It's a little later than I wanted it to be, but I was able to finish chapter six. I just now noticed that I have a good bit of dialogue in this chapter, which is a good explanation of why it looks longer than it actually is. Well you know how this goes, all credit for Katekyo Hitman Reborn belongs to Akira Amano-san. Hope you enjoy this chapter. ~
Byakuran was properly showered, and dressed before he headed down the stairs. He carried a hefty stack of paperwork in his hands. He might have lost his balance, but this wasn't the first time he had to deal with a large scale amount of paperwork. Kikyo happened to be at the wrong place at the right time.
"Ah, just who I was looking for." Byakuran said when he reached the bottom of the stairs.
Kikyo froze in place even though his boss didn't sound angry. Compared to the previous night Byakuran sounded like his usual self.
The mint haired man took a deep breath to calm himself, "What can I do for you Byakuran-sama?"
"I need you to take care of this paperwork while I'm out. I believe only you can oversee the paperwork through to its completion." He handed the stack of papers to his Cloud Guardian.
"If you don't mind my asking, where are you headed off to this morning?"
"Why to visit Muku-chan of course. I hardly got to see him yesterday."
"I see. Well then, I'll take care of this workload for you shortly." Kikyo moved to get out of Byakuran's way.
Byakuran nonchalantly put his foot out in front of Kikyo. The mint haired man tripped, and fell down on his hands and knees. The papers were scattered across the floor.
"What a shame. I organized those documents alphabetically too. Please see to it that they get reorganized before you fill them out."
Kikyo had a quick flashback from before he met his boss. He remembered how he was beaten and abused by his previous employer.
"Aw, do we all have to fill out paperwork?" Asked a disappointed voice from down the hallway.
"No need to worry, just Kikyo." Byakuran assured his Rain Guardian.
"Sucks for him. Anyways, could you pick me up something while you're gone?"
"I make no promises Bluebell-chan."
"Not even if it's sweets? Then you could get some for the both of us."
"Fair enough." Byakuran said before he left.
"And don't forget!" Bluebell called after him.
The flashback ended, and Kikyo hurriedly collected the documents. They were at least up off of the floor in a neat stack now. The Millefiore Cloud Guardian had to wonder if he entirely ruined his relationship with his boss. He took the papers to his room in the hopes of distracting himself from his problems.
He absentmindedly filled out sheet after sheet of paper. Kikyo felt weak for letting it bother him so much. The reason Kikyo developed his masochistic personality was because he needed a way to endure the pain he felt going through everyday life. He wouldn't be able to bare it if his beloved Byakuran-sama turned out to be like that cruel employer.
'I have to figure out a way to fix this mess.'
Refocusing his attention back to the documents seemed like a good start.
Byakuran was standing in front of the hospital. The closer he got to Mukuro's room the more nervous he became.
'I'm sure he will understand once I thoroughly explain what happened. He knows even a little better than I how Kikyo is.'
He breezed passed the reception desk because he already knew which room he needed to go to. Byakuran felt like it took him seconds to reach his destination. It was quiet on the other side of the door. Maybe the Kokuyo Gang headed out for a bite to eat. The white haired man gently knocked on the door to his lover's hospital room.
"Come in." A calm voice said from the other side of the door.
Byakuran rested his hand on the knob, and pushed the door open. Mukuro was sitting up in the bed with a book laying open on his lap. There was actually a pile of books stacked in the corner of the room. When Byakuran laid his eyes on Mukuro his worries seemed to vanish.
"You have quite the collection of books here." Byakuran said.
"That's all you have to say to me? For the record, I've been worried about you."
Byakuran walked closer to Mukuro, "Whatever for? You should know that I can take care of myself."
"Why can't we admit that we've missed each other?" Mukuro asked as he wrapped his arms around Byakuran's neck.
"That's because we're both stubborn by nature."
The moment was going to go somewhere, but something stopped that from happening.
"What exactly are you trying to do?" Byakuran wondered in confusion.
Mukuro still had his arms wrapped around Byakuran's neck, and that was it. The goal was to pull his lover down into a kiss. Truth be told, the blue haired man didn't have enough strength to do that since he was still in the process of recovering.
