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What kind of job would suit Rokudou here?

Chapter 2: Of new annoyances

As oblivious as it sounds, Hibari wasn't expecting anything after he gave the 'tour' to the little Rokudou Mukuro, he just thought "If I give it to him, he'll go away" and he felt rude for turning down a request even though it was none of his concerns.

At least it was worth seeing that even the people who can look pretty bland can be something better than what he was.

But back to the point, now that he had done that tour and sent him off to bed, he didn't expect to have the said student opening his curtains only to wave at him from the window. Hibari huffed and looked away, which made him lower his hand and leave.
Was this something to happen everyday now? Hibari hoped not, but a gut feeling came that it would.

The next day being now, he thought this would decide everything. He might be able to firmly judge the child like he judged his whole classmates. He didn't want to get out of his office just now, but he was curious at the same time if he had people to be around, because his way of speaking appeared stereotypically like someone who doesn't hang out with others.

He decided, he'll go out for a walk when his break comes, but when does his break come? Who knows. The other fact was how he didn't know the schedule of the student either, so he might just be walking in circles and that would also be a waste of time.

Besides, his break times are his nap times he loved. Maybe he should just wait for him to approach him first.

But no, that would destroy his aim entirely, because he'll be different infront of him now that they are acquaintances.

Oh well, he sighed as he got off his chair and left his room. Alaude saw him leave but said nothing, because it wasn't like he was not allowed to, in fact it was strange how Hibari had himself secluded in that room twenty-four/seven, even when he was allowed to take the whole day off.

And Alaude knows best, there's no need for peeking into someone else's lives. Though he did owe the skylark now, for covering him for yesterday. He was surprised to hear he was covered by him knowing that he didn't ask for a substitute.

More importantly, not him. Within the two weeks of working with him, Alaude felt he knew enough of what he needed to know about Hibari. Similar personality people who work hard.

That's all what was important to him, nothing more.

Hibari left the office building and then went to the building next door, forgetting that you'd need keys in order to enter a dorm room. But as strange as it sounded, when he reached Rokudou's room, he noticed the door was unlocked. Shrugging, he went inside, putting a mental note to remind the student when he finds him: lock the door.

He noticed the room was almost an empty looking one, with everything as neatly put like if no one was there. Pajamas folded neatly on the bed reminded him there was someone living here, but everything else didn't appear to be so. The curtains were closed, the drawers looked unused, and the student desk had almost nothing on it save for a laptop charger.

Were things stolen from this room? He made more mental notes based upon it. Maybe someone broke his lock and then entered, stealing whatever he had and left it for him to see. But yet..

He didn't see anything that looked like a threat, there were no graffiti on the walls like the stereotypes tell him. In fact it just looked like a clean room which someone who was leaving to go someone would leave it as. To him it was eerie compared to his desk full of paper and a lamp.

As long as he won't get reported for trespassing right now, he's fine with exploring. After his tour around the room, he left, not sure what to do about the door, so he pulled a small sticky note from his pocket and stuck it to the door, writing "lock your door next time" before actually feeling reassured about warning as he left the building.
As he was walking outside, he noticed a group of students walking around, chatting amongst each other. One silverette, he called "G #2" yelling at the darker skinned white head "Knuckle #2", while the black haired one "Ugetsu #2" was trying to calm them down. Then he noticed the focused looking student "Sawada #2" who simply passed by them, telling them something he couldn't hear, and they all suddenly looked happy and started talking in unison.
Feeling nostalgic, he went to the high school side of Namimori, taking it the fresh scent of nostalgia of a place he had always loved.

As he went, he was unsure of the time but he assumed it was already lunch time for them as he saw students outside, playing amongst each other. Then he saw "Lampow #2" with a little girl who was either laughing or crying, with the same hairstyle as Daemon, so he called her "Daemon #2", both were talking about something he didn't care about, all he knew was that they all had striking resemblances.
He wondered if they were siblings he never asked the others about, but now he actually felt the need to ask, even if he almost never spoken a word to them. They were strangely alike. Then again, he and Alaude weren't related but people did mistaken the two for each other.

