Falling For You

Families and Secrets

Gon was at the park thirty minutes before 8. It took a lot of convincing with his Aunt Mito to let him come, but he told her it was an emergency and it took far longer then he expected to assure her that he was fine, but still managed to be here ahead of schedule.

Due to the slight drop in the temperature, Gon shivered in his light sweater, his breathe coming out white. He almost thought Killua wouldn't show and his heart dropped, until he saw a figure in the distance and upon it getting closer, he saw the familiar fluffy white hair.

  "Were you waiting here long?" Killua asks when he reaches him, his hands in the pockets of his shorts.

  Gon smiles tentatively. "I got here a half hour early."

  Killua looks at him in disbelief. "Why?"

  "I wanted to see you." Gon replies simply.

The pale boy stares at him. "Why are you so intent on being my friend, Gon?"

A frown etches itself onto the tan male's features. "I already answered that question."

"But I still don't understand..." Killua looks away and Gon saw that sad gaze cross his face again.

He doesn't respond. He simply walks over to Killua and takes his hands, causing him to look Gon in the eyes, a surprised blush appearing on his cheeks.

"Retz came over my house today, you know." Gon felt Killua stiffen. "I know what she said about you is a lie."

"How do you know?" Killua responds softly. "You don't even know me."

  "I know you enough."

  "Idiot!" Killua pushes him away. "I don't want to hurt you, so you should just stay away from me!"

  Gon glares at him and Killua couldn't help but shiver at his harsh gaze. "You're the idiot here, Killua."

"HAH?!"

  "If you think I'll give up on being you're friend...then you're an idiot."

Killua doesn't say anything, but avert his gaze from the determined brown eyes that were staring at him.

Gon takes Killua's hands again. "Killua. Let me get to know you, please."

The sound of the pleading in Gon's voice almost broke Killua's heart and he flinched. He thought of Illumi and the rest of his family. The thought of Gon meeting them honestly terrified him. Was there a way to be Gon's friend and keep him away from the Zoldyck's?

"Fine." Killua mumbles, turning back to face the tan boy. He thought of the kids at school and sighed. "But everyone at school will hate you for it."

Gon snorted. "I don't care. What's so great about those people?" He figured they weren't all bad, but Retz seemed to be the worst of them all and here he thought she had been a great person when he had first met her.

The pale boy just smiles tentatively and removes his hands from Gon's. "Well, I guess I can tell you a bit about myself." He gestures towards a picnic table and Gon perks up and nods before following Killua over to it and they sit down.

Gon doesn't speak and just waits patiently for Killua to start.

Killua takes a deep breathe before speaking. "So my family aren't exactly good people, Gon. They work for the Underground. Have shady clients. I can't really tell you much about it, but...I'm supposed to become heir to the business."

Gon nods. "I understand you can't say much, but why does everyone at school judge you cause of your family?"

He scowls. "Because my family are all crazy and they think I'm just like them, but I'm not."

There was something on Gon's mind that had been eating at him since he first heard about it and he clenches his hands as he spoke. "What really happened with you and Retz? She said she invited you to a party and you tried to drug her or something..."

A growl rumbles in the back of Killua's throat. "Seriously? That's not even close. But she's so popular at our school that everyone believes her without hearing my side of the story..."

"What is your side of the story...?" Gon asks softly and Killua looks at him, a look of distraught on his face. It broke Gon's heart. What did those kids do to this beautiful boy?

"Retz invited me to the first party of the year on the weekend after the first week of school was over. That part was true. What I didn't know was that she only did that so her and everyone else could humiliate me." His eyes shook and began to water. "They said I looked like a girl and some of the guys tried touching me in places I wasn't comfortable..."

Gon couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Then Retz tried making a move on me, saying there was no way I could be prettier than her....and I rejected her intentions...she said I would regret doing that. The next day...well everyone started treating me like they do now."

Gon was silent for a moment, though Killua could see him shaking with anger and the look on his face frightened him. He didn't look like the kind, bright boy that he was.

"Killua....want to walk to school with me tomorrow?" His voice was deep, unlike the cheerful and chirpy voice Killua was getting accustomed too.

"Yeah..." He mumbles quietly. "I'd like that."