Title: Let Me Leave Three Words Behind
Rating: M
Warnings: OCs included, Character death, 6918, 6927, Mpreg, OOC-ness, 8059
Note: I'm crazy for alota things, and I'm sure Mukuro too, is crazy for lotsa things. And not just Mukuro, but everyone else as well.
Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
26: Crazy For You
Before he knew it, Mukuro found himself hammering with haste on Shamal's door. Shouting under the pouring rain.
Eyes lighting up as the door opened, Mukuro held the other on both shoulders asking with a demanding tone "Where's Kyoya!?"
Raising an eyebrow, Shamal brushed Mukuro's arms away and gestured for the other to come in.
"Kyoya! Is he here!?" Mukuro asked, grabbing the other's shoulders again, shaking Dr Shamal.
Sighing, Shamal took out a smoke and carefully examined the other before he replied, ignoring how breathless Mukuro was "That guy left ages ago"
And before Shamal could even continue talking, Mukuro had taken off. The rain was getting in the way of his vision, and the strong wind did not help him at all as his hair danced crazily with the wind.
Catching his breath, Mukuro slammed his fist repeatedly over Tsuna's door, just hoping that the person he was looking for was safe and warm inside the residence he found himself at.
Opening the door hastily, Tsuna looked at the distressed illusionist with worried eyes before he pulled the other in forcefully, just so the rain wasn't pelting him, just so the wind could stop teasing him.
"Tsuna" Mukuro whispered as he tried to regain his composure, to stop breathing inconsistently "Is Kyoya here?"
Shaking his head, Tsuna attempted to dry Mukuro with a towel "Hibari-san? He's not here. Is there something wrong?"
Standing up, Mukuro smiled a little at the other "Did he come over?"
"Eh?" Tsuna looked at Mukuro with a weird expression before he quickly averted his focus to something else. Walking towards the Umbrella stand, Tsuna looked around before he held up a pineapple printed umbrella "Didn't you take your umbrella with you?"
Chuckling, Mukuro leaned against the wall of the room "Aren't you suppose to be asking yourself that, Ren?"
The young boy glared at the mirror that clearly reflected Mukuro's smirking expression "The same applies to you, doesn't it?" Folding his arms across his chest, Ren wished that the other would hurry up and leave already.
"You sure do like looking at people through the mirror; boy" Mukuro commented "Is it that intriguing?"
"What are you here for?" Ren asked, assuming that Mukuro was here for something.
Scoffing, Mukuro folded his arms "What makes you think I'm here for anything?"
Ren stared at Mukuro's eyes "I suppose, whatever it is you're here for, must be really important"
"What are you hinting at?" whispered Mukuro darkly as he pushed himself off the wall, walking towards his first son.
Standing up, Ren turned to look at Mukuro who had stopped at his tracks "I thought you'd be intelligent enough to know what I'm talking about"
With that, Ren strolled past Mukuro. He really did not want to see the other. There were so many things he wanted the other to know, there were so many things he wanted to hit the other for, for the other to realise that there really was a Hibari Kyoya. That there really was someone who had devoted everything to him. That there really was a man who would always smile genuinely for him, even in hell.
But most of all, he wanted Mukuro to understand his Father's wishes. However, now wasn't the time.
"Umbrella?" Mukuro whispered as he reached for the umbrella in Tsuna's hands.
Yawning, Tsuna handed it to Mukuro "Yeah, your umbrella"
"Ah…"Mukuro stuttered out before realisation hit him. That it must've been Hibari Kyoya that had left the umbrella here, because, Mukuro remembers clearly that he did not take his umbrella out today. After all, even if it did rain, from the front door to the car isn't that far away.
Tossing another towel to Mukuro so that he can dry himself, Tsuna looked at the other with even more worry. "Ne, Mukuro, did something happen?" Tsuna asked, silently thinking that something must've happened with his Cloud Guardian.
