No, I didn't forget about this story, no worries there.
Disclaimer: None of the characters belong to me, though I wish they did. They belong to Akira Amano.
Herbivores are Cute, huh?
Haru was pouring all of the food into the bowls for the respective animals. The animals would all pour into the kitchen area and start eating all of their food.
Haru stopped to notice something.
Next to Mukurowl was a familiar yellow bird. Also, right next to Natsu, who had just ran behind Haru's leg was a small hedgehog.
"Haru doesn't recall being in charge of caring for you both." Haru said looking over at Lal mirch for assistance.
Lal Mirch looked over the hedgehog who looked overjoyed by the fact he was running around the kitchen in circles.
The yellow bird that most of them referred to as Hibird flew around in circles around Mukurowl and then would perch right next to him on his food stand.
"They both belong to Hibari Kyouya. It seems as though they felt lonely while Hibari was at school and decided to find their friends." Lal Mirch offered a theory as to why the two animals were there.
Haru pursed her lips, pulling out a small little book and flipped through it.
She had bought a book about animals, and she looked up hedgehogs and little birds.
Once she figured out what was basically included in their diet, she fetched some food for them and placed them in bowls for them.
She wasn't sure if they were hungry or not, but she might as well feed them seeing as they were going to be with them until school was out, which was going to take a few hours.
"Well Haru doesn't have to care for them, but she might as well. They are cute little animals, and if anything happened to his animal friends, who knows what Hibari-san would do." Haru shivered at the mere thought of what the dangerous prefect would do to her.
Hibird was pecking at the food in the bowl, and Roll had climbed into the bowl and was eating the food inside of it. He fit inside of the bowl perfectly, and it was so cute watching him eat the food that was provided for him.
Haru giggled, watching over all of the animals eat.
"GAO!"
Natsu was eating his food when Uri, decided to be a gluttonous little kitten and pushed Natsu away to steal his food. Haru shook her head and sighed, picking up the mischievous feline.
"Now now, Uri, don't bully Natsu when he's eating. Come with Haru and we can play." Haru smiled, petting the top of Uri's head.
She rubbed her cheek against Uri's and Uri rubbed against Haru's cheek as well, happily, producing a very small purring sound.
Haru giggled bringing her to the living room so the two of them could play together with a bouncy red ball.
She would toss it and Uri would run after it, pounce on it, roll around a few times before slapping it over to Haru so she could toss it again.
Haru would try tossing it in different directions to make the trajectory of the ball a bit more spontaneous, hoping that by doing this, it would amuse Uri more.
"Wan!"
Jiro wanted to play too by the looks of things.
Uri hissed and Jiro whimpered licking Haru's hand.
She started to pet Jiro giving him attention.
Uri dropped the ball and jumped into Haru's lap rolling onto her back to show her stomach.
Haru rubbed her stomach to appease the jealousy-prone cat.
"NNNNGGG~" Jiro whined pawing at Haru's arm.
Soon even Nezumi ran up to her and ran in circles around her.
"Haru! Haru!" Hibari nestled into her hair and made a mini-nest of her hair.
Haru just sat there as she was being surrounded by all of these animals.
More animals started to flock around her and want attention.
They must've missed their original owners so much that they just craved attention from someone.
Haru had her hands full trying to give equal attention to all of the animals, and Uri was making things very difficult for her.
Luckily Kangaryuu loved boxing with Lal Mirch and Gyuudon just liked eating, sleeping, and then running around downstairs in the fitness room.
She didn't have to worry about them, but the rest of the animals liked having her attention.
Kojiro perched ontop of Jiro's head singing a small song. The small swallow bird always seemed to be with his canine companion.
It may be because they are both box animals that belong to the friendly Yamamoto and they stuck together because they were used to each other.
Haru continued pet, play, and break up all of the fights between all of the animals.
Before she knew it, it was time for classes to end.
"Roll, Hibird, I'm sure Hibari-san will get worried if he can't find you so let's go and find him." Haru said.
Upon hearing Hibari's name the two animal's focused on Haru. Roll jumped into her arms and Hibird sat on Haru's shoulder.
"Lal Mirch-san, would you mind watching over the rest of the animals while I go and drop Hibird and Roll off to Hibari-san?" Haru called out.
Haru could hear a few thumping noises from down below. Lal Mirch was still fighting with Kangaryuu it seemed.
"Yeah, go on, I can handle the animals just fine." Lal Mirch called from the basement.
Haru left the house with the two animals on her person.
She walked all the way to the school that was only 10 minutes away by walking.
As soon as she walked through the gate the image of Hibari walking around the school grounds as if he were looking for something could be seen immediately.
It didn't seem like he was looking for troublemakers however.
