Dork
plural-dorks
noun
Someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks.
"Suzuki-Sensei said we need to appoint a Team Leader who'll be responsible for the team." Kyoko said as she sat down on a chair in the cafeteria, between Nagi and Haru, while the three boys sat before the girls –Kyoya sitting furthest from them as if they were rabid dogs or something –Huh, now that's an offending thought.
"Hahaha, I don't mind being a leader!" Takeshi said jokingly.
"Oh, really now?" Nagi smirked as she leaned a bit forward, her eyes flashing competitively at Takeshi as she purred, "I think I would make a better leader than you, Blue-san."
"Oh?" Takeshi's eyes glinted with mischief and competitiveness as he spoke tauntingly, "You talk big for a tiny little girl, Indigo-chan."
Nagi's eyes narrowed just a bit as she murmured, "Oh it's so on, pretty boy."
"Ano…." Tsuna raised his voice tentatively as he saw how competitive his two friends were being, and sweat-dropped. "I think Cloud-san will make a good leader."
Evryone turned to give Kyoya a skeptical glance, who in turn shot Tsuna a disdainful look. He then walked off with a scoff and just a comment, "Spare me from your herbivorous idiocies, Baby Omnivore."
Tsuna face-palmed as he watched the antisocial Cloud walk off, and turned back to his friends as Kyoko mumbled in nonchalant amusement, "And there goes our tentative 'leader.'"
Haru sniffed haughtily and shot a half-hearted glare at the retreating Cloud's back, and said, "Him? Our leader? Having him as our team leader will be like a disaster waiting to happen!"
Nagi snorted and commented offhandedly, "You're just miffed about the fact that he literally dragged you here against your will, Psyduck-chan."
"Hey! Don't call me that!" Haru cried out in offense.
"My, my, you're so easily offended that it's amusing, Psyduck-chan." Nagi teased with a cocky smirk on her face, to which Haru let out an aggravating growl –much to her delight.
"Oi, no teasing the Psyduck, Mist-kun." Tsuna said sternly as he kicked Nagi lightly under the table , though with the way his amber eyes flashed with mischief when Haru hissed like a disgruntled kitten betrayed his stern expression.
Nagi froze for a moment before a smirk bloomed on her lips and she tilted her head to the side. "Oya? Orange-san, I have to say, you're very observant."
Tsuna smiled brightly at her and nodded. "I aim to please."
Takeshi, Haru and Kyoko glanced between them to and fro. Takeshi scratched the back of his head in confusion and asked with a wary chuckle, "Uh, did we miss something?"
"Nothing important." Nagi said dismissively, though she still kept an eye out for the very observant Tsuna. "Why don't we go back on the topic of who should we choose as our Team Leader?"
Takeshi's eyes sparked again with competitiveness as he said, "That'll be me, of course."
"Hahi! Haru is the best choice for the team leader, obviously." Haru argued back.
Nagi raised a brow and said confidently, "You two are definitely delusional. Obviously, I'll be the Team leader."
Tsuna stared at the three of them as they argued and sighed exasperatedly. "You're all fighting for such a silly reason, it isn't even funny."
"Well," Kyoko pointed out, "I think they're excited to be Team Leader because whoever becomes the leader gets to order others around, and the others will have to follow their orders." Tsuna blinked and stared at her in confusion. His fire seemed to whisper something to help him realize what she actually means, but he still didn't get it, well, until she rolled her eyes and literally spelled it out to him, that is. "Especially Kyoya."
Tsuna gave her a flat look. "You do know that he'd sooner bite them to death than to follow any of their orders, right?"
"Of course they know that!" Kyoko chirped mischievously, "Doesn't mean they won't try, though."
Tsuna opened his mouth to say something, but clicked it shut the next moment a thought occurred to him. She was right. Even if it was stupid –more like suicidal- of them to even expect that Kyoya would listen to their orders even if they were chosen as team leader, it doesn't mean they won't try. Because after all, just the thought of ordering Kyoya around was tempting enough for them to try their hands in being Team Leader- even if they'd end up getting bitten to death.
An image of Kyoya reluctantly following his order flashed through Tsuna's mind, and for some reason he felt his ears turning hot and his cheeks flushed with an embarrassed blush –while his orange fire teasingly giggled inside him.
