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It has been 5 years since Gon and Killua reunited from their temporary separation. Three years since they have confessed and became officially lovers. Though they are now lovers, the two are still in a semi-long distant relationship. In order to change that, both arrive to the same conclusion: marriage. But to do that, they have to propose. And to propose means that they must face that one step where almost every proposer dread... Asking permission from their lover's parents. But then again, that's the traditional method. Gon and Killua almost always never follow the norms, but that didn't stop them from visiting the other's abnormal family.
Thank you guys for reading! I already published 3 chapter in AO3 if you can't wait for the next release (which will be coming in 2-3 days) XD
21 year old Gon Freecss hoisted himself up to what is known to be the World Tree. Landing on his two feet, Gon was greeted by giant Tree Birds, excited to see their familiar guest. Gon giggled, bending down and patting each of the round Tree Bird and ruffled their feathers. Gon's ears perked up at the sound of an ever so familiar voice.
"Took you long enough."
Gon jumped up to his feet and tackled the young man in front of him. His first friend. His best friend in the world. And his first boyfriend. "Killua!" Gon squealed in glee, wrapping his buff arms around the taller, white-haired Hunter. Killua allowed his older yet shorter boyfriend land on his arms roughly. Usually, he would have berated Gon of his childish behavior and tell him to act like his age. But, it has been several months since he saw Gon. And boy, it has been a painful 6 months after their separation.
"Gon," Killua whispered softly, circling his arms over Gon's waist. It's been far too long since he had Gon in his arms. Gon giggled at the feeling of Killua's hair ruffling around his exposed neck. Killua must have missed him a lot for him to snuggle his face against his. Soon, he felt the ex-assassin's lips in his own. The two were at loss of their long-awaited contact, ignoring the background noises mostly made up of the Tree Birds wanting attention. Gon sighed happily during their passionate kiss. The two simultaneously broke apart and stared into each other's eyes. The Tree Birds continued to wail out loudly behind them, but both Gon and Killua could only see each other at the moment. Everything else outside of each other's eyes and faces was a blur.
Leaning his forehead against Gon's, Killua was the first to say, "I missed you." Gon nodded against him, and then lowered his head so that his ear was laying on Killua's chest. Gon always hated to admit this, but sometimes it hurts for Gon to always keep his head up forward to align his eyes with Killua. Why did he have to inherit Ging's shortness while Killua gets to stand up straight and tall as a 6 foot 1 man? Killua on the other hand was delighted at their height difference because it gave him the power to plant short kisses all over Gon's head, forehead, eyes, and everywhere above where Gon couldn't really reach. As Killua began his shower his affections over Gon's upper face, Gon pouted beneath. Killua smirked, trailing his lips above Gon's eyebrows, between his eyes, then the tip of his nose.
Suddenly, Killua stopped his tracks while Gon started to whine, "Killua, now you're just teasing me about my height! Don't tell me that you've gotten taller again!"
Killua only responded by kissing on Gon's forehead. Then he whispered, "It's not my fault that you barely reach 5 foot 10. " Before Gon, who was sensitive about his height, protested, Killua quickly interrupted, "By the way, what happened to your left temple? I never seen this scar before."
"Ah, this? I uh, ran into an accident." Gon winced as Killua carefully stroked Gon's side temple, feeling the clean, jagged scar. Killua frowned. What kind of knife could have grazed Gon like this? And when did this happen?
"Did this accident involve with another person?" Killua asked with a hint of agitation. Killua's frown deepened when he saw Gon's frantic eyes wandering elsewhere. He doesn't want to tell me.
Gon stuttered, "Well um, maybe, but it's all good now!" Gon was never good at hiding things, especially from Killua. But Killua wasn't going to let him have things go his way. Not this time. Killua released his embrace from Gon almost abruptly and positioned himself in his regular fighting stance. Watching Killua carefully, Gon raised an eyebrow, but his mouth twitched into a smile.
