IM SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG i actually uploaded the first chapter smack in the middle of my exams and then i forgot this story existed lol sorrynotsorry

this turned out pretty weird

It has been three days, thirteen hours, twenty-six minutes and twenty-three, no, twenty-four… seconds and counting.

Tsunayoshi doesn't even know why he even bothers counting the seconds, but he feels it's as if as every one passes he's one second closer to his (supposed) impending doom. He thinks back to three days ago when he kinda confessed to his Cloud Guardian. He feels way too embarrassed to go out and meet anyone. And he wants to curl up and cry and maybe die.

He hides in his office and avoids contact with anyone in the base. Occasionally enters Reborn, who throws a teacup or fires a bullet at Tsuna (in which he somehow dodges) to chide him for his sudden withdrawl (not that he doesn't know the reason). Gokudera and Yamamato, who came back the day before, are visibly concerned about his being (Gokudera being more vocal about it, of course), but Tsuna can't put it in his heart to care about his right-hand man who is currently clawing away at his office door sobbing "Tenth" over and over and again.

There are dark circles under his eyes; eyebags sagging his already too thin cheeks. Sleeping has become increasingly difficult – Tsuna, being the terribly paranoid idiot he is, thinks that Hibari will come to attack him in his moment of weakness (being asleep, that is). When he tells Reborn about this (again, worst fucking person to confide in), he just scoffs "You're vulnerable all the time" and "I'm not your fucking love consultant", then an incoherent mutter. And Tsuna swears he sees another annoying smirk come up at the corner of Reborn's mouth. His mouth goes dry; now he's a little scared at what the Arcobaleno will come up with.

Now, the Vongola Boss sits with his head in his hands hunched over a pile of paperwork. Compensation for infrastructure damages in Italy (it's the baseball idiot's fault, Gokudera claims, even though Yamamoto hasn't played baseball in about five years) and a few credit card bills (God damnit, Haru) that need to be paid. He hasn't got the time to deal with his feelings or whatever, the famigilia comes first. He's not a middle schooler anymore; he shouldn't have his heart flutter and make him act like a fucking school girl should Hibari Kyoya come near.

A shuffling of feet. Gokudera's voice, although muffled by the door buffer between them, rings out loud and clear. "The Tenth doesn't wish to see anyone right no–" He's cut off mid-sentence and in that split second Tsuna rolls his eyes a little because Gokudera clearly does not know how to heed his own advice. The door swings open and Tsuna looks up, half-expecting to see Rokudo Mukuro is all his ridiculous, brazen glory and trident in hand. But no, and Tsuna stops breathing and thinks his heart stops for a second.

Shit.

"HIIIIEEEEEEE!" And Tsuna flies back, the momentum causing his chair to fall backward, and all he can think is that it's been a while since he last shrieked in fright like that, and in front of Hibari no less. Then Tsuna thinks he hears a chuckle, and almost wants to shoot him on the spot but wait– a chuckle?

He scrambles to his feet and his eyes meet grey-blue ones. Tsuna's head throbs; that way he knows he isn't just hallucinating from the lack of sleep, but shit. Just exactly who he did not want to see. He feels his face burning up already, the gaze from the other party too intense for him. Hibari's face is stoic, and the Vongola Boss is standing there, bewildered and in disbelief that a chuckle may have just escaped his Cloud Guardian's lips.

Then he realises, fuck, this is awkward.

And the two of them kind of just stand there staring at each other the entire time (but in reality is probably just about a minute), and Tsuna getting more jittery and nervous with each passing second. Hibari swaps the foot he's resting his weight on, and crosses his arms. Tsuna contemplates crashing through the window of his office and escaping the situation. Then he remembers there are no windows in an underground base.

He feels pressured. "Uhm, Hibari-san…"

But he's cut off at the sight of Hibari walking over to his desk in just two extremely long strides (who knows how the fucker grew to over 2 metres tall after leaving Middle School), and he immediately tenses up again, backing away till he hits the wall behind him, and thinking shit where can I escape to now. He hopes his Cloud Guardian doesn't sense his panic, and thinks he feels his face growing hot.

