Chapter Text
The next episode aired a week later, they were talking about their first date.
Their first date began with an argument over whether they needed one.
Technically, the production team called it a discussion. Tsunayoshi called it an argument because Hibari Kyoya had spent the last five minutes insisting that choosing a date location was unnecessary when the staff could simply assign them somewhere and be done with it.
They were still inside the aquarium cafe, long after their first photograph had been taken and safely confiscated by Hibari, when another mission envelope appeared on the table. Tsuna had already learned to distrust pink envelopes by now, so he looked at it suspiciously before glancing toward the producer standing several meters away.
"You have another one?"
The producer only smiled.
Tsuna sighed and looked across the table. Hibari continued drinking his coffee as though television marriage had somehow already become background noise. With little choice, Tsuna opened the envelope.
YOUR FIRST MEETING IS COMPLETE.
"That sounds ominous." Hibari glanced at the card while Tsuna continued reading.
A newlywed couple should learn about each other. Plan your first date together.
There was a short list beneath it.
Tsuna lowered the card and looked at Hibari.
Hibari looked completely unimpressed, "They could choose."
Tsuna laughed. "That's literally against the rules."
"Then change the rules."
"Kyoya-san."
"What?"
"We've been married for less than three hours and you're already refusing our first date."
The words left Tsuna's mouth before he had time to think about them. Silence fell around the table, Tsuna realized what he had just said and immediately felt his entire face heat up.
"I mean—television married!! Yes, I meant the program—"
Hibari's mouth shifted. It wasn't quite enough to be called a smile, but it was enough for Tsuna to notice, which somehow made his embarrassment even worse. "The date is unnecessary."
Tsuna stared at him, "That's worse."
"It isn't."
"It sounds worse."
The production team was enjoying this far too much. One of the cameras moved closer, clearly hoping to capture Tsuna's increasingly exasperated expression, and Tsuna immediately pointed at it.
"Don't encourage him."
Hibari glanced toward the camera. "They're encouraging you."
"They like me."
"They like watching you panic."
Tsuna opened his mouth, ready to argue, but stopped when he realized Hibari was probably right. "...That's probably true."
Hibari took another sip of his coffee, looking entirely satisfied with himself. Tsuna stared at him for a second before shaking his head with a small laugh. Somehow, they had been married for less than three hours, and they were already arguing over their first date.
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — SAWADA TSUNAYOSHI]
The interviewer asked, "How did you feel when Hibari-san said the first date was unnecessary?"
Tsuna immediately covered his face. "Do we have to talk about this?"
"Yes."
"He didn't mean it like that."
"You defended him quickly."
Tsuna slowly lowered his hands and thought about it.
"I think..." He paused, trying to figure out how exactly he was supposed to explain Hibari after knowing him for barely three hours. "He doesn't seem like someone who does things just because they're expected."
"Did that disappoint you?"
Tsuna considered the question before giving a small, almost hesitant laugh. "A little?"
He smiled and continued, "But mostly because I was already nervous. The staff kept calling it our first date, so I was thinking I had to make it interesting and somehow make sure everything went well. Then Kyoya-san was just..."
Tsuna straightened his posture and did a surprisingly terrible imitation of Hibari's expressionless voice.
"'It's unnecessary.'"
The staff laughed.
Tsuna laughed along with them before his expression softened again, "But I think that actually made me less nervous."
"Why?"
"Because," Tsuna hesitated, looking down at his hands as he tried to put the thought into words. "He's not trying to make it romantic just because cameras are there."
The answer seemed to surprise even Tsuna himself.
He looked down for another moment before continuing, his voice quieter this time. "It would probably be harder if he suddenly acted very sweet or flirted a lot. I'd know it was for television, and I think that would make me more conscious of everything I'm doing too."
The interviewer remained quiet for a moment, allowing Tsuna to continue thinking.
"And Hibari-san?"
Tsuna's smile became smaller, softer. "Kyoya-san doesn't seem interested in pretending." He paused, then added almost as an afterthought, "At least, not with me."
The production staff exchanged a glance behind the camera.
Tsuna, apparently unaware of the weight of what he had just said, simply smiled and waited for the next question.
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — HIBARI KYOYA]
Hibari sat in the same chair later that day, looking exactly as pleased to be there as everyone had expected.
The interviewer went straight to the question. "Why did you say the date was unnecessary?"
"Because it was."
A pause followed, and the interviewer seemed to reconsider how to approach him.
"Did you not want to go?"
"I didn't say that."
Someone shifted behind the camera.
Hibari waited, completely unbothered by the silence, until the interviewer carefully tried again.
"So you wanted to go?"
Another pause before he adds, "If he wants to."
The editor would later place three enormous question marks beside Hibari's head.
[???]
The interviewer blinked before continuing. "Does Sawada-san seem like he wants to?"
Hibari looked directly toward the interviewer. "He read every option twice."
"So?"
"He wants to." That answer stayed in the final cut.
So did the next question, "You noticed that?"
Hibari frowned slightly, as though he genuinely couldn't understand why the interviewer found that worth asking.
"It was obvious."
The production team went quiet behind the camera.
Hibari simply sat there, seemingly unaware that he had just revealed that he had been paying close enough attention to Tsuna to notice how many times he had read a mission card.
The interviewer looked down at their notes before asking one last question. "Do you think Sawada-san is comfortable around you?"
Hibari considered it. "More than before."
"What makes you say that?" The interviewer looked up.
"He laughs more." Hibari said it so casually that the interviewer almost missed the answer.
"You noticed that too?"
"Yes." Hibari gave them a flat look.
There was another pause, then the interviewer smiled. "You seem to be paying a lot of attention to him."
"We're partners." Hibari's expression didn't change.
That was apparently the end of the discussion as far as he was concerned.
The interview moved on to the next question, while somewhere behind the camera, the production staff were already silently reconsidering how many of these answers they could use in the final episode without making Hibari look far more interested than he probably intended to appear.
Choosing the actual date took twenty-seven minutes.
The production team had given them a tablet filled with possible activities, ranging from an amusement park and shopping to a pottery class, a river cruise, a cooking workshop, a museum, a cat cafe, bowling, an observation deck, a flower garden, and even a private cinema. Tsuna scrolled through the list quietly while Hibari watched from across the table, apparently content to let him consider the options until Tsuna finally looked up.
"What do you like?"
"Quiet."
Tsuna laughed, "That's not an activity."
"It should be."
"Okay. No amusement park, then."
"Yes."
"No shopping district?"
"Too crowded."
"River cruise?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I hate being trapped with strangers."
Tsuna bit his lip to keep himself from smiling. Hibari's answers were so straightforward that choosing a date with him was beginning to feel less like planning a romantic outing and more like eliminating every possible situation Hibari found irritating.
