A/N: This is actually my first ever story, which I published. So, please be good to me. I'm in your care from now on.

Disclaimer: I do not own HunterxHunter. I do wish to own Killua tho. I do own Scarlett Waldorf.

1. The Meeting

Sitting in the back of the classroom, in the corner beside the open window, was Killua Zoldyck. His wild silver hair was swaying perfectly in the wind and he sat with his chin tucked in his left palm, gazing outside with his azure orbs while completely blocking out all sound from inside the classroom. Just as he was about to close his eyes, he felt something nudge his ribs. It was a gentle nudge, so when Killua turned his head to the right to glare at the one who had disturbed his peace he knew he would be glaring into the large brown eyes of his best friend.

"What?" he mouthed to the spikey black haired boy, but before Gon could utter a word their professor interjected.

"Mr. Zoldyck isn't it a little too early for you to be dozing off?"

"I wasn't dozing off. I was merely closing my eyes."

"Is that so? Then will you answer the question I just asked?"

Shit, Killua thought and scrambled for something to say.

The minute hand on the clock crept closer to the hour which would signal the end of the lecture, but as the students readied to leave, their professor had one final thing to say,

"I expect a one page essay to answer my earlier question by next class Mr. Zoldyck."

"Tsk," was Killua's only response as he too gathered his things. As the professor left the room Killua glared with as much venom as he could muster at the man's back.

"Killuuaaa," his best friend, Gon Freecss, whined, "How many times do I have to tell you not to sleep during classes?"

"I wasn't sleeping." He tried to defend himself only to have Gon continue pestering him.

"Then why couldn't you answer Mr. Andrew's question?"

"I didn't hear him."

"That's because you were sleeping!" Gon's eyebrows furrowed as a little pout graced his lips. Killua's own eyebrows twitched in irritation.

"Whatever. C'mon, I'm hungry. Let's go grab something to eat at the canteen." The two walked out of the classroom, Killua oblivious to the dreamy stares of every girl they passed by. Since high school he had been popular with the girls, but even now in college, despite his handsome appearance, he had taken no interest in any of them.

"Eh? Isn't that Kurapika?" Gon asked as he pointed to a boy with blonde hair reading a book at an empty table. Unanimously the two decided to join their friend, with Gon unable to help calling out with a massive grin on his face,"Kurapikaaaaa!"

"Oh Gon, Killua, it's nice to see you two here," Kurapika replied as he closed his book and placed it in his bag.

"Why are you alone?" Killua asked as he and Gon took the seats across the table.

"I'm not alone actually. I came here with someone but she's buying her food at the moment." He chuckled.

She? The two thought, unable to place who the blonde was talking about. Instead of asking the three chatted away, mainly talking about their morning and Gon whining to Kurapika about what Killua had done during last class.

"Whatever," Killua muttered and stood up, but not before sticking his tongue out at his best friend, "I'm gonna go buy something. Buy your own food Gon." Ignoring the other boy's protests, Killua bowed his head as he walked. Due to looking at his feet he accidentally bumped into someone. With a short yelp they lost their balance, and on instinct Killua reached out to catch their arm.

He looked down at the person he caught, noticing she had shut her eyes tightly in the expectation of an impact which would never come and her nails were digging into his arm. Their faces were surprisingly close. And when she slowly opened her eyes, revealing big, round scarlet eyes, her cheeks immediately turned a shade of light pink. Swiftly she regained her balance and mumbled a soft, "Thank you," to Killua.

"Hm, you better be more careful next time," Killua smirked.

"R-right. Thanks, again." She didn't meet his eyes, mumbling her words, which made Killua want to tease her a little more. He used his forefinger to tilt her chin, forcing her to meet his eyes.

"You know it's rude not to look into people's eyes when you're talking to them." Still smirking, the boy watched as she stuttered over her next words.

"S-sorry. I, uhm, I better get going. My f-friend is waiting for me. So thanks, again, for saving me back there." She hurriedly pulled away, cheeks returning to their former pink shade. Killua raised an eyebrow as he watched her go, kind of stumbling along the way, and he chuckled to himself before proceeding to the canteen.

Gon and Kurapika had continued to reminisce about their childhood days when suddenly a girl took the seat beside the blonde. Gon stopped talking to look at her; she had this sunset colored hair that cascaded past her shoulders, and her eyes…

"Scarlet," he unintentionally mentioned aloud, drawing her attention.

"Eh? W-what?" Her face was flushed as she looked at him.

"S-sorry! I was just looking at your eyes; they're the color of scarlet." Gon explained sheepishly, scratching at the back of his head.

"No, no! I just t-thought that you were calling me…" As if it was possible her face turned even redder.

Kurapika chuckled. "Nice one Gon. It's actually her name. This was the friend I was mentioning earlier. Gon, let me introduce Scarlet. Scarlet, Gon."

"Nice to meet you Scarlet, I've heard nice things about you from Kurapika!"

Scarlet covered her face with one hand and with the other threw a little punch against Kurapika's arm. He only laughed at her state of embarrassment.

"Wah! It's so embarrassing, stop it!"

"It's so fun teasing you, as always. You're just too cute Scar." Kurapika smiled when she lowered her hand. Steaming was billowing from the top of her head and Scarlet's face was as red as a tomato as Gon and Kurapika continued to laugh. This was the scene to which Killua returned.

"Yo," he took a seat, placing his tray on the table.

"Killua! You're back!" Gon cried before immediately diving into introductions, "Ah, this is Scarlet! She's a friend of Kurapika's. and Scarlet this is Killua, my best friend in the whole wide world!"

"You idiot! You don't have to say those things. It's embarrassing…" Killua looked away, aware he had a tinge of pink on his own face. However at the realization hit him he looked up swiftly at the only girl at the table. "Ah, clumsy girl."

Scarlet looked at Killua, eyes widening as her own realization hit. "I-it's you!" she proclaimed before hiding her face against Kurapika's shoulder, earning a quirked eyebrow from both the blonde and silver haired boys.

"You two know each other?" Gon looked between Killua and Scarlet with utter confusion written on his face.

"Oh, I kind of bumped into her earlier when I was going to buy some food." Killua shrugged and Gon nodded.

Meanwhile Kurapika and Scarlet were having their own conversation.

"What's wrong Scar?" Kurapika had asked with worry etching his features.

"N-nothing. It's just that… he sort of helped me…" The last part was spoken so softly it was nearly a whisper.

"Have you thanked him?"

"Y-yes."

"Then you should talk to him some more. He may be a bit arrogant, but he is a good friend of mine you know." He gave his friend a reassuring smile.

W-well, if Kura-chan says so, Scarlet thought before turning to the silver haired boy who had also turned to look at her.

"N-nice to meet you, I'm Scarlet." She grinned shyly, stretching out her hand for a hand shake.

"Killua," he returned, looking at her hand with a smirk before reaching out his own to shake it.

And thus, Scarlet Waldorf and Killua Zoldyck met.

A/N: Okay, so I didn't know what I was doing. My hands were typing on its own. Hahaha! Anyways, I hoped you liked it. Please don't be hard on me. I'll start off the next chapter immediately, I hope.

Reviews are much appreciated! Thanks in advance. I'll love you forever.

And oh, Belated Happy Birthday, Gon Freecss! You'll always be my baby.

Ciao, loves.