Combined Prologue with Chapter 1~

Hidden Sky

Prologue

-Beginning to Hide-

Darkness always eventually befalls the sky, turning from day to night. No matter what happens, the light will go and the darkness will return, a never ending cycle. Not once, has anyone ever asked or thought of which side is the true sky. There was just no need for questioning. It just happens.

The great vast sky greets us morning with a cheerful shining sun every day whilst the darkened night sky lures us to sleep with its impending darkness. Which form is the true colour of the sky?

In Sawada Tsunayoshi's case: Both

Zero suspicions on anything about him. Tsuna is normal, nothing more, nothing less. There is no need to know him, he was useless after all. He was nothing special. Don't get in his way and he won't get into yours, just another person and another classmate that no one paid any attention to.

…no one but Hibari Kyoya, for the clouds are the closest to the sky.

Clouds are the ones that covers and hides the sky.

As if protecting it.

—

Tears streamed down chubby cheeks with a blank face, dripping onto a bloodied pale face of a woman. Her pupil-less eyes were wide with shock and mouth agape. Her head still dripping with fresh blood from a wound on her forehead was disconnected from a pile of bloody mess forming a scene that a six year old child should not be seeing.

Yet, there is a six year old child staring down deeply at the unrecognizable woman, they had her hair cut off. She was the foster mother of Hibari Kyoya or as he assumes to be, with the mess he sees through his teary eyes.

As the last drop of tears fell from his eyes, he turned around and left his 'mother' in an alleyway that she was found in after disappearing while going shopping for dinner. He had refused to go shopping with her - that woman spent too much time deciding on what to buy. So he fell asleep in a tree near the park, unbeknownst to the danger that he could've been in.

He woke up a few hours after he parted with his mother at the shopping district before leaving to get some peace and quiet. There was no need to worry about him going alone, he was strong and that woman knew it, witnessing a few times when Hibari was biting some silly teenagers to death for trying to harass an old lady for money. First-hand witness. It looked painful.

Thinking he should go meet up with his mother since it was getting late, he jumped gracefully down from where he slept and went to search for her. Oddly enough she wasn't anywhere at the usual places she buys ingredients for their meals, so he started poking his head into different areas. Of course this behaviour led to a few middle-aged women to giggle at his cuteness and offered to help the lost boy. They were promptly replied with a semi-polite definite "No" and their hearts on the edge of the cliff when the young child took out a pair of tonfas and said "I'll bite you to death".

Watching the annoying herbivores scurry off - a few sprinted - Hibari retracted his tonfas to its pocket-sized tube form and hid it somewhere within his clothing. Calmly with a blank face, he turned to the opposite direction for where the herbivores ran off to and continued his search, completely ignoring the gaping faces of passersby staring at him with slight fear.

He found her just before the sun started to set.

He turned right into an alleyway - where he was lectured many times to not enter...to only find a dead corpse. The corpse of the one who had took him in for the past few months when the orphanage he was in had to close down, the one who showed him kindness that he never knew.

Dead. It was a quick death with a gunshot to the head, but how they mutilated the corpse was...dreadful.

Hibari knew of death, apparently his real parents died and orphaned him. It meant that they will leave and never come back. Without warning, something started falling down his face. He touched it with his fingers and looked at it. Something wet. Tears? This was the first time he did such a herbivorous act. He looked down the deranged corpse and felt irritation.

He had let one herbivore get close to him and this is what happens? At that moment, walls started building around his heart, to stay strong. Next time another important person appears in his life, he'll definitely protect them, without fail. It was an oath he swore under his breath.

Swiftly he picked up a bunch of daisies from a nearby lawn and returned to place them on top of his mother's remains, as if to wish her peace. It's not as if he got them specifically for her because he knew she absolutely adores the tiny white flowers. Nope, he was just getting something random for the woman.

With one last look behind him, Hibari trekked down the lane, back to his now empty home. A home that won't welcome him with a smile because he wasn't able to protect that smile from danger. Thinking about the people who could've done this deed drew a sneer on his face.

He'll become a carnivore to protect.

