Killua woke to the sound of Gon in the shower. He grumbles as he rolls over to check his phone charging on his bedside table.
6:45 am.
After going to sleep reasonably early he feels somewhat refreshed. He slowly trots over to the draws where his underwear is kept and quickly switches them out, leaving his old ones on the floor where he stood before getting changed into his normal school uniform. He checks his phone again going to an app which he plugged his time table information into.
"Great." He grumbles to himself. "Math and PE today"
Yesterday was a pretty bad start, and having classes without Gon isn't going to make it much better.
Killua's thoughts were interrupted by Gon stepping out of the bathroom in black shorts and his white button up shirt.
"Morning! See you're up! Told ya!" Gon said peppyily. I don't know how he could have so much energy in the morning.
"I'm still not a morning person." He grumbled back.
"Not yet." Gon replied with a smile as he picked up his friends underwear from the floor and threw it in a washing basket just to the side. "you changed your undies, that's good!"
"Pervert." He shot back.
"If 'pervert' is the name I need to wear to inspire good hygiene habits in you then I'll wear it with pride." Gon said proudly before walking out the bedroom door. All Killua could do was chuckle a little.
…
8:00am.
The school bell rang and this time Gon and Killua are comfortably sitting in their seats in 1E where they sat just the other day. No sign of Jacob. Killua looks to his friend and sees he's nervous, he's probably worried that he was scared off.
"Okay, Roll Call!" The teacher at the front called out.
Killua's actions from yesterday start to sink in more. He could have blown everything, their cover, their mission all gone because he couldn't keep his cool. Killua heard his name being called.
"Present."
Gon seems to really like this Jacob guy. He still doesn't like that. But Gon can't help but make friends, often it seems like a curse. So he'll need to play nice. If Jacob's willing to still play that is. Gon's name gets called.
"Here miss"
On top of it all, now he's got this stupid counselling twice a week. The first session's tomorrow and that's wasted time away from the mission.
"Right on time Jacob! Your ability to be late is always second to none." The teacher said very sarcastically as the familiar boy in red headphones walks through the door.
"Sorry miss, but I had rescue a cat from a tree. Man you should've seen the look on that old ladies face!" He said with a smirk.
"You'll make an excellent writer one day, please just take a seat." She said with a sigh. Jacob take the seat right next to Gon. Killua could tell a slight look of relief washed over his friend's face.
"They let you back! That's lucky." The blond boy said with a grin on his face. "Man you kicked some ass!"
"yeah…" the young hunter only gave one word replies.
"Killua, you and I have PE today don't we? We're doing cross country." He said leaning back. He looks like he doesn't enjoy it very much.
"Yep." He continued his trend.
"Man! I can't wait for PE! It seems so cool!" Gon almost yells like he's known for.
"Yeah, you seem like the sort of guy who would do well at soccer." Jacob admires.
"Cool! What's that?" The black haired boy said interested.
"You're kidding… you haven't heard of it at all?" Jacob seems curious. Gon just nods. Jacob proceeds to explain the idea of soccer. Killua gets a little bitter seeing as he could've explained it. Though he is fuzzy on the rules a bit.
"Alright, You know the course! Get on with it!" A large man said to the group of young teens in blue track suits. With that every one of them started taking off, each at their own pace. The really sporty looking ones took right to the front. Killua decided to hang in the middle to not stand out. Beside him was Jacob, almost unrecognizable without his headphones.
"Hey do mind not racing ahead? I wanted to talk to you about something" The blond boy said running at a clearly uncomfortable pace to keep up with the hunter. Killua just sighed. He knew this was coming. He's going to have questions. He slowed his pace down to match Jacob's.
"What about?" he began, playing dumb. Some fell behind and other went ahead, leaving decent room for just the two boys running side by side.
"I'm curious about something. But it doesn't take Sherlock to see you don't trust me a whole lot. So I'll trade you. A question for a question. We can go back and forth as much as you're comfortable with." He explained almost like it was rehearsed. He's done this before. Killua sees no harm in playing his game. Best case scenario, he get's useful information. Worst case, he needs to lie.
