Hello, everyone! It's been a while! As promise, I give you two chapters this time. Hope you guys enjoy them :)
Happy reading ~
HXH is not mine
Note : This chapter contains Setsu PoV only.
The fresh shower rain was not so bad. It was not hot, yet it was not cold as the other days. This day, we were going to spend our vouchers from the Chocolate House event. I was waiting for the bus and suddenly, Killua's car stopped in front of me.
"Hop on, Setsu" he rolled down the window and said to me.
"Nope. I'm going to pick Rima up" I said to him.
"I'll pick her up and drop you girls off at the Chocolate Buffet House" he said.
"Well, that's a very nice of you, Killua" I smiled while walking to the front seat. I got into the car and put my seatbelt on.
"Ready?" he asked me. I looked at him after I put on my seatbelt. His right hand was on the steering wheel while his left hand was on the gear. He was looking at me. I didn't know why his pose made me blush.
"Yeah" I said as I looked down on my skirt to cover my red cheeks with my black hair. The car started to move, and we were on our way to Sachii. I took a glance at Killua again. He was wearing a light blue shirt with maroon sweater on top of it. Then, I saw a wrist watch on his left hand.
'Wow… He really dressed up just for going to Chocolate Factory!' I thought. Well, Killua planned to go to the Chocolate Factory today so I called Rima this morning and asked her to eat with me in the Chocolate Buffet House. She wouldn't come if I didn't have any good reason because she had to open the restaurant, but I was sure she would come if I told her that I would pay my 'debt'.
As we arrived at Sachii, I got out from the car and went inside the restaurant to call Rima. I saw Rima at the counter, reading romance manga and sipping a cup of hot chocolate.
"Rima, let's go" I said to her. She noticed me at the entrance and quickly put her manga inside her bag. She hung her handbag on her shoulder and sipped the hot chocolate for the last time before she put it in the sink.
"Woot… Whose car is that? Ehem…" she walked towards me as she put her right hand in front of her mouth. She formed a smile, which meant she wanted me to tell her something she wanted to hear.
"I know, I know… I'll tell you later, Rima. All of them" I said as I walked outside the restaurant. We got inside the car and Rima greeted Killua.
"Hey, Killua. Long time no see!" Rima said.
"Hey, Rima" he said as he pulled the gear into D.
"So, where's this Chocolate Buffet House?" Killua asked me.
"Well…" I searched my buffet vouchers in my handbag. I saw a white envelope right away and pulled it out. I looked at the vouchers inside the envelope to see the address.
"It's on 35th street" I told him.
"Hmmm… kay" he said as he concentrated on the road. I looked at Rima on the rear seat to make sure she was alright. She looked at me with a puppy-dog eyes, was not patient to hear my story. Then, my attention changed to a light blue backpack beside Rima. It's Killua's. He would be gone for, at least, 3 days because the Chocolate Factory is in Delicano. It would take around 1 day by airship to go there. Looking at his backpack made me felt… sad. I looked back at the road through the windshield quickly before Rima noticed my frowning face.
We should have already arrived at Chocolate Buffet House because Killua drove the car in full speed. Then, I saw a chocolate color shop name board as we drove in the street.
"Killua, slow down! Otherwise, I can't see the name" I told Killua to slow down a little bit. We were in an alley where was full of restaurants. Killua slowed down and came to a stop. I looked at him and followed where he was looking at. It was the fancy 3-storey shop on the right side. There was a big window in front of the shop, just like Sachii. Then, I looked at the shop name board. It is the Chocolate Buffet House.
"Well, enjoy" Killua told me.
"Yeah, you too" I said to him while grabbing my handbag.
"Yey! Chocolate!" Rima shouted from the rear seat and then stepped outside the car happily. There, I saw again his light blue backpack. The atmosphere in the car became quite.
Silence... No one said anything. Then, I took the initiative to begin a conversation
"You'll be away… for 3 days?" I asked him.
"Maybe. It can be longer, though" he said.
Silence… I saw Rima already waving her hand at me in front of the shop, which meant I should come to her place as soon as possible.
"Don't be too long, okay? I'll miss you" I said as I quickly got out from the car to hide my frowning face, but a hand pulled me back into the car. I looked at Killua to see what he wanted, but he suddenly press his lips against mine.
*Kiss*
The kiss was not lasted so long, not as long as our previous kisses. And slowly, our lips were apart. He loosened his grip and released my hand slowly. Then, he lowered his head to hide his blush.
"I'll call you everyday" he said, still lowered his head.
"Hnn!" I said to him with a happy face. Then, I hugged him for the last time and got out from the car. I ran towards Rima who was waiting for me in front of the shop.
"Ehem…" Rima teased me.
"C-Come on! Let's go" I pushed the red door beside me. The chocolate scent was smelled right away before we went in. The creamy wallpaper with floral pattern was decorated the wall. The floor was made with brown real wood.
