Runaway | Kurapika x Reader

Chapter 29 - Rainy Day

[ ur welcome for finally making something happen between them <3 it's not the first kiss or big confession yet but the pace is finally picking uppp. it feels like i've been writing their platonic relationship for centuries ]

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At the sound of rain hitting the roof, my eyes slowly squinted open and then scanned the room once they had adjusted to the light. I felt a delicate weight on my body and peered down to see Kurapika's arms still snaked around my waist. It seemed we shuffled a bit through the night because his head was no longer on my chest; mine was on his. I felt my stomach flutter rapidly at the realization of my cheek resting on his bare torso.

It felt like my entire world had shifted by the previous night's events, even if they were minuscule. It wasn't like we professed our undying love for each other and shared a passionate kiss, but Kurapika called me the most beautiful person he's ever laid eyes on, and then we held each other as we drifted off to sleep. I knew there was no denying it: there was nothing platonic about anything that happened the night before. Friends don't do this, do they? I didn't do any of this with Priscilla or Aito.

I wondered if things had changed in Kurapika's head as much as they had in mine. Did he see things through the same lens that had replaced my foggy one in one night? Or did he still possess the foggy, unclear lens that couldn't differentiate friendship and romance?

I so desperately wanted to know what was happening in his mind, what he thought of me. But I knew I couldn't peak into his mind. Not Kurapika's. It was easy to read most people around me, but when I attempted to do so with Kurapika's feelings toward me, I never failed to draw a blank. Perhaps his feelings weren't as unclear as I believed them to be and I just didn't want to accept that he felt the same way.

Slowly, so as not to wake him, I lifted my head from his chest. I pulled the covers off of my body, covering Kurapika up instead. I smiled at the sight of him sleeping peacefully in my bed and then headed off to my closet, changing into a baggy white graphic skull tee, biker shorts, and crew socks. I then entered the bathroom to complete my morning routine.

When I walked back into my bedroom, Kurapika lay awake, looking at me. I gave him a smile and walked over to him, sitting down on the bed. "Good morning. How are you feeling now?"

"Still hurts quite a bit," he shrugged. "I can heal it now, though."

My face shifted with perplexity. "What? Heal it? What do you mean?"

He glanced at me and then moved his fingers to the dressing on his injury, removing it. He then held out his hand, his chains appearing. I watched in fascination as his irises turned scarlet and the chain on his thumb wrapped around his torso with a green aura. In seconds, the gash vanished as if it were never there.

"You could do that this entire time?!? Now I feel stupid for wrapping you up..."

He laughed and crumbled the bloody bandage in his hands. "Don't, I did actually need your help. This chain uses enhancement abilities. I don't think I've ever told you this, but when my eyes turn scarlet I change from a conjurer to a specialist and can use an ability of mine called Emperor Time. It allows me to utilize all Nen categories at one hundred percent efficiency. The price I pay for this ability is considerable because for each second I use it, an hour is taken from my lifespan. I was using Emperor Time quite a long time yesterday, so if I had used it again to heal my injury, I probably would have passed out."

I was completely shocked by what he had just revealed to me. The lengths he went to reach his goals. "What the actual hell, Kurapika? Don't you care about yourself? You can't just gamble with your life like that!"