It was official, Tsuna had lost his mind.
In what part of his perfectly sane mind did he ever decide that this was or would ever be a good idea? Maybe there really was something wrong with him, and not with just being able to see things no one else could see, but something genuinely wrong with his mind.
The thundering footsteps of the group of boys chasing him were loud to his ears. His breath came out in short gasps and there was a burning in his legs as he pushed himself faster and further than he had before.
It had been days since anyone had managed to get their hands on Tsuna. The brown haired male making a point of remaining on school grounds until Hibari-san came out and chased away any lingering students who wanted to do him harm. Just a look from the prefect had anyone scampering off. Tsuna would wait until they were gone before following quickly after, the prefect giving him nothing more than a withering look, before tossing a tonfa in Tsuna's direction. Tsuna always knew it was coming but he could never resist the shriek that escaped past his lips at seeing the steel weapon coming at his head, before barely managing to gracelessly duck out of it's way. He would then give what he was sure was a barely coherent apology, before running off.
If Tsuna had been caught outside of school, well he just ran back to Namimori middle, the prefect more likely than not found there. He was usually caught not to far from the school, anyhow. That day though had been different. He had been more than halfway home, passing a convenience store when the group of three had walked out, bags in hand. They had frozen in surprise at unintentionally catching Tsuna.
Tsuna had broken out of his surprised stupor first, spinning on his heel and running in the direction he had come. The pack of teens were quick to follow. Tsuna knew that his house was closer, far closer, and there was little chance that they would follow him in, than Namimori middle, but his first thought had been Hibari-san.
Find the prefect, before the the delinquents grabbed hold of him. That had been the plan. It seemed that this trio had been far more athletic than any others Tsuna had dealt with in the past. He only had another block to reach the school when they caught up with him, one male tackled him, and Tsuna hit the ground hard.
His body was pinned under the heavier body. There was cruel laughter above him as a hand slammed his face into the ground with a great amount of force. His vision blurred and everything went dark briefly. There was more cruel laughter, louder this time, before everything seemed to go silent. The body above him stiffened suddenly.
There was the sound of metal hitting flesh with a sickening crack, and then the extra weight that had him pinned to the ground was gone. There was a pained yell, before everything went quiet once more. Tsuna gasped for breath as he pushed himself off the floor, shifting his body so he could see behind himself. His eyes widened briefly as he caught sight of the three downed delinquents, bodies unmoving. There standing among the unmoving bodies was Hibari, his attention solely focused on Tsuna. The younger of the two could only stare, and Hibari's eyes narrowed, before they blanked.
He walked past the male on the floor, Tsuna's attention focused on him. He was leaving, Tsuna realized. His lips immediately parted to once again thank the older male, only to snap shut just as quickly when the prefect stopped. He turned slightly, his attention on the younger male still on the floor.
"Come, herbivore." he turned and continued his walk back to what Tsuna believed to be the school. Tsuna blinked, before finally taking in the soft cloud of colors surrounding the prefect, they were the usual soft purple they always seemed to be, with the exception of a soft hue of red. He was irritated, and Tsuna couldn't help but wonder at that.
Tsuna pushed himself to his feet quickly, only to regret it immediately when he swayed and his vision span. His hand came up to clamp over his eyes, giving himself a moment for his vision to settle. It was a moment later that his hand fell from his eyes, his attention focusing on a red smear.
Ah, it was blood he realized. He blinked down at his blood covered hand, his face blank. The sound of shoes crunching against gravel had him glancing up, Hibari stood there watching Tsuna, his face set in a look of boredom. He blinked before turning and continuing his walk, Tsuna followed behind him at a slower pace.
Tsuna had been right, Hibari returned to Namimori middle. Except instead of heading to the disciplinary office like Tsuna believed he would, he headed straight to the nurse's office. Tsuna watched, bewildered when Hibari slid the door open and walked in. He hesitated briefly, (Hibari had led him here, there was little chance that the prefect would 'bite' Tsuna for entering.) before walking in. He barely managed to catch the white box that the prefect threw at him, having to pull his hand from where he had been covering the wound on his forehead to catch it.
He blinked when he realized it was a first aid box. He glanced up at the prefect, who was leaning against the nurses desk, arms crossed and eyes shut. He was surrounded by his usual soft purple. Tsuna took a seat on one of the few chairs in the office before pulling out what he needed. He prodded at the cut, the blood must have dried on their way to the school. He blinked down at the antiseptic spray, before tilting his head back and clenching his eyes shut. He really hoped he didn't miss the actual cut on his head and end up spraying his eye.