—

A small figure leaned gently on the wall of a dark hallway, resting next to the door of his parents' room. To be precise, it was Sawada Nana's room, since her husband was never home. Slowly he slid down the wall into a tiny ball, hugging himself for warmth from the cold night.

Soft wailings could be heard from the secretive door. It was no secret. Tsuna knew his mama occasionally cried at night for his daddy when she thought he was tucked away in his warm comfy bed with his teddy bear asleep. She just didn't know he would always wake up right afterwards when he has a tugging feeling that it was going to be one of those nights that she would cry her heart out for that man.

Tsuna may be young but he was bright, he just didn't want to show it. He would rather blend in with the rest of the kids at the day care then stand out like a sore thumb. He once talked about his favourite hobbies with a few kids - technology upgrades, books like Harry Potter etc - but they only stared at him in confusion and called him weird. He never did that again and opted to stay quiet instead.

However because he stayed quiet, that may have been the reason he had so few friends...ok none at all. It wasn't his fault he seemed anti-social, he was shy in general and the best way to befriend others is to start off with a conversation that both parties like right? Or so it said on the internet. Unfortunately, so far the other parties he tried to talk with so far weren't interested...or more like didn't understand what he was going on about.

"Blue is better!"

"No WAY. Red is better, no the BEST!"

Tsuna stared as two boys who attended the same pre-school as him, arguing back and forth on which colour was better. He had just arrived, late(they were having afternoon tea already) since he was sick yesterday so his mama allowed him to sleep in and rest a bit more. He only wanted to find a quiet spot away and alone by himself to eat his favourite tuna sandwich his mama made - especially- for him. Yet he managed to stumble in front of an argument. Lucky.

He cocked one of his eyebrows as they started to yell at each other. Honestly, they bothered to even think that one colour is more girly than the other. Of all things, girly? He had seen quite a few grown-upmen wear both colours. Wait, why was he even standing there when he had food to eat. Better go before he gets-

"Oi! Dame-Tsuna come here!"

…caught up in the conversation. Why did they start to speak properly when they include his nickname? Weird.

Grudgingly, Tsuna hugged his brown paper bag to himself before shuffling slowly towards the two boys who called out to him. His huge round caramel eyes kept glancing down towards his feet rather than up and straight ahead. He may think a lot of things but that doesn't affect his naturally timid and shy nature.

"Heh, Dame-Tsuna is so slow." He wouldn't have if they didn't seem so intimidating with those loud voices of theirs.

"Hey, which colour is more girly? Blue or red?" As expected…why are they so keen on this topic of theirs…Tsuna inwardly rolled his eyes. He really should answer them before they question him why he was taking so long. Not really his fault that he was kind of annoyed since he was hungry. Mama told him to eat lunch at pre-school with the other kids and looked what happened.

"I-I th-think…" he took a deep breath before continuing "I think...what makes colours wonderful...are the variety and the differences they are to each other."

Gathering his confidence, he looked up with determined eyes, "They are their own colour, there is no gender based colours. Although it is often depicted that pink is a female's colour while blue is a male's colour. Because there is a variety, it makes the world a more interesting place. It makes the world beautiful to look at."

"…wow, Dame-Tsuna stole someone's words!"

"Yea! I don't understand. Let's go, we shouldn't have asked him!"

"Stupid-Tsuna! Stealing-Tuna! Dame-Tsuna!"

With that, they ran off to the other side of the playground, laughing and shouting at 'Dame-Tsuna'. Said person stood there with his head bowed down. His body trembled as his eyes glistened with crystal tears.

Why did everyone hate him?

Being described as intelligent is an understatement, a child prodigy would be more befitting for a young child of five like Sawada Tsunayoshi. People definitely wouldn't look beyond the cute pouty face with wide curious caramel eyes and soft brown hair that defied gravity. After that event and a few more times of failing to mix in with others, he gave up and stayed in his lonely spot hidden from everyone. That is why the young Tsuna understood what his mama was going through right now.

Tsuna clenched the sleeves of his plain yellow pyjamas with his tiny hands as he heard another loud despairing cry from inside his mama's bedroom. He wanted his mama to be happy and cheerful like she always does in the day time as she greets their neighbours. She should be having peaceful sweet dreams, not awake with tears down her eyes.

