Naps - Katekyo Hitman Reborn - Teach Me Love Oneshot 06

Summary: Series of oneshot that show what should have been shown during the little moments, the dates, and the lessons between Hibari and Haru in the fanfic, Teach Me Love.

My lack of KHR knowledge might make some things untrue or some characters OOC!

I don't own Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Please forgive any mistakes, both character-wise and grammatically-wise. I don't have time to re-read or edit things.

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Naps

HappyFace1886

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Haru clutched onto the bars of the ladder tightly, her brown eyes peering over the ledge where her prey was lying obliviously on the ground. She was on the rooftop of Namimori Jr. High and was currently standing on the ladder that led to the top of the small building that enclosed the stairways of the school.

As silently as she could, Haru climbed the rest of the way and stood up, smiling brightly at the beautiful view before her. Okay, so there were some trees that obstructed the view of the town and there was a giant field in front of the school for the students, but still, there was something breath-taking about being able to see something so high up.

With a quiet giggle, she then sauntered over to where her quarry remained asleep. A small furry yellow head poked up from amass the black locks and Haru perked up at the sight, making a silent and excited gesture at the ball of cuteness to come forth.

And with an equally eager face, Hibird easily complied. He hopped onto Haru’s shoulder and nuzzled into her face, causing the girl to squeal with delight.

Oh why couldn’t the master be as sweet as this little bird? Hahi, there was nothing really wrong with Hibari. Haru didn’t want to change him because then trying to teach him the power of love would be pointless and that wasn’t the objective of her lessons either. She wanted him, with his thick-round-headedness to comprehend and understand the prowess that is known as love!

...he was just too stubborn and set in his way to listen to her properly!

Haru’s eyes shifted to her side. When Hibari took his daily naps, he looked so innocent. It was hard to believe that this was the same boy who would easily slaughter anyone that touched his dear Namimori.

Then again, with those piercing glares he gave when he was awake, it wasn’t that surprising.

She sighed, her shoulders sagging. She really had her work cut out for her.

As though understanding her pain, Hibird chirped and hopped on top of Haru’s head. He sat down and burrowed into her hair, looking content whilst trying to convey said satisfaction to her as well. She smiled, lifting a finger in order to scratch Hibird under his chin.

That’s right, she wouldn’t give up! That’s why she was on the rooftop in the first place! For the past two days, Haru had been pondering on how to be perform her lessons better and came up with a brilliant idea. If Hibari didn’t understand her tactics when trying to teach him love, maybe she would be more successful if she tried to do things in a way he could understand.

Unfortunately, the things she knew about him made it hard for her to think of a lesson plan.

How did one exactly teach love through bloodied carnage and destruction?

And so, she would start off small, beginning with some of Hibari’s familiar haunts. He was known for hanging out in the rooftop and she had been lucky to find him taking a nap.

She jogged that into a mental notepad.

Naps were peaceful.

But how to relate that to love?

She closed her eyes, brooding on a possible connection.

Naps were relaxing.

It was something people did to regain their energy. Since naps meant lowering ones guard, it meant that it could only be done around people that were trusted.

Her eyes snapped open. Hahi, that’s right! Hibari wouldn’t appreciate this intrusion in a private moment!

Hahi, this was so stupid of her! She hadn’t considered Hibari’s point of view when concerning this. Trying to create a curriculum was well and all, but it wouldn’t do to intrude on Hibari’s personal space.

Panic reached her and she looked around wildly.

Okay, she had managed to get here without waking him up. Who’s to say she couldn’t do the same while leaving? But how had she managed to get here without waking him in the first place? Hibari was known for his super spidey-senses! Now that she was in a panic, he would probably easily detect her!

By now, Haru was blubbering in her mind, waving her arms crazily while looking for an escape route. Her jostling disgruntled Hibird who made it known with a loud chirp. The action caused Haru to squeal, her hands reaching up to grab Hibird in hopes of silencing the fluffball. Unfortunately, Hibird didn’t want to comply and chirped even louder.

“Shhh,” Haru shushed desperately, giving Hibird the best of her puppy eyes.

The bird was going to have none of that and continued chirping.

