Chapter 7

WARNINGS

Jelly Killua | Profanity

Key:

"Welcome"- Conversation

Back! – Thoughts

Readers – Nen Abilities

Jobien walked alongside Kurapika in the forest in silence. It was peaceful. Sunlight filtered through the fern leaves on the trees overhead, illuminating the lighter strands of blonde in Kurapika's hair. Occasionally, his earrings would sparkle in the light too, causing him to get distracted and eye it in wonder.

"Jobien," Kurapika called and tilted his head to a tree with football-shaped pods on it by a stream. Jobien blinked his eyes and looked closer, "the cocoa beans are in that tree over there."

He smiled at him again and nodded his head, "Oh. For some reason, I thought it would be a lot harder to find them?" He said, questioning himself. He kind of felt like an idiot at this point. Together, him and Kurapika began from the tree and throw them into a basket Mito had given Kurapika.

"So, Jobien, you aren't from around, here are you?" Kurapika asked while placing the pods in the basket that Jobien was handing him.

He stopped plucking and quirked an eyebrow at him, "How'd you guess that?"

Kurapika shrugged but didn't turn to look at him. "You said that you thought cocoa beans would be hard to find, where in fact they're really common on this island. Just an observation."

The brown-haired boy turned back around and began picking at the cocoa beans again, "Yeah, I haven't been here awfully long. I don't know much about Whale Island, even though this is my second time on the island." He let out a small chuckle.

Kurapika turned towards him and raised one of his blonde brows, "Second?"

Jobien let out a small 'mhmm' of confirmation before jumping into an explanation of how he met Gon, and then Killua and Alluka while picking pods from the cocoa tree. By time he was done explaining, the basket was completely full. Kurapika was slight disappointed by his story. There was no obvious correlation between him and his clan.

Kurapika looked down at his basket. "I see." After thinking to himself for a moment, he whipped his head back up to look at him "Jobien?"

"Yeah what's up?" Jobien said as he picked up a pod from the basket. He started to examine it. He wanted to see if he could crack one of the pods open with his bare hands to retrieve the cocoa from it.

Kurapika's eyes, once soft yet guarded, became hard and cold as stone. "I noticed that you've been looking at my earrings all day. Do you recognize them?"

Jobien bit his lip and looked down at his feet, feeling guilty for making Kurapika uncomfortable, "I didn't mean to stare at all. I do recognize them though. It's a kurta gem, right?"

Kurapika immediately took a threatening step forward, his eyes becoming a soft red. "How do you know about Kurta Gems."

Jobien's eyes widened when he looked up to see Kurapika's hard red ones. He raised his hands in defense and starting back away from the closeness. While Kurapika, kept taking a step forward towards Jobien. "I-I actually really wanted to talk to you about that." Jobien gulped and looked away from him, desperately wanting to break the tension that was happening between the two boys now. "C-Could we sit?" He asked, pointing at the two medium size boulders that were by the stream.

Hesitantly, Kurapika broke his stance and followed Jobien to sit on the rocks. He wrung his hands nervously as he watched the stream shimmer in the sunlight. He's aura. He's so angry… I should get straight to the point before he gets even more frustrated.

"My mother." Jobien whispered to him softly while looking back at him in his eyes. "She had a pair of earrings just like yours. She was a member of the Kurta Clan."

The hard look that was in Kurapika eyes softened as he watched Jobien speak.

"Her name was Sakura Pagkalinawan, maybe you knew her? She was away from the clan for most of her life, she only returned with me when I was young, right before she had died. She took me there to train. She taught me nen there, away from my father. She said I had the most 'powerful nen' in the Kurta Clan. She taught me how to be nice. How to always care for others…" His vision began to blur with thick tears.

"Kurapika. I don't know what happened to my mother that night she didn't come back for me. I know she died but I don't know how or where. I know I could've saved her since I have the power to heal people that are in danger. I should always be able to save people… But I didn't save her."