"Okay, sure. Hit me." The white haired teen said confidently.
"How did you learn how to hide like that?" Jacob said without hesitation.
"Well…" Killua began. Should he lie? Would lying give himself away even more? "I needed to learn how to hide for work." Half truth is the safest bet. "Why do you ask?"
"Personal interest." He said almost shrugging as he as they continue to run around outside the school gate and down a street along with everyone else. "It's just, I pride myself on having a good eye, I would have noticed if you two were in the tree when I met those meat heads. So you must have gotten up their while we were standing there. Without making a noise. That's the only way you could have been there, but you can't just climb a tree without making any noise." He explained with a very sure look on his face. He is quite clever.
"Okay then" Killua huffed "My tur-"
"I do believe you already asked a question." Jacob said as he starts to sweat. He has a classic smile on his face.
"That couldn't have counted!" the hunter retaliated.
"It was a question and I answered." He was enjoying this way too much. They soon cross a road and start running around a public park/field. "My turn. What was your job?"
"Freelance. Whatever people would pay us for." Killua said very confidently. There's not much he can get from that. And it's the truth. Kinda.
"Us?" The boy questioned.
"My turn." The white haired boy sniggered. "Why were you meeting those boys?"
"Those where the top 3 players of our school football team. I found out they bribed the coach to let them play in a weight bracket way below their own. I wanted hush money from them, but I didn't realize that one of them was the super intendants son. I miscalculated." He said solemnly. "Who did you mean when you said 'us'?"
"Me, Gon and anyone who also happened to be hired for the job. Though often we worked just by ourselves." Killua let his guard down a bit. This is just some nosey kid, he's good at working things out but he's not some mastermind. The hunter is starting to realize maybe he was just a little paranoid. "Why are you always alone?" Killua asked. At this point Jacob is gasping for breath as they' about half way through their course.
"I guess… I just never felt the need to get close to anyone." He said slowing to a stop to get his breath, Killua stops with him. They stood there for a few more seconds as other teens in their track suits pass them by.
"Hey… you doing anything after school? We could hang out." Jacob looked up catching his breath. "I could show you around town." This shocked Killua. He seems quite genuine about this invitation. It's a shame.
"Sorry, both me and Gon are doing something" The young hunter said sympathetically. He could tell there was a twinge of a disappointment on his face.
"Yeah…no, it's fine… it was just a suggestion. I've got stuff to do as well. " The blond boy said as he began running again. The tension which broke for a moment between them thickened more than ever. They didn't say a word to each other for the rest of the course. The only thing they really said to each other after that was a quick 'goodbye' after getting changed.
"What's interesting about the Britewater river is that it can support both fresh and salt water fish. However only salt water fish are actually found there." The quite old teacher began as he switched slides in his power point. Before he could continue a hand shot up. "Ah, yes Gon?"
"What about the Albrine? I visited the place not too long ago and when I went fishing I'm sure I caught some Albrine." Gon said curiously.
"Ahh, I see. That's very nice. It's good to see your well travelled. Travel opens the soul! I think you will find however that you must be mistaken. Due to the harsh currents only fish from further up, where only salt water fish can be found are actually able to get to the river." He informed.
"I just googled it. 'Albrine can live there because of their abnormal ability to swim upstream in strong currents. It's currently the only fresh water fish to be found in the Britewater river…'" Gon reads of his phone. The class starts snickering among themselves. Killua, who's siting right next to him has his face berried in his hands.
"Thank you Mr Kornfert. Maybe you can teach the class when you get a bachelors of science, until then please stop interrupting." The man says frustrated. Gon's confused but he slowly sits down.
Gon wispers to Killua who now looks a bit more sympathetic to him "I was right though…"
"I know dude. He's just salty you called him out. Old people don't like that" Killua said leaning back in his chair as the teacher continues talking.
"I didn't mean too… maybe I should say sorry?" Gon wonders.
