A Study of Why Hibari Kyouya Is the Way He Is
Fandom: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Character: Little kid Hibari
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,508
Worksafe: Yes
Warnings: Deadly little thing at such a young age... |D;;
Author's Note: For NaNoWriMo! I'm just collecting words. =3 Also, the puppy's name in here is the name of my friend's puppy. |D;; This was prompted by Tony (ravenlock_3), so... if you die of fright, blame her!
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The Hibari's made a nice family. Well, every family had that strange uncle that appeared every so often, but... apart from that, they were pretty normal people. Mr. Hibari was a proud man who provided for his family, and Mrs. Hibari was a dutiful wife and while working alongside her husband managed to keep her family close and loved them all dearly. They ran a pet store in Namimori, filled with cats, dogs, birds, snakes, hermit crabs, fish.... Rodents of unusual sizes.... All stuffed into a simple 1,500 sq. ft. building.
How they got business, and how Mr. Hibari managed to provide for his family through this method was completely unknown to the general public. The pet store was always so crowded (just with animals, even), and things were in general chaos, what with the dogs barking and cats mewling.... Birds chirping and cursing at customers.... The word 'mayhem' not even beginning to describe the going-ons of the Hibari family's pet store in Namimori.
Yet, twice a week when they brought their son in on Sundays and after school on Thursdays, the animals would calm down, and little Hibari Kyouya would play with them.
It was this particular Thursday that Kyouya shared what he learned at school.
"Sensei said that animals who eat only meat are called carnivores, and that animals who eat only not-meat are called herbivores. Is that true?"
Mrs. Hibari looked down at her son, blinking. Being taught that in first grade? "Yes, that's true."
"Sensei said that for herbivores to get not-meat, they need to eat plants, and that for carnivores to get meat, they need to eat other animals." This time Kyouya looked up at her, his stare nearly blank. "Is that true, too?" he asked.
"W-well, yes.... Yes it is."
"And that animals who eat both are called omnivores."
"Yes, they are. Humans are also omnivores."
Kyouya's eyes returned to the front, and after a few steps said, "... I want to be a carnivore." His voice was eerie as it floated on the air up to his mother's ears. Mrs. Hibari shivered. A seven-year-old's voice should not be so... well, scary....
The two walked into the shop where Mr. Hibari was trying to coax one of the cats back into its cage with the other cats. Mrs. Hibari noticed (with much of what might be called fright) that once her son had made eye contact with the cat and her sons eyes narrowed, the cat immediately joined its fellow felines as though that had been its plan all along. It was only... slightly disturbing....
But, things went back to normal within the next hour: Mr. Hibari was helping a customer, Mrs. Hibari was cleaning up around the shop, and Kyouya was drawing a picture as homework with his set of crayons. Mrs. Hibari was sweeping by, and then knelt down next to him, trying to peer over his shoulder.
"Kyouya, what are you drawing?" she asked.
"Homework."
"What do you have to draw?"
"Anything we learned today."
"... If I could ask, could I see it?"
It was just a few moments later when she had the paper in her hand that she regretted even wondering what it was her son was doing. On the paper, in crayon, were what could very possibly be the animals in the pet store... attacking the other animals and... were those people supposed to be customers?! A lot of the color on the page was red. As Mrs. Hibari glanced down, she noticed the red crayon had been worn down to half of its original length. She just bought those the other day!
"K-Kyouya.... I think...."
"Do you like it?"
Mrs. Hibari was stopped by the question, instead forced to answer with, "You used a lot of red."
Kyouya didn't move much; he just kept his gaze on his mother. "I like red. But it's very bright."
My child...! My only son...! My cute little boy...! Mrs. Hibari despaired. What happened to him...?!
Mrs. Hibari was pulled from her thoughts as she felt Kyouya brush past her with the picture. He approached his father, holding up the paper for him to see and praise. However... the customer was still there, and how could the customer not look? Mrs. Hibari covered her face, hearing even more people enter the store, causing the animals to go nuts.
