Title: The Unlikely Duo
Summary: No one ever thought that the shy, easily-scared, five-year old Sawada Tsunayoshi and the aloof, very scary, six-year old Hibari Kyoya could become friends—much less best friends. It was such an unlikely pair after all, a really unexpected duo. But to everyone's surprise, they still did, eventually.
Warnings: OCs, since they're kids and almost (or more than?) half of the crew is from Italy or is not from Japan, and of course, OOCness—but hey, since they're still young and all, their personalities have to yet develop to that of we know (that's what I would argue anyway).
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Chapter 44: A test of courage
Kyoya was seriously pissed.
As a seven-year old, he rarely used such vulgar words like "pissed", but this was one of those very, very rare occasions when the word "annoyed" or "irritated" was just not enough of an adjective to describe what he was feeling right now.
And so again, Kyoya was seriously pissed.
Since it was the last day of October, the white-haired herbivore had to, of course, instigate a test of courage—by walking through the Namimori cemetery. Kyoya declined to come, he tried to, as it was late (at twilight time, because they would all be scolded if they did it at night), and also because it was just really a big waste of his time.
But Tsuna just had to come to his house and beg, hadn't he?
"HIEEE!"
He guessed he now knew why Tsuna pleaded. Still, it didn't improve his mood. "Can you please let go of my shirt?"
The terrified brunette did the opposite. "B-Bu—wha—if—th—!" Whatever it was he was trying to say, the fear made it utterly incomprehensible.
Kyoya sighed and placed a hand on his aching head. "If ghosts and such scares you, then why did you come here and dragged me into it?"
Tsuna looked down, his death grip on Kyoya's shirt loosening a bit. "B-Because I thought it would be fun, and that if I'm with Kyoya-san it—it wouldn't be so scary..."
"But it didn't turn out that way, didn't it?"
Tsuna was too scared to respond. Another sigh escaped the raven-haired's lips. "Let's go. The sooner we finish this the better. And let go of my shirt."
The younger of the two finally did what he was told, but stayed too close behind for Kyoya's comfort, though the latter didn't told him off. At least he was going home with his shirt intact.
It wasn't until a good five minutes later then, when Kyoya suddenly heard a loud scream that could only belong to the brunette.
He sharply turned around, surprised that he didn't even felt Tsuna leave his back, before he ran as fast as he could to the scream's source.
"Tsuna—"
Kyoya suddenly paused, shocked to see the creature that made Tsuna shout in fear.
"K-K-Kyoya-san, help me!" Tsuna begged.
But Kyoya didn't move. He only stood there, frozen. It was only when the brunette shouted his name again did he finally regained his senses. Slowly and shakingly, the raven-haired took a rock lying near him and flicked it at the small creature flapping furiously above the cowering brunette. Luckily the rock hit it, unluckily the rock didn't kill it, and so the small sturdy creature tumbled to the ground and scurried off.
When Tsuna couldn't hear the creature's flapping noise any longer, he cautiously look up and was relieved to see that it was no longer there. He then turned to Kyoya, and was shocked to find him sitting on the ground—his complexion a shade paler, and his hand still in the position of an after-flick.
Tsuna may be slow, but he wasn't stupid. He put two and two together and asked, "Kyoya-san, don't tell me you're afraid of—"
"Don't, or I'll seriously bite you to death, herbivore."
Tsuna did just the right thing and closed his mouth.
"But..." Tsuna being Tsuna, began to ask as they walked side by side in the cemetery, all fear of ghosts and such lost by that little incident. "I'll admit that that... thing is scary, but it's so small and... small that I didn't think Kyoya-san is also... afraid of it."
A memory flashed in Kyoya's mind, one where he woke up one fine morning with a creature he would-not-even-name attached to his face. "Didn't I threaten you earlier?"
"Y-Yeah... but I'm just a bit curious..."
"They said curiosity killed the cat. And it will again if you don't shut up."
The rest of the walk was done in silence.
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"Yo, you're finally back!" Ryohei greeted as they exited.
"We heard a scream, is everything alright?" Kyoko asked.
"And a very girly one at that," Hana added with a brow raised.
Tsuna just laughed awkwardly. "Y-Yeah, I just thought I saw a ghost so..." he trailed off.
"Ahaha, then it's a good thing Hibari's with you, ne? I heard he's not afraid of anything!" Takeshi said.
"Right..." Tsuna agreed, though now he knew that wasn't true. He then turned to Kyoya, who was deathly pale with his eyes cast to the ground. Tsuna looked down as well, and saw the same creature earlier scurrying about below. He paled too.
Well at least Hibari Kyoya, the would-be most feared person in Namimori, was afraid of something. Even if it was just a small, actually-not-that-scary insect called a cockroach.
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Author's rambling: Though a few years later he would have probably overcome it -.-
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