You know, at first, I thought writing a story would be pretty easy but, I've come to realize that's not true… I had to do extra research and everything when I thought I already knew the characters pretty well. I guess this only proves that I shouldn't underestimate things huh?~
It was a Friday, Midori was at the bakery and she was about to go to bed. There had been an empty room in the back and the owner decided that it should be her secret bedroom. The room looked like any typical bedroom; four walls, a window, a bed, (which made Midori feel even more indebt to the owner when she found out he paid for it) and just a bunch of little décor. The walls were of course, green and on it hung a few pictures Midori recently took of her new friends. Looking back at the pictures, Midori smiled but then frowned a bit.
She had taken at least one picture of all her friends and yet she did not have Kyoya's. "I should get one of him soon." Midori thought determined.
Then a memory flashed in her mind. It was the same day, just a few hours earlier.
Midori was about to head to the bakery or 'home' when she was stopped by Hibari at the entrance. "You," Hibari began "You tried to kill me with that disgusting cake."
"Was it really that bad? I guess I wouldn't know since I didn't try it." Midori said, shrugging lightly. She would have been hurt but, she kind of expected that anyways since it did look pretty bad when she took the cake out of the oven. She just didn't have time to make another one so she went with lucky cake number was the best of the bunch.
While Midori was stuck in her thoughts, Hibari had taken out his tonfas and this time, really tried to swing it at Midori. Seeing as Hibari was rushing at her, Midori jumped out of the way, a bit shocked and confused. She really didn't mean to kill him with her cake! Midori had jumped at just the right moment, if not, she would've had quite a bruise on her face.
Although Midori was able to dodge his attack, she moved a bit too quickly for her body to balance out the weight and direction so she fell. "Are you crazy? What if that piece of metal hit me in the face?" She yelled, more enraged than scared.
"That was the point." Hibari retorted casually, although he was slightly surprised that she had dodged his attack pretty well. Well, no reason to show his expression of shock and amusement, so he kept it to himself.
"You know, I'm not really good at fighting so why don't you put those things back in your pants and we'll settle this another way." Midori said slowly.
"Oh? Would that mean another bet?" Hibari asked, ignoring the first part of what she said. "Uhh sure. Let's make this a … baking challenge!" Midori declared. "Whoever can make the best cake wins."
"And the loser?" Hibari questioned. "Umm the loser will… owe the winner a favor! Ok?" Midori decided. "Fine, then we will do this tomorrow." Hibari said.
"HEE?~ But I have work tomorrow! And where would we even have the bet?" Midori asked, hoping these questions would cause Hibari to reconsider the date.
"The place in which this bet will take place is in the Namimori Middle kitchen. If you refuse to come at 8:00 AM sharp, you will forfeit the bet, making me win by default." Hibari explained.
"Well, I have work everyday… I suppose if I wake up early and get this over with, I'll make it back before the start of my shift~ Hopefully, it'll only last about an hour because my shift starts at 9!" Midori sorted her plans out in her head.
"Ok! See you tomorrow then~" Midori said as she waved goodbye.
End Flashback~
"Oh! I should bring my camera with me hehe!~" Midori realized. She picked up the green camera that she had purchased with the money she had been saving up from working at the bakery for some time now and placed it in her bag.
She was about to go to sleep when she got a text. She flipped up her phone to see that it was from Tsuna.
"Hey, me and everyone else was wondering if you wanted to hang out with us tomorrow since it's gunna be a Saturday." The text read. Midori saw the text and made a sad face. "I'm sorry Tsuna. I can't, besides work, I have something important to do. Apologize to everyone else for me?" She texted back to him.
About a minute later, she got another text back. "It's fine! We shouldn't pester you too much about it if you're really that busy."
"I'm really sorry Tsuna! I guess I should at least give you an explanation why, you see, I was going to hang out with Kyoya pretty early tomorrow that's why, it's not that I don't wanna hang out with you guys, I DO! But I can't so I'm sorry. Good nighties~" Midori replied, and with that, she then jumped on her bed and went to sleep.
To Tsuna!~
He read the text Midori had sent him and now was holding a shocked expression on his face. "Midori-chan is such a crazy person! Who wants to hang out with Hibari-san when he's so scary? Could it be they're going to fight?" He decided to ask everyone else about this.
Chatroom-ish On Cell Phones!~
Tsuna: Minna! Midori said she won't be joining us cuz she's gunna hang out with Hibari-san… I think Midori-chan is going to fight Hibari-san tomorrow! Maybe that's why she said she couldn't hang out with us?
Gokudera: What? That stupid woman really wants to kill herself doesn't she?
Yamamoto: Maa, maa! I'm sure that's not the case! Maybe they're going to go on a picnic or something…
Gokudera: What kind of twisted imaginations are making up baseball freak?