Killua didn't smile however, trying to sound serious, "If I am able to pin you down for 5 seconds, you have to tell me what you're hiding, deal?"
"And I pin you down for 5 seconds?"
"I'll forget about it for the time being. And maybe I will kneel down for you to pet my hair so you can feel better about your shortness."
"That does it!"
And then, just like old times, the two wrestled each other. The Tree Birds continued chirping, watching the two young men struggling against each others' limbs. Gon beamed, feeling a rush of excitement when exchanging blows with his boyfriend. He didn't have to worry about holding back at all. He and Killua were precisely in sync with every attack, block, kick, and punch. However, because of Killua's nasty remark, Gon rushed in and pressured Killua into a defensive position. Gon unleashed his barrages of punches, keeping Killua at defense. Killua's back edged in front of one of Tree Bird, leaving him trapped. But he's not allowing Gon take the victory so easily. When Gon swung his arm to pull Killua down on the ground, Killua ducked away in time. Half an hour passed by, and the two young adults were now scuffling on the ground, still trying to obtain victory over the other. However, Gon was at the advantage, who had locked Killua underneath his smaller body. Finally, Killua decided to show Gon who's the dominant one and easily flipped Gon's body over. Gon yelped in surprise as Killua secured his hold on Gon by placing Gon between his legs and grabbing his wrists to lock him.
"I win again," Killua smirked. Gon stuck his tongue out playfully.
"Now its 287 against 271… I will catch up eventually, Killua," Gon retorted.
Killua chuckled, "Why bother keeping count when you're just adding more to your losses?"
"Killua!" Gon furrowed his eyebrows at Killua's snide comment.
"Haha, sorry, I shouldn't be making fun of you after we've been apart so long," Killua apologized. Killua leaned down above Gon's face and pecked his lips to compensate his teasing. Gon still furrowed his eyebrows, but decided to let it slide. Kilua then pried himself off of Gon and laid next to the spiky haired Hunter. Gon snuggled into Killua's arms, but still stared into Killua's sapphire eyes. Gon loved gazing into Killua's eyes. These moments never fail to pick up his heart rate and bring a smile to his lips. The two continued to face sideways against each other, savoring every second in indulging each other's presence.
"So, fess up right now." Killua said, breaking the comfortable silence.
Gon pouted, and his eyes darted to the right. He whispered, "Can I uh explain that later? We should catch up first before I start telling stories about my new scars."
"Scars? Wait, are you telling me you have other fresh and new scars? Show me."
"I will tell you everything later! First I want to know how you have been doing for the past year!" His right hand found its way to Killua's left hand.
Killua sighed, knowing that there was no way to win the stubborn male. "I just travelled a bit here and there, continued my job, and finished some businesses." Gon raised his eyebrow in suspicion. That's incredibly vague. Usually, Killua would have gone on a rant of how troublesome some of his missions were, or tell Gon some random thing he found in one of his travels. Their solo travels lasted no more than 2-3 months, but they've been on their own for half a year! Something big had to have happened during those 6 months.
"That's it? What kind of businesses? What kind of missions did you have this time?" Gon asked.
Killua avoided Gon's questions by asking him, "Well what about you? What were you doing for the last six months? It seems like you had your time with various of activities judging by the scars you won't tell me" Gon smiled sheepishly.
"Well I also travelled to some places. And I also finished some personal businesses. Yeah…" Gon couldn't find any other stories to make up what he did in the last 6 months. If he told the truth…
"That's so interesting Gon," Killua scoffed.
"Your's wasn't all that interesting either!"
"You just basically copied me!" The two young couple glared at each other and the tension between them spiked. Even the Tree Birds quieted their chirps, noticing the intense atmosphere radiating from the two humans across from them. However, whatever uneasiness the Tree Birds felt, it instantly disappeared seconds later. Gon and Killua, who were glaring at each other intensely before, broke into sly smiles and laughed to themselves. Who were they kidding? They both figured that the other is trying to give them a surprise or something.
