The Ghost in the Attic, an KHR fanfiction.
Pairing: 1827, RxOC
WARNING!
The following is UNBETA-ED, SUBSTANTIAL OOC-NESS, read at your sanity's risk.
DISCLAIMER: KHR does not belong to me.
The One who is first Loved then Loves
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"Hibari-san, excellent work as always." Kusakabe greeted Hibari as he entered the department.
Ignoring his subordinate, Hibari walked straight into his office followed by Kusakabe.
"Has the discipline of Nanimori been uphold in my absence?" Hibari asked after he was seated at his desk
"Yes, Hiabri-san. Due to your efforts, the Vongola is engulfed by an internal conflict, leaving them no time to bother with external matters. I have prepared a report for you" The tall man replied and placed a set of documents onto the desk.
"I see." Hibari commented and started to flip through the pages.
The conversation lapsed into silence.
"Kusakabe, do you need anything?" Hibari asked and put down the report. Normally, Kusakabe would have either continued his report on Nanimori peace or excused himself.
Kusakabe looked hesitant for a moment before trying to gather up his courage to ask a question.
"Hibari-san, why did you not arrest the Vongola boss, Sawayoshi Tsuna?"
Hibari's body stiffened for a moment but the reaction went unnoticed by Kusakabe.
"I do not need to answer to you." Hibari spoke in his icy tone.
"Yes, Hibari-san." Kusakabe immediately answered when he realised he stepped on a landmine.
"If that's all, you can leave." Hibari ordered and picked up the report again.
Kusakabe bowed and left the room.
However, after Kusakabe asked the question, Hibari realised that none of the words on the report processed into his brains.
All because of one person - Sawayoshi Tsuna.
This is ridiculous. Sawayoshi is just a herbivore. He is not worth my time.
Hibari reasoned with himself, unwilling to accept that the existence of one has affected him.
Then again, for all his efforts, Hibari could never get the sad look on Tsuna face out of his mind.
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A few months passed and Hibari was still afflicted with the same problem.
He was never able to forget Tsuna. No matter what he was doing, the times he spent with that person always surfaced.
And as all nights, Hibari was perched on the walls of his balcony, staring at the night sky.
Flashback
"Kyouya, I missed you!" Tsuna exclaimed when his lover appeared behind him.
"Hmph." Hibari replied but Tsuna took it meaning that he missed him too.
"Go to sleep Tsuna."
"No." Hibari raised his eyes at the mafia boss defiant.
"Kyouya, let's look at the stars together, please?" Tsuna pleaded. It is such a peaceful night and he has not been spending much time with Kyouya recently.
Hibari was going to refuse but saw the look on Tsuna. Just this once...
Hibari nodded.
Seeing his lover agreement, Tsuna beamed and pull Hibari at the seat beside him.
After they were both seated, Tsuna just stared into the night sky.
"Kyouya, do you know what comfort me when you're not with me?" Tsuna suddenly asked.
Hibari did not reply, which was what Tsuna expected of his reticent lover.
"I looked at the night sky, because I know we are both looking at the same sky. So it would felt like you are just beside me." Tsuna said.
"Hmph."
End of flashback
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Is he looking at the sky right now too? Hibari asked himself.
When Hibari realised the meaning of the statement, he stopped himself from thinking about Tsuna.
I do not miss him. Hibari tried to convinced himself.
"Lovely night, isn't it?" A figure commented as he appeared on the balcony.
Hibari immediately brought out his tonfa and narrowed his eyes at the intruder.
"Reborn." Hibari curtly replied.
"I'm not here to fight. Though I would very much like so to." Reborn narrowed his eyes as he thought of what Hibari did to Tsuna.
Hibari stared at Reborn and was prepared for battle.
"Yet, as much as I like to do so, I must respect Tsuna's wish."
At the mention of Tsuna, Hibari subconsciously relaxed his stance.
"How-Why are you here?" Hibari asked, preventing himself from inquiring about Tsuna.
"For Tsuna."
Hibari was shocked at the answer. Has something happened to Tsuna? No...
"What happen to him? How is he? Tsuna he..." Hibari immediately fired questions at the hitman.
Then he stopped.
"He's no longer any of my business." Hibari icily replied.
"Is he?" Reborn dryly questioned with a raise of his eyebrow hidden beneath his fedora. Sigh. In any case, I must do this for Tsuna. I wouldn't want my student to end up like...
"Don't you love him?" Reborn asked.
"I would never love a person who was the cause of the disruption of Nanimori's peace." Hibari snared back.
"You and I both know that Tsuna is more than just that. And he wasn't the one responsible." Reborn retorted.
Hibari stayed silent, then came the outburst.
"I don't love him! He was just a tool for me to carry out my mission!"
"No. You love him. You love him because you can never get Tsuna out of your head. Whatever you go, you are reminded memories of him. You know you love him because you miss his smiles, the way he called your names, the way he looks at you to show that you mean the world to him. You know you love him because you can't forget the look of sadness on his face, and how you hate yourself like how I hated myself! And how much I regretted it!" Reborn agitated said. "But you still have a chance!" Reborn pointed at Hibari's chest while saying the whole thing then his tensed face gradually relaxed.
"You can still get it all back...Unlike me." A look of sadness flashed across Reborn face.
"How would you know?" Hibari said sarcastically.
"Because I loved a woman once!" Reborn shouted. This bastard still has the chance to get it all back but me...!
"And I killed her with my own hands." Reborn finished.
Hibari did not utter a word.
"You're not me."
"No, you aren't" Reborn snickered. "I shouldn't be wasting time like this with you but Tsuna! He deserves better. Someone million times better than you. Yet, what can I do? The person he loves is you. If I punish you with the curse of solitude, the person who really suffers is him, not you!"
"I don't care."
With that, the two lunged for each other and started battling.
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After years of experience, Reborn naturally gained the upper hand. He was able to easily subdued Hibari and left him laying at the corner of the garden. Reborn started to calm himself down and recounted his tale from long ago.
Using some time, Reborn was able to tell his story from long ago.
"How did you know you love her?" Hibari asked an uncharacteristic question.
Reborn spared a glance towards Hibari.
"I certainly wasn't as fortunate as you. There wasn't anyone to tell me I love her. Long after the time we were separated by the difference of life, I realised. I love her. That was that. I only realised after she was out of my reach...forever. Don't be like me." Reborn advised. Just as she deserved happiness...
"Tsuna deserves his happiness." Reborn looked into Hibari's eyes, showing him the haunted look of someone who lost his love. Lifeless. Living is just a punishment for himself.
Without waiting for Hibari reaction, Reborn disappeared into the dead of the night.