A/N: Kill me now. Jk.

I apologize for the delay in updating; we've been so busy in uni lately. Who has 7-day classes a week?

Me: *raises hand* ._.

Anyways, here's the 11th chapter of A Different Kind of Torture!

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Au Chocolat

"Crap! I can't believe it's already midnight."

Aki sighed as she took the final pieces of chocolate she made and put them inside the gift bags she bought along with the ingredients. It was the night before Valentine's day.

The night before the day she was supposed to confront her boyfriend, Taka.

In all honesty, she was actually afraid of confronting him; she was somehow still in denial no matter how hurt she was upon learning that he actually had the guts to cheat on her.

Aki sighed as she started to neatly put the used bowls and utensils in the dishwasher. Despite how fast her heart was anxiously beating, she still somehow felt calm that somehow, the outcome of her confrontation might not be that much bad.

'But what will you do once he decides that he doesn't want to have you after all?'

'What if he chooses her instead?'

Aki shook her head, trying to disperse the negative thoughts away as she put the chocolates in the fridge.

There was no way she was letting her worries dampen her hopes now; she just can't.

After she was done tidying up the kitchen, she proceeded to head for bed. However, as soon as she passed by the living room, she was surprised to see Feitan missing.

"Eh? I swore I saw him under the covers when I was making chocolate a while ago. Where could he be?" she mused as she walked up the stairs.

She stretched her arms as she headed for the bathroom, popping her neck in the process.

'Speaking of Taka, I wonder if I should forgive Momo now… It's been two weeks already', she sighed.

Aki remembered how Momo desperately tried to ask for her forgiveness for the past few days.

And she wasn't sure whether she still wanted to stay mad at her.

Well, it was probably due to the fact that she was her best friend. Or…

It could be due to the way Momo tried various ways of getting her attention, by which Aki could only face palm at the thought.

"Aki-chan! Please forgive me~!" Momo shouted from across the hallway, and attempted to glomp Aki before slamming her body into the wall just as Aki sidestepped in time.

"Aki-chan! Are you still mad? Here's a choco bunny for you~!" Momo happily said with cute puppy-eyes as she shove the well… deformed chocolate bunny into Aki, by which her eyebrows twitched.

"ASADA AKIRA! Oops wait. I'm sorry I said your real name out loud. BUT PLEASE FORGIIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ME! (*in the background: Satomi-dono! Please refrain from abusing your powers to use the school's intercom!) Eh? Wait! Forgiveness should be given first before I part ways with this lovely interco— AHH NO PUT ME DOWN!" Momo's voice echoed throughout the hallways… in short, the whole school. Aki's classmates pityingly looked at her as her face burned red from shame and embarrassment.

"Yep. Definitely not worth remembering. If ever, I think I got my already bad name tainted more." She grumbled, as she started to dive for the covers.

Before letting herself succumb into a deep sleep, she briefly remembered the quote her father always used to say.

'Que sera sera, Akira. Whatever will be, will be.'

As Aki drifted off to dreamland, Feitan was actually somewhere remotely far away from the city.

He glared at the moonlight as he lay on the grass, both arms cushioned under his head. He was topless, with only a pair of black jogging pants on. He was in a hillside that was surrounded by many damaged trees on the left and a river on his right, by which there was an abandoned building across it.

He had left the house as soon as Aki started making chocolate, partly because he was annoyed at the fact that Aki's music was literally making his ears deaf with all the screams.

And he knew better to just leave than let his poor ears suffer the damage from the deathcore playlist Aki's iPod was booming over the speakers.

He also cringed at the fact that Aki somehow sang, or screamed rather, to the songs that were playing.

'If I didn't leave house, girl must be dead by now.' He glumly thought as he tried to connect the stars into something as he gazed up the sky.

It has actually been a while since he had done any proper training. Months since his stay here, he was never able to decently practice his skills up until now, by which in a way, he had to thank Aki and her obnoxiously loud music.

