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"Redline refers to the maximum engine speed at which an internal combustion engine or traction motor and its components are designed to operate without causing damage to the components themselves or other parts of the engine."

Chapter 1.

It was a typical Tuesday night.

Hibari Kyouya's eyes were sharp with satisfaction as his footsteps echoed through the quiet streets of Nanimori. Peaceful and serene, that's the way Nanimori was at this time. Peaceful and sere—

Hibari's air of contentment was shattered by a shout ringing through the night. Suddenly alert, he rounded a corner only to collide with a man clutching a pair of boxer shorts.

"Where do you think you're going?" He glared suspiciously at the pineapple-haired man.

"None of your business." He tried to stuff the underpants he was holding into his pocket when he noticed Hibari looking askance at it.

"You're suspicious besides disturbing the peace. Was that—"

"Oya, oya, I said this has nothing to do with you. This is mine and why are you so interested in my belongings anyway?"

Hibari's dark aura rose and seeking to detain him, reached out a hand and accidentally grabbed hold of the boxer shorts, resulting in a tug-of-war.

"Wait. You look familiar."

"Let. Go!" They tussled briefly over the stressed clothing.

"Kufufu, are you picking me up? I don't blame you. I'm that magnificently sexy after all," he said, not noticing the other's instinctive look of disgust. "But I'd have to decline as you're not my type. Now I believe it's time for me to go—" he said as another (louder) closer shout is heard. Running footsteps neared and suddenly a boxer-clad boy appeared.

"You~! GIVE BACK MY UNDERWEAR YOU PERVERT!"

In movements almost too swift to follow, the boy punched the smirk out of the pineapple-man. He turned to Hibari who forgot he was left holding the disputed shorts.

"An accomplice, huh? Damn perverts."

Hibari, caught off guard by someone labeling him a pervert for the first time, was thumped thoroughly into unconsciousness by the other. Hibari's last emotion before fainting was surprise that such a strong person is unknown by him.

A/N: Gah. Why does the first draft seem funnier? I don't think I'm satisfied with this at all! The summary's unwieldy too~ TToTT

EDIT: shanagi59 pointed out that I should have used the past tense all the way since I started using that. Edited & past-tense-d the chapter, thank you for the review! Hope it's ok now :)