21 days now, 2 chapters.. 41 chapters ( this was 8/5/2016)
Oh boy.
And when I wrote this one chapter, I had a lot of inspiration to write for this, where did that go...
Chapter 19
One day, Hibari held his little daughter.
It was not often that he had time with her, other than maybe when she was sleeping. Even if he did have the time, it was he talking to Rokudou while he was the one who was teaching her how to speak and walk, given she was barely a year old.
A quick learner she was.
At the moment she was two years old.
Rokudou was put with the second child who he was probably going to name Hitori, but the chances of the children having Hibari's last name creeped him out. It phonetically sounds the same, almost.
The poor child would've been embarrassed. Teased by his peers.
Viola had common Italian name, which had quite the few meanings. Commonly a flower and a musical instrument.
Well, it was plausible that Rokudou had named her after the Viola instrument because of his secret talent at playing the notes of one. Then again, he was good at any music piece, mostly the flute and the softer sounding instruments.
Just as Hibari was with the kazoo and the cello. Kazoo not for humour, but because of the military-esque theme to it. Although there was a lot of piano notes within the sort of things people had associated him with.
Probably Gokudera playing madly on the piano to prevent Bianchi from poisoning him with the cookies of hers. Or maybe it was her who played the requiem of death.
Who knew?
Though it didn't matter.
She could've been named after the small flower. Either way, Viola was melodious, and she was as small and frail like a flower.
It only made sense.
Anyways, to the point, Viola was held by Hibari.
Her hair was dark from the roots, then lightened into a blue below. Almost like hair highlights, but only this being a natural hair colour of hers.
Rokudou was in the room, but he phased out within a few minutes. As concerning as it sounded, Hibari was almost quite used to it now, even if it angered him to no end.
His old rival was beginning to show a lot of signs of weakness, despite shielding most of it for many moments of time, it has begun to waver.
To the point that Hibari was able to see through his illusions. How much he had to fake his own appearance now, concealing half of the real expression with a mask of his old face that everyone were used to.
At the moment, it looked surprising how he was still alive.
"Pappa" the little girl tugged at his clothes. Today was more of the casual day, though he still had a formal suit worn, but with the blazer buttons open.
His cool but troubled look softened when he looked at her in slight question "When can Mamma play with us?" her little hands were tugging at the purple fabric.
At the question, Hibari shrugged "Tomorrow maybe" perhaps it truly was a bad idea to be thinking of having a second child. Hibari was used to Rokudou's strange behaviour, as he dealt with most of the months "of pain" very calmly, with rarely throwing a fit.
The first time he was only scared, the reason why his reactions were erratic. The only problem with this second one began when Sasagawa started to analyze his health only to find it constantly dropping, little by little.
Sometimes he was put to rest for a few days, and the days he was awake were only spent in showers and medication.
It wasn't the child that was taking a toll on him, but it was his own body cells that stopped working half the time. It was frightening, as if he contracted with a cancer of a certain kind.
Not to mention how Sawada once saw Rokudou just drop to the ground one time during a mission where he had every guardian on the offense and the defense, like a squadron. Being the lead strongest Mafia had always brought upon more rivals who attacked Sawada's gang without provocation.
Trivial but important part of this panic that was caused, was that it was after the child was born. Sawada would've taken it lightly and have Rokudou stay in the chambers if the child was still inside because there were chances these dangerous missions could affect them.
He barely stood straight sometimes.
Of course, who has to hear all of this trouble? Hibari himself.
This was kind of why he was beginning to get irritated of it. Yet he knew Rokudou was only doing whatever he can to maintain a living with the two children and him.
Just frustrating though.
Viola tried speaking with Hibari who became a little lost in the clouds thinking. What was there to could've been done. What can he do in all his power? Just stand there and watch? No.. There was something
If he was the one who pulled Rokudou out of the strange trance he was in when he was being medicated upon, if he stayed with him for these three years, watching as their "family" came into being, raising the child that he is holding just now.
He really could do something!
Or rather.. needs to do something, but what?
As if it was on cue, Hibari felt a hand on his shoulder. Long, thin and a bit sweat-worn. Oh, he woke up. With every glance, he did look really ill. With his eyes barely opening, a frown that gave him a comically green face, so the expression says. His skin had a more greyer tone to it, rather than the pale yellow tint, and his eyes were a lot dull than before.
"God, you look horrible" Hibari said without a change in his tone. Rokudou laughed.
At least when he did smile, his expression did lighten a little. With Hibari, or in his own room, he doesn't hide his expression or his usual look because there was no need to put up an imagery. That would make it appear as if Hibari didn't like him for his true self, which is right, but wrong at the same time.
It's hard to say if they shared love together, because that was a big word with a heavy meaning neither would understand. They were bonded, yes, but with love...
Hard to say.
"Well, you're gross to make a child cry" his glance was at Viola, who was hiding her face in her father's shirt. Whether she was sulking or was she catching a sleepiness was difficult to determine. Most likely it was sleepiness.
Though, back to the point about illusionary expression, he definitely does, hide his real expression from the children because he believed they would not want an ugly, lanky mother like him who looked like a zombie from the purgatory.
He fingered the back of her head which made her turn around to see Rokudou smiling sweetly at her, with his hair brushed neatly, a kind smile adorning his soft features. Almost a complete contrast to what Hibari was seeing. He looked alive to her, a small but a lingering smile with his eyes lowered thoughtfully, his grey tone restoring to the paleness he had.
"Children are lucky.." Viola began to move a bit in Hibari's arms "Look Pappa, Mamma is awake!" she pointed at him, bouncing slightly in excitement.
"Where is baby, Mamma?" he looked to the side, answering her with a turn of his face. "He's sleeping, finally" then looking back at her "You have a brother now eh" Hibari then glanced at him as well. It was hard to figure out how to provide for the boy as neither were women who had glands that could provide him necessary nourishment.
Sasagawa could try managing something for Rokudou, but the thought of it made him think that it would be more damage than it was worth. If this method didn't work, and Rokudou not receiving enough nutrients to provide for the two, they both surely be dead.
They resorted to getting a nanny for this part. A healthy nanny who was not someone they were far too familiar with, as using Kurokawa, Bianchi, Dokuro, Sasagawa, M.M and Miura were out of the question. Knowing that Bianchi and M.M did indulge a bit on the end of drinking quite a bit, not the point of getting drunk though. Not that far.
That might not be healthy for a new-born. Rokudou did want to try doing a sort of transmission, but he received the refusal from everyone. They were lucky enough that the babies of theirs were not still-born, which is technically what could've happened.
Had Rokudou not try to build mass inside of him by "proper care" which was dropped momentarily, after the boy's birth.
Rokudou waved his hand near Hibari's face then laughed when he glared back at that.
"Mamma, Pappa has a really.. angry face" she tried to imitate his expression, with pressing her face a little close, Hibari snorted.
"She's a brat like you" Rokudou smiled at him, showing a bit of his teeth that always seemed white no matter how "bad" his face looked.
"A brat, but a brat that you always want to bite to death. So you say" it has been a while since they had casual talks with one another because most of the time it would be both worrying about things, yes worry. And other times there are mission talks, and other times nothing because they don't generally speak.
Hibari smiled at that.
Undeniable.
I've really gotten rusty with writing, haven't I?
I haven't old things to know how I used to write, but I do hope I could make the grand comeback and write those 50+ chapters I owe now
As always, any sort of feedback is greatly appreciated~