He snapped out of his trance and found himself staring at his friends as they argued about being the leader, and Tsuna felt irritated for some reason. Like hell he'd let others be Leader get to order around his Cloud-san!
"No." Tsuna said in an oddly calm tone, and the others snapped their heads towards him, staring at him with wide eyes. His eyes glinted orange as he tilted his head and declared, "I will be the Team Leader."
The other three were stunned to hear his declaration.
The silence didn't last long though, as Takeshi started laughing in that obnoxious way of his, and exclaimed, "Hahaha, Tsuna, you too wanna be the Leader, huh?"
The other two snapped out of their trance, as Haru scowled and huffed, "Hahi! As if I'd let you take the top spot away so easily!"
Nagi though, just raised an eyebrow, and stared at him in amusement, "How interesting~" She mused.
Kyoko couldn't help but giggle at their antics, making them all turn to her. "You guys are also interesting! Hana-chan would've loved you all!" Her smile faltered when she thought of her friend, but quickly twitched her lips upwards in a grin, making the others wonder if they'd imagined her momentary downtrodden expression or what. Tsuna's orange fire pinged inside him slightly for a moment, but he couldn't wonder deeply about that since his attention was diverted by her next words, "Well, at this rate I don't think we'll get our team leader before the first activity this evening. In that case I have an idea- why don't you all compete to see who will be the leader of our team?"
Everyone's eyes brightened at her words.
"Nice, Kyoko-chan!" Haru exclaimed with a thumbs up.
"Haha, let's compete in baseball! I'll completely win, then!" Takeshi cheered.
"We neither have the time nor enough people to play baseball, pretty boy." Nagi deadpanned snarkily.
"Oops, I forgot!" Takeshi mumbled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head, though from the grin he was sporting on it was obvious that he was just messing with them.
"So, what can we compete in, then?" Tsuna wondered out loud.
Nagi's eyes flashed red for a second as her eyes widened and a sadistic smirk flashed in them, though she quickly smothered it down –though by the narrow-eyed look Tsuna shot her(him?) it's clear that (s)he hadn't been fast enough.
"I have just the perfect idea." Nagi declared as she motioned them to come closer.
"I hope it isn't anything nasty." Tsuna sighed.
"Now, why would you say that?" Nagi asked in a mocking hurt tone.
Tsuna answered dryly, "You know the answer as well as I do, Mist-kun."
Nagi pouted, "Party pooper."
Takeshi wrapped an arm around Tsuna's shoulder and said, "Oh come on Tsuna, let's see what game she suggests. I'm sure it'll be something really fun."
"Yes, yes," Nagi nodded sagely, though her indigo eyes glittered mischievously, "I have a really fun game for us to make our days at Summer Camp more memorable." she paused a bit, and then shrugged, "It's more like a bet actually."
The others shared a quizzical look. "A bet?" They asked.
"Yup." Nagi nodded and smirked as she pulled out a bunch of about three hundred Yen and placed them on the table. "I propose that the one who can hug Purple Onii-sama without getting bitten to death will not only be the team leader, but win the bet and take all the money."
The others reeled back in shock.
"No way!" Kyoko said disbelievingly.
"Are you trying to get us killed?!" Tsuna exclaimed as he shook his head.
"Hahi! Hugging that Vampire for one minute? What if Haru freezes to death?" Haru shivered.
"Not if he bites you to death first, Psyduck-chan." Nagi teased her, to which the other girl glowered at her.
Takeshi chuckled uneasily, "Well, he can't be that bad right?"
"You don't even know the half of it." the others all said flatly in unison.
"Come on now," Nagi coaxed them calmly, "Don't be such scaredy cats. Be adventurous. Have some fun while you're still young!"
"She's just giving us a twisted version of the "Welcome to the Dark Side" speech." Haru deadpanned.
"Hush, no one asked the Psyduck for her opinion." Nagi dismissed her with a teasing comment.
"Why, you-" Haru glowered and threw a plastic cup at her, which she dodged quite easily and smirked tauntingly at her, which only served to irritate Haru even more. While the two of them messed around, the other three thought over Nagi's proposal.
"It sounds really interesting." Kyoko mused with a bright smile on her face. "I'm sure it'll be fun!" She then placed a few notes of money of her own into the pile on the table.
