SCARLET BLACK: The Red Eyed Spider (ON-HOLD)

X Chapter X Thirteen X

Chapter 13 : His x Scarlet x Eyes

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-Rou-

As my eyes fluttered open, it met a familiar closed eyes having blonde locks, only inches away from my face. I quickly choked on my own voice, realizing the situation.

D-did I... did I fell asleep on him?!

I mentally squirmed, shaking myself out of my senses.

I can't move, what should I do? Should I wake him up already? It would be awkward!

"We have now arrived at our destination. Kindly prepare yourselves to depart." an announcement from the speaker woke everyone up.

Kurapika opened his eyes slowly as he caught me staring. I gulped as I felt my cheeks creep a blush.

Kurapika sat straight as I quickly sat on my own too. I couldn't seem to meet his gaze anymore. Everything between us is getting far worst!

As if to clear the awkwardness, Kurapika cleared his throat. "Ohayo, Rou..."

I turned to him as a small smile formed in my lips. "Ohayo. Erm--sorry for sleeping in you..." I mumbled the next few words as he giggled. "It's my own discretion, no need to worry. Just glad you had a nice sleep."

'Yeah. Too nice though...'

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The airship dropped us on top of a seemingly tall tower, as Bean-san started to give out instructions. "This is the Trick Tower where the third place will take place. All you need to do is to figure out how to reach the bottom in 72 hours time limit. I wish you all the luck."

When we are all left in survival, we got busy thinking how to start. Leorio peeked into the heights of the tower before shivering. "Climbing down might kill us,"

Then suddenly, a man appeared, boasting his climbing ability as he started to climb down fast. But then a strange looking birds, about larger than human in size, flew over the man's direction. We watched as it devoured him, screams echoing on top.

"I guess that is a bad idea," Leorio commented.

"Hmm... look, we are about a half in number here unlike earlier," Kurapika pointed out, which is true.

"It means there must be hidden pathways here..." I said.

"Guys! Come on over here!" Gon suddenly called us out into their direction.

"Gon found a secret door," Killua said as Gon tapped his foot on a tile, moving it a bit.

"That's right! Maybe this should be it!" Leorio praised the shy Gon.

We all agreed to go down as we found our own door. Killua said that one door only require one person when they tried it earlier with another man. And after briefing our goodbyes, we all stepped on a tile at once.

I was a bit anxious when the dark falls in. But when I landed on my feet, the light burst open. It reveals the boys whom I bid goodbye just a moment earlier.

When we realized that we have entered the same room, all laughed sheepishly. "This is unexpected," I said between my laughs.

"Look! There's a monitor!" Gon pointed out. And then there are five watches also on the stand.

"Finally! You have now entered a majority rule room. Since you're now complete, the exam will begin. I am Lippo, your third phase examiner. All you have to do is to decide for every question, and then the majority wins."

Someone spoke in the speaker as we all grab a watch, putting it in our wrists. It has an O and X button on it. Maybe for voting purposes.

Then suddenly, a door revealed behind with a monitor saying, "O for open, X for no". With that, we all pressed the O button, followed by the opening of the door.