Chapter 3
"What?" Hibari blinked in shocked.
"I love you, Kyo-chan! I really love you!" Dino repeated, breath heaved up in each confession.
"...It...is really funny till I can't even smile now." The raven-haired teen said bluntly.
"It isn't a joke! Listen to me, Kyo-chan- I'm serious!" The blond almost shouted. Hibari turned his head away and muttered venomously, "I'm serious too."
"Kyo-chan!"
"Dino Cavallone, do you realize that we're still in the middle of the street, out in the public?"
"But-"
"Shut up. Let's go back to the apartment and we'll have a talk about this. With teas and cakes." Hibari smiled, his eyes glinting.
Dino sweated. Oh shit. His eyes are not smiling. Definitely.
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"Mukuro-sama!" A girlish voice called when Mukuro stepped into the living room. "Welcome home~!"
"Chrome? Why are you here?" Mukuro blinked.
"The mansion is boring. I'm really lonely- so, I decided to come and live with Mukuro-sama!" Chrome smiled.
"But there is no space for you to sleep here..." The pineapple-haired boy looked around.
"It's okay- I'll sleep on the couch." The girl convinced.
Mukuro sighed. "Anyway- does dad know that you're staying with me?" He asked.
"Yup!"
"Alright...whatever..." He sighed again as he walked into the kitchen.
Chrome cocked her head. "Mukuro-sama?"
"Hmm?"
"Something happened? You seem so sad..." Chrome settled herself onto the couch and stared at the lean figure buay stirring a pot of freshly-scented Formosa Oolong.
"Can be said so."
"Can you tell out?"
"I'll prefer it confidential for now." Mukuro said as he walked out calmly, holding a tray of tea sets. "Here- help yourself."
Chrome, despite the curiosity blossoming in her heart, nodded slightly. "Arigatou...Mukuro-sama..." She reached for the offered cup and blew at the edge of the cup.
"Hey, know what?" Mukuro murmured as he sipped his tea languidly.
"Yes?"
"It's really weird with you addressing me so formally..." He placed the cup onto the silver tray and rested his chin onto the back of his hand, gazing intently at the girl. "Just call me- Mukuro."
Chrome immediately blushed. "I-It's a formality..."
The pineapple-haired boy chuckled. "You're just as cute as before." He said. "If it's a stranger to your tongue, call me whatever you want but not the formality."
"Erm...what about...Onii-chan?" Chrome smiled sweetly. Mukuro replied the sugary gesture and ruffled her hair. As the girl wanted to thank him, the door creaked open and a quite dreamy Hibari Kyoya walked in. He looked up and blinked surprisingly at the appearance of the girl who had almost the same physical feature with Mukuro.
"Your sis?" Hibari took a wild guess. They look really identical...
"Yeah- can be said so. Chrome Dokuro." Mukuro answered before Chrome could say anything.
"Oh."
"Ne, Kyoya- Chrome will be staying here for a little while. Any problem?" Mukuro took a step towards the boy. Hibari did not answer. His mind was still occupied with the idiot's confession and sighed slightly.
"Kyo...?" Mukuro tried to draw his attention.
"Oh sorry- what was it again?"
"I said..." The pineapple-haired teen took a miserable sigh. "Chrome will be staying here with us. For a mean time...Any problem with it...?"
"Okay. I'll be moving next door then. She can use my room." Hibari said spontaneously.
"Next door?" Mukuro's eyes widened.
"Yeah. You can use anything within the room perimeter but a stern warning to you- do not touch my cabinet. Get me?" Hibari stated. Chrome quickly nodded.
"Great. Now, will you excuse me- I need to pack my stuff..." The teen mumbled to himself as he exited into his room. Mukuro only blinked. Chrome waved a hand over his sight but she got no response from the pineapple-haired boy, she cocked her head, wondering what had possessed her Mukuro-sama.
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"Coming~!" Dino yelled, hurrying from his room. He pulled the door open and gaped at the guest standing at the doorway.
"Kyo-chan? What are you doing here?" Dino asked dumbly.
"I was...about to enter..." Hibari whispered, looking away.
"Huh? Why?"
Dino was sure that the other boy was mumbling something under his breath but wasn't sure what he had said.
"Huh?"
"I want...to stay...with...you...for temporary..." Hibari blushed.
"You want to stay with ME?" The blond gasped. The rosy paint reddened on the raven-haired teen's cheeks.
Dino's eyes sparkled at the scene and exclaimed happily, "Hooray! Kyo-chan is living with me! Yeaaaaaa!"
"Quiet, Dino Cavallone!" Hibari closed the teen's mouth and pushed themselves in, a leg swayed backwards to close the door.
