Disclaimer: I do not own Reborn or any of the characters.

A oneshot with Little Hibari! xD

Requested by: scyterfrnz

"_-chan, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

"A princess! With a castle and a crown, and a prince who will save me from the meanie witch."

For as long as you could remember, fairytales were your guide to dreaming. You were determined to become the next Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, or any other princess who got their happy ending with a kiss from their prince. But no matter what you tried (the plastic crown broke on impact, playground bullies knocked your sand castle down, and no matter how much you looked at it, the zoo alpaca didn't quite cut it as a royal horse), nothing gave you the princess-like aura that a stubborn 5-year old needed.

After much analyzing and countless hours spent flipping through old storybooks, your brilliant young mind finally came to a single conclusion: a male protagonist. Who cared about big towering castles to live in? Cinderella didn't have that! And pretty dresses and jewellery, anybody could buy those! What you really needed in order to overcome the tragic fate destined for any fairytale princess was, in fact, a prince (you could think about the kissing and cootie-catching later).

So when you walked into the first day of kindergarten, it didn't come to a surprise to anybody when you marched right up to the first boy you saw. He had dark hair and matching dark eyes, along with a permanent scowl that seemed to pull his whole bad boy look together.

"I'm _! Nice to meet ya!"

He glared at you.

You carried on, as oblivious to death looks as a kindergartener could be. "You wanna play princess with me?" And without a single moment of pause, you grabbed his hand and dragged him to the dress up corner. The stoic frown on his face never changed even as you threw a cape on him and forced him down on a chair.

"Okay!" you said, fixing a worn-down crown on your head, "You ever heard of Sleeping Beauty?" No response. "I'll be her and you hafta be the prince and try to wake me up, got it?" Beaming up at your fellow, silent classmate, you laid down on the carpet next to him, closing your eyes in expectance of the gentle, sweet kiss that every princess deserved.

Chomp.

"OWW! SENSEI!"

By the time the teacher had rushed over, you were sitting up with your fingers pressed against a bleeding lip and tears in your eyes. The prince-turned-villain (as you liked to think of him now) was back on the chair with arms crossed, a look of contempt and satisfaction on his face.

"Hmph. Stupid herbivore."

Ri: Long time no see, fanfiction! Sorry for the break, guys! Dx Hopefully, I'm back with more motivation and less procrastination (TEE HEE). Hopefully this one's ok, I'm rushing now with no good story ideas D:

Question of the day: Which fairytale is your favourite?