Feitan was intrigued at the fact that he was able to use his Nen, despite the fact that he was in a seemingly different world. However, it also made him wonder why the inhabitants never bothered to make a book about Nen, or even anything closely related to it.

Maybe the people over here actually never knew about Nen and its possibility in the first place, he thought.

He tried training his sword skills by using the poor trees as his 'dummies', and was pleased at the fact that despite his idle state, his skills still weren't rusty as he thought they would be. He wanted to try whether his special Nen technique would still be just as good, but decided against it upon being somewhat concerned in the damage it may give, as well as the commotion it may create, since his Nen skill was considered to be long-range.

As he was musing on random things, his mind briefly drifted back to the Genei Ryodan. He didn't consider them as friends, no; but he considered them as valuable comrades though.

Important comrades.

He wondered if Shalnark had actually made a move by now to find him, or if any of them made any move at all. For some reason, it seemed strange for him to not be able to hear the constant loud voices of Phinx and Nobunaga, as well as the piercing stares of Machi and Kalluto.

He also somehow missed the fact how he and Phinx used to play video games in the arcade back home in Meteor City.

Feitan sighed and glared once more at the night sky.

'I wonder how to get back' he thought. He was almost out of options, since every step he took to find answers always lead him to a dead-end. Aki tried helping out as well— believe it or not, and although she wouldn't admit it to Feitan, she actually took some trips to the school library to find anything remotely similar to the city Feitan mentioned once.

It actually frustrated Aki at how she would be able to help Feitan when the only keyword he gave her was "Yorkshin City".

Upon finally feeling a bit drowsy from the cool breeze that was enveloping him, he decided to head home, standing up in the process. He took one last look at his surroundings, briefly staring at the abandoned building, which strangely reminded him of their headquarters back in Yorkshin. As he was musing in his thoughts, his feet automatically dragged him to the direction of the said building, jumping over the river with ease.

But as he was about to enter, he stopped; upon closer inspection, he realized that the said abandoned building was actually a hospital.

He contemplated on whether he should enter or not, but decided against it as he felt his muscles starting to give way due to the strenuous training he had earlier.

Feitan took one last look at the building before fading into the darkness, his shadow instantly turning into a blur.

In less than five minutes, Feitan was able to arrive home, amused to see that the noisy girl was now asleep.

'Feh. She finally decided to sleep and be quiet' he smirked as he contemplated on whether he should try to pester the girl or not, but then suddenly decided against it.

He remembered how smart and witty Aki was when she was asleep.

As much as he hated to admit it, every time he tried to piss off the poor girl while she was in deep slumber, it was always him who got pissed off instead. For some reason, Aki had this ability to be powerfully annoying while she was asleep.

Her drool also proved to be her greatest weapon whenever Feitan tried to assault her in any way.

He frowned as he ventured towards the kitchen, disappointed to find out that there wasn't dinner or even any leftovers left. He mentally cursed the girl for failing to cook a follow-up meal. He tried scourging for the fridge next in order to find some food available.

Well, it wasn't as if it was Aki's fault anyway. How would she know that Feitan was actually out training instead of being cooped up in home.

After inspecting every nook and cranny of the kitchen, he proceeded to head for bed.

As his head made contact with the soft pillows, there was only one thought in his mind that amused and annoyed him at the same time.

Despite the circumstances, he was actually starting to get used to this world.

"Ne ne Killua, are you sure that they're here?" Gon asked Killua as they were roaming around Meteor City.

Killua merely responded with a "Hn" as his eyes roamed around the stalls and dusty houses. He couldn't afford to let his guard down, not when he was in a highly potential enemy territory, he thought.

Gon, on the other hand, was merely relaxed, excited even, to be in a new environment. He was personally restraining himself from letting his inner child-like instincts take over and run around from one store to another.

"Ne ne Killua, let's go to that food stall over there! What they're selling seems very intriguing to me." Gon happily said as he pointed to a stall that seemed to sell these weird pink sphere-shaped balls that were honestly a splitting image between a fur ball and a fuzzy-shaped bacteria.