A small frown made it to his face and silently thought to himself. He didn't want to become like his daddy, making mama sad and lonely. He didn't want to be alone anymore either. There was a long silence from the door, confirming that she was finally asleep. With that in mind, Tsuna quietly got up and crept back into his bed, snuggling underneath the soft covers with his brown teddy bear. He silently breathed out a few words into the night before shutting his eyes into a deep sleep.

Please don't leave us alone.

Outside his window, a shooting star flew past.

—

Tsuna was only five when his father left them and never returned.

It was also when Tsuna first met a young boy named 'Hibari Kyoya'.

-End-

Hidden Sky

-To Hide One -

Home didn't feel like home when Hibari stepped through the door at one in the morning. It was eerily quiet and hollow without the familiar sound of a certain person's humming as she makes dinner. It was empty.

The apartment was small with one bedroom, a kitchen and a living room. Just enough for one person. His hand lingered longingly on scattered blankets laying around the couch for his makeshift bed. They felt cold on his fingers for some reason.

Hibari jerked his head suddenly towards the door. Faintly but certainly, there was the ringing alarm of a police car. They must have found her body.

First he just stood there, thinking of waiting for the police to arrive. The next thing he knew, he burst out the door running as far away as he could when something registered in his young bright mind.

He was an orphan again. They will send him back to that sucky orphanage.

There is no way I'm going back there.

Running behind a tree, Hibari just managed to hide himself from view when a police car parked right outside where he was a while ago. He watched silently in the shadows as a policeman walked up the stairs and knocked on the door of where he once lived. After knocking a few more times, he kicked down the door and went inside.

The police can deal with everything else, they just have to leave the culprits of the murder to his hands. He swore this promise to himself. He'll definitely achieve it.

He turned and ran. His short legs were tired from searching for that woman earlier but that didn't stop his fast paced running past the streets. Hibari didn't know where his feet were leading him to. He was just tired. Exhausted.

His breathing gradually became short quick breaths, so he stopped. Closing his eyes and slowly breathing in deeply, he tried to calm down his beating heart.

Breathe in. Hold. Breathe out. He felt his heartbeat regain its normal beat and opened his eyes…to an unfamiliar place?

Where am I? It was already very late, not a single light was lit but the bright white moon and stars in the dark sky above him. He was sleepy and tired.

Climbing up a tree, he went out like a candle on a sturdy branch. It didn't matter it wasn't soft as a bed. He needed his rest.

He will worry about breakfast tomorrow.

—

It wasn't a good day for Tsuna, or more like the day didn't start off that well at pre-school.

Nana was smiling happily as bright as the sun when he was shaken awake by her this morning. She helped him get ready for the day before going down together to eat the breakfast she had already prepared.

Tsuna stared worriedly across the table when she wasn't looking. It was as if nothing had happened last night. She was just that good at hiding it.

Just not good enough to bypass Tsuna's sensitivity.

"Tsu-kun, you might want to eat faster~ You might be late for pre-school," automatically, Tsuna spooned bigger mouthfuls of his cereal, looking very much like a hamster with his cheeks filled up. A chipmunk would work as well, either way Nana squealed at her 'Tsu-kun's' unintentional adorableness.

A confused face just stared back whilst slowly swallowing.

After finishing his breakfast, he held his mama's hands and trekked along the street towards what he called a hell hole. As the gates got closer, Tsuna clung closer to his mama's pants. He didn't want to go but he had to. He couldn't trouble his mama when she goes to work to support them.

Although monthly, they receive a large sum of money from that man that is enough for them to last more than a few months. Nana however still wishes to be able to support herself and Tsuna in case one day, their main source of income ceased.

That is believable.

That man could forget that he had a wife and a son at home when he is always overseas doing who knows what.

"Have fun again today Tsu-kun!"

And the gates clashed in front of him as his mama waved goodbye beyond them.

Tsuna sighed depressingly. Why did they have gates, it felt like he was in jail, or was it the fact he was shorter than the gates itself that created this feeling. He stared hopefully towards the figure of his mama leaving to turn back and take him out. No such luck when she disappeared from his view.

