Bet You: Chapter 7
Killua stretched his arms and layed back on his seat looking at the ceiling. It had been a BORING couple of weeks in the office. Val had been occupied with some stuff that needed to be attended outside and, well, Gon was a serious worker as always. He actually thought about dropping by and visiting Val more than once after work, but he simply couldn't show up out of the blue. He actually missed her a little. After he had poured his emotions on Val a few weeks ago he just seemed to cherish her presence more than he used to. Her being around didn't only mean fun now. It somehow soothed him, even if she didn't talk to him. He felt reassured when she was around, even though there was no apparent reason for him to need reassurance. Some days he suspected he was developing something towards her, but most of the time he would just shrug it off. Today was one of the days in which he had to deal with those damned suspicions.
He suddenly heard someone enter and stand next to him. It was Jan.
"Boss." Killua said immediately straightening up and acknowledged him with a nod, gesture that was returned.
"Killua, I need you to something for me." Jan searched through a portfolio he was holding and rummaged through a few pages. After a while he took a handful and handed them to Killua. "I need Val to read this today, and she's not coming to the office. Will you please hand it to her for me?"
"Me? Where should I find her?" Killua raised an eyebrow
"I don't know where she is right now and she isn't picking up her phone. I thought you could drop by her place later and hand it to her. You can leave an hour earlier so you don't use you own free time to do it." Jan said.
"Eh? No problem, sir, but why ask me?" Killua said; there was a person in charge of doing these kind of things.
"Well, no one knows where she lives, and I assumed you were the only one who knew that piece of info." Jan smirked a little while raising an eyebrow. Killua heard some chuckles behind him and gave everyone a quick glare, to which they all went back to their own matters.
"Okay… " Killua said under his breath and put the papers in a folder and in his briefcase.
Killua thought he was blushing, so he didn't turn back to look at everyone. What the fuck? Did the whole office think there was something going on between him and Val? It's not like he didn't want anything to happen, but why would everyone suspect such a thing? He sighed and looked at his never-ending paperwork; he smiled. At least he would get to visit her, which was something he was looking forward to.
After a few hours, he finally got to leave that boring place. "Bye, everyone!" he said waving and tried to ignore everyones grins at him. "Gon, I'll see you at home in a few hours." he said to the boy that stood next to him.
"Oh, no need, Killua." Gon whispered and beamed. "I will not expect you awake."
Killua scowled and left before anyone could mock him anymore. He fumed all the way until he got to Vals building. He suddenly forgot everyone's jokes and jumped the stairs up, with a small smile on his lips. He knocked on her door and after a few seconds the door was opened.
There stood Val; she wore fluorescent orange leggings, black military boots and a red indian-looking shirt. Her hair was in a messy bun and she had a yellow head scarf around it, somehow trying to keep it in place, but failing miserably. Killua sweatdropped. He had always seen her at work or while training; so he never actually knew what kind of clothes she wore. Now he did; she was a werido. He inwardly smiled at that.
"What's up with the ridiculous outfit?" he smirked and pointed at her. She looked at herself and scoffed.
"People just don't have a fashion sense. They're the ridiculous ones, dressing all like clones." She grinned and made a pose. "See?"
"Yeah, right." Killua laughed it off. Val got back inside, but Killua simply stood in the doorway.
"Are you coming in?" Val said turning around and raising her eyebrows.
"Oh, right." Killua closed the door and headed towards her living room. It was still tidy enough, which was a relief to Killua and he threw himself on her couch.
"Yeah, make yourself at home." She said and sat next to him. "If you want anything to eat or drink just grab it, okay?"
Killua nodded, a few seconds passed and he looked back at her, feeling a little awkward. She was expecting him to say something. She raised an eyebrow. Suddenly he remembered.
"Oh, right!" Killua opened his briefcase and took a folder and handed it to her. "Here you go. I was supposed to bring this over to you."
"Eh, thank you, I guess." She said. "Why would they send you?"
"No one knew where you lived and Jan said he assumed I did. So, yeah." He answered blushing little bit. "Hey, Val. I've been meaning to ask you something."
Val raised her eyebrows "Go ahead."
"It's alright you don't want to answer me. But, why live in a place like this? I mean, I don't have anything against it, but I'd think you'd be able to afford something better. If you have some kind of problems maybe we could help you out."
"I knew that you'd eventually ask." Val said smiling at him. "Well, long story short, I needed to rent somewhere where no personal documents or data were requested. This kind of neighbourhoods are the only ones who accept that kind of stuff."
"Yeah… Why are you hiding?" Killua asked.
"I'm involved in a political movement… and let's just say that not everyone likes us. So, just in case, I want to keep underground for some time."
"What is it all about? The movement you're part of."
"I wish I could tell you now." Val sighed "But, lately, everything's been pretty unstable, so I'd rather not say. But I promise I will, when the time's right."
"No problem" Killua smiled widely. He felt kind of relieved knowing that Val trusted him enough to say something like that. He saw her stand up, go to the kitchen, and come back with a glass of water.
"I assume you know how to keep a secret." she said.
"What secret? Oh, what you just told me? I'm so sorry! I just texted everyone telling them about it." Killua said smirking, she laughed. The conversation turned light again, and they ended talking about how horrible it was when someone said something embarrassing about themselves in front of other people. Killua complained about how Gon had always been imperceptive to that kind of things and how he always seemed to embarrass him.
"Hey, can I get something to eat?" Killua said.
"I already told you, you go and get whatever you want. Don't ask again." Val said pointing at a door. Killua assumed it was the kitchen and headed that way. After a few minutes he came back with sandwich, sat down again and started chomping on it.
"What the fuck is that?" Val frowned at what he was eating.
"It's a banana sandwich. Duh." Killua said, his mouth full of food.
Val put a disgusted face "How can you put banana in your sandwich? It looks pretty awful."
"Well, people just don't have good taste. It's pretty awful that they all eat the same stuff, like clones or something." Killua said with his index up. Val laughed at that. "You wouldn't believe how good it tastes."
"Ok, let me try it out." She leaned towards Killua, to the point where she was almost laying on top of him. She grabbed the hand that held the sandwich, pulled it to her mouth and took a bite. She swallowed and looked back at Killua.
"Wow, it actually tastes better than I'd thought. It actually is pretty yummy." She said and looked at Killua, who was as red as a tomato. "Wow, you actually blend in with my shirt, Killua." She smirked and his blush got even deeper, if it was possible. She leaned closer to him and poked his cheek. "Why? Want me to taste you now?" she said with a smug smirk.
"Hah, you wish I did. I thing this sandwich is much yummier that you are." Killua smirked back at her.
"Ohhh, suddenly you're all complacent, aren't you?" She said and laughed a bit and pointed at his sandwich. "That tasted good, but I'm way better. Just imagine how good I must be."
"Uh-huh. I highly doubt that." Killua said taking another bite.
"Wanna bet?" Val said with a confident smile.
"Of course, it's always fun to have you buy me chocolate."
"Okay, let's settle this." Val said and Killua raised an eyebrow at her. "Taste me."
