Nahida & Wanderer In HXH

°•°Waiting For Phase Four°•°

Hanzo was the next contestant to appear. He grinned and cheered rather loudly upon arriving.

"Wooh! I'm first-"

"Number 294, Hanzo, fifth place."

Hah? Fifth?? He glanced around, seeing a young girl. Head lowered, blinking slowly and fighting her sleep while moving her hand across a boy's head. Who slept on her lap.

The clown sitting with a knee lifted. Arm draped over it, two cards between his hands. He carefully placed the triangle of cards above another card. Finishing his tower.

He smirked, and tabbed the top, watching every card lifelessly fall on the ground.

A man with Pins just twitched on the wall.

He, seemed to be the only normal one here.... Hanzo sighed and plopped beside a door. Crossing his legs to meditate as they waited.

Each grueling hour passed by, almost ten hours. With Wanderer and Nahida switching laps out of boredom. Resting better than they had in years beside each other.

Nahida felt her stomach growl in hunger. She sighed and looked up at the 'food' being offered. Wanderer's seventh turn to rest on her lap.

She gazed down at him. His head turned to her folded knees. She poked his cheek, increasing the strength behind her finger until he finally opened his eyes and turned to her. Nahida smiled, and he moved to sit up.

Nahida stopped him from taking her place and pointed at the snacks. Each plate rested on a shelf. A mechanism inside the wall revealed the cookies, brown and black, peanut butter and chocolate sauces on each plate.

He followed her finger and stood up. Walking over to grab two plates of long crackers and sauces. Wanderer sat beside her and placed both plates before her.

Nahida grabbed the cracker, dipped it into the chocolate, and carefully swirled it around. An odd meal, but rather cheap. Is this their way of cutting costs?

Pretty cheap… Wanderer closed his eyes with crossed arms.

Hisoka hummed while observing the tall cracker that reminded him of a long, human finger. He smirked before biting it. Pin Man simply placed the stick of a cracker on his mouth and shoved it inside while repeatedly munching.

Hanzo watched them with a twitching eye as he ate his food in silence.

Hours passed by, before a new examinee showed up. It repeated like this, an endless cycle of waiting for the time limit to end, with no way of knowing when day arrived.

It was starting to remind Nahida of her caged days, so she glanced at Wanderer. Staring at him until he looked at her. She grinned innocently, eyes closed expectantly. Wanderer stretched one of his crossed legs out.

She wasted no time in laying her head on his thigh. Closing her eyes and getting comfy once more. But unlike before, she knew that upon awakening, her nice dream would continue.

Neither her nor Wanderer needed sleep. But since Hisoka and Pin man could hear them, they tried not to talk much. Opting to guard each other and enter a dream-like state.

Where their subconscious desires, worries, and memories would manifest. This time, it was a replay of walking through the forest with Wanderer.

The colorful green surrounded them, combined with the golden light from the sun which made her dream feel warm.

"Nahida! Over here!"

She turned to that familiar voice, seeing a young boy with spiky hair waving his arms to gain her attention, his grin contagious enough to make her smile as well.