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Chains of manipulation

Normal POV
Jienna entered Gon's room after a refreshing dinner with his dad and him. It's been a few days since she crashed in with them and never once had it been awkward for her. Ging entertains them with his awesome sense of humour and never once has he expressed any dislike towards her and that made her happy. They had fallen into a sort of routine lately and it was as if she had been living with them forever. After a LOT of arguing Ging finally let Jienna to help around the house. She felt obliged to return their generosity in some way and found the best way to do it was keeping the house clean and washing the dishes. At first Ging had outright refused saying she was one of Gon's beloved friends and he could never allow her to do chores as she was a guest. But somehow she convinced both Ging and Gon that it was a good idea(though relunctantly)
Every time after dinner, Him and Jienna would go into his room and get some homework or listen to songs or just talk. It was these Times that Jienna really liked.
She entered the room to find Gon lying in the bed, eyes shielded to the world. She smiled to herself and approached him with slow and cautious steps. But he ended up waking up anyway.
"Were you asleep?" She asked, her head tilted to one side, with a surprised tone
"No. Just tired. Come on"
He sat up and patted the empty space in the bed and Jienna happily occupied the place. "Hey Gon.... I've been thinking"
"What is it?"
"I'm thinking of going back?"
It sounded more like a question in Gon's ears that a confident statement. But somewhere... He felt saw that she was going to leave. I mean he was happy that she wanted to patch things up with her family, but he had grown really accustomed to have her around and her not being there while his dad isn't at home would be....kind of weird for him. "Gonna patch things up with your family?"
She nodded but very slowly and hesitantly. He held her hand and she jerked her head up to meet his eyes. What she saw was the brightest smile anyone had ever given her and her heart racing a mile a minute. "It's fine. Whenever your ready to go okay?"
She slowly nodded and returned the smile
Their sort of intimate moment was broken when both their phone's rang simultaneously. They're eyebrows furrowed and they picked up their respective phones to see the same message-

It was fun while it lasted. But it's time to wake up. Goodbye. If one day we do see each other again.... let's go have fun again.

The message was from Killua. Both their eyes simultaneously looked up from their phones and both of them had the same gut wrenching feeling that something was terribly wrong. Gon furiously dialled Killua's number while Jienna was typing in Lynn's. Both of them didn't answer the phone.

Gon threw on his leather jacket while Jienna hastily threw on a sweater and both of them exited the house, carefull enough not to wake up Ging.

They tried Killua's place first. There was no one there. Panic set in like a dark cloud and both of them stared at each other in horror. Killua. What happened? What did you mean when you say'Goodbye?' I won't just let you leave!!!
It reached that point where both Gon and Jienna were aimlessly running through the quiet steets of dawn. After a lot of sweating and panting they had finally found Lynn. Sitting among the soft golden sands of the beach, watching the sun as the golden rays played with her hair.

Lynn's POV
My body was on auto pilot. I didn't know where I was going and I couldn't think. More like didn't want to. If I start thinking I'd try to look into every incident. Which will inevitably lead to a whole lot of feeling that I'd rather forget about.
Somehow... While I watched the waves gently lap over the golden sands, I made a resolution. I didn't want to go back to square one. Moping, sad, depressed and overall fed up with life, waiting for someone to save me. Because. I finally understood that no matter how much I wait, how much I mope, there was no one to help me. No one would save me. I just have to save myself. I was no longer depressed about stuff that life sprang on me. Not anymore. It hurt to see a person whom you thought you knew inside out, turn out to be a complete stranger, and that transformation taking place right in front of your eyes. But just need to adapt to the changes. Again.
But then the question remains. Who else is hiding things from me? Who can I trust? That was the nagging thought at the back of my head. I need to be more careful than before. I can't afford to fall down at a time like this. I hugged my knees closer to my chest and placed my chin on them, silently taking in the morning beauty of the beach.
The water reflecting the strong rays of the red hot burning sun, the way the sun glistened on the surface of the water, the way the water gently lapped over the golden sands and pulled it into the endless ocean depths. The way all the surrounding mediums were in sync with each other. A beautiful play of nature. It's right. This world really is beautiful. I just... Never stopped and really SAW my surroundings because I was too focused on me.
The wind brushed through my hair strands and suddenly I felt that nature was embracing me. For some weird reason, it comforted me.
"LYNN!!!"
I turned back and saw both of them. Jienna and Gon. I gave them both a small smile. I guess I do have someone to trust. Someone to lean on. I got up from the place I was sitting in, but I guess I should have stayed like that. Immediately after I got up, Jienna hugged me and the force pushed me back and we both fell on the sand. She lifted her face and a frown knitted her eyebrows together. She was panting and her cheeks were flushed. "You idiot!! Why didn't you pick up your calls? You know how worried we were?" Gon knelt beside us his eyes worried and scanning the surroundings for a person that I never want to see again. I didn't want to talk about it. But I knew they deserved to know. Especially Gon. But..
"What's wrong?" They both looked at me worriedly. I couldn't speak. Couldn't do anything. I can't believe I was worried about who I would trust. These people care so much. They want to help me so much...
My heart was filled with unbelievable warmth and I extended both my arms around their back and pulled them close for a hug.
They didn't question me
They didn't critics me
They held me just as the soft breeze of nature held me, and for the first time in my life... I was thankful for the things I had.
I could tell Gon was crying. I think even though I didn't say anything he saw the hurt in my eyes. Even Jienna saw it. They knew that we wouldn't be seeing Killua for a long time.
Or never again.