Tsuna: U-umm I don't think that's the case Yamamoto-kun…
Kyoko: I think she'll be all right minna!~ I think Hibari-san may have taken a liking to her!
Haru: Don't worry about it Tsuna-san! Haru knows that Midori-chan won't be fighting Hibari-san! If anything, Haru would rather bet that they are going on a picnic rather than fighting!
Tsuna: Are you crazy? Hibari-san is like… a merciless killer! There's no way he would be out having picnics!
Gokudera: The tenth is right you stupid women! Last time I remember, Hibari bites people to death, not taking bites out of a sandwich under a tree!
Kyoko: Although thinking that Hibari-san going on a picnic is a bit much, I'm pretty sure that he really wouldn't fight Midori.
Yamamoto: Hey Tsuna! Did she say where she would go to hang out with Hibari-san?
Tsuna: No, she didn't say that, but knowing Hibari, it's probably going to be somewhere near or even in Namimori Middle… She also said she was going to hang out with him pretty early…
Gokudera: Well I still think they're going to fight!
Haru: Would you like to make a bet Gokudera-san?
Tsuna: A-ah guys…
Gokudera: Fine! Tomorrow we'll go to Namimori Middle and see if they're gunna fight or do something else!
Tsuna: Are you guys even sure that they'll be there? U-umm, what would be that something else Gokudera-kun…?
Kyoko: Let's not bet on anything to crazy, how about we make this the bet of the intuition, whoever wins has bragging rights.
Haru: Haru agrees with Kyoko-chan's terms!
Gokudera: Fine by me!
Yamamoto: Why don't we get some sleep now huh?
Tsuna: Good idea Yamamoto-kun, goodnight everyone.
Gokudera: Good night Tenth!
Kyoko: Good night minna-san!
Yamamoto: Good night!
Haru: Night night!~
Morning!~
Midori woke up and saw that it was 7:50 AM, she rushed out of bed and got ready to go outside. After grabbing her bag she glanced up at the clock again to see that it said "7:55."
"Oh Poop! I'm not gunna make it!" Midori thought to herself as she frantically locked the door of the bakery and ran as fast as her legs could carry her down the street, not noticing at all that there had been a group of people hiding behind the wall of the bakery peeking out as soon as she turned her head to the direction she was going to run in.
Tsuna!~
"Wahh! This is stupid after all guys! Why don't we leave her alone?" Tsuna said, but was ignored by everyone else who was still peeking off the side of the wall of the bakery.
"Common guys! Lets go." Yamamoto whispered. Everyone followed him and Tsuna was trying to catch up to the group, which consisted of Yamamoto, Gokudera, Kyoko, and Haru. "So they are going to do something in Namimori Middle…" Tsuna thought when he saw Midori walking through the entrance of the school.
"Wahh! This is nuts! I feel like such a stalker!" Tsuna thought to himself again, he was amazed his friends didn't have any shame while hiding in a bush.
As soon as Midori entered the school, the group followed closely and were about to enter the school themselves.
To Midori-chan!~
She ran towards the cafeteria as fast as she could, last time she remembered, at the back of the cafeteria was the kitchen. When she burst through the doors, she saw that Hibari was already there and waiting for her.
"You're late." He said coldly.
"Wahh! Please don't make me lose when I haven't even started yet!" Midori pleaded. "Whatever, lets just get this over with." Hibari said and they began to get the ingredients out.
"Are you sure we can use the stuff here?" Midori asked. "We might as well do the school a favor and use all of this up before it expires." Hibari stated. "Alright then~" Midori said, and with that, they started.
While Midori was mixing her things, she glaced at Hibari and saw that he was still wearing his school uniform, unlike Midori herself, who wore a more casual outfit. She wore a white graphic tee that had pink poka dots on it and it's length reach a bit past up to her hips. With that, she wore a short black skirt and had knee-length socks and sneakers.
"Hmm~ he doesn't even wear casual clothes on weekends? Either he's really uptight or he really likes this school… or both…" Midori thought to herself and giggled at her silly thoughts.
This made Hibari look over to her with a questionable look on his face. "So this is what she looks like casually." He thought. Suddenly, two chibis of Hibari appeared while one was yelling at him to hurry up, the other was looking at Midori with curious eyes. (AN: I think everyone should have chibis XD they're so fun!~)
The two of them put their mixture into a pan and placed them in the oven. Now, was the long wait for the cakes to bake.
Tuna Time!~
"Alright! Gokudera and Haru, you guys take the roof and the third floor, me and Tsuna will take the first and second floor, Kyoko you can handle this floor right?" Yamamoto said, which shocked everyone how he came up with such a clean cut plan.
"Why the hell do you get to be with tenth?" Gokudera asked, now angry with Yamamoto's decision.