She approached him and the two animals got his attention by crying out.
"Hibari, Hibari!"
Hibari paused and turned to see Haru with his cute animal companions.
His shoulders lowered as a sign of him relaxing.
At least he found his animal friends. He was worried that some animal had gone and eaten them.
"So they were with you with whole time? Why?" Hibari questioned her.
Haru thought about it and she guessed it was because they missed their friends.
"Right now all of the box animals are staying with Haru and Lal Mirch in a big house because everyone else can't keep their animals at home. We are waiting for the problem to clear up. Perhaps they just wanted to meet their friends." Haru guessed.
Hibari nodded his head.
It did surprise him when Roll popped out from the ring and wasn't able to return.
However he didn't really mind since he liked animals, so having Roll and Hibird with him was fun.
He would even sometimes feed Roll some of the Cloud flames if it begged for some.
Hibari just couldn't ignore a cute animal after all.
"Haru can look after Roll for you as well if you'd like so you don't have to worry about Roll when you are at school." She offered.
Hibari looked at the two animals and looked as though he was deep in thought.
He couldn't bring animals with him to school of course and it worried him to just leave them home alone for hours on end.
Roll was really attached to him after all. He would try to get Roll to sleep on a bed made for him but every time he woke up Roll would end up on his bed sleeping right next to him.
If he went out for a walk or to go grocery shopping Roll would be crying at the door trying to dig through it because it was lonely.
The hedgehog definitely needed some company or it would be very sad. It pulled on his heart strings a little bit to see Roll crying every time he came home. Guess Roll got so lonely it found a way to escape.
"I shall allow for you to look after Hibird and Nezumi for a while, though if they wish to visit me, you should just let them do so since they are quite attached to me." Hibari said as Hibird nestled into Hibari's hair and Roll managed to hop into Hibari's hand letting out a satisfied 'Gyupii!' cry.
Haru nodded her head understanding what he was saying.
"You get to stay with Haru, Roll, Hibird." Haru giggled. Hibird nestled into Haru's hair and Nezumi estatically ran around Haru in circles and would occasionally roll itself into a ball and just teeter totter from side to side.
Haru picked up the small hedgehog and she pet the top of its head gently.
"Gupyii!" Nezumi nuzzled against her finger and would bump into her finger with its nose.
"Well then let's follow Haru to where everyone is staying so you know where to find these two if you ever want to check up on them." Haru said leading the way to the big house.
Hibari followed her taking in his surroundings to remember the way to the house from the school.
It wasn't going to be too hard since Hibari really knew his way around the town, and he was very intelligent.
The two didn't talk much while walking to the house since there wasn't much to talk about.
The two of them never really talked much at all, and this was one of the handful of times they've actually been near each other.
Haru stopped in front of a house and she walked in after unlocking the door.
She expected to be greeted by all of the animals but none of them met her at the door.
She looked inside to see that they were all sitting next to Lal Mirch obediently.
"I'm back and I brought Hibari-san with me." She said walking into the house and she stepped to the side for Hibarito walk in as well.
Nezumi and Hibird made their way towards their animal friends and seemed quite content being with their animal brethren.
Hibari took the time to look at the inside of the house and look for any possible threats to his animals, like the felines.
"Do make sure that Roll and Hibird are safe. I wouldn't want to have to explain to some herbivore as to why I killed his box weapon for harming either of them." Hibari advised her.
Haru nodded her head, kneeling down on the ground, "Hibird, Roll come to Haru."
Hibird flew over to her shoulder and Nezumi ran towards her, leaping into her hands. "Gyupii!"
"Haru is going to take good care of the both of you. You can visit Hibari-san whenever you want, and Haru will be sure to keep you safe from harm." Haru promised them.
The animals could vaguely make sense of what she was saying.
They could stay and play with their friends!
"Are you happy?" Haru asked.
"Pii pii! Gu-pi pi!" Nezumi hopped out of her hands and continued to run around her in circles as if it was trying to make Haru dizzy.
Haru giggled trying to calm down the little hedgehog but it was too excited to be calmed. She just let it run around in circles.
"You're so cute, Roll." She giggled, receiving small pecks on the cheek from Hibird. "Of course you are cute too." She smiled.
Feeling content enough to leave his animals with Haru, Hibari decided to take his leave without saying anything.
Like a cloud, he just came and went as he pleased.
Since school was over and his henchmen were probably patrolling the school he could just head home.
'Hm… I've never seen Nezumi be that friendly with anyone but myself.' Hibari thought to himself as he had an image of Haru playing with Nezumi in his head. "Cute." He commented to himself.
Wonder who he was referring to when he said it was 'cute'. FU FU~
I'll leave it to your imagination. B)
Hope you enjoyed it!
-Neospice12