A/N: MUAHAHAHAHAHA! FINALLY! After a month of struggling in finishing this chapter, I had finally finished it! U-Uwaa... Q_Q" I felt like crying now... School life is really taking up most of my time that I can't even sat down and write my stories peacefully! But then, I had finally finished it, muhahahahha! :D I hope you guys enjoyed it!

P.S: This chapter haven't been beta-read since... my beta-readers are also busy with their school life...

Chapter #12- Misunderstood

"Kyoko-chan! You looked so gorgeous!" the brunette squealed out in delight as the soon-to-be bride came out from the changing room. The mist guardian next to the over-active girl stared in awe at their best friend who was wearing the wedding dress they had chosen for her.

There were no words describing how beautiful Kyoko Sasagawa looked in the pure white wedding dress along with a pink laced ribbon wrapped around her waist. The simple-looking dropped waist wedding dress wrapped around her body perfectly. It made the usual dense and innocent-looking orange head looked like a stunning beauty that every men might going to get jealous over her groom; Sawada Tsunayoshi.

"Kyoko-chan… looked really beautiful…" Chrome knew that she had a lot of compliments about the dress her best friend was wearing, but she just couldn't find the right word to describe it!

"Thank you for your compliments, Haru-chan, Chrome-chan." Kyoko gave a thankful smile to both of her best friends before she turned around, examining her reflection in the full-length mirror in front of her.

"Hmm… I wonder if Tsu-kun is going to love it or not. It looked really nice for me and the price isn't really expensive like the other dresses I had tried." The orange head said as she spin around, examining the back of her dress this time.

"Well… I believe that bossu will love it…" A soft smile grazed up on the female illusionist face as she remembered how her boss had tried to confess to the dense orange head several times in the past. She was amazed at how her boss had never laid his eyes on another girl even when Kyoko had always been dense towards his feeling for her. "Because… it had always been bossu's dream to be able to marry Kyoko-chan…"

Tints of redness start to spread on the soon-to-be Mafioso wife's cheeks as she lowered her head, staring at her beautiful wedding dress. "Well… it's been mine too... ever since I fell for Tsu-kun…" Kyoko whispered softly as a gentle smile spread on her face. Suddenly, the orange head could feel eyes on her and she looked up, only to see all of her friends having a knowing smirk on their faces.

"Isn't it better if you say it to him instead of us, Kyoko-chan~?" Haru teased and the girls laughed as Kyoko ended up flustering.

Chrome stopped giggling after a while and as she watched the two of her best friends started to bicker with each other playfully. She could felt faint blush spread on her face as she stared at Kyoko.

'It's been my dream too… to be able to marry with the man I love… I couldn't help but feel a bit jealous over Kyoko-chan. I guess it's just because I'm the only one who doesn't have a proper relationship with the one I love…' She thought before letting out a soft sigh. Well, it can't be helped. She knew that it was her own fault. Mukuro had confessed to her several times and had always saying sweet-for-nothing words to her all the time, but she was just being a stubborn stupid idiot and denied to the fact that she felt the same to him.

"Ah, Chrome-chan. How do you think about this bridesmaid's dress? It will look good on you, especially since the purple color fitted with your indigo eyes!" Kyoko awoke Chrome from her trail of thought as she showed a simple-looking, short and strapless purple dress to her.

"E-Eh? But it's Kyoko-chan who is getting married. And I will feel bad since I have always been the one who is accepting gifts from Kyoko-chan and Haru-chan…" the purple head muttered softly as she tried to reject the kind offer of the loving orange head.

"What's Chrome-chan talking about? We're best friends! So it's just obvious we want you to look as one of the most beautiful bridesmaid in the wedding, right, Kyoko-chan?" the brunette grinned as she asked the bride. Kyoko's smile wider as she gave a quick nod in agreement at what her over-active friend said.

"Haru-chan is right! We want to make Chrome-chan become one of the prettiest bridesmaids in my wedding so everyone will felt jealous over you! And I'm sure Mukuro-kun is going to love it when he saw Chrome-chan wearing this one!" the orange head gave a teasing wink as she watched Chrome's face turned into different shade of redness when she heard the name of her ex-master.

"But i-it's really too much-"Chrome couldn't finish up her words when the two girls pushed her down to the couch softly. Kyoko give her a reassuring smile while Haru rummaged through her handbag, searching for her cosmetic bag.

"Now, Chrome-chan. We'll make sure that Mukuro-kun will fall over you all over again when we're done~" the younger girl's face turned pale as the orange head started to loosening her tie before starting to unbutton her shirt.

