Have you ever been 200% done? Tired of other people's bullshit? Yes?
Well you should perfectly understand how Gokudera Hayato felt that day.
It was May first and, apart from the fact that everyone was being an annoying bitch with their stupid spring allergies, it was time to buy birthday presents, because in the Vongola household, every single birthday or festivity had to be celebrated. No objections admitted. So everyone had to buy a present for whoever's birthday it was. The tenth, of course, was very busy, especially around that time of the year, so he would make a list of what he had in mind and Gokudera, as the perfect right-hand-man he is, would buy it instead of him. He never really minded doing this kind of thing. It was like a day-off for him, and he really could use one of those, because he had more paperwork than anyone, and when some of his fellow guardians decided they didn't fucking feel like doing their goddamn job, guess who was stuck with filling papers and writing reports that he didn't have to do in the first place? Yeah… him.
But back to the present buying, this year, he would have rather doing the paperwork of all the guardians together. I mean, usually, there were no problems. He would go to the mall with his tenth's list, buy what he had to buy, and sometimes, he would find Ryohei or Yamamoto buying stuff too and the three would end up getting drunk in some cheap bar. But this year, there was a problem. A huge one, by the way.
It was that list.
That goddamn list,
No… it couldn't have been the same stuff from other years, like –Get Haru-chan some cake and a dress, and for Hibari-san I'll just make one of those 'bite to death' coupons that he likes so much- No. This year, it said exactly this:
[Buy something sexy for Haru, you have good taste in that… and condoms for Hibari-san because we all know that he's too shy to buy them himself J Dino said he would get him some toys, if you know what I mean…]
And he knew what that meant. He knew what that meant perfectly and he didn't like it at all. In fact, the simple thought made him want to throw up. With all due respect for the tenth, there was no way in hell he was going to buy condoms for another man that he didn't even like to begin with! He would much rather getting tampons, and that realization caused the man a slow, painful and silent mental breakdown right in the spot.
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The next day, somehow, everyone was talking –more like gossiping –about Haru and Hibari and whatever relationship they had. It went somehow like this:
Gokudera asked Tsuna about the list, and the young boss told him what Lambo had said to him a few days ago. The storm guardian, shocked by the information, told Yamamoto about how 'those two' were sharing a bed. The taller man must have not caught the double sense, for he commented to Ryohei how 'those two' were living together. Ryohei extremely told his little sister, who was not any less surprised than everyone else and after a long night thinking about it, did what all girls do, and reached the conclusion that those two made a perfect couple and that they should get married. Chrome confused the 'should get married' for a 'are going to get married' and told the news to Mukuro, who was on the phone with Byakuran, who yelled it to Shoichi trough the interphone of the Milliefiore headquarters, thus letting the entire famiglia to know, and from mouth to mouth, everyone involved with the mafia world had in mind that 'those two' were on a very serious relationship.
But hey, it's a secret…
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Out of everyone who made part of the misunderstanding, Kyoko was the only one that felt devastated, apart from shocked in the most pure form of said feeling –she was more surprised about the fact that that even the most important Mafiosi had nothing better to do than gossip around like middle school girls, than about the gossip itself-. The girl just couldn't believe that after all this time being friends; the brunette wouldn't tell her something so important. They had gone through so much together, and even with after the biggest quarrels *ehem*Tsuna*ehem* they would hug and still be friends as if nothing had ever happened. She was disappointed to know that her best friend had kept something so big as a secret, but just like with everything else, they were going to talk about this, whether Haru liked it, or not.
She wore some old training pants and a white T-shirt two sizes bigger and grabbed some pop-corn before installing herself in the other girl's room, as if she owned it. When Haru opened the door a few hours later, she couldn't suppress a scream.
-Hahi! K-Kyoko-chan! You scared me! What are you doing here?!
-Haru-chan, I've been thinking, and I realized that it's been a while since we last did a girls night, you know?-she said with a blank expression.
-Hahi… you're right… but just the two of us? –Haru was getting slightly confused. She knew something was wrong when her friend made that face.
-Well, yeah… but we can just occupy the living room and the kitchen and not let the boys in. That's always fun~
-True. There's nothing like annoying the hell out of Gokudera-san…
And in less than ten minutes, the living room and the kitchen had become the girls' property.
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Kyoko was lying on the couch, facing the ceiling and with her right hand shoved into the pop-corn bowl. After two corny movies they didn't really pay attention to, she decided to go straight to the point.
-What is this thing with you and Hibari and why didn't you tell me? What happen to the part where we tell each other everything?
-Hahi? What are you talking about?
-People are saying things, you know? About you two… and about how you're sleeping together…
-WHAT? Who told you that!? That is so not true! Also, If Haru ever slept with Hibari-san the first thing I'd do after it would be telling you!
-Then why is everyone talking about that? Onii-chan told me and he would never lie about something like this.
-Well he got it all wrong! Wherever it is he got that from… Hibari-san and I are just friends, you know? –Haru sighed, not even bothering to cover the blush that was taking over her face.
-I know you two are friends now… but who are you trying to fool here? If you had the chance, wouldn't you do something with him? He is Hibari-san after all –This girl really knew how to make difficult questions, and she even did it with a smirk and an eyebrow wiggle only she knew how to do.
