𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝘬. 𝘻𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘺𝘤𝘬

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

Y/N POV

I'm woken up by the cheery woman from the start of Phase Four. "The Fourth Phase has just ended," she booms through a megaphone. "Will the applicants please return to the starting point at once? You'll be given one extra hour of time. If you do not return during this time, you will fail the exam. Also, you cannot swap cards. Anyone caught doing that will be disqualified."

I walk onto the plain and sit down, waiting for the others. By the time the woman comes out, there are only six others around me. Where's Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio? And Killua, of course.

The woman calls out our names, and we flash the tags that we have collected. 

Killua comes over and sits down next to me. "Hey, Y/N." 

"Hey." I lean my head on his shoulder, yawning. Suddenly, I catch a whiff of us and sit up straight. "Yuck. We need to shower." 

"We do. Also, did you ever braid your hair again?" 

"You remember that?" 

"Yeah. But did you?" 

"Nah. Too busy watching you getting followed." 

"Stalker," he smiles. 

"Faker." 

"That's not even a good comeback."

"Whatever."

The woman finishes counting the points. "So . . . only seven applicants have passed? Oh?" 

We turn around and see Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika. I wave at them. Kurapika waves back, smiling slightly. 

"Ah, three more arrive at the last minute!" the annoyingly chipper woman says, marking them down. She points to the airship up in the air, telling us that we will be boarding it to go to the Final Phase. 

Aboard the airship, I separate from the group and go shower, changing into sweatpants and a t-shirt. I find my way to the kitchen, where I see Kurapika and Killua talking to each other. 

"Hey, guys! Hungry too?"

Killua whips around. Kurapika notices Killua's movements and beams at me. "Not really. I'll meet you guys later." 

He walks away, my eyes following him before coming back to Killua. "What was that about?" 

"Nothing." The spark returns to his eyes. "Wanna get food?" 

I grimace at him. "Don't get mad or anything, but have you showered yet?" 

Killua looks at me weirdly. "That's the first thing you ask? But no." 

I chuckle. "Ok. So I'm not eating with you until you shower, so how about I get us food and you go do that. Meet me where we talked last time." 

Killua chuckles as well. "Sure. I don't know if I remember that though."