Fandom: Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
Pairing: Hibari x Reader  Wordcount: 2,210
Summary:Â Hibari is a weird man, famous for his rather aggressive aura. After he moves into your neighborhood, an oasis inside a big neon town, Hibari Kyouya brings with him the weirdest situations into your life, as he makes a startling entrance with an accident with his "co-worker", Yamamoto Takeshi.
This is an entry for #khrevents April Angst 2021/ Day 8/ Yearning, Longing/ Reincarnation AU/ "I don't want to forget you."
AO3 link:Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/30658199
The glass door from your coffee shop and gardening club swings open, you donât really care to see whoâs there because itâs almost the end of your shift and youâre really entertained with social media, though you did greet the person entering. â Good evening. Welcome to the Daily Lily.â
âGood evening, Iâm afraid weâll have to check out your storage.â
âAre you the police?â
â...No.â Â The voice seemed hesitant, you notice.
âThen I canât help with that, we have a promotion on cheesecake today though.â Â You smile and finally look up, afraid it might be a man trying to mess up with you. Well, it was two men, in fact. Youâve heard the rumors around the neighborhood, that Hibari Kyouya was a man with a weird aura that just moved in alone with some exotic pets, while he seemed delicate and handsome, he just had this introverted, aggressive aura and youâd never expect him to show up in your small business as the companion of another guy. Tall, tan skin, dark hair, buff, a scar on his chin in contrast with a bright gentle smile. He seemed to carry a baseball bat in his back, which made the combination of sports and their suits really off, they both seem to be either Japanese or Korean.
While Hibari, the grumpy one, seemed to not be so happy about being with the other guy. Like a puppy and an old cat. "We donât wanna bother you, but-..." The baseball guy was cut off by a loud noise coming from the back of the store. Normally you would be worried that your co-worker got hurt or something, but today? Youâve been alone for the second half of your shift. Itâs not supposed to be noisy there, youâre frozen in the spot.
Hibari immediately bursts into the staff-only area of your shop, and before you can protest, the other guy gently grabs your shoulder. âEverything will be fine, weâll take care of this situation. I just need you to hide in the restroom.ââ
âExcuse me?!â No time for excuses, you heard someone grunting and the loud noises start getting too repetitive. Your phone was given in your hands and you basically got pushed into the room by the taller guy. âSorry, huuh I really need to go there⌠â He said as the door slammed on your face. The restroom was cozy enough, you had it decorated as you wanted, and you were firmly holding your phone in case you needed to call someone...But then, who would you be calling? The police would probably make things worse, especially because they seemed to be armed, or worse, maybe these guys are the police in disguise. You fidget your fingers along the cold black surface as a way to calm down a little, it seemed pointless. The noise was too loud to just put on earbuds and ignore them, but you realize: And if this is all a scheme? Rushing to peek at the door, as your eyes meet the pastel walls of the store, you realize it seems like no oneâs here at all. Until you hear the cranky storage door opening, and as soon as you see the Baseball guy again, you close the door. Donât want him thinking youâve been spying on whatever happened in the storage, with your heart racing, you hear a gentle knock on the wooden door, accompanied by his voice. âEverything is fine! You can come out. Iâm sorry I didnât say my name before, Iâm Yamamoto Takeshi and my company here is Hibari Kyouya.â
Decide to close the shop soon as you could for the day, you come out of the restroom, greeted by the two men.
âI am not your partner, Yamamoto Takeshi.â Â He mutters, Hibari looks completely clean, you could still mistake him with a businessman. While Takeshi seems to have bruised his hand a little. You offer him your first-aid kit which he accepts, then you close the curtains so thereâs no curiosity about thatâs going on inside. âSo, what happened in my storage?â Â You cross your arms, with a cotton stained with blood between your fingers, slightly annoyed by the whole situation. Making mental notes of what to tell your therapist later, then going back to cleaning the dry blood on Yamamoto's calloused hand.