"Don't worry about it. You were right, he just can't deal with it. That's his problem.'' His friend reassures him.
…
"Don't forget to read pages 234 to 238 by next class, and enjoy the rest of your day" The old man ends. The moment he finishes that sentence everyone in the class starts to pack up and walk out.
"Hey the way you called out Mr Obrefski like that was super cool!" A red head girl in a low cut top said to Gon as they walk out of the classroom. "He got super pissed! And when he started bragging about his education! Oh my God! I've never seen him on the ropes like that."
"I didn't mean to upset him. I was actually thinking of saying sorry." He repeats.
"Aww, a nice guy. The world needs more nice guys. Do you want to eat lunch with us?" She leans in.
Killua steps in "I think we'll be fin-"
"Sure, sounds like fun!" Gon interrupting not picking up on what Killua was going to say. They make their way to cafeteria chatting about non-important things. The group 5 others, 2 guys the rest girls all fighting for Gon's attention. They get their lunch and they all sit down on this big long table. Most of the focus has been on Gon.
"So you've been to the Britewater river… that's sooo cool!" The redhead says leaning in again.
"Yup! It was really fun. The fish there was super yummy" The young hunter said oblivious.
"Wow fishing seems so hard! Like, you need super strong to reel in all those fish and then carry them back." She says as she flips her hair.
"Hmm, not really. It's more about patients and timing" He says with his mouth full of food.
"Soooo true." The red headed girl continues. "You know maybe you can show me how to fish sometime?"
"Uhm, I'd be happy to, it's just there's not really any good spots around here"
"You never know… there might be a few little secret spots somewhere…"
"Huh, you think so? In the winter weather especially, fish tend to not move around a whole lot."
The red headed girl looks somewhat defeated. It's obvious what this girl wants, but it's like Gon is intentionally oblivious. The whitehaired boy couldn't help but feel a little jealous. It's not like he wants to get with any of these girls, but the validation would be nice from time to time.
Before Killua could pity himself anymore he notices Jacob walk past. It seems he wasn't the only hunter who noticed either.
"Jacob! Sit with us!" The loud boy yells across the cafeteria. He replies with a very embarrassed smile on his face as he starts to walk over. None of the girls pay him much mind but they'll agree to anything Gon says at this point.
"Glad to see you've set up your own little fan club." He jokes as Killua shoots him a stare. "What's that look for Killua" the blond boy continues. "I would've thought you'd be chairman." Killua looks away as he starts trying to calm himself. He's not sure why he's so enraged by that boy.
"Hey Gon..." The redheaded girl steals more of Gon's attention. "Can you help me study after school?"
"Sorry, Killua and I are exploring the town! Maybe some other time?" Gon says clearly upset he disappointed this girl.
"aww… some other time then. Promise?" She pouts.
"Promise" the boy says with a trademark smile on his face.
"Hey Jacob, do you want to show us around town after school. It would be great to have a local tour guide." The hunter pleaded.
"I actually shot an offer to Killua. But he told me you were busy.." He says rather confused.
"I said we were doing something. We're exploring the town…" Killua defended, knowing how stupid he's being.
"So I cant show you around town… because you're busy… exploring town…." Jacob stares with a sort of look that just says 'gotcha'.
"Aww c'mon Killua… It'll be much better having someone who knows the town and stuff." The boy pleaded. The white-haired boy was helpless.
"Fine." He conceded, and they went back to small talk for the rest of lunch.
"And by a hairs width, the new kid takes first place" a middle-aged woman says as Gon and a quite muscular kid cross the finish line nearly simultaneously. The young hunter tries his best too look as tired as the boy he just raced. He catches his breath as a flood of cross country runners soon finish.
"cheer up Dan! You still shaved a few seconds off your personal best." The sporty woman consoled ignoring all the other students finishing. The boy doesn't say anything and just walks off with a really annoyed look on his face. "You've got to be pretty quick to beat Dan. Have you done cross country before?" She says facing Gon.