His shoulders slumped down with defeat. Clutching his small backpack, he headed for his classroom with Ms what-is-her-name-again.

Silently, he crept towards the back of the room, ignored by the other kids who were too busy chatting away. Just as he settled down in his usual spot, their teacher entered greeting her class and vice versa.

It was amusing how some of the bad kids he knew turn 180 degrees from mean to cute. Is this what they call teacher's pets? Hmmm…

Today they were having a drawing class to Tsuna's glee. It was something he enjoyed, he didn't have to speak and get laughed at for stuttering. He usually ends up with a red face back in his seat when that happens, and their teacher failing to stop the other kids from jeering at him.

Colour pencils and crayons were spread out on the tables and tiny grubby hands raced to get the best colours. Also grabbing a few pieces of paper, they ran back to their seats enthusiastically with their friends. Tsuna was off alone, having silently grabbed a few colours when the other kids were too busy fighting.

Staring at the blank paper laid out in front of him, he pressed a fist onto his chin and contemplated. What shall he draw today? Reaching out, he held a dark grey crayon and drew a curve. Then another and another until it connected with the first curve to form a cloud.

Hovering the tip across the page, the tip pressed down and drew smaller swirls surrounding the first one before switching for a deep purple pencil.

Slowly Tsuna sketched a head beside the cloud. Colouring in a pair of tiny beady eyes, he then drew a sharp beak. He slid his hand back and forth for the feathers. Taking a lighter purple, he shaded the bird in before using black. Leaning back, he looked over his creation.

A huge grey cloud floated solitary in the background with smaller misty ones that were separated from it. The main focus however was a detailed drawing of a black and purple bird flying with its wings spread wide apart taking flight. Each feather was drawn with detailed small strokes. Its eyes were staring as though right into his soul.

Tsuna placed his small hands onto the picture he drew, as if reaching out for the bird. It was a skylark. He had seen a dream of it last night.

He had been falling. Rapidly.

Down with air rushing into his face. He had felt so scared and so lonely. Tears had been streaming down his face as he continued to plummet down from the sky. He felt so sad. Lost. But then something warm enveloped him into a hug.

It felt so comforting. So nice and soothing. He opened his eyes and saw himself on top of a bird. A huge black and purple skylark. They were flying above the clouds. Short glimpses of the ground could be seen in between them.

Then the skylark spread its wings wide apart and landed on a large grey cloud. It placed him down so gently. The cloud felt very soft and cuddly underneath his bare feet. He looked up and stared straight into cold yet warm grey eyes. The bird had transformed into a young boy around his age.

He wanted to say something. Anything. He opened his mouth and-

The dream ended. With him feeling frustrated. Frustrated that he couldn't say what he wanted and he doesn't even know what he wanted to say. Frustrated that he couldn't see the other boy's face.

Overall, frustrated that the dream was confusing and was one of his foretelling dreams. All he could understand was that he may meet that person later on. Probably sooner than he expected.

Tsuna stared at the skylark he drew, trying to imagine the boy's features but only remembered his eyes. He hoped the boy was nice.

"What is this, birds aren't purple Dame-Tsuna," he flinched and looked up, to see a boy with an evil smirk on his face towering over him. His usual bully has finally arrived. Without his lackeys that is.

Hastily, Tsuna folded his picture neatly into quarters and stuffed it inside his pocket. The bully grinned evilly and opened his mouth to jab at him.

"Children, it's time for your afternoon snack," with that Tsuna used this opportunity to escape. Grabbing his backpack as well – he didn't know what they might do to it if he left it there - he ran out the door into the playground amongst the other kids.

The bully was left behind with a scowling face, having his enjoyment escaped, but then the corners of his lips turned up as he followed the crowd out the door.

Running away from his bully was annoying. It always happens, so he tries to avoid him. Last time he got his lunch stolen and met his mama with a starving tummy. Fortunately, she just thought he was a growing boy and needed more food. This morning he was given lunch enough for two people. Hopefully he could at least keep half of it for himself to eat.

