"Hey. Did you hear? We're getting two new exchange students! They're girls~!"
"And why are you telling me this?" The blonde spoken to replied, not even sparing a glance "Leorio, why would I care about that?"
"Because...it's your job to know stuff, duh. Speaking of which, shouldn't you have already known this?" Leorio mumbled, obviously not happy with the blonde's attitude. "Come on, Kurapika. Aren't you just a wee bit curious about them? I hope they're cute~"
Kurapika just rolled his eyes and heaved a sigh in response, deciding not to utter another word.
"Soo...you're ignoring me now, huh?"
...
"Yep, thought so."
...
"Okay, say something."
Turning his head, Kurapika took a deep breath and in a, curious tone, he spoke up "... How superficial can you be?"
"I'm not superficial! I just prefer the cute ones..."
x-x-x-x
"HEY! Killua! Killua!" A loud shout echoed throughout the second floor of the school building as a spikey-headed teen ran through the corridor. Everybody watched as he darted past the lockers and classrooms. A heavy silence quickly overcame the entire school building except the faint pattering of lightning fast footsteps up the stairs and through the halls. The door slammed open, revealing the excited young boy with a giant widespread smile.
Yet, he was still only greeted with a stoic expression and a slightly curious head-tilt "What is it, Gon?"
The said boy pushed and forced his way through the crowd of girls, comepletely aloof to their fangirl squeals "Don't even try to tell me you didn't hear about the new exchange students." He pouted once he reached Killua who was sitting on his desk, looking as "cool" as ever.
"Oh, them? Yeah, I heard. What about them?" Killua growled under his breath
"Huh? Aren't you excited?!" Gon back-pedaled, his mouth agape, stunned at his reaction
"Two more obsessed, super-human, teen fangirls chasing us down the halls, plucking out our hair, stealing our stuff, and making scrapbooks of us? Yeah, no thank you." Killua shook his head, obviously not too thrilled with the idea of having two new female exchange students. But who can blame him?
Gon paused, processing the point Killua was trying to make. Eventually, he spoke up "Yeah but...if we talk to them before anybody else does, we could save them!"
"Save them? You mean, from becoming crazed fangirls?" Killua sighed at Gon's innocence "Oh please, all girls are the same. The moment they see us, it'll already be too late. You can't save them."
"Can't we at least try...?" Gon frowned, looking up at Killua with those adorable puppy dog eyes of his
However, Killua just looked away, as if contemplating it. "Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you."
Right at that moment, the bell rang and everybody was forced to make their way to their seats...much to the fangirls' annoyance.
"Thank you, Killua." Gon smiled calmly before sitting down beside him
Killua sighed as he hopped from the desk to his chair, rolling his eyes again. "Don't thank me yet..."
The teacher waltzed in with books under his arm, his shirt untucked and his glasses pushed up "Good morning, class. You all look prepped and ready for today's lesson." He rubbed his hands
together and plucks a piece of chalk off the tray
"Good morning, Wing-san." The class collectively responds in a monotonus moan
Sarcsm looms in his tone as he mumbles under his breath "Nice to hear that enthusiasm!" Wing jots something down on the board behind him and spins back on his heels "Today's lesson is..."
'What happened to the exchange students?' Gon cocks his head to the side as his thoughts are consumed with questions
x-x-x-x
"That was weird...they were supposed to be here today." Gon crossed his arms and creased his brow turning to his silver headed companion
"Maybe they skipped?" Killua halfheartedly suggested, although deep down he was glad they didn't show up "Not everyone likes school Gon, infact some hate it."
Gon frowned and his lip quivered "But- but-"
"And no amount of the puppy face will change that."
The two entered the cafeteria and joined the line for lunch.
"...Do you hate school, Killua?" Gon looks up to his friend, knowing his answer already.
Killua sighed as his best friend handed him a styrofoam coffee cup. Holding it under the despencer, he patiently waited for it to fill. "Yes, but at least it's away from home."
"Oh yeah..."
"And I thought you weren't one to be hyped up at the thought of school, either."
"Hm?" Gon frowned. "But all of my friends are here..."
Killua rolled his eyes as they walked further in line "It's all about friends, isn't it? Do you ever stop to think about yourself? I was asking your opinion on school, not mine or anybody else's."
"You didn't ask...you just assumed." Gon pointed out, not paying attention to the obvious annoyance covering the albino's face
Killua just sipped his coffee in silence, running his fingers through his hair in frustration.
x-x-x-x
"Do you have a five?"
"Mm...go fish."
"Dang!" The irked girl growled and picks a card off the deck "At least let a losing girl off easy..."
"What exactly am I supposed to do to 'let you off easy' for a game?"
"...I dunno, something."
"Elaborate for me."
"Aiyako! Come on, please?!"
The said girl just put her cards down, sighing "Alright. If I surrender, will you take the victory?"
"Don't surrender! Just let me off!"
"You didn't answer my question, Kimi."
"So it would seem...but, seriously, don't give up. I wouldn't take it. I don't want to win that way, nobody does. I mean, what would you do?" The light pink-haired girl pouted
"I would just take the victory if it meant game over." Aiyako deadpanned, not particularly interested in what Kimiko had to say after that. "We're almost there. And we still have to check out our dorms."
Kimiko shook her head and gaped "What?! No! It's lunchtime! I'm hungry!"
"You weren't this obsessed with food in middle school...I guess neither of us are exactly the same as when we first met, huh?" Aiyako chuckled with a small smile
"Nope, I guess not. Well...we're here. Come on, we're already late." Kimiko stood up as the bus came to a complete stop and the door opened. "Thank you." She quickly thanked the bus driver and hopped onto the pavement with Aiyako trailing behind her.
"I guess this is the beginning of something new..."
"I don't like 'new'..." Kimiko grumbled, walking towards the entrance of the building
Aiyako frowned, understanding exactly how she felt. "Nobody really does, but it's something we're going to have to get used to..."
"Whatever, let's go."