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Chapter 3
Life for Loser
"If you're really happy for Juudaime, why do you look like you're about cry?!"
It seems like forever since Gokudera had asked me that question, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't surprised. Shocked. Astonished. Flabbergasted. Basically whatever other synonym the Thesaurus can come up with.
It took another hour for me to finally answer.
Well, actually a minute, but it felt like an hour before I managed to choke my words out.
"I- I-... I don't know."
Gokudera had remained silent, and had not start yelling at me like I think he would, instead, he removed his hand that was on mine and... flicked my forehead?
"Ow!" I stared at him incredulously, mouth gapping. Did he just really... flicked my forehead?!
"TOUGHEN THE FUCK UP!"
Oh gawd, my ears.
"So what, huh?! You're feeling a little lonely just because Juudaime has more people in his life? I know you're selfish, but I didn't realize you're this selfish!"
"Hey! I-"
"At the end of the day, aren't you still Juudaimei's only sister?!"
That shut me up, and I can only looked at him with wide eyes.
"Sure, the family is only going to get bigger, and do you think I like that? I will have to constantly fight to prove to Juudaime that I'm the only one suitable to be his right-hand man! Even now, I still don't even know if sees me as one yet, and it sucks! But you!" He roared, pointing an accusing finger right at my nose, his expression fierce and unforgiving.
"No matter how big the family will be, how unhappy you are, or how much you'll disappoint him, you'll still always be his sister, twin in fact! And that's a bond no one or no things can ever sever! Why are you still complaining and worrying so much?!"
I was stunned. Really, really shocked. Gokedera, he... he actually made sense. I was so self-absorbed that, I forgot the very connection Tsuna and I shared. No matter what happened, how things have changed, we will still have this bond, this fate tied together, because we are twins.
We'll always have each other.
"Wow," I muttered, still trying to process what Gokudera had hit me with, "Just... wow."
"You get that now, woman?" He asked irritably, flopping back down onto the bed, "Man, I need a smoke."
"Here,"
"Arh?"
"Here," I repeated again, shoving my strawberry shortcake to his face, "Smoking is bad for you, , have my cake instead, it's for you in the first place. It's delicious, I'm an amazing at cooking after all, I take after Mama."
"H-Huh?!" He stuttered, most probably caught off guard by my kindness. Which was understandable, for now that I think back, I don't think I was ever nice to him. And it's time to change that. Gokudera, he's an okay guy.
"Cake, yours, eat," I said slowly, reverting to caveman talk with him. Resisting the urge to roll my eyes, I decided to add an afterthought, "Dumbass."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DUMBASS, YOU BITCH?!"
"Apparently you," I grinned, "Because, no way in hell that I will ever disappoint Tsuna-nii."
Not giving him a chance to retaliate, I jumped up and made my way to leave the room. I can still hear him grumbling to himself, and I'm pretty sure I heard him mumbled 'confusing bitch' at some point. I paused when I was in the doorway, turning my head back to look at the silver-haired bomber, him scrutinizing my cake as if he was checking for poison.
"Oy, Gokudera," I called, and he snapped his head up to meet my eyes with a glare.
"What, woman?" He replied, begrudgingly too I must say.
My lips twitched so ever slightly, and I felt a real smile creeping up my face. Right now, right this moment, I actually appreciate this loud-mouth, uncouth, poor excuse of a delinquent.
A delinquent with the soul of a warrior.
"Thank you."
That annoying sister of his precious Juudaime finally left the infirmary, giving him the peace he begged for the moment she had stepped in. He felt a twinge of heat appearing on his cheeks, and he blamed it on his stomachache instead.
That stomachache which may, or may not, hurt anymore.
"Stupid, temperament bitch," He cursed under his breathe again, still holding onto that piece of cake in his hands. His mind had kept flashing that tiny smile she had given him earlier, and for microsecond, and he emphasised, microsecond, he had thought she was cute and his heart had fluttered once.
Just once.
Of course, while she and Juudaime had been twins, many can easily identify their similarities, but not Gokudera. All Gokudera can see was their differences, what made them different, made them their own person.
