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Hibari, although one to enjoy napping frequently and is known to be rather cranky in the morning, wakes up early to prepare the committee for patrol and make himself present before any students arrive. Without fail, every morning, he rose at 5, clothed himself, brushed his teeth, washed his face, drank his tea, and left for school.

Much like everyday, the prefect woke at 5. But instead of being in his own bed, he found himself on a couch, his arms wrapped around a kitten. At least that's what he thought she looked like asleep. Yuri had turned around in her sleep so that the front of her body pressed against Hibari's and her head rested on his arm. Despite how hard it was, she found it to be a comfortable pillow.

Hibari retrieved his hand from under the blanket and lightly brushed her hair out of her face. She continued to sleep soundly as he traced her face with his eyes, memorizing each detail. The more honest he was with himself, the more he realised just how much he didn't want to leave. He found himself cursing the students that jumped Yuri again. If it weren't for them, she'd be going to school and he wouldn't have to wait until the very end of the day to see her. He breathed in deeply to calm himself. He already tonfa'd them into the hospital, but he still felt that wasn't enough of what they deserved.

Hibari pressed his lips to her forehead lightly before slowly maneuvering himself off the sofa, careful not to wake her. Yuri rolled onto her stomach and hugged the blanket, searching for the missing warmth. Hibari grabbed another blanket lying on a separate sofa chair and covered Yuri with it. He tucked the end under her feet before writing a note on a post-it he found in the kitchen and sticking it to her forehead.

xXx

Yuri smiled, covering her lips with the sticky note in her hand. When she first woke up, she was disappointed to find herself alone. She had looked forward to waking up and still being embraced in Hibari's arms, but she understood he needed to leave for school and take care of his duties. She groaned while stretching out her arms and legs. When she sat up she smiled at the caccoon Hibari had wrapped her in with the blankets. She fell back onto her back and giggled. Her arm covered her eyes and she felt the foreign object stuck to her forehead. She pulled the paper off her forehead and stared at what was written.

In Hibari's neat cursive was written, "If you're not in school by Monday, I'll bite you." She giggled at the thought of him "biting" her and decided she wouldn't mind at all. Part of her wanted to stay home until Tuesday, just to see what he has in mind when he says "bite".

Yuri looked over at the digital clock under her TV and groaned. It was already 9 o'clock. She had to get up and start her day. She had laundry to do and a nurse from the hospital was visiting her at noon. She had a busy morning today.

Time passed by quickly as Yuri busied herself. She started the laundry, ate lunch, finished any homework Kyoko-chan brought her from school, hung the clean clothes on the clothesline, and visited Nana. In no time at all, the nurse had arrived and checked her body over and asked a few questions about her health.

"Mizushima-san, you'll be able to go back to school on Monday," the nurse said as she packed her bag. "Just be really careful not to put much strain on your body. You can do light exercises such as walking and housework, but stay away from jogging and stretching for now. It's best to rest your muscles another 2 to 3 weeks."

"Un!" Yuri smiled, happy she could go back to school. She was getting bored at home with only housework and piles of homework to keep her company. If she didn't have Nana next door, she wasn't sure what she'd do with herself.

"Come by to remove your stitches at the hospital in two weeks."

Yuri nodded and smiled as she bid the nurse good bye. The clock by the TV blared 12:15 at her angrily, as if taunting her. It'll be another three or so hours until Tsuna and the rest come home. And another 5 or 6 until Hibari can visit her.

No matter how Yuri thought about it, she wasn't going to make it that long. With little hesistation, she ran upstairs to her room and changed into her uniform. She was going to sneak into school and see Hibari with the guise of collecting her homework for the weekend. Once dressed, Yuri grabbed a warm sweater and swiftly made her way to school.

Avoiding Kusakabe-san and the other Disciplinary Committee members, she carefully ran around the enterance and jumped down behind the bushes. She ignored the pain shooting through her stomach as the stitches pulled slightly. This kind of pain was nothing, she thought, remembering Tsuna and some of the scars he had on his back. Those look painful. She ran into the school while the Committee members' backs were turned and made it in safely. She crouched down, breathing heavily. Gym was her most hated class and she wasn't all that fit, but to have avoided Kusakabe-san was a gre-.

"Ah, Yuri-chan!"

Yuri sweatdropped. She hadn't avoided him at all. "Eh, hello, Ku-Senpai. How are you?" She smiled sweetly at him, hoping he'd let her go off alone.

"I'm well. Are you here to see Hibari-sama?" He didn't let her put in a word as he pushed her to the stairs and up to the Disciplinary office. "He's in the office doing paper work, but he wont mind you coming up at all! It's so good to see you're well, Yuri-chan. We were all worried about you when we heard you were hurt. Hibari-sama gave us orders to look out for you from now on, so be rest assured, we wont let anything happen to you again!"

Kusakabe-san continued to drag her until they reached the office. He grinned at her and despite her wariness, she had to smile back. Kusakabe-san loved to talk, but he was kind and took good care of both Hibari and herself.

Kusakabe-san knocked on the door and opened it slowly, reveling both himself and Yuri. "Sorry to disturb you, Hibari-sama. There's someone here to see you." Kusakabe-san winked at Yuri before lightly pushing her in and shutting the door.

Hibari stared at her from his desk with a lazy look. "Uh, hi," she said, raising her hand in greeting. "I-I just came to get my homework...but Kusakabe-san grabbed me and took me here..."

Hibari's lips pulled lightly to one side in a smirk. "You're not here to see me?" he teased. Yuri blushed and averted her eyes to her feet, twiddling with her hair. He took the chance to look her over and notice her appearance. "Fix your hair and roll down your skirt. You're breaking the school code."

