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Chapter 4: Rude AwakeningXTrust IssuesXIllumi's Teachings
Gon walked over to the mess that was his best friend, bending down to poke him in the back.
WHAM!
Gon fell on his bottom holding his nose tightly from the kick he just received.
"Mm I forgot what happens when I sneak up on him..." Gon thought to himself, hoping that his nose wouldn't start bleeding.
He had learned the hard way what happens when you enter Killua's personal space unannounced and unseen.
Gon heard a small gasp and looked over at the other, seeing his eyes widened considerably.
"Oh, Killua. I'm fine," Gon told him, waving his hands frantically in front of himself. Killua made a grab for his face to hold him still and inspected his nose. "It was my fault. Really though, it's alright," Gon assured him.
Killua dropped his hands from the other's face and sighed, muttering an 'Idiot..don't do that...' under his breath. "Sorry."
"Really Killua, it's alright! Now come on, you overslept again. Aunt Mito is going to be really mad if we ask for another ride to school..."
That made the other quickly run to the bathroom for his shower. Gon smiled at this and pushed himself up off the floor, making his way downstairs to pack up Killua's school supplies for him.
"Gon, why are you still here?"
Age 10
Killua flinched away from the boy's offered hand. He looked up slowly when nothing happened, seeing confusion written all over the boy's face and his head cocked to the side.
The boy named Gon began retracted his hand, inspecting it for anything wrong. "Is there something on my hand?"
This gave Killua some space to calm down, though he was still wary of this person.
Gon's smile faded slightly, as he moved closer to the silver-haired boy. "You aren't hurt are you?"
He tried to get closer to him as the frightened boy kept backing away until he was pressed up against the wall, wishing he could just turn invisible. Gon finally caught up to him and saw him breathing raggedly at this point, causing the spiky-haired boy's happiness to dissolve completely.
"Gon! What are you doing to him?!" A woman with short hair shouted as she ran in, grabbing the boy named Gon by the shoulders and turning him around to look at her.
"But Aunt Mito! I just wanted to make a new friend!" Gon attempted to explain. "I think something is wrong with him."
This caused the woman named Mito to look over at the shaking child against the wall.
"Oh..." Mito said, immediately forgetting about the boy in her grip.
She went to Killua, picking him up and holding him up with her hands under his arms to look him over. This didn't bode well with the silver-haired boy, causing him to internally snap as the flashbacks of being held just like this by his older brother Illumi flooded his mind.
"You'll be nothing but a figurehead."
Images of those lifeless voids he called eyes scanning him.
"You'll be the poster-child for the family in the future, that is all."
It was always a broken finger after the next line, to let him know it was true.
"You're worth nothing, and will never be worth anything more than a pretty face."
He leaned his head forward slightly, causing his bangs to hide his face for some short of shield, any kind at all. He didn't like these two invading his space so much. It was torturous.
She could feel the boy shaking and breathing hard as he tried desperately to pry himself away from her suddenly, kicking and punching the air in front of himself. Killua was losing himself to the memories now, he felt he had to get out of here, run as far and fast as he can and-
"Stop that this instant!" Mito shouted at him, causing him to cease his struggling. She stared into his wide eyes scoldingly, before she noticed he was almost at hyperventilation now.
She hugged him then, and he buried his head into her shoulder letting out all the pent-up sadness he had tried hard to hide over the years.
He didn't even know why he was sobbing into her shirt. But he felt..safe for some reason. All the while Gon watched with interest what was unfolding before him.
"Gon, go get one of the staff. I'd like to have a talk with them," Mito ordered him, holding onto Killua tightly.
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