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a/n: Sorry for the exceeding long time to update! I'm glad is back up and running, though. As the story progresses more, even I myself feel really excited writing some parts sometimes. I hope you can enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Hopefully the next chapter will be up promptly. Thank you for reading and hope to see you again in the next chapter
Hibari yawned and stretched his arms as he woke up from his nap. Still the same boring day in the hospital. What was he to do other than sleep? He wasn't even allowed to walk around to places other than his room because he was too 'weak' for that supposedly, even though he felt fine.
Just about to go back to sleep again, he heard someone rapping a stupid tune on the door. There was only one person he knew who would do such a ridiculous thing.
"Kyouya!" A certain blonde-haired man entered the room, a large grin on his face.
Hibari picked up the nearest object and threw it at his face. "What are you doing here?"
"Oww!" Dino fell to the floor and rubbed his face. "What do you mean what am I doing here? Of course I'm here to visit Kyouya."
The boy raised his eyebrow. "Visit me? Again? You're here everyday, you were here all last night, this morning, this afternoon and now you're here again! Do you find that much joy in deliberately coming here and annoying me whenever you have a second to spare?"
"Uhh…well…it's still early afternoon right now, and…"
Hibari raised another object and gestured that if he spoke anymore 'nonsense' he'd throw it. "That's not the point."
"W-wait! Hear me out, Kyouya!" The doctor quickly picked himself up off the floor and began to explain things, not wanting another object at his head. "I've got some good news for you today."
"If it's anything other than you out of my sight then it's not good news."
Ignoring the comment, Dino proceeded with what he was going to say. "Well, I was analysing some documents of the daily check-ups I do on you, and, you should be okay to walk around now. But you gotta take it…"
"Oh? I can move around wherever I want now?" The raven haired boy jumped out of his bed and threw open the door, a smug grin on his face.
"K-Kyouya-! You gotta take it slowly!" Not wanting Hibari to do anything rash and end up injuring himself physically or internally, Dino quickly ran after him and pulled him back.
"What do you mean? I am taking it slowly. Let go of my arm already."
"No, you're not taking it slowly. Walking does not equal running. Besides," the doctor pulled the young boy closer to him, letting it become a hug from behind, "you're not familiar with the hospital, anyway. You wouldn't know where to go."
"Uh…" Hibari looked down and tried to wrench Dino's arms away from his body with his hands. "What do you think you're doing? Don't touch me like this."
The older man closed his eyes and sniffed Hibari's hair. "Don't you like being embraced by me?"
Retorting, Hibari stomped on Dino's foot. "W-what are you saying?"
"Ow…!" The sudden shock had made the blonde doctor flinch, giving Hibari an opening to escape from him arms. "But your face is going red, Kyouya…"
"Don't lie; I'm just hot!"
Dino whistled. "Maybe someone's in denial~."
"Are you suggesting I like you?" Hibari could feel his heart beating fast. "Don't think you're special…I…I hate you!" He stared at the ground, not wanting to look back up. For some 'unknown' reason, Hibari felt that if he looked Dino in the eyes, he would be overwhelmed by confusing feelings, not that he wasn't already.
The doctor took a moment of silence as he halted his actions, then smiled kindly and walked slowly towards the confused boy, taking him gently by the hand.
The raven haired boy twitched. "Don't…"
"I know a good place around the hospital that doesn't have any crowds." He pressed his lips on the boy's hand. "Will you let me take you there?"
"…suit yourself…"
"Uhg, what the hell…" Hibari shielded his eyes from the sun rays seeping through the curtains as he woke up. He couldn't remember when he fell asleep, or what he was doing before he slept; at least for the time being anyway.
He sat up. "It smells in here…"
Shifting his eyes and scanning around the room, he searched for the source of the smell. Angered that he was not able to locate it to be able to get rid of it, he stretched his arms out and accidently hit an object with his elbow. He realised he'd forgotten to look at the most obvious place.
There sitting on his beside table was a vase filled with white flowers that glowed with a gold, yellow tinge.
"Don't tell me that guy…"
"Where are you taking me?
