DISCLAIMER: HUNTER X HUNTER AND ITS CHARACTERS ARE NOT MINE.

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MAIS DO QUE NADA

"Tea here!" I heard his voice. How sweet. As sweet as the voice of a humming bird. I blinked. He will always be a dear friend to me. I'ya. Like a brother. Brother! But I slept with him! Aw, it's okay. He understood me. I know he did.

"Shal-kun!" I smiled upon seeing him enter the open door carrying a big tray. His smile was so beautiful that my previous sadness dwindled a little. "There you go!"

"Arigatoo." He even brought me food. A're? I did not feel any hunger at all. I grinned. What an incredible creature am I! I stared at his bare chest gleaming in the sunlight. I looked back at my long dress laid neatly on a nearby chair. My clothes were intact unlike his. Gomen. I knew it was I who tore it off.

He sat beside me. "I think your stomach was empty for more or less than thirty hours so I brought some food."

I munched on the big burger. "Tasty! Thanks a lot!" He smiled. I felt like melting. Why, he did not take his eyes off me. I looked down and tried to concentrate on the food he brought. He poured some tea on a cup and gave it to me. I received it as normally as I could. My! I used to have people serving me but I never experienced being attended to by a man as pretty as him. "A'no sa—"

I coughed. Darn! I was choking! He laughed. "Take it easy. Here." He offered me some tea. I drank it all up. "When you eat, make sure that you chew them properly. And don't talk when your mouth is full. The food may go down the wrong pipe. You see, there are two openings at the back of the mouth. The esophagus and the trachea. When you eat, the trachea is covered by a flap called the epiglottis, which prevents food from entering the lungs. If you talk while eating, both pipes may open causing the food to enter the wrong opening which is referred to as choking on layman's terms."

My brows twitched. It was the first time I heard one full scientific explanation. I hate to attend classes, you know. "G-Gomen da sai…"

"It's okay. You may resume." I ate the burger still staring at him. He's one intelligent dude. Not to mention gorgeous. But I said he was like a brother to me! I shook my head. Erase, erase! He's not a brother to me. "Ne, are you okay?"

I nodded. I poured myself a cup of tea and drank it all unceremoniously. I gulped it all down my throat. I don't want to choke again. Ah, my mouth was empty at last. "A'no sa," I said, "aren't you gonna eat?"

He shook his head a little. "No. Just seeing you eating so happily makes my stomach full."

My cheeks flushed. Why did he…

"In addition to that, I have eaten my breakfast two hours before you regained full consciousness so I don't need to eat more."

…say that? I blinked. I was trembling. I clutched the pork chop beside the hard boiled egg and brought it to my mouth. His words. Ah, the description in the prophecy was insufficient. Oh, but the joker was gone before he could complete it.

"Mi sol, I will leave you for a while, ne?" I nodded.

He stood up and walked away. I looked at the window and caught a glimpse of the azure sea. That evil sea. My lord might have been looking for me. I felt a sharp twinge on my chest. I felt so guilty. I slept with another man and even managed to blush while my lord was…Tears fell down my face. I finished the meat off and shoved the egg on my mouth to choke a sob.

"If you want to stay here, then it's alright with me."

I finished the egg and clutched the lettuce leaves and smashed them into my mouth. I chewed them up and swallowed. More tears fell from my eyes.

"I don't want you to call me that. It's so embarrassing. But since you want to, then it's okay."

If I could only swim back to the other side of the sea, I would do it for my lord. I miss him so terribly. But I can't, right? I know I can't. I poured myself more tea and swallowed it all till not a drop was left.

"Mi sol? What's wrong?"

I sighed. Right. I knew I was destined to lose him. I will never see my lord again. My eyes welled with more and more tears. I will never see him again..?

"Are you okay there?"

I heard footsteps coming towards me. I will not…see him again… I sobbed.

"Ne? What happened?"

No! I still need him! I know I need him!

I felt a hand pat my back. Soo desu. I have my other aces. Why should I be lonely?

"My house is the last one on the east district. It's beside the seashore so it's a little bit far from here."

His voice echoed to my ears. I…

"Mi sol?"

I still need him.

I felt Shal's hand caressing my back. "Hush. It's okay."

I pulled him closer. "N-Ne…we're—we're friends aren't we?" He nodded. "Please sleep with me."

He blinked obviously surprised. "Now?"