Killua leaned back at the edge of the giant test and gave the spiky-haired Hunter in front of him a knowing glance. "Since I won our fight, you better start talking first." Gon chewed on his bottom lip, slightly panicking. It was now or never. Gon closed his eyes and went over his lines repeatedly. He had been practicing what he was going to say over the past few nights.
Gon sat straight up, positioning his knees on the ground and his shouldered scrunched together in nervousness. Killua peered at Gon curiously, also sitting up with him.
Before Killua could question Gon's sudden actions, Gon blurted, "Killua, d-did I ever told you why I really like you?" Killua was taken aback by Gon's random question. The white-haired Hunter scratched the side of his head in embarrassment, but he was in no better shape than the red-faced raven-haired man in front of him.
"I think. Why are you asking this all of the sudden?"
Gon breathed. Good. All according to plan. "I don't know if you remember, but I did pour out all of my feelings to you when we first confessed our feelings 3 years ago. It was when we first reunited after traveling alone for so long. Do you remember everything that I said?"
Killua of course remembered that day. He remembered the anxiety, dread, and unattainable excitement he felt when meeting Gon after the awful catastrophe that almost took Gon's life away. He remembered how he hard he tried to control his romantic feelings toward Gon when first seeing him again. It was impossible. Even though Killua was convinced that there wasn't any possibility of Gon ever loving him back that way, all of his feelings returned on the second he laid his eyes on Gon. And when Gon suddenly confessed that he had been loving Killua romantically, Killua felt as if his heart exploded. Then everything afterwards, it was full of tears, mush, kisses, and yeah, more mush.
"N-not exactly," Killua lied. For some reason, Killua was feeling awfully excited at where Gon was going. It's not always for his straightforward and simple-minded boyfriend to act this jittery. He and Gon were way passed the shy and awkward stage of their relationship. So what was causing Gon so much worry?
Gon took a deep breath. "Can I remind you why you are the most important person in my life?" Killua face flushed. He slowly nodded with his heart slowly racing. To ease his mind, Gon stared at Killua's face, his gorgeous eyes, pale skin, sharp jawline, and snow-white hair. Wearing a now determined face, Gon starts his declaration, "Killua, I've been thinking about this for an entire year. I realized how important you are to me, and it's been harder every time we go on our own ways. It's good that we are, you know, a couple and everything for the last two years, but that only makes it harder to adventure out on my own. I know we have our own jobs and personal goals that we want to accomplish first before we can uh… travel together again." Gon paused.
Killua's eyes never left Gon's amber orbs. "Okay, go on."
Gon continued, "So I've been thinking about what I really want to do in my life now that I found Ging and found a specific Hunter profession I want to pursue. And then I thought about our long-distant relationship. I realized that our different goals and relationship don't really work together—"
"W-what are you trying to say? Are you saying that it's not working out?" Killua interrupted, panicking.
Gon quickly took Killua's hand and cried, "No, no! That's not it! I mean, we are still seeing each other as much as we can, but it's just doesn't feel right, you know? Why am I separated with you for half of the year when you are the most important person in my life?" Killua clenched Gon's hand and averted his eyes. He too, has been thinking of this, but unlike Gon, he has been thinking of this every since they separated after Gon was healed. Even after a week has passed without Gon by his side, Killua kept wondering why it felt so lonely without his best friend. And ever since they became lovers at the age of 18, the two continued to walk on different paths, pursuing their careers and personal goals. The only reason Killua continued to travel alone was because he wanted to respect Gon's personal ambitions. Gon said it himself back when they first reunited was that he has to continue training until he feels strong enough to be someone's companion. And Gon never indicated that he wanted to travel with Killua again. Although Killua kept reassuring Gon that he has forgiven him from that incident with Pitou, Killua knows that Gon was still feeling guilty about it. Gon always hesitated at his and Alluka's offer to join them in some expedition or even a vacation in general. And for Killua, it pains him to hear Gon refusing him every time. So he decided to not bring up the topic of traveling together again and savor the moments they are together. But at each separation, a piece of Killua's heart goes to Gon.
