Eternal Rose
Summary: "Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control." – Unknown. FemTsuna. ShortChapters – LongerChapters in the future.
Just a warning: FemTsuna, AU, Language, Clichés, more in the future…
Just so you know (Name): FemTsuna's name is 'Tsunabara'. 'Tsuna' writes as "Bond" while 'Bara' writes as "Rose". In my mind I see the meaning of this name as "A Rose's Bonds". I have not seen the name Tsunabara used before so I can't really confirm that I created it (Although I do believe so…)
Just so you know (TIMELINE): I placed a small timeline at the end of this chapter and will continue to do so. I hope this will help you guys.
I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn or Yu Yu Hakusho!
Chapter 3. The Third Meeting
The third time she saw him, Tsuna had been trying to find something to read while she waited for the bell to ring.
She had been in Meiou for a while now but everyone still saw her as the quiet and frail looking new girl. Thus, Tsuna didn't have any friends and stayed in the library when it was time for the lunch break.
The librarian greeted her with a look. The small woman gave that look to anyone who stepped on her territory and dared to touch her books. Tsuna thought she was like a dragon protecting her treasure and that maybe she should really look for another job. Not that the girl would ever say that out loud and risk being banned from the library.
Tsuna walked to the history and mythos section of the library. She had looked for it before but there was no fantasy or romance novels that she could read so Tsuna learned to appreciate the legends and legacy of her country.
Scanning the titles of the books that occupied the tall shelf in front of her. After a while, one book in particular finally caught her attention.
With a small smile, Tsuna took it out of the shelf only to stop breathing for a moment when she saw who was standing on the other side of the shelf.
Her heart jumped a little when her eyes locked onto emerald green.
She immediately flushed when those intense green eyes stared at her. They were filled with emotion, none of which the orange eyed girl recognized.
"Well," Tsuna's eyes widened as he whispered. It sounded like a purr. The red haired boy couldn't have sounded more pleased even if he tried. "What a coincidence." The red head said.
Tsuna hugged the book to her chest as she tried to stay calm. She opened her mouth to tell him how she didn't believe in such thing, especially when she can feel the weight of her tarot cards inside her bag, but Tsuna merely shook her head and bit her bottom lip.
"H-Hello!" Tsuna squeaked, trying to be polite.
He tilted his head, "What brings you here?"
The boy kept smiling but he frowned when she didn't say anything. Hadn't she been used to her Uncle's masks, Tsuna would have missed the subtle way his expression changed.
She smiled nervously. Tsuna hated to upset people and, for some reason, she hated the thought of upsetting the ethereal looking boy even more.
"I-I was trying to find something to read… T-To pass the time…" Tsuna spoke a little too fast; her words following the rhythm of her erratic heart. To her relief, though, the boy still understood.
His eyes softened and she felt her cheeks burning. Tsuna almost groaned and buried her face into her hands. She was sure she looked like a tomato. How embarrassing!
"What do you like to read?" He asked, honestly curious.
Tsuna licked her lips, "I-I –"
She jumped when several girls approached him, their high pitched voice making her wince a little.
"Minamino-kun!" They squealed, smiling brightly as they surrounded the boy who was forced to step away from the book shelf.
Tsuna couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Every time they saw each other, something would happen which stopped them from trying to start a normal conversation. In the market he had to go with his mother, on the train she had to leave and now this….
Ever since she saw him last time, Tsuna had wondered if they could be friends but maybe it wasn't meant to be.
Tsuna sighed. She glanced down at the book before placing it back on the shelf and walking away.
She wasn't in the mood of reading anymore.
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The third time he saw her, Kurama was looking for a book to help him with a History essay. He may have been centuries old but that didn't mean that he knew everything about the Ningenkai. Kurama had never cared about humans enough to learn about them – They had always been a better form of entertainment.
Kurama walked into the library with a smile, waving to the tiny but scary librarian. He looked away from her and walked to the History section as fast as he could. Kurama wasn't scared of many things but that woman was terrifying.
Sighing when he reached the shelf he knew he could find the information he needed, Kurama started looking for the right book.
He was turning around to look at another shelf when one of the books moved and his eyes widened when he found himself looking at the surprised face of his beautiful sunset eyed girl.
Kurama almost started laughing. He had been looking for her at school ever since their encounter in the train but hadn't found even a sign of her.
Yet the moment he stopped looking, she appeared!
Kurama stared, feeling extremely pleased when he saw her blushing. If he paid attention, he could even hear her heart speed up as he smiled.
And her scent. The Kitsune had no idea of how he had never noticed her scent before. It was intoxicating to him; roses and nature. There was something else, something that made his nose itch in a unpleasant way but he ignored it for now.
"Well," He purred, "What a coincidence."
She opened her mouth to speak but hesitated. The girl shook her head and bit her bottom lip. Kurama had to stop himself from staring.
Had he still been the same Kurama from before his death, he would have seen the action as a invitation to kiss her.
After a moment, when she didn't answer. He frowned a little. Kurama wondered if he had upset her somehow. However, before he could say anything, she finally spoke.
"H-Hello!" Or rather, she squeaked.
He mentally chuckled. She did that often when he was close.
Kurama tilted his head, "What brings you here?" He asked, trying to keep her talking. He really liked the sound of her voice.
She smiled shyly.
"I-I was trying to find something to read… T-To pass the time…" She explained quickly. A little too quickly for a normal human to understand. Thankfully, Kurama wasn't one and had no problem with that.
He looked at her gently, smiling a little. She was really nervous, but he could still pick up how much she loved to read. Her heart speed up a little more and he hold back a smirk.
Good to know that he wasn't losing his touch. Kitsunes are naturally attractive but Kurama had always prided himself in being one of the most desired Yokai of the Makai.
"What do you like to read?" He asked, wanting to learn more about her.
He looked away when she licked her lips. Kurama wished she stopped doing things like that. He had good self control but he was far from being a saint.
"I-I –" She was interrupted, jumping in fright when loudly whispers reached their ears.
"Minamino-kun!"
Kurama's eyebrow twitched as he forced a smile to appear in his face. Slowly, he turned a little to face a group of his female classmates.
His jaw clenched as they more or less forced him to step away from the book shelf and blocked his view from the only human who, aside from his mother, he thought to be interesting and worth of his attention.
His fingers twitched. Kurama itched to grab one of his seeds as they started babbling nonsense.
"Minamino-kun ~"
"We were looking for you everywhere!"
"Who you were talking to, Minamino-kun ~?"
"Ne, ne, Minamino-kun ~! Do you want to study with me today?"
No killing human girls. No feeding human girls to my plants. No – He stopped when he noticed that the book the sunset eyed girl had taken had been placed back to its place in the shelf.
He tried to listen but when Kurama couldn't pick up the sound of her heartbeat, he had to restrain himself from doing something that he would come to regret.
Kurama didn't think his mother would be happy if he ended in prison for murder.
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TIMELINE!
October 14, 1993 – Sawada Tsunabara is born
June 21, 1993 – Yoko Kurama takes the body of stillborn Minamino Shuichi
April 10, 2007 – First Meeting (School Year started in the beginning of April)
April 31, 2007 – Second meeting
May 3, 2007 – Third meeting