"Cat cafe?"
"No."
"You don't like cats?"
"I don't like cafes where animals are touched by twenty people."
Tsuna blinked because that was unexpectedly reasonable. He went back to scrolling, his eyes moving through the remaining options before stopping at one.
"Pottery?"
Hibari looked at him.
Tsuna immediately shook his head. "Never mind."
"Why?"
"You looked offended."
"I didn't."
"You did."
"I didn't."
"You absolutely did."
Before the argument could continue, Hibari reached across the table and took the tablet from him.
Tsuna let him. He watched as Hibari scrolled through the list once, his expression remaining unchanged as he passed over one option after another. Then, after a few seconds, he stopped.
"Here."
Tsuna leaned closer to see what he had chosen. It was a traditional Japanese garden in Kamakura, not one of the enormous tourist-heavy temples but a smaller private garden that occasionally opened selected sections for cultural filming. The grounds included a quiet tea house, seasonal flowers, a small bamboo grove, and a workshop where visitors could make nerikiri wagashi.
Tsuna stared at the screen before looking at Hibari, "That's..." he looked at the pictures again. "Actually really nice."
"You choose the other activity." Hibari handed the tablet back.
Tsuna brightened, "Really?"
"That was the rule."
"Right." Tsuna took the tablet and continued scrolling, this time with noticeably more interest. He hesitated over several options, reading the descriptions before moving on, and Hibari watched him until Tsuna stopped again.
"You want something."
"No, I'm choosing."
"You stopped."
Tsuna frowned at the screen. A small planetarium not far from the garden had a limited autumn projection program, and the description caught his attention. He had never been to one before.
"I've never been to a planetarium."
Hibari looked at the page, "You've never been?"
Tsuna shook his head. "I wanted to when I was younger, but..." he shrugged. "Schedules, I guess."
"Then let's go there."
Tsuna looked at him, "You're okay with it?"
"It's dark and quiet."
Tsuna laughed, "Of course that's your standard."
"So?" Hibari raised his brows.
"It's perfect." The words came out more naturally than he intended, and he didn't realize how they sounded until Hibari looked at him. Tsuna's smile faltered. "I mean... for you. Perfect for you."
"I know."
"Right."
His ears were warm again.
The producer, apparently satisfied that they had finally managed to agree on something, handed them another card.
FIRST DATE PLAN
Morning: Kamakura garden and wagashi workshop
Afternoon: lunch chosen together
Evening: planetarium
Meeting place: Kamakura Station
Date: three days from now
Tsuna stared at the schedule for a little longer than necessary. Something in his stomach fluttered at the thought of it.
A real date.
Not real, a filmed date, a work schedule. He reminded himself of that several times.
It did not help.
Their meeting point was Kamakura Station, and Tsuna arrived fourteen minutes earlier than the time they had agreed on.
He told himself it was because he didn't want to be late. It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he had spent the entire morning checking the time and wondering whether Hibari would already be there.
The camera found him standing near the station entrance, leaning lightly against one of the walls as he waited. He was dressed simply in a peach-colored shirt layered beneath a light brown outer, paired with soft-looking light blue denim jeans and a gray crossbody bag resting against his side. His fluffy brown hair moved gently in the breeze, occasionally falling over his forehead as he glanced around the station for the person he was supposed to meet.
He looked comfortable and soft. Almost completely different from the Tsuna people usually saw on stage.
The camera zoomed in slightly.
[Waiting for his date.]
Tsuna glanced at the time on his phone again, fourteen minutes early. He sighed and put it away. "Maybe I should've come later."
He had barely finished speaking when a familiar figure appeared from the opposite side of the station.
Hibari had arrived.
He was wearing a crisp white shirt beneath a black outer layer, paired with black trousers and a long dark brown coat that fell almost to his knees. The darker colors made him look effortlessly composed, and even dressed casually, there was still something unmistakably sharp about him.
The camera immediately followed him.
[The date has arrived.]
Tsuna blinked. His posture straightened almost instinctively. For some reason, the man walking toward him didn't quite look like the Hibari Kyoya he was used to seeing on stage.
There was still something intimidating about him, an almost unbearable presence that seemed to follow him wherever he went, but without the stage lights, performance styling, and VULTURE's usual atmosphere surrounding him, Hibari seemed less sharp, less frightening. Just a little.
Tsuna quickly reminded himself that this was still Hibari Kyoya. He wasn't about to get careless.
"Hi," Tsuna greeted, and immediately regretted how awkward it sounded.
Hibari stopped in front of him. "You're early."
"Uh, not really. I just came." It was a lie, a very obvious one.
Hibari looked at him for a moment before saying, "Sorry to keep you waiting."
Tsuna hadn't expected that Hibari Kyoya saying sorry to him. "No, no, you are on time," he said quickly. "You don't have to apologize. I just... I came too early."
"Then let's go." Hibari nodded as though that explanation was perfectly reasonable.
Tsuna followed automatically.
The camera crew trailed several meters behind them, giving the two of them enough space to walk together without having lenses directly in their faces. For the first few minutes, neither of them said much, and Tsuna gradually became painfully aware of the space between them.
It wasn't large. It wasn't small either.
It was simply correct. Safe. Appropriate for television. Tsuna wasn't sure why he was thinking about it so much, but he found himself unconsciously adjusting his pace to keep the same distance between them.
Then Hibari slowed down.
Tsuna almost walked past him before realizing, "What?"
"You're walking too far away."
Tsuna blinked, "I'm right here."
"You're behind me." Hibari looked at him.
Tsuna looked back. "Uh... just like half a step."
Neither said anything for a second, then Tsuna quietly moved forward until they were walking side by side. "Better?"
"Yes."
Tsuna looked ahead, trying not to think too much about the fact that Hibari had noticed the distance at all. For some reason, the simple fact that Hibari wanted him walking beside him made warmth creep into his face. He hoped the cameras hadn't noticed.
They had.
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — HIBARI KYOYA]
"You told Sawada-san he was walking too far away." The interviewer asked.
"Yes."
"Why?"
Hibari's expression suggested that he genuinely didn't understand why the question needed to be asked.
"We were on a date."
The interviewer became noticeably more interested. "So you wanted him beside you?"
"Where else would he walk?"
The interviewer paused, apparently unsure whether Hibari was being deliberately difficult or simply stating what he considered to be an obvious fact.
A caption appeared beneath him.
[A surprisingly logical husband.]
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — SAWADA TSUNAYOSHI]
"When Hibari-san asked you to walk closer, you looked surprised."
Tsuna laughed awkwardly. "I was."
"Why?"
His smile faded slightly as he considered how to explain it.