Jobien was startled when a strong hand laid on top of his shoulder.

"There's no need for you to apologize, Jobien. You did nothing wrong, and there was nothing you could have done to save her. He squeezed his shoulder softly as tears trailed down his cheeks silently. "Your mother, Sakura Pagkalinawan, she would be proud of you for what you have done for Alluka. You saved her."

He let get of his shoulder and looked down to the stream with a small smile plastered across his face, "Over the years, I've been so angry with the Phantom Troupe for killing my clan. It was only recently that I thought to myself, my clan is only truly dead if I allow them to be. Jobien, if you continue to abide by all your mother's teachings, then she'll live through you. He smiled as he looked back up at him. "I'm sure of it."

Jobien gave him the biggest smile he could muster while wiping his eyes to get rid of the remaining tears, "Thank you so much Kurapika."

A faint blush spread across his face as he looked away from Jobien. "Of course." When his blush faded, he turned back to Jobien and looked at him in his eyes, "Jobien, did you inherit the scarlet eyes from your mother?"

He shook his head sheepishly while scratching the back of his neck. "Unfortunately, not I inherited my father's eyes, I guess."

Kurapika hummed quietly in understanding, lost in thought as his eyes emptily stared at the stream and faded back to their dark grey neutral color.

"Kurapika?" Jobien called to him, breaking him from his train of thought.

"Yes?"

Jobien blinked his eyes and rubbed his hands nervously. "Can you tell me about your childhood with the Kurtas? I only spent a little bit of time there and I don't remember my mother ever telling me about her childhood so…"

Kurapika smiled and chuckled at his nervousness. "Sure, I'll tell you anything you want to know." Jobien's emerald orbs watched Kurapika in amazement as he happily recounted his childhood with the Kurta clan, his parents, and his best friend Pario. The two both spent hours sitting there and talking, completely forgetting about the cocoa beans that were sitting in the basket by their side.

…

"Come on! We've been out here for hours picking cocoa beans and now we have to look for Jobien and Kurapika!?" Leorio whined while dragging a bag of cocoa pods on the ground. Killua trailed in front of him with his hands behind head and his eyes squeeze shut in annoyance. "Would you shut up old man! If you don't stop complaining I will give you a reason to complain!"

Leorio growled and scowled, "And you? What's your deal You're way more annoying the usual. Is it Jobien? I didn't know that you were GAY. Does it bother you that- "

Killua's face immediately flushed red but he didn't dare turn around to face Leorio. "I said zip it. Man, I knew you were dumb, but I didn't know that you were that dumb. I'm not gay either. I just want to make sure that he's okay."

I'm not gay right?

I'm just worried about him and I want to make sure he's okay!

Leorio's face twisted and grew red in an angry scowl, "Why you little- "He cut himself off when he spotted Jobien and Kurapika sitting on some rocks by a stream. "There they are."

Killua opened one azul eye to see Jobien sitting closely with Kurapika, talking, and laughing with him while giving him a big smile. The setting sun illuminated the color of his brown hair and his green eyes making them sparkle even more than usual.

Killua felt his heart squeeze a little in his chest at the sight of Jobien. What's going on with me?

"Kurapika! Jobien! Let's go! We have to go back!" Leorio screeched at the pair.

Kurapika and Jobien got up from the rock they were sitting on and walked the rest of the way home together while talking. Killua watched Jobien with a scowl on his face. Since when did those two become such good friends?

He watched as Jobien nudged Kurapika with his elbow while laughing at something Kurapika had said.

Why is this… bothering me?

…

Killua stabbed his potato with a little more force then necessary as he watched you and Kurapika talk quietly next to each other at the dinner table. What frustrated Killua even more was the fact that Jobien had decided to sit right by Kurapika, instead of the seat that was next to him.

"So," Mito started as she sliced through the meat that was on her plate. "How did you guys enjoy looking for the cocoa beans today?"

