Chapter 12
Here we go again...enjoy~
Kyoya and Mukuro exchange glance without muttering a single word.
Mukuro resting his right elbow at the table behind him while leaning slightly to it.
Kyoya crossed his hands on his chest while also leaning his back - surprisingly quite - at the same table.
After exchanging glance, their eyes went back to the barista counter and landing to the overly happy brunet. Behind it, while humming slowly, the small brunet that occupied it since a few hours ago keep wiping the same high-ball-glass over and over and over again. His eyes focusing outside the transparent windows while his lips expose a never ending smile.
At the moment, there just three couples of customer that occupied some of the tables in the cafe. Fuuta and Chrome still at school at this time looking at the hour that nearly lunch time.
Ignoring his surrounding, Tsuna just keep wiping the glass in his hand. His little brain keep repeating the event that occur from last night.
...At the night of the showcase...
A grand hall of ballroom of the Vongola Group Company building were decorated rather fancy than the usual. Today is the join venture fashion show from several group of company to form a grand show case and will be the grand event of the year.
A stage of the catwalk that just a feet and a half from the floor being polished as shining and as white more than usual too. A spotlight from high above facing the catwalk stage dancing around focusing at nothing. The guest starting to filled up the hall and take their sit that being line up nicely around the catwalk stage for them to take close look to the cloths that will be modelled to them and to the model who modelled them too. The sit for the VIP and celebrities not yet have the occupants on, since they'll likely to arrive a bit late.
At the back stage...
"Err... Renato-san?"
Reborn glance aside, his arms folded nicely at his chest. He leaned slightly at the make-up table facing Tsuna that still being touch up by one of the make-up artist that professionally doing his job for the sake of his life on the line with their boss looking at very close up with his killing intent filled up the surrounding air and he didn't even know why.
"Hm?" Reborn with one of his eyebrow rise up, looking at Tsuna intently. The young man silhouette immediately vanished after putting some make-up on and turned into a nice and beautiful facade with long brown wig reaching his hips to match with the cloths he will be wearing and showing at the runway really make Reborn's heart uneasy.
What the...
"Just so you know, this is the one and only time I will be wearing this kind of cloths and put this disgusting make-up on." Tsuna said bluntly and straight to Reborn face ignoring the make-up artist that being flushed the passing minutes by applying the make-up thing on his face.
The protest brushing Reborn's ears like some melody making him let out a small chuckles. And Tsuna, hearing the chuckles sending an angry glare to the handsome man that become more handsome to his eyes with that smiles decorated his face make him become more annoying and stunning at the same time.
"I understand." The only reply he gave while Tsuna just let out a heavy sigh at it.
"Did you really understand?" Tsuna raised one of his beautiful shading eyebrow while narrowing his eyes slightly, looking suspiciously at Reborn.
"I do." Reborn lowered his fedora a bit shadowing a part of his face while still keep his eyes intently at Tsuna.
"What a liar..." Tsuna's mumbling while staring at his own reflection at the mirror in front of him with wide open, unbelievable eyes.
"I'm not, and that's the truth."
"Fine then," Tsuna wince a little when his eyes hurt with the heavy coloured eye-shadow and fake eyelashes attached to them make him want to rub them but stopped by the make-up artist that still want to touch-up the remaining make-up here and there, "I really hope that you really do, Renato-san."
"And now we brought to you this Autumn Collections that been designed by..."
Tsuna can't concentrate of what the MC of the event babbling on the stage is about. The one that he knows that is, the cloths that their modelled by tonight is all from the famous designer that he never knew of. The moment that Tsuna realize that he will be walking with that cloths with that make-up on, he can feel the shiver run down on his spine that make him nervous.
Tsuna crossed his arms on his chest while slowly rubbing his covered hand at his arms to prevent the suddenly coming chills. He snapping his head around when he suddenly felt someone standing behind him, and there was Kyoya.
"Kyoya!" without much thought, Tsuna went closer to Kyoya and hug him. Dangling himself at Kyoya's neck and make the raven became stiff. While knowing his friend stiffened state, Tsuna just hug him harder and make Kyoya blinked in surprised. Just after he can feel he calm down a little, Tsuna finally reattached himself from his friend and Kyoya immediately take a step back while eyeing him warily.