"Yapppaaaaaa! Kyo-chan ish living wif me (Kyo-chan is living with me)! I can't belif it (I can't believe it)!" Dino shouted cheerfully against the muffled mouth. Hibari narrowed his eyes and sweat-dropped. He pulled his hand back and crossed his arms. "Fine. Don't believe it. Take me as transparent."
Dino smiled brightly and kicked the tousled shirts on the floor away. "Anyway, welcome!"
Hibari stared at the condition of the house. And stared again. "To be frank...can you actually call this...a...place where a normal human...live...?" He muttered slowly. "It looks more like a recycle station."
"Ah, well-...I'm really too lazy to clean the apartment...You see, I used to be served by servants and-"
"Thanks for the information. Now, let us sit and examine this matter slowly and thoroughly- CLEAN THE ROOM NOW!" The raven-haired boy commanded, picking up a flower-printed boxer from the floor.
"But I'm okay with this condition!" The blond retorted, his innocent eyes glittered.
"I beg to differ. Now, CLEAN IT!"
"It may eat up a lot of time, so maybe we shouldn't-"
"I said- CLEAN. IT."
"But-"
"Or HELL." The boy's eyes thundered dangerously. Dino squeaked. "O-Okay..." He had no choice. Certainly. He didn't want to die this early- not before getting to date his Kyo-chan.
"Good." Hibari turned away to leave the 'recycle station'.
"Where are you going, Kyo-chan?" Dino asked as he studied the figure walking out of the living room.
"Anywhere but here."
"W-What? You aren't cleaning with me?" Dino gaped. Oh crap, it's totally impossible for me to clean all these alone!
Hibari smirked devilishly, his eyes read, "Who're you? Hey come on, you're only my childhood friend. Nothing more," before walking out, leaving the blond staring fearfully at the messy living room.
"Jesus, Buddha, Shiva, Yama- anyone with a kind-enough-hearted from whether the sacred heaven or the torturing hell, please, please, please, please and please, zap my life so that I wouldn't need to do these." He peered at the piling clothes. "Anymore."
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It was almost 9 o'clock sharp when Hibari just came back from the supermarket with bags of food.
Hmm...a better sight. He sighed contentedly at the sparkling and glittering wall and floor of the apartment (well, why was it glittering and sparkling- you see, Dino accidentally tripped over a bottle of detergent and he didn't wish to being murdered so he decided to mop everything within his reach- yes, even the television) and hummed happily (without knowing that Dino stuffed everything under the sofa).
Suddenly, he heard clinking of the silverwares and a long string of colourful curses followed as it sourced from the kitchen. Hibari hurriedly ran to the kitchen and was shocked by the sight before him.
"What...EXACTLY...are you doing...DINO CAVALLONE?" Hibari's eyes almost bulged.
"Oh hey, Kyo-chan! I- you see, I-I'm trying to prepare the dinner..." Dino quickly braced himself in front of the stove, trying to hide something; the floor piled with shattered glasses.
"What are you hiding?" Hibari looked over the blond's shoulder but he couldn't tiptoe any higher as he himself wasn't tall enough (P.S: Dino was 183 cm and Hibari was only 169 cm- don't mention this in front of him; he was highly sensitive towards height issue).
"N-Nothing."
"Move." Hibari demanded coldly.
"But-"
"I said move."
Oh shit. I can see a death god waving happily at me. Should I wave him back? I'll. Later. After Kyo-chan sees this. Dino mentally prayed, moving aside. Hibari blinked at a pot of red liquid which looked exactly like a pot of oxygenated blood. Reddish unknown substances were surfacing as the red liquid bubbled, spilling dangerously out of the pot. A purplish aura of aroma generated around the ware. Hibari cupped his nose and backed away. "WHAT IS THAT?"
"Err...Tomato soup..." Dino answered, blushing.
"Do you even call this tomato soup? It's either your common sense has migrated or your eyes are having severe damage. Or both."
"I've never enter a kitchen before and this is considered a high achievement of someone who has never hold a spatula!" Dino talked back.
"Then why don't you try this out and see if that high achievement of yours really compatible with the achievement of this self-proclaimed tomato soup!" Hibari said, still pinching his nose. Dino cocked his head before taking a spoon, scooping a spoonful of the liquid. The black-haired teen gulped. "A warning- Cavallone, if you're hospitalized due to this, I'LL SAY I SEE NOTHING!"
The blond gulped down the soup and few seconds later, his vision suddenly darkened. Jesus, why did I see you smiling at me? Aah...it must be a dream... Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream...~ What a wonderful life... *thud*
"OI, CAVALLONE!"