"I usually..." He hesitated before continuing. "I usually try to be careful."
"Because he's an alpha?"
Tsuna looked down at his hands, "Partly." he took a quiet breath before continuing, choosing his words carefully. "It's easier for male omega idols to get criticized for things that don't really mean anything."
The interview room became quieter.
Tsuna continued, still trying to keep his explanation measured. "I don't think every comment is malicious. Fans worry. Sometimes they're protective. Sometimes people just misunderstand."
He knew he was being diplomatic. He also knew there was no simple way to explain how exhausting it could become when every small interaction was photographed, clipped, and interpreted by thousands of people.
"But after a while, you learn what kind of pictures create rumors. How close you're standing. Who touched first. Whether you're alone."
The interviewer waited before asking the next question. "Does We Got Married make that difficult for you?"
Tsuna thought back to the station, to the way Hibari had noticed the small distance between them and simply told him to walk beside him as though there had never been anything complicated about it.
"Maybe." then he smiled. "But I think Kyoya-san doesn't care."
"Is that reassuring?"
A small laugh escaped him, "A little terrifying, actually."
The staff laughed softly, but Tsuna only smiled to himself.
Because that was probably the strangest part about Hibari so far. Tsuna had spent years learning how careful he needed to be around other idols. Hibari seemed to have spent those same years learning that he simply didn't need to care about any of it.
The garden was quiet enough that Hibari visibly approved, and Tsuna noticed it within minutes. There was a certain ease in the way Hibari walked through the private grounds, his shoulders relaxed as he took in the scenery without having to navigate around large groups of tourists or noisy visitors. The production had booked a private morning slot for them, leaving the garden almost entirely to the two of them and the small camera crew following several meters behind.
Stone paths curved gently beneath red and gold leaves, while the bamboo moved quietly in the wind. Somewhere near the main pond, water spilled from a small shishi-odoshi fountain with a hollow knock that seemed to echo through the otherwise peaceful garden.
"It's really pretty." Tsuna slowed beside a maple tree, tilting his head slightly as he looked up at the branches.
Hibari followed his gaze toward the leaves before looking back at Tsuna. "Take a picture."
"Of the tree?" Tsuna blinked.
"You're staring at it."
"Oh." Tsuna took out his phone, framing the maple tree for a moment before his attention shifted toward Hibari. "Will you..."
He stopped himself, Hibari waited.
"Never mind."
"What?"
"I was going to ask you to take one."
"Give me your phone."
Tsuna handed it over without arguing and stepped beneath the maple tree, only to become immediately aware of the cameras somewhere behind them. He stood there for a second, suddenly unsure of what to do with his hands or where he was supposed to look. "What do I do?"
"Stand there."
"That's not helpful."
"Why do you need instructions to stand?"
Tsuna looked at him incredulously. "I'm an idol. We get instructions for everything."
Hibari stared at him. Tsuna held the expression for a second before laughing. "Fine."
He relaxed his shoulders and smiled toward the camera as Hibari raised the phone. The first shutter clicked, followed by another, and then a third, until Tsuna finally lowered his hands and looked at him.
"Are you done?"
"No." Hibari moved slightly to the side, changing the angle before looking back at him. "Look away."
Tsuna blinked, "Where?"
"At the pond."
Tsuna obeyed, turning his head toward the water as the autumn leaves shifted gently above him. The shutter clicked again, and this time Tsuna didn't pose. He simply stood there, watching the pond while the breeze moved through the garden around him.
"Kyoya-san, why are you suddenly a photographer?"
"You're stiff when you know I'm taking it."
Tsuna turned toward him, Hibari lowered the phone. He stared at Hibari. "You noticed?"
"Obviously."
There it was again.
That word.
Obviously. As though every little thing Tsuna thought he was hiding was somehow perfectly visible to Hibari.
Hibari looked through the photographs he had taken before finally handing the phone back.
Tsuna glanced down at the screen. The first few were nice enough, exactly the kind of photographs he was used to seeing of himself: composed, presentable, and carefully aware of the camera, then he reached the last one.
Tsuna paused.
He wasn't looking at the camera at all. He was looking toward the pond, caught in the middle of a faint smile at something outside the frame. The autumn leaves behind him were slightly blurred, and the soft morning light made the entire photograph feel warmer than the others.
It looked natural. Soft. Nothing like the polished promotional photographs he was used to seeing of himself.
"Oh."
Hibari had already started walking again.
Tsuna quickly slipped his phone back into his pocket and hurried after him. "I like it."
"I know."
Tsuna looked at him, "How do you know?"
"You smiled."
Tsuna lowered his gaze to his phone.
He looked at the photograph again, and despite himself, he was still smiling.
The wagashi workshop was Hibari's activity, and Tsuna discovered within minutes, much to his immense amusement and growing disbelief, that Hibari was aggressively good at it.
Their instructor demonstrated how to shape autumn maple nerikiri from colored bean paste, carefully explaining how much pressure to use and how to move the small shaping tool so the edges would remain smooth. Tsuna listened attentively and tried to follow along, but his first attempt ended up looking less like a maple leaf and more like a flower that had experienced emotional trauma.
Hibari's, meanwhile, looked professionally made.
Tsuna stared at it, then he looked at Hibari. "Why are you good at this?"
"It's shaping."
"That doesn't answer anything."
"Your pressure is uneven."
Tsuna looked offended, "It's my first one."
"So?"
"Not everyone is immediately good at things!"
Hibari glanced at Tsuna's mangled wagashi before looking back at him. "Clearly."
"That's horrible." Tsuna gasped.
The instructor had to hide a smile as Tsuna immediately began trying again, determined not to let a piece of bean paste defeat him. He carefully pressed the tool against the surface, only to realize a second later that he had pressed far too hard.
The edge split. Tsuna stared at it in horror. "Noooo!"
"Give it." Hibari quietly moved his own tray aside.
Tsuna handed it over without protest. But instead of taking the tool from him and fixing it himself, Hibari placed it back into Tsuna's fingers and looked at the position of his hand.
"Less pressure."
Tsuna tried again. "Like this?"
"No."
"What?" Tsuna frowned.
"Like this." Hibari's hand closed lightly over Tsuna's, and Tsuna found himself stop breathing.
The touch was completely practical. Hibari was simply correcting the position of his fingers, adjusting the angle of his hand so the small tool would move properly through the bean paste, but Tsuna suddenly became far too aware of how close they were.
Hibari seemed completely focused on the wagashi. "Here."
Tsuna stared at their hands instead.
The camera zoomed in. Hibari seemed oblivious to the camera, his attention remaining on Tsuna's fingers as he guided the movement. "Then turn it."
Tsuna swallowed, "Right."