"Hello! Welcome to Chocolate Buffet House!" a waitress behind a small desk greeted us.
"Hi! I want to use these two coupons" I handed her the coupons. She looked and noticed them right away.
"Yes, absolutely. Come right this way" she was going to show us our table. We went to the middle of the restaurant. I was surprised that the restaurant was not crowded at all. Just a few people, there was a couple in the back of the restaurant and a woman who was reading a book near the window.
"Do you want to sit on the sofa or the chairs?" the waitress asked.
"Sofa" I replied. Then, the waitress showed us our table on the other side of the restaurant.
"What would you like to drink?" the waitress asked after we sat on the sofa.
"Hot water" I said.
"Ocha" Rima said.
"Okay. Hot water and ocha" the waitress took her leave.
"You're first, Setsu. I'll watch your stuff" Rima said.
"Kay" I got up from my seat and started to hunt for chocolates. In the middle of the restaurant, there was a big marble table. There was fruit section and biscuit section. I took a plate and three sticks. I went to the fruit section; I saw strawberries, pineapples, apples, pears, kiwis, melons, watermelons, oranges, cherries, grapes, bananas, mangoes, papayas, and berries. I picked strawberry, kiwi, blackberry, raspberry, and grape for the first stick. For the second stick, I picked watermelon, melon, banana, papaya, and pineapple. In the biscuit section, I saw oreos, chips, pretzels, brownies, marshmallows, crackers, wafers, macaroons, cream puffs, rice crispy treats, and cookies. I picked marshmallow and cream puff, combined with mangoes, and oranges. I also picked a pretzel, a wafer, an oreo, a macaroon, and a brownie. At the end of the table, there were three chocolate fountains: dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. I chose the dark chocolate and started to cover all the dipping items and sticks.
I went back to my seat and it was Rima's turn to pick. I waited for her and the waitress came back with our drinks.
"Hot water and ocha" she said as she put the drinks on the table.
"Excuse me. Is this the only buffet we can get?" I asked her. Well, I only saw the chocolate fountain in this restaurant.
"No, we have cakes on the second floor and chocolates on the third floor" she said.
"Oh okay. Thank you" I said. The waitress took her leave and I waited for Rima before I dag in my meal. Not so long after that, Rima came to our table with a plate of 3 sticks.
"Rim, I asked the waitress that there are cakes on the second floor and chocolates on the third floor" I said.
"Oh that's great!" she said. I picked one stick and ate the fruit ones.
"So… tell me!" Rima was eager to hear my story.
"Kay…" I chewed the fruit that was covered with chocolate.
"Killua has a brother and he's weird! He's wearing girl clothes, you know" I started.
"Oh! Like a ladyboy?" Rima asked.
"Well… not really. She really looks like a girl and Killua prefers to call him 'she'" I said. Then, Rima gave a weird look at me.
"Anyways, her name is Alluka. She has a nen that's called 'flashback' and she wants to show me my memories with her nen. She said that I might hate something that I love the most in the world" I said.
"Chocolate" Rima cut me off while swinging her stick at me.
"Exactly. I didn't think of chocolate at that time because I didn't think chocolate as something that I love. It's just something that I… always bound with since I was a child so I accepted her offer" I said as I ate another fruit.
"Then?"
"Then… I was brought back to the past. The first memory that I saw was when my maid put poison in my hot chocolate. The second one was when my birthday, I got a chocolate box and the chocolates were poisoned. All of them were my papa's rival doing, and he's the one who ordered Killua to assassinate my family" I kept eating my fruits.
"What? So… it was your father's rival doing? I can't believe it!" Rima threw her stick angrily.
"Yeah. And you know, the feeling of being poison is… not good. I did have that trauma before but when my parents were killed, I tried to forget about my past. I only remembered that I have this power, be the 'fairy' princess, and my parents' incident" I said as I took my hot water and used my nen. I changed the water into chocolate as usual and took a sip.
"Wait… so… you said that you regained your trauma but you're drinking your hot chocolate now" Rima was confused.
"Well… I found a way to overcome it" I looked away as I remembered 'that' kiss.
"HOW?!" Rima shouted. I looked around to see everybody's reaction and I was right! Everybody was looking at us for a moment.
"Rima! Don't be like that!" I was mad.
"Sorry…" Rima apologized.
"Well… Killua did. He forced me to eat a chocolate" I said.
"How?"
"He… He fed me mouth-to-mouth chocolate" I blushed. There was a five-second silence after I said that.
"He… He what?!" Rima almost shouted.
"Oh come on, Rima. This is not the first time we kissed!" I said.
"But… still! It's just… you guys are not… a couple and yet you are so lovey-dovey with him"
"Actually…" I said as I ate the pretzel and wafer that were covered in chocolates.
"I already became his girlfriend" I continued.
"…"
"…"
Silence…
"What?!" Rima shouted. I glared at Rima.
"Sorry" she apologized.
