Bell Collar
Summary: Haru should have known that there were consequences when breaking the rules... Hibari x Haru / 1886
Summary: Haru should have known that there were consequences when breaking the rules... Hibari x Haru / 1886
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.
AN: This has nothing to do with Cloud Watching Days. Just a little something to pass the time while I work on the main projects...
Bell Collar
HappyFace1886
Fact:
Miura Haru was good friends with a certain Sawada Tsunayoshi. Her fondness
towards him was also renowned throughout the school, especially due to how
she’d go out of her way to visit him and the others at Namimori.
Fact: Miura Haru was a student of the elite
all-girl’s school, Midori Junior. It was another well known, not to mention
verified, rumor that Miura Haru not only attended Midori Junior, but was one of
the top students of the school. Not only was she academically brilliant, she
was known for being well-rounded due to her various extracurricular activities
in more than one field. Theater, sports, debate team, she did it all.
Fact: Miura Haru was a Midori Junior student,
which meant that she should not be entering Namimori school grounds without permission
from the school (aka the Disciplinary Committee).
Fact: Miura Haru, a Midori Junior student, often
entered Namimori school grounds to meet up with Sawada Tsunayoshi and his
friends.
Conclusion: Miura Haru was breaking school
regulations by illegally trespassing into Namimori.
Hibari’s lips curved into a smirk at this
reasoning before turning to leave his office, his jacket bellowing ominously
behind him.
A light jingle of a bell could be heard echoing
within the room of his office as the door came to a quiet close.
“H-Haru! You’re not supposed to be here,” Tsuna
chided frantically, whipping his head around in an attempt to see if any of the
Disciplinary Committee members were walking around. “And what are you doing
here in the middle of school? You should be in class too!”
“Hahi! Haru is not being a delinquent,” Haru
pouted. “School ended early for today and Haru was stopping by because
Tsuna-san’s mother told her that you forgot your lunch at home.”
“O-Oh! R-Right!” Tsuna guiltily rubbed the back
of his head while internally, he was wondering why his mother was always
calling Haru to take care of him. Why couldn’t it be Kyoko-chan for once?
Wait... that’d just be showing his lame side to her! “A-Anyways, thanks for helping
me out, but you really should get out of here!”
Haru tilted her head, looking puzzled. “Why is
that?”
“Because!” Tsuna almost yelled out loud, but
managing a sharp hiss instead. If Gokudera also caught him talking to Haru,
he’d likely get into an argument with her and the ensuing cacophony would
definitely draw the Disciplinary Committee’s attention. That was the last thing
he needed right now. “Hibari-san will bite you dead if he knows you’re here!”
“Hahi? Why would he do that? Haru didn’t do anything
wrong!”
“Did you get permission to enter school grounds
this time?” Tsuna inquired and wanted to smack himself on the forehead when
Haru looked sheepishly at him.
“Sorry! Haru is so used to coming to Namimori to
visit that she often forgets to request for one,” she said with a nervous
giggle. “She promises to get one for sure next time though.”
“That’s what you said last time!” Tsuna groaned
out loud this time.
“No!” Haru shook her head quickly. “Really! Next
time for sure!”
“No need,” a low baritone murmured from behind
and she cried out in surprise, whirling around to see the familiar rounded
headed boy behind her. Haru stumbled backwards, almost walking into the rapidly
paling Tsuna. Hibari almost sighed at the sight of her. “You’ll likely just
forget next time as well.”
“H-Haru won’t!” she snipped back while, from
behind her, Tsuna was desperately trying to mime at Haru to stay silent so that
she didn’t exasperate the situation. Hibari wasn’t looking blood-thirsty for
once! There was no need to tempt fate and make him angry!
“And so, that’s why I’ve thought of an
alternative just for you,” Hibari continued, smoothly ignoring her protests. He
took a step forward and Haru squeaked in surprise while Tsuna looked torn
between running for the hills and maybe helping Haru out. But this was Hibari
they were talking about! He wouldn’t hit Haru over this, right?
It happened less than a second. Haru swore that
Hibari hadn’t even touched her and yet, on her neck, she could feel the slight
weight of something wrapped around it. The material felt soft and thin, almost
holding a silky texture so that it wouldn’t irritate her skin even if she was
to wear it for long periods of time. However, what horrified her was the soft
chiming sound that’d echo around her whenever she made any movements... along
with how there had been a foreboding click sound behind her neck...
