Our Secret

This fic was inspired by the fanart above, and I take no credit for it. All credit goes to the artist!
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Everyone around Hunter Academy knew about the rivalry going on between two certain boys. It entertained many of their classmates and even some of the teachers.

Every time the captain of the basketball team and the student council president crossed paths, they found something to compete over. It could be seeing who could get to class first, beating the other at a word game, or anything that could be competed over.

Well, everything but math. That was the basketball captain's biggest fault.

Everyone knew it was all in good fun and no matter what one of them said, they didn't hate each other. They were friends, after all. Best friends.

Killua Zoldyck, the student council president, and Gon Freeces, the basketball team captain, were the definition of the phrase 'opposites attract'. They were different in almost every way.

Killua was a sassy smart-ass who came from a wealthy family. He was extremely smart and excelled in all of his classes. Most believed he would become valedictorian.

Gon was a kind flirty knucklehead. He had a hard time in his classes due to his ADHD. The only reason he wasn't failing was because of the tutoring Killua gave him every other day. Even with his superb tutor, he only barely managed to scrape by in math.

Maybe it was their similar views that made them such good friends. Maybe it was the fact that they were opposites in most ways. Maybe it was both.

No matter what it was that made them such good friends, it was a good thing. They balanced each other out perfectly, like yin and yang.

It was after school, the sports practices were finally over and all student council meetings were done for the day, it made Gon excited. He could finally meet up with Killua!

Gon rushed to the practice field where the marching band practiced their performances before moving to the football field. There was a roofed platform looking out over the field. The roof kept the sun from beating down on them, and the band never came here after school, so it was the perfect meeting place.

The metal bars of the ladder were hot from the sun beating down onto them. Once he got to the top, he stood on the platform and dropped his bag in the corner, sitting down in the opposite corner near the little balcony.

His day had been quite awful. He had gotten into a big fight with another kid. Since he had protected himself and didn't instigate it, he was let off with a warning. He knew he would be asked questions by close friends and curious classmates, but he didn't want to answer them. He just wanted to fade into the wooden wall behind him until he was his normal happy self again.

As he sat his hand down on his leg, he felt the metal in his pocket, tempting him to do something he knew he shouldn't.

He went back and forth, knowing what he did would have consequences, but it would also take the edge off of his growing anxiety.

Gon reached his hand into his pocket, grabbing the vape he stashed away hidden around a wad of paper. It was kind of dumb, but it's what he always did. He started to regret keeping it with him, though. He promised Killua he would stop relying on nicotine to calm himself down and to use better methods, like stress balls or the bog buckets of bad slime you can get at Walmart for $5. He put the edge between his lips before he started to debate his options in his head.

Once he had finally made up his mind and had taken a deep inhale of nicotine and the artificial flavoring he forgot was in this certain pod, he heard rustling outside by the ladder. Blue met amber immediately. His eyes widened and his stomach fell. Regret seeped into his bones.