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).
Authors rambling: Huh. I can see most of you have an undying hate for cockroaches. Actually, I too, dislike them, especially the f*cking (need to keep this K+) flying ones. And yes—to that anonymous reader who was shocked that these freaks of nature even have the ability to flap a wing—they can freaking fly. Though not all of them. Only certain species can, or will.
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Chapter 45: He's real!
They were fighting. Again.
It wasn't uncommon now for the two, and somehow the people around them enjoyed the bickering show before they would convince the pair to make up when the fight dragged on for too long.
And since Christmas was just two weeks away, Tsuna and Kyoya decided to argue about the existence of a fat Claus named Santa.
"I told you, he's real!" Tsuna shouted, cheeks red for the effort.
"I told you, he is not!" Kyoya uncharacteristically shouted too, his cheeks flush for the same reason as Tsuna's.
Their mothers just chuckled happily on the bench not too far from them. It was a good day, and the two women had decided to have a nice day out at the park. And just a few minutes after their children finished making their snow man, they talked about Santa Claus—whom Tsuna happily spoke about like he existed, and where Kyoya spoke of like he never did.
And so the fighting continued.
"Where did the presents came from then?!" Tsuna both asked and shouted.
Kyoya answered with a shout too. "Where else? From our parents! How can even a fat old man sneak in a house without anyone noticing and leave gifts? And even if he can, we don't even have chimneys he can go down to!"
Tsuna gave him the ultimate answer, "Magic, of course!"
With that one phrase, Kyoya finally found his calm. He then looked down at Tsuna and raised an eyebrow. "Are you stupid?"
Tsuna did not cry. He was about to, but he was able to stop himself. He looked angrily at Kyoya and shouted, "Maybe the reason why you don't believe in Santa is because he never visited you! Since Santa never visits bad kids like you, Kyoya-san!" He then turned around and ran away at full speed.
"Oh my," Nana said as she stood up. "Sorry Yuuki-chan. If I don't follow Tsu-kun he might get lost or something. Let's hang out again sometime, ne?"
"Alright, take care!" Yuuki shouted as Nana went after her son. The dark-haired mother then looked at her own, still angry by his best friend's outburst.
She mildly wondered how long this fight would last.
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Kyoya was sulking at the corner of their living room. A week had already passed since that fight in the park, and Yuuki finally decided that it had been dragging on for far too long already. So quietly, she approached her son and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Ne Kyo-kun, don't you think it's about time to make up?" she began.
"But I'm not in the wrong," Kyoya protested.
"Do you really believe Santa isn't real?"
"I do." Kyoya paused. He turned to his mother and looked at her in the eyes. "But if... if I start to believe in him, then won't that mean I've been a "bad boy" since he never visited me?"
Yuuki blinked, surprised. She then smiled before pulling her son to her lap. "You know Kyo-kun, there are a lots and lots of children in the world, and Santa is all by himself giving gifts to everyone. So sometimes, he missed some children and is unable to give them their gifts."
"Then why can't he even visit me once?"
"Because he knows you'll understand, Kyo-kun, since you're very mature for your age."
Kyoya looked down, not happy with the answer.
Yuuki patted his head. "Why don't you try and apologize to Tsuna-kun? Santa knows you're a good child, so maybe he'll make an exception this year and give you an early gift?"
Kyoya did not reply, his eyes still cast down on the ground. But Yuuki knew that was one of his son's ways of saying yes.
By the next day, Tsuna and Kyoya made up.
And the next two days after that, Kyoya had the surprise of his life.
It was after he got back from his rounds. Kyoya noticed when he entered his room a small gift wrapped in snow white paper on his bedroom table. When he got closer to it, he noticed a red card with white text beside the gift. He immediately read it.
Dear Kyoya,
I know I haven't visited you, not even once, in these past seven years of your life. And I'm deeply sorry for that. I've always known you're a good boy, and please do continue to be so. Also, even though it's a little early, here's your Christmas gift, as I may not be able to visit you on Christmas day itself, again.
Have a Merry Christmas!
– Santa
Of course, the first thing Kyoya thought was that his mother was the one behind this. But then he remembered that she was out in the main house since yesterday, and no one other than her would do something like this. Still, he didn't believe it. He instead sighed and unwrapped the present, to see what kind of gift he received.
And that's when Kyoya got the surprise of his life.
Inside the box was that one thing he wanted the most, that one thing his mother—and even Tsuna—did not know about. He made sure to never tell anyone about it, or even mention any word similar to it.
Kyoya raised it in the air. He smiled.
Maybe Santa was real.
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Another rambling: If there are... alie—I mean, superior humans in the KHR world, why can't Santa be real then? Is my point in this. Somewhat.
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OK, that rambling just didn't make any sense. Sorry.
Also, I'll leave it to you readers what that one thing Hibari wants the most to your imagination.
Though, if this has a romance tag on it, that one thing will definitely be a photo of Tsuna. A whole freaking box of it.
Ciao.