"Kyoko-chan?" The Vongola Decimo knocked on the door of the bride's room before opening it.

"Do you mind if I have a little talk with you, Kyoko… chan…" the brunette was cut off as he saw his fiancée and his mist guardian laying on the couch together in a very… awkward way. To make it even embarrassed, Tsuna had saw his mist guardian's purple and black lacey bra.

"T-Tsu-kun?" Kyoko called as she was surprised by the brunette's sudden appearance. The young Mafioso seemed to snap out of his thoughts as his face was immediately red like never before.

"I-I SWORE THAT I NEVER S-SAW A-A-ANYTHING!" Tsuna flustered as he slammed the door close, leaving a blushing red Chrome and the other two girls giving a nervous and sorry smile to her.

Tsuna stood outside the room, his face was as red as a ripe tomato and his left hand was gripping tightly around the soft fabric of his wedding suit over his chest, in where his heart was still beating like there was no tomorrow.

'S-Shit! Why out of all timing, I had to saw them in that awkward position?!' he screamed deep inside his mind, his face sweating bullets as he tried to get the disturbing image out from his head.

The door suddenly opened and Tsuna turned around, only to meet face-to-face with his mist guardian who blushed madly when she saw him. He gave a nervous grin as he tried to explain on how he just didn't meant to see her half-naked, however, the illusionist didn't heard what he said as she quickly ran away, her face turning even redder if it was possible.

"W-Wait, Chrome! I-I just wanted to…" he couldn't finish up his sentence as she ran away from his sight.

"It is okay, Tsuna-san." Another voice said as a brunette girl open the door and walked out from the bride room. "Haru will go and apologize to Chrome-chan. After all, it is Haru's and Kyoko-chan's fault for trying and forcing her wearing that dress…" the girl gave a nervous laugh as she fumbled with her thumbs.

"I-Is that so…? W-Well, the next time you girls wanted to do it, please lock the door. I seriously won't want to imagine on what will happen if it was Hibari-san or Mukuro who barged in and saw Chrome half-naked." The Mafioso shivered as the mental image formed in his mind. Seriously, the only thing he could imagine what will happen to his poor, innocent mist guardian if the skylark or the pineapple seeing her half-naked was harassing her. He didn't want his female mist guardian losing her innocence (and virginity) before she got married, thank you very much.

"Tsuna-san sounded like a protective elder brother of Chrome-chan for Haru." Haru give a whole hearty giggle as she watch a faint blush creeping on Tsuna's face.

"D-Do I?" he asked with a nervous smile and the brunette woman nodded her head, before deciding to leave.

"Ah, I'm going to search for Chrome-chan now! And Tsuna-san, take your time with your beloved wife!" Haru give a teasing wink before walked away, searching for the purplenette.

Tsuna felt his face turned even redder from Haru's words.

"W-What did she meant by that?"

"Tsu-kun?" As if immediately, the sweet and familiar voice called as an orange head popped her head. Tsuna turned around and his jaw nearly dropped down when he had finally got a good look on his fiancée's look.

Sawada Tsunayoshi suddenly felt like he was the luckiest man in the world (Well, he always was, ever since his beloved fiancée decided to go out with him.). The woman, no, his soon-to-be wife who stood in front of him looked like an incredible gorgeous angel for him.

"T-Tsu-kun, d-do you think that this dress is ugly?" the orange head asked nervously when she noticed that her fiancé had been staring at her and he seemed like he had forgotten how to breathe.

"N-No… Kyoko-chan… i-it suited you! It looked… beautiful on you…" he cursed at himself for his lack of compliments. But can you blame him? He just couldn't find any great compliments right now when his lover looked so stunning in front of him!

"R-Really? I'm getting all nervous just now as I thought you're going to hate it!" the orange head let out a sigh of relief before looking at the brunette with her typical warm smile.

"So, Tsu-kun, is there something you wanted to ask me?"

The purple head gave out an exhausted sigh as she fixed her shirt and was currently tying up her tie. The blush that spread on her face was slowly disappearing but she was still mad over her two best friends who played a really, really bad joke at her and at the same time, she was also still embarrassed at the fact that her boss had saw her bra…

'THAT'S IT.' Chrome growled in her mind as she had an urge of banging her head on the nearest wall. 'I need to stop thinking about these things! Bossu didn't even mean to barge in and saw me h-half-naked! Everything was just an incident!' she told herself deep inside her mind before finally done with tying her tie.

'But what if it was Mukuro-sama or Kyoya…?' a little tiny voice in her mind asked. The female illusionist stopped dead, her cheeks turned red once again from the question.

