A Genius Thrown to the Wolves

Persistent Faces Ch. 39

Kiyotaka, while grateful for the action, couldn't be bothered by the people's stairs, instead choosing to go back to looking at the ribbon on display in from of him. It reminded him of a certain brother con he back before he ended up here. Hisoka grabbed the bow he was looking at and inspected it, "hmm" "hmm, what?" Kiyotaka asked. "Hmm, it would suit you." Hisoka turned to the stall keeper, "we'll take this one~" Hisoka paid, took the bow and put it in Kiyotaka's hair. "Perfect~" Perfect. Kiyotaka repeated in his head with a small smile slipping on his face. This was perfect.

After that they both continued on their way. They decided to stop and get lunch at an inconspicuous cafe. When they walked in, Kiyotaka went straight up to get in line to order, Hisoka, however, locked eyes with two preteens that were consistently wherever Kiyotaka and himself went. "Well, well, well~, what do we have here~?" The younger boys stiffened slightly. "Ah! The stupid clown!" Killua hisses. "Killua! Don't be mean! What are you doing here Hisoka? Is Kiyotaka with you?" Hisoka looked at Gon,"He is, already went in line to order." Both boys looked around Hisoka to try and spot Kiyotaka. "Where is he?" Killua asked. "I don't see him." Gon stated. 

Hisoka only chuckled, Kiyotaka was basically right in front of them. "What's so funny?! Did you lie about him being here?" Hisoka only briefly locked eyes with both of them, basically telling them to watch, and walked up to stand next to Kiyotaka. He put his hand in Kiyotaka's back pocket and leaned down to his ear. Both boys were watching with wide eyes, "That doesn't look like him!" "That person looks even more feminine, and look a bow, I didn't think Kiyotaka wore bows!" "But Hisoka said Kiyotaka was here with him. It has to be him." As if on cue, Kiyotaka turned around and made his way to their table, leaving Hisoka to oder for the both of them. 

Kiyotaka sat down at their table without a word, the boys didn't know what to do. That is until Killua finally snapped out of the awkwardness, "You look even more like a girl then you did before! I didn't even recognize you!" "Really?" Kiyotaka asked tilting his head to the side slightly. "Yes really!" Killua yelled at him. "Where do you get your cloths?" Gon asked curious, because if he didn't know his clothes were feminine, he was most likely be shopping at a store with just girls clothes by accident. Kiyotaka turned his head to Gon, happy that for once, he had asked a question calmly, he liked calm people, it was definitely part of Hisoka's charm, "I don't know, Hisoka is the one that buys and puts together my outfits." Both boys are unsure of what to say to that, but Killua speaks up first, "I hate to admit it, but he's got a good sense of style. Despite how feminine it looks, it's an outfit I might wear." Gon's face immediately flushed at the thought of Killua in an outfit like that. "You should, it's far more comfortable then I thought it would be at first glance." Killua nodded, appreciating the feedback. Now he really wanted to get an outfit like that, but he would probably go for different color pants, maybe blue. 

"Wait, why does Hisoka dress you?" Gon asked. "Well, you know how I said I fell out of the sky?" "Yeah" Killua was listening now "Well, it was Hisoka who caught me, but after falling though so many trees, my cloths were in tatters, I'm surprised they lasted as far a walk into town as they did." The boys nodded, urging him to go on. "Well, I had no idea where I was, and I didn't have anything with me, so Hisoka bought me knew clothes, and was initially just going to let me stay with him for a night, but then proposed a deal that would work for both of us, and here we are." Kiyotaka finished his story, that was only a pathetic culmination of what actually transpired. 

It was at that point that Hisoka walked over with a tray and sat down next to Gon, across from Kiyotaka. Killua eyed him wearily, and watched as he put the two containers of food in front of him and Kiyotaka, but then watched questioningly as he placed a dessert in front of him and Kiyotaka, and one in front of himself and Gon. "Wha-" Gon went to ask, but Hisoka already predicted this question, "Kiyo told me to get you guys a dessert since kids should enjoy that type of thing, and we're doing whatever Kiyo wants today." The boys eyebrows furrowed "Why? Is it a special occasion?" "Oh, well, it's his time of the month, and it's imperative for my safety that he's comfortable." Gon and Killua just looked at each other, then at Kiyotaka, the atmosphere felt like all the warmth had been sucked out of it as he stared at Hisoka. The pressure Hisoka felt just continued to build, it felt like he was almost suffocating. "I give. I give. He rasped out." The pressure was immediately gone, and even the boys felt the heat returning around them.

The boys scarfed down their dessert after that exchange. "Thanks for the dessert" Gon said getting up, Killua following suit. "Yeah, thanks! And good luck" he said looking Hisoka's way, "I think you're going to need it." After the boys left, Kiyotaka and Hisoka were left alone at the table. "Haaa" Kiyotaka sighed "this has been fun and all, but I'm board" Hisoka smiled, "then I guess we'd better go back and pack cause our flight leaves tonight. "What? Really?" "Would I ever lie to you kitten? We've got a job to do, people to meet." "Yeah that sounds good. Where are we going?" Hisoka smiled "YorkNew city"