Title: The Unattainable Sky
Genre: Drama/ Angst
Pairing: HibariXTsuna 1827
Setting: Ten Years later
Summary:
When reasoning and logic is beyond reach there is nothing one can ever do... but then again, emotions are illogical and love is unreasonable especially if the one you love is unreachable.
Beyond Reason Beyond Reach Beyond Logic
Beyond Logic
They are not the same…
Of course he knows that…
They look the same, act the same, and feel the same and yet… and yet they are different. They bear the same name and posses the same soul- that is undeniably paired to his own- and yet he is not his. They are of different times… Have different memories, different lives.
Other than that… his has already died.
Same person, same soul, same name and yet they are totally different… How?
They just are. It's a contradiction and yet it is not. It is complicated and yet it is simple common sense. It is reasonable, understandable and yet it is…
Beyond Logic
…
"You are annoying, Herbivore." He scowled balefully at the engraved letters along with the countless numbers of flowers that littered the place. "Even in such a time you are still the center of all the crowding."
Staring at that piece of rock before him he couldn't help but sigh. He could not understand why he was even in such a place- why he even kept coming- back to such a place. It was a complete waste of his time not to mention he had to wait until all the other fucking herbivore had vacated the area before he could even see a glimpse of what he was supposed to see.
And now that he is looking at it he can't help but get even more annoyed. One of the most powerful mafia bosses is mixing with the soil down there… the skin he used to touch is no longer there... heck he even doubts anything is down there anymore… maybe some teeth... and a couple of really solid bones.
"Urgh." He shook his head in distaste. That … was disgusting. "Even in death you are such a bother… "
It's been years... or maybe just a couple of months? But he could have sworn he had ignored a couple of Christmas, New Years, Birthdays and even death day invitations already. But then again… he could have received all of those in a span of a year. He hummed a bit as he spared it a thought before completely shrugging it off of his mind.
It's not because he had become care-free… care-free would never become a defining factor for Hibari Kyoya… It would always be Tsanayoshi's… he would forever relate that trait to the stupid herbivore lying six-feet below him.
Care-free, innocent, pure, clumsy, idiotic, self sacrificing, weak, pathetic, stupid herbivore- yup… definitely describes his sky. Funny that… he's looking down at the sky even though he has his feet down on the ground…
This is why he hated crowding…
Irrelevant? No. There is nothing irrelevant anymore… Logic is none existent in his life anymore and along with it, it dragged reasoning out the door as well… and this all because the damn sky decided it wanted to be unreachable.
Stupid
When the hell did he become poetic?
Maybe it was a delayed effect of all the crowding he had endured…
Another thing to add to his reasons for hating crowding then
Crowding of course equated to people- lots of people mostly mangy herbivores. Weaklings that are just pathetic and weak… can easily be hurt and bitten to death.
-detestable
Other than that… people equates to attachments. Parasites that worm their way into your subconscious, forcing you to care for them, protect them and then… they'll die, leave you behind and then you'll be alone to deal with the broken attachments that just won't die along with them.
He knew this… understood it and had tried to avoid it and yet… and yet for some weak, pathetic and incomprehensively idiotic herbivore…
…he became the cloud…
Just because he saw power beneath the weakness… something hidden, unpolished, raw and pure… just because deep beneath the passiveness, clumsiness and cowardliness lies the need for something to prove…
…so as to not be alone anymore…
The need to just be pushed enough so as to be strong... the need to just be needed
Since pushing the herbivore to the path involved biting him- along with a whole lot of others- to death, how could he refuse?
Hibari Kyoya became the Cloud because there was a sky… and the Sky was looking for a Cloud.
It was supposed to be simple, uncomplicated and at the same time entertaining… and yet…
He scowled. The damn Herbivore must have had a virus.
