The Wilted Flower ⁀ 𝐤. 𝐳𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐲𝐜𝐤 𝐱 𝐨𝐜

𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓮 • 𝓵𝓸𝓽𝓾𝓼

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      Two looked sad, even though she was smiling. When everyone started following the First Phase Examiner, a grin broke out across the brunette's face. She was happy to start, even though she knew running wasn't her forte. As for Killua, he pouted a little. He enjoyed talking to Two. But, he could still talk to Two while he was running. If she could keep up.

      "Two, will you be able to keep up?" Killua asked about twenty minutes into the run from atop his skateboard. Two looked really thin, and not in a good way. There was some visible leg muscle, but her arms were covered by her cloak, so Killua didn't know the extent of her strength.   But, if she could make it to the Exam site, she was already decently strong. 

      "Yeah," she answered meekly. "If I have to stop running, I have two backup plans."

      "Which are?" Killua inquired, looking into Two's tired eyes. 

      "One is wheels. I have skates in my backpack. And two-"  she stopped herself. "It's a secret."  She spoke even quieter than usual, holding her pointer finger to her lips. 

      "Okay," he replied. Killua was glad that Two was prepared, in case she couldn't go on. "What do your skates look like?"

      "They're light brown with gold designs." she said. Killua nodded.

      "Cool.I've always wanted to try roller skates. They seem cool, and pretty easy to use."

      "They are. Most people have trouble learning to balance on them, but I think it's pretty easy. However, this rocky path will make it harder. Is it easy to skateboard?"  Killua's expression turned more excited.

      "Yeah! But I needed to practice a ton to get this good. Hey!" Killua's face lit up. "Do you want me to teach you?"

      Two nodded. "That would be nice. In exchange, I'll teach you how to roller skate,"she said in her quiet tone, tilting her head to look at the silverette. "However, now would not be a good time to learn. We'll get left behind."  Killua sighed, he was eager to learn.

      "Yeah, you're right. Plus, it's easier to learn to skateboard on a hill."

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      Around the one hour mark, Two was having extreme difficulty keeping up. Her breathing was heavy and she looked very tired. "Two, you should probably put your skates on now. Or do whatever your second option is, because you're gonna fall behind."

      Two huffed in agreement. While she was still running, she pulled out her light brown skates from her backpack and slipped them on almost instantly. She quickly put her shoes in her backpack. She grinned and glided along the rocky terrain.

      "This is much easier than running!"she said in a tone that she probably thought was a yell, but she barely achieved normal volume. She did a small trick where she twirled on her heel. Giggling, she continued to skate along the path.

      Killua looked at the quiet girl in surprise. When he first met her, he had thought that she was one of those people with no real personality, and didn't show any emotion. Like a quiet edge lord. But she smiled, laughed, and enjoyed herself. In the beginning, she was thankful for his help, but looked like she didn't want to talk to him after that. She didn't want to talk to Tonpa either. Killua had pinned it down to simply disliking people. But Killua realized that he was wrong. Buried beneath that quiet demeanor and bored expression, there was a personality. 

      The white-haired male smiled at Two, which went unnoticed. She was looking in front of her, being careful not to trip over anything. She stuck her tongue out in concentration, and you could practically see her life flash before her eyes whenever she stumbled. Killua found it cute. 

      Eventually, Killua got on his own set of wheels and rode alongside Two. But, that brought about it's own problems, with a young man in a dark blue suit.

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It's cheesy i know. I forgot that I never published this and it should've been out a week ago but I'm dumb so yeah sorry about that

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