Killua rolled his eyes as he tried to drag Gon away, only to receive protests from the latter.

"No, we shouldn't be wandering around the premises, not when were over here in enemy territory." He pressed, as Gon continued to rant and whine.

"But Killua—"

"No"

"Please? Just this one store?" Gon pleadingly asked as he used his puppy-eyed look on Killua, which made the boy in concern twitch his eyes in disgust.

'There is no winning a debate whenever Gon is concerned.', he sighed as he decided to just give up and give in to his best friend's wishes.

"There's no helping it then, fine." He grumbled, earning a loud 'Yatta!' and goofy smile from the spikey-haired boy before he ran off towards the stall.

Unbeknownst to the two of them, a pair of eyes was actually watching them from a distance.

"Akiiiiiii why won't you respond to my pleas of forgiveness?" Momo whined as she tried to follow Aki around like a love-sick fan girl.

Aki's face was burning once again from embarrassment as she desperately tried to avoid the calls from her best friend, as well as the weird stares she was getting from the other students who were now watching the scene Momo was making.

'Gaaaaaaaah just a bit more and I swear I'm about to give up' Aki whined in her mind as she tried to tune-out the voices that were gradually starting to make her head ache in annoyance.

"Akiiiiii-chan~"

"Aki-chaaaan…"

"…"

"….. TT_TT"

"A-ki-ra."

SLAM!

Enough was enough for Aki. She slammed her hands on her desk, earning the surprise of her classmates, before roughly grabbing Momo by the arm and dragging her out of the classroom.

Momo was surprised at her best friend's sudden aggression and happily thought that somehow maybe she had managed to piss her best friend off.

And if she was able to break through Aki's cold demeanor and make her actually annoyed, she was sure as hell that she was on her way to forgiveness and being forgiven.

"Akiii~ Where are you taking me? Must it be that you finally can't stand seeing your best friend in pain that you decided to forgive her?" Momo asked, batting her eyes in a cutesy way.

She simply earned a hard glare from Aki in response.

Aki shook her head as he tried to calm herself down.

Sometimes she wondered what she actually saw in Momo to make her her own best friend; she was literally a crazy time bomb.

She did not say anything as she continued to drag Momo towards the rooftop, earning an amused and somewhat surprised gasp from Momo.

"Oh my Aki-chan~! Don't tell me that you plan to make a smut scene on the rooftop? Oh please no, I'm still pure and innocent. My eyes, please don't taint my pure eyes~!" Momo overdramatically sighed, putting her free arm on her forehead and acted as if she was about to faint. "Don't tell me that you actually started to move towards the dark side—"

"Please be quiet for a moment while I'm still feeling sane." Aki coldly said as she desperately restrained herself from giving up and going all-out mad— Momo never failed to drive her crazy to be honest.

Momo immediately shut her mouth and decided to not push the matter further, as she briefly wondered on what was on her best friend's mind.

As soon as they reached the rooftop, Aki released her and continued to climb up towards the covered water tank and sat crossed-legged on top of it.

Momo remained standing by the doorway of the rooftop, and leaned against the wall.

Turning into her serious mode, she asked Aki in a calm but firm tone. "So… what's on your mind?"

Aki merely looked up at the sky, which was surprisingly cloudy at the moment. She propped both of her arms sideways that made her look as if she was leaning on something.

"I've been thinking a lot on what has happened, and weighed my options."

Momo did not respond, silently prodding her best friend to continue.

Aki, upon interpreting the silence as a sign to go on, continued.

"After thinking every night since that incident, it made me realize how tricky your situation must really be in. I realized that is was inevitable for you to be able to tell the truth to me right away. I know how torn you were between telling me and not, considering how I am and how I easily get shattered despite this tough armor I always seem to have on."

Momo looked up towards the water tank, wanting to see Aki's expression, but failed; she was just too up high.

"And… somehow, despite how you betrayed me and how hurt I was, I still can't erase the fact that you are my best friend. We are practically stuck together for life, it seems— considering that you are the only person whom I really trust, well, aside from my cheating boyfriend."

