Sunset Hue (KHR Fanfiction)

Blackthorn Order

Mia knew she was being incredibly ignorant and stupid. Usually she was more reasonable than this. After all, jumping into the arms of her would-be murderer was completely out of character for her even if she lacked self-preservation. But she knew that she just had to get to the bottom of this, to free herself from this gnawing pursuit of knowledge that was practically eating her from the inside. She didn't think that Tsuna would understand how much it meant for her to know when she herself didn't understand it all that well.

She was stroking Leon's head when Eisen poked his head from out of his tiny kitchen. The university student had heavy bags underneath his eyes – a testament of the all-nighter he had pulled to help her. Mia smiled at him and gestured at the simple breakfast she made. "Is Nagi well?"

He blearily blinked at her, too tired to reply immediately but took a seat. Mia stood up to pour him a cup of coffee. He yawned. "Her vitals are stable… I replenished her blood supply too… and… why are you looking at me that way?"

Mia was giving the older teen a look of surprise. "Well… I… you had packets of blood stashed in your apartment?"

The silence between them barely lasted for a minute when Eisen took a swift chug of his coffee. He shook his head in weary amusement. "Of all things you ask that?" he muttered into his cup. Mia tilted her head, a bit confused at what she heard.

"I knew the Hibari clan does a lot of shady stuff but I was still surprised ya know?" she said. Eisen proceeded to gag into his coffee. How she even knew that he didn't want to know. It was bad enough she was too comfortable with his family's infamy. He went ahead to eat breakfast instead and found himself pleasantly surprised at how good it was.

Mia smiled at his reaction and went to check on Nagi. It was the least she could have done for him after all he had done. Looking at the sleeping form of her new friend, Mia frowned at her agreement with Mukuro's request although she wondered if he really knew what he was doing. She had no power over this matter. Briefly she had thought about the black phone that hid away at home but eventually shook that thought away – it wouldn't be right to use her connections like that.

Nagi was sleeping soundly. Now that the recent events had finally sunk in, Mia wanted nothing but to follow her friend to the land of slumber. She hadn't slept much. Mostly because she was full of tension and partly because she was worried that Mukuro would have possessed Nagi and go psychopath on them while she slept. Yeah, there's just nothing to keep you up at night than worrying over being stabbed in the back. After watching Nagi for a few moments, Mia went to tuck the sheets better around the younger girl.

She will think about Mukuro's request some other time. Right now it would be important for her to focus on one thing at a time. It seems that sleep would be nothing but a fantasy to her right now. She pulled out a chair and sat on it. There she began to contemplate in complete silence. When Eisen went to check on his patient late that afternoon, she barely even acknowledged him.

"M-Matteis-san… do you even blink?" he asked, slightly disturbed with her unwavering gaze.

Mia snorted, finally relieving the other from his discomfort. "Of course I do. I was just thinking."

"Thinking of what may I ask?" The words left his mouth before he even thought of it, too curious he was. He grimaced at the growing grin on her face.

"Nothing that you don't need to concern yourself with." Eisen wasn't assured. Mia frowned when he suddenly excused himself to the toilet and shrugged it off. The rustling sound of sheets drew her attention towards the bed where Nagi was beginning to stir. Two large violet eyes peeked from underneath dark purple hair. Mia smiled.