Happy New Year everyone. I kinda forced this chapter to finish because I kind of have a writer's block at the moment. However, I wanted it updated before 2012. Excuse me for its extreme shortness and crappiness.
alphaX: At this moment, Reborn has pretty much figured out that Tsuna has autism. After all, he is a keen person. As for the question about Alaude, Giotto and Tsuna… Well, I'm not quite going to reveal anything yet. (:
InfiniteWhiplash: Lol. That has happened to me before as well. xD
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Chapter 12
The door of the room creaked open slowly as Reborn glanced down at the person before him. Giotto breathed a sigh of relief as he walked over to his teacher and sat down beside him.
"How's work?" Reborn asked, looking at the blond from the corner of his eye.
Giotto merely bent his head and smirked in response, "As usual."
The man in the fedora couldn't help but grin slightly, which didn't go unnoticed by the blond.
"You seem happier today, sensei," Giotto noted with a yawn.
"I met some interesting people a couple of nights ago," Reborn stated, "You're not as good at covering things up as you think you are."
The blond looked at his teacher questioningly, "Covering things up?"
"It's nothing," the man dismissed.
Giotto frowned but decided to not push on the subject. Reborn-sensei often said things which he disregards almost seconds later.
"However, it's just a little bit longer until you get out of this place."
Giotto's frown deepened, "What exactly are you planning on doing, Reborn-sensei?"
The man pulled his fedora over his eyes and smirked, "Just wait for the show."
The blond felt a growing sympathy for whoever was on the receiving end of Reborn-sensei's plan. From that smirk, he really didn't want his teacher as an enemy…
"That reminds me," Reborn said, "What did you do with Sawada Tsunayoshi?"
"What do you mean?" Giotto asked. Multiple possibilities ran through his head in a second.
"He's been acting strangely at school," Reborn covered smoothly. He didn't intend on Giotto finding out about what Tsuna and the Student Council Vice President had been doing these past few nights. Something drastic was sure to happen.
"Strangely? Oh, I did disappear on him that day…" Giotto trailed off. That's right. He did disappear that day. He had also promised Tsuna's mother that the two of them were going to walk home together.
Giotto felt a sudden onslaught of guilt. Tsuna would've waited until the end of the day before realising Giotto hadn't attended school.
Waiting.
"Giotto. I heard that there was another blond around here. His name is Alaude, I think," Reborn said peering at Giotto's face for a reaction, "Do you know anything about him?"
The blond's eyes narrowed slightly, "How do you know about Alaude?"
"I have my sources but that's beside the point. My informant also suggested getting him out too," Reborn stated, "However, I have a feeling that anyone who wishes to leave will do so after my plan."
"How do you know about Alaude?" Giotto repeated.
"I have no reason to tell you."
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Alaude sneezed as he sprinted through the corridors wildly, ignoring yells and the heavy footfalls of the people chasing him. For a brothel, security was pretty tight judging from the money and influence Father had on the business world. He escaped once, Father wouldn't make it so easy to escape again.
'Shit. Why is this place so big?' Alaude cursed as he ducked into a room and out another door into a narrow , he knew this place well. Not many people knew about this corridor and Alaude, along with Giotto, would often come here when they wished to escape reality if not for a second.
Smirking slightly, the blond continued to run, checking behind him to ensure he had no pursuers.
A heavy impact and a short yell caused Alaude to fall to the ground. His eyes stayed glued to the floorboards, not wishing to look up and see whom he bumped into.
"Ah, sorry, sorry!" the person apologised, "I was looking for the bathroom and got lost."
Alaude frowned. He recognised that voice.
"Alaude-san?"
Finally looking up, Alaude saw a pair of brown eyes and messy brown hair in front of him. "You," he said angrily, "I told you to leave and forget about this place."
Tsuna blinked, "I did leave. It's also hard to forget something like this."
"What I meant was leave and don't come back."
"Oh."
Alaude picked himself up from the ground and brushed himself off. Tsuna did the same seconds later.
"You said you were looking for a bathroom?" Alaude noted, earning a nod from Tsuna, "How the hell did you end up here?"
Tsuna took a deep breath, "I needed to go to the bathroom and there weren't any outside and Reborn-sensei went inside and said something to the receptionist and I was allowed inside to find a bathroom and I got lost and heard people running and I ran into a room and ended up here and then I bumped int-"
"Stop. That's enough."
Alaude frowned mentally. Tsuna really was something if he managed to find this place while looking for a bathroom. Each separate room should've been equipped with a bathroom, though. How on earth did he end up here of all places? Talk about coincidence.
The sound of voices through the walls drifted throughout the corridor as Alaude clamped a hand over Tsuna's mouth. "We must not be found. Stay quiet," he whispered.
Tsuna thought for a while before shrugging. He wasn't exactly talking in the first place…
As the voices quietened down, Alaude released his hold of Tsuna.
The brunet sniffed the air, "Alaude-san."
Alaude glanced at the boy.
"You smell strange. Like some kind of spice mixed with salt."
Alaude sighed. Of course he had to wear some sort of perfume. It was a requirement in his line of work. As for the salt, perspiration was an absolute product in his line of work.
"Oh. I still need to go to the bathroom," Tsuna muttered to himself, "I'll get going. See you later, Alaude-san."
"Wait."
Tsuna looked at the blond and blinked questioningly.
"I'll direct you to a bathroom if you help me out with something."
The brunet nodded in agreement, not particularly caring what Alaude wanted him to do. He needed a bathroom and that was all.
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G. sat outside tapping his foot madly on the ground. Men and women alike glanced at him, whispering in hushed voices behind hands. Either Reborn or Tsuna should have returned by now. It didn't take that long to find a bathroom, did it? After all, brothels should be abundant with bathrooms, right?
The word "brothel" brought a strange feeling to his stomach. It was such a horrible sounding word with its meaning no better.
Ah. He really wanted a cigarette now. Actually, smoking one would make him seem older, too.
An underage student wondering around the red-light district at such a time wasn't particularly good for his reputation. No one would believe him if he said he was the Student Council Vice President of a school.
A hand slithered towards the front of his jeans as G. glanced up to see a busty woman wind her arm around his neck.
"Hey there, boy. Why're you in a place like this at this time?" she whispered seductively into his ear, causing G.'s eye to twitch wildly as disgust rolled off him in waves, "Shouldn't you be finishing homework like a good boy?"
It took every ounce of self control in his body to prevent himself yelling and punching the living daylights out of her.
"Remove yourself," he hissed.
"Oh?" she grinned, "But this thing's getting hard."
G. exploded.
"FUCK NO! WHO THE FUCK WOULD GET AROUSED OVER YOU? REMOVE YOUR FUCKING HAND BEFORE I SHOVE SOMETHING THROUGH YOUR FUCKING EYES. GOT IT?"
The woman left moments later.
G. sat back down, tapping his foot madly on the ground once more. Even more people started whispering and sniggering to each other.
'Shit. I caused a scene,' G. thought, sighing.
He really really wanted a cigarette now.
Sorry again for the late/short/crappy chapter.
I'll try and update faster though I'm sure it wouldn't work. I can't help but think of chapters way into the future.
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And Happy New Year once more~
Kharron (: