Waaa! Sorry for the late update (even though it has only been 4 days, but this has been the latest update since I have started writing...)! My cousin just came back from America after what... 13 years? (Oh how I love this number! I don't know why, but Friday the 13th is my luckiest day!) So we've been celebrating like crazy here...
I was actually hoping that I'll reach the 1000 hit mark with the chapter 10, but I didn't expect it to go over that mark and now I already have 1200 hits! Thank you all for reading!
Chapter 10: Secret revealed
Time passed by quickly when we were together soon it was already the night of the sixth day. During those days, I told Killua about my home country, family and my life until now, making myself a boy in the story, of course, and occasionally skipping some of the things that I didn't want him to know just yet, and then Killua did the same. Even though at first he kept saying that his life is boring and scary, so he didn't want to tell me, but I insisted and he gave up in the end. He had four siblings, two older brothers: Illumi and Milluki and one little brother - Kalluto and they are all assassins. And there was one more brother Alluka, but it had been a while since they have seen each other, he didn't tell me the reason though, and I felt like I shouldn't dig any deeper. The name Illumi sounded really familiar. I wondered where had I heard it before, but there was no way I have ever met Killua's family before, so it must have been the same name.
Today, for my misery, I felt that I had to take a bath again. With Killua here and all, it was really hard to go and wash myself, but I had no other choice, it had been four days already, I needed a bath! But first, I had to come up with an excuse.
"Nee, Killua, seems that we're out of water, I'll go and get some, okay?"
"Hm? I'll come with you." He stood up
'No! Don't!' I cried out in my head "No, it's fine I can go by myself. You should rest, I'll leave the tags with you, okay? Today is the last day and all…"
"If you say so..."
'Thanks God!' I thought
"Hey Kay" he called me, making a bolts of lightning run through my body
"Yes? What is it?" I tried to remain calm
"Be careful."
"Okay, thanks." I thought that I was going to be busted, good grief... 'I have to hurry!' I dashed to the lake 'I have to wash myself quickly or else Killua is going to be suspicious!'
Killua's POV~
'A long time has passed since Kay left, hasn't it? Why isn't he back yet?' I thought "Maybe... something happened!" I jumped up from the thought "The water source shouldn't have been so far away and more that 30 minutes have passed already! Something must have happened!" I grabbed the tags and rushed into the forest "Kay, please be alright!"
I ran for some time and still couldn't find Kay. Now I was getting really worried. 'Hm? What was that? Sounds of water? And singing? This voice... it's that girl's!'
"It's coming from the lake..."
I walked to the lake and saw the same scene again. That girl was there bathing and singing again. Suddenly the wind picked up... a real strong gust of wind. This made the girl look up and because of that she saw me.
"K-Killua?" she said my name
'Huh? How did she know me name? Do I know her? Wait a minute... this voice is...'
"Kay?"
"K-"
"K?"
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! KILLUA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"Th-Then it's really you Kay? Kay, you are a girl?" I blushed
She gasped. She seemed to have calmed down a bit. "K-Killua... can you turn around? I'm going to dress up now and we'll talk later."
"Ah... alright" I turned away I felt my face heating up. 'Why is my face so hot? I have never felt like this before even though I'm used to seeing naked women. Why do I feel so embarrassed after knowing that the girl I was actually looking at was Kay? He-she is my friend! No problem, isn't it? AGR! Why can't I calm down. It's not like I saw anything except for the...' I imagined her body unconsciously 'AGR! Stop thinking already!'
"I'm done Killua, let's go back"
"A-Alright..."
'Really! Calm down, heart!'
Kay's POV~
'What do I do now! Killua knows that I'm a girl! It's not like I was going to hide this fact from them forever, but I at least wanted to wait until the Hunter exam was finished! But more importantly, Killua saw me naked! AAAAA! Now I won't be able to get married anymore! Seriously! I have a bad habit of taking a bath for too long. I need to fix this!' I tried to dress up quickly, but all these though just distracted me so much that I just couldn't do anything right 'Anyway! In order to deal with this situation, I have to calm down first!' I hoped that I would calm down after putting my cape on and it did! My cape worked miracles!