He followed the movement carefully, and this time the edge of the maple leaf began to take shape instead of collapsing under his fingers. Hibari released his hand, Tsuna immediately missed the warmth and hated himself for noticing.
"Better," Hibari said.
Tsuna looked down at the finished wagashi, then back at him. "Thank you."
Hibari nodded once and returned to his own tray as though nothing unusual had happened.
The production team remained suspiciously silent.
Tsuna knew exactly what they were going to do with that footage.
And he was right.
They did worse. When the episode aired, the hand-over-hand moment was replayed from three different camera angles, each one somehow making a completely innocent lesson in shaping wagashi look increasingly romantic.
The first angle showed Hibari placing his hand over Tsuna's.
The second focused on Tsuna's expression.
The third slowed down the moment Hibari released him.
But before the episode reached that part, the back room interview had already given the production team everything they needed.
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — SAWADA TSUNAYOSHI]
The interviewer asked, "You became very quiet during the wagashi lesson."
Tsuna stared at the camera. "I was concentrating."
A long silence followed. The interviewer said nothing, Tsuna lasted six seconds before his expression began to crumble.
"Don't look at me like that."
Still nothing.
"He was helping me!"
The interviewer continued to stare at him in complete silence.
Tsuna's ears slowly turned red. "He was just fixing my hand position!"
A large caption appeared beneath him.
[We didn't say anything.]
Tsuna immediately covered his face.
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — HIBARI KYOYA]
"You held his hand."
"I corrected his grip." The answer came immediately, without even the slightest hesitation, as though Hibari saw no reason for the production team to interpret the moment any differently.
"Did you notice he became nervous?"
"Yes."
"Why do you think that was?"
Hibari stared at the interviewer for a moment before answering with the same calm expression. "Ask him."
The interviewer glanced down at their notes before looking back at him.
"Did it make you uncomfortable?"
"No."
"Physical contact with Sawada-san doesn't bother you?"
There was a brief pause, although Hibari's expression remained unchanged. "No."
The production room went noticeably quiet.
The answer itself was simple, but Hibari had delivered it with such certainty that there was very little room for interpretation. He didn't sound embarrassed by the question, nor did he seem particularly interested in explaining himself. As far as he was concerned, there was simply nothing wrong with being physically close to Tsuna.
The editor froze the frame on Hibari's expression.
[Important information acquired.]
Lunch was quieter.
After leaving the garden, they found a small soba restaurant that had been partially reserved for filming. The restaurant itself was warm and peaceful, and once they were seated in a corner away from the windows, Tsuna seemed to relax almost immediately. Hibari noticed, as he seemed to notice everything about him these days.
"Do you dislike being seen eating?"
Tsuna looked up from the menu. "No."
"Then why did you relax?"
Tsuna hesitated, then gave him a small smile. "You really notice everything, don't you?"
Hibari didn't answer. Tsuna looked down and played absently with the edge of his napkin before explaining, "I just don't love open restaurants when I'm filming something like this."
"Because of photos?"
Tsuna looked at him, "Yes."
Hibari poured himself some tea, and Tsuna watched the steam slowly rise from the cup. For the first time that day, there was no mission forcing them to talk, no activity waiting for them, and no staff member holding up another card with instructions about what they were supposed to do next.
It was simply lunch.
After a quiet moment, Hibari asked, "Do you know many people outside your group and your agency?"
Tsuna blinked at the question, "Not really."
"Why?"
Tsuna laughed softly, "You ask very direct questions, Kyoya-san."
"Just answer me."
Tsuna sighed, realizing there was little point in avoiding the question. "I have some friends."
"Outside your agency?"
"Not many." his gaze dropped toward the table as he searched for the right way to explain it. "I wasn't very social as a trainee. Then after debut..." he shrugged lightly. "It became easier not to be."
Hibari seemed unconvinced, and Tsuna could tell from the look in his eyes that he was going to keep asking until he understood.
"I'm careful around alphas."
There, the answer Hibari wanted. His gaze sharpened. "Why?"
"You really don't know?" Tsuna smiled faintly.
"No."
Maybe Hibari genuinely didn't.
VULTURE had an unusual kind of privilege in that regard. All five members were alphas, and any of them could be photographed with someone and receive jokes, dating speculation, or angry comments from fans, but the language surrounding them was different. Tsuna had watched that difference play out throughout his entire career, and it had taught him exactly how quickly the same interaction could be interpreted differently depending on who was involved.
"I don't mean I'm scared of alphas," he said quickly. "Hayato-kun and Mukuro are alphas."
"I know."
"Of course you do." Tsuna let out a small laugh.
Hibari ignored that.
Tsuna continued, "It's just..." he searched for words that wouldn't make the explanation sound more bitter than he intended. "If you're an omega idol and you're close with an alpha, people assume things faster."
"People assume things regardless."
"Yes, but..." Tsuna looked at him. "If you're photographed leaving dinner with someone, they might say you're dating."
Hibari nodded once.
"If I'm photographed leaving dinner with an alpha, some people don't just say I'm dating him." Tsuna hesitated before continuing, his voice quieter. "They say I wanted people to think that."
Hibari went still.
Tsuna looked down again, his fingers returning to the edge of the napkin, "That I was trying to create rumors. That I was using my dynamic for attention. That I was trying to tempt someone."
The last word came out quieter than the others.
Hibari's expression changed. It was subtle, but something colder settled into his eyes. "So you stopped."
Tsuna blinked, "Stopped what?"
"Getting close to people."
"Mostly." Tsuna gave a tiny shrug.
"That's stupid."
The bluntness caught Tsuna off guard, and he laughed unexpectedly. "I know."
"No." Hibari's tone made Tsuna look up again. "I mean them."
Hibari picked up his tea as though he hadn't just said anything particularly meaningful. "Their opinion is stupid."
It was such a simple statement, delivered without any carefully constructed reassurance or attempt to make Tsuna feel better, that somehow it reached him more easily than either of those things would have.
Tsuna felt something in his chest loosen. "Kyoya-san..."
"What?"
"You're surprisingly nice." Hibari looked genuinely offended. Tsuna immediately started laughing. "Sorry."
"Don't say strange things."
"See? There you are."
Hibari looked away and took another sip of tea while Tsuna continued smiling across the table.
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — SAWADA TSUNAYOSHI]
"You told Hibari-san about your experience with rumors."
Tsuna nodded.
"Did you intend to?"
"No." He laughed softly, almost embarrassed by how easily the conversation had gone in that direction. "Definitely not."
"Why did you?"
Tsuna thought about it for several seconds, his gaze dropping briefly toward his hands as he tried to find the right explanation. "Because he asked."
