CHAPTER 18- Confession in the Garden

I explored around the garden remembering all the details of the scenery around me. I found myself going to the same fountain where I was found by Talbot after I disappeared.

I sat down the fountain area and looked up to the sky. Today it was a full moon and only very few stars can be seen. I felt the cold wind that surrounds the area and decided to hum a tune.

I remembered the very first song I made; it was a sad love song. That song was the reason why Tsuki was born.

The first kiss tasted like tears.

It was like the love in dramas.

As if waiting for the right moment, the departure bell rang.

A winter wind brushes my cheek.

So I blew on my hands and rubbed them together.

The city is lighted by an illumination, as if magically casted.

And made the naked trees sparkle.

I just couldn't say it.

My feelings I kept inside.

This is what I've decided to do.

It's alright, I won't look back so...

Thank you, goodbye.

A bittersweet unrequited love.

If I stopped moving now, I might think back to our past, so...

Thank you, goodbye.

I won't cry at all.

The moment I thought that,

Softly, the snow began to fall, so flowingly.

When I touched it, it dissolved and disappeared.

As I continue to the station,

A couple close by appears happy.

"Hey, it's the first snow of the season!"

I wanted to be like that with you.

I hoped it was not too late.

I had a hand muffler.

How could I give it to you?

I'm a coward, I'm too scared.

Is it okay to let go if it'd only be a memory?

I ask myself if it this was true.

Thank you, goodbye.

I knew that someday a time like this would come, yet...

Thank you, goodbye.

My body is trembling.

The train will come at any minute.

It's troubling me now.

I want us together.

I want you so much.

My hand is empty.

But hey, this is what we call a goodbye, right?

I know I have to go.

I know that you are sweet too.

Please, let me go.

I am happy that we met.

I love you.

Thank you, goodbye.

I can't say a single word.

Just for a moment, give me the courage to speak.

"Hey..."

The lips that we about to speak...

The distance to you became zero.

Can I cry, just for this moment?

There is no need for words, just keep holding me tightly.

By this time next year,

I wonder what I will be like...

What you will be like.

"That's one sad song you're singing right now Princess", the familiar voice of Talbot said. He is still wearing his usual clothes.

"Talbot what are you doing here?" I asked the man and he sat beside me.

"Just had a feeling that you will be here thinking about things", Talbot replied.

"By the way, how did you know that I will be found in the fountain?" I curiously asked and he gave me a mysterious smile.

"I know about you being the reincarnation of the First Sky Protector, Sheila di Cielo and Giotto being the reincarnation of the Vongola Primo, Aeris di Vongola. I've lived for more than 400 years and I know the Vongola Family so well. Ever wondered why I call you Princess?" Talbot reasoned out.

"How do they look like?"

"As how you are like. The First Generation Family looks a lot like the Tenth Generation Family and acts just like them. It applies to the First Arceo and the Second Arceo too"

"Will you answer my question then, did Aeris and Sheila ever get married?"

"Yes they did and they even have a cute son. Too bad that he didn't become the Secondo though", Talbot said.

"Why? If their child could have been Secondo then Vongola could not have those wars...", I softly said.

"Ricardo went on a rampage and the First Generation Family has no choice but to flee to protect the children", Talbot answered. "I know that you already saw the pictures of the First Generation and your assumptions are right, the pairings are all couples"

"Seeing them I can't help but pair up the others too", I said and sadly smiled.

"So...do you still love him?" Talbot asked. "Your unrequited first love?"

"If I said yes, will that change anything and also it's too late. I can never have him", I whispered.

"Just be honest with your feelings. You can tell me everything and I will promise not to say a word until you ask me to", Talbot softly said.

"I...still do...I love him. God knows it but I have no choice...It has to be done", I said and tried to hold back my tears.

"I see then I will not ask for any more details then but I'll just tell you a story okay?"

"Once upon a time there lived a prince. One day a daughter of a duchess visited the kingdom and brought her daughter with her. The prince fell in love with the girl and decided that he will do everything to have her. When the duchess knew of the prince's love for her daughter, she decided to break them apart but the young girl struggles against her mother and made her own destiny. She broke all her connections with her family and lived with the Prince. They got married later on and lived happily", Talbot finished the story. "It' a true life story, of someone you knew"

"That's the story of Sheila di Cielo right?" I said and Talbot gave me a smile.

"Sheila was the daughter of a noble and when her family knew that she is getting close with Aeris who in that time just started the Vongola the tried to separate the two. But Sheila is a strong woman; she defied her mother's wishes and broke their connections. She later on joined the ranks of the Vongola and became the Protector of Aeris"

"We're just so alike. The difference is she's so much braver than me", I slowly said and suddenly my cell phone rang.

"Hello? Yes Luce-nee...what...What happened...alright I will be there", I said.

"So? What's the emergency?" Talbot asked.

"Well there is a commotion inside let's just say that a beauty contest is ongoing on", I said and softly sighed.

"Let me guess, Ira's doing?" Talbot asked with a knowing chuckle.

"I'll have to fix her wrongdoings again", I said and slowly sat up. "Will you come inside?"

"Nah...maybe later...I just want to feel the cold air", Talbot said and I entered the entrance door near the gardens thinking about what I should do as the Sky Protector to stop the commotion.

Talbot's POV

'Oh young love, if only the two of them would have been braver', I thought and looked at the Sky.

I've been living for more than 400 years and I have seen the birth of the Vongola and its destruction. From the first generation until now, I served as one of the inventors for the family. Looking at the Tenth Generation Family I can't help but remember the First Generation Family.

Was it just a coincidence that they look like each other? Or was it destiny's doing. Aeris and Sheila...at first they denied their feelings for each other like what Giotto and Tsuna are doing now. Strale and Akira hated each other like what G and Hayate are now. Aoi and Heijin started out as friends like Takeshi and Arisa are. Fresco and Hikari as well as Prece and Midori act just like close siblings like what Lampo, Laela, Knuckles, and Rhea are. Kouki and Shoku well...Kyoya and Chrome is already a couple, so no problem with them. It applies as well with Orfeo and Freeza as Daemon and Elena. The second hardest to pair up would be Mukuro and Viole, both are stubborn like Airo and Dafne were. Should I be a matchmaker to pair all the Guardians and the Protectors? Somehow I can't help but pray for them to be together because it is the only way that can lead us to a bright future.

"Alright...Operation Love now commencing"

DISCLAIMER: Katekyo Hitman Reborn is the property of Akira Amano and the song When The First Love Ends is by Miku Hatsune