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Faster.. faster.., Gon's feet raced along his thoughts as he ran through what seemed to be an endless hallway, sweat beads already forming over his forehead, hanging at his eyebrows and threatening to fall everytime he took another step forward, unfortunately he didn't have the luxury to wipe away the sweat as his hands firmly clutched at his newly acquired notebook and a bunch of colored pens, a frown fell upon his features at the lack of oxygen, and he took another gulp of air.
"Just.. ju.. around" he tried to encourage himself as he panted, but the words never found their way through his mouth, so he just thought about them instead, it works either way right?
It's just around the corner, he internally assured himself, afraid to peek at his watch, he can't be more than a few minutes late, it's all that damn campus guide fault, you can't just place a map of the entire university and expect people to quickly find their way around it, it took him half an hour just to figure out which building his class was in!
But whatever, he can dwell on that later, right now he had to focus all that negative energy into his feet, and run faster god dammit! Gon's face beamed with light as he came closer to his destination, and just as he turned around the ruthless corner, he expected to find a row of open, welcoming classrooms waiting just for him, to tell everyone about his outstanding physical indurence and superb time management skills, that would surly land him some new friends on his first day here! But his sweaty forehead was met with something hard instead, and he was sent flying in the other direction, rather away from his desired destination.
"Ouuuh" Gon cried out in pain as he fell down, his butt throbbing from the hard fall, his beautiful colorful pens were now scattered across the hall, some even lost their caps, his notebook landed somewhere he didn't bother to look at yet, great, now he'll never get to class, he looked up at the source of his misfortune.
A broad naked chest, that's what he hit into.
Gon's eyebrows tangled in confusion, he seemed more upset at that fact than at his fall, or that now he'll never get to his class, but nontheless he took the hand that was extended his way.
"I'm sorry" the other person calmly spoke, but wasn't it Gon who was supposed to apologies? Gon quickly got up, finally taking in the other person's appearance.
A black hair that was slicked backwards, big forehead -not bigger than Gon's though- some sort of a weird green earring that looked cool, short eyebrows riding over deep brown eyes, and the overall facial expression was sad, whoever this person was, he must at least be a couple of years older.
"It.. it's fine!" Gon quickly responded, faking a smile through his pain and irritation, he found himself unable to resist an urge to rub at the painful throbbing in his butt, so he awkwardly scratched the back of his head to distract his senses "it's my fault really" he sheepishly tried to divert the blame.
"let me help you pick up your stuff" the guy smiled.
He was so calm, Gon expected him to be at least annoyed at the situation, but that didn't seem to be the case, either this guy was so chill, or he was a cold actor, quietly plotting to give Gon a good beating sometime later when he could catch him alone, there were after all some people walking around, entering and leaving rooms. Good, Gon thought, that meant two things for Gon's benefit;
1. This person couldn't touch him.
2. He can still enter his class.
A small smile crossed Gon's lips and he started to feel his luck pouring in "sure" he knelt down and started picking up his stuff as well, stealing swift glances at the other guy, he did look quite appealing to the eye, and Gon wished he could one day reach that level of fitness, but that was a far fetched goal for him, body building was never his thing, but he couldn't help the little envy he felt, why was this guy naked anyway?!
"I'm Chrollo by the way" the guy offered a warming smile Gon's way, catching him off guard, Gon's cheeks flushed, he was caught stealing glances, how rude of him! He didn't want to send the wrong message about himself..
"I.. I'm Gon Ging Freecs!" He stuttered but quickly responded, avoiding eye contact, he kept looking down as he picked up the rest of his pens.
"Gon, you seem to have been in some kind of a hurry, where were you headed?" Chrollo spoke as he handed the gathered pens to Gon, pink, blue, orange and yellow, Chrollo observed, using all these colored pens for notes, he must be a freshman, he internally chuckled.
Was Chrollo stupid? Gon stared up at him, or was he just trying to make small talk? Either way Gon took it upon himself to prove himself knowledgeable and smart. "To my English class ofcourse" that came out more cheerful than he intended, and he flushed even more so, he didn't want to seem that much of a nerd.
"Oh?" Chrollo raised an eyebrow up at Gon, apparently confused. "And where is that?"
"Uhm, here" Gon seemed so sure of himself, his confidence started to build up again, but not so much after an audible chuckle made it's way through Chrollo's throat.
"What?" Gon asked, what was so funny? He didn't get it.
