Gon rushed downstairs to head to Mito's call.
"Gon,"
"Yeah?"
"Have you seen the T.V. remote, I can't find the damn thing anywhere,"
"..um,"
"Why do you look so pale, did I scare you?"
"No!"
"Then why are you so uptight right now, relax," Mito smiled at him, before looking under the couch for the remote.
"I am relaxed,"
"No you're not, you're so tense. It's like you did something that got you in trouble or something,"
"...yeah,"
"Yeah, you did something naughty and you're trying to hide it?!"
"No!"
"It certainly seems like it...damn kid, go back to your room before I get more suspicious,"
"Yes Mito!" Gon responded, rushing in the direction away from her.
"Wait, Gon!"
"Y-yes?," he chocked, as the butterflies in his stomach start multiplying by the hundreds as Mito approached him.
"Seriously, you gotta stop being so uptight Gon, it's really been bothering me eversince you got here," she complained, pulling him in for a hug.
"I'm sorry, I just have been feeling very jittery since everything, I'm not the same I guess,"
"Don't you dare say that!"
"Ow!" Gon winced, reacting to his hair being pulled behind him, having his face meet up with Mito.
"You're always my little Gon and everything is going to be okay, okay?"
"Okay!" Gon smiled, as Mito let go of him.
"One more thing,"
"Yes Mito?"
"Try and not to curse so much, you're upsetting granny,"
"...ah, yes Mito, sorry about that haha," Gon shrugged, waving off Mito and going back to his room.
"So Gon, how did your judgement go? What's your sentence?" Killua sneered, causing Gon to roll his eyes in annoyance.
"Oh, Killua! It wasn't like that, she just couldn't find the T.V. remote, that's all,"
"What? Why did she scream like a maniac than?"
"I don't know,"
"And why the hell would she call you to help her find the remote? Did she think that you just stole it and hid it under your bed? And how the hell does somebody lose a T.V. remote and not get punished for it? Do you have any idea what would of happened in my household if anyone suspected me of hiding the remote?"
"Jeez, bad things I guess,"
"Bad things indeed, bad things indeed. So, how's life been?" Killua asked, as if he just answered the phone for the first time.
"Things are going great! How are things by you?"
"Alright, I guess. Do you wanna hear about my day?" Killua asked, bringing back the personality of afrustrated housewife who watches too much Oprah re-runs.
"...uhhh, how's Alluka?"
"Alluka's fine, dummy, what about my day?"
"I want to talk to Alluka!"
"Killuuuuua, are you talking about me behind my back?" Alluka whined.
"Damn brat, go back to doing your homework, will ya?"
"It doesn't sound like you're talking about important stuff, and you're being very distracting right now," she followed up, stopping Killua for a moment.
She did have a point, it's not like she should be distracted from doing her homework.
"Ahhh, fine, do you want me to take this outside?"
"Let me talk to Gon first, then I'll let you go,"
"...fine, BUT only for a minute, then it's my turn. Understand?"
"Thank you!" Alluka chirped, taking the phone from Killua.
"Gon!"
"Hey Alluka!"
"I want to talk to you for a bit, is that okay?"
"Sure, it's not problem," Gon said, a bit flustered at her enthusiasm.
"Are you sure, you sound shy, is everything okay with you?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm totally fine! Just stressed with school and all,"
"Ugh, same. Right now, we are learning math and it's the worst. All this multiplying and division, it's all so stupid!"
"I know right?! You're not using it for the outside world anyway, so what's the point in using it?"
"Right, but brother over here, says that I have to do it in order to I dunno, be normal I guess," she complained, sticking her tongue at Killua will he returned the favor.
"Hey, you should be grateful. I just started school too because I had my family force me into it as well. At least this shows that he cares and you get to learn skills that you didn't learn before,"
"I thought we just agreed that math was stupid and pointless, no?"
"Well, just because math is stupid, that doesn't mean that everything else is stupid. Subjects like science and history are just a few of many which are way more interesting,"
"Oh yeah, how?"
"Well...in those subjects, you learn something about people, and things, that are unique. In science, you get to learn how people psychically and mentally work, and history, you get to learn how people acted through out time and draw your own conclusions on the way people act. That's how I see it,"
"That sounds cool, is there anything specific about those subjects that you could share?"
"Hmmm...it's a little tough to think right now because it's all new information to me, on top of that I have been a bit stressed. But even if you can't recall something specific, I think the fascination alone is enough motivation to learn about these things, if that makes sense,"
"Don't worry Gonny-wonny, it makes sense. You have to be motivated in order to want to learn, right," Alluka said casually, as the cringe for Killua hearing the atrocious nickname gave him a minor heart attack, along with self-inflicted whiplash from an uncalled for facepalm.
"...did I do something wrong, brother?" Alluka asked, genuinely concerned, despite Killua being more dorky that serious.
"No-no, you're fine," Killua consoled, feeling like a parent who over-scolded their child and feeling guilt from hurting their feelings too much. "...just let me talk to Gon," Killua said, feeling like an absolute dweeb for his actions.
"Okay! ~Gon, Killua misses you. Here, Killua!" Alluka exclaimed, returning to normal. Killua took back the phone form Alluka, as she skipped back to doing her homework.
