Working on revising chapter 18 after I get 17 uploaded, then I'll be finished with revising and can start moving forward again with chapter 19. So anyone who even bothered getting this far, hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hunter x Hunter. I would love to though.

Chapter 9: Sleeping ArrangementsXAffectionXConfirmation

Gon rested his chin on his fist as he stared out the window, his other hand dipped in Killua's hair. He gave a quick glance to his sleeping friend and swore if the teen was awake enough he would be purring.

Killua had always been so afraid of anyone even coming near him, but 5 years spent budding in such a loving atmosphere caused him to grow affectionate with his three housemates. Though he seemed more close to Gon than anyone.

Gon never minded however. In fact he enjoyed it the majority of the time, as long as people didn't make fun of them. That usually made him mad, because it made Killua upset when people did.

Killua hasn't been impartial to throwing punches these days when pushed far enough, however.

Although he never liked being complimented or comments about how great it was to be with him and the like, he said it embarrassed him. But Gon thought it was funny whenever the other teen got flustered about those things, cute even.

Especially when you make whatever he's drinking come flying out of his nose by saying something of the like.

"Normally sitting on the bus like that wouldn't be allowed," the spiky-haired teen heard from beside him, looking over to see the bus monitor looking up from her not so innocent magazine. "But I guess I'll allow it this time."

"Ah..um..thanks, Ms. Krueger." He knew she was getting a kick out of this. "But shouldn't you be watching the bus?"

"They'll be fine for a while. Besides, I don't want to miss the show right here..."

Gon sighed with a slight smile. She was almost as bad as that Hisoka person who lived in the neighborhood. "Yeah, I thought you'd say something like that."

He looked back down at Killua, not realizing that he had begun absentmindedly scratching at his friend's head, seeing his mouth hanging open some. Gon blushed a little, jerking his head over to stare out the window once more and stopping his scratching. That earned him a quiet whine in protest from his half asleep friend.

"Shut up, Ms. Krueger," Gon ordered of her, not even looking over to see her snickering.

He resumed his scratching. Being rewarded with a pleased sound from the head on his lap only caused his blush to deepen. Killua would have wanted to crawl under a rock and die if he knew what was happening.

"Oh-"

"Please!" Gon interrupted in a plea for silence from the woman.

He looked back down at his now sleeping friend, hoping he didn't wake up abruptly like this morning. The spiky-haired teen didn't know if he could take two of those surprise hits in the same morning.

Age 10

Mito taught Killua about praying before dinner at the table when he gave a confused look at the other three bowing their heads suddenly, and dinner continued regularly for Gon, Mito and Granny. Gon tried to get Killua to speak to Granny at least once, swearing he had gotten Killua to speak twice earlier as Mito looked at him skeptically.

After dinner was finished Gon took his new friend back to his room, getting ready for bed as Killua watched from his position sitting on the edge of the bed. When Gon finished changing into his pajamas he looked over at the pale skinned boy sitting on the bed watching him.

"Oh, ah...you don't have any clothes to sleep in, huh?" Gon asked the other boy.

Seeing his head shake, the boy dug through his dresser to look for an extra set. Upon finding some, he tossed them into Killua's face. "Those can be yours now."

Killua peeled them off his face and eyed them warily. He was no stranger to people putting things in his clothes before handing them over. He looked at the unfaltering grin on Gon's face and decided against his natural instincts to trust the other boy then. It wasn't like he gave him any reason to distrust him yet.

After changing his clothes, the silver-haired boy hopped off the bed and curled up on the floor.

"That won't do, Killua. You sleep up here with me."

Gon crawled into bed and patted the spot next to himself. Killua's head poked up over the edge of the bed and looked at the other boy as if he grew another head.

"Come on, there's plenty of room! Or if you want the bed to yourself, I'll sleep on the floor instead," he tried to compromise.

Killua reluctantly climbed into the bed, not wanting to have the other boy be on the floor.

The pale-skinned boy laid himself on the other side of his friend, practically plastered against the wall, causing Gon to giggle some at the other's antics.

"Killua, you're all smashed against the wall like a bug. You can sleep closer to me, it's not a problem," and upon hearing that Killua unglued himself from the wall and got comfortable next to his friend.

"Well, take as much cover as you need. Don't be afraid to wake me up if you need something," the spiky-haired boy informed him, yawning as he did.

Killua kept awake and watched his friend sleep, feeling a little creepy for doing such a thing. He inched closer to his sleeping friend and reached out, then thought badly of the idea of hugging him.

He just didn't want to wake up to find the other boy gone, as it seemed all of today had been one big dream. He just needed some kind of reminder that this was real.

Because in the end, a friend was all he wanted.

The next morning Mito woke up extra early to go check on them. She saw them asleep in a tangled mess of limbs, foreheads pressed together and breathing in sync.

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