Suddenly he was taken out of his thoughts. A very accidental push sent Tsuna sprawling onto the ground. Pain filled his brain feeling stinging from his hands and legs. He got up, wincing at the pain and looked over himself. He had scraped his palms and knees. What luck he has.

"Haha, Dame-Tsuna is so clumsy right" he looked towards the source of the voice. It was the bully. With his lackeys this time. Damn.

Ignoring the stinging, he ran again as the bullies behind him shouted and ran after him. This time he ran towards his area. His haven in this hell hole that they call 'a pre-school with charming children'. Charming? What charming children? I don't see any.

Past the boundary line where they weren't supposed to go beyond, he opened a wired gate and ran behind it before locking it up again. He kept running until he couldn't hear their voices. He ran through trees with precise balance and stopped when he saw a clearing with a lake beside it.

He was there. His haven.

It was beautiful really. Different flowers grew around the forest floor, the sun caused the ripples on the lake to sparkle brilliantly, a large cherry blossom tree grew beside it. It was beautiful during spring when it blooms.

Slightly breathing heavily, he sat down underneath the huge tree where there was shade. The gentle breeze blew into his heated face felt soothing. He flopped down on the ground, closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment.

He looked up at the clear blue sky with clouds floating here and there.

Good weather today.

He laid there for a while, relaxing and unknowingly, fell asleep. A while later he woke up feeling hungry so he took out his lunch box to eat. Today he had a pair of each food. Two juice boxes, two hamburgers, two chocolate bars and two cookie packets. Yum.

Hungrily he reached out for his burger, only to hear the sound of a bell ringing softly.

Why was everything going against him today?

Life is never fair for him. Why? What did he do wrong?

Disappointed, he put his lunch box back into his bag and made his way back to his pre-school. It wasn't that far away. He will be back here tomorrow, next time he will eat his lunch. He just had to stop wasting his precious time.

Did he mention that his pre-school was built right in front of Namimori Forest?

—

The loud sound of a bell jerked Hibari awake. What was wrong with that wakeup call? He will bite them to death for disturbing his sleep. Yawning he thought back to last night to now. He only had what? 6 to 7 hours of sleep? He needed more.

Straightening himself up, he jumped down from the tree and turned towards the culprit for the disturbance. Irritated he looked around and saw a pre-school. Damn, he couldn't bite a building to death. Disappointment filled him.

Hibari carefully observed his surroundings. He still didn't know where he was. It was quite an empty street apart from the pre-school and a…mini-supermarket across the street.

Wao, just what he need. He was hungry and there was a place to buy food.

Wonderful.

Counting the pocket money he brought, there should be enough for him to buy something to eat.

With that concluded, Hibari made his way towards the shop that may or may not be traumatized, by a six year old boy.

—

Now any poor soul working and a young boy comes in threatening them would be traumatized. Especially if a boy was wielding a pair of tonfas and growling 'I'll bite you to death'.

That was what happened for Hiragi.

It was just another normal day. He was helping out putting stocks away. Normally there wouldn't be any customers until later when the pre-school across the street lets the kids out and their parents came here to buy them a snack. Or it could be early in the morning, some people come by to buy breakfast or coffee.

Very late at night, some come to buy cigarettes, ingredients for dinner or magazines. At the end of each day, they would close the shop one hour before midnight.

So when Hiragi heard the door bell chime, he was a bit surprised. He looked over his shoulder to welcome the customer.

"Irashaima…se?" Where were they? Did a stray cat of dog managed to come in?

"Hiragi-kun, can you please check if it wasn't a stray animal that came in?" The gruff voice of his manager snapped him out of his stupor.

"Yes!"

Confused, he placed the box of stocks he was putting away down on the floor and headed towards the entrance. He looked around and spotted…huh? A kid? Shouldn't he be in school at this time?

"Hey kid. What are you doing here out of school? Where are your parents?" Bending down to the boy's level, he looked right into the boy's eyes and felt himself shiver. A pair of icy grey eyes stared coldly back at him. Young boys shouldn't have such a cold look in their eyes.

Nevertheless, he unconsciously gulped down a fear that rose within him.

"S-so kid," why did he stutter, it's just a kid. "What's wrong?"

The 'kid' calmly looked back at him and said, "Herbivore, I would like to buy some food."