"Not really, but I have done a lot of running. Is he going to be alright?" The hunter asked. Gon knew he needed to hold back to not draw attention, but there was no way he was going to let anyone else win!
"He'll be fine! He's just too prideful for his own good! It's nice to have someone around to give him a bit of competition." She says tenderly.
"Huh, is he your son?" the boy asks. The lady seems almost shocked.
"Yeah, he is? How can you tell? I never changed my name when I got married and we look nothing alike." She says confused.
"It's the way you look at him." He says thinking back to Aunt Mito. Mrs Horswell just gives an impressed look.
After a few minutes too cool down and wait for everyone else to finish, schools nearly over and it's time to get changed before leaving. The changing rooms are big, but there are also a lot of guys. Gon decides to just get changed as quick as he can. He gets the clothes out of his bag as the boy he competed with and another, equally strong friend take the spots either side of him. The young hunter feels a tad uncomfortable next to the two towers of muscle and topterone. He changes his top half first, thinking then he can change his pants as quick as possible then leave.
As soon as his PE shorts hit the floor of the changing room a big meaty foot steps on them between his legs, just as Dan snatches the pants he was going to change into from his hand.
"Hey you're guess you're not that quick, huh?" Dan laughs as he holds Gons pants just out of his reach. Gon instinctively takes his shirt and tries cover as much of his underwear as possible. "I guess you got so fast from running home all the time to your faggy dads." He laughs some more.
"Oh yeah!" The kid standing on his shorts joins in. " You're the kid who's dads got triggered in the principle's office the other day"
I can't fight them. I need to resolve this without hurting or scaring these guys. The last thing we need is more attention. Gon thinks to himself.
The boy standing on his shorts pulls the label of his shirt out. "Woah… this is some fancy clothes you got there." He said examining the trouser-less boy. "And I'm guessing these are the high end equivalent of a cloth diaper." He says bringing attention to the baby blue briefs Gon's wearing with a bunny on the front.
"It's not a diaper." The young hunter says clearly embarrassed but remaining firm not to be violent like his friend. "Lots of guys wear bre-"
Before he could finish Dan squirts his drink bottle onto Gon's crotch. "Ah man! Maybe they should've been diapers, then you could've avoided accidents like this!"
"Now, something must be off." Dan says finally getting down to the point. "Because somehow, some little kid who isn't even toilet trained managed to steal first place from me. Now here's what's going to happen. You're going to make sure it never happens again, or else you're going find yourself the victim of a much worse accident. Clear?"
Gon nods. As the school bell rings and his pants get chucked on the floor by his feet and the two boys start leaving the changing room.
…
Gon now fully dressed walks to meet Killua and Jacob outside the front gate where they agreed.
That was humiliating, but there's not a whole lot I can do about it. Luckily nobody can see what they did through my pants, and I can put up with the wet patch. I just don't want this to be a reoccurring thing. If I could fight them it wouldn't be a problem, but we can't afford that attention. I can't tell Killua about this. He'll kill them. I'll slow down from now on, and maybe tell Mrs Horswell. Dan's her kid, but she seems like the sort of person who'll not treat that sort of thing lightly. This can be resolved peacefully.
"You seem deep in thought" The other hunter noted as he finally meets up with the two boys. "May I ask what about?"
"Nothing." Gon says with the same serious expression on his face.
What if going to a teacher, going to his mum only makes them more angry? If I just don't piss them off they'll probably leave me alone… No. I'm probably not the only victim. I'll go to the coach, shut these guys down. I can handle the aftermath if and when it happens.
The three boys walk straight into town, carrying their school bags with them. Gon seemed quite distant at first but after getting an ice cream he soon returns to his normal self. The three boys sit on a park bench within the town centre. The town is small but busy. It mainly consists of a lot of small shops rather than large corporations. Killua has already finished his double scoop mint and chocolate chip ice cream with chocolate sauce, and Jacob didn't get anything.
"Jacob." The wait haired hunter breaks the silence. "We heard the other day that some rich dudes bought all the farms along this place. Do you know what that's about?"