In her embarrassment, Chrome started to speed up, rounding the corner. Her embarrassment and speed blinded her from unsuspecting the person who was heading in the opposite direction. She collided into the other person so hard that she was knocked down onto the floor.

"Herbivore, are you alright?" a cold and familiar voice asked.

That voice… w-was it Kyoya…?

The illusionist looked up and realized that she was indeed right. Standing in front of her was the one and only cloud guardian, Hibari Kyoya.

"K-Kyoya!"

"Herbivore woman, how long do you plan to sat on the floor and showing off your undergarment to me?" Hibari asked as if it's the most obvious question as Chrome's face turned even redder. She quickly stood and held her skirt down as she looked back at the skylark who stood in front of her silently.

"K-Kyoya, please tell me that you didn't see anything." She said, even if she knew no matter how hard she denied it, the skylark still had saw her… panties.

"Hn, herbivore. I never know you had such a heavy taste-"

"KYOYA!" She screamed out in embarrassment, stopping the man from finishing his words. Hibari smirked teasingly at her as she gave him a childish pout.

The skylark raised his hand as he gently caressed her cheek, his onyx eyes stared deeply into her violets. He had been missing having such memorable moments with her. He missed having her waking up next to him on his bed whenever she said she wanted 'accompany'. He missed how she will blush and pouted as he teased her. He missed how she will always welcome him as he returned from his mission with her heart-warming smile. He missed… the presence of her by his side.

Everything just seemed to change between them ever since Rokudo Mukuro reappeared in her life once again.

"Kyoya…?" Chrome called when she noticed that Hibari was lost in his own thought.

Suddenly, the skylark pulled her into his embrace, making the girl squeaked at his sudden action.

"K-Kyoya?" she called out once again as the cloud guardian buried his head into her shoulder. He let out a deep sigh when he smelt the familiar sweet lavender scent of the mist guardian in her purple locks.

"Just… stay like this for a moment, herbivore." He muttered, almost pleadingly but he could careless right now. All he wanted… was having her by his side right now, just like before.

After recovering her shock, Chrome gave out a sigh as she nodded her head, wrapping her arms around his broad shoulders. Usually, she won't allow any men to be so close to her… but then… this is Hibari, the man who had been by her side supporting her all along in these ten years.

She just felt like it's alright to have him being so close to her.

Unknown to the two guardians, a pair of mix-matched orbs had been watching them all the time and the said-person had his hands balled into fists as he glared murderously at the skylark who is embracing the purple head.

"And now… Kyoko-chan, you can open your eyes."

The orang head slowly open her eyes as she felt something cold surrounded her neck. She gasped as she looked at her reflection in the mirror in front of her.

Right around her neck was a silver necklace with a ring hanging on it. A ring with an orange gem nested in it, to make it even obvious.

She looked up, staring at her fiancé in disbelief as she couldn't find the right words to say. The brunette just smiled lovingly to her as he wrapped his arms around her smaller body.

"Ever since the incident with Pescha family, I had always been thinking about this to myself. I'm really glad that you're by my side, Kyoko. You're not only there with me and giving me emotional support. You had grown stronger in these years. You… I saw your resolve that day. Your resolve of protecting our family and me… I couldn't find the right words to describe how I felt, but I'm sure that I felt proud and glad to have you by my side ever since ten years ago." He said, gently running his fingers through his lover's long silky orange locks.

"Tsu-kun…" the orange head whispered as she returned her fiancé's hold. "Thank you… for believing in me…" she uttered as a happy smile spread on her face. She couldn't find any way to describe about how much she appreciated the gift he gave to her.

"Dame-Tsuna, can you stop being all romantic with your lover and get the hell back to your office right now? You still have plenty of paperwork waiting for you in your office." A cold and serious voice said as Tsuna suddenly felt a gun poking his back.

"R-Reborn!" the Mafioso's face immediately heated up as he saw his tutor smirking at the scene before him. Kyoko immediately pushed herself away from the Mafia boss as she was flustered from being seen during their little sweet and romantic moment together.

"You just have to come and ruin the little bit of happiness I have, don't you, Reborn?" Tsuna gave a frown at his sadistic tutor before he muttered under his breath.

"It's my job as your tutor, dame-Tsuna. So shut the hell up and get back to your office, NOW before you lose your head, wedding boy."

"F-Fine, Reborn… just please… I don't want a scar on my face just a day before my wedding." He murmured and stood up before walking towards the exit before closing the doors behind him.

