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Chapter 10: DaydreamingXBirthdayXEmbarrassment
Gon stared at all the passing buildings, hearing the occasional mumble from Killua in his sleep. Gon couldn't understand how the silver-haired boy could possibly sleep with all the yelling and talking going on either. But of course it was out of the question for Gon to wake him up without getting hit.
"Maybe he just likes hitting me," Gon thought to himself.
"Gon."
"Or maybe he knows how to tune it out even in his sleep?" he continued to wonder.
"Gon."
"Maybe he'd teach me how to tune it out too!" Gon thought on, getting excited at the prospect of learning a new trick.
Suddenly the spiky-haired teen was jolted out of his thoughts by two hands pinching and pulling at each of his cheeks.
"Ahh! Killua! That hurts!" he exclaimed, grabbing at Killua's arms and trying to pull them away. When the silver-haired teen finally let go, Gon started rubbing his abused face. "Killuaaa, what was that for?" he asked, seeing the extremely annoyed face of his best friend tinted with a light blush.
"Why were you staring at me for the past 10 minutes?" the other teen questioned.
"Ehhh? I was staring at you?" Gon honestly did not remember staring at his friend. "I didn't even notice..."
"Whatever. Come on, we're here and class is going to start soon," Killua said, looking away as he got up.
Age 11
It had been a year since Killua had moved in with Gon, and it was only on Gon's birthday that he had decided to speak his first full sentence since moving in.
"Happy birthday Gon! I went out and tried to find a good present...but...I couldn't find anything good that I had the money for..." Killua had said, hanging his head in shame at the last part.
Gon only grinned brightly from ear to ear. "Thats alright, you being here is already the best present ever! I don't care about anything else more than that!" the spiky-haired boy exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air to express his happiness.
Killua's head dipped down to hide his face behind his bangs, blushing at the exclamation.
"Eh? Whats wrong, Killua?" he asked next, seeing Killua hide behind his bangs. "Aunt Mito! Granny! I think Killua is sick!" Gon yelled, pointing at his red-faced friend, only to have his finger smacked down by the other.
"I'm not sick! You're just..so..ugh! Embarrassing!" the silver-haired boy shouted, stomping away to the stairs.
"Wait! Killua! What did I say?!" Gon shouted after him, running to catch up. "Killuaaa!"
Mito and Granny had watched the scene with quite amused looks.
Later that night Gon was lying in bed, assaulting Killua with questions one after the other while the pale-skinned boy simply wanted to sleep. Even though he was only getting short, quick answers for the most part he could tell that Killua had been opening up to him more over the year. Which only pushed him to converse with the boy as much as he could.
"But Killua, you're really smart, so you have to know!" Gon told the boy lying beside him.
Killua heaved a deep sigh with a light blush tinting his cheeks pink. He silently thanked Mito for the 'lights off by 10' rule so that it was dark enough for Gon to hopefully not see his face.
Although if Killua could see in the dark by now...
"Gon, please, I just want to go to sleep. I don't know why birds have feathers, animals have fur and fish have scales." Killua answered the same question for the third time.
Gon nodded that time, and Killua rolled over to put his back to the other boy, closing his eyes and hearing Gon's breathing slow and soften. He was finally on the verge of a peaceful, bliss filled sleep. It was now within his grasp.
"What about dolphins? How come they don't have scales like other fish? I like dolphins better, though. What about you, Killua? Do you like dolphins too?" Gon destroyed the silence with a myriad of questions.
Killua could have explained that a dolphin was a mammal, not a fish. But all he could think about was how much he wanted to tear his hair out, but thought badly of the idea of not being able to hide his face behind it. Plus it makes adults and girls give him candy.
The hair is a necessity.
"Maybe if I just ignore him and pretend to be asleep, he'll shut up and go to sleep..." Killua thought to himself, refusing to move an inch.
Then he felt something prodding him in the back...
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"Damn it Gon!"Killua roared, tackling the spiky-haired child out of bed.
"Killua NOOO!" Gon screamed as he flew backwards, crashing into a nightstand.
"GON! KILLUA!Why are you both still awake?!" Mito yelled as she barged into the room, turning on the lights.
The lights flashing on blinded both Gon and Killua, whose eyes were so accustomed to the dark already. They attempted to shield their poor eyes from the onslaught of light with their hands.
"Aunt Mito!"
"Mito please!"
Both boys rolled on the floor dramatically as if they had just had acid thrown on their faces.
"Oh both of you stop it. Now get in bed and go to sleep!" she ordered them, before shutting the door.
Both boys climbed back in bed and pulled the cover up to their shoulders, resuming their positions with Killua's back to Gon's face.
Killua knew it was only a matter of time. Gon never really listened to anyone when they told him to go to sleep, no matter who-
"Hey Killua, you know you have to start school with me next week, right?"
The pale-skinned boy groaned while pulling the cover up over his head. He felt the covers being moved and already knew the other boy was following him under. He felt that familiar feeling of breathing on the back of his neck, so he turned around to face the spiky-haired child.
"Why can't you just go to sleep like normal people?" Killua asked him.
He smelled the toothpaste on Gon's breath when the other boy huffed in frustration, pouting now. "Why can't you just stay awake and be weird like me?"
Killua growled, low and feral, reminding the energetic boy of a territorial cat. "Stay outside the cover and I'll stay inside so you don't get tempted to talk to me," the silver-haired boy commanded, narrowing his eyes at the other.
Gon was really starting to get on his nerves tonight.
"But I don't want you out of my sight, Killua..." Gon told him, eyes wide and face sad.
Killua blushed slightly and his eyes widened.
"...I like your face and hair being the last thing I see before I fall asleep! Especially your hair, it's so soft and fluffy," Gon continued, reaching over to lose his hand in the silver head of hair, causing Killua to splutter.
Killua's blush went deep red and he averted his eyes.
"O-okay! Fine! Just...g-gosh you're so embarrassing!"
He grabbed the other boy's wrist and pulled it away from his hair. Gon laughed at his friend's flustered state, and finally closed his eyes to make an attempt at sleep.
"You're so fun. I'm really glad I found you and Aunt Mito brought you with us," he confessed, giving a 'Good night' before finally leaving the other boy alone.
"I bet I'm more glad than you are about it, Gon," was Killua's final thought before succumbing to sleep.
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