The interviewer waited, leaving him enough silence to think about it.
Tsuna eventually smiled, almost sheepishly.
"Most people ask about things because they need something to say on television." He paused, then continued more quietly. "When Kyoya-san asks, it feels like he actually wants the answer."
[BACK ROOM INTERVIEW — HIBARI KYOYA]
"Did you know about the criticism omega idols receive before this?"
"Generally."
"Not specifically?"
"No."
"What did you think when Sawada-san explained it?"
Hibari's jaw tightened slightly as he thought back to their conversation over lunch. His expression remained calm, but there was a noticeable hardness in his eyes that hadn't been there when the interview began.
"They're cowards."
The interviewer nearly laughed. "Is that bad?"
"Yes." There was no hesitation in the answer.
The interviewer glanced down at their notes before asking the question that had clearly been waiting for them. "What would you do if your fans criticized Sawada-san for being too close to you?"
Hibari looked directly into the camera. "That's their problem."
The answer was so simple that there was nothing left to ask.
The clip would later reach four million views in one night.
By the time they reached the planetarium, Tsuna had completely forgotten to monitor the distance between them.
It had happened gradually, somewhere after lunch, without him consciously deciding that he was comfortable enough to stop being careful. He no longer counted the steps between them or wondered whether he was standing too close.
When Hibari paused, Tsuna stopped beside him without thinking, and whenever Tsuna wandered toward a shop window, Hibari simply waited for him rather than continuing ahead. At one point, while they were crossing a narrow sidewalk, their shoulders brushed together, and Tsuna noticed the brief contact but didn't move away.
By the time they arrived at the planetarium, the distance that had felt so carefully measured that morning had simply disappeared.
The planetarium was nearly dark when they entered, and their filming section had been reserved along the back row, separate from the regular visitors. Tsuna sank into one of the reclining chairs and looked around with quiet fascination.
"This is nice."
"It's dark." Hibari sat down beside him.
Tsuna turned toward him with a small laugh, "You really are easy to please."
"No."
"Quiet and dark."
"Better than loud and bright."
Tsuna smiled. There was something strangely endearing about how seriously Hibari seemed to approach the question of what made a place comfortable. He didn't need elaborate plans or impressive scenery. Give him somewhere quiet and dark, and apparently that was enough.
The lights gradually disappeared as the show began, leaving the two of them surrounded by darkness.
Then stars spread across the enormous dome above them.
Tsuna forgot about the cameras again.
He had genuinely never been to a planetarium before, and the artificial night sky moving slowly overhead was mesmerizing enough that he didn't even think about how strange it was to experience something like this while being filmed for a television program. The narrator began explaining the autumn constellations, their names and stories filling the darkness as points of light shifted across the ceiling.
Tsuna stared upward, completely absorbed.
Beside him, Hibari watched the projection for a while before his attention slowly shifted.
He looked at Tsuna.
The camera mounted several seats away caught it.
Tsuna didn't. Not this time.
He was too busy watching the stars, his face illuminated faintly by the moving light above them, his expression softer than it had been throughout most of the day.
Hibari watched him for several seconds before eventually returning his gaze to the ceiling.
Neither of them said anything.
The narration continued above them, explaining the constellations that appeared across the artificial autumn sky, but Tsuna found himself paying less attention to the details and more to the feeling of simply being there.
He had expected the planetarium to be interesting. He hadn't expected it to be this peaceful.
The darkness made it easy to forget about the cameras, the staff sitting several rows away, and even the fact that he was supposed to be filming a television program with someone he had only properly spoken to that morning. There was just the enormous sky above them, the quiet voice of the narrator, and Hibari sitting close enough beside him that Tsuna could occasionally feel the faint movement of his shoulder whenever he shifted in his seat.
Tsuna lowered his voice. "Kyoya-san."
"Hm?"
"Do you come to places like this often?"
"No."
Tsuna turned his head slightly, "Never?"
"Not often."
Tsuna smiled, "I thought so."
"Why?"
"You picked it because it's quiet."
Hibari glanced at him, "And because you said you'd never been."
Tsuna went still. The words were simple, almost casual, but something about hearing them in the darkness made them feel more significant than they probably should have. "Just like that?"
"You wanted it."
Tsuna looked back toward the ceiling.
"Right." The stars continued moving overhead. After a moment, Tsuna smiled to himself. "I like it."
"I know."
Tsuna turned toward him again, "You really like saying that."
"You keep asking things I've already answered."
Tsuna laughed quietly, careful not to disturb the people around them. "That's because you keep remembering things I don't expect you to remember."
Hibari didn't answer.
Tsuna let the silence settle between them again, but this time it didn't feel awkward. He found himself relaxing deeper into the reclining chair, his gaze following the constellation slowly appearing above them. "Do you know any constellations?"
"A few."
"Which one?"
Hibari looked toward the projection. "Cassiopeia."
"Of course." Tsuna smiled.
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing. It just sounds like something you'd know." Hibari looked at him, Tsuna tried to explain. "I don't know. It's one of those things that's very... you."
"That makes no sense."
"I know." Tsuna laughed again.
The narrator's voice grew softer as the projection transitioned toward a darker section of the artificial sky. The stars seemed brighter against the deeper blue, and for a moment Tsuna simply watched them without saying anything.
Then, almost absentmindedly, he whispered, "I used to think stars looked closer when you were younger."
Hibari glanced at him, "Why?"
"Because I couldn't reach them." Tsuna smiled faintly at the memory. "I thought when I got older, they'd look smaller."
"And?"
"They don't." Tsuna smiled. "They're still far away."
There was something strangely comforting about saying it aloud.
He didn't know why he had told Hibari that. Maybe because the darkness made it easier to talk. Maybe because there was no pressure to fill every silence. Or maybe because, for the first time that day, he had forgotten that the person beside him was supposed to be his television husband and was simply talking to someone who happened to be listening.
A few seats away, one of the cameras quietly adjusted its angle.
Tsuna didn't notice.
Hibari did. He glanced toward it briefly before returning his attention to the projection.
Then, without looking at Tsuna, he said, "You should come here again."
Tsuna blinked. "Again?"
"Yes."
"With who?"
Hibari's eyes remained on the stars, "Whoever you want."
Tsuna looked at him for a second before turning back toward the ceiling. "...Maybe." his voice was quieter than before.
The stars continued drifting above them, and neither of them spoke again for a while.
When the planetarium show finally ended, the lights slowly returned to the room, bringing the two of them back to reality along with the quiet movement of the other visitors and the production crew waiting near the exit.
Tsuna stood and stretched slightly before following Hibari out of the theater.