"Ya know… At first I didn't want to believe you, since I couldn't accept the fact that Taka would be able to do such a thing to me. But then again, you are my best friend… and I know that you wouldn't make up some story just to hurt me on purpose— best friends don't do that… And I kinda value our friendship very much, heck, I even treat you as my own sister now."

Aki stood up from the water tank and jumped down to where Momo was, before firmly facing her best friend with determined eyes and a soft smile.

"And no matter how much I want to hate you for doing so, I just couldn't because you are someone important to me, you're my best friend."

Momo's eyes widened in surprise as she stared at her best friend; feelings of confusion and euphoria immediately were emanating in her system.

Aki stepped closer as she held out a hand to hug her best friend.

"As much as I hate to admit it, I just can't stand being mad at you for so long. So… yeah, I forgive you." she sheepishly grinned.

Momo screamed in delight as she hurriedly glomped her best friend. She really appreciated the fact that she was forgiven despite the circumstances.

Aki smiled widely as well, content and happy in her decision; never did she regret her choice.

After all, friendship still conquered all.

After their tear-less reconciliation, Momo immediately slumped to the ground in content, relaxing herself as she felt the cool breeze.

"So… catching up. How're things lately?" Momo asked, as she gazed at the sky.

Aki gulped. She somehow was anxious as to where this conversation was going.

"Erm… it's the usual, except for the fact that I have to turn in my career form right now; today's actually the deadline."

Momo was surprised. "Eh? And up until now you still don't know what to do with your life? Seriously now Aki-chan, you passed the entrance exam in Tokyo U and you still don't know what course to take?"

Aki sweat-dropped at Momo's statement.

"Erm well you know… I believe in the saying, 'Always live in the present'. So… the thought never really crossed my mind."

Momo looked as if she wanted to bash her best friend's head to make some sense out of her.

"Aki-chan… you have to take this seriously. I know that you're undecided and all, but sooner or later YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION YOU KNOW." She said, exasperated.

Aki stayed silent for a while, unresponsive and in deep thought.

'Something I want…'

'Or rather, something that would be beneficial?'

'Tou-san, what would you say or do if you were in my position?'

She mulled in her thoughts for minutes…

'Be strong, kid.'

"Earth to Aki-chan~?"

Aki woke up from her reverie and smiled widely at Momo.

"I think I know what to take up now."

Momo raised a brow at her, but smiled nevertheless.

"Really, what is it then?"

Aki smirked in triumph. She was honestly scared and somewhat anxious of the decision she was about to make, but then again, she wanted to try. It was never too late and it would never hurt to try anyway.

"Just wait and see."

Classes passed by like a blur, and soon afternoon came: the time of the day Aki was dreadful for.

As she walked out of the school gates with Momo, she suddenly stopped, remembering that she was supposed to give chocolates to her. She tugged on Momo's sleeve, causing the other girl to look down at her best friend.

"Eh? What is it Aki-chan?"

She grinned sheepishly before fishing out a package inside her bag.

"Here."

She dropped a gift bag made out of black silk, with red lining and small silver stars ass its design. They were beautifully wrapped by a thick silver ribbon that was also made out of the same material.

Momo gasped in delight as she stared in awe at the package, taking it in one hand and lifting it up.

"Dang it Aki-chan, where d'you get this?! It's soooo pretty!" she exclaimed, squealing in delight.

Aki could only smirk in response as she tried to ruffle Momo's hair, stepping on tiptoe in an attempt to reach her head.

"Well~ I do have my sources. I must admit though that I splurged a little."

"Wait wait. I thought that you were supposed to be mad at me?" Momo asked, confused.

Aki rubbed the back of her neck, her cheeks flushing. "Well ya know… it kinda came out of habit. I got used to giving you things every Valentine's Day. "

Momo laughed in response. "Well I do have something for you too young lady!" she said, taking a small box out of her bag.

Aki's eyes twinkled in delight; she knew exactly what was inside it.

