Chapter 5

WARNINGS

Profanity | Talk About Suicide

Bodily Harm | A HUGE GAY MOMENT

Key:

"Welcome"- Conversation

Back! – Thoughts

"There it is!" Gon beamed while jumping up from his seat and pointing to the whale shaped island in the horizon.

Jobien stood next to Killua as Alluka pepped over the side of the ship with her big baby blue eyes. She gasped in amazement as she took in the island. Jobien could not help but adore her. This girl that he had only met a few days ago kind of reminded him of himself. Well the younger version of himself of course. Last night, Killua had explained how Alluka had been stuck inside the Zoldyck estate at Kurkoo Mountains for most of her life because of her abilities. While they did not abuse her, Jobien believed that not letting her outside was abuse regardless.

"Are you excited to see the island Alluka?" Killua asked his little sister. She looked up at him with the biggest smile and nodded her head. "Yeah I can't wait to see it big brother!"

Jobien could tell she was as excited to see the world as you were.

…

Gon waved furiously has he sprinted up the hill to his house.

"Aunt Mito! Aunt Mito! I'm home, Aunt Mito!"

Jobien smiled at his ethanium as he trailed behind him with Killua and Alluka. As they reached the top of the hill, he could see the familiar brick house with the laundry rack posted on the side of it. HE could smell the ocean from the top of the hill. It was just as he remembered. It was beautiful.

"Gon!" Mito burst as she ran from the house and embraced him. Mito looked the same as he could remember. She did not age a bit. Gon, however, was now the same height as her. When the pair ended their embrace. Mito looked up to see Jobien, Killua and Alluka watching their exchange happen.

She looked at Killua and nodded her head and said. "It's always a pleasure to see you again Killua."

Her hazel eyes flickered over towards Jobien, "J-Jobien? Is that really you?" She asked surprised. He nodded his head as she walked over and grabbed his hands.

"Jobien… I cannot believe it. I cannot believe how much you have grown! I thought you were someone else when I saw you but then I remembered your beautiful green eyes. How intriguing they are. You have grown up so much." Mito said, pulling him in for a hug. Jobien's cheeks grew with a pink tint. For a moment, it felt like it was his mother embracing him again. His eyes closed tightly, and he hugged her back.

"Gon and I always wondered when you would return. It is nice to see you again. Please stay as long as you need." She said, whispering and breaking the embrace between the two of them. Jobien nodded his head.

"Thank you so much. It's really nice to see you again."

She looked at Alluka, who was holding Killua's hand tightly. "Oh? And who is this?"

Killua smirked and he gestured his hand towards Alluka. "Aunt Mito, this is my younger sister, Alluka. Mito smiled as she kneeled to Alluka's height. "It's really nice to meet you Alluka. Would you like to come inside and have some cake?"

"Yes please." Alluka squealed before taking Mito's hand.

Jobien turned towards Killua as he watched his sister walked into the house with Mito. Gon trailing behind them. There was nothing but compassion in his eyes as he watched his sister walked away with Mito. His sapphire eyes looked so different when he looked at his sister.

"I honestly think she's going to have a lot of fun here." Jobien said, smiling at Killua. Killua broke off his dazing and turned towards Jobien. He focused his eyes on Jobien and smirked, "Yeah, I know she is."

…

"But Aunt Mito, we were going to go out and explore the island!" Gon whined.

Mito huffed as she mixed ingredients in the kitchen. "No 'buts' Gon! You can explore the island tomorrow. It is getting late; the sun is already starting to set. You, Killua and Jobien should go bathe before dinner. You guys are fifthly."

Jobien snickered as she began counting from ten and Gon began running around in a panic. Jobien was about to open his mouth to say something but Gon grabbed his hand "Wait- "He yanked your arm and snatched Killua of the couch and pulled both upstairs. Killua let out a groan of annoyance. When the three of you were upstairs Gon pushed the two of them into the bathroom.

"Come on you guys! Let us take a bath so we can eat dinner!" Gon said, taking off all his clothes. Killua stood there and before he can begin taking off his own clothes Gon had already reached over for Killua's shirt to pull it off for him. Jobien looked over at Killua and a slight blush grew across his face.

Oh my GOD.

I need to stop these feelings.

Jobien stood there and rubbed the back of his head, awkwardly. After Gon, had stripped down Killua, Gon went straight for his shirt. "Come on what are you waiting for Jobien?" He asked. Gon tried to pull off Jobien's shirt but he grabbed the bottom hem of it and held it down.

"Heh. I can take bath when you guys are done. I'll just wait in your room." Jobien said.

"We've taken a bath together Jobien! What are you so worried about?" Gon questioned as he tried to tug his shirt off again. Jobien held it down. "N-Nothing's wrong Gon I just want to shower alone." Jobien said. Killua looked at Gon and Jobien. Killua then spoke up to Gon.