"Father, will this picture get me good marks with Sensei?" Kyouya asked. Mrs. Hibari stared at the interactions, and the customers' baffled reactions to the rather... gory doodles of a seven year old. It was the end of the business forever, wasn't it?!
"What was that, Kyouya?" Mr. Hibari asked. "The animals are too loud, and you're too quiet."
From there, Mrs. Hibari watched her son turn his upper body to face the rest of the shop. His eyes narrowed as they had outside, and said, still in a soft voice, "Be quiet."
The barking stopped, as the cats' hissing fizzled out to nothing. The birds kept to simply twitching their heads, and any of the other animals kept whatever noise they made down to a minimum.
... There was clearly something not right about her son.
The following Sunday proved similar, only... minus the picture. (Kyouya's teacher wrote a letter of concern to the two parents, and asked Kyouya to draw a picture of a food chain--with no violence. Just arrows.) So now Kyouya sat in the middle of the store, the puppies and kittens playing around him, and napping, and crawling over him while he discontentedly drew circles and arrows (in black) pointing to and from a small range of mammalian creatures.
He paused working on his homework, yawning. Mrs. Hibari was very much relieved upon seeing that Kyouya hadn't found the red crayon (she'd carefully stolen the primary color), and continued on, picking up here and there, making sure everything was tidy should anymore customers arrive.
"Hn.... Aki-Chan." Mrs. Hibari turned, finding Kyouya speaking to one of the puppies. "Go fetch me my snack."
Careful not to blink, Mrs. Hibari watched as the puppy happily bounced off, its ears flopping, to go grab Kyouya's school bag and dutifully drag it back to him. She was too enamored in watching her son and the animals over the next hour and a half. If Kyouya told them to do something they did it, and there was something about the look in their eyes that... well, it was unsettling. It was as though they were afraid they might be in danger if they didn't listen to Kyouya. Kyouya was indeed surprising from time to time (especially recently...), but... surely he wouldn't let any harm befall anyone? Or animal?
The bell to the shop rang as several people entered. Immediately Mr. and Mrs. Hibari were up and greeting them to the shop. Kyouya, who'd been about to doze off for a small nap with the animals around him, was roused. Before his glare could intensify at the customers Mrs. Hibari turned around to focus better on the newcomers. Mr. Hibari was guiding them along, answering questions they had and giving input on the best kind of pet for different situations.
They came around near Kyouya who now stood, his glare very present. The puppies and kittens stood around him (one kitten on his shoulders), the lowest of growls only just barely noticeable. Mr. Hibari stopped, and began talking about the small creatures guarding Kyouya, about their... obvious loyalty to those who earn it.... Eventually the pet-babble died down, and the customers looked and smiled down to Kyouya.
"You're too close," he said. "It's too stuffy with just the puppies and kittens. We don't need people, too."
The adults all blinked, but the customers laughed. One of them extended a hand to ruffle Kyouya's hair. "Well then, aren't you just adorable?"
The cat on Kyouya's shoulder jumped off, hissing as Kyouya glared up, pouting. "If you don't take your hand off of me, I'll bite you to death."
The customer's friend grinned. "Isn't that cute?" he asked. "He's taking after the pets!"
Except... he wasn't. He was being dead serious. Quickly, Kyouya dodged and then lunged forward, biting down on the customers hand, hard. The offender yelled in fright and then pain as Mrs. Hibari shrieked, running to grab a first aid kit just in case. Mr. Hibari's eyes widened, and attempted to tug Kyouya away without cause further pain or damage to the customer. Eventually Kyouya released the hand in his mouth, tasting just a bit of blood and finding its coppery taste rather satisfactory for a self-appointed carnivore. Mrs. Hibari returned, bandages and disinfectant in hand, but... Kyouya was already smirking and pointing to the frightened customers. In that low, scary voice he whispered a harsh,
"Get them."
... Mr. and Mrs. Hibari closed their pet store soon after rounding up the last of the snakes and kittens three hours later, and made sure to move to a nice large house with no pets, and bought lots of meat.
