Falling For You

Illumi

  Moonlight shone, illuminating the tall figure standing on the balcony, the midnight breeze wafting through his long, sleek hair. The stark black of his tresses could easily be mistaken for the embodiment of the night, or even the smell of death that hung in the air. His face, stoic and void of any emotion, gave nothing away as he was quick to answer his phone as it rang once in his pocket.

  "Yes mother." Was all he said, voice hard before he hung up.

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  "Ne, Killua?" Gon mumbles sleepily, his hand finding the pale boy's beneath the blanket they were snuggled under, intertwining their fingers together.

  "Yeah?" Killua turned onto his side so he was able to face Gon, moonlight shining between the blinds on Gon's window and setting his face aglow.

He's just so beautiful. The sight of Killua's face bathed in moonlight simply took Gon's breathe away, distracting him from what he had planned to ask the younger boy.

That is until a pale hand waves in front of his face and bought him back to the present.

  "Earth to Gon. Did you need something?" Killua was staring at him quizzically.

  "Oh yeah!" Gon chirped. "I was going to ask what you think Retz has planned for us at her party."

  "Well..." He began. "We humiliated her pretty bad with Illumi. Whatever it is will be pretty nasty. Not that we can't handle it if we stick together."

  Gon was nodding in agreement. "You can count on me, Killua."

  Despite how sincere and honest the words were, the pale teenager found himself flushing at that simple exclamation. He didn't have a doubt in the world that Gon wouldn't be there. He trusted him. "I know I can." Were his final words, before he finally drifts to sleep.

  The next morning, both were up and ready for school by seven, and walked together.

Though there was a shocking surprise waiting for them at the front gate.

  It was Illumi.

  The school was vacant, void of the usual crowds that would be huddled around together. When Gon drew nearer, he immediately knew why.

  It was the dark aura manifesting itself from Illumi Zoldyck, hitting him full force. The small ounce he had felt at Killua's house the other day was nothing compared to this.

  "Gon!" He heard Killua shouting behind him, though his voice wavered and sounded quite strained. Looking over his shoulder, Gon noticed Killua falling to his knees, due to the immensity of Illumi's aura.

"Killua!" Gon shouts, attempting to reach out a arm towards his best friend, but he couldn't move. It was like he was paralyzed. He felt eyes piercing into him and from his peripheral vision, he saw Illumi's dark eyes fixated on him, looking at him as if he were some bug that must be squashed quickly.

Slow steps were heard on the sidewalk and the tall male ambles calmly over to his little brother, as if he and his best friend weren't doubled over in pain right now.

"Mother is very upset with you, Killu." Illumi stated, voice cold as he reaches down and grabs Killua roughly by the arm.

The younger Zoldyck did his best to try yanking his arm out of Illumi's grasp, to no avail. "Let go of me!" He growled, but it was feeble and all attempts were futile.