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It was early in the morning, still in the hospital, Emi was in an examination room. Pax was the examiner and Killua was standing near the door with his hands in his pocket.

"Is this normal? Are these the side effects of losing her energy?" Killua asked Pax.

"I'm taking blood samples to find out, but tell me how you feel right now? Any pain?" Pax asked Emi.

"I still have a headache and I feel really dizzy." Emi answered Pax, with an obviously tiered look on her face.

"How dizzy?" Pax asked again, wanting more details.

Emi closed her eyes for a bit to try to regain her usual vision. "It's a little blurry."

Pax stepped back a little bit and raised his right hand and put two of his fingers up. "How many fingers do you see?"

"It keeps moving... I can't see clearly." She while trying to focus her eyes on his moving hand.

Pax looked over at Killua who had a concerned look on his face.

"Does anything else hurt?" Pax asked again.

"No... Not right now..." She said.

Pax stepped forward and placed his hand on her right arm.

Emi let out a quite whimper. It was like her body was sore from just a mere touch.

"How painful was that?" Pax removed his hand, surprised that she was hurt by that.

"... I don't get it? Why did that hurt me?" She asked.

"I have a hunch, but I'll have to check with the results to be sure. I'll be right back." He left the room giving Killua, who was silent, a worried look which didn't help him calm down at all.

"It's getting even worse than before..." Killua said sitting on a chair in front of Emi who was sitting on an examination bed. She touched the bed with her left hand and felt an ache.

"Yeah... I can't touch anything now..." She said, while trying to hide the pain her voice. "But it's not that bad..." She soon regained her push-through-the-pain self and tried to get up from the bed by putting a little force in both of her hands and tried to stand on her own. She felt the painful pressure on her feet, but pushed through it by taking two steps past Killua. "I just have to get used to this-"

"Emi, stop." Killua interrupted while standing up and putting his arm in front of Emi to prevent her from taking another step.

She looked at him confused.

"Stop acting like you're okay. I don't want to see you like that anymore." He said that with a serious look on his face.

"I can do this..." She tried to take another step, but he carried her back to the bed. "Killua..." She complained.

"I don't want to hear it anymore." He said while looking at her with a rough eyes that she's never seen before. Is she trying to ruin my life? I can't bear seeing her in pain any longer! He thought to himself. "If you really want to thank me for saving you, then you need to stop pushing yourself so hard."

Emi stayed silent. His expression is so serious and rough and his eyes are so intense. She can see that very clearly because he's close. "I thought that you didn't want me to give up on myself." She told him.

"There's a difference between giving up and trying to kill yourself." He clarified with his eyes still fixed at hers and still extremely emotive. His tone was strict.

"I'll be fine, Killua." Emi insisted on trying to take a few steps on her own, knowing how strenuous that would be. She tried to get up from the bed again with both of her hands pressing against it.

"Stop that!" He didn't let her get up, just thinking about how much that was causing her pain. "Don't you realize how dangerous your condition is?!" He said that with a worrisome face.

"That's the point, Killua. I don't want to think about my condition." Emi said. "If I keep reminding myself that I'm incapable of doing these simple things, then I'll just keep falling apart." Emi had a hopeful look on her face. It's like she's trying to hold on to something she knows can never happen.

Killua gave her a restrained look. As if he had calmed himself down from all the irritating worrying that's been going through his head. "Fine," He backed away. "Do whatever you want." He barely said those words while turning away and heading to the door. He needed to tell her so badly that he was suffering too. "Just don't expect me to watch while you torture yourself with this." And those were the last words he said before leaving the room.

I'm sorry for whatever it is that's bothering you, Killua. I don't want you to leave... But I can't let you put up with me any longer... I know how annoying I can be.

After a few moments, Pax came in with the results...

Killua walked through the hospital hallway feeling depressed and restless as ever. He wanted to get out of that place as soon as possible.

"Killua!" He heard his best friend's voice behind him so he turned around. "Did you find out what's wrong with her yet?" Gon asked Killua and noticed the troubled expression he had on his face.

"No." He simply replied while he kept walking.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Gon was worried now too.

"Nothing happened. I just can't stand seeing her like this anymore." He said. "I'm going outside to help with the rebuilding of the village."

"But I thought you said that you were responsible for Emi's protection." Gon reminded him. "I just came here to see if her results are out yet."

"I don't want to know what the results say." They both finally reached the main exit. "You can go check if you want."

"But wait, Killua!" Gon called him before he left.

Killua turned around one last time.

"What did she do to make you this depressed?" Gon asked with curiosity and concern for his best friend.

"It's not what she's doing to me. It's what she's doing to herself." He answered and left the hospital, leaving Gon confused.

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See you later,

~ Untouchable dream