BLD3

A/N: Um… OH I need to tell you guys about Marza, since she's important… keep in mind I'm making this up right now.

Eyes- lavender (but usually she wears brown contacts)

Hair- red-brown

Height- 5'6"

Sexuality- asexual

Style- tomboy-ish, jeans/shorts and a t-shirt. She wears a maid's uniform for most of the story.

General personality- loves dance, hates the idea of marriage. She doesn't want anything to do with arranged marriages, or the business side of her family; legal or otherwise. Marza was named after Mars, which if you know anything about Greek/Roman mythology, Mars or Ares is the god of war. He was apparently a hot-headed, violent man (according to the books I've read anyway.)

Marza is Kalluto's best friend, and really his only friend.)

Ch.3

Kalluto woke to Feitan's gentle shaking. He rubs the sleep from his eyes and stretches, letting out a rather cute noise.

It doesn't take long for Kalluto to get the clothes on, but the make-up causes some time lost. Luckily Feitan was a naturally early riser, and it was only five A.M. when they woke.

At 5:20 Kalluto decides the make-up is satisfactory, and puts on the wig. Feitan nods and the two of them leave the room, casually holding hands.

They head over to the library, to find that Illumi is already awake (or maybe he didn't sleep) and reading. The book in his hand is one of the ones they were reading yesterday.

"Good morning!" Kalluto chirps, "I hope you slept well."

Illumi looks up, "I did, thank you Miss Rose. I must say, you have a very interesting library here."

Kalluto smiles, "yes, I have always loved art. Father didn't share my passion however, and refused to have any of those paintings on the walls. I can't say I really blame him though."

Kalluto pauses to pick up a book, "When the Troupe first started staying here, I remember walking in here at night and finding Feitan sitting on the floor surrounded by piles of art books! We stayed up all night looking at them… I guess that's what started it."

Feitan had purposely left his bandanna off, since they'd be eating breakfast, so Kalluto took the chance and kissed him on the cheek before dragging him to the couch.

The book in Illumi's hand was the same one from the night before. Kalluto smiles a bit, and flips back a few pages to find the picture of the table.

Feitan nods slowly, "Rose's favorite." He explains shortly.

Illumi stays quiet, not showing any signs of suspicion. The three of them flip through the books for a while longer, mostly quiet. Kalluto was oddly calm throughout all of it, slipping into the role of Feitan's fiancé with ease. He always was a natural actor, dealing with his mother every day.

Around 6:15 Marza comes to call them for breakfast. The "happy couple" head out first, hand in hand again. This time, Kalluto steals a glance at Feitan, who seems to be blushing just a little bit.

"This can't be easy for him. Feitan's never been comfortable with physical contact, so I'll bet this is really painful. But I guess that shows how dedicated he is to this group, whether he is willing to admit it or not. It makes me feel like I'm making the right choice by fighting for my freedom. I'm with people who care."

With newly found confidence, Kalluto gives Feitan's hand a reassuring squeeze, and whispers, "Relax, we've got this."

Breakfast consists of French toast with raspberry syrup, and milk. The whole group sits at the long table, with Kalluto taking Marza's place with the other Albina children. This is the point where his heart begins to beat a little faster. Vanessa to his left was tall and gorgeous, with an air of superiority about her. Antares to his right was so sweet and small, but still so well behaved. Yes, Kalluto looked the part, but did he truly fit with this family?

He takes his cues from the girls, taking small bits of food and being careful not to make a mess. Feitan sits across from him, making eye contact occasionally, but never attempting conversation. It was custom that the girls don't engage in the main conversation unless their opinion is asked.

The current conversation revolved around business, mostly with Illumi talking about an acquaintance of his losing business to some new guy and whatever. It wasn't really interesting to anyone but the three men at the end of the table.

The tedious meal was prematurely finished when Kuroro got a phone call. He called the group into the hall, and Kalluto was simply itching to follow them. Instead he simply sighed, earning Illumi's attention.

Upon being questioned, Kalluto simply blushes and looks at his plate, "Oh… I just want to be involved, you know. Feitan doesn't want me to help out too much right now, he's secretly a real worrywart. But I just want to show him that I can be involved, and I am capable. My father made us all learn to defend ourselves, and I have taken a particular liking to martial arts."