“HAHI!” Haru loudly squawked, her hand flinging
to the back of her neck to find the clasp of the... the... collar around her
neck! To her horror, the clasp seemed as though it was locked so that she
couldn’t pull it free on her own. The bell on the collar around her neck chimed
innocuously while she turned to look at the pleased Hibari and then to
Tsuna-san, who looked about ready to faint. “T-T-Tsuna-san...”
The brown haired boy winced at the pitiful cry of
his name. “H-Hibari-san, d-don’t you think a... well... a collar is too much?”
“No.”
“Hahi! What do you mean no?” Haru demanded,
whirling to face the round headed jerk! “How dare you put this on me? Take it
off this instant!"
He arched an eyebrow at her. “Why?”
Haru nearly sputtered at his nonchalant response.
“B-Because! This is inhumane a-and humiliating a-and Haru is not your pet! Take
it off!”
“You repeatedly intrude onto school grounds
without permission and gallivant off before receiving your punishment.” He
ignored her protests of how she never ran off, but that he and the Disciplinary
Committee were always too slow in informing her that she should get a visitor
pass from the school entrance. “Other than corporal punishment, the other
option is to make it so that it’s easier to keep track of your presence. Unless
you prefer the former?”
Haru winced at the possibility of Hibari’s special punishments. But at the same
time, this was ridiculous! Even now the bell was ringing with even the
slightest movement from her. “B-But what about outside school grounds? Will you
take this off of me then?”
“No.”
“Hahi! Hibari-san is being unreasonable! Haru
demands that you take this off of her right now or... or..."
"Or what?" There was a sinister smile
on Hibari's face, one that made Haru falter. It promised of punishment that
he'd definitely enjoy inflicting on her. Still, her dignity stopped her from
backing down this time. However, right as she was about to gather her resolve
and fight back, Tsuna jumped and quickly got between them.
“T-There’s no need to fight about this,” Tsuna
quickly rushed out the words because he knew there was no way Haru stood a
chance again Hibari, meaning he would
be the one receiving he beat down and he really did not want to be in a world
of pain right now. “C’mon Haru, let’s go!”
“Hahi! No! Wait, Tsuna-san!” Haru protested, for
once, trying to get away from his grip as she struggled to get back at the
smirking Prefect. The sight of his amused face made her blood boil and she was
sorely tempted to chuck her slipper at his head. The soft chiming of the bell
with her rough movements wasn’t helping with her mood either. If anything, it
was making her face even redder. “No! Let Haru goooooo-!”
The rest of her words faded away as Tsuna
summoned all of his strength to dash off with Haru.
“Pwahahahahaha!” Gokudera’s irritating laughter
filled the air, the silver haired boy clutching onto his stomach while Haru
scowled unhappily in her corner of the empty room. He struggled to control
himself, but ended up howling with laughter all over again once he got another
look at her and the bell around her neck.
“I-It’s not funny!” her eyes were tearing up, but
her face was flushing with anger. Haru reached up to tug at the choker,
desperately trying to rip it off. “Get this off of me!”
“Gokudera-kun,” Tsuna pleaded, but even the
infallible words of his dear Decimo weren’t enough to stop him from laughing.
“Here, let me help you there,” Yamamoto said with
a sympathetic smile.
Haru willingly turned around so that he could
deal with the stupid lock on the back and almost sighed in relief at his help.
Yamamoto-san was really reliable. There was no way he wouldn’t be able to get
this thing off!
There was silence as Yamamoto fiddled with the
collar for a few seconds... seconds that evolved into minutes.
The brown haired girl fidgeted a little.
“Y-Yamamoto-san?”
“Erm... just a second! I... uh... almost got it!”
Gokudera snorted and shouldered Yamamoto away,
pulling out a make-shift lock pick from his pocket. “Move aside, baseball
idiot, and let a pro show you how it’s done.”
Haru stiffened at the feel of Gokudera roughly
grabbing onto the collar and feared he’d choke the life out of her,
unintentionally or maybe even intentionally. Still, she was more desperate to
get the collar off than the inability to breathe. She clenched her eyes shut
and prayed that he’d be able to get it off. Haru didn’t even care that it was
Gokudera getting it off. She’d even deal with his gloating if it meant getting
the darn thing off!
