Chapter 7
Dream
As the moon rose higher, I led Rosette back to the room. She looked really tired. So, I told her to rest. I tucked her into bed and sat beside her.
"Tsuna..." She looked up at me shyly.
I smiled at her. She is so cute. "Yes?"
She looked like she was deep in thought. "How does it feel to have a family?"
"Hmm...Let's see..." I thought about my family and famiglia. "I feel happy when I am around family." I smiled at her. I want her to feel it too.
"Happy?"
"Yes. Even though sometimes, or to be exact, more than often, they cause a lot of trouble and chaos. But they always make me happy and glad that they are here with me."
"Is that so?" I nodded at her question. "Do you like them?"
I raise my eyebrow. What does she mean? "Of course I like them. Is something about them bothering you?"
"No…It's not like that. Just...never mind." She looked away.
"Eh? What do you mean?" I was confused by her answer. Did something happen between her and the guardians?
She shook her head slowly. "Could you tell me about them?" She wanted to change the topic.
I decided to tell her about my Guardians, the Vongola Famiglia and about my family in Japan. She looked very excited about them. But I could see that deep in those brown eyes, she was hiding her loneliness. She's spent her life in that room. She must have been very lonely. I can't allow her to experience that again.
I kept patting Rosette's hair while looking at her sleeping face. It was a long night. Facing the Oscurita, got poisoned, and this girl. I sighed as I thought about tomorrow. What should I say to my Guardians? How should I tell them? Should I tell them? I…
"Ugh…" I clutched my shirt as I felt a sudden pain in my chest. I could feel the liquid in my throat. I immediately, yet careful not to wake up Rosette, got out of my bed and rushed to the bathroom. I bended over the sink as I blood coughed out the blood from my mouth. My lungs burned. I opened the tap to wash away the blood as my body trembled from the pain. I coughed again, glad that there was no blood this time. I rinsed my mouth from the copper taste and wiped some blood in the corner of my mouth with my sleeve. My energy was drained from my body again and I let my body slide down to the floor with my back leaning against the wall.
I didn't do anything for a few minutes. I tried to keep my breathing steady as I thought more and more about what I should do. My hyper Intuition is going haywire. I can't decide what I should do. But, I think I can't tell them. I thought as the Oscurità's sentence rang on my mind again and again. "...If you want your Guardians die before you, you may let them search for me..." I can't let them to go. I can't let them die. I can't...I closed my eyes and let out a heavy sigh as I decided not to tell my Guardians about the issue.
It was black and cold. I looked around, but there was nothing besides darkness. I walked forward, though I'm not sure why I started walking. Then, I heard a voice. It told me to walk faster. So I did. I walked faster. I felt like there was someone chasing me and I could hear screams of pain, cries of misery, apologizing screams, begging for forgiveness and for their lives to be spared, the sounds of gun fire, weapon clashing, and the sound of fire burning down everything. And before I realized it, I started running through all the darkness and sounds around me. Faster! Faster! RUN FASTER! My mind shouted at me.
There, at the far end of the darkness, I saw a twinkle of light. I ran faster towards it. Little by little, the light shined brighter. The darkness started to disappear and the sounds were muffled. I sighed in relief when the darkness and the sounds disappeared completely.
Now, there was only white and white. I felt warm. I saw a flash of orange and I could feel a presence behind me. I turned around to see Vongola Primo in front of me. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped in shock. "...Vongola...Primo...?" I called with uncertainty. Is he real? No…this is only a dream...right?
A sad look decorated Vongola Primo's face. He walked towards me and raised his right hand. I didn't do anything. I didn't know what I should do as I felt his finger wipe my tears that I didn't even know existed.
Then I felt more presences behind Vongola Primo. After Primo finished wiping my tears, I looked behind him. There, I could see all the Vongola Bosses before me, except Nono, standing too not far behind Primo. They looked at me with sad expressions. What's wrong?
"I'm sorry." I heard Vongola Ottavo's voice. I looked at her. She was about to cry, the tears in the corner of her eyes welled up.
The other Bosses looked down to the ground. What's wrong? I looked at Ottavo again, this time with confusion and fear. "What's wrong? What are you apologizing for?"
Ottavo walked forward as Primo stepped aside. She placed her hands on my shoulder. "I'm sorry for making you to take the responsibility for what I've done." she said with tears running down her cheeks. She clutched her hands tightly, too tight as I winced in pain.
"I'm sorry." she said again as she loosened her hold.
Then, everything started to blur. I blinked my eyes, but the scene had already faded away from my sight. And it left me in the dark alone, again.
I awoke, startled by my dream, and panted heavily. In the corner of my eyes, I could see that I was still in the bathroom. I closed my eyes as a sigh came out of my mouth. I looked up at the ceiling, thinking about the dream I had just seen.
What is it? What does Octavo mean? Her fault...? Is she talking about the Oscurita? My head pounded hard as I thought about it. I massaged my temple and let out another tired sigh. I stood up slowly to prevent upcoming headache.
I walked back to my room. Rosette was still sleeping peacefully. I smiled softly at her. I sat next to her on my bed. Patting her head gently, I hoped the best for her.
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To be continued.
I'm sorry for the short chapter. I have no idea what I should write here.
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