"Herbivore."
Tsuna startled at the unexpected sound of the prefects voice, his hand squeezing the bottle and fortunately spraying his right cheek. His arm quickly raised to wipe at the wet spot on his face, his attention turning to the prefect.
"E-eh?"
There was a moment of silence where Tsuna and Hibari just stared at each other. Tsuna twitching nervously, one hand tugging at his sleeve, there were specks of blood from where he had it placed it over the cut on his forehead.
"You're not scared, herbivore." Tsuna wasn't sure if Hibari was asking him, or was just stating a fact. Tsuna gave a barely visible shrug in answer. Tsuna knew that Hibari was a frightening person, everyone feared him, even the people Tsuna had feared.
Tsuna couldn't find it in himself to be scared of Hibari. He was violent and had a tendency to beat people senseless when they broke some sort of rule, whether it was one of Hibari's own or a school rule. The thing was though, in the short time he had met Hibari or had even known of him, the prefect had never needlessly hurt Tsuna, had never looked at Tsuna like he was someone damaged and not even worth his attention, like some people still did.
He was one of the first people to ever help Tsuna, no matter how unintentional it was.
"I-I don't find Hibari-san frightening." He lets out, curling into himself. Silence met his would admit to being curious to what the prefect was feeling but kept his eyes focused on the floor. Maybe he had annoyed Hibari-san? There was the sound of shuffling, before a hand ran through his hair, and yanking it back until his head was tilted upwards.
Tsuna barely had time to blink in surprise before something cool and wet was being placed to his forehead.
"Hiiieee!" Tsuna yelped in a mixture of pain and surprise when he caught sight of Hibari standing over him. What ever had been placed to his forehead stung, Tsuna raised his hands up to cover the cut, but they were quickly smacked away by the prefect. Hibari moved whatever he had on Tsuna's forehead around with more force than was probably necessary but Tsuna said nothing, only watched with wide eyes. His head remained tilted upwards, until Hibari withdrew and dropped something to Tsuna's lap.
He glanced down and had to hold back a wince in disgust when he realized it was a used antiseptic wipe covered in dirt and old blood. The sound of more shuffling had Tsuna glancing up, just in time for something to smack against his forehead. Tsuna bit back a yelp of pain, raising his hands to his forehead, and curling into himself slightly.
The feel of something cool and smooth, and not the raised and cut skin, had him blinking in surprise. There was a bandage over his cut. He glanced up at the older male, his face was blank as he stared down at Tsuna. His eye's narrowed dangerously.
"Stop getting into trouble herbivore, or I'll bite you." he turned and slammed the first aid box closed, before leaving the office, no doubt heading to his office. Tsuna sat there for a moment eyes wide. It had been a threat, Tsuna knew that, but it was one the brunette was having a hard time believing.
A soft laugh escaped past Tsuna's lips, a smile tugging at his face. There was a sense of genuine joy that filled him.
It had been a long while since Tsuna had felt some sort of genuine happiness.
The sound of glass shattering echoed in the otherwise quiet room. His hand curls into a tight fist as he feels pain shoot through his skull, closely followed by the sense of fear and utter hopelessness. The action is met with stunned silence. It was so unusual for the dark haired man to lash out for any reason at all.
"Reborn!"
He clenches his eyes against the feelings, letting his face blank as he turns to the owner of the voice. Aria's blue eyes were narrowed into a glare as she stared at Reborn disapproving. Reborn said nothing his hand still clenched tight. Receiving no response, or even apology seemed to anger Aria further.
"If you're going to go around causing pointless destruction, do it somewhere Yuni is not going to be witness to it!" She demanded, hands clenching into fists as her glare remained on the dark haired man. His dark eyes darted to behind the older woman, catching sight of the young girl clutching her mother's leg.
"Ah, I apologise Yuni." he offered the young girl an apologetic smile, one the child returned with one of her own.
"It's okay, uncle Reborn!" she said cheerfully, releasing the hold she had of her mother's leg and running forward to take Reborn's larger hand into her own. Reborn let her. Aria content with the apology, and the knowledge that Reborn would behave himself in front of Yuni.
"You shouldn't worry so much Uncle Reborn." Yuni hummed as she fiddled with the buttons of his suit sleeve. She glanced up at him with a smile.