He should have known stupidity is transmittable…
…high in morbidity that will eventually lead to mortalities… (WTF? X.X)
He really shouldn't be attached- he really should have avoided the herbivore… it's just that…
"Urgh… Kusakabe is right…"
He lifted his gaze to the flying yellow bird just above his head who's stubbornly singing Namimori's Hymn and down to his boxes…
"Ah… this just proves it."
He has a weakness to small creatures (actually, Kusakabe said, 'small and cute creatures'- he bit him to death for that comment… and he'll never admit it to be true).
Grunting in displeasure that sounded too much like indignation for him to be appeased, he turned to leave.
Since reason doesn't seem to mind that the sky had long been unreachable…
…he'll just have to be completely illogical…
"I'll definitely bite him to death."
…
"You know, this could be considered as kidnapping, Hibari-san."
An amused scoff interrupted the silence and Tsuna just had to sigh. Honestly, it would seem as if time may never change this man. He will forever be an impossible character with an unreasonable mind. He watched as the man drew closer and he couldn't help but shake his head in amusement. They were definitely alike… well they are the same person but still… he can see the very slight difference. Maybe it was the hair style or the choice of perfume.
Then he raised his head… ahh… that's the best way to differentiate them- their eyes. This man's eyes are different from when they parted. He couldn't place the emotions behind those eyes but his intuition is saying that he may not like it.
Hibari stopped a foot or two from the bed as he regarded him calmly and somewhat forlornly. After a while a small smirk enveloped the others features as he tilted his head slightly to the side… not innocently. Never innocently… more of mocking… leering even, then he spoke with a voice Tsuna is more than familiar with but the color and the depth within that voice… It was different.
"Kidnapping? I need not kidnap you. The situation is more like rape." The smirk grew at his indignation. "…but one cannot rape the willing. And so this cannot be accounted as kidnapping." He resisted a frustrated groan. "Before you were just unreasonable… but really I should have noticed your twisted mind and its twisted logic."
He simply watched from his sitting position on the bed as Hibari sat on the edge of the said bed… he wasn't wary nor was he scared more of… it felt normal. It was like this was meant to be and that it is a regular occurrence- which it is not. "Feeling that this is normal is just… wrong."
"Why? It can't be because I am not the one who should be sneaking around you and knocking you unconscious?" He scowled at the amused mocking tone. "Says the one who said that this cannot be called kidnapping."
"You could have avoided it."
"And so you say…"
"Hn."
Amber watched in wonder at his captors actions. Hibari's attention, by the end of their exchange had shifted and then focused on the window outside. He turned his head towards it and noticed Hibird hovering around. He watched in silence when Hibari got up and opened the window before reaching his hands out for the bird. It was endearing. "Kyoya seems to like small creatures… not to mention cute ones." He slowly slid out of bed and got up chuckling a bit when his captor raised a brow at him.
Hibari leaned by the window and observed him for a while before beckoning him to come nearer- he did- against better judgment. He gave a small yelp when he was suddenly grabbed and pulled near. "Yes… I must admit I have a weakness to small and cute creatures, Tsunayoshi. But really… you should have noticed such a thing before." Rolling his eyes on the mocking tone he gave a low 'hmph'- which he eventually regretted. "You may be the only person that doesn't irritate me when they pout. If you're trying to dissuade me from doing anything I must say that you are failing- quite miserably if I might say."
"You are as infuriating as ever Kyoya."
"Of course."
Silence enveloped them again and he couldn't help but squirm out of the embrace. It wasn't a difficult task to tell the truth and it made him all the more worried. Anything that is related to Hibari isn't meant to be easy. Nothing should be simple when it came to the cloud but even before he could ask…
"You aren't planning anything stupid now are you, Herbivore?"
He was surprised by the weariness that enveloped those words and he shook his head. "No. As far as I know I am not planning anything stupid and really Kyoya… just when I thought you finally outgrew the habit of calling me herbivore." His pathetic attempt at humor failed miserably and silence consumed them again. He couldn't say that it was stifling or awkward… it was blank. It was the nothingness and numbness that kept nagging at him. He must have blanked of cause the next moment he was staring at weary ebony as a pale hand kept him in place. Those dark depths that was usually so empty or so pissed of was searching his- almost desperately… but then again he could be wrong, right?