"Come on Gon, we cannot force him to take a bath with us. Why don't you go ahead and take a bath and when your done me and Jobien will get in? Just so we all do not waste water." Killua suggested. Gon nodded his head in agreement.

"Well you guys can just wait in my room till I'm done then." Gon said as the two of them headed out of the bathroom and into his room.

Great. Now I must take a bath with Killua.

I would rather have just taken a bath all together now.

Killua sat on the floor inside of Gon's room and then motioned Jobien to come see him. Jobien let out a sigh of annoyance and sat in front of Killua.

"What's wrong? Why don't you want to bathe with me and Gon?" Killua questioned. Jobien just shrugged his shoulders. It is not that he did not want to take a bath with the two boys. It would not have bothered him one bit. It was the fact that he did not want to show them the scars that he made onto his body and from what his father had given him. He also did not want to bathe with Killua. He could feel his cheeks grow warm at the thought of bathing with the white-haired boy.

"Trust me. I would rather you tell me now than to me find out when were bathing together." Killua said. Jobien nodded his head and stayed quiet. Killua let out a hiss of annoyance and got up to walk around the room.

"You're impossible to talk too! You should not have to keep secrets from me! Gon never keeps secrets from me!" Killua yelled at Jobien and threw his hands up in the air. Killua was about to say something else but then Gon entered the room.

Why is he comparing Gon tom me.

Jesus. That was a quick bath.

"Okay! The two of you can go bathe now!" Gon said, motioning them towards the bathroom that was right across from his room. Killua grabbed Jobien's wrist and yanked him up. Killua then dragged him out of the room and into the bathroom. Killua closed the bathroom door behind the two of them and crossed his arms across his chest.

"You want to tell me what you are hiding now?" Killua questioned. Jobien did not really have a choice at this point but he still refused. He shook his head. Killua walled up to Jobien and grabbed the hem of his shirt and yanked it up before Jobien even had the chance to hold it down.

Killua took a step back to look at Jobien's body. His mouth opened wide as he looked Jobien up and down. His eyes never leaving his body.

"J-Jobien?" Killua said, as he looked at Jobien's body for the first time. His body was completely scarred. From the abuse that Jobien had done to himself and the abuse that his father had done to him.

"Did someone do this too you?" Killua questioned. Killua placed his pale fingers onto Jobien's body. Jobien flinched at the touch as Killua ran his fingers over every burn, cut, and scar that was across his body. Killua got closer to Jobien and suddenly the height difference between the two of them was surreal. Killua stood slightly taller than Jobien, only by two inches. Jobien nodded his head, answering Killua's question.

"And you think you could have protected yourself? When you look like this?" Killua snarled, grabbing onto his wrists. Jobien tried to pull away but Killua gripped tightly onto his wrists. "Well answer me."

"Killua."

"Jobien. Just stick with me and Gon. I promise we will protect you." Killua whispered as he ran his fingers lightly across the scars that were on his wrist. A blush started to form across Jobien's face when Killua had made that comment. Killua noticed this and a slight smirk came across his face.

Before Killua knew it, a blush was also starting to form across his face as his fingers roamed around the shorter boy's body. He touched every single scar, burn, and cut that was on his body. Jobien then looked at Killua's body a lot closer. His body was not as bad as Jobien's, but you could see the hint of scars on his body also.

Jobien reached over and place his fingers onto Killua's body. Killua flinched at his touch but disregarded it. He ran his fingers across Killua's body, feeling every scar that was on his body. He looked up to see Killua's cheeks forming a scarlet red tint.

"You see. You do not have to be afraid to tell me something. I understand." Killua said. "Let's take a bath now." Killua said as he began to strip off his clothes. Jobien following right behind him. Feeling more comfortable than before.

Jobien nodded his head and the two of them stepped into the bathtub. Killua grabbed Jobien's wrist and looked at him. "Relax. Your scars seem pretty sensitive so let me wash them, so you don't break them open again." Killua suggested. Jobien nodded his head and Killua began to wash his wrists gently.

The two of them finished the bath quickly and headed back into Gon's room. As they entered the room, Killua handed him a stack of folded clothes. "Here you go. Whatever you were wearing was nasty and Alluka's blood got all over it. So, you can wear some of my clothes."

"Thanks." Jobien nodded his head, taking the clothes from Killua. He put on the clothes that he had given him which was a black long sleeve turtleneck and pair of gym shorts. They fit a little bit big but Jobien shrugged it off. Killua was right anyways, the clothes he was wearing before did have Alluka's blood all over it. Besides the fact of that, the clothes smelled like a mixture of sweat and dirt.

…

THUMP! Jobien lifted his head in a glare as he looked up at Killua who had drop a mat on top of his head. "What the fuck was that for?"