"I'm done Killua, let's go back" I managed to talk normally
"A-Alright..." he answered hesitantly. He must be thinking about what happened just now. He hid his face from me, but his ears were red. 'I don't think I can take this anymore. This is so embarrassing!'
Our trip back was filled with silence and awkwardness. We sat down with the fire place separating us in the middle.
"So..." Killua started the conversation "Why did you hide the fact that you were a girl from us?"
"It's not like I was going to hide it from you forever. I was going to tell you after the Hunter exam"
"Why's that?"
"Girls are usually treated as weaker than man, aren't they? That's why I didn't want other to know that I'm a girl and treat me differently. I want to become a Hunter fair and square. And after I have become a hunter and proved my abilities, I would have revealed my secret to you guys."
"Hm~ So now that I know your secret already, what will you do?"
"I guess I'll just tell the others about it tomorrow when we get together. There's no point hiding it anymore anyway."
"Okay."
"But Killua" I blushed "How much did you see?"
"Eh?" he also blushed "How much of what did I see?" he tried to sound innocent, but his voice didn't say so
"Don't try to deny it, you sound guilty! Just tell me how much did you see! My future depends on it!"
"Ha? What do you mean your future?"
I sighed, still blushing madly "In my country, if a man sees you na-naked, you'll have two options. One, marry the guy. Two, stay single forever. So if you saw me naked, I'll never be able to get married anymore!"
After some time to register the information into his head, Killua shouted "You're worried about that! If nobody marries you, I will!"
'What did he just say?' I blushed even more if it was even possible
"B-Besides, it's not like I saw anything. Half of your body was in the water and another half was cover by your hair. And both of the times that I saw you, you had your back to me, so it's not like I saw anything!"
"You sure?"
"Y-Yeah..." he confirmed vaguely
"Oh well, I guess I'll just believe you then... Let's rest, we'll go to the starting point tomorrow and wait for the ship to come and get us"
"Right."
I lied down and couldn't stop thinking about what happed just now. Especially the part where Killua said he would marry me if nobody else did. That was so unexpected! More like, so embarrassing! What was I supposed to do now? How could I face him tomorrow! 'I guess I just have one solution – to wear my cape over my face and hide my emotions behind it!'
Killua's POV~
"In my country, if a man sees you naked, you'll have two options. One, marry the guy. Two, stay single forever. So if you saw me naked, I'll never be able to get married anymore!" she said so fast that I though she didn't want me to hear it
"You're worried about that!" I puzzled "If nobody marries you, I will!"
'What did I just say?' it took me a few seconds to register what I just said into my brain 'Did I just say I will marry her? What have I done! I need to think of something!'
"B-Besides, it's not like I saw anything. Half of your body was in the water and another half was cover by your hair. And both of the times that I saw you, you had your back to me, so it's not like I saw anything!" I reasoned logically
"You sure?"
"Y-Yeah..."
"Oh well, I guess I'll just believe you then... Let's rest, we'll go to the starting point tomorrow and wait for the ship to come and get us"
"Right."
I lied down far away from Kay to calm myself down. The previous talk didn't help my situation, I shouldn't have said something like that! 'I must admit Kay was beautiful and all, but she is my friend, I can't love her... can I?'
The image of Kay bathing flashed through my mind again. My face heated up.
'Stop thinking about it! This is not good for my heart at all!'
I tried to close my eyes in attempt to go asleep and forget about everything, but it wasn't as easy as I thought. It must have been near sunrise, when I managed to fall asleep. Good grief.
Yes, yes, secret revealed, just as the title says... a bit early if I might say, but I reread the whole manga and couldn't find another... more suitable place to do this, so I hope you like it!
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