Gon shoved a potato in his mouth before sputtering. "It wash show fun! Alluka and I gotsh a bunch of cocoa podsh!" He announced.

Mito gave Gon a stern look before flicking his ear. Gon let you a small whine, "Chew with your mouth closed Gon. You're spitting food everywhere."

After reprimanding her nephew, Mito looked over at Jobien and Kurapika. "What about you too? You both were gone longer than expected?" What were the two of you up too?"

"Huh?" Jobien said as he looked away from Kurapika and stopping their conversation. "Oh, right. Sorry about that. We didn't mean to make you guys worried or anything! We just got kind of got carried away with talking."

Leorio chuckled, bits of meat coming out of his mouth. "Is talking code for something else? Well I got to warn you Killua-OUCH!" Killua's foot collided with Leorio's shin underneath the table. Killua scowled down at his food, unable to look at you or Kurapika. Why do I care about what Jobien does. I could care less about what he does or what he talks about with Kurapika. I don't care what he does… right?

"Kurapika," Gon inquired. "What were you and Jobien talking about?"

Kurapika looked over to Jobien, his eyes silently asking him permission to tell them what the two of them had spoken about. Jobien nodded his head in reassurance.

Killua felt his chest squeeze together, his grip on his fork making his knuckles white. They have secrets too. After knowing each other for a couple of hours. This kid couldn't even tell me what was wrong with him!

Kurapika went on to explain Jobien's relation to the Kurta Clan and everything you both talked about to the rest of the table. Jobien watched him with a smile as Kurapika spoke. He was happy that he had the chance to talk to Kurapika today. It was nice to learn more about the clan his mother was from. It was also nice to make a new friend.

"Woah!" Gon burst with his palms against the table, "That's so cool Jobien! You and Kurapika have so much in common."

Killua grit his teeth. Why is this fucking bothering me so much?

"Yeah." Kurapika agreed while casting a glance towards Jobien, "I was actually thinking… maybe Jobien can come with me so that he could pay his respects to the Kurta that I've buried. It would be nice for him to know where all the Kurta is buried."

White-hot anger coursed through Killua's chest. He couldn't explain the reason or the idea of Jobien leaving with Kurapika angered him so much. He needed to get away from here. Why shouldn't he be able to go with Kurapika. Kurapika could protect him if something went wrong. The two of them were so… similar. The two of them were both Kurtas and Jobien seemed happy hanging out with him today.

Perhaps even happier than I could make him.

Killua could feel the metal of the fork bending under his grip.

Was he stupid for ever thinking the two of them could be…

Something?

Killua abruptly stood up from the table and gave Jobien a pointed glare. "I'm done."

Kurapika noticed the hurt expression that had suddenly washed the smile off Jobien's face. Kurapika stood up from the table, "Hey! Killua!"

Killua plopped his plate into the sink and walked away from the dining room, towards the door, "I said I'm done." He walked out of the door with his hands in his pockets and an emotionless expression on his face. He slammed the door behind him as he walked out. Everyone turned towards Jobien.

"I should go talk to him." Jobien muttered, completely embarrassed about what just happened.

What has gotten into him?

Did I do something wrong?

Jobien felt his chest squeezed tightly as he placed his hand on the door and opened it. He headed out the door, shutting it softly behind him.

(A/N I thought it would be cool to answer some of the reviews that I have gotten. I'll do this every time I get a review of course. Thank you so much for the reviews! Please don't forget to review. It really means so much to me to read your guys comments and it helps me to make the story better!)

Devilstrap478- Thank you for the kind words! It really means so much too me. I try to make the relationship between Killua and Jobien as realistic as I can. So I hope I am doing my best!

Thor94- I wish I would've thought of that earlier but not fear! I will be making special chapters in this story! These special chapters will have nothing to do with the plot but it will include a lot of fluff, lemons, limes, etc. Anything you can imagine I'll make it happen in those special chapters. For the main story this, this will only be Jobien x Killua pairing. I hope you understand!