After a while Hibari finally let him go. He wondered a bit when Hibari moved away completely. "Kyo-"
"De ja vu"
"Eh? What are you on about?"
Ebony pierced him and he was rendered speechless. He could have sworn there was resentment, annoyance, irritation and anger in them that he was almost positive he'd get bitten to death- well until he saw sadness in them… "This conversation is just reminding me of something I have grown to consider as betrayal…"
"Betrayal in what way, Kyoya?"
"Withholding of information and portions of a specified plan not to mention misleading promises along with a multitude of other things… which of course involves…" a slow dangerous smirk that held no amusement on them stretched the others lips that he was forced to close his eyes.
"…death…"
A sudden rustling behind his back alerted him. A moment was all it took and truly he wasn't surprised. He was used to it. A breath lingered by his ears as arms enveloped him from behind. "See? I was right. You have grown well Tsunayoshi-kun and I must say, you are about an inch or so taller than 'my herbivore'."
"I guess I should consider that as a compliment then, huh Hibari-san?" The arms around him tightened and he just had to wonder what truly was happening. "Your hair is indeed longer and I must ask on whose idea it was to put highlights on your hair?" Oh… that. He chuckled a bit at that memory. "My carnivore had a field day in biting people to death when he saw this. I sort of lost a bet with the gang and Ryohei-niisan thought that this was an extreme dare. Really even I think that the tattoo was more extreme and it was Haru's dare." He heard a low hum before continuing. "It wasn't me who got the tattoo though. Gokudera-kun did. Of course he 'extremely' refused to tattoo his skin with any bunnies and hearts. After all he was all for the dangerous image… can't have him walking around with a cute bunny tattooed on his face now could we?"
When he received no reaction at all he turned unto the embrace and reached a hand to the others face. "What's wrong Hibari-san?" All he received was an amused smirk before lips descended on his. His eyes widened but to his surprise… he didn't pull away- but Hibari did. "You are used to the touches and the kisses, I bet though that you are used to a whole lot more…" He glared as dangerously as a very red tomato can accomplish- which was pathetic. "Must you be so blunt? And really what would you expect from your other self, Kyoya?"
A low chuckle enveloped him and yet he felt chills run up his spine… and it was not pleasant ones. "I would expect nothing less from myself but he isn't me… nor are you mine…" He felt those arms leave him and he knew that the questions can now be entertained. "So then why is Hibari-san here when he himself told me a couple of years back that we would never meet again…?"
"I simply came for a visit… is there something wrong with that?"
He frowned at the flippant reply as he finally entertained his intuitions insistent nagging that something was different. "No…No I guess there isn't, Hibari-san."
"Then there is no problem then."
"Urgh!" A frustrated sigh escaped his lips as he headed for the bed and let himself fall. "Hibari-san… why and how is it that you are here for more than 5 minutes? And truth be told… you do not look ten years older than the Hibari-san I met before… you are THAT Hibari-san, are you not?"
An entertained chuckle made him sit from his comfortable position on the bed and stare questioningly at his cloud guardian-if he could call him that. "Are you not going to ask me if your "Kyoya" will ever be back?" He raised a brow at the lure before he shook his head. "No. I know you will not do that…"
"How sure are you? Me being here is already completely unexplainable… this shouldn't be possible- to be able to come to this specific dimension and see a specific Tsunayoshi… this is already illogical and so how can you be certain that I won't do anything unreasonable?"
He smiled at that… he was still being bated- thank god for his intuition… "The answer is simple… Hibari-san is completely unreasonable. It would have been reasonable if Hibari-san killed or even prevented Kyoya from coming back to me… but since Hibari-san is unreasonable he wouldn't."
His smile widened when Hibari smiled back at him looking completely satisfied. "You have grown all the more wiser… thank goodness. "
He bristled at that. "Bastard."