'Dammit, can't he just let me have a peaceful day with Kyoko? That sadistic, evil and horrible tutor of mine…' He gave out a sigh as he thought.

The hitman merely pointed his gun at the oak door, taking not even a second to fire two shots that swiftly when through the hard wood. The demon tutor smirked as he heard the sound of his dame student landing on the hard floor on his behind, probably being saved by his hyper intuition.

He heard string of curses in different language of the brunette as Kyoko could only smiled nervously at the infamous Hitman in front of her.

"R-Reborn-kun, don't you think that you're a bit harsh to him?" she asked hesitantly to him.

"I don't think so, but I do think you're spoiling him too much, Kyoko."

The brunette let out a sigh as he roamed around his mansion. Where should he go? He doesn't felt like going back to his dark, unwelcoming office room and neither did he wanted to go back to Kyoko's room. Well, it's not that he didn't want to spend his time with his beloved soon-to-be wife, but with the sadistic tutor of his staying in her room, he just knew that nothing good will happen to him.

He stopped walking out of sudden. Turning around, he was facing at particularly no one before he let out a sigh.

"How long are you planning on hiding and following me around, Mukuro?"

Moments later, a dark figure slowly stepped out of the shadows from the corner of the empty corridor revealing his male mist guardian who leaned against the wall and gave out an amusing eerie laugh to the brunette.

"Kufufufu~ as expected from the Vongola Decimo." He cackled creepily as Tsuna let out a sigh at the sight of seeing another person who loved to torture his life.

"Okay… what do you want? Because I know way too well that you won't be following me around just for nothing." His intuition suddenly started to act up. As if telling him that something was not going to be okay.

"Fufufu~ that's intelligent of you, Sawada Tsunayoshi." Mukuro said amusingly before he continued. "I'm here… to ask you to help me in a little problem I'm having here…"

Tsuna didn't know why but the creepy smirk spread on the illusionist face was just telling him that Mukuro was planning something in his brain.

"If it's about having me forcing Chrome to do something again… I'm not going to help you." The brunette said, giving a frown to his male mist guardian. He was already feeling guilty enough ever since the time when Chrome had to force herself going to a mission with Mukuro for his sake.

"Kufufufu~ for you information, my dearest Nagi and I are doing VERY WELL. I just need you to help me ask her a very simple question."

The brunette raised his eyebrow in curiosity at the pineapple head in front of him.

"Tch."

The storm guardian clicked his tongue as he walked through the halls. A scowl was represented on his face, silently telling everyone to stay away from him unless they wanted a taste of his dynamites. He ran his left hand through his silver locks as he gave out an exhausted sigh.

It's irritating him.

Where is the stupid woman? He was sure that the girl had been avoiding him ever since the incident of Pescha family. He just didn't know why she kept on avoiding him. Hell, he didn't even remember doing something bad to her!

"When I get my hands on her… the stupid 'hahi' woman is going to paid!" He growled under his breath in irritation.

"Why must Haru going to paid? Gokudera-san is the one who should apologize to Haru!" the brunette girl suddenly spoke behind him, making the Italian man slightly jumped.

"You…" the storm guardian twitched his left eye as he gave a glare at the brown haired girl. "Why the hell must I apologize, stupid woman? You are the one who had been avoiding me these days; at least tell me what your freaking problem is!"

"Gokudera-san… you really don't remember it?" Haru asked slowly, as if daring the taller man to try and say 'no'.

"I don't know what you are talking about, stupid woman." Gokudera grumbled, fiddling on his cancer stick.

"G.O.K.U.D.E.R.A-S.A.N!" the brunette girl growled angrily at the silver head before she ripped the cigarette stick out of his mouth and crushed it with her two fingers.

"WHAT THE HELL, STUPID WOMAN?!" he asked. His voice was loud enough to attract the workers' attention. But Haru didn't seem to care about it.

"Before you manage to remember what you had promised to Haru, Haru are not going to let Gokudera-kun have the cigarettes!" the brunette girl yelled back at him before snatching his pack of cigarettes from his breast pocket. She gave him a loud 'hmph!' before stomping away, leaving a frustrated storm guardian alone.

"Tch! What was with that stupid woman?!" Gokudera yelled out angrily when he suddenly remembered something.

"I'll say it again properly when I have the strength to, so get out of here and…don't get caught you idiot… woman."

His face turned into different shades of red by the thought. Could it be that the facts that the stupid woman had been avoiding him these days were because he hadn't confessed to her just like he had promised to?

"S-Stupid woman… going all mad just to get me to tell you that?" he stuttered out as his face was blushing red.

