Panda Eyes
A/N: I'd like to thank those who reviewed the last chapter: Breathless02, Mel-Chama, Myu Kuran, ReaperofDarkness, Kichou, lemonlimediddies, VongolaPrimo27, Katsuchara, XXxKHRObsessionxXX, Crimson Obscura, animebaka14, HibarixZhen, Azalie-Kauriu, Yaoi-san and Minty-chan and to those who added this to favourtie/alert.
Sorry for the late update, I had a slight problem with typing this chapter. OH OH OH! Just to mention, in the previous chapter, I ACCIDENTALLY mixed in a few things from my other fic 'smile'. So, if you were confused, blame my stupidity.
Also, if you have time, check out my new fic (again!) called 'Sensual Inclination'~ I love you guys :D
Summary: Tsuna's hyper-active guardians and full-schedule tires him out flat almost everyday, but now he thinks it's a mild case of insomnia. No-one notices, but a certain former prefect intends to take advantage of this adorable and constantly, sleep-deprived boss. 8YL/Yaoi/1827
Chapter Seven: Part III, Mission Survival
Recap:
Immediately, a dark purple mist clouded the center of the vast space (which was quite far from the position they were at) and it revealed a series of tents with a campfire in the middle as the mist got thinner.
"Cute taste." Hayato grumbled angrily and sarcastically, scowling at the illusionist who simply smirked back at the bomber.
"Drop the campfire illusion, were making a real one." Tsuna said softly, yawning as he walked around looking for twigs and tree branches.
The rest followed his actions as the sky gradually grew darker. It was going to be one hell of a night. Or make that two or three.
End of Recap
"Che, as if I'll let you, pineapple freak!"
"Kufufu. I will be the one sleeping with Tsunayoshi-kun, not you, dog."
"Now, now, it's not fair if you hog him all to yourself."
"I'm sleepy..."
"Who's sleeping with who to the extreme!"
"Shut up you moron, that's what we're talking about right now!"
"I wouldn't call it talking, stupidera."
Tsuna heaved out a deep sigh that went ignored by the others. He really hated these type of predicaments. He really did.
"Could you guys please stop arguing already?" the brunet asked rather calmly, looking at the small group hopelessly. "Honestly..." he muttered under his breath, taking a seat on one of the logs.
"I'll be the one sleeping with Juudaime! Isn't that right, Juudaime?" Gokudera asked eagerly, beaming a happy smile towards his boss who was sitting on the log staring off into the sky with a blank expression.
"Tsuna-nii wants to sleep with me." Lambo muttered half sarcastically, half-serious. Though, he was too tired to argue with the rest who didn't seem like they were going to fall asleep any moment.
"Kufufu, tell them Tsunayoshi-kun. I will be the one sleeping with you." Mukuro said slyly, smirking. Though, at no-one in particular.
"Fucking perverted bastard. I won't let you lay a single finger on Juudaime!"
"Calm down, I think it's better if Tsuna decides who he wants to sleep with."
Tsuna glanced around the group and to Hibari who was lying on a log furthest from the small camp they managed to acquire. Seeing as the cloud guardian didn't really seem fazed by the others' annoying argument, Tsuna assumed he had something blocking out the sound. Either that or he was just refraining himself from doing anything.
"Takeshi-nii's right." Lambo added in, though, no-one paid attention to him. "Tsuna-nii, they're not listening to me." he whined, taking a seat next to Tsuna.
"Don't worry, I'll go stop them now." Tsuna said with a curt smile as he stood up from the log and placed a hand on the younger males' head before letting out another sigh.
From the angle Lambo was looking at Tsuna, he looked different somehow. Maybe it was those dark circles under his eye?
"Hm, it's p-" wait, what dark circles? "Tsu-" before he could continue, the brunet had already approached the group.
"Ah, Juudaime!" Hayato exclaimed, pushing Takeshi out of his way to face his boss. "Tell these bastards who you're going to sleep with tonight!"
"Oya, there's no need. After all, you're sleeping with me, right, Tsunayoshi-kun?" the blue (or is it purple?) haired illusionist teased, pushing Hayato away with ease.
Ignoring the insults thrown towards him by the enraged silver-haired bomber, Mukuro cupped Tsuna's right cheek with his left hand, which was surprisingly warm. And his face was surprisingly close.
"Get away from the tenth, you bastard!" Hayato shouted, struggling against Takeshi's hold.
"Calm down Gokudera, he's just fooling around, right?" the rain guardian said cheerfully, turning to the illusionist and his boss.
"Of course." Mukuro replied, his attention retained towards Tsuna. "Now, shall we go sleep?"
"GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OF JUUDAIME, YOU PINEAPPLE BASTARD!" an enraged Hayato shouted, finally escaping from Takeshi's hold. He ran towards the illusionist with bombs in hand, attempting to throw them at him. Though, Mukuro pushed Tsuna in front of him.
"Kufufu. I don't think it's wise to hurt him."
Tsuna felt a vein pop and so did Hayato in fact. "M-Mukuro...you're using me as a shield?" the brunet asked, feeling slightly disappointed at his mist guardian.
"Oya, but you wouldn't want another fight to breakout, would you?"
"What's going on to the extreme?"
"You bastard, how dare you use Juudaime as your shield, I'll blow you up!"
"Haha, calm down. You're going to get gray hair if you get so angry all the time."
"Moron, my hair is naturally gray!"
"Really? I thought it was silver, not gray."
"They're both the same thing, you air-headed baseball freak!"
"Kufufu, such idiots. Especially him." Mukuro said dryly, gesturing towards Ryohei who was a few feet away from the group, punching the air in front of him shouting 'extreme'. Though, he seemed to have heard that insult.
"What did you say?"
"He said that you're an idiot, idiot!"
"You're an idiot, octopus-head!"
"I'll bite the lot of you to death if you don't shut up."
Oh? That was a new voice.
"Bastard, we don't need you to join the fray as well!"
"I'll bite you herbivores to death." Hibari repeated, whipping out his tonfa's.
"Then I'll-"
Tsuna couldn't hold his long-lasted patience any longer. No matter how unruly they were, and no matter how well or not they got along, this was just exceeding the limit. His limit. So, with a deep breath and pushing back the urge to just beat them all down, Tsuna closed his eyes for a brief moment and opened them again, only to have them narrowed and glaring at the group in front of him who seemed to have noticed his unpleasant aura.
"Shut the hell up and go to sleep already." the brunet said coldly, adding in one curse which usually indicated he wasn't very happy indeed.
Everyone, well, mostly everyone, gulped. Without another word, they all exchanged looks and apologised. With the exception of, you can guess who.
"I'm so sorry, Juudaime! I'll accept any punishment!" Hayato said, as he still remained bowing at ninety degrees.
"Oya, where are you going, Tsunayoshi-kun?" as Mukuro asked, Hayato lifted his head, only to see his beloved boss walking away with his back turned to them.
"I'm going to the lake, alone." he replied, emphasizing the last word. "I suggest you go to sleep if you want to replenish your energy for tomorrow." and with that, he disappeared in the forest of trees and onto a narrow dirt path which lead to the lake.
As soon as Tsuna left, the group broke out in another argument and as expected, Hibari left as well.
"Jeez, don't they ever get tired of it?" Tsuna mumbled, as stepped over a huge rock. "And here I thought they matured just a bit." noticing he was now walking on soft green grass which seemed black in the shade of night, he looked up to see the huge lake, its' surface sparkling at the moons' light reflecting upon it.
Staring like he was mesmerized at the view for a few moments, he let on a small smile before making himself comfortable on the grass somewhere near the edge of the lake.
Just as he was about to close his eyes and enjoy the moment of peace, he heard footsteps coming towards him. Knowing only one person would approach him so quietly, he opened his eyes, smiling gently as he saw Hibari bending down with his face directly facing his upside down.
"Ah, kyouya-kun." Tsuna said blankly, blinking.
Hibari let out an annoyed sigh. "You are not cute."(1)
"Huh?"
Standing up straight and making himself comfortable on the grass next to the brunet, he laid down sideways and rested his head on the others' lap.
"You used to blush and panic whenever I did that to you. That was cute."(2)
Tsuna blinked a few more times before letting out a small chuckle. "One would assume I'm used to it by now, plus, I'm not really in the mood right now."