Yuri pouted as she unrolled the hem of her skirt so it reached past her mid thigh. Her skirt was already too long for her, seeing as she was shorter than average, and she felt that her legs looked stubby when she left her skirt unrolled, but she did as she was told. She smoothed down the hair at the crown of her hair and looked at him for a sign of satisfaction."You're not going to tell me to take out my nose ring?"

A light pink tinge appeared on his cheeks as he averted his eyes, adamant to keep a straight face. "It's cute."

A big grin erupted on her face and she giggled as she ran around to Hibari's side. She sat down across his lap and pecked him quickly on the lips. "Thank you!"

Hibari smiled gently when she wasn't looking. He turned back to his paperwork and continued to fill it out with Yuri on his lap, watching him. "I have your homework here," he said, pointing to a folder at the corner of his desk. He must have prepared it in advance, seeing as how he was more liekly to visit her than Kyoko-chan. "Do you want to start it?" Yuri shook her head and rested her head on his shoulder. "...You should." She pouted, wishing she could just sit in his lap and watch him work.

Sighing, he wordlessly picked her up and placed her on the couch in front of the room. He grabbed her folder and his paperwork and brought it over to the table. He set a mechanical pencil on her work and looked at her expectedly.

She sighed, looking back at him. "I don't like you." He wordlessly went back to his work, relaxing into the couch. "I think I'm going to break up with you." He silently continued his work, unfazed by her bluffing. "Did you hear me? I'm breaking up with you. I'm going to go out with Gokudera-kun." He scoffed at that and Yuri pouted. She grabbed her folder and pencil and lied down on her stomach across Hibari's lap in an effort to distract him. It didn't get her very far as Hibari quickly pulled a blanket down over her legs and butt. Yuri smiled as she finally gave in and began her homework. It would be no use putting it off and having to do it when Hibari had free time.

The couple worked on their papers quietly, but efficiently. Hibari finished before Yuri and watched her struggle to figure out her last math problem. "Divide 18 from both sides."

"Oh!" It was so obvious yet she didn't catch it herself. "Thanks!" And with that, she closed the folder and pulled herself up to sit on her ankles. "Are you done?"

"Hn." They were back to one syllabic replies. Yuri still grinned.

"Is there anything else you need to do today?"

"No."

"Then let's go!" She smiled, grabbing onto his sleeve.

"School hasn't end yet."

"No?" She looked up at the clock on the opposite wall and sighed. Indeed, it was only 1:58. She understood he had to make sure every student did their cleaning duties and left the premises after club activities.

Hibari looked over her body as she stared blankly at the clock. If he hadn't known what her body looked like last week, he wouldn't have been able to tell that she was hurt at all. She seemed to sit comfortably with her legs tucked under her and her arms crossed under her chest. Although she didn't physically show any pain or discomfort, her wounds couldn't be healed completely in such a short time.

"How's your body?" he asked her softly.

Yuri looked momentarily surprised, but she quickly smirked mischievously and her hands started to pull the hem of her sweater up. "You wanna see for yourself?"

Hibari's hands shot up to hers, halting them, but instead of pulling her sweater back down, he surprised her by removing it himself. First, he looked over her arms. Bruises peaked out of her sleeves but they were now faded to a yellow and light green colour. He cautiously unbuttoned her shirt and pulled the sides back to view her stomach. Stitches still lined up from the side of her ribs to the lower half of her stomach. The wound had healed well but the stitches were still in danger of ripping if handled too harshly. Though he looked her over with a stoic expression, fighting back every emotion he felt as he looked at the condition she was in, pain and regret was still evident in his eyes.

He gingerly buttoned her shirt back up and pulled her sweater back on her. When her head popped up from inside, he placed a kiss on her lips and pulled her hair out of her clothes with his arm. "I'm sorry I didn't protect you," he whispered, forehead pressed against hers.

Yuri smiled sadly as she took his hands in hers. "It's not your fault. -And don't say it is!" she cut him off as he opened his mouth to argue. "It's mine. I shouldn't of acted that way to get your attention and I shouldn't have been so trusting of other people."

Hibari scoffed. "What idiots. As if I wouldn't bite them to death after they hurt a Namimori student."

"...Just a Namimori student?" Yuri smirked.

"...No." Yuri grinned and kissed him on the lips. "I'll protect you from now on."

"I know." She smiled lovingly at him and squeezed his hands.

"...Should I teach you how to fight?" he pondered out loud as he measured the strength she used to squeeze his hands. It was hardly felt by him.

"No," she scoffed. "I'm not cut out for that."

Hibari thought about their relationship in the long run. Eventually, she was going to come across trouble. He's not exactly the safest man to date and her friends weren't exactly safe people to know either. She needed to know how to protect herself when the time came.

"No," he said with conviction. "You're going to need to know how to defend yourself." Yuri couldn't see the point in arguing with him. He was clearly set on teaching her. "I wont go easy on you," he told her straightforwardly with frown.

Yuri smirked suggestively. "I can't wait to be bitten."

Hey guys! I made chapter 10 longer, especially compared to the last. Hopefully, I'll continue to write really long ones. This one was a bit over 2,000 characters, I'm aiming for 3,000 - 4,000 in the next one.

I'd like to thank akairu tamashii, PancakeRave, KhAeL, MikaUchiha666 for reviewing and kt716, TheOdaFan, moonlight phonex101, Sora Yuuki Uchhilen for alerting the last chapter. Thank you so much! =]

I hope you guys don't find Hibari to be totally out of character. I wanted him to be distinctly different with Yuri than with anyone else. Although I love the stories where he's still cruel and cold but shows some more interest than usual to the love interest, but I like reading the stories where he can be totally different, and even open and show happiness with the love interest even more. Especially since Yuri isn't the quiet type.
I hope you all look forward to the next chapter. :3