Runaway | Kurapika x Reader

Chapter 9 - The Same Goal

On Thursday, I woke to the pounding of my head. I felt absolutely miserable. There was no way I'd be able to make it to work, let alone be there for seven hours. The problem, though, was that I'd been scolded the last time I missed work, and that was only three days ago. I knew that there was a very high chance of me being fired.

Being fired wouldn't be a good thing, obviously. However, at the same time, I couldn't stop thinking about the fact I had to see my parents in a little over a month. It was now November and my mind had been taken off of the matter for a while, but at the moment, I knew I needed to start thinking about what exactly would happen on December 31st. Antonio told me I needed to 'get to training'.

Maybe I'd be faced with some kind of test once I saw my parents. If that was the case, I still wouldn't be able to train in any way because I would have no idea what kind of test to expect.

I laid on my back and stared up at the ceiling as I came to a conclusion. If I wasn't fired already, I would quit my job at Firefly. There were parts of my daily life that I'd miss, like spending the day with my close friends, but there were also parts I would not. Regardless of how I felt about my service at the cafe, I needed to leave. My focus needed to be on the dreaded fact I'd soon come face to face with my vile family.

Coming to terms with the fact I no longer really had a family was very hard. A part of me still held on to the little bit of hope that Fiona was still alive and well. My younger sibling, Zero, had to be okay, too. I hadn't heard from either of them since I left home. If either of them were still alive, I wondered if they turned their backs on me as well. Did they want me dead too? Was it just my parents and Antonio? Zero and Fiona remained very loyal to me and were amazing siblings. I couldn't imagine either of them being in on the situation. If they weren't, saving them from the rest of my family needed to be added to my plan.

So far, this plan consisted of two things. The first was killing my parents and my older brother. It took a while, trying to convince myself it was the best choice, but I realized that it was my only choice. They were dead set on killing me. The only way to prevent that from happening would be to kill them first, demolishing their plan, giving them no chance. What I needed to find out, though, was what exactly their plan was. I couldn't show up on the last day of December with no clue of what would happen.

The fact I had to do this alone was actually preferred for me. I'd been so independent for so long that if someone tried to help me, I would probably get agitated. However, I suppose a little bit of support wouldn't hurt. But I didn't have that. Priscilla was a great Nen user, but she only preferred to use her Nen if it were absolutely necessary. I wondered if she would think of this as an exigency. She had a lot of other friends she was closer with than me, so I wasn't too sure if she considered me important. Maybe she did and I was blind to it. I had no idea.

Serene also was extremely powerful, maybe more so than I. Her family, the Aquila, were well-known for being incredible Nen users. Since my family was as well, you could consider our families rivals. That didn't stop me from becoming her friend, though. Even her mother took a liking to me. Now, though, it wasn't the same as it was three years ago. When we first reunited—virtually, of course—I could tell our bond hadn't broken at all. The only difference was that I was experiencing everything on my own. It wasn't like when we were younger and could go through everything together. I couldn't walk to her house if I was feeling blue. And I guess, that's what I missed the most about my old life.

Regardless, the more I thought about it, perhaps Serene could be of help to me. Her family hated mine and wanted to dispose of them for a very long time. Once we became friends, we vowed to keep each other's families safe. Obviously, now, we needn't worry about that promise. I had no interest in killing her family, but mine instead. She'd be praised endlessly by the Aquila if she finally carried out the task, and would be helping me at the same time. She wouldn't decline this. I knew it.