-Hahi… W-well… No… I mean, he's just a friend... You know, kinda like with goldfishes… I would cry if he died, but I would never kiss him…
-Did you just call Hibari-san a goldfish? –She snorted. This was not the answer she expected.
-Pfff… This stays between us. If he finds out he'll kill me for sure
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About the rumor, it lasted two more days. Hibari never knew. Nobody was brave enough to ask him about it. Haru went asking people and gathering information and investigating until she ended up –of course –in Tsuna's office. She basically told him that it was all a lie and made him apologize, and then proceeded to blackmail him into calling everyone who knew and explain that it was, in fact, false information.
Needless to say, Lambo had to return his X-Box and he was the one who did the calling and explaining.
The birthday parties went like every single year. Haru got to eat shitload of cake, and Hibari didn't deign to show up. The brunette saved him some cake though, but he probably didn't eat it and just fed it to Hibird. He wouldn't have minded having some chocolate cake, since she had gone through the bother of saving it just for him, but at the moment, he had more important things in mind. Things with first and last name: Vinnie Cabra.
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A week later
-Hibari-san! –Haru was downstairs in Hibari's room. Again. This time, though, the room was completely empty and in perfect order.
-Kyo-san had to leave with Dino-san today. –Kusakabe came out of nowhere and gave Haru the fright of her life.
-Really? Where are they going?
-They have to see this guy in Italy. He seems dangerous, so Kyo-san is going, just in case.
-I see… Hibari-san must be very confident of himself if he left his tonfas behind…
She pointed at the bed, where a pair of tonfas rested, as if in a pedestal. Kusakabe turned pale in an instant. He couldn't believe that after all this time; Hibari still needed someone to check on him like a mother.
-It's ok, Haru will take them to him! He's in the airport, right?
-They must be almost getting there, and there's a lot of traffic… you'll never make it in time…
-No problem! Haru knows her ways.
And she knew her ways very well. Living with men really showed her how to use her feminine charms to get what she wanted, and if showing a nipple to stop traffic was necessary, there was no problem at all with it. So in less than 15 minutes she had reached a place that was an hour away. She was lucky to have found some nice police men that agreed to take here there ignoring speed limit as long as she stopped causing public disorder.
Haru got out of the car and started running past security guards –luckily she was quite fast because she was in the gymnastics club in middle school –and spotted Dino's blond hair just before they got into the plane.
-HIBARI-SAN!
The cloud turned around and saw the girl running towards him, while everybody around watched the scene and some girls even recorded it with their iPhones, probably expecting something cheesy.
-Hibari-san… thanks god… Haru found you…. You … you can't leave yet… -she was panting really hard from running.
Hibari ignored Dino's existence, as usual, and ran to where the brunette was. It all looked like that typical movie scene with a last minute love confession. He cupped her cheeks with both his hands and looked straight into her eyes, not noticing that they were being the center of attention.
-Hibari-san… Haru needs to tell you something really important…
-What is it?
And when the audience was getting excited about the whole thing, hoping to hear an 'I love you' that they could explain later, Haru pulled two metal sticks from her bag.
-You forgot your tonfas…
-Right. Thank you.
People just turned around in disappointment. There was a collective 'fuck this shit' in between the crowd, and Dino, who was enjoying the moment more than anyone, facepalmed in defeat.
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Many years of biting herbivores to death, had helped Hibari with his self-control. Now he could last an entire flight without snapping, even if Dino was next to him getting constantly on his nerve.
-Haru-chan is really cute, don't you think? –The Cavallone boss tried desperately to establish some conversation.
There was no response. Hibari was good at ignoring people.
-Do you think she has a boyfriend~?
Silence.
-Kyouya… would it really hurt you so much to answer me?
-Shut up.
-Oh come on… There's a kid kicking my seat since the flight started and if I don't talk to someone to distract myself I'll go crazy.
-Aren't you already?
-That was mean…
Dino sighed and turned around, hoping the annoying brat would stop. But since we all know Dino is not precisely the luckiest guy on earth, let's not act surprised that the boy ignored him too, and when the blond tried to talk to the kid's dad, that man turned out to be some Indian dude that spoke no lick of Italian, Japanese, English or any language Dino could kinda communicate in. At some point, he even tried to sell the Italian an iPad, for no apparent reason. And the kid still wouldn't stop kicking the chair.
Dino was about to start crying when Hibari sighed and turned around. He stared into the kid's eyes, and the kid looked back. There were a few seconds of silence, and then, out of nowhere, the kid looked down, stopped kicking Dino's chair and started doing something that seemed like math homework.
-How do you do that? –Dino was speechless.
Hibari barely looked at him and then proceeded to glue his stare into the window, slowly falling asleep with the view of the clouds from above.
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This is it so far~
I portrayed how rumors work with this very well and I won't let anyone tell me otherwise :3 So yeah… I kinda know how I want this to continue. I have it all planned out. I just don't know how to get there from here. Idk.
This Vinnie is going to be important later. Just saying. Btw, for those who don't know, his last name 'Cabra' means goat in Spanish and here saying 'estas como una cabra' translates to 'you're like a goat' that means 'you're fucking crazy' so just think about it =u=
Well. Thank you for reading and I hope you like this chapter ^^ All your reviews are lovely and motivating and appreciated, so yeah… I'll try to have the next chapter soon.