Standing up from his crouched position, Mukuro shook his head before smiling at the other, holding the umbrella "Thanks" and he pushed the front door open and left, but not before Tsuna grabbed his hand, pulling him in so that the younger man could wrap his warm and dry arms around the soaked man
"Don't go, Mukuro" Tsuna whispered into Mukuro's wet coat "Please, don't go, Mukuro"
"Tsuna" Mukuro whispered, a little taken a back.
"Is that you? Hibari-san?" Nana's voice rang down the hallway, supported with the sound of her shuffling feet.
Quickly letting go, Tsuna backed a little away from Mukuro before Nana came in.
"Ah, it's Mukuro-kun" Nana smiled as she greeted the guest that was going to leave "And here I thought it was Hibari-san" she walked over to Mukuro "Ah, that's no good, you're soaked to the bone, Mukuro-kun"
"Just Mukuro's fine" the illusionist stated, smiling a little "Was Kyoya suppose to come here?"
Nodding, Nana, like Tsuna attempted to dry Mukuro "Yes, he's going on a little errand for me."
"Errand?" both Tsuna and Mukuro questioned with curiosity. It really wasn't like him to be running errands for other people.
"Yes, Hibari-san said he's help me go collect Tsu-kun's medicine, so that I don't need to go get them myself." Nana smiled brightly "He's such a generous person, Hibari-san. Rokudo-san sure is lucky to have him all to himself"
Tsuna looked at his Mother with an unreadable expression. 'If only she knew'
"Just Mukuro is fine" Mukuro whispered, struggling to take in and accept what Nana had just commented on "Wait" Mukuro suddenly stated as he looked at Nana before at Tsuna "Is Tsuna sick!?"
"Eh?" Nana chirped "Tsu-kun just has a small cold, and we were just out of tablets, that's all, it's nothing serious"
Tsuna nodded, affirming the Mist Guardian "Yeah, it's nothing serious."
"I hope Hibari-san is doing okay" Nana's eyes were shaded with worry as she looked out at the weather outside.
"Which one?" Mukuro asked
"Which?" Nana looked quizzically at Mukuro before smiling knowingly "The pharmacy near Dr Shamal"
Nodding, Mukuro looked at Tsuna "I'll get your medicine soon. So take care" and with that, Mukuro swiftly ran out of the house. Leaving Nana and Tsuna behind, watching with worried eyes.
"Ren" Mukuro stated firmly as he followed the other into the kitchen
The boy did not look back at the other, instead he opened the fridge to grab a glass of milk "It's not like you to visit me willingly, after all, you haven't done it for well over 10 years. Excluding that time in which you came to ambush me with Sawada-san."
"Ren" Mukuro tried again, only to be interrupted by the other
"Please leave, I'm not ready to talk to you yet" Ren's tone was grave and cold.
Mukuro's smile dropped "Just why would you need to be ready to talk to your own Papa?" he was confused with his son's comment.
Ren laughed into his glass of milk "Are you crazy? I don't have one." Thinking that it was ridiculous that Mukuro would even ask him 'why'. He found it funny, in many aspects.
There was an excruciatingly tense atmosphere between the two.
"You" started the illusionist as he walked towards the boy but stopped when Ren suddenly looked at him, no looked past him, as if Mukuro was transparent to him.
"I don't even have a Father anymore, because of what was once my Papa. I only have the memories, if you can still call that a Papa, a Father." The voice was solemn.
"Ren, you, you–"
"He was crazy for you" Ren stated, and Mukuro interpreted 'He' as Hibari and 'You' as himself. And he scolded himself for agreeing with the other's statement. He knew that Hibari Kyoya was crazy for him, if that was how his son liked to put it.
"And you were crazy for him" Ren said, lowering his head "For Sawada-san" And with that, Ren hastily grabbed the other's wrist, pulling him to the front door before pushing him out, softly closing the door on him. And Mukuro did not protest as he let his son close him off.
