A/N: I'm still alive! yay! TT); Here's the 7th installment of Otomen.. damn, it took me ages but here it is. I've also put snippets of Byakuran and Fuyumi's past, a little peak of what their relationship was before they separated. Of course, Giotto and Daemon finally made an appearance here.. =D until next time!


G finally noticed that they have an audience and then looked over the two teens, who, are looking a little out of place and lost. He whistled in low-key. Alaude glared at him, he just ignored it and let go of his god-daughter. He turned his attention to the two and mentally laughed at the reactions he got.

The blonde wimpy-looking kid (as G called Dino) was gawking at him with wide eyes as if he'd bite his head off any minute and the Alaude kid look-alike-except-the-hair-color (Again, it was G's. He's not very creative at making names) was glaring holes at him when he was just hugging Haru.

'The blonde kid looks harmless enough, but it's the Alaude look-alike that's trouble. Well, not for me' he took a glance to Alaude, who was now glaring at Cozart but the latter was just laughing it all off. '*snicker* Good luck, Alaude. *mentally snickers some more* It's sometimes a good thing that I'm single.'

"Who are you?"

Alaude asked – more like demanded - Dino and Hibari as he coldly glared at them. Dino mentally sweat-dropped at the gesture while Hibari glared back, Alaude twitched in irritation at what Hibari did.

"Bongiourno, I'm Dino Cavallone and this," Dino gestured at Hibari, who just gave him a cold glare, making him mentally sweat-drop. "Is my friend, Hibari Kyouya, we're Haru-chan's classmates. It's nice to meet you Miura-san"

Dino said as he and Hibari bowed, well, he forced Hibari. Alaude visibly twitched when he heard Dino call his daughter casually. Dino saw that and mentally stored it down his (idiotic) brain for future references.

"Hn, I see."

Meanwhile, in another part of Japan…..

Kikyo noticed that his friend is frowning, as far as he knows, Byakuran never frowns. There are only three instances that he saw him like that, one is the time that he was nervous about proposing to his ex-wife, two is when his son was born (Byakuran almost lost his wife and son during that time) and lastly, when his ex-wife confronted him for a divorce.

"Byakuran, are you alright?"

Byakuran blinked at him before answering.

"Uh, yeah… I just had this weird feeling… I don't know… it's like Kyouya's in trouble or something. I just hope he's alright."

"Ah…."

On another place, a completely unrelated scenario from before…

"Giotto, are you sure this'll work?"

Giotto gave the younger man a thumb up, making the latter look at him in wary.

"Don't worry Daemon, everything will be perfect. Just do your part okay?"

"If you say so…"

And in another place, far, far away (Actually it's in America)

Hibari Fuyumi, the demon ex-wife of Byakuran (the nickname given to her by Kikyo & Shouichi, although she doesn't know that) and Hibari Kyouya's mother, the one person that really scares him, is now currently at a local café, drinking her coffee.

In front of her, there's a young couple (a blonde-haired, military bandana-wearing guy and a blue-haired girl) on a date. She can tell that the two loves each other deeply, the young man was being tutored by his girlfriend about something, but he's not paying attention. The girl, noticing that her boyfriend's not listening, glared at him and said something that just made the latter laugh. The girl blushed furiously when the young man whispered something in her ear. Fuyumi couldn't help but smile wistfully at the two. Somehow, the couple reminds him of her younger days with his ex-husband. As soon as she realized her train of thought, she immediately shook her head in denial.

"What's wrong with me today?"

Flashback

"Byakuran, you have to focus! The exams are next week, do you want to fail!?"

An eighteen-year old Fuyumi nearly shouted at her boyfriend who just chuckled at her. He then pinched her nose slightly, somehow calming her down a little.

"I'll be more serious if you give me a reward if I pass."

"Huh? *sigh* Fine. I'll get whatever you want as long as I can do it when you passed every single subject in the exams"

"Okay! I can do that!"

So eighteen-year old Byakuran turned serious and studied hard. Seeing the guy she likes working hard, Fuyumi's heart swelled with love and pride for him.

A week after the exam, when the results finally came out, she was surprised to find out that her boyfriend managed to defeat the reigning number one, Irie Shouichi, one of their good friends.

"So, can I have my reward now?"

She gaped at him, still couldn't believe that he managed to be the number one in the whole school.

"H-how?"

"I'm very motivated that's why, so… my reward?"

"Okay, what is it?"

Byakuran smiled a genuine smile at her, seeing that expression made Fuyumi then realized how much she loves him and would want to be with him for the rest of their lives.

"Just… this"

And he kissed her on her lips, pouring all the feelings he has for her.

Flashback ends

Fuyumi wiped the tears lingering in her eyes and then stood up, and then walked away, leaving a couple of bucks to pay what she owes.

Back to our main characters…..

"Why are you two here?"

"Uh…."

Dino scratched his head while laughing nervously, Hibari remained quiet while Haru face-palmed.