I own nothing! Short update. Worth it though.
Conversations That Never Happened.
Mama was avoiding me.
I sighed as I dropped my head onto my desk. Last night I had asked her about learning how to hunt, she was not on board with it. At all. After stuttering for a minute, she told me quite firmly that if I was hungry, I was to ask her for blood and she would bring it home from the hospital. After that she "went for a walk" and I hadn't been able to catch her since. It was starting to become a real issue for me too, I had already been struggling with the thirst yesterday and chocolate just wasn't cutting it anymore. I'd been spaced out and tired all day from the lack of proper nutrition. I couldn't help but slump in my desk and mope. I was irritable and moody too, so many little things were bothering me today. The teachers had noticed my inattentiveness today and were being unusually abrasive. Even Yamamoto's constant cheer was draining me of energy… I still had to go to the boxing tryouts after school. I sighed again, louder this time. A large part of me wanted to just skip the tryouts and apologise later, but I had made a promise to Onii-san and didn't want to break it. Kamiyama-san might have had something to do with it too.
"Che, what happened to you dame-tsuna? Only the second day of school and you already can't hack it?" I heard from behind me. Irritation shot through me at the grating voice of Asano-san. Looks like he wasn't going to cut me any slack today. I decided to just ignore him, class would be starting soon enough. "Oi, are you deaf and dumb now? I'm talking to you." He said while poking me with a pencil. Realizing he wasn't going to let it go I sluggishly sat up and turned my face towards him.
"What is it Asano-san?" I asked. He took one look at me and scrunched up his face.
"You look like shit. You sick or something? Go to the nurse's office and lie down instead of spreading it to the rest of the class." He said. I frowned, but otherwise didn't react.
"I'm not sick…. just…. J-just tired." I said, half focused on what I was saying, half zoning out and done with the conversation.
"Yeah? Well if you stay in Nezu-sensei's class like this he's going to tear you apart. I'd leave if I were you, but then again I might enjoy the show so feel free to stay." He said and leaned back in his desk. I turned my head back towards the front and started down at my hands… Asano-san actually did have a point. Just the thought of dealing with Nezu-sensei made me want to cry. The nurse's office would probably smell awful, but I could probably catch a nap. I nodded my head once and started gathering up my stuff. I turned to Asano-san as I stood up.
"U-uhm… Thank you." I said, a little uncomfortably. Asano-san stared at me for a second and then shrugged his shoulders.
"Tch. Whatever." He said.
"Don't let Nezu-sensei catch you." Said Furukawa-san. I startled at his voice and looked over to see him standing by Yamamoto-san. I hadn't even noticed them, I must be worse off than I thought.
"Do you want me to walk you down there, Tsuna-san?" asked Yamamoto. I shook my head, I didn't want to make him late for class.
"No, no. I'll be okay. I better go… thanks guys." I said.
"Aha, feel better Tsuna-san." Said Yamamoto as I departed. I took Asano-san and Furukawa-san's advice to heart as I walked down the halls and did my best to keep my eyes and nose peeled for Nezu-sensei after the bell rang. I only had to duck and hide once to get away from him, so I was in the clear. When I finally reached my destination I slid open the door with a polite excuse me and walked into the room. I came face to face with Hibari-sempai holding two limp bodies by the wrists. He narrowed his eyes at me.
"Omnivore." He said. I gulped. I never should have let my guard down, tired or not.
"H-hello." I said. An eternity later he turned away from me and proceeded to deposit the two students (corpses?) onto a bed by pulling them off the ground behind his back and flipping them up over his head like freaking sacks of flour. Dear god. He walking over to the rolling stool and sat himself down, apparently he was staying. I cautiously moved further into the room towards an open bed. "U-uhm… is the nurse in?" I asked. He glared at me again. "O-oh… I guess not then? I'll just claim this bed then…" I said and sat down.
"Why?" he asked.
"Eh? Why?" I repeated.
"You can't get sick." he said. Oh…
"W-well not really, not in a traditional sense. I'm half – human, so some things make me feel ill, but I can't er… catch a cold or something like that… I'm just tried." I said.
"Pathetic." He spat at me. Huh? He stood up and walked towards me. "Are you a herbivore after all? If you're hungry; hunt." He said with a frown as he towered over me. I leaned back a little, the notion of hunting sending a thrill through me. I stomped down on the feeling though.
"I… can't. I promised Momma I wouldn't." I said. I didn't want to deal with this right now. I just wanted to sleep.
"She is… an omnivore too?" he said. I nodded my head.
"I guess? She's a pure blood, so maybe a … er…. carnivore?" I said. Hibari-sempai inclined his head.
"Then don't hunt." He said while gesturing to the two passed out students on the near by bed. I looked at him in horror and waved my hands out in front of me.
"No, no, no, no! I can't do that! They are passed out, I can't just take advantage of them!" I said. Besides, weren't they missing enough blood already?
"It's food." He said bluntly. I gapped at him. How could he just expect me to bite someone who didn't even consent…. Oh. Maybe he didn't know that feeding wasn't just… eating.
"Uhm… Hibari-sempai. What do you know about feeding?" I asked slowly. He crossed his arms, impatient.
"Biting and blood." He said. Suddenly I could see why he was so insistent about this, he just wanted to watch a vampire 'bite someone to death' in a literal sense.
"I see… I don't need to feed right now, Hibari-sempai. I just need to sleep for a bit…" I trailed off, hoping he would let it drop. It was too much to ask for, of course.
"I know you are hungry, lying herbivore. Explain." He said. I swallowed, was I really going to have to give Hibari-sempai 'the talk'? This definitely classified as too much informantion, I'd only known him for a day. I warred with myself for a bit but thinking back to the promise I made in exchange for keeping my secret I nodded my head.
"Okay… u-uhm feeding isn't just biting and blood. It's uhm…. It's biting, blood, and…. physical contact?" I tried. He narrowed his eyes.
"You must hold down live prey a certain way?" he said. My shoulders slumped, he wasn't getting it. Why did this feel like corrupting a child?
"Not.. exactly. Okay, I'll just go ahead and say it. F-feeding involves biting, blood, and… and sex." I said, sounding as embarrassed as I felt. Hibari-sempai gave no outwards reaction as he digested this new information, he simply pasued, turned, and left the room. Blood flooded my face as I flopped back onto the bed and covered my eyes with my hands. Okay, now would be a really great time to suddenly die. Hibari-sempai was not ignorant to his heritage, but is parents clearly hadn't taught him everything… please god, let us never speak of this again.
Snoitasrevnoc Taht Reven Deneppah
Sorry Hibari, the only death involved with feeding is a little one.
I just like to make my characters uncomfortable for laughs/