"Your Kyoya will be back later… I am just not sure as to when since this was an experimental thing I 'asked' and somewhat forced Irie, Giannini and Spanner to do."
One moment he was seething when his intelligence was questioned and the next he was pressed on the bed with a dark haired other dimension version of his lover hovering over him. He smiled and the other raised a brow. "You are aware that this could be considered as cheating, right Tsunayoshi? I wouldn't like it much to have you cheating on 'me'." He laughed a bit at that. "But I am not cheating on Kyoya, Hibari-san."
He smirked up at Hibari's questioning stare. "I did manage to instill upon that little mind of yours that we are different, right?"
"Of course Hibari-san… I know." He reached out and cupped the others face within his hands before pulling the older man to him. It was a slow kiss… a meeting of lips and gentle caresses. Passion was there of course it's there but like their last kisses need wasn't there, urgency and lust wasn't there. Love may never be absent no matter the circumstance cause they are each others loved one… but at the same time… they can just be mere acquaintances and could even be called strangers.
When emotions come into play everything becomes unreasonable as the heart influences the mind to twist logic around until it becomes nothing.
Everything is just Illogical.
When the kiss broke both of them was out of breath and yet not completely spent… their hearts were beating quite fast but it never skipped a beat. And they both knew why. "We are both aware, Hibari-san… especially you. I doubt you'll cheat 'me' even with me." He laughed a bit at the absurdity of it all. To call himself 'me' and yet not meaning to refer to himself was weird. "Although I am quite happy with the fact that Kyouya and Hibari-san may never meet… I can't have the both of you biting each other to death."
"Hn… he can at least try." He snorted at that. He watched in mirth as Hibari dropped to the other side of the bed and merely stared at the ceiling. "Ahuh… are you challenging yourself?"
"Hn."
He laughed at that reply until it died on his throat.
"Hibari-san… why are you here?"
"The sky wanted to become unattainable, I refuse such a thing."
"But I am not him…"
"That is the logical answer, Tsunayoshi. But as you have already said, I am completely unreasonable and since reasoning had already left and logic was no longer applicable, tell me what is it that is left that will tell me it is impossible to reach the sky? I am here am I not? I am not supposed to be here at all… I should be in a different dimension… a dimension where you know me not since I was supposed to be from a future which may I remind- you never had."
I let out an annoyed growl at that. "You are giving me a headache Hibari-san and besides… that doesn't change the fact that I am not him."
"Oh yes you are. You are the same person."
"I thought you also said that we are different! Besides that you are not the one I am supposed to be with!"
"Oh I am aware. I am not stupid, herbivore and if you keep insinuating such a thing I'll bite you to death. Kyoya wouldn't really be mad at himself for such a thing."
I screamed in frustration at that before breathing deeply and turning to his side of the bed. He was looking at me a smirk on his face that I was almost tempted to blast it off. "You are infuriating."
His smirk widened even further that it was scary- it was normal. "You are repeating yourself Tsunayoshi." After that his smirk disappeared. "I know you two are different but I am capitalizing on the other side of the coin. The side that says that you are the same."
With furrowed brows I reached out to him. "Your twisted logic and reasoning is beyond me." He nodded against my hands his eyes closed and at some point I felt unadulterated hatred for myself.
When he opened his eyes I was finally able to put words on the emotions within them….
"Then we are on equal footing then…
Resignation…
"After all, you did go beyond my reach. And this is the only portion of the sky that I can obtain... I will take what I can."
Hibari Kyoya is never resigned. He fights and he fights and he'll bite anyone to death if he deems it. He knows Hibari is still like that. He'll fight to get what he wants… but at one point he is resigned to the fact that he can't get all he wants.
"Then I'll give what I can."
"You have no choice on the matter."
It's just that whatever illogical and unreasonable things they say…
…a fact remains the same…
'His' sky will remain unattainable
…
END...end...done! =)