"Hn." Hibari mused, before closing his eyes. Tsuna smiled and giggled girlishly as he brushed strands of hair away from his lovers' eyes. Brushing a hand through the silky smooth raven hair, Tsuna mused a light chuckle to himself at how instantly the other had fallen asleep.
For at least twenty minutes or so, the two remained like that, and Tsuna quite rather enjoyed the fact that his other guardians had settled down according the the silence that filled the forest besides the natural sounds of night and nature. Suddenly, minding the head on his lap, Tsuna whipped his head to the right side, where he heard a rather loud, but brief rustle in the bush.
"It must be a wild animal..." he whispered to himself, staring at the said bush rather curiously but cautiously.
For a whole minute or so, no further movement was made, making the brunet wonder if the animal had gone away or he was just hearing things. Though, speaking of the devil, the bush rustled again. This time, more violently, which woke Hibari from his peaceful sleep. His eyes narrowed and immediately pulled a surprised Tsuna up with him.
"Wha-"
Out of the rustling bushes, Tsuna's eyes widened at what emerged.
Meanwhile, back at the 'camp', the five guardians finally settled into their tents after a long, but quiet argument for the sake of their boss. Ryohei had to share a tent with Lambo, who both didn't really care as long as they got somewhere to sleep. Mukuro, arguing that he should decide for himself since he created the camp, decided he would be sleeping by himself in a tent, which left Hayato and Takeshi to share the last one.
Hayato kept on scowling as he had his back turned to Takeshi, while Takeshi just laughed if off, not minding it a single bit. Rather, he quite enjoyed the fact the two got to 'sleep together'.
He was about to turn around and tell the silver-haired bomber a word or two about a certain matter which he decided would be right to tell now, but unfortunately or fortunately for the other, both occupants burst out of the tent in a split second when they heard a shrill cry of Tsuna's voice sounding faint, but rather clear from the direction of the lake.
The three others were already running to the direction of the narrow path which lead to the lake.
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Hibari arched a brow and snorted lightly at his lovers' sudden girlish scream.
"W-what's that?" a perplexed Tsuna asked, pointing at the 'thing' boring holes into them intently. His earlier scream hadn't sounded like one out of fear, but rather, out of confusion and shock.
The raven-haired man stared at the other in disbelief, but nevertheless, answered for his sake. "That Tsunayoshi, is a wild boar." with a sigh, he ran a hand through his hair.
"A wild b-boar?" Tsuna repeated, staring at it curiously. "It's so..." he began, thinking of the right word. Hibari waited for it.
"-Ugly!" the brunet finished off with a huge smile despite the word he was saying.
"Juudaime!"
The two diverted their attention from the boar to the voice, which had just emerged from the narrow dirt path.
"Hayato-kun, why are-" Tsuna paused, sweat-dropping as he remembered his earlier outburst which sounded much like a scream. "Ah, look, it's a wild boar!" he pointed to the animal which was stationary a few meters in front of them, looking rather excited.
"Tsuna, watch out!" Takeshi shouted, as he saw the boar lower its head in a position which suggested it was going to rush forward.
The boar let out a deep grunt, lowering its' head as its' front left leg dug the dirt like a bull about to charge forward. A second after Takeshi shouted out his warning, the animal dashed forward to the two figures standing in front of him, one of the two not paying attention to it.
"Uwah!" the brunet shouted, as Hibari pulled his arm and yanked him away just in time. With a small sigh of relief, he pulled Tsuna close to his waist as the others' also let out a sigh of relief. Contrary to the trouble they gave to Tsuna, he also put them in situations which almost lead to them having a heart attack of some sorts due to his constant childishness and such.
"Kufufu. It seems it's my turn now." Mukuro said, stepping forward with his trident in hand. As he did, this made the others think why Mukuro even has his trident to begin with. Reborn specifically said to bring nothing in hand.
The illusionist glanced at the tree the boar had slammed into a moment ago, before letting on a smirk at the sight of the boar which looked like it was shaking its' head or something. Without another moment of thought, he tapped his trident on the ground, making a huge fire pillar burst out of the ground from underneath the wild animal. As the bright light from the pillar blinded the others' vision, they heard a rather painful sounding squeal.
The pillar disappeared and everyone unshielded their eyes, staring at the roasted lump which was previously a vicious boar. The smell was quite nice, which made a few hungry and caused stomach's to grumble.
