Chapter 2: Closet of Surprises…what behind door number one? Two? Huh, three?
Inhale…exhale. Inhale…exhale. Hi-chan tried her best to steady her pounding heart and allowed her eyes the time they needed to adjust to the dark closet space she had locked herself in. She would have looked for a light switch had it not been for what she had first seen upon opening the door. Her mind didn't want to comprehend it and Hi-chan was just fine with it. Why does her boy-side have such a weird hobby?
"Ouch!" She tumbled over something hard against the floor. Grabbing her little toes, she had to admit that it was impossible to see without light. Her eyes had adjusted some, but it was still too dark to see anything clearly.
So with a frown, Hi-chan flipped the 'on' switch against the door. She had to close her eyes due to the sudden brightness, but it soon adjusted and she pried them open to be in dazed once more.
The whole room was filled from floor to ceiling with…weapons…knifes, model guns, rifles, batons, chains and many other which she had only seen on television but doesn't know their names. Despite the assortment of weapons lying around, however, the one that stood out the most were the huge collection of tonfas; a whole side of the room was dedicated to it.
To Hi-chan all of them looked exactly the same and so with the curiosity of a cat who wish to fills her curios, Hi-chan walked toward the wall where the tonfas were hung. She had to know what was so great about those steel weapons that they had captured her boy side's attention.
She saw no different from one to the other. Nothing that said they are different. The length, metal, and color were all the same. The exact same from ones to the other.
"Such a boring guy…" Hi-chan complained. She would have rather collect swords if it was a case of owning a weapons collection, but the only sword she saw in the room had been a bamboo sword used in kendo; a broken one at that.
"What's so special about these tonfas?" she questioned, getting closer to one of the many gray steel cylinder, she picked one off it resting place.
"Awhhhhhhhh!" she squeaked for upon touching a small hidden button, she had release a short silver chain from the bottom of the tonfa she was holding.
"Waoo~!"
Staring at it in a new light, Hi-chan look back toward the wall and began tearing down tonfa after tonfa, marveling at each new surprise she found within each touch of a button.
There was one that release a coating of thorns, another poked out hooks, one even let out an electric current, just like a teaser. She was amazed. Hi-chan would never think that such a simple looking weapon could hold so many surprises.
One of the many pairs even contain all the different modes—this one had became her favorite for it seems that it required her to push a correct series of combination for each of the different forms. It was fun and she wish to spend her entire day within this room.
But, no! She needs to find Tsuna! "That's right! I should be looking for Tsuna-san!" Hi-chan was about to run out the closet when she remember the reason for being in here in the first place.
She needs a change of clothes!
Looking around, she saw that there were none. Confused, she walks over toward a dress cabin on the other side of the room and peek in a random drawer. Still nothing but more weapons; a pocket knife, teasers, and a pair of handcuffs lay scattered around inside. There were a couple of pretty purple boxes with design of clouds that had attracted her attention, but she closed the drawer nevertheless since it didn't provide what she wanted.
Searches of the others drawers contain the same as a frown crawled across her face. Could she have missed an area?
She did.
Hi-chan ran over to the wooden door which she was sure did not exist in the closet of her own world. It wasn't even the same door she had entered through. Opening the wooden door slowly, she sends a silence prayer to whichever gods that was listening that the room does not contain more weapons.
Her wish was answered as she walked through the door into another walk-in closet. This one contains the items she wished to find.
"Why did dad allows this me to get a walk-in closet? That stingy old man was always so stubborn and cheap about letting me have one back home." She huffed, the feeling of envy high in the air as she searches the roomful of clothes. Why did her boy self got the walk-in while she was stuck with a messy closet?
Little does she knows, Hibari Kyouya had threatened his father for the possession of the entire left-side of the house. He'll bite anyone who dare enter his territory without a proper reason.
"What the…" Hi-chan stopped her hunt for a proper outfit to looks around the room. It was all the same! All the clothes around her were the exact same…no there were a set of different colors clothing in the corner. Rushing over she stared at the corner set in disbelieve.
"Why is there only school uniform in here? This isn't a uniforms factory! It supposed to be the best walk-in closet a girl could wish for!" She held up a nicely ironed set of black pant, white collar-shirt and a woolen navy vest. On the hanger was a tag that she decided to read:
"Fall. Wednesday. Sunny." She looks at another tag, hoping that it would give her a better hint as to what they were uses for. "Fall. Wednesday. Raining." Another one will surely help her solve this weird mystery of tags on clothes. "Fall. Friday. Raining…Fall. Friday. Strong wind…Saturday. Sunny. Saturday. Raining…Does…" Hi-chan finally seems to figured out the mystery of the many uniforms as she give the room another look over.
"No way, right?" She laughed when her silver blue eyes caught sight of the tags on the other sets of clothes. "This is…this is…this is ridiculous! A different set of uniform for each day. And it even divided based on weathers! What is my other self thinking? Where are all the normal clothes? Where are his casual wears? His shoes? His dress? His normal attires?"
Wait! She did not just say dress! No dress! No dress! That was for girl only and her other self was surely a guy. A very boring guy with interest in school uniforms and not only that, but a very specific kind of school uniform, one from...
"Namimori Middle? Why does he have their uniforms? Does he go there?" Hi-chan wondered since the school she goes to back in her world had been the elite school of Midori Middle.