"Well, I ain't the one to back down from a game." Takeshi said as his eyes glinted competitively as he himself placed 70 yen on the table.
Haru huffed as she turned away from Nagi and slammed a few notes of yen on the table with a scowl, "I'll win this bet, and make you regret teasing me." She threatened Nagi, to which the other just chuckled.
Tsuna stared at the ever growing pile of money, as well as the others and sighed. He wasn't as childish as his friends. He's smarter than them. Like hell would he fall for such a lame trick by Mist-kun! Even his orange fire agreed that Cloud-san would rather bite them to death than to let them even touch him. Of course he knew that. He wasn't stupid enough to give in to an obviously failing bet! It's not like Kyoya would let them hug him. By off chance he does let anyone hug them, it's not a big deal anyways. It's just a hug. See? Nothing special.
Just a goddamn hug-
-Tsuna quickly placed his own money into the pile and declared, "I'll win and get the spot of the team leader and all this money." ….and might get the hug as well while he's had the chance.
…Ah? Why do his thoughts and actions contrast so much?
(Somewhere in his core, his orange fire curled in sadistic amusement as it seemed to tease him saying "Hah! Sucker!")
"Alright then." Nagi smirked as she collected all the money and handed it to Kyoko –after Tsuna gave er a flat look (because like hell he'd let the trickster Mist take their money and be off with it after laughing at their failed attempts at fulfilling the bet) which made the Mist pout- and said, "The bet will commence at dinner."
Tsuna paled at her words while the others seemed confused.
"Why dinner though?" Haru asked.
Tsuna whispered as he flinched. "During dinner everyone will be gathered in the cafeteria." Kyoko wanted to ask what he meant, but Tsuna interrupted her by saying urgently, "It means everyone will crowd during the dinner."
"There's also the group Story-time activity after dinner." Nagi amusedly pointed out.
Kyoko winced, "Oh, we're all doomed."
"Why is that so?" Takeshi asked curiously.
Kyoko, Tsuna and even Nagi shook their heads. "Hibari-san hates crowding." Kyoko stressed the gravity of the situation, but the other two didn't seem to understand.
"So what? That Vampire-lookalike would go on a rampage or something?" Haru asked, annoyed.
"No, something even worse." Tsuna said as he paled even further. "He'll bite them all to death."
True enough, Kyoya wasn't pleased when he was dragged to the crowded cafeteria during the dinner rush. His cheek was twitching in annoyance, and he resisted the urge to conjure his tonfas and start disciplining the crowd of baby herbivores and equally annoying fake-carnivore teachers. The way he seemed to emit bloodthirst just by standing in a lone corner of the cafeteria –no one dared to even look at the irate Hibari lest he bite them to death- only made Tsuna and others scoot away from him even further.
Kyoko's smile was strained as she said, "Ah, Hibari-san looks pissed."
"Oh God, we're going to die." Tsuna moaned as he tried his best not to hyperventilate. It's not like the others were faring any better though, with the way their hands quivered and goosebumps rose on their arms –well, except Nagi, that is. The way she was "Kufufufu"-ing was really creeping the fuck out of them.
"Oh for God's sake, someone shut the creepy Gengar or I'll sew her mouth shut with my sewing kit!" Haru snapped as she tugged her bangs in frustration, and Takeshi wisely slapped his palm over her mouth before Nagi could retort to Haru. The chibi-Rain then raised an eyebrow at Haru and asked, "Gengar? Seriously?"
"What? I thought, she'd make a good Gengar with that creepy laughter of hers." Haru shrugged.
"Fair enough." Takeshi grinned.
"Well, I personally think Nagi-chan would make a good Misdreavus." Kyoko offered her own opinion.
Haru gave her a flat look. "With that creepy laughter of hers? No way!"
Tsuna waved his hand in a dismissive manner, "That's just Mist-kun being Mist-kun. It's not Mist-chan's fault, you know."
"Are you seriously discussing over Pokemon right now?" Nagi asked, unimpressed as she finally shoved off Takeshi's hand palm off her mouth.
"I'll have you know Pokemon discussion is a legit conversation." Haru said haughtily, and the others nodded in agreement.
