Hunting for a way home - Shalnark x Reader

Chapter 22 - Thing is, Don't you know I miss you?

Arc Two

"Don't you think it was a little cold to leave her there? We could have at least waited until the sun came up to leave and given her a proper goodbye." Phinks complained from the back seat.

Shalnark reflexively gripped the steering wheel but shrugged. "Boss said he needed us to come see him right after I got my antenna back. What was the point in waiting?"

Really they could have waited but Shalnark couldn't face her and had to get away. Not after the way she was looking at him and what she said.

If they stayed he had a feeling he wouldn't have been able to leave her. And that was a dangerous thing.

He didn't have time for distractions and she potentially could lead to being a really big one so leaving and going back to the boss was the perfect excuse.

"Did watching her pretend with Hisoka really bother you that bad, that you decided to run away from her." Phinks snapped from the backseat.

Shalnark had perfected his smile and didn't let it slip the way he briefly wanted it too.

"Why would that have bothered me? She got what I needed, end of story."Nobunaga scoffed from the passenger seat at his statement.

"And here I was thinking you were supposed to be the smartest one in the troupe." Shalnark felt his eyes take on a cold glint.

"And what's that supposed to mean Nobunaga?"

"You nearly bit Phinks head off last night for suggesting to take her out for a drink and it looked like you wanted to crush your phone from the second Hisoka approached her at the bar and you're just going to pretend leaving her isn't bothering you?" Shalnark shot a look at Nobunaga.

"That's because Phinks didn't need to be any friendlier with our previous prisoner and I was worried she'd mess up the job considering she had no plan." Feitan laughed darkly from the backseat.

"What are you laughing about Fei?" He snapped, not taking his eyes off the road.

"Really going to act like you don't know?"

Before he could respond, Feitan continued. "She barely treated like prisoner whole time. More like pampered princess.. by our standards."

His eyes narrowed on Shalnark from the rear view mirror.

"Whatever. Let's just go to the boss and stop all this talk about her." Nobunaga sighed at Shalnarks response knowing they'd get nowhere with him.

"If he's going to be like this just leave him alone." For now was the unspoken words. I mean come on who's going to piss the driver of a car off more than he was already?

Shalnark couldn't stop replaying their last interaction. He couldn't even look at her as he told her he had nothing to wait on. He knew if she saw his face she'd know he was a liar. And he couldn't have that.

Hitting the radio button he looked for a station as he continued driving him and his friends to the boss.

'I wonder what exactly he's going to want?'

His smile briefly turned real for just a moment as he flicked past a station, he only imagined the way she'd be complaining right now.

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To say Hisoka was pissed was almost laughable. Y/N was one tricky little woman, if he didn't already have an interest in her it would have definitely been sparked last night.

He wasn't sure how long he laid limp on the woman's bathroom floor. It had been a while before he was discovered by a woman walking in.

When she saw him she screamed running out to get a bouncer, when they realized he was unresponsive they called an ambulance and ushered him to the nearest hospital.