Which was also the biggest reason why despite her being 10th sister, he's not showing as much respect, or no respect at all. 10th was 10th and Tsuki was... a fucking infuriating troublemaker.
While 10th was short for his height, Tsuki was even shorter, by an inch or two, but still shorter. 10th had big bright eyes, and while Tsuki's eyes were not losing to his, there's this hint of sharpness to it. Tsuki also had a heart shape face, like Nana-san, making her more feminine than 10th's boyish one. Not to mention the obvious longer hair of hers, resting at the shoulders all the way to the small of her back. Gokudera can probably list more, but his growling stomach won.
Taking a bite, Gokudera hate to admit it but Tsuki really was as great of a cook as she claimed to be.
Another thing he had noticed was different from the 10th...
Despite all the excitement, I still have my freaking detention to attend, and for some reason, Hibari was being really sulky, his mood worse than usual. Must be someone destroying his school again, and something tells me it must have been related to me somehow, seeing the glare he was sending me.
An image of my half naked brother gouging on cakes then floated into my mind...
I would be scared, I would, but it's really hard to when Hibird was nestling on Hibari's head, singing the Namimori school anthem.
Seriously, I had a really soft spot for that tiny bird.
Request for funds, request for clubroom, another request for funds and clubroom... I rolled my eyes, all the paperwork were clubs requests for the same thing again, and again. Can't they get the hint that most funds and clubrooms went solely to the disciplinary committee? And whatever left was for the baseball club, and the few selected clubs that, according to Hibari, had 'proved themselves useful' by winning competitions for the school.
I was going through them with half-lidded eyes when a particular paper caught my attention.
'Request for spirit extermination!'
"Ano, Hibari-dono, you might want to check this out." I called out, waving the paper. I noticed the slight twitch of Hibari's right brow, knowing how much he hated all the various suffixes I bestowed him out of mockery. I've been told I'm very passive aggressive...
And I couldn't agree it more.
Hibari let out a 'hn', giving me his approval of granting me the great honour of presenting him the paper by my unworthy self.
Have I mentioned that I was highly sarcastic too?
While Hibari was busying himself with the paper, I was showering Hibird with all sort of attention, the fluffy little bird on perched on my finger, enjoying the endless cooin-
"Shut up before I bite you to death, herbivore. You sound like a dying cat." He snapped, looking up at me with a glare.
"Oh, you flatter me so much, Hibari-heika1," I said dryly, but much to my dismay, Hibari actually smirked at the title. Talk about thick-skinned. "So, the request, are you going to help them out?"
Hibari actually said;
"Are you fucking kidding me?! Do you think I, the high and mighty emperor of Namimori will lower me, myself to be some ghostbuster and help some herbivores?! I'm busy with being all doom and gloom like the emo that that I am! And I will bite you to death! Rawrrrrrr!"
Okay, so he didn't say that. He'd only raised an elegant eyebrow, but that pretty summed up what he was thinking. I was still fluttering around in my own perfect world when Hibari's voice snapped me out of it.
"Solve it."
"Eh?" I blinked. "Co-come again?"
"Solve it by tonight," He growled, "That's your detention for the day."
"But, but, but-" I stuttered, I don't even know where to start.
"Get your brother and his group along, that will be their punishment, but if I see any damage in the school tomorrow, I'll bite all of you to death."
"B-But, but I-"
I can't even finish before I instinctively dodged from the incoming tonfa. Whoa, I didn't evne realize I can do that, all I did was sense danger and- There! I did it again!
I am awes- Oof!
Too quick to celebrate. Glancing up, Hibari loomed over me with a smirk, taunting me. I can never win, and he knew it.
A/N
First and foremost, reviews! Two of them! It's quite exciting I must say, lol. Cheers Flower power. U know u like it and Nix!
Reckon my past chapters may be too long so, just I shrink it a little. Original story to spice things up, andddd, guess that's about it. Thoughts, too long, too short, what not? Or I'll just continue my merry way.