An ominous aura filled the air and Haru shivered, a cold tingle running down her spine.

Was that.... Was that bloodlust?

She slowly turned her head around and almost cried at the dark purple aura oozing out of a discontented Hibari. His sharp eyes glowered at her and Haru couldn’t help but cower.

“H-Hibari-.”

“What did you call me?” he asked in a deadly calm voice.

Whoops.

“Erm... Kyoya?” Haru said cautiously before the rest of the words came out in a rush. “Haru is sorry for waking you up! She only wanted to think of a better way to help you learn about love by seeing what it was you liked and then she realized she was getting in the way of your private time and wanted to leave without waking you up, but she thought it would be impossible to leave without waking you and was acting crazy and that got Hibird mad and now-.”

A hand reached out and clamped around her mouth, effectively silencing her.

For a brief moment, Haru wondered if this was how she was going to die. Sure, she had sassed him not so long ago, but right now, she deserved to be at the end of his ire. First, intruding in a moment when he had his guard lowered and second, she had even awakened him in one of his naps!

She clenched her eyes shut, waiting for the blow, only to slowly reopen them when she saw that Hibari wasn’t doing anything.

Instead, there was a calculative look in his eyes. The irritation was still there, but at least the bloodlust had faded away. When he slowly released her mouth, Haru then realized just how hard he had grabbed her. There was probably a red mark around her face too. The realization made her pout and she massaged the irritated skin.

There were no more words from the drowsy Prefect who only gave her one of his infamous scowls before lying back down on the ground.

She stared at him dumbly.

What did this mean?

Was he... Was he mean by sparing her from his wrath?

Then she heard a gentle chirp from her hands. Haru looked down and Hibird wiggled out of her hands. He flew around her head once before landing right beside Hibari, giving her an expectant look. Her dumbfounded stare turned to Hibird before she guessed what he was trying to say.

Unwilling to disturb Hibari again, she pointed at herself and then at the ground next to Hibari. Hibird gave her a look saying she was being dumb and chirped more insistently. Her instincts tingled a warning, saying if Hibird continued making loud sounds, Hibari was going to wake up again and this time, he probably wasn’t going to show mercy.

With that incentive, Haru immediately obeyed Hibird and lied down beside Hibari. She remained rigid on the ground. Hahi, how was she supposed to relax when she was literally lying down next to a predator that would love to tear out her jugular?

She was starting to get a headache from all the worrying, her eyes threatening to swirl into spirals due to her confusion. Her breathing came out faster and she kept fidgeting, unable to find a comfortable spot.

Thus, it was no surprise when there was a flash of irritation in Hibari’s eyes as he rolled over and placed a hand around her. He pulled her closer to him with one swift motion until her face was pressed against his chest, a small surprised ‘oomph’ escaping from her lips.

Her face turned aflame and she was about to react spontaneously, to shove him away as far as she possibly could, when he spoke in a gruff voice. “Sleep.”

“H-H-.”

“Or I’ll bite you dead,” he mumbled out the rest of the word, too drowsy to speak in the same intensity he normally did. Haru remained stiff in his embrace, her heart pounding loudly in her chest. His words had been spoken into her hair and she knew his face was probably covered in her messy brown locks.

But why did this position feel familiar?

It felt like hours before Haru was finally able to relax. From the look of things, she wasn’t going to be getting out of here anytime soon.

Later she and Hibari were going to have a long talk about whether this hold of his was to comfort her or because he wanted her stop annoying him so that he could take his nap.

And something told her it was probably the latter.

But this was more progress than they had started off with so she decided to withhold the lecture... maybe axe it all together. After all, to think there would come a day with the infamous Hibari Kyoya would willingly let someone take a nap with him, let alone hug said person...

It was like as she had thought before.

She didn’t want to change him.

Just open his mind enough to understand that there was no harm in loving and embracing the presence of another person.

With those thoughts, Haru’s strength slipped away and she slumped against Hibari’s chest, falling into a light slumber.

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::tsuzuku::

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AU: When Haru says this feels familiar, she's referring to the time of the picnic. :) She doesn't realize she had been burying herself into Hibari's side that time since she had done it in her sleep and had woken up after Hibari did. 

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