Illumi nods, "I understand completely. I come from a large family, and despite being the eldest and most experienced of all the children, my younger brother was chosen to take over in the future. He doesn't want to. At first I was confused and jealous, but as I've seen him react to the real world, I realize why my father chose him." The assassin pauses, and looks away, "hindsight is 20-20. In the future you'll see it clearly."

Machi came back in at that point, "Rose, we need you out here. It's important."

Kalluto nods, and excuses himself. Illumi is listening at the door, and everyone knows.

"Rose, we have a very serious problem, on that may interrupt the wedding plans," Kuroro explains, "I know you really wanted a quick wedding, with the travelling and all, but we may have to leave sooner than expected."

Mach steps forward, effectively shutting the man up, "what he's trying to say sweetheart, is that the chain-user found us. And one of his friends is another of Kalluto's brothers. So if he shows up and finds Rapunzel here, we're double fucked."

Shal nods, "For a girly-looking kid he's damn scary! His eyes glow when he's pissed and he can kill you in an instant if you piss him off while that chain is on you!"

Kalluto gasps, and begins hitching his breath as if he was about to cry.

"T-the chain user? He… he killed your friends! He wants all of you dead! What if… what if…"

Feitan grabs Kalluto's arm and pulls him closer, "They won't. I live, I promise. He touch you… he dies."

The rest "aww" and Phinks gets punched hard in the gut for doing it loudest.

Kuroro regains control over the conversation by shushing everyone like school children before continuing, "Anyway, a fight is something we are trying to avoid, especially with the engagement. So, we're going to try and talk it out with them first. I do not want you two, "he points to the "couple", "at the meeting. But, it'll look suspicious with only Feitan and Kalluto absent, so Phinks, and Nobunaga are staying back too. With any luck, Kalluto's absence will not be noticed, and they'll leave us alone at least until the wedding."

The group heads back into the dining room and Kuroro gives a blanks explanation of the predicament to the rest. Kalluto clung very close to Feitan, and continued the ragged breath routine. The whole "fake-crying" ordeal was complicated by the contact lenses. If his eyes got too irritated, he'd have to take them out, which could get them all in some serious trouble.

Heh, maybe Illumi would just make them actually get married as a punishment! Knowing him, anyway.

Back up in their room (they were excused since it seemed like "Rose" was having some sort of panic attack) Kalluto was well… panicking, much like his character.

The skirt-clad boy was pacing frantically, "Kurapica's coming and he's bringing Killua? I'm royally screwed this time! I can't lie to him! And if he found out I was engaged to you, even as a trick, he'd skin you alive! There's a reason he was chosen to take over the business, trust me."

Feitan tries to gently grab the Kalluto's arm to stop him from wearing a hole through the floor, but he only gets pulled off the bed. "Calm down. He see nothing, okay? I said I will live, and protect you. I promised."

Those words hit Kalluto like a truck.

"He DID promise to protect me. I thought it was just part of the act, but I guess he was being serious. And I guess I am panicking a little bit more than a Phantom Troupe member normally would… but I'm not worried about Feitan's safety! Well… this is Killua we're talking about. Fei's tough, but I don't know if he's "Killua having a mental breakdown" tough. Hell, I don't know if I know anyone that strong!

I really hope they don't mess this up. I just want to get out of here and avoid marrying him! If this keeps up too long, I might start actually liking him that way. Ugh, I'm not being ANYONE'S wife! Especially not the resident sadist!"

(A/N: yeah, just keep telling yourself that kid. :P.

ANYWAY! I have had the WORST luck the past few days! First my cousin's came to visit (and whenever they stay here they make the house smell weird and UGH I HATE weird smells!) s I've been curled up in my room. THEN, my body just kind of said "F-U" and "girly stuff" happened. So I kind of feel like I have a few stab wounds in my abdomen, and I want all the sweet things in the world but the thought of eating isn't pleasant ATM. And I ran out of dark chocolate… and forks… and I need to do the laundry…

So it took a while longer than expected to finish the chapter sorry.

OH! And I'm going to try a thing!

So something that always makes me mad is when on a Wednesday or some other such non-weekend day, not a single story of the over 100 I have favorited will update. I really want to try and update on those days specifically, so I might finish a chapter tomorrow, but not post it until Wednesday, you see? Because a day with no updates is a very sad day!)