âTwo burglars, they were armed but easy to deal with.â Hibari finally says something directed to you, maybe itâs the first time he bothered to look in your eyes. Not that youâre annoyed by that, perhaps heâs just introverted. But at the same time, now that he looked at your face, it's like something inside him got frozen, awkward. It's such a weird feeling, especially since he doesn't really show it off, you just can tell. âAre you guys police officers?â You change the subject, brushing it off your mind, Hibari looks away, you canât tell if heâs offended by being compared to a cop or something else. âNot at all! We just know how to handle them. Weâll send you a check to compensate for the damage and the working time you spent in the restroom as well.â Yamamoto finished his bandage and happily hands you paper and pen. âJust write down your shopâs address and info and the check will arrive in 3 to 5 days.â
You couldnât really believe in such kindness, or at least knowing how to deal with the consequences of their vigilante work but since they already know the shop you write it down anyway. â Are you all putting me in some pyramid scheme? You two seem like stage actors.â They do look like handsome actors, you think.
âWe arenât.â Hibari actually pulls out an unused bullet from his pocket to show theyâre not lying, effective but scary. He just turns away and keeps browsing the plants you got for sale, examining the quality of an English Ivyâs vine. âDonât scare them, câmon. Isnât this shop your neighbor now?â  Yamamoto jokes around, Hibari sends him a deadly look and you decide you wonât touch the neighbor subject ever again.
âIf you two excuse me, I have to close the shop and go home. Itâs getting late and I don't plan to work more today.â You operate the register and turn off your computer for the day, swinging the keys in your index finger. Anxious to get home to your cat and a nice hot bath to relax. âThank you again for your kindness, next time you visit the shop anything from the coffee and plants is on me. But don't do crazy stuff again.â You smile as everyone leaves the inside area with you. âBy the way, whoâs going to take these two burglars out? Did you guys called the police?â
âKusakabe already took them, before you got out of the restroom.â Hibari says in a beat, interrupting Yamamoto before he could say something else. âWhoâs that?â Â You raise an eyebrow, the Baseball guy blurts out, dismissing any curiosity you might have. âHeâs a friend of ours whoâs actually a cop!â Thatâs weird, you didnât even see a vehicle, and usually, when cops stopped around they were always noisy and had the blue and red lights on. Off-duty cops, detectives, spies, what are these people doing around? Your curiosity around these two can only grow. Itâs not like your hometown has anything important in the first place. Anyway, you say your goodbyes and already invited them to come once more. Perhaps it will be good to have these two around, at least against burglars.
Hibari turns to Yamamoto as soon as you disappeared in a street corner, with earbuds on, bursting your playlist for a nice walk and everything âThatâs why we shouldnât operate with any civilians nearby, we might be compromised now.â.
âIt wasnât that bad, I think they got to sympathize with us, itâll be just a weird day on their life.â Â Takeshi stretches his arms, itâs quite complicated to deal with you and Hibari all at once. âBut, still if we didnât interfere these guys might take them hostage, steal the shop, or whatever their intentions were. Weâre lucky you saw they had guns when passing by the street.â
âI am sure Kusakabe will find out their true intentions, but meanwhile we cannot afford to bring attention to us. No more.â Hibari walked down the street, ready to get to his new apartment. âAnd, Yamamoto.â
âIf you get back here in the shop, donât do anything weak and stupid.â A threat, how much that suits him, it must be a serious matter, no wonder the Foundation decided to settle in that small town for a while. Once Hibari got home, greeted by Hibirdâs singing, he lets out a long sigh. What happened today? Two Mafia men going out for a civilianâs small business as if itâs a serious matter for them. But especially, the Cloud Guardian feels like he just knows you from somewhere. Your voice and eyes seem oddly familiar, but if he was to put this feeling into words itâ would simply smell like bullshit. Herbivore bullshit. He takes a long shower, and gets to bed to read something before sleeping, but canât concentrate on his book. It canât be, he even loses sleep and feels exhausted, only falling asleep when his body couldnât take it anymore.
