouldn't cry. Who would be there to see the tears anyway?
"I see you're ready for our first appointment," Fran said, looking at the various objects lodged into the wall right next to his head. "The first thing you do when you see me: throw pens, pencils and forks at me." As he listed off the missiles, he pulled them out of the wall. Hmm, they actually punctured it.
"Ushishishi~ It's just my way of saying hello," the blonde sniggered, shoving his hands into his pockets. Striding to his 'throne', he sat himself down, crossing his legs on the table.
Stupid fake-prince, Fran thought, Obnoxious as always.
"How's everyone else?"
The simple question shocked Fran out of his poisonous internal rant. "Huh?"
"Oh, the frog speaks, now call the press," Bel sniggered. "I said, how's everyone else? As in, the rest of the Varia."
Fran snorted, "You're really just asking how Mammon is, right?"
"Ushishishi~ Bingo~" Bel snickered.
"He's okay, thanks for asking," Fran said vaguely. No way was he going to satisfy this faker's curiosity. He should, but when did he ever follow the rules?
A small voice at the back of his head said, All the time.
He retorted, Shut up.
"So, what questions you got for me, Froggy?" Bel asked, "'Cause I tell you, you won't get any answers you're looking for."
"All I want to know is your secret."
"What secret?" Bel said, feigning innocence. Fran snorted again derisively.
"Cut the innocent act, you know exactly what I'm talking about."
"Well, since it's a secret, why should I tell you? And if you yourself can't figure it out, and Mammon can't figure it out, then there's no point in me telling you."
"Uh… get to the point?"
"Ushishishi~ Nope," Bel said playfully.
Ugh, this guy is even harder to crack than that walnut last week, Fran thought. What is up with him and his mind riddles? Last time I checked he wasn't this smart. Okay, maybe he was, since he's a genius and all, not that I would ever admit that in front of him, but this sort of psychological shit just isn't his… thing, for lack of a better word.
Just then, a huge crash and screaming came from the room opposite theirs. They heard Squalo's usual string of swear words, Lussuria's failed attempts at pacifying whoever was angry, Xanxus throwing things, probably various articles of furniture, and Mammon's grumbles about having to pay for repairs again.
"You did say you'd tell me if I stayed as your therapist for six months, yes?" Fran asked hurriedly. He had to go do some damage control.
"A prince never goes back on his word," Bel promised.
"I'll trust you, just this once." Fran thought for a bit, then added, "Even if you are a fake prince." He just couldn't help slipping in that snide remark.
Dodging cups, pens, paperweights and other things, he made his way out the door, but not before he heard the standard retort.
"THE PRINCE IS NOT FAKE!"
Putting the door between him and harm's way, Fran thought, Bel-sempai, you used to read me like a book, just like Mammon did. This time, I'll figure you out, no matter what.
Unbeknownst to him, Bel was also thinking, Why don't you get it? Hurry up and figure it out, froggy. I don't think I can take it any longer.
And then, Nice to see you wearing my present, ushishishi~
When Fran reached the Varia common room, the entire area had practically been demolished. Once again, furniture was everywhere, be it destroyed or not, and at least half a wall had been knocked down.
"Xanxus, I thought I told you not to throw the sofa at the wall last time. If you're going to throw something, throw the chairs, they're smaller and cause less damage," Fran said.
"Mou~ Fran-kun's right~" Lussuria pouted. "My head nearly got hit by it~"
"I meant less damage to the wall. You, I could care less about."
Mammon found himself 'consoling' a hysterical Lussuria about how 'your brother's being horrible to me~" Pushing the flamboyant man off his lap unceremoniously and ignoring the thunk of somebody's head hitting ground, he explained, "Lussuria here decided to tell Xanxus and Squalo that they were in love." He rolled his eyes. "Typical, isn't it?" Right then, he missed a spark of mischief in his brother's sea green eyes.
"But I thought they actually were in love," Fran said innocently, "You told me, remember?"
You are so going to get it now, Fran, Mammon thought, glaring at his two-faced brother.
"Well, I need to go now," Fran said, "See you later!"
And that was how Mammon found himself face to face with two very, very angry armed people.
Tsuna was breaking an asylum rule. The one that said "no loitering outside a patient's room'. Call the press, Tsunayoshi Sawada, Hibari Kyoya's boyfriend, is breaking a rule! Le gasp! It just so happened that this particular room belonged to a certain 'pineapple herbivore', as the skylark would call him, so I suppose we could forgive him for that.
Hurry up and go in, Decimo snapped in Tsuna's mindscape, All this indecision is driving me nuts! You're a pro, aren't you?
Yeah, but –
No buts! Just go in and get the thing over and done with!
Sometimes, having an alter ego was really stressful.
Go in!
Okay, having an alter ego was always really stressful.
An hour and a half of mind games, riddles and indescribable frustration later, Tsuna emerged from the 'goddamn door of hell', as he called it. Mukuro could be a real nice guy at times, but on other days, he was just an annoying bastard who could, dare he say it, be on par with Byakuran when it came to psychological games. Not even unleashing an angry Decimo, twice, could deal with this horrible pineapple menace. And an angry Decimo was not a pretty sight. Tsuna felt pain in places he didn't even know could feel pain.
Well, thanks for throwing the word 'professionalism' out the window, after your rant about being pro, Tsuna grumbled at his other half.
He was being annoying.
Annoying. That's it?
Don't tell me you didn't want to kick him in the balls.
…I never said that, did I?
Good point. A few seconds later, Watch it, Hibari's coming.
Tsuna looked up just in time to see his skylark on a rampage. "Uh, what's the matter, Kyoya?"
"Nothing, Tsunayoshi." In the eyes of a trained psychologist, it most certainly wasn't nothing. "I just need to check on the security cameras in the Vindice ward." Probably a lie, but Tsuna decided to give Hibari the benefit of the doubt.
"Okay," he said, then looked at the slight bags underneath Hibari's eyes. "Don't work yourself too hard, 'kay?" He straightened the skylark's tie and looked directly at his storm grey eyes. "Your health is more important to me than anything else."
Hibari felt a little warmed by that. "I know, Tsunayoshi, I know."
Going on tiptoes to reach his boyfriend's height, Tsuna pressed his lips against Hibari's cheek in a sweet kiss. "I'll see you later then," he whispered in his ear, a million unsaid (and rather suggestive) promises conveyed in that one sentence. And just because he couldn't help it, licked the shell of his skylark's ear, and walked off.
"See you," Hibari said, smirking a little. He watched his tuna fish go and turn around the corner, before walking to his own destination.
He was going to pay the pineapple a little visit.
Needless to say, Mukuro got more than just a few bruises from Decimo that day.
I didn't write any real 6927 action this time round, cuz I didn't know how to! Maybe next time, eh?
I love Christmas holidays. Free time! :D
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