"Don't laugh. It seems I haven't gained as much strength back as I thought I did." Mukuro's cheeks turned a light shade of pink.
Byakuran leaned into the kiss for his lover. Neither of the two wanted it to stop there, but Byakuran remembered that he had to tell Mukuro about last night.
"There's something I need to discuss with you."
"Can't it wait?"
"If you want me to keep secrets from you, then yes. If not, no."
"Alright, lets hear it."
Byakuran didn't withhold any information. He told Mukuro exactly how the events unfolded. It took a few minutes for that information to sink in for the blue haired man.
"I never knew Kikyo was desperate enough to try his hand at dominating you."
"Believe me when I say that I'm making him regret the things he's done to the both of us."
"You can certainly be cruel when push comes to shove." Mukuro closed the open book.
"Moving on to a more pleasant topic, when do they plan on discharging you?"
"Some time tomorrow morning."
"Great, I can be here bright and early to pick you up." Byakuran smiled due to the good news.
The only downside was that the white haired man was having a hard time restraining himself. There were so many things he wanted to do to his illusionist. Things none of the doctors or the Kokuyo Gang would appreciate.
"Part of me wishes I could just take you home now." Byakuran whispered to his lover.
Byakuran placed his mouth on the side of Mukuro's neck. He nipped and sucked on the smooth pale skin. Mukuro could only imagine what his underlings would say if they happened to see the mark. Byakuran slid his hand under the blanket that covered the Vongola Mist Guardian from the waist down. He rubbed his hand in between Mukuro's legs. The blue haired man closed his eyes, and melted into Byakuran's touch.
Someone else came into the room, but the two older men were too distracted to notice.
"Master, I'm sure you're enjoying yourself, but isn't it rude to ignore your visitors?"
That voice was unmistakably Mukuro's bothersome apprentice.
"Although, if you don't mind me watching feel free to continue."
"For once I can agree with what Fran says." Byakuran was undoing the few top buttons on his lover's shirt.
"Hold it right there, we're not doing anything in front of Fran."
"Master wants to shield me from the dark side of the world. Score one for me Byaku-senpai."
"He's certainly a mood killer, that's for sure." Byakuran took his hand out from under the blanket.
"The others will be here shortly anyways so it was better that I stopped you guys now."
Almost as if on cue, the three Kokuyo Gang members walked into the room.
"The freaky marshmallow, and the big headed frog beat us here." Ken complained.
"There's no use whining about it now." Chikusa said.
"Are you hungry Mukuro-sama? We brought a few things back with us." Chrome held up the plastic bag that she carried in.
Since tomorrow was the day of his discharge Mukuro figured it would be a wise idea to try and eat something today. He searched through the contents of the plastic bag. Finally, he selected melon bread, and a green tea. Chrome took the bag off his hands so that it wouldn't get in his way. Mukuro took one bite of the melon bread, and hadn't realized how hungry he actually was until then.
Byakuran folded his arms over his chest, "No wonder you didn't have any strength earlier. You haven't been eating regularly."
"In my defense, getting captured caused me to miss two meals. After what they did to me I couldn't stomach any food when I woke up either. That's why I'm hooked up to an I.V." He took a gulp of green tea when he finished explaining his lack of nutrition.
Mukuro eventually scarfed down the rest of the melon bread. Figuring that wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger, Chrome handed her master some coconut bread. The blue haired man took a little more time to enjoy his food that time around. Byakuran noticed some cream on the corner of Mukuro's mouth. He stuck the tip of his tongue out to lick the cream away.
"Mmm, that was really tasty. My compliments to the chef." Byakuran would have stolen a few bites if his lover wasn't so hungry.
"We got all of the bread from a small cozy bake shop at the end of the street." Chrome told Byakuran.
Now the white haired man knew where he would go to get sweets for himself, and Bluebell later. Ken was muttering to himself about the move Byakuran just pulled on Mukuro.
"You need to stop being so obvious about how jealous you are." Chikusa warned Ken.
"Jealous!?" I have no idea what you're talking about!" Ken growled.
"Definitely jealous." Fran jumped in.
"I forgot how much I can't stand all of you people at once! Sorry Mukuro, I'm gonna step out for a sec."