He wakes up in a bad mood, feeds Hibird and Roll, and opens his fridge: nothing, just a bottle of water. Well, he has to remind Kusakabe to do his groceries, but for now, heâll be ok with going to your shop for breakfast. He gets changed from his kimono to casual clothing, itâs 07:00 AM when he walks down the block and notices no oneâs inside the shop beside you, as he opened the door a ring is heard, you turn your head to see whoâs there, the shop seems clean and decorated with paper and fairy lights hanging on the wall, plus with the plants of all sorts, making the place lively, with soft lo-fi music in the background. âHey, good morning Sir.â He murmurs a response and orders blueberry pancakes with a black coffee on the balcony. âThanks for coming after yesterday, I came here earlier to clean but your partner Kusakabe was waiting at the door to help me out.â
âGood.â Â As you manage the register, he notices you have cupcakes with colorful glaze and cutesy decor right beside you, and a poster that he canât read from that distance. You see heâs staring at something and offers him one of the cupcakes. âToday Iâm throwing a small event here, the shop will celebrate 2 years of business, come by if you want to.â
âIâm not letting you give me everything in the shop for free.â Â He rejects and suits himself a table nearby the window. âI donât like parties, or crowded places so Iâll stop by tomorrow.â This hurts your ego a little bit, but it would probably be embarrasing to have a stranger around, heâs quiet most of the time. You wonder if Yamamoto is more of a party person, then, your thoughts drift to the question: Is Yamamoto Takeshi single? He doesnât have a wedding ring, and neither does Hibari.Â
 You shake your head before you could turn red in front of him. âWell, Iâll save you a piece of cake my parents made then.â  You say, as you get prepared to do everything for todayâs menu ready.
âYou donât have to.â Ouch. You decide to not offer him more things, but this behaviour makes you wonder if he has a jealous partner.
Usually you let everything sort-of-ready so you just need to heat them in the oven on the back of the balcony. Cooking is time-consuming, but at least itâs pretty lucrative. âI think Iâll take around 30 minutes since youâre an early bird. You can use a laptop to work or shop for flowers if you like stuff like gardening.â Â You turn your head to talk to him, but to your surprise, heâs already looking at some pots and examining some other gardening products you have around, you didn't expect him to be this kind of person, gardening takes nurturing, care, and a lot of attention towards a living being who doesn't even communicate like animals. He does like gardening apparently, you expected him to pull off a MacBook and have an online meeting over his meal or something, maybe doing finances of whatever organization he's probably the leader at, at least that's what his expensive suit tells. When you get to serve his plate, the spare chair has a basket full of gardening materials, seeds for fruits and veggies, some pots, a small rake, and a trowel.
As the clients come in and you get busier, he didnât want to be a burden, so he just sat there and tried to enjoy his breakfast, even though the place was a little more crowded than he would like to. But still, Hibari can manage that for a bit, and then he realizes how the situation just got weirder to him, how come heâs doing that for you? And why did you felt so familiar? Spending most of his life there, just occasionally traveling he never noticed a person that matched that specific scene in his head. Is this some Herbivore bullshit? Maybe. Hibari is still pondering over this subject but as long as no one from the Foundation or Vongola finds out, he just found out a place with good pancakes, open from Monday to Saturday, how convenient. The whole saved your business and life thing or the fact that youâre attractive is just a small detail. Â When heâs done, Hibari gets up from his table and your co-worker comes to clean his spot. He takes his basket to the balcony for payment, but not before adding a purple flower to his shop list. When he gets to pass all the products, which usually the clients would take one or two plants, but he got around seven, letting the purple flower for last.
A small vase blooming with forget-me-nots, as you pass it on the register, you read the silly little tag you put in some pots as decoration, each has a quirky phrase or pun with the names, that one reads:
âDonât forget about meâ.