"Yeah! How come Haru can't be with Tsuna-san?" Haru complained.
"Guys! We don't have much time! For all we know, Hibari-san and Midori-chan could be on their way somewhere else! Lets hurry up and find them!" Kyoko declared confidently.
"Fine." Gokudera and Haru grumbled at the same time, and the group started to split up.
Back To Midori!~
Only 5 minutes have pasted and she was already bored, Hibari was just leaning again a wall with his eyes closed but he didn't look like he was sleeping. An idea came to Midori's mind when she took out her camera and tightened its string to her wrist so it won't fall.
Midori also grabbed a handful of flour as she walked up to Hibari. "Nee~ Kyoya wake up!" She yelled. "What do you want herbivore?" Hibari asked a bit annoyed. Before he could react to anything; POOF! Midori threw the handful of flour she had been holding on at him and quickly moved next to Hibari to snap a picture.
"What the hell did you just do?" Hibari asked murderously as he glared at the green haired girl almost about to break into tears from laughing so hard. "Ahahahaha! That's what you get! Ahahaha! It's just- It's just annoyed me so much how messy I am and how perfectly clean you are so I decided to get even!~" Midori explained. While she was in the middle of laughing; POOF! Something hit her face and it tasted like flour.
"Hey!" Midori cried, not laughing anymore but now Hibari was fairly amused as she was before.
"Now, we are even." He said simply. "Alright I see how it is," Midori said while taking the string off and putting her camera on the table. "THIS MEANS WAR!" She yelled as she grabbed another handful of flour while Hibari did the same.
To Octopus Head (aka Gokudera) And Haru!~
"Where could they be? They're not here…" Gokudera said when he took a look around the roof of the school.
"Well, they're not in the fields either" Haru called out as she was referring to the baseball field. She had her face pressed against the fence but not enough too hard.
"Damn." Gokudera thought and the two started to head down.
To Yamamoto and Tsuna!~
"I don't think they're anywhere here." Tsuna said with a sigh. "Let's check the first floor." Yamamoto decided.
To Kyoko!~
Kyoko was in the cafeteria when she heard someone's voice. "THIS MEANS WAR!" She heard Midori yell.
"Quickly minna! I think I found her! I'm in the cafeteria!" Kyoko texted to everyone as fast as she could. Everyone got her text and was rushing to the cafeteria but as quietly as they could.
"They must be in the kitchen." Kyoko thought as it was the area in which most of the noise was coming from. Kyoko crouched down and slowly made her way towards the double doors that led to the kitchen. She slowly rose her head up and what she saw would have made her laugh real loud but she held it in the best she could.
When Kyoko saw that everyone was at the front doors of the cafeteria, she quietly waved everyone to walk over to her. When everyone saw that she was crouching down, they did the same. Everyone slowly brought their heads up to see what Kyoko had been trying to keep her laughter in control about.
The scene before them was a super white kitchen and Midori and Hibari in the middle of it. Both of them were covered in flour and Midori was laughing loudly. Everyone started to come up with their thoughts on how they thought about this situation.
"Wahh~ Midori-chan and Hibari-san look like they're having a great time!~" Kyoko thought, while at the same time, trying not to laugh.
"Well, it's no picnic, but as long as those two are having fun" Yamamoto thought cheerfully to himself.
"M-Midori is truly a scary person herself; to be able to shower Hibari with flour and laugh about it? She really is something else, she really can't be anywhere near Namimori!" Tsuna thought to himself and at the same time imaging a murderous Midori holding a butcher knife. The thought make him shiver.
"I-I lost." Gokudera thought, with an "I-can't-believe-that-just-happened" look on his face.
"Haru WON! Haru is victorious!" Was all Haru can think of at the moment.
"I think we should leave them alone ne?" Kyoko texted again to everyone, afraid that the two inside the kitchen might hear her if she talked. Everyone nodded their heads and left the cafeteria and out of the school as quietly as they could. They, however, were not the only ones who saw what was going about in the kitchen.
"Hmm… This girl has some potential." A mysterious person thought to himself as he jumped off the tree branch he had used to spy on the two people who are now covered in flour. He adjusted his hat that had a green chameleon on it and was on his way.
To Midori! AGAIN!~
"Wow! That was fun!" Midori said while her laugh was dying down. She walked over and was about to take the cake out when Hibari stopped her. "Not yet." He said.
"I can take it out whenever I want. And I choose to take it out now." Midori said while opening the oven slightly, only to have it closed again by Hibari's leg. "Give it 25 more minutes." He said, averting his eyes from Midori's gaze. "F-fine, but if it comes out all burnt and stuff, you lose got it?" Midori declared. "We'll see who wins this challenge." Hibari answered.
"Psh fine." Midori replied while walking over to her camera to look at the picture she had taken of Hibari a few minutes ago. "Hey lookie here Kyoya! You look so funny in this picture!" She said while she went into a fit of giggles.