"You know what else is legit? Our bet." Nagi smiled –and if her smile was a bit too sadistic and promised pain if they didn't follow her instructions right this instant, well….. let it not be said that the Pineapple haired Mist wasn't –indirectly- learning the art of intimidation from Yuna –via Nagi Express, of course.
Everyone winced at her words.
"Can't we just forget about the bet?" Tsuna asked weakly as he distantly glanced at Kyoya and winced when he saw him smashing his tonfas on a boy's head who had accidentally shoved a girl in his haste.
"Yeah, you can even keep the money!" Kyoko agreed quickly, and shrunk her shoulders when Kyoya's eyes passed over their group as he surveyed the hall for undisciplined herbivores.
"What? No way-" Haru was about to argue, but Takeshi quickly covered her mouth with his hand on Tsuna's signal.
"Hmm, the offer sure is sound tempting~" Nagi pondered, but then smirked and shook her head, "But to trade the chance to see you all make a fool of yourself in exchange of money? No way!"
"Tch, what a trickster." Haru grumbled as she glared at Nagi.
"Come on now, let's stop wasting time. There's only an hour left till dinnertime ends, and I want everyone to finish the bet by then." Nagi said as she glanced at her wrist watch.
"Since when was there a time limit to the bet?" Tsuna deadpanned.
"Since now, why, do you have any problem?" Nagi asked. Tsuna and Haru opened their mouth to argue, only to be cut off by her. "None? Good."
"Then let the bet begin!"
Everyone shared a look.
"So….." Tsuna asked. "Who wants to go first?"
The others shared an uneasy look. Haru took a deep breath as she eyed Kyoya and said reluctantly, "Well, let me try. The sooner this bet ends the better." She then shrugged and said in (false) brave tone, "Besides, what's the worst that can happen?" Saying this, she walked towards Kyoya's direction with her chin up and confidant strides.
"…..Why is she trying to tempt Murphy?" Tsuna deadpanned.
"Alas!" Nagi said dramatically, "What else can you expect from a Psyduck?"
"Ne, aren't you overreacting?" Takeshi asked curiously.
"Just wait and watch, Yamamoto-kun" Kyoko said in a quiet tone.
They all watched Haru intently as she walked towards Kyoya and grabbed an empty plate from a passing kid –who shot her a glare but shut his mouth before he could argue with her and went away to get another plate when he sensed multiple intense stares that sent shivers down his spine from the peanut gallery spying in the corner- and acted as if she was going to join the long line of kids waiting to be served their dinner. When she neared Kyoya, she seemingly 'bumped' into a girl and tripped and fell towards Kyoya's back. As she stumbled, she extended her arms and her fingers almost touched the back of his jacket-
-only for Kyoya to move at the last minute, and eyed her in disdain as she fell face-first on the floor with a SMASH! sound.
"Watch where you're going, herbivore." Kyoya snapped at the girl lying on the floor before he stalked off to terrorize someone else.
"Pfft-" Nagi laughed as she watched some kids nearby helping Haru up, while the girl who 'bumped' into her apologized profusely. Haru waved off their concern and scowled when she saw them laughing at her.
"Ehehehehe-!" Kyoko tried to smother her giggles seeing Haru's scowl, but it was a failed effort.
"Ahahahahahahahahaha!" Takeshi howled in laughter and leaned against Tsuna, who himself was trembling with chuckles.
"Hahi! It wasn't funny!" Haru growled in annoyance. When the others still kept laughing at her, she huffed and said, "Well, let's see how good you fare against him!"
That statement made them abruptly shut up.
"So," Nagi cleared her throat and asked, "Who's next?"
Tsuna and Takeshi shared a look and stepped back in unison, leaving Kyoko in front and Nagi beamed at Kyoko and said "Wonderful! You're next then, Kyoko-chan!"
Kyoko blinked and then turned to see the other two boys behind her, staring at her with apologetic looks, making her glare disapprovingly at them. "So much for camaraderie." she pouted but resigned herself to her fate. After a wary glance at Kyoya –who kicked an older boy for littering empty packets of chips on the floor- she winced and asked weakly, "Um, can't I just put more money into the bet in exchange for not having to participate in it?"
"Hmmm~' Nagi taped her chin contemplatively, and then answered with a bright smile, "No."
