[ He reads it well, knows the words not said, the warning in the wake of the two syllables Hibari responds to when they're alone, when no one is around to hear what he calls him.
And so he stops, for a moment, glancing down at his hand, the way it tightened over that dangerously sharp blade. Any moment, there will be blood, spilling from the cut, staining the floor.
He wonders if Yamamoto - no, Takeshi - knows this.
Hibari raises his chin, then, in a gesture that is calmly challenging, almost defiant, and it annoys him when a small, traitorous part of him suggests that perhaps he should explain himself. Maybe apologize. He crushes it quickly - someone like him would never apologize. He ignores, too, the faintest nagging of guilt. He's watched Yamamoto grieve, spent endless nights with him while he came to terms with the death of the Vongola Tenth. Shared his bed, fucked him, to know exactly how the man feels every single night.
Knows, and all the while, said nothing. Done nothing but tighten his grip on the man and whispered for him to go faster, harder. Offering comfort the only way he knew how.
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And so he stops, for a moment, glancing down at his hand, the way it tightened over that dangerously sharp blade. Any moment, there will be blood, spilling from the cut, staining the floor.
He wonders if Yamamoto - no, Takeshi - knows this.
Hibari raises his chin, then, in a gesture that is calmly challenging, almost defiant, and it annoys him when a small, traitorous part of him suggests that perhaps he should explain himself. Maybe apologize. He crushes it quickly - someone like him would never apologize. He ignores, too, the faintest nagging of guilt. He's watched Yamamoto grieve, spent endless nights with him while he came to terms with the death of the Vongola Tenth. Shared his bed, fucked him, to know exactly how the man feels every single night.
Knows, and all the while, said nothing. Done nothing but tighten his grip on the man and whispered for him to go faster, harder. Offering comfort the only way he knew how.
He waits for what he knows will come next. ]