Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter. Both anime series belong to the great and talented, Yoshihiro Togashi.
Summary: Basically one shots featuring Botan with any Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter characters. Mostly fluff.
Chapter 1: Killua
Sapphire orbs glared heatedly at the table - or more specifically, at a certain blue haired ferry girl. With one hand, he swung his backpack on his shoulder, and with the other, he slammed the door shut. The loud banging noise managed to get the attentions of the others in the house, but none of them really bothered to acknowledge him, assuming he had been through on another bad day.
Setting the backpack on the couch, Killua flopped down, before reaching one fist to grab the remote. Pretending he didn't notice the amethyst eyes gazing curiously at him, the silver haired assassin procceeded to switch the television on.
"Killua," that feminine voice reached his ears, "Would you like some of these chocolates? They taste really good."
He threw the remote lazily on an unoccupied space on the couch, before pinning an uninterested stare on Botan. In her hands, she held a small, pink box of chocolates, the cheery smile stuck on her face as always.
He really wasn't sure what she was doing here. They didn't know each other quite well, but Botan had been spending a lot of time with the group, mostly with Gon, which he found weird. Killua figured she must have taken a liking to Gon since the black haired boy saved her from a bunch of thieves trying to attack her just two months ago. Really, and she told them she was with her friends - which he also heard was considerably strong, the Reikai Tantei or whatever it was she called them - but she got separated from them. When she was finally reunited with her companions, Killua thought that was the last time he would ever get to see her again.
Obviously, he was proven wrong.
He actually felt sorry for her. She apparently liked Gon a lot if she was trying so relentlessly to "visit them" once a while. But, truth be told, although they were both - he and Gon - were eighteen now, the latter was still as ignorant and clueless as he was six years ago. So, Killua doubted his best friend could respond to her feelings appropriately. Really, the girl should just give up. With her constant presence, she was beginning to become a pain in the ass for the assassin. She didn't bother him in particular, but he found her need to consistently come over their house every three times a week was irking at the very least. Not to mention, she was cutting into what he dubbed as "his and Gon's best friend time", with her and Gon spending more and more time with each other these days. She was infuriating. Gon was his best friend. Stop trying to steal him. Although, he couldn't help but feel this stabbing pain at the middle in his chest everytime he saw them together, which was an oddity, but he quickly brushed the feeling off as him being possessive over his best friend.
He scoffed.
As if he would actually saw her that way.
"No," Killua finally answered after a while of silence, pushing his thoughts over the possibility of him having feelings for her into the deepest part of his mind, where they hopefully would never appear again. He then averted his gaze back to the television. There wasn't any interesting, so he kept switching from one channel to the next back and forth.
"Aww, come on, Killua!" Gon's voice practically begged him. He could almost see the black haired boy's mouth forming a pout. "Botan-san made this especially for us! They're really delicious! You'll regret not eating them, I swear!"
Killua rolled his eyes. "All the more reason I don't want them," he mumbled grudgingly under his breath. Ignoring his best friend's invitation and Kurapika reprimanding him of his rude behavior, he stood up from the couch, not bothering to turn the television off as he walked his way to his room. There wasn't anything worth watching anyway.
Just as he was about to shut his door close, a foot stepped in, halting his movements. He blinked at the foot peeking through the crack in the door, before letting out a groan of exasperation as the person at the other side pushed the wooden material open, revealing no one other than Botan. The last person he wanted to see in his room.
But, for some reason, he just let her enter, closing the door behind her as she did so. His brows furrowed at the wide, ear to ear grin lifting up her lips.
"Ne, Killua! Don't be that way..." she said in that perky tone of hers, and proceeded to retrieve something from her back - the box of chocolates she had showed him before. She handed it to him. "Here, why don't you try them?"
The silver haired assassin shot her an irritated expression. Strolling away from her, he flopped down on the bed, regarding her with a deep scowl. "What part of "I don't want them" don't you understand, woman?" he practically growled.
