Scarlet | Kurokura

Crush

Kurapika woke up at the realization he had fallen asleep, early in the morning. The room was still dark, just as dark as it was outside and the blonde pulled off the sheets from his body to get up immediately. Yesterday, Kurapikas throat hadn't felt this dry and his eyes still stung from all the salty tears his tear ducts had produced. The second thing the Kurtas mind wandered off to was Chrollo Lucilfer of course, who -to his surprise- was nowhere to be found. Kurapika found the red, silk couch to be empty with no trace of someone having slept there. For some time, Kurapika assumed Chrollo was in the bathroom already, but since the bathroom wasn't locked and he also couldn't hear any sounds of running water, Kurapika entered. 

To his luck, he now had the perfect opportunity to shower, which he gladly took. He got out of his pajamas and into the luxurious looking shower. It was quite big and two people could have easily fitted in there, which made sense since a lot of couples showered together. 

As soon as that thought began pestering Kurapikas mind, together with very unnecessary graphic pictures of him and a certain someone in a shower, the blonde shoved the shower head into his face and turned the faucet on cold. Last thing he needed were intrusive thoughts of anything related to his enemy and the fact his brain went there in the first place frustrated Kurapika. There was zero attraction or curiosity for the black haired spider, the Kurta was sure of that. Hell it took him every bit of self-control not to kill the other. The cold water ironically burned against his skin and as soon as the pain become too much, Kurapika turned the faucet to warm water, making his body relax. The blonde only now realized how much his neck hurt from being tense all the time around the spider and it had only been a day. 

Yesterday, due to Kurapikas very ugly and very uncomfortable breakdown, there had been no chance for the couple to get the good connections. At least the blonde wouldn't assume that Jades Carter knew more than a handful of people on this ship. He was practically useless as a source and they had only wasted their time keeping up appearances. 

Today will be different.

Wherever Hisoka was hiding, probably waiting to be found, Kurapika would track him down and finish this job. Of course together with Chrollo. Ugh. If what Chrollo said was true, Hisoka for sure would be way stronger than before and there was no way one of them could take on the magician on their own. They had to work together and Kurapika knew he had to get a hold of himself. What happened yesterday had to remain a one time thing. 

The room door opened with a clack, causing Kurapika to twitch. He had just come out of the shower and was now rubbing his hair dry. 

Worst fucking timing.

Because the blonde was standing there in the bathroom, butt naked with the only thing blocking Chrollos view being the locked door. He didn't know why it bothered him so much. Both of them were men and he had literally locked the door. Even if he hadn't, the spider would for sure be decent enough not to just walk in on him. Kurapika had always valued his privacy a lot and always made sure no one saw him naked since it was simply uncomfortable but this was just him being paranoid. 

"Are you-" 

The blonde cut the all too familiar voice off. 

"I'm in the bathroom. Don't fucking talk to me." 

Because it was just so weird. It was too casual. Kurapika didn't want to talk to Chrollo while he was in the god damn bathroom getting changed. He hated the fact that Chrollo was close while he performed daily life stuff. It felt like they were living together which, in a way they were, but Kurapika didn't want that. Yesterday, Chrollo had asked him for tea even. It was just too much. 

"I respected your decision not to talk yesterday because you didn't feel well. Today however, we really have to talk about a plan on how to get-" 

And Kurapika cut him off again.