"Ah, sorry about that Gon,"
"Nah, it's fine. But between us, what was that nickname?"
"Geez, I dunno, those are siblings for ya," Killua whispered, getting his shoes on. "Alluka, I'll be outside! Lock the doors and windows, and call me immediately if anything goes wrong!"
"I know, brother!"
"Don't touch any windows or doors, alright?"
"I know, brother!"
"Good! I love you,"
"Looove you!" Alluka cried, as Killua activated his Hatzu.
In order to protect his sister, he put a bunch of electric wires around the doors and windows, and detached his aura to them so that anyone who enters, gets electrocuted. This was in case any of the Zoldycks came to try to take her back. But to be safe, he made sure it was enough electricity that not even he could handle. It only went into effect if someone was to break in.
Training himself to be able to detach his aura like that was strenuous, especially because Emission abilities weren't very natural to Transmission types like Killua. He spends most of his time training with Nen, making it hard for him to go for a job.
He knows how dangerous Illumi is, who could show up at any moment to fight him for her. Having Alluka around, for all he knew, could attract some unexpected advisories who might of been hired by his family to take her back.
Killua has to be prepared to protect Alluka no matter what, and through any means necessary. He doesn't even reveal too much about his Nen training, or the way he uses it in case someone is tracking him. All this stressed him daily, but it was the life he chose, and he wasn't looking back.
The two talked for hours on the phone about anything that they could possibly talk about. Life, family, current events, slight gossip (mostly about Kurapika being too much of a grouch, not answering his phone calls), personal topics, and anything else that they could think of.
Gon was in the confined, comfortable space of his room. As Killua was outdoors, being engulfed by light rain on the streets of Yorknew. Each were a world apart, yet connected in every way.
"Gon, do you think that, maybe when Alluka has off from school, we could visit you guys some time?"
"Sure! Well, I gotta ask Mito first, but I don't see why not. Want me to ask right now?"
"It's fine, I'm really tired and I'm starting to get really uncomfortable leaving Alluka in the house like that,"
"Are you sure that it's okay to leave her like that?"
"Oh it's fine. Let's just say I have a few tricks on my sleeve, so that if anyone tries to enter, they're finished,"
"Ahh, maybe you could tell me when you get here,"
"Even so, I'm very cautious and I don't want anyone to track us,"
"Who would be tracking us?"
"My family, the mob, anyone really,"
"I thought only your family knew of her power,"
"For all I know, Illumi could of gotten desperate and told them just to give me hell,"
"Are you sure everything's safe?"
"I think so, I have been practicing my Nen for hours everyday. That's the real reason why I have trouble keeping a job. I have been experimenting, and strengthening my Nen non-stop just to protect Aluka. I even considered teaching Alluka Nen, what do you think Gon?"
"I think that's a great idea! Maybe we could start once you guys come over,"
"Sounds good, but you gotta make sure we could come over. Beg and grovel if you have to, seriously, I love Alluka to death but it gets lonely as hell in the city,"
"Is everything okay?"
"What?! Of course!"
"Sorry, I'm just a bit anxious about you becau-,"
"No-no-no Gon, it's fine. It could be hard dealing with things at times, but it's nothing I can't deal with it. Just ask your Aunt and report back to me tomorrow, sound good?"
"Yeah,"
"Alright man, I gotta go, see ya around,"
"See ya," Gon responded, hanging up on the phone.
Laying down on his bed, Gon had no idea what he wanted to do. He was a bit too hyper to sleep, too tired to stay awake. This was frustrating.
There was a knock on the door.
"Hey Gon, I'm going to bed, night!"
"Night!" Gon called out, checking the time on his phone.
12:00 am? Not too bad Gon thought, rolling over to place his phone on top of the cabinet nearest to his bed. Gon stayed there, putting his all his weight on his side, looking at the sight before his eyes; an open closet, his fishing rod in it, some clothes in it, and some clothes on the floor.
Gon thought about how heused to spend his nights tucked into bed, fast asleep well before midnight. That all went to hell real quick eversince he left to become a Hunter. Everything is different from before, and there is no turning back. The Exams, Heavens Arena, the auction, and other occurrences just felt like fodder to him for more important things in his life; the defining moments and people that came with it.
Overcoming his fears by fighting Hisoka, meeting his closest friends, even some of his more negative moments such as losing Kite and fighting Pitou, were just small parts of each of his adventures that defined him more than anything else.
But even out of those defining moments, the only thing that mattered right now, were the people that were in his immediate life and his mental well-being right now. No big ambitions or responsibilities, but just a bunch of small goals he had in mind that revolve around reaching some sort of normalcy.
Being normal was never really something Gon strived for. He's always had huge goals and ambitions in mind, which got him places, but reaching them wasn't something that will help him sleep at night. It was the little things in life that mattered the most, Gon knew that more than ever. Maybe, being normal should be Gon's next big goal, just being normal...
But he didn't wanna think about this stuff anymore. All this thinking lately has been giving him headaches and he had to call it a night.
Gon turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
A/N: That's a wrap! Hope you all enjoyed it, more stories like this in the future :)