"Daemon #2" stopped what she was doing, then was talking to this red haired girl who was calling her for something, looking a little concerned, but then shouting something at "Lampow #2", Hibari sighed. High schoolers really do look like children sometimes.

He checked the time and decided he should be heading back by now, so he did. Walking back after taking one final look at the building, he turned away from it and headed to his office. As he finally reached his office room, he unlocked the door and then proceeded to read student profiles, just so that he could stop calling them '#2'.

So "Sawada #2" was named Giotto, and he was one of the youngest students in the group of people he was with, "Ugetsu #2" was Yamamoto Takeshi, who was the same age as "G#2" named Gokudera Hayato, "Knuckle #2" or Sasagawa Ryouhei however, was a year older than them.
How come he never seen Sasagawa then? Oh right, he himself was new to the office.

He didn't find "Daemon #2" or "Lampow #2" in the college student profiles, but then found them in the high school section.

Each had some detail which explained the characters, but for some reason, on Rokudou's profile, everything was so vague. To shut him off his analysis, he heard knocking on the window, even though his window was open.
He moved the curtains and saw Rokudou was waving at him with his closed window, only to open it and then say "See? We do live close by~" Hibari gave a slight smile saying "If you have class now, get to it" Rokudou only smiled "Kufufufu.. I don't have classes today" he gave the student a confused look, then realized.

Those people were just on their hangout time, rather than waiting for classes to begin. That explains "By the way.." Rokudou looked down for a moment, and then pulled out a sticky note "You sent this, didn't you?" he laughed when Hibari nodded "Can't be that careless, you child. Anything can happen in dorm rooms" he stopped laughing "Not when you have nothing of interest"

At that, Hibari fell into silence and looked elsewhere "But anyways, Mr. Hibari Kyouya" he looked back at Rokudou "Is the sky blue?" and gave him an incredulous look "What does that mean?" but Rokudou only had a smile, as if he was trying to make Hibari think about it. The sky in his view was as bright as ever, shining mockingly to those who loathed it. It was majestically blue, with the sun beaming, warming up cold souls as much as it could've with the cold air.

"I'm busy, so don't bug me" He moved away from the window, making Rokudou frown slightly, but then smile again "Alright, see you later, Mr. Hibari Kyouya~" he saw the student waving at him with his peripheral vision "Just Hibari or Kyouya, now shut up" he then lowered his window, seeing that Rokudou looked like he was writing something, then brought it up "Okay~ take care Mr. Hibari" Hibari sighed as he moved away from the window and back to his desk.

"Is the sky really blue?" He asked himself as he put away a pile of paper away from him.

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Earlier the day, there indeed were no classes, as for the students who were in the same program as Giotto only had classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The weekends and Thursdays were off for them, which let them have the lee-way of what they wanted to do. The school buildings were open, for the other students, which was why they still had permission to hang out even if they are not required to.

Giotto first had a small talk with the Vice Principal Sawada due to their family relation, and spent the rest of the day doing student council things while hanging out with Gokudera, Yamamoto and Sasagawa. Sasagawa occasionally brought his sister along with them, but she was usually with the other students because she was a rather busy one too.

Rokudou, however, wasn't the kind who'd hangout with people, so he kept to himself as he pretended to go to the library again, only so that he could take the private call that came to him as he got out of the room. He knew that no one would be around him when he is in a building of silence, so he had the full chance to do what he had to do.

"How much would it be?" he asked as he scanned his surroundings, keeping his phone in a tight grip. "Alright. Just please continue your service to her" he said as he stood up and walked out as quietly as he can, quiet enough that the librarians didn't notice he even left until the door clicked.

When no one was watching, he took a long object which was covered in a black cloth from his dorm room, kept his school bag with him as he slung the strap of the object on his right shoulder and went out again, not caring whether his room door was open or not. He didn't have anything in the room that someone can acquire information from, so it didn't matter to him whether he had the place all secured and shut or just left as it was.