"Oh?" Yuni nodded.
"You'll find him." she said happily, tugging at his hand with every intention of dragging him back to where her studies were going to be held that day. Reborn froze at the statement, forcing Yuni to stop mid step. He stared down at her, eyes curious.
"He?" He questioned. Yuni smiled widely, the happiest Reborn had ever seen her. She nodded her head eagerly. She grabbed his hand with both of hers, and tugged.
"Yeah! He's just like me!" She laughed, a loud and cheerful sound. It caught the attention of everyone currently in the room. Aria's attention immediately shifting to her daughter then to the blonde that stood to her right. Gamma shrugged in reply, but his eyes were slightly wide as he watched his partner's daughter.
"Like you?" Reborn forced himself to ask. He didn't want to, not when there were people listening to their conversation, but if not now when? Yuni was a child and would probably forget the details of what they were discussing when she went to her lessons, or went down for a nap.
"Like me, but not like me." she said, seeming content to swing Reborn's arm, as she waited for the questions to end. Like Yuni? What did that mean? Was his partner not a civilian then? Was he also a young child? There were so many things they could be. "He's special! I can see him!" She elaborated.
"Yuni!" the sound of her mother's voice had Yuni's smile dropping. Her eyes narrowing into what could possibly be called a glare, but looked like a pout. "What have I said about bringing that up with others?"
"Not to." Yuni said, her voice soft as she stared at the floor. She released her hold on Reborn's hand, her own falling to her side. Aria let out a sigh, her face softening and she offered her daughter a smile.
"Your lessons will begin soon." She said. Yuni nodded and quickly left the room with a last wave to Reborn. The doors clicked behind her and Reborn turned toward Aria, a brow raised in question. Aria let out another sigh, this one in annoyance.
"Yuni has a very active imagination." Aria began, turning to lean against the table that was placed in the middle of room. "She likes to think she can see the future."
"The future?" Reborn questioned incredulously. Aria nodded, as she gestured for Gamma to follow after Yuni. The blonde raised a brow in surprise, but said nothing and left the room.
"The doctor calls them hallucinations, or acts of an overactive imagination." Reborn blinked at that statement. "That's what we treated them as, made sure she believed them to be nothing more than dreams and not real." She hesitated, hands clenching into a fist.
"But?" Reborn prodded. Aria released a shaky breath.
"The older she gets, the more she believes it's the future she's seeing." A hand came up to run through her hair, tugging at strands. If it were any other time, Reborn would probably berate her for showing weakness in front of someone. "We've kept it quiet in case someone really does believe this crap."
Reborn can see where there would be problems. Everyone would want to get their hands on Yuni, no matter how they would have to go about it.
"Alright."
"Alright?" Aria repeated, incredulous. Her eyes slightly wide as she took the man before her fixing his suit. Reborn shrugged, turning towards the door. "Reborn!?"
"She can either see the future or she can't," he said. His hand curled around the cool handle of the door. "Either way you have to keep quiet." the door clicked open, and he turned towards the older woman before him.
"I won't tell anyone, if that's what you're worried about." Aria sputtered in outrage. It was amusing, considering it wasn't something one saw in the usually calm woman often.
"I know that!"
"Anyway," Aria calmed at the sight of the look Reborn currently had on his face. "All the doctors you're sending Yuni to are not helping, you should stop."
"E-eh? How did you-" Reborn gestured behind him where Yuni had disappeared to earlier. "Yuni tells me about her doctor visits, she just never told me why she was seeing doctors. I can figure the rest myself." He smirked. Aria frowned in annoyance.
"You're a good mother," Reborn stated, before Aria could say anything. Aria's eyes widened in slight surprise at the compliment. "Stop with the doctors." it wasn't a request, it was an order. Reborn knew he had no right to dictate how a mother raised her child, and he never had any intention to step in with someone who was doing a good job.
It was just the memory of Yuni looking so sad when she came back from seeing a doctor that had him saying anything at all. He received a hesitant nod, before closing the door behind him. He was halfway down the stairs that led to the exit when he felt an overwhelming amount of joy.
He paused mid step, blinking in surprise. It was the first he had felt any sort of positive emotion since this had begun. He couldn't help but wonder what kind of life his partner had.
I'm so sorry this is so short! I just thought this was a good spot to end the chapter, and couldn't bring myself to write anymore.
Anyway I hope you guys enjoy, and please leave a review on your out!