They left the building side by side, and somewhere along the way, their shoulders began brushing against each other with every few steps. Neither of them seemed to notice enough to move away. Tsuna was too busy talking about everything he had just seen, still caught up in the excitement of finally experiencing a planetarium after wanting to visit one for years.
"I didn't know they could make it look that real," he said as they walked toward the station. "I mean, obviously I knew it wasn't real, but when the lights started moving, I completely forgot that."
Hibari listened, occasionally answering when Tsuna looked toward him. "You were staring."
"I know."
"You didn't even blink."
Tsuna laughed, "I was trying to remember everything."
"You won't."
"Why?"
"You'll forget some of it."
Tsuna thought about that before smiling, "Maybe. But I'll remember that I came."
Hibari glanced at him, Tsuna continued without noticing the look. "I've never really done anything like that before. Usually if I have free time, I just sleep."
"You should sleep more."
"I do."
"You don't."
Tsuna looked at him, "How would you know?"
"You said you were tired during breakfast."
Tsuna paused, then laughed. "You really do remember everything."
Hibari didn't answer, and Tsuna turned his attention back toward the street.
The evening air had become cooler, and the streets around them were beginning to fill with people heading home. The production crew remained several meters behind, allowing them to walk without constantly having cameras pointed directly at their faces.
Tsuna kept talking. He told Hibari about how he used to look at stars from his bedroom window when he was younger, about how he had once wanted to learn the names of every constellation but gave up after remembering how many there were, and about how he had always liked places where he could sit quietly without having to talk to anyone.
Hibari listened through all of it. Sometimes he answered with only a word or two, but he never told Tsuna to stop.
At one point, Tsuna slowed when they passed a small bookstore, his attention caught by a display in the window. Hibari slowed too, Tsuna didn't seem to notice that he had stopped because of him.
Tsuna leaned slightly toward the glass. "They have astronomy books."
"You want one?"
Tsuna shook his head, "No. I was just looking."
"Then keep walking." Hibari glanced at the display.
Tsuna laughed and caught up with him, "You're impatient."
"You're easily distracted."
"That's not my fault."
"It is."
Tsuna smiled as they continued toward the station.
The sidewalk became narrower as they approached the busier part of the street, and without either of them thinking about it, Hibari shifted slightly toward the outside while Tsuna remained on the inside. Their shoulders brushed again, and this time Tsuna didn't even register it.
He was still talking, "...and then the narrator started talking about Cassiopeia, and I remembered you said you knew it, so I kept trying to find it."
"You found it?"
"Eventually."
"Where?"
Tsuna pointed vaguely toward the sky, "Somewhere around there."
"You were looking in the wrong direction." Hibari looked up.
Tsuna stopped walking, "How would you know?"
"I know the constellation."
Tsuna stared at him, then laughed. "Of course you do."
"You keep saying that." Hibari looked back at him.
"Because you keep proving me right."
Tsuna started walking again, and Hibari followed. They reached the station without either of them realizing how quickly the walk had passed.
Tsuna looked toward the entrance and then at the time on his phone. "We're early."
"Good."
Tsuna smiled. There was still a little time before they had to separate, and neither seemed particularly eager to point that out. They stood near the station entrance for a moment, with the cameras waiting at a respectful distance.
"Today was fun." Tsuna looked at Hibari.
Hibari nodded, "Yes."
"I was worried it would be awkward." Tsuna gave him a small smile.
"It was."
Tsuna laughed, "That's not what I meant."
"I know."
Tsuna looked down, still smiling. "Thank you for today, Kyoya-san."
"You chose half of it." Hibari looked at him.
"Still.."
A brief silence settled between them. Then Hibari said, "Next time, choose somewhere you want to go."
"Next time?" Tsuna looked up.
Hibari seemed to realize the wording only after he had already said it.
"We would have plenty of date after this." Hibari said
"Right." Tsuna smiled. Hibari was right, this program would set another date or mission for them later.
"Then I'll think about it."
"Okay."
They started walking toward the station entrance again, and Tsuna instinctively fell into step beside him. Their shoulders brushed once more, but neither of them moved away. Neither seemed to realize that, somewhere between the aquarium and Kamakura, the carefully measured distance they had maintained on their first morning had gradually disappeared.
They had simply started walking together.
And neither of them thought there was anything unusual about it.
The episode came to an end with the two of them disappearing into the crowd outside Kamakura Station, their conversation slowly fading beneath the sound of the evening traffic.
The screen went black for a second, there was nothing but silence. Then the familiar We Got Married logo appeared.
[NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW]
Tsuna stood inside a warmly lit apartment, still wearing his shoes as he looked toward the entrance with a small smile.
"Welcome home." Tsuna said.
Hibari looked at him. "I'm home."
The screen immediately cut to a wide shot of the apartment.
A small dining table with two sets of chairs.
Boxes stacked against one wall.
A kitchen that still looked barely used and two bedrooms separated by a hallway.
A caption appeared across the screen.
[THE NEWLYWEDS MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOME.]
"How many?"
The staff answered from behind the camera, "At least five."
Tsuna nodded slowly. "Okay. Five."
Hibari reached for the marker. Tsuna immediately became concerned.
[NEXT WEEK — TWO IDOLS, ONE HOUSE, AND THEIR FIRST NIGHT AS NEWLYWEDS.]
When the episode aired, the internet collectively lost its mind.
The first trend appeared before the first commercial break.
#初デート — First Date
#隣を歩いて — Walk Beside Me
#雲雀さん見すぎ — Hibari-san Keeps Looking
#ツナヨシかわいい — Tsunayoshi Is Cute
And eventually:
#それは彼らの問題 — That's Their Problem
The episode had barely reached the halfway point when clips from their first date began spreading across social media. The Kamakura garden, the maple tree photograph, Tsuna's disastrous attempt at making wagashi, and the moment Hibari quietly asked him to walk beside him were already being reposted faster than the official account could keep up with.
But the clip that caused the biggest reaction was still the one from their lunch conversation.
The production team had uploaded a short preview of Hibari's back room interview, ending with his answer to the question about what he would do if his fans criticized Tsuna for being too close to him.
"That's their problem."
The full episode had finally aired.
People lost their minds.
One post accumulated two hundred thousand likes before midnight.
@hibaristyle
Interviewer: what if your fans criticize Sawada-san for being too close to you?
Hibari: "That's their problem."
THE ALPHA IDOL INDUSTRY JUST FELT A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE
Another:
@hibarifile
"You're walking too far away."
sir this is your FIRST DATE!!!!
@vulturearchive
Hibari really saw his omega husband walking half a step behind him and went "fix that"
@cloud1827
"you're walking too far away."
"im right here."
"you're behind me."
??????
HE WANTED HIM BESIDE HIM.