"Someplace nice."
"How long are you intending to drag me for?"
"Ah, sorry…"
The doctor let go of his patient's wrist, allowing him to walk freely behind him. He slowed and turned around to look at the young boy, who had his head faced down to the ground the whole time.
"Kyouya,"
"What?"
"we're here. Look around you."
Hibari had expected nothing good to come from the place where Dino had taken him. However, he was taken by surprise. As he lifted his head to gaze at his surroundings, his eyes met with a magnificent landscape. A clear blue sky with drifting clouds, fields of flowers of all colours and sizes and most of all, the sight of no one but himself and one other being.
He was in awe at the sheer peacefulness and beauty there was. It was hard to believe that this boundless scene, which almost seemed like a different world, was just in the near vicinity of the dull and restricted hospital.
"Kyouya!"
Captivated, the boy failed to hear the older man's voice.
"Kyouya?"
Snapping back to reality, Hibari answered Dino's call.
"What?"
"Do you like this flower? It's a symbol of love." He held a red rose up to Hibari's face and smiled.
"I don't understand what you're talking about." The younger boy glanced down, and a small flower growing nearby caught his eye. It was white, with a tinge of gold and yellow to it. "That one."
"Huh?"
Hibari pointed to the flower.
"That flower…."
"Oh, I see." Dino crouched down and plucked one from the ground. "It looks beautiful and elegant; just like Kyouya."
Truthfully, the young boy did not personally like the flower. The only reason it stood out from all the others was it's absolute resemblance to someone he knew. His blonde hair and white doctors coat, the same colours as the flower. Everything about it screamed 'Dino' to him. Nevertheless, he brushed aside these thoughts and feelings he did not want to believe he had towards that man.
Hibari turned around and started to walk back, not wanting to feel flustered for something he felt had an unknown reason.
"Ah, Kyouya, where are you going?"
"Back to the hospital."
"But…"
"I'm tired."
The raven haired boy wasn't sure why, but he didn't feel angered. Instead of throwing the flowers out to get rid of the smell as he'd initially planned to do, he left them on the bedside table.
Unable to fall back to sleep, he decided he'd get up instead and try something new. Silently pushing open the door, he slipped out of his room and walked down the corridor.
All the better, since it was so early, there was very little to no disturbance around the hospital, allowing Hibari to roam around almost completely freely without having to worry about running into any kind of trouble; not that Hibari would be afraid of that.
Finally reaching the end of the hallway and looking at the sign indicating he was headed towards his destination, he walked up the stairs. There was also another sign that read 'staff only' – Hibari didn't give a damn about that. He would do what he wanted, when he wanted.
As he walked past the rooms on the upper floor of the hospital, he took notice of all the name plates on the front of the doors, searching specifically for one in particular. He slowed to a stop near the middle of the hallway, standing in front of a door which had 'Dino – Head doctor' written on it.
Just from peeking through the curtains, it didn't look like anyone was in there. Nevertheless, Hibari was not one to give up easily. He twisted the doorknob. The door creaked open.
"How careless…" As he let himself into the room, he noticed the desk light was turned on. The man, was, in fact inside his office, albeit sleeping on a pile of his work papers.
Hibari looked around at various things in the room. It was neat, clean and organised, a reflection of the doctor. There was a small photo album to the side of his desk. The young boy flipped through it. Inside were pictures of Dino and the Chiavarone family. From the quality of the pictures, the oldest must've been about 10 years ago. There was a single photo of a man who looked much like the current doctor. Hibari gathered it must've been the predecessor who was so dear to Dino.
The thought of someone other than himself who was extremely close to the blonde haired man put a feeling of discontent in the boy's heart. Angered at the 'unnecessary' feelings the photo of the predecessor put into him, he put the album down, and averted his attention to the papers the doctor was sleeping on.
They were half finished. Hibari leaned closer to study the man's face.
"Fool must've stayed up all night doing them…"
The raven-haired boy sat down next to the doctor's chair, out of Dino's immediate sight.
"He should wake up soon…"