Chapter 11

Hibari stalked through the crowded streets causing a small pandemonium. He usually avoided crowds but now the shortest route to the hospital, where the source of all his annoyance was, happened to be through the crowded mass of bodies. Hibari's usual glare took a notch up and became potentially hazardous. The unlucky people caught in Hibari's path were quickly disposed of without further ado. Not far from where Hibari was, a group of pompadour men cleared the unsightly 'litter' strewn behind their dangerous leader's path. Speaking of overkill, the thirteenth man to be bitten to death looked unsightly and Kusakabe made a mental note to send flowers to the poor man's family in any case if he did not make it.

For once the hospital was deathly quiet thanks to the infamous prefect. The director who had stood unfazed previously with Hibari's encounter could be seen shaking slightly. Hibari's icy glare had leveled up to the extent of being able to intimidate Hibird and shut the whimpering children up.

Every move made by the cloud guardian was carefully monitored by the highly stressed staff of the hospital as well as the traumatized patients. Hibari's movement did not give away his urgency to see his brunet. Controlled movements and breathing were part of discipline and that was Hibari's forte. However, nearing the door Tsunayoshi resided in, Hibari felt a slight bit of control slip by him when he twisted the doorknob a bit too hastily. Hibari chastised himself and made a mental note to be more careful.

The sight of a sleeping Tsunayoshi greeted him and almost instantly all the frustrations accumulated during the day melted away. Hibari sauntered to the chair by the side of the bed and watched the boy sleep. After some time, Hibari looked around the room in search of his gakuran but to no avail. That was when Tsuna woke up.

Hibari froze at the sight.

"Herbivore," he said. Tsuna flinched and his expression looked like a deer caught in headlight.

"That was adorable…" Hibari thought before biting his mind to death. "What are you doing wearing my gakuran…" he wanted to say but held his tongue when he thought of an even better idea.

"How do you find the hospital? Are there any dissatisfactory points that I should come to know?"

The brunet seemed frozen for a while before managing a smile of some sort replying no. Hibari smirked. "I see," he said. "So you slept well. I bet those clothes you wear must be comfortable." Tsuna agreed readily which led Hibari's grin to get bigger. "I expect you to take good care of my gakuran then."

Hibari still had a smirk in place when he closed the door behind him along with Tsuna's protests. The hospital's director approached Hibari cautiously and asked if there was anything else he needed. Hibari merely told him to let Tsunayoshi keep his gakuran and report to him if anyone showed up to visit him. The director readily agreed and Hibari left for home feeling somewhat satisfied. He called for Kusakabe who arrived on time with a car.

Xxx Destiny Aitsuji xxX

Xanxus's plane touched down in Tokyo with several Varia members who had amazingly deformed faces most probably due to the violent nature of Xanxus. The airline company was complaining about how the alcohol had been emptied by one single man but a glare from the said man had them scrambling away with their tails between their legs.

"Shitty old man better make my time worth."

"Xanxus-dono, this is an important mission. I suggest you do as what the Ninth has ordered. Sawada-dono is now currently in an extremely fragile condition. Your presence itself will be enough of a shock. I suggest we do this gently so that Sawada-dono will not be left with any more emotional scars." Basil told the Varia boss. Xanxus grunted in annoyance.

"Kufufu~" a sultry voice greeted and Mukuro materialized himself from thin air. He walked straight for Basil and greeted the latter with a kiss on the lips before announcing to the new company from Italy "Reborn will be meeting you all in the hotel the Cavallone owns in Japan. I will be taking you all there. The cars are ready."

Without any more said, Basil was swept into Mukuro's arms despite the vehement protests and the rest of the group followed the blue haired man without much of a second glance.

"Mi belle will share a car with me while the rest of you lesser beings and inferior trashes can walk." Mukuro sneered and got into one car. Xanxus muttered some curses while getting into the second car. The rest of the unlucky subordinates squeezed into the third car while the most unfortunate ones were left stranded in the large airport.