"Ah. Well… my family farms sheep. About a year ago all the sheep contracted this weird foot fungus. My dad has never seen anything like it. It killed nearly all of out sheep and left us with no way to pay the mortgage. We had to sell the place and move. But then some random guy showed up out of nowhere and offered to buy the land for almost double what it would be worth. On top of that we could still live there. Rent free. If he wanted to start charging us rent or kick us off the contract says he'll need to give at least a years notice. There's almost no downside other than giving up the deed. My parents didn't want to sell, but it made to much not to. We didn't know at the time but it's a similar story with everyone with any amount of farmland. "
"hmm" The hunter openly thinks to himself. Gon just seems to be enjoying ice cream and listening.
"I know what you're thinking" The blond boy says. "awfully convenient. Our sheep die, we don't know why. Puts us in a rough spot and then some guys just so happen to want to buy our land. This was even before we put up any sign indicating we want to sell.
"Have you looked into it?" Killua continues.
"I've tried. But I'm only one guy. Where ever I look I hit some sort of restricted access. They obviously don't want people poking about." Jacob seems serious.
We could probably get any restricted information. Is it worth the risk asking? No. So far we can maintain a 'just curious' façade. But if we ask too many questions, he'll start to get suspicious. There's something I don't like about this guy. The way he carries himself. Like he knows everything.
"you what's even more interesting." Jacob interrupts the thinking hunter. "There was one farm that wasn't sold to a mysterious man. It breaks the trend. Instead the family moved away. Legend has it, the government bought it before any offer could be made. "
"Huh, that is a little wei-"
"You might have heard of it. 9 Dova Rd." He interrupts.
That's our address… what's going on here?
"This is a small town. Not much really happens here, barring the last few years. So pardon me for being a little bit nosey, but I find it odd that a family which from what I've heard has had no previous farming experience moves into some farmland. Moving all the way from the east to some little old town. Not to mention that you guys are incredibly athletic but haven't heard of, or play much sport and claimed to have done 'freelance work'. I'm not sure. It all seems rather little weird to me." He rambles with a deadpan expression on his face before dropping the look entirely and giving a very big smile "Or maybe I'm just overthinking things like always."
Gon and Killua just give each other scared looks.
Jacob stands up a begins to walk off. "I think that'll conclude our tour for today. See you guys tomorrow." He doesn't so much as look at them as he leaves.
The two hunters just sit there in the silence left for them.
"I think…" Killua breaks the pause. "we need to consider the possibility that Jacob is involved here more than he lets on."
"I'm not convinced." Gon says biting the cone of his ice cream.
"You're serious right? He basically just called us out."
"I think he's just a curious kid, are you sure you're not bias? You didn't like from the beginning"
"I am not bias! Maybe that's the reason I didn't like him. He's up to something. He approached us on our first day remember. That could be him scoping us out."
"or… it's him just being friendly."
Gon's too trusting for his own good. As much as I love him seeing the good in everyone, sometimes it can blind him to the bad. I'm almost certain Jacob is tied up in all of this, but I can't convince Gon. He's incredibly stubborn and refuses to budge. Not to mention his face is nearly covered in ice cream and I can't argue with him while he's being this cut-…
While he's being this cut-…
cut-…
"Killua….. you're staring again." The black haired boy interrupts his thoughts.
"Yeah, sorry. Just got lost in thought." The young hunter averts his gaze of his friend and lets his hair cover his eyes like he was 12 again expect this time his long hair appears like a waterfall flowing off his forehead. "why don't we agree to disagree for now and keep an eye on him?" he adds.
"Fine."
Killua still not looking in his friends direction hands him one of the spare napkins he grabbed from the ice cream shop and hands it to his friend. "Clean yourself up, you're embarrassing."
"Thanks!" His friend replied with a big grin before cleaning himself up.
"Let's get home. The old folks don't know where we are." The hunter says distantly as he begins to stand up and walk with his friend behind him.
I can't argue with him while he's being this annoying.
