King of Anything

Adult Reborn

'What am I doing here...' Emily thought as she took a chance to glance at the handsom man sitting across from her sipping his espresso, his fedora shadowing his eyes.

But she knew that he was staring her down.

She could feel it.

'135, 136,137,138,139' She counted as she turned to stare out the window trying to count the cars passing by the small cafe, just to pass the time (It was defiantly not so the man across from her wouldn't see the blush forming on her face, nope not at all).

The sound of clinking china brought her attention to the man in front of her, other wise know as Reborn her partner in crime.

Literally.

The two were part of the mafia and were actually partners.

"Emily. Do you know why I've called you here today?" Reborn asked as he leaned forward onto his hands. Said girl shifted uncomfortably under the serious gaze of her curly side-burned partner.

"Honestly? I have no fucking clue why you called me here. Do we have a mission or something?" Emily asked, vulgar as ever. This caused the dark haired man to smirk slightly.

God how she hated that smirk.

1. Because it was so mocking and 2. Because it was so damn sexy.

"I need to ask you something, Emily" Reborn said as his smirk returned to his previously look of seriousness. Emily braced herself for what the mafioso would ask. Knowing Reborn, it would be something completely outrageous.

"Alright." Emily said with a sigh. Reborn nodded his head slightly.

"It concerns our last mission. More importantly the injury you received." Reborn started as Emily's hand unconsciously went to the bandages wrapped around her stomach.

It was an ambush.

And the two of them fell straight into it.

Everything was fine, the two hitman were trained for these types of situations, until a man pulled out a knife and stabbed Emily through the stomach. Most of the men where using guns and other mid-ranged weapons so Emily didn't expect for one of the men she supposedly 'knocked out' to suddenly stand up and stab her in the back. Lucky Reborn was nearby to cover her or she would have died there and then.

"Geez, are you still on about that, Reborn?" Emily said letting out a sigh of relief. She thought this was about something else. "And I thought this was about something serious." Emily said as she let out a small laugh.

"Your injury WAS serious, Emily." Reborn let out as his folded hands tensed in anger. Emily just rolled her eyes and waved it of with her hands as she leaned back into her chair.

"No it wasn't. I lived didn't I?" Emily said carelessly. A bang on the table caused her to look at the man across from her. "Reborn?" She questioned her partner who had brought his first down upon the defenseless table. Said person quickly sighed before crossing his arms and leaning back into his chair.

"Never the less. I am not here to talk about your injury." Reborn continued after composing himself. Emily quickly sat up to await what her partner had in store for her.

"Emily..." Reborn said before pausing to look up at the dark dirty-blond haired woman in front of him. Steely narrowed gray shadowed eyes met wide confused maroon eyes.

"I want you to leave the mafia."

Emily's world seemed to freeze right there and then. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"E-excuse m-me?" Emily stuttered out, not believing that her partner of 6 years was telling her this nonsense.

"You heard what I said." Reborn said without a hint of regret, or any emotion as a matter of fact. Emily quickly stood up causing her chair to fall back.

"What the FUCK is the matter with you, Reborn!" Emily yelled causing the people around the cafe to stop what they were doing to stair at the two hitmen.

Of course they would never know they were hitmen. To them it would seem like it was an average girl getting dumped by her good looking boyfriend.

"Calm down. You are causing a scene." Reborn said calmly. Emily did the exact opposite.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN! You want me to FUCKING CALM DOWN!" Emily yelled as she tried not let the tears of hurt and frustration come to her eyes. "Do you hear what you are saying?" Emily screamed out.

"I know very well what I am saying, Emily. You of all people know I do not speak without thinking." Reborn said calmly as he picked up his espresso and took a sip of it. This just caused Emily to get even more pissed off.

"So what! Did these past six year not mean a thing to you?" Emily growled out as she bent her head to cover her maroon eyes that began to glaze over from the tears that were threatening to come out.

Reborn didn't answer. Which just made Emily's heart heavier.

She couldn't believe what was happening. These two started their mafia careers at the same time and not to mention together. They've been on countless missions. They were practically inseparable. Not to mention they complimented each other. Emily's cheerful and daredevil like attitude mixed with Reborn's calm minded and all knowing attitude made them a perfect team.

But more importantly. The feelings that Emily had harbored for the fedora wearing man. Of course she never told him or let any signs through.

Unless.

Was this his way of rejecting her?

Did the all knowing hitman somehow find out about her feelings.

No.

He couldn't have.

She made sure not to let anything slip by.

Not even when he would seduce the countless amount of women right in front of her. No matter how much it tore her apart when he would use his irresistible charm on anything with a pair of boobs.

She wouldn't glare, huff, or cry.

She would internalize every painful emotion that threatened to rip her apart from the inside out.

So why?

Why would he tell her this.

This was probably the worst possible thing he could do to her.

"I see." Emily said trying not to sob. "You're just gonna shut me out, just like that?" She asked.

No answer.