"Thank you thank you thank you thank you!" she screamed as she glomped her best friend once again. The box actually contained her favorite brand of chocolates. Her favorite expensive brand.

Momo smiled proudly as she grabbed Aki's arm, prompting her to start walking.

"Come on, we still have to bring you to Taka. You told me a while ago that you were planning to confront him, right?" 'And possibly allow me to beat the crap out of him.' She silently added.

To be honest, Momo also didn't know if Taka was actually with her sister, or if he was alone. Her elder sister became really secretive after their confrontation months ago regarding Taka.

Aki twiddled her fingers as she walked. "Well… I'm not really sure if he's home."

Momo slapped her in the back, hoping to cheer her best friend up. "Well don't be so down! It'll never hurt to look on the bright side you know."

"Eh, I guess you're right. I wonder why I'm anxious though. I'm normally not like this." She laughed awkwardly as they turned around the corner to Taka's apartment.

Momo put an arm around Aki and squeezed her.

"No matter what happens, I'll be here for you you know… Also… wait. What's the name of that guy again?" Momo wondered, her former rage towards the sadistic torturer returning.

For some reason, she's also been holding suspicion against Feitan as being the culprit of Aki's broken arm months ago.

Aki decided to change the topic by diverting Momo's attention.

"Eh? Thanks Momo-chan. Hey have I told you about this—"

"Who is he?"

Aki stopped at the sudden cold tone in Momo's voice.

"Eh?"

Momo looked at her best friend, a serious but concerned expression on her face.

"I mean the guy who claimed to be living with you, who is he, really?"

Cold sweat slowly ebbed on Aki's face. "Erm well you see, wait. I already told you about him, remember?"

"Weeell, yeah. But your answers still seem a bit vague to me you know. I need proper answers."

Aki continued on walking, trying to tune out her best friend's voice.

A vein popped on Momo's temple as she saw that Aki was trying to avoid the conversation. She grabbed Aki by the arm and forced her to fully turn in front of her.

"Look, I know that there must be something going on between you two, by which I really hope isn't related to bad stuff, or things that may damage your reputation… but I'm just really concerned about this. This is a guy you're living with, a complete stranger you just randomly met at that."

Aki forced a smile; nope, she wasn't ready to tell Momo everything about Feitan.

She might decide to not even tell her about him at all.

But they were best friends.

'Argh, now it's I who's in a bad situation right now. Where's that damned freeloader when I need him.' She internally groaned.

"Well?" Aki anxiously looked at Momo in the eye; the latter was now raising a brow at her.

"If you'd like… I could arrange a weekend meeting at home so you can get to know about him better." She cautiously said, mentally stabbing herself at her possibly stupid excuse just to get out of the situation.

"Hmn. Are you sure he's up for it? Well, he'd better be since I'm not going to let him live with you that easily."

Aki gulped. "O-of course he'll be up for it. Who wouldn't want to meet my best friend, right? Heh." She forced a laugh, rubbing the back of her head nervously.

Momo smiled, satisfied for now at Aki's response. "Good. Now, let's raid the bastard's apartment!" she exclaimed as she dragged Aki's arm and sped towards the rows of apartments that were now in sight.

Ding dong.

Ding dong.

Ding dong ding dong ding dong.

"ARRRRGH ISN'T HE GOING TO ANSWER THE DOOR?!" Momo exasperatedly exclaimed, tempted to rip her own hair off.

Small beads of sweat started to form on Aki's forehead. It's already been half an hour since they arrived at Taka's apartment. However, the original owner seemed to be out at the moment, much to the dismay of the two.

"Er uh… Maybe he just fell asleep or something?" she anxiously reasoned out. Aki tried to force herself to smile, despite the fact that she felt ultimately disheartened at what was currently happening.

Momo annoyingly cussed as she repeatedly knocked on the door while simultaneously ringing the doorbell as well.

After another five minutes of unsatisfactory responses, the duo finally concluded that the owner of the apartment is most likely not… well, home.