"It's ok. Well… I haven't told you about the 'kidnap'" I finished my first round.
"Kidnap?" she just finished her plate too.
"Well, let's get another round while we're talking" I said to her and she nodded.
We continued to the second round. It's Rima's turn to go to the second floor first. After I waited for 10 minutes, Rima came back with a plate full of chocolate cakes. I quickly got up from my seat and went upstairs.
I saw a black chandelier as I went upstairs. In the middle of the floor, there was a beautiful orchid chocolate flower. I did not think we could eat it. It's just for decoration. There was a big window on the right side. Before the window, there was many cake stands. It was the cupcakes section. On the left side, it was the cake section. I took a plate and grabbed a dark chocolate cupcake from a cake stand. There was milk chocolate and white chocolate cupcakes too, but I wasn't interested in them. I moved to the left side and saw chocolate cakes parade. There was a devil's cake, an opera cake, brownies, a chocolate mouse cake, a black forest cake, a triple chocolate caramel cake, a chocolate truffle cake, and chocolate lava cakes. I almost drooled. I cut a piece of devil's cake, chocolate mouse cake, black forest cake, and chocolate lava cakes. I went downstairs and came back to my seat. While we were eating, I told her about the chocolate house.
"So… I was kidnap in the fourth Chocolate House" I started while eating my black forest cake.
"By whom?"
"Killua's brother"
"Oh man… And? Who is that?"
"Illumi"
"What does he want?"
"Well… It's not him who wants me, but it's his mom" I said.
"Killua's mother?"
"Yeah… it seems that… she doesn't like me" I shrugged.
"So… what happened?"
"I was brought to the zaoldyck's mansion and I was tied in the basement"
"What they did to you?"
"Hmmm… nothing? They just waited until Killua came"
"So… they used you as a lure?"
"Yeah, something like that"
"Okay…"
"And then, Killua came to rescue me. Well, Killua and his mom had a brief talk about 'heir' thingy" I continued while eating my devil's cake.
"Heir?"
"Killua doesn't want to be the heir, but his mom insists" I said.
"Hmmm… and then?"
"Gon and the others came to rescue me and the end…" I said happily when I said 'the end'.
"Well, at least you're okay"
"Yep, but I was quite surprised to see Killua's mom. She seems… weird and she even slapped me with her sharp fan!" I stabbed my chocolate lava cake with my spoon until all of the chocolate lava came out.
"Setsu…" Rima sweatdropped.
"Anyway, I heard his mom said Killua referred me as his girlfriend" I ate the chocolate lava cake that I stabbed.
"Huh?" Rima stopped her spoon that was going inside her mouth.
"So, I asked Killua about that when we got home"
"Huh?" she still confused about 'home'.
"Well… I lived in his apartment" I said.
"Wh-" she almost shouted but she covered her mouth quickly.
"Remember about my 'job'? He found out and wanted me to compete equally without cheating. Then, he asked me to live with him so that he knew whether I cheated or not" I explained about my part time job in Butterfly.
"Oh… I see" Rima continued eating her cakes.
"Back to the topic. When we got home, I asked him about that 'girlfriend' thingy and he…" I looked at her for a moment. She was staring at me.
"He confessed?" Rima guessed. I nodded slowly. Then, a cheerful face came to Rima's face.
"Oh my God! Oh my God!" she was so excited. I was speechless.
"Ah… my baby! You've grown up so fast!" Rima congratulated me. Still, I was speechless, didn't know what to say to happy-go-lucky Rima.
We finished our cakes. Now, it's time for the round three. I got up and went to the third floor. I saw the pink ceilings, creamy wallpaper, and the brown wood floor. I saw a round counter with chocolates in the freezer counter. Around the counter, there was a round table with cookies on top of it. I took a plate and take two chocolate chip cookies and truffle chocolate. I also saw chocolate ice cream and chocolate pudding inside the counter. I took another plate for the pudding and a bowl for the ice cream. I went back to the first floor and it's time for Rima to pick her chocolates. I waited her until she got back and we continued our chatting.
We went back from the Chocolate Buffet House. It was a feast! When I got home, I saw Gon and the others in the living room.
"Hey, Setsu! Welcome back!" Gon greeted me.
"Hi, guys" I said while going to my bedroom. I dropped my handbag on the floor and changed my clothes into my house clothes. I took my cellphone from my bag and dropped myself on the bed. I looked at the clock on the phone. It's 11 p.m. I looked at the sky outside through the window. It's already dark.
I was wondering why Killua had not called me. I checked if there was any miss called, but… nope. I opened my phone's contacts and tried to call him but when I dialed his phone number, it said…
'The number you are calling is busy right now. Please try again in a few miutes."
In the next chapter, it will be the last chapter. I don't have enough time anymore to write because of school T_T
So, I have to end this story in the next chapter. I'm sorry if the ending is a little bit rush ...
I hope you'll still read the next chapter though!
Okay, let's go to chapter 23~
-animecybil-