For the King I Love

11. chapter - Memory

Characters:
Tsuna - White Rabbit
Hibari - King of Hearts
Kusakabe  - Knight of Hearts
Gokudera - Tweedle Dee
Yamamoto - Tweedle Dum
Shamal - caterpillar Absolem
Hana, Kyoko - chefs in the Red palace
Haru - gardener
Reborn - Cheshire Cat
Dino - Alice
Mukuro - Mad Hatter
Chrome - Mice Mallymkun
Ken and Chikusa - Hares

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As the Rabbit walked through the hallway he thought about recent events with depressed look on his face. Whole kingdom was talking about it - about Alice and unexpected ball. No one could believe that it was true, after all how is it possible for the ancient legend to be fulfilled so easily and moreover, what the heck happened that the King decided to organize a ball?! Well because of that Dino was constantly accompanied by a bunch of court ladies and gentlemen and it seemed that he had no problem with it. In the evening Dino and the King went and fought each other until late in the night and luckily Kusakabe was able to somehow stop them because if he didn't they would fight all night.

Tsuna sighed and looked out of one window to the starry sky. It was like this for three days already - he knew he shouldn't feel like this, but it wasn't like he had a choice. Everyone around him looked happy and excited about the ball, because the last ball was when Hibari was crowned as the king but it wasn't just because of that. New hope appeared and everyone in the kingdom hoped that Alice will marry the cruel King and make him nicer. Tsuna wasn't surprised by it at all, after all they couldn't ask for better Alice - Dino was so strong, confident and dazzling - total opposite of the skylark, but somehow the brunette felt that it wasn't very unpleasant to Hibari. Every time he saw him going to the throne room he looked so...so somewhat excited. It was for the first time Tsuna saw Hibari like that and it really agonized him. He always wanted Hibari to look at him like that even though he knew he was never in position to wish for something so shameful. The brunette was happy just with being close to the King but now he felt like Alice took his place and even placed himself closer.

Clenching his fists he wondered if there's any way to make things the way they were before. 'I know.... I know I should at least try to be happy for Hibari-san, but it's hard. Even if there's no way how to get closer to him I want to stay by his side. I don't want to be abandoned again...' he thought and remembered some sad memories he would rather forget. In that moment Hibari's words echoed in his mind again.

'I don't want some weak herbivore by my side.'

Tsuna gulped and suddenly he knew what should he do. 'I have to become stronger for Hibari-san! Dino-san proved himself that he's worthy of being with him, so I should do the same.' the brunette smiled and felt new resolve running through his body.

Suddenly he heard steps coming closer. He glanced at two maids who dashed through the hallway with excited expressions. "Dino-san and the King are fighting again! Let's hurry and peek a little!" said one of them and both of them disappeared behind the corner, giggling.

The brunette squeezed his sleeves and started walking again with gloomy face. 'And just when I was in a good mood I had to hear that!' he thought and wondered where should he go so he could be at ease and think about how to get stronger. 'My room? ...no, I don't want to go there. Then how about garden?'

Just when that idea struck his head he noticed his legs were already leading him to his favorite place. Smiling he quickened his pace to the point he almost ran. Tsuna rushed through the hallways and stairs and when he finally saw big glass door, he felt very nice and calm feeling within him and that feeling grew in the moment he entered the garden and left suffocating palace behing himself. Long sigh escaped his lips as he felt soothing atmosphere around him filling his mind and making him better.