"So there's the situation… I say we can't trust the kid." Killua finishes.
"And I say he's just a smart guy who's just curious." Gon adds as they sit in the living room after dinner.
"It does seem pretty incriminating" Leorio ponders.
"And you say on your first day, he approached you two." Kurapika clarifies.
"Yeah." He replied. "He even identified us as new."
Leorio sighs and then says "The problem I'm having is if he was this mysterious mastermind, or even related to them, why would he lay his card down like that. He had perfect cover and he intentionally gave himself up."
"That's a good point." Kurapika adds. "I agree with the decision to just keep an eye on him for now. We don't want to do anything too risky."
"Now that's sorted..." The doctor changes the subject. "Which movie, 'A lost boy' or 'Mark of the wild'? "
"Neither." Killua says as he stands up and walks away.
"Awww… C'mon Killua…" his spikey haired friend begs "We haven't watched TV in so long."
"Nobody's watching…" The boy snaps back. "We don't need to pretend to have family movie night or whatever. I'm tired. I'm going to sleep." Killua walks off only hearing a distant voice of load mouthed doctor.
"Don't know what's his problem, anyway… 'Mark of the wild'…"
Killua heads upstairs and starts to get changed.
I feel like I'm the only one without a problem. We've got a job to do. I think time is better spent investigating, not playing happy families. I guess I'll just do this myself.
He changes into full black, fills his backpack with everything he needs dumping his school supplies on their bed and escaped using the side windows of their bedroom. He jumps from the roof to a near by tree and climbs down. He knew there wasn't much risk of him being seen as they're all watching the movie.
Killua takes a low profile walking down the street while he takes out his cell phone. Luckily the association has given their phones access to the school student database. All he needs to do is find Jacobs profi-
The crafty fucker manged to never give up his last name. I'll need to go through everyone in the school with that first name and pick out his photo.
It takes a little bit but somewhere through the sequential search of students he finds who he's looking for.
Jacob Mallor.
Attached to every students profile is their address, along with an assortments of notes.
'Has been placed on deans watch due to repeated inappropriate remarks towards staff.
Has been advised counselling after his sister Sofia Mallor has been debilitated in a traffic accident.'
The young hunter feels a little guilty reading through such personal material. So much so that he stops reading anything that doesn't look relevant.
'Address: 4 Aurther Rd'
Bingo!
According to the GPS, he can get there by foot. The ex-assassin does his best to conceal himself on the way to Jacobs place. The houses look more desperate. The road is filled with more potholes. This clearly is a poorer neighbourhood. Due to a rural nature of the place, the houses are spread very far apart. But he finally find the forth house.
The hunter sneaks up to the window leaking yellow light into the darkness. Some old man is watching the news while falling asleep in an armchair.
He moves around to the side. A mother is cleaning a mountain of dishes in such a small sink, there doesn't seem to be a dish washer.
He decides to skips round back. The house is only one story and there are two back windows. One of them with the light on. Killua hides in the bushes just by a gate that leads to back to the farm. He, can't see very well from this far, but he definitely saw a couple beds. This has to be his bedroom. The hunter pulls out a pair of binoculars and uses them spy inside the window.
Sure enough, Jacob is there. With someone else. With a large picture book. She's a girl. Looks a bit older than Jacob and himself. But her actions are odd. She's excitingly pointing at pictures within the book. Surely the book is meant for young children.
This must be his sister.
It almost seems… tragic. If it wasn't for the smile on Jacobs face. Now that the hunter thinks about it, he never really saw Jacob smile like that. He would smirk and grin, but never gave anything as sincere as that.
There seems to be a piece of paper. A note, pressed against the glass and taped there. Killua struggles to read it.
'FUCK OFF STALKER.'
Shit.
Killua panics. He puts away his binoculars and runs off as quickly and quietly as he could. Backtracking his steps making his way back to the house.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. How did he know? Did he know? The only real possibilities are either he expected me to be watching him tonight and put that note the especially for me, or he always has that note there almost like a half-joke. It wouldn't be out of character of him.
