Chapter 2

Sick Tsunme

Tsunme stopped walking when she saw that the alley that she'll be taking is dark. She gulped as she hesitantly took a step.

Somebody gripped her shoulder which made her flinch. She looked at the person behind her.

"Are you… hic… lost?... hic…" the drunk man asked.

Tsunme stared at the strange man. "N-no…" she answered.

"I…hic… can walk… you… hic… home."

Tsunme shook her head wildly. "N-no t-thanks."

The man got angry. He gripped her shoulders tightly.

"AH!" Tsunme screamed in pain. She dropped her umbrella. She fell on the floor as she felt the weight of the hands on her shoulders grow heavier.

The weight was suddenly gone.

Tsunme heard some 'oof' and 'ow' in the background but couldn't see clearly because of her fear and the rain water running down her eyes. She tried to stand up but her knees where too wobbly so she fell back on the floor.

Hibari walked to the girl who was seated to the floor. He carried the girl in his arms princess style which earned him some struggles from the brunette. "Stop struggling or I'll bite you to death!" he hissed.

Tsunme stopped struggling and held onto Hibari's shirt.

"Where's your house?" Hibari asked.

"Tsubasa Apartment Complex." Tsunme answered as she leaned her head on the skylark's shoulder. She can feel the rain drops fall to their bodies but she didn't care.

Hibari walked to the apartment complex with the girl still leaning her head on his shoulder. He can feel the girl's nipples poke at his chest but ignored the growing sensation in his body. "What number?" he asked.

"825, T. Sawada." Tsunme answered.

Hibari pushed number 8 on the numbers next to the elevator door. When the elevator finally opened, he searched for the 25th room.

"We're here." he stated as he made her stand.

Tsunme pulled the keys from her pocket and opened the door. She pushed it open. "Come in." she said in a weak voice.

"I should go." Hibari said and was about to leave when Tsunme stopped him by grabbing his arm. He looked at the girl.

"T-thank you, Hibari-san." she whispered.

Hibari just shrugged. He took a step forward but stopped when he felt a weight lean on him. He turned around just in time to catch the unconscious girl. "What-"

~~~xXx~~~

Hibari paced around the neat and girly room of Tsunme. The girl had been unconscious and suffering high fever and he doesn't know what to do. He had called her brother using her phone and the older man said that he couldn't go home until after two days.

He had fed the girl with a home cooked porridge and had given her a few tablets of medicine. He also had changed her wet clothes into dry ones all to his embarrassment. And he thanks God that the girl was unconscious and wasn't able to see his red face.

He borrowed some clothes from her walk-in closet which is half-filled with boy's clothes and half-filled with girl's ones. He had changed into a white t-shirt and a pair of white jogging pants.

The room was a mini library itself because it's filled of books and educational DVDs. There's a shelf filled with books and there's a wide table at the end of the room with three laptops on its top. He also noticed some gadgets on the study table.

He took a book from the shelf and sat on the chair next to Tsunme's bed and read.

~~~xXx~~~

Tsunme woke up in the middle of the night and saw Hibari sitting on the chair next to her bed. He had fallen asleep with an open book on his chest. She stared at the sleeping face of the handsome man with a smile on her face. She sat up on the edge of the bed. She noticed that Hibari was wearing one of her collection of boy's clothes from her travels around the world. She also noticed that she was wearing different clothes from the ones she wore before.

She reached for her blanket and put it over Hibari's body before going back to sleep with the comforter wrapped around her body.

~~~xXx~~~

Hibari turned off the alarm ringing just next to his ear. He opened his eyes and saw that Tsunme was not in her bed anymore. He stood up and walked out of the room. He saw her in the kitchen, cooking something.

"Good morning, Hibari-san!" Tsunme greeted when she saw him. She was wearing an apron with floral designs and writings, 'Big Bro's Little Girl' over her school uniform. She pulled her hair in a ponytail that made her curls very noticeable. "What do you want for breakfast?"

"I'm going home." the skylark said coldly.

"But if you go, you won't have enough to go to school. We only have 25 minutes before school starts." she said.

Hibari looked at the wall clock. Darn… how did I over sleep? "Fine."

"I have school uniform for boys so you can use one of them. I guess I have your size."

Hibari just sighed as he took a seat in front of the dining table. Tsunme gave him a pancake and a glass of milk. Hibari just took them in while Tsunme went to her room to get the boy's uniform she told him about.

"Here." Tsunme said as she walked out of her room. She's holding a white towel, a pair of black slacks, a white shirt, a neck tie and a pair of white socks. She handed them to him. "You can use my bathroom."

Hibari nodded as he took the objects from her hands. He walked back to Tsunme's room and went directly to the bathroom. He looked at the sink which has a mirror that was designed with bubble stickers. He shook his head as he stripped off his clothes.

He turned on the shower and let the cold water relax his stiff muscles. Three days and my life already started to turn upside down. He took the bottle of shampoo and put a huge amount on his palm and applied it on his thick, black hair. Bubbles formed on his head. He took the bottle of body wash and smelled it. Sakura… tsk. He had no other choice but to use it.

~~~xXx~~~

Tsunme sat on a chair in front of the dining table waiting patiently for Hibari. The smile on her face was never fading.

Hibari had saved her from danger last night and had taken care of her because of her constant fever that always occurred whenever she gets afraid or senses danger around her.

The door to her room opened. "Let's go." Hibari said coldly. He wore his uniform coolly. He folded the sleeves of his shirt up to his elbows. His aura was still as commanding as ever.

Tsunme smiled at him. "Okay." she stood up and took her bag.