Paying no mind to the less than friendly way he was speaking to her, Botan sauntered her way to him, Killua's glare going unnoticed by her as she uninvitedly sat on an unoccupied space on the bed. Without responding to his words, the girl placed the box of chocolates beside the assassin's lap.
"Look, just try at least one," She paused to give him another smile, "and if you don't like them, you can throw them away."
One silver eyebrow quirked at her in a questioning manner. Was this woman serious? Did she really want him to eat her goddamn chocolates that much? Crazy. He sighed, but decided not to give in so easily to her wishes. If he ended up liking them, he couldn't help but feel as if she had won, even if they weren't really practically competing or anything.
"No," came his stubborn response.
A crease formed on the girl's forehead. "What? Why not?" she asked in confusion. What was it that she had to do to make him eat them? It wasn't that hard! It wouldn't kill him if he took a bite. When he didn't respond, Botan started to grow anxious and angry at the same time.
Killua watched with blinking eyes as Botan suddenly opened the box of chocolates, abruptly taking one love shaped chocolate between her fingers.
Then, she popped it in her mouth.
His jaws felled open in shock.
"W-what... what the hell are you doing?" For once, Killua found himself utterly taken aback by the girl. Didn't she want to give them to him? Why on earth would she just up and eat it like that? Really, she was weird beyond definition.
Botan didn't reply at once, instead she expelled a contented sigh as the sweet taste of the chocolate melted on her tongue. "This taste so good..."
"Are you really praising your own work?"
"Is that a crime?" And then, she popped another into her mouth. "Anyway, if you don't want them, then I might as well just eat them than let them go to waste," her voice was muffled as she was busy chewing.
He stared at her in disbelieve, his eyes wide as saucers as he watched her consume one chocolate after the other. In some insane part of his mind, there was something nagging at him to stop her because heck, he wanted them to himself. On normal occassions, he would just ignore that part of him, especially when it was involving her, of all people. But, this time, he actually listened.
Snatching the box before she could grab another piece of that mouth-watering chocolate, Killua quickly kept it out of her grasp. "Don't eat all of them, you greedy idiot!" he accidentally cried out.
He didn't realize what he just uttered out, until a subtle, victorious smirk slowly curled up at the corners of her mouth. For a moment, his eyes gazed over the glossy texture of her pink lips, before he quickly gained some sense into his head.
A pink tint began to crept up his cheeks. "W-what? It's only because I like chocolates, okay?" he tried desperately to defend himself when he saw the teasing gleam in her amethyst orbs.
Placing a hand over her mouth, Botan tried to pull a vain effort to stifle a giggle. "Yeah, sure..." came her sarcastic response, to which the silver haired assassin couldn't help but turn redder in the face.
"Why you little-!"
Botan raised her arms defensively in the air as she realized Killua was on the verge of throwing curses at her. "Hey, hey! Relax! You wouldn't want them to go to waste, now would you?" she tried to change the subject, gesturing to the chocolates.
Killua fixed his eyes on the sweet snack, mentally noting to himself there were at least seven of them left. He gave out a small snort, before turning his head away from the bluenette, in an attempt to hide the blush on his face. Then again, it wasn't as if she hadn't seen it.
He could almost feel her smiling in glee as he took one piece between his lips, before fully engulfing the tasty chocolate in his mouth. He slowly chewed on it, taking a moment to judge her cooking skills and to savor the sweet taste. She did a good job, he would give her that. Not that he would willingly admit that out loud though.
Botan's face felt like it could disappear behind the huge, ear to ear grin she sported. "So? How does it taste?" she inquired, leaning in closer to the assassin, the anticipation of his answer evident on her lovely features.
Killua almost choked on the piece of chocolate when their proximity considerably neared. He considered scooting away, but at the determined look on her face, he found that he couldn't move a muscle.
"Ne, Killua?" Her voice reverberated in the room, reaching his ears and breaking him out of his reverie. He gulped audibly when she closed in the mere inches of distance between their faces, her nose nearly brushing against his. "How does it taste?" she repeated.