Byakuran gave Mukuro a peck on the cheek, "I'll be back soon too."
"Master, you're blushing." Fran pointed out.
"You are lucky that I do not have my trident little one."
Byakuran shut the door behind him to drown out the noise coming from the room.
"What the hell do you want?" Ken asked.
"I thought it's about time we talked."
"There ain't much to talk about."
"It's obvious what sorts of feelings you harbor towards your master."
"We're all loyal to Mukuro. End of story."
"But you wish that you could be more than just a loyal underling to him."
"Fine, you got me. It's true. What's your point?"
"I just want to make it clear that I don't plan on giving him up without a fight. As I'm sure you've already seen."
"I've noticed the way he looks at you. How you make him feel. I'm positive that he's shown you sides of himself that he has no intention of showing us. I can respect that, but if he gets hurt under your care again I won't give up so easily next time."
"Wow, I'm impressed. I never expected to hear anything like that coming from you."
"I guess the damned four-eyed kappa is rubbing off on me."
Byakuran was satisfied with how their conversation went. He decided to go back in the room. Mukuro gave him a look that said he wanted to know what was going on.
"There's nothing to worry about. Ken and I have come to terms with each other about a few things." Byakuran whispered to Mukuro.
The Vongola Mist Guardian felt relieved. They were able to avoid another possible crisis. Not that he was convinced Ken would do anything extreme like Kikyo had.
A few hours passed, and before they knew it lunch time was already around the corner. Mukuro's room cleared out leaving the two lovers alone together. Mukuro hoped that Byakuran didn't plan on leaving yet.
"I should probably get going too. I'll never hear the end of it if I get Bluebell-chan's sweets to her late."
There was a sinking feeling in Mukuro's heart. It was true that today turned out to be a great day, and it wasn't even halfway over. However, all he really wanted was to spend more quality time with Byakuran. That might make him seem selfish, but he didn't care. It wouldn't be the first time he's been selfish, and it won't be the last time either.
"Byakuran-"
"Don't look so down. It doesn't suit you."
"I'm not interested in what doesn't suit me right now."
"I promise that when you get out tomorrow I'll have the best day planned out for you."
Mukuro had to admit that it was nice to have something to look forward to.
He couldn't stop himself from grinning, "You better not let me down."
Byakuran threw the blanket back off of Mukuro's legs. He reached his hand down into his lover's pants. The white haired man got a hold of Mukuro's member, and gave it a tight squeeze. The Vongola Mist Guardian's back arched, and he made a slight noise.
"Do I ever disappoint?" Byakuran's actions were more than enough of an answer.
"No, of course not." Mukuro agreed.
Byakuran forcefully removed his hand even though he wanted it to linger there for a longer period of time. He covered Mukuro back up with the blanket too. The Millefiore boss was able to ready himself to leave. The blue haired man reached out a hand, snatching Byakuran by the collar of his shirt he pulled him down into a kiss.
"Mission accomplished." Mukuro held up the victory sign with his fingers.
That was the best parting gift Byakuran could have asked for.
When Kikyo was totally finished with the paperwork he dropped it off in front of Byakuran's office. He would have put it inside, but the door was locked. Afterwards, Kikyo returned to his room. Regardless of what time it was he didn't feel like eating anything.
Once he gave Bluebell her share of sweets Byakuran headed straight to his office. He found the stack of organized documents waiting outside of his door. Byakuran's Mist Guardian was lingering behind him.
"Is there something I can help you with?"
The masked man nodded his head. Torikabuto took some time to think over his decision. He thought it was about time to come clean to his boss. Kikyo shouldn't be the only one to get dealt a punishment. Torikabuto confessed about his involvement in getting the Vongola Mist Guardian captured. Although, the masked man also felt compelled to leave out the part about Kikyo tricking him into helping.
Byakuran smirked when a grand idea struck him, "I know just exactly how you can make it up to me."
Byakuran is going to put his Mist Guardian to some good use, but was does he have planned? (I've already figured out the details behind that.) Thanks for reading, and please drop a review. (Reviews make me so happy. I'm always grinning ridiculously when I get them ^w^)