Once more, seconds turned to minutes...
“...hold still,” a chill went down Haru’s spine
when after she heard Gokudera’s low, dark grumble, she heard the ominous noise
of what sounded like a switch blade being released.
“Hahi!” she yelped and scrambled away from him to
hide behind Tsuna while Yamamoto jerked the knife away from Gokuderea’s hands.
“G-Gokudera-kun!” Tsuna cried out as well.
“It wasn’t like I was going to hurt her,”
Gokudera protested feebly at his boss. “That thing is just impossible to break
normally! We might as well cut the material instead of dealing with the stupid
lock.”
“Um... I don’t think this thing is going to cut
that easily,” Yamamoto remarked while running his fingers against the unusual
fabric of the collar. He tugged at it gently and winced at the mortified
expression on Haru’s face at the jingling bell. His fingertips could feel the
sturdiness of the material and instincts told him that a mere knife wouldn’t be
able to cut through it.
“No,” Haru pitifully cried. “What kind of magic
powers does Hibari-san have?”
Tsuna winced. “S-Sorry Haru-chan... b-but it
looks like you’re stuck with it for now.”
“Noooooo!”
There was a content smirk on Hibari’s face as he
napped under the blue sky. The warmth of the sunlight was perfect and the
flowing clouds occasionally provided a brief shade that was neither too hot nor
too cold. His sharp ears caught the faint tinkle of the bell somewhere on
school grounds and his smirk grew.
All was well.
All was not well for one Miura Haru. She wanted
to leave the campus, but terror struck her at the thought of gallivanting off
of school grounds with this wretched bell around her neck! Surely there was a
way to get this off! And if not, she had to find a way to convince Hibari-san
to get this off of her!
Haru squeaked and pivoted on her heels when she
heard the sound of students coming down the hallway. Originally she’d thought
of finding Kyoko-chan, hoping that she’d have a brilliant idea on how to get it
off... unfortunately, it was more humiliating when imagining Kyoko-chan seeing
her with this collar. Not to mention, if Hana-san was with Kyoko-chan, then
Haru knew she’d really never hear the end of it.
“Do you hear that?” a female voice murmured at
the end of the hall.
“...it sounds like a bell.”
“Do you think a cat snuck inside campus again?”
“Ooh, let’s go find it before sensei does! Maybe
we can play with it this time!” one of the voices squealed, footsteps hurrying
down the hall.
Haru’s eyes bugged out at the fact that these
people were now following her. Hahi! There was no point in trying to be sneaky
and avoid people because the bell was obnoxiously ringing around her neck! Even
when Haru tried to hold onto the bell itself, the stupid thing would still loudly
make noises.
“I think it’s running. We should hurry!”
Hahi! Didn’t these girls have classes? The
hallway was mostly empty, meaning class was in session. Where in the world did
these girls have the time to chase a cat
anyways?
Clenching her eyes shut, Haru turned to the
nearest window and quickly shoved it open.
“Nyah!” she yelled as she jumped out, knowing it
would be fine since she was on the first floor. The moment she landed on the
ground, her eyes widened and her hands slapped over her mouth. A brilliant
shade of red immediately overcame her features. Hahi! Why in the world did she
just say that?”
“I think I heard the cat jump out the window!”
Scrambling up, Haru immediately ran away from the
girls. At least it didn’t seem like they’d chase her out of the window.
Hopefully that meant they’ll go the long way to the school entrance or lose
interest and go back to class.
Haru turned the corner of the building, trying to
ignore the innocent chimes of the bell. She leaned against the wall, trying to
catch her breath.
...this was all that stupid round headed jerk’s
fault! So what if she forgot to ask for the visitor’s pass all the time? It
wasn’t like she was doing it intentionally! And maybe the disciplinary
committee should try and have the office for the visitor pace be located closer
to the entrance? That way innocent visitors such as herself wouldn’t constantly
forget to pick up such a thing!
...oh who was she kidding? She broke the rules
and this was her punishment.
But this punishment was too weird and cruel! She
had to find Hibari-san and convince him to change his m-.
“Huh... what do we have here?” her blubbering
thoughts came to a halt at the sound of an oily voice that send bad shivers down
her spine. Haru bit her lip and looked down the side of the building,
stiffening at the sight of what had to be highschoolers that’d wandered onto
campus... because either they were middle-schoolers who’d reach their growth
spurt faster than others or they were older kids intruding on school territory.
