Façade

A Glipse of the Chaos Ahead

Normal POV

Jienna slowly shut the door behind her as she entered Gon's place. She couldn't really see her next move but she certainly wanted to take her matters into her own hands. The reason why she felt at home with Gon, Killua and Lynn was because they never showed her pity even once. Maybe they advised her but they never did she her any kind of pity and she was extremely grateful for that. "So how did that talk go with Lynn?" Gon peeped out of his room with a bundle of clothes in his hand. "It went well. But I still need time to get used to this whole...thing" Gon gave her a small smile and disappeared into the room again. "Ya. I mean I can imagine how confusing and troublesome the entire thing would be for you. I just didn't anticipate you taking this news so well" She scrunched up her brows and leaned against Gon's bedroom door, watching him sort through the pile of clothes. "What do you mean?" Gon straightened and finally met her eyes. "Well, I just thought you'll get angry or doubt her or something like that. To be honest I thought you'll reject her. No offense by the way."
"None taken. But I gotta admit at first this whole thing was crazy. I thought she was lying to me. But I saw her and...I could just tell that she was pouring her heart out and exposing her true self to me. Little by little. And... for the first time in a long time did I really feel trusted and needed and I think it was the same for her as well. At first when I saw her, the emotions I had once felt when I was a child came rushing back. Fear. But then my fear was so small and insignificant compared to how frightened she was. That made me really believe that she wasn't who everyone said she was. She wasn't a psychopath. She was just a normal girl who wanted a normal life" Gon smiled sadly and stopped all his ministrations. "Don't we all want a normal life? It's just that reality is not like that... It either changes us for the better.... or for the worse"

Lynn's POV

We don't know how long we sat there, under the brilliant dazzling stars just blankly taking in the radiant city below us. But it felt comforting nonetheless. Just staying here, with him is more than I can ask for. Even though my mind was going a million miles an hour, I couldn't help but want to preserve this silence with him. My body was at peace for once, completely relaxed and enjoying the soft breeze and Killua's fingers touching mine. I was going to prolong the silence before something caught my eye. "Hey Killua, I wanted to ask you something if you don't mind" He nodded his head, never taking his eyes off whatever he was seeing. "If you really hate your family so much, why did you decide to keep the Zoaldick name??" Killua looked at whatever he was looking at before and this time I following his eyes. He was looking at the majestic Zoaldick Inc. "I did want to change it believe me. It made me sick. The name itself made me sick. I didn't want to be associated with them. But... A long time ago Alluka told me something... She said that if I ever leave the company I should prove to the world that being a Zoaldick is completely different. She wanted me to prove my father and my grandfather wrong by becoming even greater than them without using the sick methods that they use"

Sick methods huh? It makes me think dark things when he says that. Like my moms diary. I wonder what my dad was doing. Something illegal? Did he use 'sick methods'? It was as if there was an imaginary boundary between the normal world and the business world and if I cross that boundary I would fall... Fall into that dark abyss and never be able to come back again. The truth is always scary. That's why it should be hidden. "How does that world look like?" I asked Killua who was still staring at Zoaldick Inc. "Are you talking about the business world?" I nodded and refused to meet his eyes. Killua has been there before. The world beyond that invisible boundary where everything was fair. It was all a game. A competition. It was all about who makes the first move. I didn't want to awaken old demons within Killua, but I think it's a little too late for that.
"It would be nice if you don't enter that world Lynn. I'm not being sexist or anything. Your totally capable of managing a company. It's just that... That world is... Cruel" I met his eyes and I saw that his eyes showed extremely no emotion. "Cruel you say..." Killua shook his head and got up from the parapet wall. "Wanna go somewhere else? This time it's my choice" he smirked and the cocky emotion was back in his eyes. I shook my head and smiled. "Ok. But this better be good"