Kryptonite - chapter fifteen ^^
Disclaimer: I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn. If I did, there would be a lot more coupling amongst the characters! I'm just borrowing Amano Akira's characters for the sake of this story because I love it! *shot*
A silence came over the three; so quiet they could almost hear each other's minds. With confused glances exchanged Azura's soft yet pale lips parted to speak.
'Y-you're kidding right?' The numbing quiet continued. 'Hibari that the-' Now she became utterly speechless. Trying to catch the skylarks wandering stare came to no prevail as he simply turned his head the other way.
'But I'm alive right now, I-I'm living, I'm physically here talking to you.' She was trying to afflict a response however lack of it upset her further.
That was at least until Lal started to speak. 'No, your not dead yet.' She looked pissed. Azura on the other hand didn't know what she had done wrong. Had her being alive been all that bad?
Lal turned her back on the young girl and walked out of the room, the same pained expression plastered to her face.
'Hibari, what've I done wrong?' she asked, still staring at the door. She turned around to see him looking at her, eyes burying deep into her. 'Hey, say something, please.'
Like Lal he turned his back on her and began to leave.
Her eyes started to water, had she really done something wrong by living? Stretching her arms out, she held onto his arm, refusing to let go. She placed her head on her enclosed fists, ashamed of her childlike behaviour as the tears relentlessly poured down her cheeks.
Hibari bit his lip. After years of this undeniable painful void, why did his chest hurt so badly whenever he saw her?
Inhaling deeply he placed a hand on her head and stroked the baby soft hair below it. 'You haven't done anything wrong' he whispered. She looked up at him; however his gaze was still diverted elsewhere. Her grip tightened as he continued talking. 'Lal lost someone important to her too; however she wasn't so lucky to get them back.'
He turned around and wrapped her tightly in his reassuring arms; a vice like grip that refused to let her go. Azura buried her head deep within the confines of his chest, hiding the blush that had formed on her face. 'I'm sorry,' he whispered, gently kissing her hair. 'I'm sorry I couldn't protect you.' Resting her head on hers, he inhaled her scent deeply.
She looked at him through gentle lavender eyes, a smirk now appearing on her lips, 'you haven't done anything wrong. Besides I'm not going anywhere, I promise.'
Looking deeply into her eyes once again before turning towards the door again, he looked back at her; smiling in return encouraging him to keep going until he was striding through the open archway.
Walking down the dimly lit hallways, Azura tried to find the kitchen. She hadn't eaten in god knows how long and now to no surprise, she was pretty hungry.
Peeling through the doorway, she had finally found it. Now debating whether or not to go in, a hand behind her pushed her a step forward.
'H-hey' she stuttered, turning around to see the blue haired bag of hormones herself.
'You just going to stand there or are you going in?' she asked, walking past and turning the light on.
Following in suit, Azura sat down at the counter while the ring-beaded girl raided the fridge. This was quite an awkward silence.
'Although I don't exactly know what I've done wrong,' Azura spoke, twiddling her thumbs, 'I want to say sorry. Hibari told me what happened a few years back so I kind of know how you feel.'
The rustling in the fridge stopped. Lal turned to her, their faces merely inches apart, never the less Azura didn't flinch. 'How could you possibly know how I feel?' Lal questioned.
Biting her lip, Azura broke the intense stare by looking down at her hands. 'About a year ago, my dad died. Then a few weeks back, someone decided to take my mothers life too.'
Lal remained speechless; she didn't expect that of all answers.
'Lal, this pain inside you right now, I know how it feels,' Azura continued, 'I know that it hurts like hell and you just want to rip your hair out and scream, but you need to have a little hope. Me coming here, wherever here is, it is proof that anything can happen right?'
She stood up and walked over to the cupboards, Azura started to root through them. 'I mean, we can all do with a little hope sometimes, you know? The feeling that everything is going to be okay and that there's someone to make sure of it.' Grabbing a box of biscuits, she walked over to the door, yet turned around to face Lal. 'Until he returns, I'll do my best to fill in for him and make him proud, promise.' Popping a biscuit in her mouth, she smiled and walked through the door.
Lal smiled at the now empty entrance, tracing over what the young girl had said to her. 'Thank you' She whispered, her gaze turning to the rings on her fingers.
Meanwhile, tracing her steps back to the room, Azura tried to figure out where she actually was, this place was so easy to get lost in. Finally she was back, the room with all the paintings. Slipping into the bed, she fell into a deep sleep as the thick covers warmed her every muscle.
Waking up the next morning however wasn't so easy. Her violet eyes opened to see the sleeping face of the school prefect compressed against her. Trying to back away, Azura found the firm grip he had paced around her waist. No wander the bed had been so warm last night.
After detaching every finger one by one, she slid out of the bed. Seeing girl's clothes at the end of the bed, she looked at her own, torn jeans and decided to change into them, assured that Hibari was still asleep.
Making her way back to the kitchen, she saw that other girls stood behind the counter, two to be exact. She knew the one on her left instantly, the school idol Kyoko whom she had met previously, but the bubbly brunette on her right absolutely confused her.