Hiragi blinked blankly at this, this straightforwardness. Also, just where was this kid's manners? Calling him a herbivore. What were they teaching children at school these days? The young boy must have asked him something for quite a while, since he felt something painful smack him in the face, sending him flying back a few metres into the wall.

Cradling his left cheek, he looked back at the boy with shock. The person in question looked irritated…and are those tonfas in his hands? How did the small figure carry so much strength?

"I'll ask one more time, where is the food section useless herbivore? Answer or I'll bite you to death." Seeing him growling and the tonfas suddenly shining dangerously, Hiragi quickly pointed to the back of the shop. He watched carefully as the boy walked towards where he pointed, flinching slightly away when he walked passed him.

Hastily, he got up and retreated a safe distance far away from the boy. He was dangerous no doubt, and he doesn't want to invoke that kid's anger. His left cheek was still throbbing, a lump was forming and it might be bruised purple already.

Hopefully no one will ask about it. He just can't say a little boy had hit him. No one would believe him. Normal young boys shouldn't be able to inflict much injury or this amount of damage.

Well he learnt something new today. His eyes followed the boy's movements as he picked up something off the shelf and headed towards the counter.

Beware of small boys with cold eyes who may wield tonfas.

—

Stupid herbivore, ignoring me after offering help. I should hit him again, this time on his other cheek.

However before Hibari could carry on his plan, he focused on the growling of his stomach.

He retracted his tonfas and walked past rows of magazines, CDs and others until he reached the back of the shop where the instant meals could be bought. He will bite that herbivore later, breakfast comes first. Wait, it's lunch now…oh well.

Scanning over the shelves he contemplated on which to choose. He only had enough money to last him for a week. He needed to find somewhere to live soon, first he must limit the amount of money he can spend.

Nodding to himself, he reached out for an onigiri -it was the cheapest- and went to the counter to pay.

"Thank you and have a nice day!" His cheerfulness was irritating, but Hibari kept his composure and took his purchase calmly. Walking towards the door, he saw the worker from earlier shuffling quietly behind a magazine shelf away from his view.

Hibari arched an eyebrow at the herbivore. Seriously, that guy was afraid of him when he had only bitten him once? Weird. Isn't that guy at the counter weirder since he completely ignored what happened a while ago?

He shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and strode out the door. Doesn't matter, it's not like they will meet again.

Crossing the streets, he climbed the tree he had fell asleep on again. Settling down on the branch, he took out his onigiri and unwrapped it. He took a bite and it tasted heavenly as it appeased his hunger.

Slowly taking a bite after bite, he savoured the flavour. It was too soon when all was left was the crumbs and the plastic wrapping.

Sadly, he was still hungry, he was growing after all. He wrapped the rubbish into a ball and aimed it perfectly into the bin beside the bench underneath him.

He stared up at the cloudy sky. It was a good day.

His mouth opened wide as he yawned was covered politely with his hand. Time for an afternoon nap.

So he laid back down on the branch and returned to his sleep.

—

Thankfully, no one realized he went missing. Actually, no one cared.

He was Tsuna the weird kid who says weird things, the dame one, the odd one out. Not like he cares much. So he just sneaked in the crowd of kids and walked back to their classroom.

For the rest of the day they were learning basic things like counting numbers from 1 to 10, so he just zoned out completely.

Really. Just how did that kid get two and eight mixed up? They were so far apart in the counting system and sound nothing similar.

Groaning to himself he wondered why was he here? He could be learning more at home on the minicomputer he won secretly. What a waste of time...

When it was time for parents to come pick them up, Tsuna was overjoyed. It was that boring. He shot up from his chair and followed the other kids out the door to greet their parents and go home.

He watched as a spiky black haired boy ran into the arms of who he assumes to be his father. They chatted happily over something and the dad left carrying his son.

He will soon leave here with his mama and be back home as well. So he waited.

And waited...

And waited…

Almost all the children waiting outside were gone. All but him.

His mama must be overworking again. Not wanting to go back inside to wait like the rest, he trudged over to a nearby bench that was far from the cursed place, yet close enough for someone to spot him from there. In the distant that is.