"Crap. Fuck this. Aki-chan, just place the chocolate or whatever you'll be giving him by his doorstep, please." Momo angrily said, tempted to kick the door open. 'Taka is being such a jerky asshole. He shouldn't dare to show himself to me or he's dead meat.' She thought, mentally murdering the man in concern.

Aki was disappointed that she was yet again, stood up by Taka (despite the fact that they didn't have any arrangement to meet today).

"Fine. Hai, hai." Aki sighed as she reached in to get the gift bag. She placed it by Taka's doorstep along with a note. However, Aki got confused when the gift bag refused to stay upright, the top pat seemingly deflating as soon as she set the bag down.

"Huh?" Aki muttered, raising a brow at the bag.

Momo saw this exchange and decided to inspect the bag herself before throwing a fitful of laughs.

"Pfft. HAHAHAAHHA! Aki-chan, you sure are mean!"

"Eh? Why? Is there something wrong?"

"Hahahahahaahaha no no no, nothing's wrong… Buuuut. There seems to be something wrong with the gift bag itself. Pfft." Momo laughed, clutching her sides from laughing too hard.

A vein popped on Aki's forehead as she decided to check for it herself, only to get red from anger later on.

"FEITAN!"

The whole neighborhood would have honestly murdered her if only she wasn't from an influential family.

Aki was mad.

Really, really mad.

She was literally fuming as she hurriedly trudged her way towards her favorite chocolate shop. Since the chocolates she was originally supposed to give to Taka were mysteriously gone, she decided that she had to do damage control for now.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Yeah, Momo and I are good now. And that's a plus. But Feitan just had to come and ruin my day. Like, come on. He's the only person who's living with me in the house." She grumbled as she attempted to kick a stone while she walked.

To be honest, she was currently planning Feitan's impossible murder and funeral.

Aki entered the store and immediately bought the biggest chocolate box she could find, before hurriedly leaving in an attempt to surprise Taka somewhat before dropping the bomb that she knows.

But of course, she wasn't able to leave peacefully without a fight.

"MISS! I BELIEVE I AM THE FIRST ONE TO GET THIS!" said a blonde man with a large built who seemed to be American.

Aki rolled her eyes and shoved her middle finger at him before hurriedly zig-zagging through the crowd and paid at the counter before dashing out of the store as fast as she could before she would get chased by the big man.

Aki cringed at the memory. 'Never will I attempt to take on someone five times bigger than my size.' She thought.

As Aki ran through the streets, she got annoyed when suddenly the stop light turned red.

"Crap, please hurry." Aki worriedly said as she looked at her watch.

9PM.

Taka should most likely be on his way home by now.

Soon after, the light finally turned green. Aki was about to cross the street when something caught her eye.

No scratch that, it should be someone.

Taka was seated inside one of her favorite cafés across the street, happily canoodling with some pink-haired woman with glasses.

Shit.

In surprise, she accidentally dropped the big chocolate box she painstakingly bought… and fought for.

Eh?

She stared at the two who seemed to be in the Valentine mood. Aki gulped and forced herself to calm down, once again shutting down her senses to numb herself.

That's how she actually got to stay alive all these days— she forced and trained herself to get numb every time a threatening occasion such as this occurs.

She calmly picked up her chocolate before turning around, choosing the route to her house instead.

Aki walked blindly with a blank stare, before immediately sprinting as soon as she felt her eyes start to water, no matter how hard she forced herself not to.

She ran and ran and ran until her breath finally couldn't compensate for the speed of her running.

'Mustn't cry mustn't cry mustn't cry.' She mentally chanted as soon as her house was in sight.

Feitan, on the other hand, was bored out of his wits. He was hungry, since there was no food. There was nothing good on TV either. He was contemplating on the thought of going to the convenience store since he didn't have any more choice.

He was better off eating something that tasted unsatisfactory rather than leave his stomach empty for the whole night, he thought.

Feitan stood up from the couch and lazily walked through the front door, only to suddenly side-step as soon as he felt Aki's presence bolt inside.

"HOME!" she shouted, in an attempt to refrain herself from letting the tears fall.

