Title: Patience
Theme: #73. Patience
Rating: K+
Character/Pairing: D18
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Summary: Reborn turns Dino into a small child.
A/N: Taking a short break after four hours of AP study. And then diving back in. T.T I am going to fail so badly.. WAHHHHHHH
"What. Is. This."
Romario nervously fixed his tie with his left hand as he tried to gently remove the young hands curled up tightly to his pants. He tried nudging, but the boy didn't move. He sighed. "This is the boss, Hibari-san."
Hibari glanced down at the four year old boy currently trying to hide behind his subordinate. "Yes, I can see that," his eyes narrowed, "what I want to know is, why have you brought him here?"
Romario coughed a few times to clear his throat and wiped his hand on his pants a few times. He could tell Hibari was beginning to get annoyed. And when that happens, things tend to get bloody. "Boss was hit by a bullet that Reborn-san was experimenting with. As you can see, he is four years old." He tried to remove whatever it was that was lodging in his throat. "Reborn-san says the effects are not permanent but for the time being, the boss will need a place to stay. He cannot stay with the family because there are chances that an opposing family will find out and take this opportunity to hurt the boss."
Still staring at the frightened young boy, who peeked panicked but curious eyes from the folds of Romario's dark pants. "That does not concern me. I have no interest in herbivores. In his state, the bucking horse is nothing but a spineless colt."
Luckily Romario had a back-up plan, "Wait!" he blurted out, "Reborn-san said the side effects of the bullet after the de-aging process passes is more power. If you stay with the boss, once he changes back, then he will be much stronger than before!"
That was a complete lie, but Romario watched as Hibari slowly turned back around with a debating face.
Just then, Hibari's bird tweeted from a window and flew into the young Cavallone's nest of messy blond hair with no intention of flying away even as Dino widened his eyes and tried to shake him out. The bird dug his small talons deeper into the blond sea of soft strands and tweeted his complaint.
As Dino reached up to grab the bird, a larger, pale cold hand grabbed his small one. "Stop." Hibari flashed a look of annoyance towards him. "You'll hurt him."
Gently, Hibari brushed his fingers through Dino's hair to retrive his yellow ball of fluff. The bird chirped out irritation before flying to Hibari's hair and nesting there.
Hibari was about to speak but was interrupted as Dino tugged on his shirt.
"I thought you were scary, but you are really nice," Dino smiled brightly, "Thank you!"
Hibari stared at the bright eyes glowing back at him and a shade of pink flashed in front of his face for a split second. He scowled. "No, I'm not." He turned towards Romario, "you can leave him here, but if he disturbs my work, I'll bite him to death."
As Romario started to leave, he heard Dino speak and almost choked. "Mister, can I call you Daddy?"
-
"I'm bored! Mister! Can't you play with me?" Dino pouted. "Don't you have anything fun here?" He had already explored the entire reception room, climbed every table, window and chair – and tripped several times. Currently, he laid on his stomach, poking Enzio as he complained to his current caretaker.
Hibari, highly irritated, reached his hand into the desk and pulled out a book. Tossing it to the boy, he said, "read it."
Dino attempted to catch the book, but instead, it smacked him in the face. After recovering, he read the title with a bit of difficulty. The Rules and Regulations to a Disciplined School?!?!
"Mister, I change my mind. You are not very nice. In fact, you are very boring."
-
Mischief and boredom was a dangerous mix. Dino innocently asked for a glass on water and proceeded dump it on Enzio.
Hibari was not happy.
Nor was Romario once Hibari sent him a check asking for the money to repair the school.
-
"I don't want to take a bath!"
Hibari looked up from his book and stared at Dino. They had a small staring match before Hibari spoke slowly. "I am going to kill you."
Dino eeped and grabbed Enzio. "I'm going!"
Hibari growled. Oh no, he wasn't. "Drop the turtle."
Dino complied and Hibari pushed him into the bathroom. Still inside, he closed the door. "Go."
Dino stared at the older boy. "With you in here?"
"I'm not letting you destroy my bathroom."
Dino smiled cheekily, "does that mean I get to watch you when it's your turn?"
-
Hibari dropped the blankets and pillow onto the floor. He yawned, watching the kid the entire day was tiring. He walked towards the bed.
"Hey! I'm not sleeping on the floor!"
"You're not sleeping on the bed." Hibari pulled his covers over himself and turned his back to the boy. "Sleep. If you try anything, or destroy my house, I will bite you to death." He paused. "And then your turtle too."
Enzio, who was crawling to the sleeping Hibird, stopped and hid himself into his shell.
Dino sniffled. "Meanie!" But Hibari heard the boy moving towards the blankets.
-
Hibari woke up in the middle of the night with a warm mass on his side. The boy had crawled into his bed with the blankets and was currently curled in front of Hibari, tiny hands clutching Hibari's night yukata.
Hibari considered kicking the kid off the bed. It would have been amusing. But then the boy would cry and he would never get to sleep.
His eyes started to close and unconsciously, Hibari wrapped his arms around the young Cavallone.
-
The sun was shining brightly in Hibari's eyes when he woke up. Which was odd because he normally woke up before the sun rose.
And it was because that wasn't the sun.
The yellow moved and Hibari looked into the smirking face of the adult Dino Cavallone. "Did you have nice sleep Kyouya?" His eyes wandered over the still half-asleep boy's form. They lingered near Hibari's shoulder that was bare because overnight, the yukata had gotten loose.
Hibari, realizing that Dino was back, sprung up from his bed. He started to reach for his tonfa that were by his bedside but stiffened as Dino hugged him from behind.
Hibari growled, "what are you doing bucking horse?"
He was stunned as the Italian lowered his head to Hibari's neck and breathed in. With his hands wrapped around Hibari's torso, Dino whispered near Hibari's ear, "Thank you for taking care of me, Kyouya."
A/N: AHH This took about an hour Much longer than I anticipated!!! Hope you enjoyed it. Time to study for AP to the EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!! T.T