Character: Little kid Hibari
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,508
Worksafe: Yes
Warnings: Deadly little thing at such a young age... |D;;
Author's Note: For NaNoWriMo! I'm just collecting words. =3 Also, the puppy's name in here is the name of my friend's puppy. |D;; This was prompted by Tony (ravenlock_3), so... if you die of fright, blame her!
☽✩☾
The Hibari's made a nice family. Well, every family had that strange uncle that appeared every so often, but... apart from that, they were pretty normal people. Mr. Hibari was a proud man who provided for his family, and Mrs. Hibari was a dutiful wife and while working alongside her husband managed to keep her family close and loved them all dearly. They ran a pet store in Namimori, filled with cats, dogs, birds, snakes, hermit crabs, fish.... Rodents of unusual sizes.... All stuffed into a simple 1,500 sq. ft. building.
How they got business, and how Mr. Hibari managed to provide for his family through this method was completely unknown to the general public. The pet store was always so crowded (just with animals, even), and things were in general chaos, what with the dogs barking and cats mewling.... Birds chirping and cursing at customers.... The word 'mayhem' not even beginning to describe the going-ons of the Hibari family's pet store in Namimori.
Yet, twice a week when they brought their son in on Sundays and after school on Thursdays, the animals would calm down, and little Hibari Kyouya would play with them.
It was this particular Thursday that Kyouya shared what he learned at school.
"Sensei said that animals who eat only meat are called carnivores, and that animals who eat only not-meat are called herbivores. Is that true?"
Mrs. Hibari looked down at her son, blinking. Being taught that in first grade? "Yes, that's true."
"Sensei said that for herbivores to get not-meat, they need to eat plants, and that for carnivores to get meat, they need to eat other animals." This time Kyouya looked up at her, his stare nearly blank. "Is that true, too?" he asked.
"W-well, yes.... Yes it is."
"And that animals who eat both are called omnivores."
"Yes, they are. Humans are also omnivores."
Kyouya's eyes returned to the front, and after a few steps said, "... I want to be a carnivore." His voice was eerie as it floated on the air up to his mother's ears. Mrs. Hibari shivered. A seven-year-old's voice should not be so... well, scary....
The two walked into the shop where Mr. Hibari was trying to coax one of the cats back into its cage with the other cats. Mrs. Hibari noticed (with much of what might be called fright) that once her son had made eye contact with the cat and her sons eyes narrowed, the cat immediately joined its fellow felines as though that had been its plan all along. It was only... slightly disturbing....
But, things went back to normal within the next hour: Mr. Hibari was helping a customer, Mrs. Hibari was cleaning up around the shop, and Kyouya was drawing a picture as homework with his set of crayons. Mrs. Hibari was sweeping by, and then knelt down next to him, trying to peer over his shoulder.
"Kyouya, what are you drawing?" she asked.
"Homework."
"What do you have to draw?"
"Anything we learned today."
"... If I could ask, could I see it?"
It was just a few moments later when she had the paper in her hand that she regretted even wondering what it was her son was doing. On the paper, in crayon, were what could very possibly be the animals in the pet store... attacking the other animals and... were those people supposed to be customers?! A lot of the color on the page was red. As Mrs. Hibari glanced down, she noticed the red crayon had been worn down to half of its original length. She just bought those the other day!
"K-Kyouya.... I think...."
"Do you like it?"
Mrs. Hibari was stopped by the question, instead forced to answer with, "You used a lot of red."
Kyouya didn't move much; he just kept his gaze on his mother. "I like red. But it's very bright."
My child...! My only son...! My cute little boy...! Mrs. Hibari despaired. What happened to him...?!
Mrs. Hibari was pulled from her thoughts as she felt Kyouya brush past her with the picture. He approached his father, holding up the paper for him to see and praise. However... the customer was still there, and how could the customer not look? Mrs. Hibari covered her face, hearing even more people enter the store, causing the animals to go nuts.