"Gon… I—" Killua started to say.
This time, Gon interrupted, "Killua. I don't want to be away from you anymore. I want to keep that promise back in Whale Island when we were 12. We are both 1 Star Hunters now, and we have fulfilled our original purposes." Gon paused once again and then pulled out something from his pocket. Killua's eyes widened at the sight of a silver ring embedded with two shining diamond and a glistening sapphire at the center. Gon's voice lowered into a whisper, "I can't imagine a life without you, Killua. At this rate, we may stop seeing each other for more than months and even years. I don't want that. So, I found a new purpose in life. I want you to be my life goal. And for that to happen, Killua Zoldyck, will you please marry me." Killua was speechless. His mouth formed a wide "O", and his eyes wandered from the silver ring in Gon's tanned hands, to his nervous face with quivering lips, and then back to his hand. Floods of emotions struck Killua. His heart swelled, blood rushed to his ears, and his eyes started to water.
However, only one thing came into his mind.
"What the fuck."
Gon dramatically gasped, "Killua, I stayed up all night memorizing my confession, poured all my feelings to propose you, and all you have to say is 'what the fuck'? What the actual fuck, Killua!" Killua started to laugh hysterically, tears streaming from his eyes from joy and amusement. A long minute has passed, and Killua was still laughing. Gon was puzzled at his lover's strange reaction, but seeing Killua laughing brought a smile to his own face. After calming down, and Killua sighed as heat spread across his face.
"Sorry Gon, I didn't mean to ruin your proposal. It's just that…" Instead of saying it outright, Killua too fished out something inside his pocket and revealed a wooden box.
Gon gasped while Killua sheepishly mumbled, "I also was planning to propose you today. That's why I kind of swore in frustration. You beat me to it." It was Gon's turn to laugh uncontrollably. He had to hold his stomach from his obnoxious giggles, and Killua joined along. After their heartfelt laughter, Gon jumped into Killua's arms once more and kissed him fully on the mouth. Killua returned the kiss as passionately. Both still had wet tears in their faces, but neither paid attention to the saltiness from their tears. Gon slowly wrapped his arms around Killua's neck while Killua gently cupped Gon's face to have a better angle. Killua continued to kiss Gon senseless, until his fingers felt Gon's rough scar. He suddenly paused, and mindlessly stroked the jagged mark. Gon slightly squirmed, but brought his hand on top of Killua's. The two broke apart, panting from their heated lip lock. Amber eyes gazed into sapphire orbs. Gon then broke the silence.
"Killua, do you know what I had to go through in order to be here right now? The reason why I told you that I have businesses to take care of was because I had to prepare a lot for this proposal!" Gon whined.
"What the hell, same with me! The reason why I was away for so long was because of this damn ring!" Killua barked. The two looked at each other and laughed again. All of Gon's insecurities disappeared after hearing Killua's confession. He remembered how awful he felt when Killua announced that he would be away for a longer period of time.
The desire of staying with Killua longer and the fear that Killua planning to leave Gon really prompted him to struggle through what he had to do to buy this ring…
Gon pouted, "So does that mean… you also visited my family members to tell them about your plan to p-propose to me? " Gon swore he saw Killua scowling in a split second.
Killua responded, "Yeah. That was the first thing I did when we first separated in Yorknew City. I travelled back to Whale Island to see your family after you told me that you were planning to go to Heaven's Arena. I thought you were going there to train, so I took this opportunity to go to your home without you being there."
Gon smiled widely. Oh boy he wanted to tell Killua everything what had happened in the last six months. Since they are on that topic, Gon prompted, "You know, I went to Heaven's Arena to see Alluka. And then after that, I payed a visit to your mansion." Killua's eyes bulged.
"You what?!" Realization struck Killua on the face. "Then those scars…"
Got laughed a little timidly, scratching the back of his head. "I'll start at the very beginning. Let's not rush into the part where your parents attempted to kill me a thousand times."