“W-Who are you?” Haru replied boldly instead.
“Haha, look at that,” one of the highschoolers
nudged the other. “Around her neck.”
“Ooh, that’s some kinky shit right there!”
another laughed as he sauntered closer to her. Haru instinctively took a step
back. She needed to run. She needed to escape from here! But her legs remained
shaky, only able to make the occasional stumble away from the intimidating boy
with the frightening glare in his eyes. “What’s wrong, neko-chan? Don’t you
want to play with your master?”
At his taunting words, Haru couldn’t help but
bristle at him. “Don’t call me neko-chan you-you-you pervert! Hahi!”
The guy grabbed her by the shoulder
and pulled her until she was pressed harshly against the wall, her back
slamming against the concrete with a harsh thud. She looked up at him in
terror, wincing at how hard his grip. He leered down at her, an exciting yet
sadistic grin on his face. “Now, now, that’s no way to talk to your master, neko-chan. I think we need
to give you some obedience lessons.”
Haru shuddered at the way he spoke
those words, fear stabbing through her as she instinctively knew just what he’d do to her. She clenched her eyes shut and opened her mouth
to let out a scream, but was interrupted by a loud cry of pain. The bruising
hold on her shoulder disappeared and her eyes fluttered open in surprise.
Small whimpers of fear came from her
left and a quick glance revealed the ashen faces of the other highschooler’s who’d been leering at her from the back.
Haru slowly turned her attention in front of her where the scary boy, who’d been keeping her trapped against the wall, was crying out
in pain on the ground, his hand clutching his head where he’d been hit hard by what had to be a blunt object.
“Do you have your visitor’s pass?” a cool voice inquired.
Hibari-san...
Haru turned to see the intimidating
Prefect standing with his tonfas at attention, one of the weapons already
smeared with the blood of the boy on the ground. His grey eyes briefly shifted
towards her, his gaze lingering on the collar around her neck, and he nodded to
himself. “She has one, but what of you three?”
“What the fuck was that?” the guy from the ground got up, clutching onto his bleeding
temple. “Who the fuck are you?”
“Shut up!” one of his friends
hissed from the back. “Are you insane? That’s Hibari!”
“No passes?” Hibari lifted one of his arms, the tonfa pointed menacingly
at the terrified highschoolers. He gave them a cold smile. “I’ll bite you dead.”
Haru stared at the pile of boys in
front of her, the three writhing in pain after the fierce beating they’d just received from Hibari. She turned in time to see
Hibari leaving and immediately ran after him. “Hibari-san!”
He paused mid-step and tilted his
head, looking rather bored.
“T-Thank you for saving me.”
“Those three were breaking the rules. I
was merely instilling order on them.”
“S-Still... wait a minute, why is Haru
thanking you? She wouldn’t have gotten in trouble in the first
place if you hadn’t been so unreasonable!” Haru yelled in outrage. If Hibari-san hadn’t stuck her with this stupid collar, she would have been out
of Namimori Junior by now! “S-See! Having something like this is
dangerous! Please take it off of me!”
“No.” he said before
turning to leave.
“B-But you saw what happened back
there! I can’t even go home right now because of
this stupid collar! I-It’s like a pervert magnet!” she yelled, shaking in her fury and causing the bell to
chime around her neck. “Hahi! W-What does Haru have to do to
get you to change your mind?”
“If it attracts unwanted attention,
then you’ll just simply have to stay by my side
at all times.” Hibari replied offhandedly,
continuing to walk away. “Be it school or outside.”
His fading words reached his ears and
took Haru a moment to process. Her eyes widened and she stared at his back.
No... no, she must’ve imagined those words.
There was no way...
No...
....
“Hahi! Hibari-san! Wait a second!” she yelled, ignoring how the bell chimed innocuously in the
air as she chased after him. “Haru demands an explanation for that!
Hibari-san!”
::owari::
AU: Back, but not really back. Well, I was never truly gone as I tried to write when I can. Unfortunately, real life drags me back into its horrible depths. A lot of stuff happened and I'm slowly overcoming all of it. Currently working on Ambigram and I'm hoping I'll be able to post the next chapter soon. Thanks again for all your patience!