Kyoko's shoulders sagged in resignation. "'thought so." Pursuing her lips in a straight line, she made her way towards Kyoya, though her steps faltered a bit when Kyoya turned towards her sharply and stared at her scathingly.
"What?" He growled in annoyance.
"Can I hug you?" she squeaked out somehow in terror.
Kyoya's glare intensified as he flat out refused, "No."
"Okay!" Kyoko said and quickly fled away from the demon child of Namimori before his irritation spikes and he bites her to death.
(The peanut gallery gathered at the corner face-palmed. Nagi pouted, "That's no fun."
"I was expecting another episode of comic-relief –just like the one Psyduck-chan had performed a while ago." Tsuna agreed with her.
"Hey!" Haru snapped at the other two, which they ignored with practiced ease.
"She saved herself from being bitten to death. That's amazing, I think." Takeshi pointed out, and the others whole-heartedly agreed.)
Kyoko walked towards them and rubbed the goosebumps on her arms. "Oh god, Hibari-san is so scary!" she mumbled and leaned against Haru, who patted her back reassuringly.
"You did well though." Haru said consolingly.
"At least you didn't embarrass yourself like our resident Psyduck here." Nagi said in amusement.
"Stop calling me that!" Haru hissed at her.
"Never!" Nagi shot back.
Kyoko took a few deep breaths to regain back her composure. Once her fear of the demon child settled down, she was back to her usual self as she smiled at the others –even though it was a bit strained, and gestured towards Takeshi and Tsuna, "Who's going next, then?"
Tsuna pointed at Takeshi, who chuckled fondly and said, "Ah, I guess that's me, then."
Kyoko gave Tsuna a look and said, "You can't keep putting off your turn like that, Tsuna-kun. Sooner or later it'll be your turn."
"I am perfectly willing if my turn never comes." Tsuna said flatly with a shudder.
"Like that's gonna happen." Nagi said dryly.
"And when is your turn, then?" Tsuna asked her in annoyance.
"After you, that's for sure." Nagi retorted.
Tsuna opened his mouth to argue, but was cut off by Takeshi's comment, "I'll be off then!"
Saying this, he jogged towards Kyoya, who had found a lone corner on the outer side of the cafeteria with less herbivores around him and was eying the crowd with faux-calm eyes.
Takeshi tiptoed around Kyoya as if he were a prey trying to outwit a predator, and the orange fire pinged lightly as Tsuna finally realized what Takeshi is thinking of doing.
("Oh my God, he can't be serious!" Tsuna exclaimed.
"What?" Haru was startled by his exclamation.
"Tsuna-kun, what's going on?" Kyoko asked.
Nagi too shot him a questioning look.
Tsuna groaned –his eyes momentarily glinted a lighter shade of orange- as he pointed at Takeshi and said flatly "Rain-san is trying to literally trying to pounce on Cloud-san and catch him off guard enough to hug him."
Cue a two minute silence. And then, the three of them exclaimed in unison-
"WHAT?!")
And true to Tsuna's words, the moment Kyoya turned away to stare at a particular herbivore who was disturbing the peace by flinging strings of noodles at others for fun, Takeshi pounced on Kyoya, thinking his plan was foolproof, and that he would definitely win the bet. And it would have been so too-
-had his opponent not been the Hibari Kyoya.
Kyoya sidestepped the baby Rain and kicked him straight in abdomen –forcing him to wheeze out of breath- and a strike of tonfa sent the baby Rain herbivore and crash onto a table of herbivores enjoying their dinner –who shrieked at the sudden arrival of Takeshi's who literally crashed their dinner.
Kyoya's eyes flashed in fury as he stalked towards the peanut gallery who inched away from the demon child who was this close to snapping at them.
"I have had enough of your antics. What are you herbivores up to?" Kyoya glowered at them. When they tried to argue back, he shut them off with his next statement, "Don't think I didn't notice the rest of you staring at me while one of you approached me each time. What the hell are you all doing?"
The others shrunk back at his comment.
Kyoya's eyes snapped towards Nagi's hunched form and narrowed at her. "Nagi," he asked –no, demanded. "I asked you a question."
(Somewhere in her mindscape, Nagi blinked as Mukuro shoved her to the front.