She dropped the two sets she was currently holding onto the floor alongside the many others she had dropped. Hi-chan begins walking away from the corner for the Fall-uniforms. It was currently only spring after all, so she might as well grabbed a set off the spring rack.
The spring corner's outfit contains black sack, white collar-shirt and a yellow coat. She disregards the label stating 'Spring. Tuesday. Raining.' Even thought today was Monday and the weather was anything but rainy. She also ignores the fact that there was a black coat hanging alongside the uniform with a red band pinned neatly on the arm.
As she was about to leave the room, fully dressed in the normal Namimori uniform, Hi-chan spotted yet another door. Curious and perhaps a bit hopeful that it contain some casual wears, Hi-chan decided to take a peek.
"WAO~ How cute?" She shrieked upon seeing a life-size teddy bear dressed in an army green soldier uniform, holding a stuffed rifle as if guarding the entrance to the room. Hi-chan didn't care if the bear was guarding as she attacked it with a cuddling hug.
"Sooooo cute!" Hi-chan was in heaven as she rubbed her cheek against the giant teddy bear's chest. Then she saw another cute giant-size stuffed hedgehog.
"This is the cutest room! This is what a walk-in closet should be like!" She exclaimed diving into a hug with the large Roll pillow. As she stood back to her feet, she saw the cutest, biggest, fluffiest, Hibird stuffed-animal in the world!
"Definitely the best!" She squealed jumping yet again into a hug. It was decided! She was going to stay in this room for the rest of her time in this world!
"Hibari. School. Hibari. School." A cute little voice sang near the single window in the room and Hi-chan look up to see a small size replica of the yellow bird she was hugging.
Hi-bird had perched on the window sill. Strangely, Hi-chan noted that there was a large potted tree sitting next to the window, shading a ceramic stand holding two basins. On one side were grains of birds feeds while the other hold water.
Does Hi-bird live here?
"Hi-bird!" She jumped to her feet not really caring about her previous question and dashed toward the window. She watched in horror that the little yellow bird panic and flew away from the sill and out the window.
"Not Hibari. Not Hibari." The bird chirped, a slight sound of panic within it's voice. Hi-bird flied away when he sense that the person was not her master.
Hi-chan looks at the little bird in disappointment, for Hi-bird was so close and yet the little bird was totally out of her reach.
Then she realized that she was floating mid-air outside the window. She panicked, letting out a scream as gravity pulled her down!
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" BAM! "Huh?" She looked up in shock. "I'm-I'm still alive?" and did a ten-point landing. "I'm still alive!" She happily exclaimed before the chirping of Hi-bird drew her attention once again.
"Not Hibari! Not Hibari! At school. At school." Hi-bird chirped, slowly flying away from sight.
"School?" Hi-chan looked at the bird in confusion for a moment before realizing that she was getting ready for school.
"School! That's right! I'm going to be late!" Hi-chan cried rushing back into the house. She still need to get her bag and books!
-KHR-
Mama-Hibari was finishing her breakfast and Papa-Hibari dropped down his newspaper at the sound of the clock striking 7:00. It was the time that their son always leaves the house and so they relaxed at the chiming of the bell.
"Finally…" Papa-Hibari sighed, dropping his cheek onto the table like some exhausted exam student finally done with their tests. "Mama~ I want a kiss." He whined to his wife who just laughed.
"Okay, just let me drop off the plates into the sink." Mama-Hibari stated before moving toward the sink. She didn't bother washing them, instead walking back to her loving husband.
Absent make the heart grow fonder. That saying had become their reality ever since their son had learned to speak the words: "No public display of affection or I'll bite you to death."
So Mama-Hibari and Papa-Hibari could only show their love whenever they got the chance making them even more lovey-dovey in the eyes of the everyday people of Namimori. They were even labeled as the most loving couple in Namimori.
Just as Mama-Hibari lend down, about to give her loving husband a good morning kiss, the door to their house opened and Hi-chan barged in screaming about getting her school bag as she dashed up the stairs.
"I'm going to be late!" She was back down the stairs with her bag, two seconds later and walked into the kitchen.
Ignoring the fact that her parents had froze in mid-kiss; Hi-chan grabbed the single piece of toast lying on Papa-Hibari's plate before giving the man a thank you kiss on the cheek. She then turn to her Mama and did the same before saying her good-byes.
Both Hibari-couple was still froze mid-kiss five minutes later since their brains had stopped working when their son had came back into the house claiming to be late.
Were they caught? Were they dead? Was that really their son, Hibari Kyouya? Did they really received 'good-bye kisses'? Kiss of death or was that actually bites? Was that being 'bitten to death'?
They both dropped against the chairs as they rethink their son's attitudes. If that was the true meaning of being 'bitten to death', then they wouldn't mind getting it everyday.
AN: Ha-ha, how is it? Did you like what you found within Hibari's closet? I realized, from those who made a guess, that Hibari is really a predictable guy. He should feel grateful that Hi-chan is going to make his life intresting. (Eeeekk! Don't bite me! Of course I wouldn't mind Hi-chan type of getting bitt-)
(Clank! Bang! Clash! And a drop of a bloody body.)
Anyway...a preview (while I treats my injuries)
Hi-chan goes to Nami-chuu...
("Anything bad happen to Nami-chuu and I'll bite you to death, herbivore!"
"Yes! Nothing will happen to the school! I promise...nothing will happen to the school.")