Another fan immediately replied:
@8027forever
guys he's literally walking with him 😭
@cloud1827
let us have this.
The maple tree scene became another source of chaos. Someone clipped the moment Hibari took several photographs of Tsuna, including the final one where Tsuna wasn't looking at the camera at all.
@27archive
hibari: you're stiff when you know i'm taking it
also hibari: takes THREE pictures and then waits until tsuna looks natural
photographer husband era.
@hibatsunadaily
"Look away."
"At the pond."
"Why?"
"You're stiff when you know I'm taking it."
I'M SORRY BUT HE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW TSUNA LOOKS WHEN HE'S COMFORTABLE.
@tsunaplanet
the last photo is so pretty 😭
tsuna isn't posing, he isn't looking at the camera, he's just smiling at the pond and hibari noticed that.
@vulturearchive
hibari: i don't care about romantic activities
also hibari: quietly takes candid photos of tsuna under autumn leaves.
Someone else posted the photograph beside one of Tsuna's official SKYLNK promotional pictures.
@cloudsandsky
official tsuna: ✨idol✨
hibari's tsuna: standing under a maple tree looking at a pond
i see the vision.
Tsuna's fans were already overwhelmed before the wagashi scene even aired.
Then it happened.
The hand-over-hand moment.
@soracloud1827
"Less pressure."
"Like this."
[Hibari puts his hand over Tsuna's]
i'm going to need everyone to leave me alone.
@1827cloud
THE WAY TSUNA STOPPED MOVING 😭
@hibatsunaarchive
tsuna.exe has stopped responding.
@27cloud
he was doing perfectly fine until hibari touched his hand and suddenly forgot how wagashi worked.
@vulturearchive
Hibari: helping with traditional Japanese sweets
Tsuna: experiencing a complete system failure.
Then someone posted the three different camera angles the editors had used.
@marriedidolwatch
THEY HAD THREE CAMERA ANGLES READY FOR THIS. THREE!!!!!!
production knew exactly what they were doing.
@tsunaplanet
the editor seeing that hand-holding footage: "we can make this worse."
@1827cloud
and they DID.
The back room interview only made things worse.
@soracloud1827
interviewer: you became quiet during the wagashi lesson.
tsuna: i was concentrating.
interviewer: 👁️👁️
tsuna: DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.
I'M CRYING.
@hibirdaily
"HE WAS JUST FIXING MY HAND POSITION!"
nobody accused him of anything 😭
@cloud27
tsuna defending himself against an accusation nobody made is the funniest thing i've seen this week.
The reaction to Hibari's interview was even more intense.
@vulturearchive
interviewer: physical contact with Sawada-san doesn't bother you?
Hibari: "No."
okay.
@1827cloud
"No."
HE DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE.
@hibatsunaarchive
Hibari's entire interview:
"I noticed."
"I know."
"He wants to."
"No."
"That's their problem."
sir???
Then the lunch conversation started circulating. This time, the reaction was more serious.
@27archive
Tsuna explaining why he avoids being photographed with alpha idols was genuinely heartbreaking.
he wasn't saying he hates interacting with people.
he was explaining why he learned to be careful.
@omeguidolarchive
"If you're an omega idol and you're close with an alpha, people assume things faster."
this is exactly what tsuna's fans have been talking about for YEARS.
@skylnkarchive
he literally explained the reason behind his boundaries and some people are still calling him "calculated"
you cannot make this up.
And then came Hibari fans response.
@hibaristyle
Tsuna: people assume things about omega idols.
Hibari: "That's stupid."
Tsuna: "I know."
Hibari: "No. I mean them."
i actually love how simple this was.
@vulturefan98
as a VULTURE fan, i need everyone to understand that 'their opinion is stupid' is probably the most supportive sentence Hibari could possibly give.
@alpha5archive
he didn't tell tsuna to ignore the hate.
he didn't tell him to be stronger.
he just said their opinion is stupid.
extremely Hibari.
The comments kept coming, and eventually even VULTURE fans started dragging their own idol.
@vulturearchive
hibari keeps remembering things about tsuna but somehow forgets things about his own members 😭
he remembers tsuna has never been to a planetarium but ask him what one of his members said five minutes ago and he's like "who"
@vulture5
hibari: "you've never been to a planetarium?"
tsuna: "no, i wanted to when i was younger."
hibari: "then lets go there."
VULTURE members: we've been replaced.
@vulturefiles
love really changed him.
man's memory suddenly started working when tsuna entered the equation.
@hibarifanclub
he's been in VULTURE for years and somehow this man hears "i've never been to a planetarium" and immediately goes "then we're going there."
@vulturearchive
VULTURE: we've known you for YEARS.
Hibari: okay.
Tsuna: "I've never been to a planetarium."
Hibari: "Then let's go there."
I AM CRYING.
@cloudvulture
honestly the funniest part is that none of this seems romantic to hibari. tsuna said he wanted to go when he was younger, hibari remembered that and picked it.
meanwhile the rest of VULTURE probably can't get him to remember what they had for breakfast.
@vulture5
"Then let's go there."
sir you just planned an entire date around something your partner casually mentioned five seconds ago.
@hibarifile
love really did change him.
he started paying attention to one specific person and apparently never stopped.
The comments eventually caught the attention of Tsuna fans, some of whom still weren't entirely convinced by Hibari's seemingly cold attitude.
@dearestsky
sorry but i'm still not convinced he was SO cold to tsuna at first 😭
tsuna was clearly nervous and hibari kept answering everything with one word.
A VULTURE fan replied:
@vulturearchive
because that's literally hibari 😭
did you expect him to suddenly become yamamoto takeshi???
@dearestsky
no but tsuna deserves someone who actually shows that he cares.
@hibarifile
he did.
@dearestsky
WHERE???
The reply came almost immediately.
@hibarifile
he noticed tsuna was walking behind him and told him to walk beside him.
he noticed tsuna became stiff whenever he knew a picture was being taken and took candid photos instead.
he remembered tsuna had never been to a planetarium and immediately chose it when tsuna said he'd wanted to go.
he listened when tsuna explained why he was careful around alpha idols.
he told him other people's opinions were stupid.
and when asked whether physical contact with tsuna bothered him, he said no without hesitation.
what exactly were you waiting for, a bouquet of roses?
@dearestsky
...
@dearestsky
okay when you list it like that.
Another Tsuna fan joined in.
@tsunadaily
i think the problem is that we're used to seeing affection in a more obvious way.
with hibari it's all in the things he notices.
@27guardian
Tsuna spent the morning worrying about whether he was standing too close.
Hibari spent the rest of the day quietly noticing what made him comfortable.
that's actually very sweet.
Someone immediately quoted the lunch scene.