"Ah my dear Nagi, I think it's time for me to head back." Mukuro said serenely –and Nagi would've been fooled if she hadn't seen the cold sweat dripping down his forehead. "My minions must be waiting for me."
Saying this he disappeared in a shower of indigo glitter. Nagi wondered what had happened to make Mu-kun flee like that. She closed her eyes and reviewed the memories of the past few hours when she had let Mukuro possess her for a while –like they had been doing a few hours each day for the past few weeks- as a form of training.
When she realized what Mukuro had done in the past few hours –teasing her friends, inciting them to take a ridiculously suicidal bet, the utter stupidity that followed as her idiot friends even agreed with Mu-kun's demands –How stupid can they all be?!- she couldn't help but face-palm.
"Mu-kun, you ass!" Nagi rubbed her temple as she cursed Mukuro for dropping her in this mess. "You could've at least warned me before shoving me to face the wrath of Onii-sama!" she whined.)
Nagi blinked a few times –and was it Kyoya's imagination or the indigo in Nagi's eyes lightened a bit?- as she calmly replied, "We made a bet to see who can hug you, Onii-sama."
"Don't make it sound like you don't have anything to do with it!" Haru argued weakly but shut up with a squeak when Kyoya's glaring eyes snapped towards her.
Nagi didn't reply.
"Let's put this farce to the end then." Kyoya glowered as he grabbed the one closest to him –that happened to be Tsuna- and dragged him towards himself. Tsuna stumbled and fell towards Kyoya, who wrapped his arms around the smaller boy in a tight embrace.
Everyone –even the teachers and other baby herbivores eying them from afar- froze and gaped at them.
Kyoya's hug was just like his temper- firmly tight enough to choke him if it were any tighter, but gentle in the way that it seemed to engulf him in a warm blanket, making Tsuna's cheeks unconsciously flush for some reason. Tsuna's fingers unconsciously curled around the collar of Kyoya's jacket as he inhaled Kyoya's scent. The orange fire inside him curled pleasantly and thrummed in pleasure.
Kyoya then abruptly released Tsuna and Takeshi quickly grabbed Tsuna before he could stumble and trip down in his sluggishness. "Now that your stupid bet is done and over with, don't mess with me herbivores, or I'll bite you to death!" Kyoya threatened them and soon stalked off.
It took a few minutes before the surprise wore off the four of them, and they soon crowded around a dazed Tsuna and helped him sit down on a chair near them.
"Did that just happen?" Haru asked weakly, unable to believe the events that had transpired a few minutes ago.
"Yes." Kyoko answered with a hesitant nod.
"It's a good thing Hibari-san didn't bite us to death, right?" Takeshi chuckled sheepishly and then turned to Tsuna and patted his back. "And it was really brave of Tsuna to endure Hibari-san's 'deathly' embrace."
Haru nodded, "Yeah, Haru would have died if that Vampire had choked her with that tight hug of his."
"Tsuna-kun really got the short end of the stick, though." Kyoko said sympathetically.
"Well, as compensation, let's make Tsuna our Team Leader. Besides, in the end Tsuna was the only one who got to hug Hibari –even if it was the other way around- without ending up annoying him with his antics, so by default Tsuna won the bet, right?" Takeshi suggested.
"Yeah." The other two agreed.
Nagi just quietly eyed Tsuna's sluggish state and wondered if Tsuna had really gotten the short end of the stick. Because from his flushing cheeks and his dazed amber eyes it sure didn't seem like that.
Don't you agree?
A/N:- Aw...Tsu-kun's budding crush on Kyo-chan is so hilarious! Kyo-chan is so oblivious that it only adds to the hilarity. Na-chan is suspecting something, and we all have an idea what it is, right? *wink*wink* Also, Mu-kun, you're not supposed to appear so soon in the story! Wait for your turn, dammit!
The chibi-Vongolas are gathering one by one -it's no wonder that madness would follow them even without the Spartan-Tutor's presence. XD Just imagine the shenanigans that would be ensued when Reborn arrives. *cackles evilly*
So... Reviews? Anyone?
P.S.- Sorry, no OMAKES for today 'coz one- this chapter is already funny enough, I don't want to kill you with laughter by adding the OMAKE too. And two- the next Arcobaleno OMAKE is one you've all always wanted ever since you started reading the story, but haven't got till now. XD
Any guesses?