This scene is very short. Yeah, it's not a lot of words. Apparently I've noticed, too. :]
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"Who's there?!" Kaia whipped around, the music stopping unnaturally. Her eyes of anger and frustration melted. "H-Hibari-sempai?"
"What are you doing here, Kaia?" the President asked carefully. "Loitering is not permitted." But he shrugged. "I'm assuming you're thinking I'm loitering as well?" Hibari chuckled darkly.
"Sure," he nodded, and he walked over to Kaia, who was still sitting on that piano bench. "What are you doing here anyway?"
"I-I…I was…playing…" Kaia turned to face the piano again, but her hand remained on the bench, her weight still leaning on it. "Playing the piano."
"So you play?"
"Y-Yeah… Soto said-"
"Who is this Soto?" Kaia felt Hibari's eyes narrow.
"The-" Kaia thought a bit, then found the perfect description. She sat up and shrugged. "Vongola Nono's Cloud Guardian."
Hibari's eyebrow went up.
"What do you mean, Cloud Guardian?"
Kaia smiled.
Good, he knows what this stuff is about.
"He's…the…Cloud…Guardian," blinked Kaia. She looked back at Hibari, who stood beside the piano bench now. "Of the Vongola."
"No, he isn't."
"And what makes you say that he isn't?" Kaia looked back at her sheet music. "Soto said so himself."
"Because I am, and I have proof," snarled Hibari. His eyes burned with hatred and anger – how dare a lowly herbivore claim his chance to fight as he liked? He looked away, out the window.
"Proof?" repeated Kaia. "What proof?"
"The- No, I'll tell you later," Hibari's eyes narrowed. He planned to bite this Soto to death. And it seems that Kaia didn't know enough about the Vongola – that was certainly suspicious. "You should be getting home."
Kaia looked back to Hibari, an expression of horror covering her entire face. It was like Gokudera all over again…
"Don't look at me like that, Kaia," sighed Hibari. "Is there anything bothering you at all?"
Kaia shook her head, looking away.
"No, nothing…" she closed her eyes momentarily.
"Sure?"
"Yeah…"
"Kaia-" Hibari began, but he stopped. Kaia looked at him weirdly.
"What?" her voice was small. Hibari shook his head. He sensed that this person, sitting on the bench here, was somewhat different from the true carnivore at the Sky Battle.
"You should be getting home now. You have homework, don't you?" Hibari nudged Kaia, who stood up, putting her books of music away.
"Yeah," Kaia nodded numbly. She looked into Hibari's eyes. The one who had caused her so much harm, and yet…he wasn't…like…that… Kaia smiled. "Thanks for telling me, Hibari-sempai."
Hibari slightly leaned backward for some strange reason. Kaia's expression quickly changed into one of confusion.
"Are you okay?" she frowned, but smiled again, bowed and said, "Oh well, I'll see you tomorrow then~! Sayonara, Hibari-sempai~!"
And Hibari just watched as Kaia half-ran to the door and disappeared behind it, the door swinging open and closed.
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This is somewhat of a shadow of something that would happen much later in the story. In the Millifore Arc. I should tell you readers when that would come, so you remember.
Oh well, please review!
Ah, and I noticed – scene 77!! Amazing. xD
And…
Have an awesome summer [break] everyone!! xD