Xxx Destiny Aitsuji xxX

"Are you sure this is a good idea…? I don't think Kyoya will be too pleased…" the blonde mafia boss whimpered and Fon laughed good-naturedly. Viper sighed and told the bucking horse the money was in it and they had no choice while Verde was still preoccupied with typing in the digits into his database of the Decimo's behavioral habits.

In the room, Tsuna still clung onto Hibari's gakuran deep in thoughts. The person in the morning was gentle and kind and a man. Who could it possibly be? He thought of his guardians and immediately Lambo, Chrome and Gokudera were out for obvious reasons. Gokudera smelled too much of smoke, Lambo was a child while Chrome was a girl.

The lingering smell of steel and apples and something else still lurked in the room and Tsuna was unsure if it was part of his own imagination. He thought about Mukuro and then shuddered. He knew when Mukuro appeared. His hyper intuition had never failed to inform him of that creepy guardian's arrival. Mukuro was definitely out.

Then there was Yamamoto. He smelled of steel and sweat. Not so much of apples though Tsuna wasn't too sure about that. Yamamoto was gentle by nature and it might fit the bill. Tsuna put that thought away for future references.

Ryohei was an unlikely choice but nevertheless possible. The only thing was that it would not be possible because the boxer was never one to skip school no matter the circumstance. Hence Tsuna eliminated him.

There was one final person who Tsuna had wished it would be secretly but was afraid to consider. It was Hibari. In Tsuna's view, Hibari is a mean person who often bullies him while hiding the caring side of him with harsh words and violence. "It could be that Hibari-san was caring for me when he thought I was asleep…" Tsuna slapped himself mentally at that thought. The Hibari Kyoya would never care for someone as weak as him.

With that said, the only conclusion that came to Tsuna's mind was that this secret admirer might not have come from the people he had stated. With a heavy sigh, Tsuna sank back into the mattress and thought about how Hibari had been this morning and giggled a little.

Lost in his thoughts he failed to pick out the presence of another person entering the room until a voice brought him back to reality.

"Sawada Tsunayoshi."

Tsuna froze. "Hai Hibari-san! I thought you went back?"

Hibari chuckled and Tsuna gasped silently. He had never heard Hibari laughing so happily before and Tsuna felt a little scared.

"Don't be so afraid of me, it's not like I'm capable of eating you although I may have this tendency of biting…" Tsuna paled at that which made Hibari laugh again. "I wish I have my eyes for once to see Hibari laughing…" Tsuna thought "but then again it might be scarier."

When Hibari stopped laughing, Tsuna gathered his courage to ask "Hibari-san…? Why are you here?"

Hibari paused for a while before answering "I just wanted to see how my herbivore is doing and perhaps spend more time getting to know you. I have the homework brought from those classmates of yours. The teacher mentioned that you might have difficulty understanding so I thought I could help you out with that."

Tsuna gaped like a fish. Surely this isn't happening. Hibari was being nice with him. However, the brunet thought nothing more about the matter even though his hyper intuition had been prickling at the base of his skull for some time.

By the time Hibari finished going through what Tsuna missed during class, he was comfortable enough to joke with Hibari.

"It's late Sawada Tsunayoshi. Go get some sleep. I'll probably be seeing you tomorrow as well although I don't know when else we can spend some alone time like this." Hibari said.

Tsuna smiled and nodded sleepily as Hibari tucked him into bed. Before Hibari left, he planted a gentle kiss similar to the one in the morning. It felt different but Tsuna was too tired to think about it as he soon succumbed to sleep.

Away from the hospital Reborn stood on top of Namimori's tallest hill and observed from afar the progress of his student and cloud guardian. A smirk was on his face. Now all that was left was Mukuro and Xanxus's part before the official mate acknowledgement ceremony.

Author's Note: I'm sorry the update took so long… To be honest because of exams I was away from this thing longer than I expected I almost went into hiatus when I re read my story only to find it completely different from my last memory of it… I had to take more time to get back on track to writing after a week or so when I finally recalled the original plot…

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