Title: The True You
Theme: #71. The True You
Rating: K
Character/Pairing: KenxChrome
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Summary: The first time he saw her, he hated her. And she smiled shyly, because she knew he really didn't.
A/N: A lot of liberties taken, because I don't remember the Kokuyo backstory much.

The first time Chrome met Chikusa and Ken; there had not been a memorable impression. Chikusa nodded, pushed up his glasses and walked to the window. Ken stared at the shy purple-haired girl who has a resemblance to their leader and snarled. "Who are you?"

The first time he saw her, he hated her. And she smiled shyly, because she knew he really didn't.

He saw her as someone weak, useless and a burden.

Both members of the Kokuyo gang did not care for her. She was nothing but the link that connected them to Rokudo Mukuro and while they were to protect her, half the time, she was invisible.

Chikusa was easy to understand. He simply did not care.

But Ken was strange. To Chrome, he feigned hate, and hid curiosity. Words that left his mouth were rude, offensive and rarely positive. But it was his strange personality that intrigued Chrome.

While he clearly stated that he despised her, when she had gotten sick, during the brief moments of awareness, he had been sitting by her bedside. When she woke up, meals -still warm- were placed near her. When she asked, he had gruffly said that they were leftovers from the night before.

Chrome simply smiled, thanked him anyways, and walked back to her bed. It wasn't like she didn't believe him, she was just smiling at the way he hid the medicine he just bought behind his back.

The next day, she found the small bottle of pills, accompanied with a bottle of water, sitting on the chair beside her.

That night, while everyone was sleeping, she noiselessly stepped into Ken's room and stared down at the blonde boy. Unlike the guarded, scowling face he had when he was awake, his sleeping face was relaxed and peaceful.

Chrome blushed slightly. "Thank you Ken-kun," she whispered, before dipping her head down and kissed his forehead.

She still didn't understand him very well, but she knew that even if he was part beast, inside, he was truly human.

Started: 11:03PM
Finished: 11:30PM

A/N: Sorry for OOC-ness.