"You're too late, Father isn't here anymore, so please don't come back" was the soft voice Mukuro heard from behind the wooden door. And the rain started drizzling.
"Kyoya!" Mukuro gasped out as he ran towards the boy huddled under the small shelter of the pharmacy
Looking up, Hibari glared at the other "Why aren't you at home?" his voice was demanding, yet it was evident he was cold, it wasn't just his body that was shivering from the cold, his voice was trembling, his teeth chattering softly.
Quickly placing the umbrella over the other, hoping to cover the other, even just a little from the rain, Mukuro crouched down, ignoring the other's question as he quickly asked, a little desperate "Where's Tsuna's medicine?"
Hibari looked away from the other "The pharmacy was already closed when I got here"
"Then why didn't you go to anot–"
"I didn't want to get it wet." Hibari stated, not allowing Mukuro to finish his sentence "It was pouring and it still is"
And that was when Mukuro noticed that the boy next to him wasn't exactly soaked to the bone. "Get what wet?"
Hibari gave the other a shocked look before it quickly disappeared when it was replaced with his calm expression once more. "I didn't want to get the photo wet"
"Photo?" Mukuro asked, not knowing what the other was referring to.
"The one in which you took the original to scribble Italian all over"
"Oh, that" Mukuro nodded his head, understanding that Ren had desperately wanted that photo.
"Yeah, I figured that you'd be happier if I did not get your writing smudged" Hibari stated "And it's not like Sawada will die without the medicine, after all, it just eases his headache."
Nodding, Mukuro found himself entrapped inside Hibari's rhythm, his reasoning. "Why do you have the photo with you in the first place?"
"I wanted to read in detail what was printed at the back" he stated bluntly.
Mukuro looked at Hibari, a little scared before he smirked "I bet you didn't"
"You know me too well" Hibari yawned, looking at the pouring rain "I wanted to, but I didn't, so you owe me one." Smirked Hibari looking at the other.
Raising an eyebrow, Mukuro looked at the other before he chuckled "You're too honest, Kyoya"
"Do you think so, Mukuro?" Hibari asked before he got up, taking the umbrella from Mukuro's arm. "I think I need to hurry home. Ren's waiting."
Standing up as well, Mukuro took the umbrella from Hibari's pale hand "Yes, we should hurry and finish of this errand" he smiled a little at the other "I'll carry the umbrella, since you're so much shorter"
Mukuro chuckled as he received a playful punch. He was glad that the other still had so much energy left to hit him. Even under this cold weather.
"Stop messing around, I don't want to keep Ren waiting." There was a pause before Hibari whispered "And I'm sure you don't want to keep Sawada waiting"
It was as if Hibari had expected Mukuro to bring the umbrella to him.
"Ren!" Mukuro called from outside the house. He knew the other was listening "I was crazy for Kyoya too, you know!?" the rain became denser, pouring down with more force, as if Mother Nature herself did not believe Mukuro's words.
Ren stood, holding his arm, his head down. He heard what Mukuro had said, and he smiled a little "I know" he whispered, too soft for Mukuro on the other side of the door to hear "I know you were crazy for Father" He lifted his head up, as if he could see through the door, as if he were facing Rokudo Mukuro himself "But you were crazy for him in another way, Papa" his hands crumpled into fists, still whispering softly "it was your craziness for him that ultimately lead Father to his early death, did you know that, Papa?"
Mukuro grimaced. He could only catch the last bit of what his son had whispered so softly from behind that front door. And he didn't like it. He refused to believe that Hibari Kyoya was dead. No, he knew that the other was not dead. It's not possible. He was still living somewhere. Enjoying life at his own pace. With or without anyone next to him. And even if Hibari were dead, Mukuro scoffed at that thought, even if he were dead, Mukuro was certain that he was not the cause. After all, no matter how crazy they were for each other, no matter what aspect it was, in the very end, it was Hibari that had cut the bond between them. Right?