"Give me that camera now or erase the picture yourself or I will break it." Hibari said menacingly. "A-ahh~ I don't think so." Midori said while running behind a counter, using it as a shield. This was obviously useless because Hibari jumped over it making Midori dash to the opposite side.
"You're not going to give up easily are you?" Hibari asked, although he was pretty sure of what her answer was. "NOPE!" Midori yelled. After being chased around the kitchen for about 20 minutes, Midori stared to get tired. "Wao," Hibari thought inwardly "She's lasted longer than anyone else I've met so far."
While Hibari was in his thoughts, Midori was too. "H-he really has a lot of stamina; well he's a guy so that's only to be expected but still!"
In the one second that Hibari caught Midori off guard, he lunged towards her and grabbed the camera out of her hands. "W-wait! Don't delete that picture!" Midori yelled, almost as if she knew what was going to happen one millisecond before the green camera was pulled out of her grasp.
"And why should I listen to you?" Hibari questioned the panicked girl with amusement.
"Please don't delete it! It's like the only picture I have of you!" Midori said, after hearing herself, she felt some blood rushing to her cheeks. She didn't need to touch them to know that they were warm.
"A-ah, I didn't mean to sound like a stalker or whatever, I just really want to be your friend." Midori was now really red. "Friend! Friend!" Hibird chirped as he flew in through the opened window.
"Oh! Hiya Hibird!" Midori greeted. Hibari sighed walked up to Midori and shoved the camera in her hands. "I don't know what you're going to use it for but if you dare let anyone else see that picture, I will kill you with no hesitation." Hibari spoke, as coldly as he could but it didn't seem to have a negative effect on Midori; all she cared about was the fact that Hibari had let her keep the picture and that was all that mattered.
Before Midori was about to say something, she heard a Ding!~ "Ahh! The cakes must be ready!" Midori said as she putted her camera down and wore some oven mitts. When both cakes were pulled out of the oven, they were decorated with icing and fruit. When the two cakes were finished, both looked as good as the other but in their own special way.
Midori cut a slice from each cake and placed them on two different paper plates. "So, who is there to judge?" Midori asked, and a chibi appeared and beated Midori on the head since she didn't ask him about this before.
"I was hoping you would be mature enough and have the both of us judge each other's confection, but…" Hibari said slightly teasing Midori of her maturity. "I am mature! Fine! We should do that!" And with that, Midori found some plastic forks and handed one to Hibari.
When she took a bite of her's and a bite of Hibari's cake, they tasted the same. "They taste the same." Midori let her thoughts out. "Well that was to be expected, we had limited things to really make anything else but a simple pound cake." Hibari stated while staring at the two cakes they had made.
"I know, but you won today didn't you?" Midori asked, causing Hibari to shift his attention from the two cakes to her. "If you hadn't convinced me to keep the cake in the oven for some more, it would have been raw by now wouldn't it?" Midori pointed out. "Alright, you win and I owe you a favor, I suggest you save it for something useful. And even though I lost, I still won because I learned something new today." Midori said as she smiled. Her smile made Hibari feel strange on the inside but he decided to ignore it.
"I think we should start cleaning up." She decided, after taking a look around the kitchen whose blue walls were dusted white from all the flour.
Clean up took a pretty long time as the flour was not just all over the walls and floors, but the tables and all the utensils. When everything was clean, Midori looked up at the clock hesitantly and she saw that it was already 10:30 AM. Midori rushed to get her things in her bag and carried the two cakes in a box since Hibari said that he was going to throw it away anyways if she didn't take them. They were small cakes so Midori agreed. Plus, it was something she could share with everyone when she came back to the shop.
Midori was about to dash out of the kitchen doors but she stopped herself and looked back. "You wanna know what I learned today?" She asked Hibari. "How to correctly bake a cake?" Hibari asked back. "Well, yes," Midori admitted embarrassingly. "But also that Kyoya is a really nice person." And with that, she dashed out through the double doors.
"What a strange girl." Hibari said to himself. "So stupid and impulsive." And although he was thinking this, he was smiling which made Hibird move his head on one side out of confusion.
HEY! I hoped you guys had as much fun reading this chapter as I had writing it!~ I don't wanna be arrogant but I thought this chapter was very funny XD it made me laugh while I was typing it! Holy balonies!~ Yup! That's right, Reborn will introduced soon to Midori which might mean there's some mafia stuff getting involved OAO but don't worry, I plan on keeping it on the light and funny side ^o^ ~ Until next time! Keep reviewing!~ Oh! And I really don't know how many floors Namimori has though, it probably has more than that but I just made it so, to my convenience… I also don't know if there's such a thing as chatrooms on cell phones… idk~