Killua shrugged before putting his hands behind his head and smirking as he plopped down onto his own matt. "I said 'heads up'. It's not my fault that your ears don't work." He said, breaking off into snicker. Jobien huffed in annoyance before taking the pillow he had thrown at him and fixing it beneath his head.

After the two of them had finished their bath, Mito cooked the most delicious dinner. Jobien could not remember the last time that he had a home-cooked meal the way that Mito had cooked it. Maybe she could teach Jobien how to cook.

Alluka and Killua played a game together, with Killua pushing his sister over playfully whenever she got an answer wrong. The two of them laughed together, as they were laughing Gon pranced into the room with two DVDs in his hand.

"Do you guys want to watch a movie? We can watch Princess and the Frog or John Wick?"

Killua and Alluka called out their answers at the same time.

"John Wick!"

"Princess and the Frog!"

Alluka pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. Killua sighed in frustration. "Fine. Play the stupid princess movie."

Alluka let out a cheer and Gon slipped the movie into the DVD player. The four of them stayed awake while watching the movie for a little while. Alluka fell asleep during the first 20 minutes. Gon fell asleep in the first hour. Killua and Jobien were still up making a small talk with conversation before Jobien had finally fell asleep. Killua stayed up watching the movie, telling himself that he was not tired.

Killua watched as Jobien as Jobien shifted in his sleep multiple times. He sighed and rested his head into his hand. His cheeks started to turn scarlet as he thought about what had happened in the bathroom between the two of them.

He is attractive.

He is sweet too, but I do not think I like him like that.

I feel like I like him the same way I like Gon. As family.

Hopefully…

Killua closed his eyes, drifting into a sleep as the movie ended.

…

Jobien kneeled to the sand as he picked up a pink seashell. Which seemed kind of gay he knows but it happened to be the first time he had been to the beach in a while.

"Alluka! This is the beach!" Gon yelled, ripping off his shirt and running into the water. The four of them had spent the day walking all over Whale Island Gon showed Alluka everything you saw when he had first toured the island.

The girl watched the waves hit the shore with sparkling eyes, she looked up to Killua and asked, "Do you think we can swim in there?"

"Yeah of course. Just another day. We need to come back with clothes that you can swim in." Killua told his little sister.

This is probably her first time going to the beach.

The three of them ended up running to the shoreline anyways. Just to dip their feet in the water. Gon on the other had jumped into the water and cried about the water temperature. Jobien laughed at his misery.

Killua walked a little further into the water, allowing his calves to get in the water. He seemed unbothered by the cold water.

Suddenly a fish leaped out of water behind Killua and splashed him cold water onto his back.

He turned around and sent an icy glare towards Jobien. "Did you just splash me?"

He bunched his eyebrows and backed away from Killua. "That was a fish! Killua it wasn't me." Jobien told him.

"You really are an idiot! You're going to pay for that!" Killua said menacingly before splashing Jobien all over the front of him with water.

Jobien took a step back, almost falling into the water as it chilled his body. Killua looked at you with a cat-like smile before saying. "You didn't like that did you? Now we're even."

"You little shit!" Jobien snarled before kicking up his foot out of the water and dousing Killua with water. It did not take long before the splashing exchange between the two of them turned into a full out water war. Killua and Jobien kept going back and forth splashing each other with water like they were little kids. Gon and Alluka watched from them dousing each other with water.

Splashing with water suddenly turned into dunking each other with water. Killua had started it of course

Killua went underneath the water and swamp up behind Jobien. Before Jobien even had the chance to register the fact that he was behind him. Killua whispered "Boo!" In his ear and grabbed Jobien and tossed him over his shoulder. Killua laughed as soon as he went under water and went to leave the water. Jobien grabbed him by his foot and yanked him underneath the water. "Hmphed." Jobien snickered as he held him under the water. A sudden wave of bloodlust came over Jobien and he tried to shake it off

Kill.

Before he had a chance to register what was going on. From underneath Killua kicked his legs from underneath him and Jobien landed face first into the water. Killua snickered and helped Jobien out of the water.

"Come on you guys!" Gon called out from the shoreline. Alluka stood close to Gon as he motioned his hands quickly. "There's one more thing I want to show you guys!"

The two of them walked out of the ocean water and Jobien and Killua did the best to squeeze the excess water out of there clothing. Killua punched his arm playfully. "You know I won that right?"

Jobien rolled his eyes. "Only because you cheated you loser." Killua rolled his eyes and pushed Jobien onto the sandy floor.

"Looks like I won now." He said before running to catch up with Gon and Alluka. Jobien ran after him, hot on his tail. He could not help but smile. It has been such a while since he played. It was nice to let loose and not be so serious for a change. It was nice enough that he could look over his shoulder and not see his father gawking at him. He followed Gon, Killua and Alluka into the woods as Gon headed towards there new destination.