"Dinner, anyone?" Mukuro suggested.
Lambo was the first to agree, as he had already claimed that he was hungry earlier. Hayato interrupted and started arguing about unhygienic manners or something, but his grumbling stomach clearly disagreed with him. Takeshi agreed by saying he would help carry their 'food' and Mukuro disappeared back to the narrow path with the faint echo of his creepy laugh.
"Juudaime, you should come join us too." Hayato said, smiling with a slight blush across his cheeks from his embarrassment earlier.
Tsuna smiled back in return, "I-It's okay, I don't feel hungry." he turned around to Hibari. "What about you?"
"Not hungry." the other grumbled as a reply, yawning.
As Hayato excused himself with a bow, Tsuna sat back down on the grass, followed by Hibari as the two retained their earlier position.
"Goodnight, Kyouya-kun." Tsuna said softly.
Hibari lifted his head slightly and grabbed the front of Tsuna's shirt, pulling him down to meet his lips. He nibbled on Tsuna's lower lip and forced his tongue inside, roaming it around the wet cavern lazily. Tsuna responded, and the two remained like that for quite a while, until they both decided they needed more oxygen, staring at each other with lust-filled gazes.
"Goodnight." Hibari murmured, before closing his eyes and drifting off into a peaceful sleep just moments later.
Tsuna let out a longing sigh, smiling sadly as he stared at the crescent moon hanging in the dark night sky.
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The next morning as the sun had still yet to rise, despite his legs feeling awfully numb, he carefully lifted the head on his lap and gently moved out of the way before placing it down softly on the grass. Though, his lover had already woken up.
"S-sorry, did I wake you?" Tsuna asked, smiling apologetically.
"It's fine." Hibari mumbled in reply, closing his eyes again. "Don't wander off to far." he added in a moment later, knowing exactly what Tsuna had planned.
"Will do." the brunet replied, stretching his legs so he wouldn't fall over whilst walking or anything. He glanced at Hibari's sleeping form once more before heading down the narrow dirt path which lead to where the others' were.
Tsuna sighed, rubbing his eyes and stretching his arms. He hadn't gotten a single wink of sleep, as usual. Though he was feeling just a little bit dizzy, he ignored it and placed on a smile, just in case the others' had already woken up. Though, to his disappointment somewhat, it seemed as if they were still sleeping.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to take a little stroll." Tsuna told himself, walking past the tents and towards another path up ahead. He looked around carefully as to not lose his way and get lost later on.
When the sun finally rose, and the forest was bathed with the suns' warm rays, Tsuna pondered if the others were awake by now and what they should do in order to find their way back. He could've guessed just wandering around and hoping for a miracle would suffice. During his early morning stroll, Tsuna found a straight path that probably lead to outside the forest.
As the brunet finally found his way back to the camp (it was a miracle he didn't get lost), he heaved out a heavy sigh of annoyance as he saw his guardians with the exception of himself and Hibari going at it. Again.
"Oya, but I'm just stating facts."
"You bastard, you did that on purpose!"
"Kufufu. If it wasn't for the rather suggestive position you two were sleeping in, I'm sure Tsunayoshi-kun over there wouldn't look so grim."
"What are you trying to say, huh!"
Tsuna face-palmed, wondering what on earth had Hayato so riled up early in the morning that he even ignored, or rather, didn't yet notice Tsuna's presence? Then again, he didn't seem any different from yesterday for that fact. Glancing over at two figures sitting on a log behind the three arguing (one trying to stop them), he smiled and waved as they waved at him. Walking over to them, he just had to ask.
"What did Mukuro do now?"
Ryohei replied, patting the empty space next to him. "Beats me, they were already going at it to the extreme when I woke up." Tsuna sat down next to his sun guardian and turned to Lambo, who surely knew.
"W-well," the young lightning guardian began, looking somewhat uneasy. "As I woke up, Mukuro lifted the illusion, and uh...stupidera and Takeshi-nii were sleeping in a rather suggestive position as Mukuro said earlier."
"S-suggestive?" Tsuna repeated, staring at the silver-haired bomber curiously.
"Takeshi-nii and stupidera were hugging each other and...y-yeah." Lambo finished off, turning away with a blush. Though he did that, Tsuna didn't question the young teen any further.