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"No, Kyo-chan! Don't do this- it hurts!" Dino begged.
"Shut the hell up, Dino Cavallone."
"Ittaiii! Please, Kyo-chan! I really beg you- it hurts! Ouch!"
"I said, shut up." Hibari twisted the blond's ear harder.
"Sorry, Kyo-chan! Please- I mean it!"
Hibari glared. "Know what," He pulled the reddened ear. "You really scared me! You suddenly blacked out and did not give a damn response to me! You could have died! Bloody moron!" He pulled again.
"S-Sorry, Kyo-chan! I beg your pardon! Please forgive me! I wouldn't do that anymore! Please!"
Hibari sighed and eventually (finally) let the twitching ear go.
"Owiee...Kyo-chan, you look really skinny but you have such a Hulk's strength! I don't understand why." Dino pouted, soothing his throbbing ear.
"How do I know? It's not like I will check myself out everyday." The said boy said, bare-faced.
"You're quite potential to being a sadist..." Dino muttered.
"What?"
"N-Nothing."
"I think I shall eliminate you for the sake of the society..." Hibari cracked his knuckles.
"N-NO! KYO-CHAN- AAAAAAHHHHHH!" The silent night was penetrated by the ear-piercing yell until the neighbor (including the one having ear buds in their ears) came and complaint.
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The next morning, Hibari walked into the classroom calmly till Mukuro rushed to him.
"Kyoya!"
"What?"
"What was the screaming last night?" Mukuro asked, worries carved all over his face.
"Screaming?"
"YES!"
Hibari somehow got the hint. "Oh. It was Dino Cavallone's." Hibari walked past the teen to his seat.
"That idiot? WHY?" Clouds of imagination started evaporating above Mukuro's head. Kyoya seduced that idiot with a sexy attire leading to his screaming? Or...Kyoya encouraged him to having sex with him? Or...EVEN WORSE?
As if reading his mind, Hibari smacked the pineapple head. "Don't think of something which is purely impossible."
Mukuro let out a sigh of relief. Thank god.
"You better go back to your seat- teacher's coming."
"H-Ha?" Mukuro blinked.
"Morning, everyone!" Their homeroom teacher, Ms Kaori greeted cheerfully. "Rokudo-kun, your chair is missing you now. You know what to do~"
"Yes, sensei." Mukuro quickly moved to his seat.
"Ok, let's mark our attendance today." She said and took out a clipboard. "Please raise up your hand when I called you- alright?" She smiled brightly as she began calling names.
"Dino Cavallone!" She announced. No response.
"Dino-kun?" Ms Kaori looked around. "Hiba-chan, do you know where's our Dino-kun?"
"Absent."
"Eh? Why?"
"Food poisoning." Hibari answered as if it was none of his business (it's none of his business though- blame the tomato soup).
"Oh..." Ms Kaori nodded comprehendingly. "Poor Dino-kun, may Jesus bless his life. Amen."
Hibari groaned.
"Alright, class! Our Hiba-chan is bored already! Let's continue with yesterday's lesson! Open your textbook to page 189- we'll be studying the effect of metal carbonates on lime water!" Ms Kaori said happily, despite the murderous look from her student. Ah, he's really cute, ne.
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"Okaeri, Kyo-chan!" Dino beamed cheerfully, his pallid look protested against his current mood.
"Tadaima." Hibari answered reluctantly, watching the pale face of his childhood friend twitched in pain.
"Kyo-chan! Don't act so cool! Smile~"
"Back to your bed and sleep." Hibari stated in one-shot.
"Eh?"
"I don't want to see your face here. Go to your room and lock yourself up. I want some peace today."
"But Kyo-chan...we barely talk today ("It's because you're absent, Dino Cavallone." Hibari muttered)...I'm unhappy with it..."
"But I'm extra happy with it."
Dino pouted. Hibari sighed. "Did you vomit again today? Suffering diarrhea anymore?" He tried to sound as cold as possible but a tinge of pain his heart softened his tone.
"Yeah..." The blond looked down. "I've been becoming best friends with the toilet today..."
"I think you should rest." Hibari touched Dino's forehead and frowned. "You're sweating...What's wrong?"
"I don't..." Suddenly, Dino's world swirled. "...know..."
"O-Oi, Cavallone, are you alright?" Hibari began panicking. Grasping the cold hand, he half-dragged the blond (because he's kinda heavy) to the couch. Just as he almost reached the sofa, Dino's leg suddenly buckled and the blond completely lose his consciousness.
"CAVALLONE!"