We met through an underground tunnel .
It was hard for them . The two friends who lived in fear and secrecy from others thought they would never be free of their worries . Their families . His harsh , cold , murderous family said they wanted the best for them . Her selfish ignorant family told her to not befriend anyone and to stay at home while they travel away all year long . It is not surprising when both of them meet , repel their families together as time passes . After all , they were quite the same ; they didn't have cherishing loving parents and they were required to be whatever their parents wanted them to be , only to please them .
It was the 15th year of the continuous meeting in the secret underground passage . Actually , it was only the 10th year since they met when they were 6 but they preferred to count years this way , as if they've met when they were born .
She was creeping her way into the tunnel , making sure she's crawling quick enough to meet her best friend on time . The Zoldyck's house was far into the forest and mountain so the distances in the tunnel were alot . Oh , yes , his family was the Zoldycks .
The space in the tunnel was enough for them to sit with only a few inches above their heads . There was no place to stand unless they decided to exit the tunnel together from any of the two openings .
"Nakume!" Her best friend exclaimed , not so loudly , when he saw her crawling in on her hands and knees . He had been waiting for a while or so .
"I'm here! I'm sorry , I'm late . My brother had homework to do abd I had to help him get done with it . " Nakume said as she crossed her legs sitting right next to him .
"Such a good sister ." He smiled , nudging her . His attitude was much more different than anytime you would see him . He didn't mask his emotions and expressions when he was with her , it was only an act of pretension to fool his strict parents ."Yeah , yeah . Don't tease me . You help your siblings too!"
"Sibling affection is much better if the eldest is a girl , come on ." He smirked this time , teasing her . She playfully rolled her eyes , sank her hand in her pockets to bring out the pink and green creamy cupcakes . She crawled carefully into the tunnel back then not to destroy the precious cupcakes!
"Cupcakes?" Her best friend's face lightened up , already reaching for the pink one when Nakume slapped his hand away , with the evilest grin ever .
"The magic word ?"
"Ugh , please ." He pleaded and reached once again for the delicious treat only to find her pulling her hand away again .
"Wrong answer ." Yes , it wasn't their magic word . His ears perked up , he knew the right answer so well .
"Mike's uglyface ."
Nakumi giggled , she remembered when she told him how his face was ugly like Mike the first time they met . His face was smudged with dirt back then and his eyes were all teary , mixing with the dirt and making him look worse .
She finally handed him the pink cream cupcake and munched on her green one too .
"Illumi ?" She called as she watched him , devouring his cupcake in two bites , crumbs surrounding his mouth and cheeks like a child's .
"yesh ?" He spoke with his mouth full of food making her laugh at that adorable sight .
"I was going to say something emotional then you ruined it , baka!" She saud between her laughs . Nakume laughed quicker than anyone . A simple joke would sometimes make her tear up from laughter . You can say , certain things were funny to her than other actual funny stuff ."Wait , what were you going to say ? Tell me!" He shook her shoulders . She sighed , "Well...I really.." Nakume looked directly into his eyes with a serious look . A moment of silence passed before she proceeded , "Adore your hair!" She watched as his expression turned from an excited puppy to a disgusted judging kitten .
"It is fabulous , you can't blame me!"
She did adore his hair . She used to play with it softly to soothe him as he vent off to her about the hell he was facing everyday at his home .He threw his weight on her side , on purpose and she exclaims an 'ow' .
"Fine , I wanted to say that...I'm really glad I have you , Illumi . And I know that one day , you'll finally be free . Out of here , away from all this torture and every thing , just trust me on that ." She smiled . She really meant every word . He didn't give an expression rightway , just stared into her face waiting for God knows what .
And out of her expectations , he only flicked her forehead , frowning ."What was that for ?!" She squinted her eyes in annoyance . She could feel the little sting on her forehead , it probably turned red .
"We' ll be free . Together . "
Nakume smiled again , happy by how he cared for her the most . She really had no one but him and her younger brother . Illumi smiled back too . Both of them wanted to run away..leave everything behind..but they were only fifteen . They didn't know places very well , they were always imprisoned in their homes for their parents' needs . They didn't have money . They had no idea what do...moreover they were scared . Scared of the discipline that would await them if they ran away and got caught . They knew their families weren't stupid .
A sound that echoed well startled them , interrupting their thoughts . It was Illumi's mother shrieking voice , looking for him . He looked at her , his eyes were sad and troubled . Nakumi immediately understood . Of course , what would be there waiting for him , other than that ?
It was his training time .
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First chapter in Illumi's story yaayy! I hope you like it ! I've always had this thought that what if things were different a little ? And Illumi had a chance ?! Tell ne what you think!
The cover is pretty awful , can't find time to make a good cover siiigh ;-;
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Save Me (Illumi Zoldyck x Oc)
FanfictionA short story about how Illumi was saved before he became a horrid killing machine .