"Mukuro… you know… I really think that it's a very ridiculous question-"the Vongola Decimo swiftly dodged a trident that was aiming straight on his head. "A-And you could have asked her yourself!"

"You're right. But she would have thought that I get jealous way too easily if I asked her. I don't want her to think about me like that."

'And that's why you're targeting on me?!' the brunette screamed in his mind before he let out a sigh. "Fine… fine… I'll ask her… but first… Mukuro, please get the trident away from me."

Chrome felt her cheeks turned redder as the skylark snuggled closer to her. Well, she didn't even know how she will get into… this. Let just said that Hibari can always find a way to make Chrome listen to him.

"Kyoya… I really think… you are going too far…" she muttered slowly as she ran her fingers through his smooth and short hair.

"You are the one who said you'll like to repay me for ignoring me all these time. So just shut up and let me had a nap." The cloud guardian murmured and Chrome let out a sigh.

"Seriously, Kyoya? Don't tell me you're jealous because I spent most of my time with him in these few days…" she said and suddenly the skylark stood up, giving her a glare.

"So what if I am?" he asked, leaning closer to her as the purple haired girl felt her face started to heat up since their lips were nearly touching each other's.

"H-Huh, w-what did you mean by that?" Chrome asked as she started to back off, only to felt the wall touching her back. Crap, she was trapped.

"I said, what if it's true that I'm really jealous that you spent most of your time with him? I really felt like I was being replaced by him and I'm seriously telling you that the feeling of being replaced is not really nice." He growled out angrily when he remembered how he always found himself turning around to expect the purple haired illusionist was behind him, but was only meet with no one.

He never used to act so… jealous and protective over someone. But Chrome was different. She was the one who warmed up his cold heart and the first person who said that he was important in her life.

'H-Hibari-san shouldn't felt like nobody cared for you… Bossu… and the others… they cared for Hibari-san. And… me too… Please don't ever say that you wished that you had never born, b-because if it wasn't Hibari-san… I won't know what to do… Hibari-san is important in my life.'

He doesn't want to be just a mere 'friend' or 'supporter' for her anymore. He wanted her to realize his true feelings for her.

"Chrome Dokuro, you might have never realized it… but you had stolen my heart." He watched as her eyes widened by his words. He lowered his head; avoid looking at her face right now. If she rejected him, it might felt less painful since she won't say it right on his face.

"I… do like Kyoya…" the purple head whispered suddenly, making the skylark shocked as he looked at her in disbelief. He watches as she placed her hand on her chest before she continued.

"But at the same time… I had loved Mukuro-sama all along in these years… even when he had abandoned me. But… I… I've never thought of you as his replacement even though you said that you would years ago." Hibari lowered his head once again with a frown tugged on his face.

"And in the end you chose the man who abandoned you years ago…?" He said with a bitter tone. Chrome bit her lips.

"Kyoya… I-I didn't want you to hate me if you knew how I truly felt… after all these years… I… still can't forget him…" tears flowed down her cheek as she quickly rubbed it. "I-I'm sorry… Kyoya…"

The purple head continued to mutter her apologies to the skylark as she wiped the tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry…"

He was the last person she'd wanted to hurt.

He gave out a sigh before brushing the tears away from the corner of her eyes with his thumbs gently. Her tears were caused by him, which made him felt guilty. It was his fault for letting his feelings burdened her. He knew how she truly felt and how much she doesn't want to hurt him.

"Chrome." He called out gently, caressing her drenched face before pulling her into his embrace. "It's okay if you never felt the same for me." He murmured softly as the younger girl let out a soft sob before slowly hugging him back.

"Kyoya…"

A rustling sound suddenly echoed the silent room and both Chrome and Hibari turned towards the direction where the sound was made. However, what surprised both of them was to see a certain person they surely don't want to let him see them in this kind of position.

There, standing in front of them was Mukuro Rokudo who looked at them with a shocked expression on his face. The fresh roses the male illusionist had just bought was now scattered on the floor. Chrome's face instantly turned pale as she quickly pushed herself away from Hibari.

"M-Mukuro-sama…?" she called out silently.

To be continued.

Ending note: Readers... DON'T. KILL. ME! O_O" I know what are you thinking in your mind! I know some of you might want to fly to Malaysia to hunt down my head right now due to the lack of 6996 moments in this chapter or just because of the 1896 rejection! But I SWEAR! THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE MUCH BETTER AND I PROMISE THAT IT WILL SATISFIED BOTH THE 6996 AND 1896, OKAY? *run away*