Knowing that Hibari's office was close to his, he managed to sneak off without letting him be notified that he evacuated from his room, not evicted, just evacuated, as in, leaving.
When he knew he was in no one's sight, he removed the covering off the long stick-like object to reveal a beautifully silver designed trident, which had a pole of rich black, and ending with a stub of silver. The silver shone in the light as he put the cloth in the bag he had and moved the bangs which were supposed to be hiding his eye.

"Well then.." knowing he was around the outskirts of the town "I guess I could get going" he casually held his weapon as he checked the location on his phone again, for clarification.
It wasn't the best job he had, but it was one of the only ones which he could get. Because the doctors would usually look at the ruby red eye and say he's a paranormal child, he was not given much opportunity for working in the community, even if he had hidden that eye.

Only one place considered hiring him, and it was not a rather good team, as it cannot be considered doing it for justice, it was only murder for the sake of getting rid of hindrances. Those who knew him in school did not know about this profession he chose, as he always said he wanted to go to psychology back when people asked which program he would love to have been in. For a strange reason, no one would think that he was some Yakuza person, which was a breather for him, because normally people should be saying that he looks like one.

It was probably the innocent behaviour he shown them. Back in Kokuyo, Rokudou was known for his kind behaviour, and how he was so intelligent for his age that everyone thought he was home schooled, or brought up in a strict learning environment. But even if he had the good looks that girls or boys would like him for, he was always found alone all his life long. Even when he had graduated with scholarships, there were people who were happy about it, such as his 'siblings', but other than that, he wasn't chosen for being the class representative even though his percentages screamed for it.

So to sum it up, he was considered a paranormal, but a very intelligent creature of mankind. His intelligence and his ability to dissolve within crowds was the exact reason why they chose him for these jobs, even if he disliked it. It was the only payment he was getting, and the only service who would take him in.

Once again, this is not for him, it's for them.

Those who were sharing his sufferings. Those whom he wants to reach out to get them out of the hell he had to live in. Those who are too innocent and pure to fall into what he faced. Those who don't deserve it.

They were his family for that reason. For him to save and protect.

And this was why he would approach his new opponents with a maniacal grin, slashing them down with full force. He didn't care if they had something to cry for, these were the kind of people who'd hurt them the most, by shunning them, framing them, hurting them, and leaving them to die in a cruel world such as this.

Rokudou laughed as he saw the person below scream and cry for mercy, as he slowly cut up newer wounds on their bodies, making them die as slowly and painfully as it can get "Kufufufufu.. be thankful then, this is my mercy" he felt the blood splatter on his cheek as he finished 'playing' with the person, finding out he was already dead. He looked above the dead corpse, to see the kind of scenery he made, out of the beautiful but tainted blood of theirs.

"How beautiful.." he fingered the blood off his cheek and looked at it "The evilest of people have the prettiest blood" he then ripped off part of the clean parts of one of the corpse's coats, and wiped the dark blood off his trident, and some that fell on him in the process.

Now that the 'fun' part was over, he figured, the 'boring' part is now. He light up a piece of wood which broke from the floor with a lighter. When the light coloured flame came on the wood piece, he casually threw it saying a small prayer-like thing

"May you accept the offering of ours" He quietly said as he saw the fire growing, giving him a signal to leave the place before he would get caught in the process.

Knowing that this household-base was far from Namimori town, word will not be heard about the building, so he was at an advantage once again. Rokudou Mukuro will never be caught for any antic, because of the well placed settings, and his clever covers.

He sat on a tree watching the building finally burnt to a crisp, as he then it stopped due to the lack of oxygen in the air, and oxygen was required for the fire to continue, without it, it has nothing to breathe on, and would just stop.

Although there was still a considerable amount of oxygen in the air now, the fire seemed tired enough to stop itself and be put to rest. When the show was over, Rokudou turned and went back, covering his trident with the cloth he had earlier, and slung it back on his shoulder, looking at the time; not even afternoon yet as he begun to dial a number on his phone.