…

By time they arrived at their destination, the sky was painted with millions of stars and Jobien's clothes were almost done drying. Gon led all of them to a large clearing in the forest. There was a little pond to the side with ducklings swimming in it in one section of the clearing. Jobien smiled at the sight of it. Fireflies lit up the clearing and Jobien thought that was one of the most beautiful sights he has ever seen.

Gon looked over and saw that Jobien was standing there with awe in his face. He walked over and handed Alluka a jar that had holes in the cap "Alluka. Take this, you can go and catch fireflies, but you have to release them before we go, okay?"

Alluka nodded her head taking the far from Gon. She started walking through the field to see if she could catch some fireflies. Jobien laid down on the grass and watched the stars twinkled above him. Gon and Killua sighed as they laid downright next him.

"Jobien?" Gon said.

"Yeah?"

"I never got to hear what you've been up to these couple of years that you left. Where did you go after you left Whale Island."

I never told him. Well I never told either of them what had happen.

Killua glanced over and sat up. Gon followed and the two of them looked at Jobien. Killua's eyes soften when he looked at Jobien as he sat up. The three of them than sat crisscrossed.

"The day that I left I never saw my mom again Gon. I did not know where she went but she never returned. I wanted to come back too you but then my father had come to collect me. He blames me for my mother's death every single day. I-I had to get away, so I ran away." Jobien said.

Gon's usual happy glint it his eyes turned into something darker, something in a lot more aggressive nature.

"Are you running from him?"

Jobien nodded his head slowly before quickly bringing up. "Yes. But he should not be able to find me now. Us for the matter of fact! If I do not do anything dumb or stupid, he should not be able to find us."

As in healing somebody. How could I be so stupid.

"You healed Alluka right? It is one of your nen abilities. How does it work?" Killua questioned.

Jobien purse his lips in a quick attempt to explain it to them. "Well I use my own life energy to heal others quickly and efficiently. That is why when I use to much of it, or combine it with my offensive nen ability, I get really tired." Jobien flicked his wrists and opened his palm. He focused on his nen and a light blue dragon appeared from his hand. The dragon made its way up onto his shoulder and sat there. Watching Killua and Gon closely.

Gon and Killua eyes widened into a smile at the sight of the dragon. "Wow! That is awesome Jobien! Does the dragon have any other purpose besides being a pet and having the ability to heal?" Gon asked. Jobien nodded his head and smirked.

"Well right now he's actually watching you guys closely. Kind of like a surveillance type of thing." Jobien nodded towards the dragon.

"What about your shitty little daggers. Do you think you can use your nen on those?" Killua asked. Jobien gave him a dirty look at the fact that he called them 'shitty daggers'.

"Yeah. I'll show you some day Killua don't worry about that." Jobien said, eyeing him closely. A smirk went across Killua's face as he laid back down into the grass. Jobien and Gon following him in the process.

"Jobien?" Gon asked.

"Yeah?"

"Will you stay with us? At least until we know for sure that your dad isn't after you anymore?" Gon asked carefully.

He stayed silent. Killua had suggested that he stay with them the other night and while he had agreed that Whale Island was the safest place for him to be at right now. He could not help but to think it still was not a good idea.

"I'll stay with you guys." Jobien told him.

"You really don't have to worry about us. We will be able to defend ourselves and Alluka. Besides, we are friends, right? And friends stick together!"

"Yeah Gon. We are friends."

Gon's phone buzzed in his pocket. "I'll be right back. It might be Aunt Mito!" Gon announced as he jumped up and walked away from him and Killua. Killua's eyes were still trained on the sky.

"I'm surprised you said you were going to stay. I thought I was going to have to pound it in your head that you did not have a choice." Killua snickered before sitting up to face Jobien. Jobien looked and faced Killua. He looked at Killua's royal blue eyes. He felt his heart suddenly skip a beat as he stared at Killua.

Why do I feel this way about him?

Killua's face turned a bright red as he continued to stare at Jobien even more.

Gon's aunt is right.

His green eyes are so gorgeous.

That was not even the first thing that Killua had noticed about the brown-haired kid. He had noticed a lot of things about him even though they had only known each other for a couple of days. Something just felt good between them. Something felt so surreal. He shook his head, taking his eyes off Jobien to look at the night sky again.

Gon ran back to the both of you excitedly with his phone still clutched in his hand, "That was Kurapika!"

That name sounds familiar.

Killua sat back up and looked at him, "What did he want?"

"He's coming to visit with Leorio!"

(A/N I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! It was probably one of my most favorite chapters that I wrote so far. Please don't forget to leave a review! Let me know if you like the story. Let me know if I have an error somewhere or anything like that! It'll only make my story better. Thank you so much for reading and of course till next time)

-Cookiedeku