"Now."

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The sun was almost down. I felt his hands on my back. I buried my face on his neck, my eyes still wet with tears. "Gomen da sai…"

"No hay problema. It's alright."

I sobbed all the more. "Y-You treated me so kindly…yet I am…I am always hurting you…"

"Esta bien…"

Now he's uttering words I can't understand. But I know I hurt him a lot. I know I did. The wounds and bruises I inflicted on his body told me everything. He was so desirable and lovely. I wonder why I don't feel the same attraction towards him. I wonder why I don't desire him as much as my lord.

"Gomen…"

"It's alright. Even if you hurt me more, I will be okay."

"Gomen…"

"You're still thinking of him but its okay. You mean more than anything to me."

How stupid of me! "Gomen…"

"It's alright. You don't want to settle for me, right?" I fidgeted. How could he be so open-minded? "I guess you want to find him, ne? Hm, how about we track him down?" I fidgeted all the more. I looked up and saw his ever-smiling face. "Is that alright with you?"

"Yep." He got up and pulled the covers off him. Just then, I saw a dark stain on his right thigh. A spider.

"Ah, that's our insignia. I'm number seven."

I blinked. I did not see it then for he had it covered a while ago. It was the same symbol. This one looked exactly the same. A twelve-legged spider with a number nine on it's back. He went off the bed and pulled something on the drawer just beside the bed. "A'no sa…"

"Hm?" he said not looking at me.

"That symbol…"

"Ah yes. I'm a member of Genei Ryodan. It is a bandit organization with a leader and twelve members. I'm number nine." He pulled off a metallic thing. A laptop. "Here it is!" he said happily.

I hugged myself. I slept with…my lord's comrade…?

"My friends are so nice! They're just so bloody and so brutal!" He sat beside me.

"…comfort…friendship…"

Friendship. Nothing else. But I slept with him! We did it two times! I covered my face with my palms. I'm so…

"Ne, you asked me about the tattoo. Have you seen another person who had it?"

I nodded. Well, I guess my lord won't get angry with me. I slept with this guy accidentally. But we did it again, ne? Oh, it's just because missed my lord, that's all.

"Yes," I replied. "He's number seven."

His eyes grew wide with shock. He was so shocked indeed that the laptop fell on the floor. Luckily, it did not break into pieces. "Eh?! Majide?! You met Fei? He did not try to kill you or torture you or scare you to the bones?"

I smiled. "He did not. He's very kind." So my lord was famed for his brutality.

"Majide?!" He rubbed his chin with his fingers. "Since you knew him…you're looking for him, ne?"

I nodded.

"What happened?"

I told him everything.

"Soo desu." He picked the laptop and shoved it back to the drawer. "We don't need a computer anymore. I know his address. Get up, mi sol."

I got up and put my clothes back on. It felt so nice! I did not care if they weren't washed or what. I just love them. "Finished!"

He looked around. "Well, since you tore all my clothes and I don't have any reserves, I don't have anything to wear," he said.

I was astonished. "Eh? But we're inside your house, right?"

He laughed. "Gomen! This house isn't mine! I just killed the whole family and took over." I shivered. He's not an angel after all. He's just as bloody as my lord.

"…the personalities of the club and the spade might resemble each other…"

Yes. They both love to kill. It's obvious isn't it? They belonged in the same group. The prophecy was accurate.

He sat back on the bed. "Aw…I don't want to wear used clothing," he said. I stared at his pretty face. "Ne, I want brand new clothes." Then his face lit up. "I know! I'll just order from zwizi dot com!" He pulled the drawer open and pulled his laptop again.

I pouted. I know it would take days of waiting and I could wait no longer. I need to see my lord again. An idea sparked from my mind. "You don't have to," I said. "You hate used clothing, ne?" He nodded. "But blankets aren't clothes, ne?" He nodded. "So you can wear it, ne?"

"Eh?"

I grinned. I pulled him up and picked the big white blanket. "Don't move."

"Entendido."

The sky shone in a red sheen when I finished my work. "My! What a pretty thing! If you were a doll, I would dress you up and style your hair!"

He laughed. Oh! He really looked like one pretty angel! "Hai, hai. Come on now! Fei's house is quite far from here. This is a secluded island and there are no boats."

"We'll swim?"

He laughed louder. "There's a plane here. We can use it anytime." He winked.

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