"Yeah, I'm just done finishing up" he looked up at the sky as he talked on the phone, walking back into Namimori town. The sky was as dark as ever, mocking him with the lack of light. It was like the sky hated him, even though he loved the sky as people called it 'Bright, beautiful and ever so welcoming'
He once tried to reach for the sky one time. Crying and writhing in unbearable pain, he reached out, calling out to the sky, screaming to it, begging, to the point he almost collapsed by simply calling to the heartless sky. To him, the sky's denial to his pleas hurt more than anything he had to endure in his short lives.

It was lies when people said the sky was so bright and welcoming. It was cruel, dark and selective, harshly ruling out who were worthy of seeing the sky, the ones unworthy left behind to continue crying the way they did.

He glared at the sky, and then glanced away from it, knowing it'll just make him needlessly angry; an emotion he doesn't need, and never had needed.

He just had to do what he had to do, nothing more and nothing less.

Finally reaching his dorm room, he noticed a sticky note message, saying "lock your door next time". He pulled it off of the door and looked at the handwriting. It was too formal looking to be a student's writing, so he could tell it wasn't from anyone living in the building. It could've just been the landlord. Who knows?

He threw the covered trident to a wall in his closet, set down his bag and then laid down on the bed, reading a new message from the one who called him before. It was notifying him that the money he received was once again sent to Kokuyo land, in his account, with a bonus due to completing it early and having all evidence destroyed. He sighed in relief as he threw his phone to the side of the bed, resting a hand on his forehead.

Then he thought, he really needs to get his mind off it, as he looked at the note again, then he smiled, going to the window in his room, knocking on it to make a noise before opening it when he saw his neighbour walk over to it. He waved at him when he knew he caught his attention "See? We do live close by~" he saw the office man have a small smile on his face as he was told "If you have class now, get to it" Rokudou smiled again "I don't have any today" seeing as Hibari gave him a confused look. He was about to explain it, but he looked like he understood the situation.

"By the way.." Rokudou looked down at the note and then showed it to Hibari "You sent this, didn't you?" he asked with an amused look on his face, and began to laugh when he received a nod as a reply "Can't be that careless, you child. Anything can happen in dorm rooms" he lowered his laugh "Not when you have nothing of interest", the foreign feeling of a stranger being concerned to him made him feel happy, not knowing he would be feeling such emotion in the early morning.
Then he noticed the silence that came from Hibari, from a much sadder smile to a silly plastered one "But anyways, Mr. Hibari Kyouya" he saw Hibari look up at him "Is the sky blue?" he didn't expect him to actually look up the sky, then give him an incredulous look "What does that mean?" he asked as Rokudou continued to smile. Suddenly Hibari abruptly shut his eyes and looked bothered "I'm busy, so don't bug me" and saw him move away from the window.

Moving away from him. Disconnecting.

It gave a frown, but then he smiled again "Alright, see you later, Mr. Hibari Kyouya~" he waved again, the same way as when he greeted him "Just Hibari or Kyouya, now shut up" he heard the other grumble, but said nothing further as he saw the other go back to his desk which was away from the window, but putting his hand to a halt, staring with a disconnected expression.

"I wonder what the colour of the sky he sees.. Would it be the same as me?" He said to himself, closing the window slightly, and opening the curtains on them.

Later the day Rokudou began to knock on his window, making Hibari go to his window again "What?" he asked boredly, seeing as he didn't even remove the reading glasses he wore "Oh nothing, nothing~" Rokudou laughed "Isn't it a nice night out here?" the worker looked up "Ah, it's already night time?" then the student looked quizzically "Eh. Were you so stuck on work you didn't notice the time pass?" Hibari shrugged, then Rokudou let a light laugh "You really fit the stereotype!" Hibari wondered "What stereotype?" as he remained silent at that "Kufufu.. My apologies, I sometimes speak nonsense" Hibari shook his head "Don't you have school tomorrow?" he simply asked, as he was already in a sense, bothered by the new company "Well yes, so you might not see me tomorrow" Rokudou pretended to make a crying gesture, which made Hibari snort "You'll be back before I even know it" then it was Rokudou's turn to look confused

"..Do you look forward to that?" he asked, "Who said that?" Hibari countered with another question "Awww.. I was hoping that you'd like my company"

Truth told to Hibari, he didn't actually care. He didn't mind his company, in fact it was better than most nonsensical people he had met over the years. Much better than yappy and whiny brats he once knew.