"This is a dormitory, Gon, no classes are held here" Chrollo offered an apologetic smile as he fought a serious urge to burst out in laughter, Gon was so cute! he couldn't believe anyone could make such a silly mistake, even a freshman..
"Wha.. whaat" horrified, Gon quickly got up, clenching his stuff to his chest, he felt so embarrassed he particularly felt the heat travelling to his cheeks and ears, and it wasn't a good feeling in anyway, all he wanted was to run away and never see this person ever again throughout his entire college life, and it wasn't too late yet!
Quickly, Gon turned on his heel, and started walking in the opposite direction, no words were spoken, his feet accelerating by the passing second, his heart pounded more aggressively than when he was running, this was so humiliating it would go down in history, he just hoped Chrollo wouldn't tell anyone about it, and he even told him his full name! Gon Ging Freecs! Stupid, stupid Gon!
"Wait" Gon's heart sunk as he felt an arm grab his elbow, Chrollo's arm to be precise, and he hated the mere feeling of it, he was more than prepared to yank his arm away and make a run for it when Chrollo calmly spoke.
"You forgot this" Gon was forced to turn around to see what he had forgotten, cursing himself multiple times for actually forgetting it and contributing for this situation to happen.
A purple pen, that's what he forgot.
He had always hated purple, always neglected it, seriously, it was the least used pen he ever used, in fact, this was the same purple pen aunt Mito got for him during his last year of high school, it was so unused he didn't even have to replace it for college! Damn you purple, it has now come for it's revenge, revenge for neglectance and misuse, or in this case, no use.
"You can keep it" Gon almost spat out, more angry at his pen than Chrollo.
"Oh.. um thank you" Chrollo was impressed, this guy was already giving him something of his to keep, he knew he had to let Gon go now, but for some reason his grip never eased around the boy's elbow, Gon Freecs was certainly interesting.
"Can I go now?" That being said, Gon felt himself being sat free of the iron grip, more than ready to continue going and pretend this entire scenario never happened.
"Yeah sorry" Chrollo quickly responded "Actually wait, do you wanna catch something to drink?" He added.
What? Gon thought, oh god no, he was not ready to be humiliated even more today, by the same guy! he had to avoid that invitation at any cost, he knew it was a trap and something more wicked was lying underneath.
"I have a class to attend to" Gon tried to think up an excuse, he was always bad at lying, so he just plainly told the truth, hopefully it would work out in his favour this time.
"Yeah about that… you're actually 20 minutes late by now I doubt you'll get in" Chrollo acted more sorry to say that than he actually was, he was kind of glad he met someone new to hang around with.
Shoot, Gon didn't know what to say next so he just stared, irritation crawling underneath his skin, seems like he walked right into that trap, he was always so thick headed and couldn't work his way around things, simple and naive, he hated that about himself, it got him stuck in different shitty situations he'd rather not be in.
"I'll just grab a shirt real quick and we'll go" Chrollo gave a genuine smile as he titled his head.
"Sure" good, good. That was his chance, just when Chrollo rounds the corner Gon would bolt for his escape, his luck was smiling his way one more time today, they say green is the color of luck and all his past years of loving green are finally proving fruitful, take that purple!
And as agreed, Chrollo started walking away, Gon felt a rush of adrenalin hit him as he counted the endless line of steps, excitement fell up his stomach, his heartbeat rising in anticipation, Chrollo's feet seemed to move ever so slowly, as if he didn't want to leave yet, Gon's eyes widened, focused to catch the exact right moment, and just as Chrollo disappeared from his sight, Gon made a run for his escape, all the while laughing maniacally inside his head, he won this, he was after all a winner for today.
A minute later Chrollo emerged into the hallway, still pulling his shirt down, he stared at the empty spot Gon was supposed to be standing in, damn, the guy sure was eager to get away from him.
Thanks for taking the time to read this! Hope you enjoyed it, a few notes I'd like to say:
1. English is not my first language, so expect to find alot of grammatical errors in there, and if you do find any, please, please do correct them for me!
2. I don't usually write and I'm not a writer, this is my first time actually writing a fanfiction or even anything, so it may not be all that good but I really wanted to write something since I felt suddenly inspired.
3. I don't have the entire story planned in my head, I'll just shape it as I go, and help is really appreciated!
4. Please tell me what you genuinely think about this, the word usage, grammar, writing style and overall story, I really need someone else's perspective into this, thank you!
5. Coming chapters are going to be longer than this with more events, I'm trying my hand out at this first.
6. Expect to find OOC in characters.