Worrying his mama is a big no-no. She'll just get stressed and cry again. He doesn't want to see those tears. A smile fitted her better.

He sat down on the grey bench and lied back. He might as well study the clouds in the sky to pass time.

—

He was woken up again. This time by the sound of someone sitting down onto the bench which was underneath him. Why couldn't he be left in peace to sleep? Growling under his breath, he looked down to see which herbivore had waked him up.

First thing he noticed was the puffy chocolate brown hair that framed a healthy rosy face of a child with a very small and slender stature. They wore a soft blue jumper with a hoodie that looked oversized on them and earthly coloured brown shorts. A matching pair of white shoes was worn on a pair of tiny feet.

Hibari stared closely at the face focusing on the clouds above. They had big round innocent brown eyes and chubby cheeks that made them count as one of the 'cute' kids. Problem was...he couldn't tell if they were a girl or a guy.

He looks too feminine to be a male and she just didn't seem right. Observing the child more closely, he concluded he was male.

He stared at the boy for a while before deciding to ignore the boy. That was until he took something out of his jumper's pocket. He watched curiously as he unfolded it to reveal a very detailed picture of a bird flying in the sky. Wanting to see it closer he called out to him.

"Oi herbivore."

Hibari felt a sudden shock when the child tilted his head up and looked straight into his eyes.

—

Two little feet swang back and forth on a bench as 'big round innocent' eyes scanned his surroundings in boredom. Tsuna was still waiting for his mama to come and pick him up from pre-school. She was very late today.

He had already finished playing his made up game of naming what each cloud in the sky looked like. One of them looked like a teacup, another looked like an elephant and so on.

With nothing to do, he just observed the clouds again. They were so big and fluffy looking. He wondered if it was as soft and cuddly as how he felt them in his dream.

Remembering his dream, he took out the folded picture he drew during pre-school today. He carefully unfolded it and smoothed out the creases. He stared intensely at the skylark.

Maybe he could figure out the meaning of his dream now. Something to do with clouds in the sky, a black and purple skylark representing a boy who saves him or something. What could it possibly mean... His only solid clue was those enchanting grey eyes. Anyone could have them!

"Oi herbivore."

Tsuna blinked. Was someone was referring to him? Hardly anyone talks to him so it was very unlikely. Confused, he looked around his surroundings for anyone that could have called out. He heard a sudden rustle above him and looked up cautiously.

His breath hitched as their eyes met.

They were the same pairs of enchanting eyes he had saw in his dream. No doubt about it. He couldn't forget them.

It was him.

-End-

Prologue AN

Hi!

I've been away for a few years because I got into drawing, check my deviantART if you wish, same username. Now I'm Hibikiri, previously known as KMSK & something else I forgot eheh =="""

As you can see...I'm typing something...that is not the new chapter for 'Secret Powers' since I have lost my motivation, don't remember anything for the storyline and the way I wrote it makes me cringe so I have no idea how to continue it. So I'm sorry to say...it shall be on indefinite HIATUS or discontinued like my other fanfic.

I only have a few things to say about this new fanfic, I was inspired by quite a few fanfics with a non dame-Tsuna which I wish to write about. My main reason for writing now is stress-reliever when I can't draw or bored. So I'm sorry to say, this is not going to be updated regularly especially since I'm in Year 11 which is important.

To be honest…I have no idea if this is a 1827 romance, friendship, family or what. I'm just writing my two favourite characters that MAY develop into something more as a couple REALLY further on since it's my OTP.

I'm sorry for my grammar mistakes and the fact I don't know how to make kids sound like kids here... =="""

Thank you for stopping by, hope you liked it, a review would be nice?

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Ahaha, so near the part where they meet properly but ok...just had to cut it off here for a cliff hanger...

I had a sudden huge inspiration today (right after my birthday the leap year) and continued this 800 words chapter I started to 4000 words...amazed at myself...=="""

Ehehe, I made Hibari seem like a stray cat, no? Tsuna is cute to me and yes he looked feminine in a few OFFICIAL pictures you know...I don't know why but Tsuna is pro with drawing...=="""

Hope you liked it and review?