The three on the log remained silent for a whole minute or two, just observing the scene unfold before them. Though, after a minute, Tsuna stood up abruptly, heaving a deep sigh.
"I'm going back to check on Kyouya-kun." Tsuna said, as he excused himself. Groaning as he heard Ryohei join into the argument, he slipped his hands into his pockets and headed down the dirt path. Hayato was snapping at every little thing, Mukuro was enjoying himself too much (of course he's a sadist), Takeshi was failing with calming them down and Ryohei wasn't helping at all. In fact, he was making it worse due to his obliviousness about this whole 'suggestive manner'.
As he poked his head through the trees, he pouted to see Hibari was already gone of somewhere. Probably hiding or off on a morning stroll after waking up to the noise of the others' arguing. Luckily he didn't bite anyone to death yet; he was used to this rowdiness despite his immense dislike for them. Especially that pineapple headed moron.
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"Is everything prepared?" Reborn asked, looking around the large, decorated room.
"Almost, we still need to prepare the food." his ex-student, Dino replied. Looking smug at his work of art.
"Good. They should be back in a few hours."
"I'm sure Tsuna will be surprised!" Dino laughed, turning around as he heard new voices. "Ah, thanks, I'll take that to the table, girls."
Two girls giggled, passing the plates to Dino as they returned to the kitchen. "I hope Tsu-kun comes back soon!"
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He was standing there innocently, closing his eyes as he enjoyed the natural sounds around him before he decided to go back to the others. However, as he opened his eyes, he stumbled over slightly, feeling somewhat uneasy due to a sudden rush of dizziness. Tsuna groaned, clutching his head painfully as he dropped to his knees, though he thanked he was standing on soft grass. Mumbling incoherent curses under his breath, he closed his eyes and tried to ward off an incoming headache.
"I should have some aspirin left." he said to himself, rummaging around his pocket, which suddenly seemed awfully deep.
As he pulled out a small box of aspirin which thankfully had two small tablets left, he plopped them into his hand and discarded the box back into his jackets' pocket. He stared at the tablets for a moment or two before looking up at the lake, which at that point seemed awfully clean and sparkly.
"I-It wouldn't hurt to take a little sip, would it?" licking his bottom lip subconsciously, he got up and walked over, bending down at the edge to look at his reflection in the clear water.
Just as he finally decided to just take the pills, take a tiny sip of water and get it over and done with, he attempted to raise the hand with the pills to his mouth, but stopped when he felt incredibly uneasy inside. Suddenly, he covered one hand to his mouth and the other on the grass, supporting his body as he knelt down in an awkward manner.
A sudden fit of coughs followed, as his body racked along with the coughs violently. After desperately trying to swallow his saliva and clear his throat, he managed to stop himself from coughing any further, though he had to hold a few back, causing a few beads of tears to form at the corner of his eyes.
Tsuna sighed through his nose, closing his eyes for a brief moment as he uncovered his mouth and sat in a more comfortable position. Again, he raised a hand to brush his hair back, but felt the need to check his hand when he felt cold air brushing against it as if water or saliva on his hand. As he opened his eyes, it widened as he took a good long stare at his left hand. He looked at it as if he was seeing someone incredibly shocking or frightening.
The burning colour of crimson red was splattered on his hand;blood.
He swore he felt a few years burn off his lifespan during the violent fit of coughs. And he could've sworn another year was gone after going speechless looking at his own fucking hand. Remaining silent for a moments' worth of thought, he could only think of one thing.
Maybe his health was deteriorating.
TBC...
A/N: This chapter was INCREDIBLY rushed, so please forgive me. I just wanted to upload this chapter asap because break's almost over, and that means I won't have enough time to come on FF because it's exam month!
(1) - That line is from the KHR doujinshi 'Sunset Speeder' or something, not my line. It just sorta came with me after I watched it.
(2) - Also from hat doujinshi. It's not exactly the same, but somewhat similar, if my memory doesn't betray me.
Thanks for reading, I'm sorry if it seemed like a weak chapter (which it does seem like), I'm in a rush so, CIAO CIAO! [Reminder: This is still un-beta'd, but I'm not really looking for a beta anyway!]