'Ne Kyoko, Azura's here, just like they said, and she's wearing the clothes we laid out.' She chirped in a soft voice. The two walked over to her, the brunette holding out a hand. 'Konichiwa, I'm Haru.'
Azura smiled and took the outstretched hand, 'Well it looks like you already know my name. W-who said that I'd be here? And where exactly is here?' she asked.
Kyoko stepped forward further, smiling that gentle smirk of hers, 'We don't exactly know either, but Tsu-kun and the others that you should be coming too and to prepare some clothes for you, but their training at the moment.'
'R-right.' Azura spoke, of course she felt disappointed that she still didn't now where she was. 'Speaking of training, I'd better get going, oh and I'll help with dinner later.' She called behind her, running down the halls to see where everyone was…
That was the plan until she ran into a certain skylark.
'Where are you going?' he asked in a stern voice. Yeah, he looked annoyed, but there was still something so different looking about him.
'I-I'm going to find Tsuna and the others. I need to keep up with my tra-'
'No.' Hibari grabbing her arm and then practically dragging her down the hall and into the picturesque room cut her off.
Shutting the large wooden door behind him, the prefect turned back to look at the small girl standing in front of him.
Azura stood in awe as the prefect walked over to her, taking her hand in his own and staring dead into her eyes. Why did he seem of pained every time he saw her?
Inching closer to her face, their lips barely scraping over each other, she closed her eyes, feeling the warm breath coming from the prefects tender lips and onto her own, she braced for impact.
An impact that never came as when she opened a violet orb, she saw him looking blankly at her phone.
'I'm going.' He spoke, abruptly walking out of the room and down the hall.
Azura stood the motionless, letting what just happened really sink in.
Annoyed, she opened the door and followed him carefully down the hallway, intent not to be noticed. Whatever just interrupted them had better be worth it.
She watched as he entered a room with a pure white door, holding a little window three quarters of the way up. Arching up on her toes to see inside, her breath fogged the glass, but to enough to hide the two bodies, one curled up on the bed and the other, Hibari, walking over to her and holding her close, whispering something in her ear.
Azura bit her lip, captivated by the unbearable sight of him holding someone so close. Inside the small girl stirred as if she could hear Azura's thoughts. Pressing her hand against the window, she curled the petite fingers into a ball, trying to conceal the upset whimpers that escaped a now bleeding lip.
Sliding down the doorframe, she held her head in her hands, who was this girl to him?
Either the unexpected shadow or the fact that a door slammed open startled Azura, making her look up immediately.
Tsuna looked down on her, his usual worried expression covering his face. Twisting upright and standing on two shaking legs, she realized that it was already too late to mask the tears that lingered on her cheeks.
'Tsuna,' She spoke softly, 'You're here? I-I, no my lip, is bleeding. It hits quite a bit so yeah, I'm going to clean it up now. I'll talk to you later.' She muttered before backing away through the door he had come from, mentally slapping herself for that petty excuse.
Running into a bathroom, she looked into a mirror. Her cheeks where flushed along with a very red and swollen lip which continued to bleed. Taking a tissue off the side, she wiped the scarlet liquid away.
Gradually she set her head against the reflective surface, sighing deeply and fogging the glass with her breath. 'Idiot.'
Hours later and still irritated Azura was helping to prepare dinner in the kitchen. Kyoko and Haru had exited to get changed leaving Azura on her own.
'What's wrong?' she heard a voice behind her. Turning her head around, she say the one person she really didn't need nor want to see.
'Nothing that concerns you.' She lied, turning back around and bringing a knife down savagely, decapitating the small carrots that lay underneath it.
Hearing footsteps, she assumed he had walked away… Until he grabbed hold of her waist earning a small squeak from the girl.
Surprised, she completely missed the orange vegetable, and brought the knife down onto her own hand. Hissing from the pain, he turned her around, seeing the girl with a finger in her mouth. 'Okk wa ou di (look what you did)' she mumbled.
Taking her hand in his again, she tried to wriggle away from him. Being this close to him just infuriated her further. 'Let go of me.' She tried to pull her hand away, of course to no prevail, 'I said let g-'
'Shut up.' He spat bluntly, placing the finger in his own mouth. Taking a plaster out of the first aid kit, withdrawing the finger and wrapping it in said plaster.
Azura could do nothing but stand there and watch. Why did she feel so powerless around him?
'Idiot.' He mumbled, turning around and tracing his steps back through the door.
Azura stood there, looking at the now empty hallway and wandering what the hell just happened. Staring at the neatly bandaged finger and smiling, a small but noticeable blush crept upon her cheeks.
A/N: Woo, another chapter completed! And due to a little insomnia, it's a longer than usual =D Although in some parts I couldn't help but to feel that it was lacking a little ¬_¬ I realize now after reading the chapter that I completely butchered Hibari and made the ending a right innuendo D'= So I apologise if any of you think the same and I shall try my best to improve in the future!
Moving on, if any of you celebrate Easter out there, have an amazing day, and even if you don't have an epic one ^^
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