Feitan, raised a brow at the girl, amused at her strange expression, before narrowing his eyes and grabbing the collar of Aki's uniform.

"You. Girl. Cook." He menacingly said as he stared at Aki, whose eyes were now widened in surprised… and were somewhat watery.

Feitan saw this and wondered at what may have caused the girl's demise before shaking his head.

Of course it would be because of Taka, he thought.

As soon as he was about to make a rude comment and smirk at the poor girl, he was taken aback at her sudden action.

He actually wasn't prepared for this.

Aki, on impulse, flung her arms around him before sobbing uncontrollably, briefly forgetting that she was actually supposed to be mad at him right now for steal-eating her chocolates.

She was just human, she thought. She needed to vent out sooner or later. She could actually save it for later, the crying.

Unless it was something other than seeing your own boyfriend happy with another girl in front of your very eyes.

Aki hated the fact that she acted pathetic right now, but the pain was too hard to bear.

And she hated how she only had Feitan at the moment to cry on.

Or not.

Aki also didn't care how she was practically starting to drench Feitan's black shirt from her tears.

Nope, she didn't care about the possible danger she was about to venture.

Feitan himself was surprised at the girl's sudden gesture. He knew that Aki was somewhat wary of touching him after he broke her arm.

So why do this now?

It was a foreign feeling for Feitan— to have someone cry on you, to treat you as a shoulder to cry on. He was confused at the feelings he felt at the moment: wonder, annoyance, and wonder.

Yup, he really wondered why Aki was acting like… so-not Aki.

He also realized just now how awfully close the girl was, her brunette hair almost tickling the tip of his nose.

His eyes twitched as soon as that sensation brought him back to reality before roughly pushing the girl and making her fall to the ground.

Aki, upon realizing what she just did immediately stood up and practically shoved the big chocolate box towards Feitan's chest before muttering a fast 'Sorry I don't know what came to me but please leave me alone for now' and running up the stairs, slamming and locking the door to her room.

'I torture her later. Nobody touches me freely.' He reminded himself as he quickly thought of a way to physically hurt the girl, since emotionally hurting her now would be of no use because she was basically already emotionally hurt.

Feitan's eyes narrowed at the door to the girl's bedroom before looking at the box in hand.

Confusion once again dawned on him as he stared at the box.

The box of chocolate.

Chocolate by which he knew Aki was stingy to share him with.

And now she was giving him this?

Before he could let a small smile creept up his face, he glared at the chocolate once again, realizing what it meant, what the girl's tears meant.

The chocolate was actually meant for Taka but for some reason she was not able to give it.

Which means that she probably caught Taka with another girl.

'Stupid girl. I no rebound for left-over chocolate.' He angrily muttered as his stomach growled in hunger.

Oh well, he thought. At least he had food for now. He could just deal with the girl later on. Feitan returned to the living room, immediately opening the box and popping a chocolate in his mouth before actually enjoying the treat— the taste was so divine and heavenly.

"Fuck Valentine's Day. Too much drama."

A/N: 11th chapter, done! ^_^

Even Feitan hates being a rebound, huh?

SilverSapphire34523: Yay! Thank you so much. Indeed, and worry not: there will be more Kurapika moments in the future chapters, which is somewhat drawing near. :D Hihi, well, Taka just had a verbal-plastic bitch fight with Feitan; it was a surprise he was left alive, actually. XD

Ruby720: True true! I'm glad I got it right though; I wouldn't want Feitan to end up as some lowly rapist. T^T And thank you so much! You make me feel flattered you know. *twiddles fingers* :`)

Ven'aranar Angel: Hah! One can always catch a man's heart through his stomach… or not, in Feitan's case. XD Yup! They were still somewhat 'business partners' and all hihi.

Misheru25: Yay! Thank you so much. ^-^ I really hope I could keep up with having Feitan in-character. I think it would be hard when it comes to the point that he develops feelings for Aki. T~T

Comments, reviews, suggestions, criticisms and whatnot are very much accepted and highly appreciated, thank you!