"Fine." Emily said as she began to gather her things trying to leave the cafe as fast as possible.

"Emily." Reborn began but she wouldn't have any of his fast talking. She was not one of those women that will just fall to his will.

"I don't know who died and made you king, but I will not let you manipulate me." Emily said as she packed her things and set down some cash to pay for her half of the bill. "Whatever your reason for pushing me away can stay a secret, because I could care less." She finished as she made her way out of the cafe.

If it wasn't that he knew about her feelings then what WAS it.

Emily couldn't think of one reason for the man that she was so close too to suddenly come out with that sort of a statement.

It angered her that he would ever even think to ask her of that.

Not to mention it hurt her.

It hurt her so bad that she couldn't stop the tears from escaping her wide maroon eyes.

And before she was even halfway to her car a rough tug on her arm caused her to be pulled to face Reborn, who had for some reason followed her out of the cafe.

"Emily, will you just listen to me." Reborn tried to reason.

"NO!" Emily screamed. Reborn stared at the girl in his hands. Her dark dirty-blond bangs covering her eyes, but not masking the glistening tears making there way down her slightly tan cheeks.

This caused the taller mans grip to slacken. He had never seen his partner cry before. Not even when she was bleeding from the recent knife wound. He always assumed that she was just the type of person who couldn't cry.

"All my life I've been making everyone else happy while I hurt inside." Emily whispered not once choking on the sobs threatening to escape her throat.

"I've followed every order, killed, stolen, and tortured people without complaint." She continued as her voice began to raise "I've internalized every painful emotion this life has caused in my heart.." She said before looking up to glare at her taller partner through teary eyes.

"But I refuse to give up being with the people I love." She stated defiantly.

Reborn stared in shock at the girl before bowing his head down.

Why did his partner have to be so stubborn?

He never meant for this argument to go this far.

But he had to make her see it HIS way.

"Why can't you understand..." Reborn whispered harshly as he gripped the girls shoulder, careful not to pull at her long over the shoulder pony-tail.

"Understand WHAT, Reborn." The dark dirty-blond growled out.

Then she was suddenly pulled into a tight embrace.

"I don't want to lose you, Emily." Reborn let out as he tightly hugged the frozen girl. "When your heart stopped beating on that operating table, I had no idea what to do." Reborn whispered huskily into the girls triple pierced right ear with a silver industrial bar glistening at the top point of said ear.

"R-Reborn?" Emily breathed as her heart began to pound into her chest.

Never in her wildest dreams did Emily ever think Reborn, her tough-as-nails partner, would ever show her this type of affection.

"The first thing that came to my mind was that I couldn't bear to live without you." Reborn continued as his black curly side-burn tickled the side of the shocked girls face. "Then... Then you pulled through. By some grace of god you returned to me." The suit clad man explained before pulling you closer to his body.

"I couldn't stand the thought of you leaving, not again." Reborn said before he pulled the shorter girl away before dipping down to place a soft kiss onto her lips. Emily's eyes widened to the size of dinner plate and she dropped her keys and purse in shock.

She NEVER expected Reborn to EVER do THIS to her.

But soon the flutter in her stomach caused her eyes to flutter closed as she wrapped her arms around the mafioso's neck pulling him deeper into the intimate kiss.

It was a simple, but meaningful kiss.

Not like the sloppy half-assed kisses she seen him give to other meaningless girls.

Then Reborn pulled away.

"Do you understand now, Emily" Reborn said as he stared down at the blushing girl. Emily stared up at the taller Reborn before she gave a soft smile and nuzzled her head into his warm chest.

Emily knew Reborn was never much of a verbally emotional person.

He usually would saying random nothings, just to get the girls he wanted.

But she knew for sure that Reborn was not one for sappy 'I love you speeches'

Which was fine.

Because she found those speeches utterly ridiculous.

"I do understand, Reborn." Emily said happily causing the fedora wearing man to pat her head lovingly.

Emily needed no words to understand what her partner was saying.

They trained each other to understand without words.

Of course the kiss he just gave her was a good clue as well.

"But now, I am defiantly NOT listening to you stupid wanna-be good intention~" Emily said grinning into her loves chest.

This caused Reborn to smirk as he shook his head.

He should have known.

So much for the 'confess my love' theory.

Emily: Man I've had this one stuck in my head for a long time!

Nati: MAKE ME ONE ALREADY!

Emily: *ignoring* This one was inspired by the song 'King of Anything' by Sara Bareilles. I thought it was good for Reborn. What do you guys think?

Nati: MAKE ME ONE!

Emily: *still ignoring* Is it just my crazy brain or is Reborn a little occ? If he is I'm sorry. I tried my best TTwTT

Nati: MAKE. ME. ONE! D:

Emily: *still ignoring...again* Well requests are still open. So yeah. I'll be making my own One-shots until someone suggest something.

Nati: *hits Emily with Yamamoto's bat* GODDAMMIT WOMAN MAKE ME ONE!

Emily: X-X

Nati: …..Uh oh...