I've been gone for about one and a half hours. They should still be watching the movie.
He climbs up the tree he used the first time and jumps back onto the roof with catlike grace landing on the roof with no noise. He never lost the touch. As quick as he could he climbs through the bedroom window to an empty bedroom.
I think I might have gotten away with-
"Had a good sleep." A familiar voice say as a spikey haired boy leaves the bathroom. "I like your new pyjamas" He says with an unimpressed tone.
"Gon.. I .. Umm.. Why aren't you watching the movie?" The hunter in black is caught.
"You seemed a little off, I decided to check on you. Only to find you're not here." He says while sitting on the bed next to Killua's books he left on the bed.
"I was just…" The boy struggled.
"Stalking Jacob." His friend finished.
"I was keeping an eye on him. Like we agreed." He reasoned.
"We both know we didn't mean go to his house in full black and watch him through his window."
"It felt more productive than watching some stupid movie…"
"And was it? Did you catch him in the act? What damming evidence did you find?"
"Well… nothing… really…"
"You said you'll try and be nice to him!"
"That was before he became our lead suspect!"
"Your lead suspect. Because of what? Because he thought it was weird people who never mentioned working on a farm before move to some little town in the west."
Killua knew he didn't have much of a response.
"Where did he even get 'freelance work' from?" his friend interrogated.
"During PE he did a sort of.. information trade… We should be lying as little as possible so I.."
"You told him… You made us look suspicious and then when Jacob was suspicious, you say that Jacobs obviously suspicious."
"That's an oversimplification!"
"Is it? Because it feels like you were just stupid and messed up. And now you're pointing fingers to make yourself feel better."
"Oh, I'm stupid? That's rich… coming from the boy who I basically needed to spoon feed information too in order to keep him up to speed for the past 6 years. Looks like I'll need to do it again, ready? being cute doesn't make up for being mentally retarded!" The boy was basically yelling at this point. He was prepared for his friend to yell back, but all he got was his friend looking like he's on the brink of tears. "I didn't mean that…"
It was too late. His friend's already left the room.
Killua thought about running after him but decided against it. Gon needs a friend. The hunter wasn't sure he qualified.
He swept his books off the bed and lied facedown into a pillow.
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid! I really shouldn't have done that. He'll probably forgive me, though I probably don't deserve it. I'm a joke, I can't even tell him he was right. Instead I hurt the only person who saw any good in me.
I can't believe I said that. I can't believe I called him…
Cute.
Killua leaves once again, escaping the same way he did the first time. Out the window, down the tree. This time just walking about. Thinking about what he's done and why.
…
It's about 2:00am. The hunter came home. Through the front door this time. The old folks are probably asleep by now. He goes up stairs, the lights are now off. Gon is back. He opens the door to find his friend under the covers. Killua walks to the bed and takes the pillow from his side.
His aura… He's still awake.
"Gon." Killua says softly. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean ANYTHING I said. I don't deserve your forgiveness, or friendship. You can have the bed, I'll sleep on the floor." He says as walks over to the rug.
"Yeah, right. It's hard enough getting you up. You wont get any sleep on the floor." A slight croaky voice says from the bed as he opens the blanket up on Killua's side. The white haired boy smiles to himself. Takes off his shirt and pants, leaving his singlet and boxers before jumping into bed.
Just being around Gon is calming. But before he could enjoy it, the blanket leaves him with harsh turn from the spikey haired boy away from his friend. He's stolen nearly all the blanket.
I guess I deserve at least that much…
A/N: uh… Hey. Long time no see? It's been a very long time. Sorry about that. I basically abounded this story. But One say I got curious, read some reviews and starting thinking about how the story would. I really love getting feed back, good and bad so if you could take a couple moments tell me what you thought of this chapter, it really makes writing worth it. Also, I can't promise I wont leave again. I've been dealing with my own issues of motivation. Not just writing fan fictions, but nearly everything. However, If you guys are enjoying it, I'll try my best. Thanks.
