Chapter 14: First Date

Mori and Kyouya went on a date.

It was actually quite unplanned. And...Since all unplanned things comes from Reborn...well...let's just say it was all Reborn's fault.

Everything started when the baby paid a visit to Kyouya. It was actually quite amusing when the prefect answered the door.

He didn't see anyone at first, and was about to shut the door when a voice spoke up. "It's been a while, Hibari." Only then did he happen to glance down and find Reborn standing there in all his mafia suitness...yeah...

"What are you doing here, Baby? Do you wish to fight?" Typical Kyouya response. Always the fight. Always the bloodshed first. Jeez.

Reborn shook his head. He never really did want to fight, did he? Well, can't blame the guy for trying. "I thought I'd give you some thanks for sparing Tsuna's money last week." He said in his squeaky little kid voice. But Kyouya waved it aside (figuratively speaking; imagine him WAVING).

"I'm not interested."

"But I've already prepared your reward." The infant continued, not the least discouraged.

"If it has anything to do with that eyesore of a crowd, then I don't want to hear it."

"Just one of them." Reborn said smoothly.

Kyouya raised his eyebrow.

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Mori blinked at the note.

Go to the entrance of Namimori Junior High school building. 4:00 pm. Sharp. Someone there will meet you.

–Reborn

PS: Wear female clothes; he probably won't go with you if you don't

Well...that was certainly enlightening. She was already at the place, in her miserably miserable clothes... (which...included a skirt...NOOO!!!!!). Nobody was around. Which annoyed her because she, being fond of pissing people off, preferred being extra late just to spite the unfortunate individual she was happening to meet at the time. She even came twenty minutes later than the planned time. Still, it was empty! Well...that was the case until...

"Let's just get this over with."

Mori turned around. "Oh, it's you."

And it was. Which was really odd. She expected it to by Yamamoto, or even Gokudera. But certainly not the rather annoyed looking prefect standing in front of her, looking like he'd rather be anywhere else in the world besides his current location. Well, didn't he look as pleasant as ever, especially with that apparently permanent scowl etched across his face. The only difference was...his choice of clothing. It actually looked somewhat similar to what Gokudera would wear...somehow...The point is it wasn't his school outfit, which was quite a nice change.

But Kyouya couldn't help notice that she was so very cute in that outfit. Of course, the guy would rather bite his own tongue off and kill himself before admitting that. Hey, the guy had pride...probably too much for his own good, but still...

"Did Reborn tell you to meet me?"

"If you mean that baby, then yes."

"Mm..." She had that strange expression again. "Ok. I suppose that works quite well." And held up two slips of paper that looked suspiciously like... "Reborn said you liked the zoo."

God...NOOOOO!!!!!

Mori smiled. She didn't seem to be in a bad mood at all. Odd.

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"Do you like geese?" Mori asked, pointing at the said white birds, which were floating lazily in the waters. "I think their pretty."

"On a plate." Came the sarcastic reply.

"Eh?"

"Never mind."

"With teriyaki sauce?"

"Maybe." The people who chanced at hearing this particular conversation looked at them strangely.

Anyways, the trip wasn't very amusing so far. Besides Kyouya ripping apart one of the zoo keeper after being mistaken for Mori's boyfriend, and Mori accidentally letting loose the lions, there wasn't much going on. They almost got kicked out too. But Mori looked really sad, so Kyouya gave the managers a very evil glare and...well...they were still in their, weren't they?

He was really developing a soft spot for the girl, wasn't he? That's not good. His heart size must've increased by two millimeters. The thought made him somewhat panicky. He must be evil!!!

Anyways...

"Mm...I wonder what this button does." Mori wondered out loud, catching sight of a board full of buttons. Which, by the way, was in the employees only section.

"Fujisaki, you just opened the cage for the tigers."

"Oh, did I?"

"And the wolves."

"Oops."

"Not to mention the panthers."

"eh..."

Five minutes later, the entire zoo was running amok, For some reason, Kyouya and Mori didn't even notice. "Mm...I wanna see the pandas, Kyouya!" She dragged him (FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING!!!) to the panda section. "Oh, I see a dead body!"

"A lion's eating it."

"Cool! I want to take a picture!" She did so, with Kyouya's elbow at the real side. That was an accident. Accident meaning he was supposed to be in the picture, but walked away when she tried to take it. Hey, it was Kyouya...

"So, why is the zoo like this again?" Mori cocked her head and looked around. The entire place was quite literally in pieces. The cages were smashed and a large variety of animals were walking around. She even saw a penguin perched on a donkey's head pass by them.

Just then, as they were walking to random places, they chanced upon a lion. "Meep! I don't like cats." Mori whined. "I'm allergi-che!! Mou, I'm allergic to cats! Che! Uwaaahhhhhh!!!" She didn't pay the least attention as the lion roared at them. Kyouya raised an eyebrow as it lunged.

BAM!!!! And the lion was knocked off like a little cat, with a few of its teeth missing. Compliments of Kyouya.

"Thank you."

"..."

So, what was their situation at the moment? They were in a zoo where all the animals were let loose, Kyouya was in a bad mood. Mori was in a considerably good mood despite her attire. So...not a very good situation, right? Yep, not good at all.

Mori then became bored and the sun was there, along with clouds. So she became her violent self and started picking a fight with the animals. Pretty soon, there was a trail of either dead, or almost dead animals behind her. She sighed in content. "This is a really fun date, ne? Kyouya?"

The said boy, who had been silently following her, didn't say anything besides. "This isn't a date."

"Of course it is."

"You're deluding yourself."

"Nah, I think it's vice versa." Mori sang. "Denial gets you nowhere."

Kyouya felt a pang of annoyance when he realized there was some truth to her words. To tell the truth, he really didn't mind it being a date. But of course, he'll never admit it. This was Kyouya. Hibari Kyouya.

And the zoo date ended rather abruptly when Mori was knocked over the head by a panther and Kyouya came, beat the panther up, picked her up, and walked home.

But she just had to wake up...huh...

"I'm sleepy."

"..." And he dropped her.

"ITAI! That hurt!" Mori cried.

"Good."

So she was forced to walk the rest of the way with him. "By the way, where did we go today, anyways?" Kyouya had the urge to go to the nearest telephone pole and bang his head on it. Or Mori's head. Yes, preferably Mori's head.

"The Shogun's mansion."

"Really? Did you fight the shogun?"

"He was on vacation is Hawaii."

"Really? That's so lucky of him. Even though I personally hate the beach. But still!"

And they finally reached their adjacent houses. Mori had the guts to kiss Kyouya before scuttering back to her own home, laughing at the prefect's reaction, which included glaring at her, attempting half heartedly to hit her, and turning the slightest, impossibly light reddish color around the cheeks before storming back to his own place.

And somehow, in their own little twisted way, that did settle their relationship.

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That was crappy.