The king's Throne | Katekyou hitman Reborn Crossover |hiatus|

Chapter six: "All youth are stubborn"

It was quite a shock, Heine didn't expect the prince to question something such as that to Heine himself. To be honest, he hasn't truly able to comprehend what has definitely been let out from the prince's mouth. Heine didn't know when it started, but he lets out a shaky breath he had never felt of holding. It started from him doing the questioning... until this, the situation had been easily manoeuvred by the prince. It's sudden and blunt, the question almost left his mind going every place, visiting possible memories that would come up with a professional and adequate answer.

Though, now that they had come to this... how again would Heine act professionally in front of such a towering figure? He's making a fool of himself if he thinks about disciplining the other for questioning him in such an odd manner. It wasn't exactly threatening, nor it was subtle. It's almost, if he were to describe it-- stern. Heine gulps again as he notices the way the candles lighting up behind the dept of his sapphire eyes, looking at him with a dangerous stare. it was no secret that the other was impatient due to himself, and he would not let it keep that way.

It was that feeling again, the sound of his heart pounding against his rib cage, loud enough for it to reach the inside of his ear sharply yet muffled. His body went rigid on the spot, the line of his spine growing hard as all the air seemed to have seized in his lungs. The nervous movements of his teeth biting his inner flesh came to a screeching halt as he sits perfectly still, holding in the burning oxygen he took a gulp of in his fit of shocked strain.

The question was almost morbid to answer, as his guts scream to hold the unthinkable gibberish he would let pass his lips. This is the second time-- including his childhood, that he had sat shuddering oddly and keep fear inside, on answering something. Perhaps it was his absurd stare, his presence, or it's just the thought of failing something that's not supposed to be a test from the start.

he was defenceless.

"I-" He quivered as soon she lets his lips open an entrance for the cold chilly air gushing inside, entering him like an open door, "-think this is rather amusing." His voice was rather high-pitched and slightly hoarse, given the situation he had been silent this whole time.

He lets out a small whimper from the dried feeling, but it was thankfully covered by the sound of the storm raging outside. The soft patter of raindrops plopping against the large windowpane behind him caused his body to grow lax in the stubborn tensed lines of his limbs, the sound a comforting static noise that caused a sense of serenity to infuse itself into the marrow of his bones and leave him complacent from where he laid.

His answer was simple, the opposite of abstract. Yet, it's concrete, hard to hit the reaction on the other's words.

Though, the other tilts an eyebrow at him, Did I say something wrong?

He didn't seem to mention anything exasperated or too short in his answer, sure he missed all the too detailed words, but it was rather clear to process.

"You're really odd." The prince's words were nonchalant but edged with a mocking lilt that made he turn his head in prince Tsuna's direction directly and watch in surprise at the rather dirty grin that spread out across his face. "Some lad would kick their arse out of here from the question."

The man's brown hair was messy with the chaotic tousled locks falling into his right eye's line of sight, sweeping feather-light over his forehead and cheekbone as the red strands kissed his unblemished flesh. The sharp set of his striking facial features were more defined in the way the shadows of the room's hallway lighting played over his jawline and cheekbones.

And that magnetizing azure gaze of his made up of varying shades of thick mirroring sapphire pulsated in their colours as those wavering blue eyes grew cold, his lips opening to let out a small vibrating chuckle, "Yet you find it amusing. Care to share?" He asked, settling the smirk down, giving Heine a dimpled smile instead.