Falling For You

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  Killua has never had a friend before. Illumi always told him he didn't need friends. He bore this into the pale boy's mind so profusely, that he's always believed it.

  Until now.

  Being invited to Gon's house was a surprise all on its own, but now, upon hearing the last bell ring, signifying the end of the school day, and seeing Gon jump up and turn to face him with a smile so bright, it could illuminate the world, Killua thought he's never seen anything so beautiful.

  "Ready to go?"

  Down casting his eyes, a small smile forming on his pale lips, he responded. "Yeah."

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  Though as they headed down the hall, with the tan boy pulling him by the arm, Killua blushes immensely as he realizes the stares they were being casted.

  "Oi, Gon!" Killua hisses out as he stumbles from the sheer surprise of the other's movements. "Slow down!"

  "I'm just so excited!" Gon chirped out, as he pulls Killua down the hall, towards the front doors of the school.

  Though, waiting for them at the bottom of the steps with her hands on her hips was Retz.

  Geez, her again? Killua immediately cast her a sour look, which she returned without hesitation.

  "Where are you going, Gon?" She demanded, tapping her foot on the concrete. It was an annoying sound and Killua found his eye twitching because of it.

  "To my house." Gon replied simply, stepping around her, still holding Killua's arm, much to the pale boy's embarrassment, as it caused the other students nearby to continue staring at them and start whispering to each other.

  "Gon." Killua mutters, once they were passing through the school gates. "Why are you being so insistent on becoming friends with me?"

  Gon stopped walking, letting go of Killua's arm and turns to face him. "Because I want to get to know more about you. Find out what's underneath that exterior that you're trying to hide. I want to know your likes and dislikes. Your hobbies. Your favorite color." He realizes how minuscule these things must seem, but he didn't care. It was the truth. "I want to know everything that makes up Killua Zoldyck." His brown eyes looked almost pleadingly at the white haired male before him.

  Killua would blink in surprise, his mouth agape. No one, literally no one, has ever said anything like that to him before, nor has shown any interest in him to the point that they wanted to get to know everything about him. And on the first day of meeting him.

  What even are you, Gon?

  Killua was usually good at reading people. Most of the time. Now wasn't one of those times. As hard as he tried to look at the tan male, this strange boy, he couldn't see anything but light. Gon was shrouded in it, as if he was an angel sent personally for him.

  A snort escapes the pale boy at this. An angel. Right. Way to make your imagination run wild, Killua.

  But how else could he explain the epitome of beauty that was standing before him?

  He didn't realize he hadn't spoken yet, for Gon says his name tentatively, with that same pleading look. "Killua?"

  Killua jumps slightly, cheeks flushing and turns to face Gon. "Y-Yes?"

  "I asked if it was okay...to be friends? To getting to know you?"

  Gah, how can I say no to that? Especially when you're looking at me with those big brown doe eyes of yours?

  This thought that passes through his mind only makes him blush more darkly, and flustered, he turns away, scratching his colored cheek. "Uh, yeah. Sure."

  Gon's eyes immediately shine and glisten with happy tears and he throws his arms around Killua, hugging him tightly.

  "G-GON?! What the hell?!"

  "K-Killua...!" Gon sniffles. "T-that makes me so happy! KILLUA!"

  "Get off, you idiot! People are staring!" 

  For by this time, they were coming up to a crosswalk where several people were waiting to cross, and they all were looking at the pair of boys rather curiously.

  Gon finally gets off of him, though he was still grinning like a dummy and was wiping at his tear stained eyes with the back of his arm.

  "You sure are an emotional guy, aren't you, Gon?"

  Gon just giggles and turns to wait for their turn to cross, humming a tune.

  Killua stares at him with wonder. Who was Gon really though? He had so readily agreed to come over to the tan boy's house without knowing a thing about him. A sudden dark thought crosses his mind. He's not going to kill me is he?

  "Hey, Killua?"

  He had been so lost in his thoughts that when Gon's voice broke into them, he jumped. "W-wha-?"

  A chortle shakes through Gon. "I didn't mean to scare you. I just wanted to ask is it really okay for you to come over? I mean, is it okay with your family?"

  Killua stiffens and looks to the side, giving a small shrug of his shoulders. "They won't care." This was true and not true. While his family was used to him not coming home after school until he felt like it, his mother, Kikyo, usually gave him an earful; her screeching usually blowing out one of his eardrums. It was a surprise he was still able to hear at all.

  Which made him wonder why he was risking getting another lecture from said mother by going over to Gon's house. A boy he just met.

  Well, beats going home to those people. Not like I was going back right away anyways.

  Satisfied with this thought, he manages to throw Gon a small smile of reassurance and the tan boy would beam, turning back around to cross the street.

  Oh, Illumi. If only you could see me now. I finally made my first friend.