"What?" Tsuna narrowing his eyes and look at Kyoya like he been hurting by him, "don't tell me you don't recognize me even though you already saw me wearing this thing!?" Tsuna slap his long extension hair aside while resting his other hand at his hips look like somebody who just scolding his boyfriend for not recognize him wearing the outfit that far from his usual.
"Tsu…na…?" Kyoya said hesitantly while looking at his friend appearance upside down with unbelievable eyes.
"Tsuna!" a voice cut in just when Kyoya's opened his mouth to say something.
Tsuna tilt his head a little to look at behind Kyoya that blocking his view and spot Reborn walking towards them with one of his hand in his pocket and another one holding a paper bag dark blue in colour.
"Here." he hand over the paper bag to Tsuna that blinked his eyes in loss. "Wear this, it's definitely perfect match on you in that cloths."
While Tsuna can't help but thinking that Reborn just playing with him.
"Are you sure?"
Looking at the hesitated Tsuna, Reborn just casually take out a square box from the paper bag. He open it and revealing a silver necklace with an orange-red coloured diamond pendant dangling proudly, together with a ring that have a hundred small white pearl, took a shape of a butterfly on top of it, look like it was ready to fly. Without hesitating, he take out the necklace and wear it at Tsuna's neck, ignoring the stiff little brunet when he also put on the ring that surprisingly fit at Tsuna's right middle finger while sending a final blow to him with a light kiss at the ring itself.
The blusher on Tsuna's cheeks really make a good cover to hide the flushed on his face. He rather too shock or full of shames to give a retort to the overly confident and lack of common sense to a certain person.
"I'll be on the audience seat, do your best!" after a soft light cares on Tsuna's cheek and a smirk on his lips, he walk away and disappear behind the door that being guarded by several peoples in black suit.
After Reborn's gone Tsuna let out a long breath that he didn't even know he kept holding it this entire time. The warm feeling on his face slowly fading with a smile begun rising on his lips. He lift his hand and stare at the butterfly ring on his finger and caresses it slowly with a gentle smiles and thumping chest.
Completely unaware by the look of jealousy that emitting from Kyoya that still standing beside him.
"Please be ready!"
The announcing from the model coordinator snapped Tsuna out from his joyful mind.
"Tsuna." Tsuna look up to face Kyoya that give him a small smile, completely hiding his feelings deep inside. The brunet gave him a bright smiles to assure him that he is okay. Kyoya nod to him, understand the silent unspoken word.
One by one, the models go out, come back behind the stage and go out again after changing the cloths. It's different to Tsuna that need to be the last to model the outfit that become one of a kind for the night. The nervous keep coming back, twirl his stomach and send a chill down to his spine.
"And for the last,"
Tsuna closed his eyes, calming himself, breathing slowly.
"We represent to you the cloths that designed by our president himself, Reborn-sama,"
Tsuna keep concentrating that he didn't even hear the rest of it.
"Tsuna-san, please be ready!" the model coordinator tell Tsuna and send him a thumb up with a smile. Tsuna just nodded his head to tell him that he's ready.
Slowly, with practiced step, Tsuna walk out to the walkway. All of the spotlight being concentrated to him only. His long brown hair fluttering behind him as he take every steps forward. The silent that suddenly fell upon the hall just when he step out really eat him up.
The gown that he wear is an orange-reddish in colour, matching the necklace that Reborn gave him earlier. The gown is just like a wedding dress that full of layers upon layers beneath it, a big red belt that being knot into big ribbon at his back and the end of it nearly reaching the floor. The Swarovski stone covered his chest with flower like pattern with pearl here and there. The end of it skirt being embodied with some braids of pearl connecting around the skirt in some places just like curtain, matching the butterfly ring that he wore. The high heels that use too have several pearls and shiny stone that he didn't even know the name of it.
Everything was too bright. Too shiny. Too glamorous, that it suffocating.
Tsuna just want to put an end to this, very badly.
With his feminine features, he guess that the audience not even know that he is a man behind such an outfit. Tsuna make some pose to expose the brilliant designed of the outfit at both end of the walkway with graceful steps that full of confidence and a smile that he didn't even realize that already captured several hearts and steal all the attention to him and him only. He make final turn at the middle of the walkway with his usually bright smile and walk away to the back of the stage with swift turn.
Much to Tsuna surprise, Kyoya and Reborn standing side by side with a smile, already waiting for him.
a/n: sorry for the wait... not have much to say... hope you still enjoy the story, thanks for still sticking with me.
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