He stared into his eyes, realizing for a second the beautiful shade in her pools of amethyst, before slowly trailing his gaze to her lips. Soft, honey dew, inviting lips...
Deciding he really needed to snap out of it, Killua inwardly shook his head. Shit, what the hell was he thinking? He developed a red tinge around his cheeks, backing away a little to increase the distance between them. He looked at everywhere in the room but her questioning gaze.
"Uh... d-does it really matter?" he tried to come off as nonchalant, cursing at himself when he stuttered instead. He hoped she would leave him alone at that.
Fortunately, Botan didn't seem to notice he had stammered - or perhaps, it wasn't really relevant to her as she was preoccupied of thinking over the number of reasons why he would think it didn't matter - as she pulled away with a deep frown etched to her forehead.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean what I mean."
Her frown seemed to impossibly deepen, and Killua's expression began to match hers as the girl looked like she was about to cry. "You know that's not what I meant! I mean, I went through all the hard word to make those for you because I like you... I even went out of my way to make some for Gon, Kurapika and Leorio because I thought you would suspect that I have a crush on you... and that's all you have to say? That it "doesn't matter"? Why I ought to... Oh shit..." Botan visibly paled as the revelation hit her of what she had accidentally said. Curse her and her habit of rambling about things she shouldn't!
She stared wide eyed at Killua's equally surprised expression. For some reason unknown to her however, the blush coloring his cheeks darkened, making him look as if he was a ripe tomato under her embarrassed gaze.
There was a moment of silence, before Botan abruptly stood up from the bed, the red tint on her face understandably darker than Killua's, as she pried for a way out. "Um, forget what I said... You know what, I think I heard Gon-kun calling my name! So, yeah, uh, I gotta go! So, um, if you'll excuse me..." Her voice was a few octaves higher, her words sounding very high pitched, which actually gave away that she was bluffing. Without so much as another word, the girl turned, her back facing him, and making to go for the door.
It wasn't until he saw that she was about to walk out on him, did he finally realize how he truly felt for her. Considering her demeanor, she probably wouldn't come back to this house for a while if she left. And who knows how long would it be before he could finally see her again? He couldn't just-
And it wasn't until at that moment, when he risked losing her, did he finally snap out of whatever trance that held him captive. In one swift motion, his hand shot up, grabbing her arm, and stopping her before she could take another step.
"K-Killua...?" Botan, caught off guard by his sudden actions, were on the verge of whipping around to face him... when he pulled her down into his lap.
"Wha-" Botan didn't manage to finish her sentence, as she was quickly silenced by a pair of warm, soft lips crushing against her surprised, still ones. His kiss was brief and featherlike, and before she could comprehend what just happened, or even respond to the lip lock, he pulled apart.
She stared dazedly into his mischief filled sapphire orbs. His mouth pulled upwards to form a cheshire like grin, one she could definitely match with hers.
"You're a really terrible liar," was all he said, before leaning in for another kiss.
The chocolates laid forgotten on an unoccupied space on the bed.
A/N: Ookaayy... So, I know it's probably weird that I started this fic with Killua/Botan... but, I couldn't help it! I just think they're so cute together!
So, as you all already could guess by the summary, this is a series of Botan/insert any YYH or HXH character here oneshots, so... yeah. This is entirely Botan-centric. I just find her totally too shippable! Really. I love her with just about anyone. But, mostly with YYH and HXH characters. Although my main pairing is certainly Kurama/Botan, Youko/Botan, and pretty an unlikely but undoubted cute couple, Killua/Botan, I accept any requests from readers for any ships. But, if there are no requests, then I'll go and make another one shot based on the next pairing I choose XD
Although, my update will probably be slow, as I have a bad habit of conjuring up new stories, while having a lot of unfinished ones, so my sole focus isn't entirely on this fic. But, I will try and update as soon as I can!
That's all I have to say. Hope you enjoyed this! Don't forget to review when you have the time and request if you want me to do a one shot on a pairing you like (as long as it's with Botan)!
Good bye!