@cloud1827
Tsuna: "people assume things regardless."
Hibari: "their opinion is stupid."
Tsuna: "you're surprisingly nice."
Hibari: "don't say strange things."
this man cannot receive a compliment to save his life 😭
@vulture5
VULTURE fans have been trying to explain this for YEARS. if hibari cares about you, he doesn't suddenly become verbally affectionate.
he remembers things. he notices things. he makes adjustments. that's it.
THAT'S HIS LOVE LANGUAGE.
The comment section immediately exploded again.
@1827cloud
"that's his love language" i'm putting this on a shirt.
@5927forever
unfortunately that explains the entire episode.
@6927archive
i hate that the VULTURE fans have evidence.
@8027forever
see? everyone is learning something today.
And then another VULTURE fan posted the final comparison that sent everyone laughing.
@vulturearchive
Things Hibari noticed about Tsuna:
1. Tsuna had never been to a planetarium
2. Tsuna had wanted to visit one when he was younger
3. suna gets stiff when he knows he's being photographed
4. Tsuna relaxes when he doesn't feel watched
Things Hibari remembers about VULTURE:
"We're five members?"
@vulture5
I AM CRYING.
@cloudvulture
love really did change this man.
@hibarifile
no.
tsuna just finally gave him a reason to pay attention.
That one became one of the most reposted comments of the night.
The hate accounts, of course, were still there.
@alpha_vulture
unpopular opinion but Sawada is doing the shy omega thing way too much. every time hibari gets close he suddenly blushes. it's obviously calculated.
@idoltea
He's twenty-two, not sixteen. The innocent act is exhausting.
@vulturefirst
Hibari has spent his entire career avoiding dating fanservice and now they pair him with the industry's favorite "cute omega." convenient.
The responses came almost immediately.
@tsunadaily
he literally explained in this episode why he's cautious around alpha idols. you watched him explain the reason and then immediately accused him of doing it for attention.
you're proving his point.
@27guardian
Tsuna keeps his distance → people call him cold.
Tsuna interacts → people call him flirty.
Tsuna gets nervous → people call it an act.
Tsuna laughs → people call it fanservice.
what exactly are you asking him to do?
A VULTURE fan replied:
@cloudnine_v
i'm a VULTURE fan and some of you are making me uncomfortable.
Hibari literally said "that's their problem."
stop pretending you're defending him by attacking his partner.
The planetarium scene shifted the mood again.
@romcomjp
Tsuna: "I've never been to a planetarium."
Hibari: "Then that."
Tsuna: "You're okay with it?"
Hibari: "Dark and quiet."
why is this accidentally the most compatible thing i've ever seen.
@1827cloud
hibari choosing the garden and tsuna choosing the planetarium because they both picked places the other would enjoy 😭
@tsunaplanet
this is the first time they actually feel like they're getting to know each other instead of just completing missions.
Then someone noticed the way Hibari looked at Tsuna during the planetarium show.
The camera had caught it.
Tsuna hadn't.
@cloud1827
OH HE WAS LOOKING AT HIM.
@hibatsunadaily
everyone say thank you to camera operator #4.
@vulturearchive
Hibari watching Tsuna instead of the stars.
Tsuna: completely unaware.
production: 📸
@marriedidolwatch
"He didn't notice."
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT WORSE.
That clip became the reason for another trend.
#雲雀さん見すぎ — Hibari-san Keeps Looking
@1827cloud
this hashtag is killing me because IT'S TRUE
@8027forever
okay but this is actually cute.
@5927forever
i hate that i agree...
@6927forever
unfortunately i also agree.
The ship fandoms had returned.
@5927forever
remember our root guys. we have YEARS of evidence. i repeat: YEARS.
@gokutsuna
hibari just did something nice ONCE. hayato did it from the start.
i'm simply presenting the facts.
@5927archive
nobody panic. hayato would simply tell tsuna to eat something and then glare at Hibari.
Meanwhile, the 6927 fans were still refusing to surrender.
@illusion27
everyone is talking about hibari's hand.
i'm looking at mukuro making sure tsuna doesn't spiral.
@6927archive
this fandom is surviving entirely on crumbs and emotional support.
And, as expected, the 8027 fandom remained the calmest.
@8027forever
honestly? tsuna looks really happy in this episode.
that's enough for me.
@baseball27
he found something he likes, ate lunch, saw the stars and laughed a lot. good date.
@8027archive
Hibari seems to be treating him well.
I'm happy for Tsuna.
@yamatsuna
8027 nation remains peaceful <3
@5927forever
HOW.
@8027forever
we have accepted that tsuna is lovable.
@6927archive
annoyingly wholesome.
But the final clip of the episode brought everyone back together.
Someone had edited the beginning and end of their date side by side.
At Kamakura Station, Tsuna had stood fourteen minutes early, keeping a careful distance while waiting for Hibari. At the end of the day, they walked back toward the station shoulder to shoulder, close enough that their arms brushed every few steps.
Tsuna was still talking about the planetarium.
Hibari was listening.
Neither seemed to notice how close they had become.
The caption simply read:
Morning: Tsuna was careful about the distance.
Evening: He forgot there was one.
The post went viral.
@soracloud1827
this is actually the whole episode...
@1827cloud
he didn't even realize he stopped being scared of being close to him 😭
@tsunaplanet
they didn't fall in love in one day...
they just got comfortable enough to walk beside each other.
@5927forever
okay stop doing this i can see they are cute
@6927forever
i hate this show.
@8027forever
i thought it was lovely ❤️
And then, just when everyone thought the episode was over, the official account uploaded the preview for next week.
A new apartment. Two sets of dishes. Shopping bags. Unopened boxes.
Tsuna holding a whiteboard.
Hibari holding a marker.
The caption:
[THE NEWLYWEDS MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOME.]
The internet collectively screamed again.
@marriedidolwatch
WAIT. THEY'RE LIVING TOGETHER NOW???
@vulturearchive
episode 1: aquarium.
episode 2: first date.
episode 3: THEY HAVE A HOUSE.
@1827cloud
"Welcome home."
"I'm home."
I'M SORRY?????????
@5927forever
house rules episode.
this is going to be a disaster.
@6927archive
mukuro please save us.
@8027forever
i'm just here for the grocery shopping.
The preview ended with Hibari calmly writing the first house rule on the whiteboard while Tsuna stared at him in growing concern.
The screen went black.
[NEXT WEEK — TWO IDOLS, ONE HOUSE, AND THEIR FIRST NIGHT AS NEWLYWEDS.]
And beneath the official post, one comment immediately became the most liked.
@27archive
We spent six days arguing about whether Hibari and Tsuna had chemistry and now they're giving them a HOUSE.
production wants us dead.