Dirty Drivers

Chapter 9

Gon's POV

Voices are talking around me, in a loud clamor of speech. My body recognizes the feeling of sitting in a moving car, and the warmth of a body pressed against my side. I groan and crack open my eyes, seeing through tilted vision. My head that leaned on a shoulder next to me registered words and I lazily blinked away the feeling of sleep. I rolled my eyes around, taking in the commotion. Laughter rung through my ears and I felt some sort of box bumping into my legs on the floor. The air around me smelled like alcohol and cologne. I groan and lift my head off the shoulder and rubbed my temple.

"Hey guys! Gon woke up!" Zushi laughs in front of me. A chorus of cheers and turned heads shift to me and I recognize Ashton driving, Hisoka in the passenger, Zushi was squished in between them on the armrests and the backseats consisted of me, Palm, Ikalgo, and Killua.

Wind slapped the back of my neck as the rear window was open revealing Leorio and Kurapika grasping onto the trunk of the truck. I heard Leorio call my name from the back and I caught Ashton's gaze through the rearview mirror. Too much was going on and my brain wasn't working fast enough to put up all the commotion.

I turned to my left and felt Killua pressed against my side. He offered me a small, wavering smile. He's probably nervous with this many drunk people. My vision still went in and out of focus as I stared at Killua longer than he would have liked. He squirmed under my gaze, cramming himself further into the car door and away from me.

I turned away, rubbing my nose and reached back to graze my fingers over the scrapes on my cheeks. Unexpectedly Killua leaned over to me and whispered in my ear over the laughter in the car, "Are you feeling better?" He asked, holding a mint in his palm, offering it to me.

My cheeks felt a little warm as I took it, but it was dark in the car so I hoped Killua couldn't see. His gesture made me self conscious of how bad my puke breath was. My finger tips grazed the skin on his palm with a shock, and made me quickly pull my hand away. I was embarrassed, and the kink in my neck told me that I also used Killua's shoulder to rest my head on.

It was hard to put a finger on his expression, I thought as I popped the mint in my mouth. He pulled back to hear my reply, but when I opened my mouth I was cut off.

"Yo Gonnie, you alright?" Ashton cackled up front with the others. Zushi punched him on the shoulder and made a shhh noise.

"He better be! We had a mother fucking deal!" Hisoka sneered, turning around to poke his finger around my face. "We're going to pick you out a piercing and tattoo bud!" He hissed laughing more manically than I remembered, probably due to the alcohol.

My heart dropped to my feet as my "friend's" taunts echoed in my head. I drop my head back against the headrest and sigh. "Man tonight's been wild as fuck!" I gasp closing my eyes.

"I didn't know you were all so serious about it. You're actually going to get a tattoo and piercing?" Killua smirked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm no pussy..." I whisper with a smile. I sense Killua freeze for a moment then shift away from me to face the window. Neither of our positions changed the rest of the ride.

Some minutes pass before Ashton pulled the car into a parking lot and turned the engine off. The three in the front seats quickly hopped out first and threw open the backseat doors and yanked everyone out. Zushi held my wrists enclosed and dragged me out himself as I wined and complained.

Ikalgo grabbed the beer case that was against my legs as Leorio hopped out the trunk with Kurapika and unlocked the front door to his shop. "Let's get this started Gon!" He cheered pulling a stool up to a tattoo chair.