"Father, will this picture get me good marks with Sensei?" Kyouya asked. Mrs. Hibari stared at the interactions, and the customers' baffled reactions to the rather... gory doodles of a seven year old. It was the end of the business forever, wasn't it?!
"What was that, Kyouya?" Mr. Hibari asked. "The animals are too loud, and you're too quiet."
From there, Mrs. Hibari watched her son turn his upper body to face the rest of the shop. His eyes narrowed as they had outside, and said, still in a soft voice, "Be quiet."
The barking stopped, as the cats' hissing fizzled out to nothing. The birds kept to simply twitching their heads, and any of the other animals kept whatever noise they made down to a minimum.
... There was clearly something not right about her son.
The following Sunday proved similar, only... minus the picture. (Kyouya's teacher wrote a letter of concern to the two parents, and asked Kyouya to draw a picture of a food chain--with no violence. Just arrows.) So now Kyouya sat in the middle of the store, the puppies and kittens playing around him, and napping, and crawling over him while he discontentedly drew circles and arrows (in black) pointing to and from a small range of mammalian creatures.
He paused working on his homework, yawning. Mrs. Hibari was very much relieved upon seeing that Kyouya hadn't found the red crayon (she'd carefully stolen the primary color), and continued on, picking up here and there, making sure everything was tidy should anymore customers arrive.
"Hn.... Aki-Chan." Mrs. Hibari turned, finding Kyouya speaking to one of the puppies. "Go fetch me my snack."
Careful not to blink, Mrs. Hibari watched as the puppy happily bounced off, its ears flopping, to go grab Kyouya's school bag and dutifully drag it back to him. She was too enamored in watching her son and the animals over the next hour and a half. If Kyouya told them to do something they did it, and there was something about the look in their eyes that... well, it was unsettling. It was as though they were afraid they might be in danger if they didn't listen to Kyouya. Kyouya was indeed surprising from time to time (especially recently...), but... surely he wouldn't let any harm befall anyone? Or animal?
The bell to the shop rang as several people entered. Immediately Mr. and Mrs. Hibari were up and greeting them to the shop. Kyouya, who'd been about to doze off for a small nap with the animals around him, was roused. Before his glare could intensify at the customers Mrs. Hibari turned around to focus better on the newcomers. Mr. Hibari was guiding them along, answering questions they had and giving input on the best kind of pet for different situations.
They came around near Kyouya who now stood, his glare very present. The puppies and kittens stood around him (one kitten on his shoulders), the lowest of growls only just barely noticeable. Mr. Hibari stopped, and began talking about the small creatures guarding Kyouya, about their... obvious loyalty to those who earn it.... Eventually the pet-babble died down, and the customers looked and smiled down to Kyouya.
"You're too close," he said. "It's too stuffy with just the puppies and kittens. We don't need people, too."
The adults all blinked, but the customers laughed. One of them extended a hand to ruffle Kyouya's hair. "Well then, aren't you just adorable?"
The cat on Kyouya's shoulder jumped off, hissing as Kyouya glared up, pouting. "If you don't take your hand off of me, I'll bite you to death."
The customer's friend grinned. "Isn't that cute?" he asked. "He's taking after the pets!"
Except... he wasn't. He was being dead serious. Quickly, Kyouya dodged and then lunged forward, biting down on the customers hand, hard. The offender yelled in fright and then pain as Mrs. Hibari shrieked, running to grab a first aid kit just in case. Mr. Hibari's eyes widened, and attempted to tug Kyouya away without cause further pain or damage to the customer. Eventually Kyouya released the hand in his mouth, tasting just a bit of blood and finding its coppery taste rather satisfactory for a self-appointed carnivore. Mrs. Hibari returned, bandages and disinfectant in hand, but... Kyouya was already smirking and pointing to the frightened customers. In that low, scary voice he whispered a harsh,
"Get them."
... Mr. and Mrs. Hibari closed their pet store soon after rounding up the last of the snakes and kittens three hours later, and made sure to move to a nice large house with no pets, and bought lots of meat.