Falling For You

Invisibility and Passions

  Gon saw what Killua meant upon arriving to school the next morning.

  No one looked at either of them as they walked through the school gates.

  "Um, Killua?" He asked as yet another group quickly turned away when he tried catching their gaze. "Why isn't anyone looking at us?"

  "Welcome to the club." Killua responded bitterly, though a catlike grin would spread across his features. "Retz must have told everyone about meeting Illumi. See, no one here has actually met my family. They've only heard about them on the news and through rumors. So now that she's actually seen him, she's freaked out and spread the word."

  "Well." Gon tapped his chin. "Your brother is creepy as shit."

  Killua laughed and clapped him on the back. "But now it means you're marked, like me. Meaning everyone will avoid you like the plague."

  Gon didn't seem bothered by this at all.

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Being ignored turned out to be a pleasant change compared to the usual taunts that would be thrown their way. Gon and Killua still retreated to the bleachers for lunch out of habit and for the fact that they preferred not to be ogled and whispered about as the rest of the student body chose to do that day, while still avoiding direct eye contact with them.

  "You know, I don't mind being invisible." Gon would comment as he opened up the bento box his Aunt Mito had prepared for him that day, making one for Killua as well.

  "I'm pretty much used to it." Killua added, situating his chopsticks between his fingers as he began to pick at the rice ball in his lunch. "And we don't have Retz snarling down our necks."

"You make her sound like a rabid dog."

"She basically is."

Laughter ensued from the pair.

"No, but in all seriousness Killua." Caramel eyes narrowed in the pale boy's direction. "Don't feel bad about getting me marked."

"What are you talking about?" The young Zoldyck scoffed, as he then stuffed his rice ball into his mouth.

"I know you, Killua. It's been written on your face all day."

Killua would turn to face Gon, mouth full and finding himself staring into the serious gaze of his best friend.

It took a moment for him to speak, as he had to swallow his food, before he set down his chopsticks with a sigh. "You know me too well, don't you?" Cerulean eyes stared down at the floor of the bleachers.

"Well, I'm supposed to, aren't I?" Gon piped out, continuing to eat heartily, hardly finding the situation awkward unlike his friend beside him.

"I suppose so. This whole best friend thing is still new to me."

Gon paused, brows furrowing at Killua's choice of words. It seemed the white haired boy still considered them as best friends despite all the kisses and time spent together, including their date. This didn't bother him. In fact, it only made Gon that much more determined to make his feelings more clear, as stubborn as he was.

  "Well, we've got all the time in the world, ya know."

  Killua blinks at him. "You're really never going to give up on me, are you?"