And Rokudou had a similar look to his. Even though it was only a day since he met him, he noticed that he had the presence of a very lonely person. Hibari never knew he could be so quick to judge that by just talking to them. Well, it wasn't even a real conversation they had.

This is the actual ones they were trying to have, and he figured out: Rokudou is horrible at speaking to people.

"Mr. Hibari" Rokudou for the second time in the day, snapped him out his thoughts "I might have things I'll need help on, would you help me?" he asked, looking at one of the books Hibari assumed was part of his course material.

"I'll.. do what I can, I guess" Hibari shrugged, not wanting to suddenly turn him down, but he wasn't aware if he would have time for it tomorrow. "If I have the time" he said again, rephrasing what he said earlier. By what he observed in his trip to the school during his break, he could tell that Rokudou wouldn't hang out with people very often, so if he was stuck somewhere, everyone will give him the cold shoulder.

He didn't want to be one of those people, as he knew the pain of being ignored.

As merciless as he was, he could totally sympathize with it. "Really? Thank you Mr. Hibari~" he heard the other chirp thankfully, and gave him a bemused look "Are you really a college student?" he laughed to himself, seeing a surprised look from Rokudou "I already made you laugh!" Rokudou laughed alongside, but due to their voices being the pretty low kind, both of their laughs were quiet.

"And for your information, I'm just seventeen" he stopped laughing, but had a gentle smile on his face "So I might be a bit childish" Hibari stopped as well, not being able to make a straight enough face, but at the same time, not being able to smile at it "Hn"

Hibari heard Alaude's footsteps and then out of instinct opened the door, but then realized he hit the door on the blond's face, pretty hard.

Alaude fell to the floor, sitting and rubbing his temple "Abrupt.." he muttered as he saw Hibari give him a comically surprised look "What is it?" the black haired man wasn't sure what to do, apologize or just not react, but this must've been the most embarrassing thing he did.

"I'll.. watch myself more.. carefully" he awkwardly said as he helped Alaude up "No it's fine" he replied, checking his folder again before giving it to him "Just have these done in a week. It'd be fine to get it done earlier, but it's not required" Hibari took the folder and saw Alaude leave, still wanting to apologize, but it was still awkward to him as he shut the door.

"Mr. Hibari, everything alright?" Hibari looked over to Rokudou who looked genuinely curious. Genuine in his view, at least "Yeah, just hit someone in the face opening the door" he straightforwardly said, and Rokudou looked as if he wasn't sure whether to laugh or apologize.

"Laugh, its fine" Hibari blankly stared, as if commanding him to laugh rather than suggesting it, as they both gave a little laugh when they thought about it, except Rokudou didn't know who was that unfortunate soul who got bashed in the face by the relentless door.

"But though who was it?" Rokudou asked, making Hibari look away, then at him "Alaude."
Being able to picture it better, they restarted laughing.

"That had to hurt" Rokudou held his side.

"Hn" Hibari agreed, quietly chuckling himself and then eyed the folder, then saw Rokudou looking at it "Work?" Hibari nodded again.

"He might just be busy then.." Rokudou thought to himself as he waved at him "Oh yeah, because we both have stuff to do, goodnight~" Hibari gave a small wave "Hn, 'night" as he saw Rokudou move the curtains again, he did the same.

"This is going to be a long year" He sighed as he went back to his desk

I'm sorry that the humour is a bit weak in these, I'll be sure to make them much funnier as this is not supposed to entirely be an angst story.

Anywho, as always, any sort of feedback would be greatly appreciated~