"Herbivore," Hibari says as he puts both his hands on Tsuna's desk. Tsuna flinches a little, but immediately loosens up at Gokudera anti-climatically bursting in and yelling, "Tenth, are you alright?!" Hibari turns and shoots him a deathly glare; Tsuna senses the ominous air around him and Gokudera bristles exactly like Uri (like owner like pet). The Vongola Boss contemplates taking advantage of this situation to run for it.

He doesn't.

While the other two engage in a glaring match, with Gokudera hurling profanities at the older man, the latter staying silent, and the atmosphere around him growing darker and darker. And just as Gokudera pulls out his sticks of dynamite and is about to light them, Tsuna cannot take it any longer.

"Stop this meaningless fight this instant!" Tsuna shouts, his tone more serious than ever. Gokudera instantly freezes and the air around Hibari drops back to the norm. "Gokudera-kun, I would like to speak to Hibari-san. Alone." He points his finger and the door, "And absolutely no eavesdropping, or I will kill you."

Gokudera drops his head in shame, starts immediately apologising for his behaviour, and Tsuna unforgivingly just continues to show him the door, until he backs out and shuts it behind him. It's only five seconds after that Tsuna lets out a sigh of defeat and slumps down, feeling slightly bad for treating his right-hand man that way. Then he remembers Hibari is still there; he straightens up in fright. He glances at his Cloud Guardian; though slight, that ominous air is still around him. Shit.

They both stand there in silence for a while, the tension rising. Tsuna feels whatever hair he has on his arms and the back of his neck stand. He flinches once more when Hibari turns to face him, his eyes screaming a combination of irritation and possible homicide, and Tsuna thinks that he has not felt so scared since the events that enfolded ten years ago. Hibari places his hands on his desk again, hunching over a little due to his ridiculous height, palms comfortably placed flat against the smooth wooden surface. Tsuna cannot help but gulp (in fear).

"Listen well, herbivore." Tsuna jumps at the sound of the raven's voice. "Listen well, because I am not going to repeat myself."

The Vongola Boss, a grown, supposedly mature, twenty-five year old man, is suddenly reduced to a fourteen year old teenage girl, could only nervously nod in reply, relying on the wall behind him for support, and jelly legs threatening to give out on him.

Suddenly, Hibari leaps over the desk and corners Tsuna, his hands slamming the wall on both sides of his head, and Tsuna is so scared and frightened and just about every fucking synonym for fear in the dictionary he swears he almost pees himself (but doesn't thankfully). And just as suddenly Hibari grabs his chin none too gently and pushes his face up to meet his gaze, and Tsuna is shaking so much and it's too embarrassing to be in such close proximity as Hibari fucking Kyoya, he doesn't quite register when Hibari's lips are suddenly on his.

The first thing Tsuna thinks is what the fuck wasn't he just going to talk and then hOLY FUCKING SHIT and he panics and gasps into the kiss and Hibari kind of just shoves his tongue into the younger's mouth and there isn't even a battle for dominance; Hibari just takes control of everything. And soon Tsuna stops resisting and in all his inexperience tries to kiss back, forgetting to breathe, and Hibari teaches him how with his tongue.

When they finally pull apart Tsuna gasps for air, flushed, never knowing how sweet it could be, and Hibari wipes his mouth on his sleeve, not even a tinge of embarrassment on his face. Tsuna looks straight at him, face completely red, and Hibari just smirks, "I think I've said enough."

Tsuna doesn't know if it's even possible for him to blush harder at that moment and suddenly the air in the room is too hot, and he thinks he wants more. Then he's hoisted up into the air and slung over his Cloud Guardian's shoulder, and he thinks he knows what's coming for him next, and his thoughts are confirmed when the raven's slick voice breathes out, "You, me, bed, now."

And Tsuna thinks again, ah, so that's what it is.