Hunter x Hunter Shorts

No harm done | The Date

It was rare these days that Leorio and Kurapika found the time to go on a date.
With Leorio studying hard to become a doctor and Kurapika working as a bodyguard for the daughter of some mafia guy their schedules were usually full or they had free time at different times.
So when they got the chance to actually go out and enjoy themselves they took it and made sure to make the best out of it.

Kurapika had made a reservation at a nice restaurant for the evening.
Nice but not too fancy because fancy usually meant mafioso and they wanted to enjoy this.

The warm smell of food hit Leorio as they stepped into the small restaurant.
They were lead to their table and handed the menus before the waiter was gone again, seating a small group of people that had just arrived.

"Do you know what you want?" Kurapika asked after a few minutes.

Leorio contemplated saying "You" but came to the conclusion that that would either earn him a glare or a kick against the shin.

"The noodles with shrimp sound good," he said instead. "What about you?"

Kurapika was silent for a moment pondering over the menu.

"I think I'll go with steak today," he finally settled.

They ordered and the waiter took their menus back to the kitchen.

Leorio put his hand over Kurapika and smiled at the shorter.

"It's been a while since it's been just the two of us," he remarked.

Kurapika smiled back and Leorio's heart skipped a beat at how beautiful he looked with his wonderful blond hair that framed his face in sunshine and his wonderful big eyes surrounded by deep black lashes and his lightly tanned skin and...

"Since Gon moved in we really didn't have much time for ourselves," Kurapika agreed effectefly pulling Leorio out of the 'Oh dear god my boyfriend is gorgeous' train of thought. "That shirt suits you perfectly, by the way."

"Thank you. You look wonderful too," Leorio intertwinded their fingers.

The waiter came back with their food just a little later.

Both dishes looked delicious.
Leorio let Kurapika try his noodles and in turn Kurapika let him try the steak.

"This place is really good," Leorio hummed licking a bit of sauce of his lips. "How'd you find it?"

Kurapika shrugged.

"One of my colleagues suggested it. Said that he and his wife always celebrate their anniversaries here, so I thought we could check it out."

"A very good decision. We'll need to come here again!"

Kurapika made a noise of agreement.

"I'm sure Gon would like it here too. Maybe we can go here for his birthday," he mused.

Their conversation drifted off over work, Leorio's professors, Gon and finally the kid that kept showing up at their apartment as of late, Killua.
Gon had begun to call Killua his best friend just not too long ago and the two had almost become inseperable.
Leorio had even caught them doing on of those silent communication things.

But no matter how well they got along and how ridiculously childish their little competitions and games were the name 'Zoldyck' still seemed to hang over Killua like a warning. A sign to not get too close. A big 'Danger!' in bright red letters.

And Gon ignored it completely.

He ignored that Killua had outright stated that he had killed before.
He ignored that Killua criticised the assassins and killers in movies and called them amateurs.

And frankly, Leorio was worried about him.
Kurapika agreed with him, drinking the last sip of the wine he had ordered earlier.

"But what can we do?," Kurapika carried on. "It's not like we can forbid them from being friends and to be honest, I like the kid. He's not evil. I think I'd miss him if he wouldn't come over anymore."

"Me too," Leorio sighed.

"Can I bring you anything else?" the waiter materialized next to their table out of thin air and scooped up their empty plates making Leorio jump at least three feet in the air.

"Uh, the dessert menu, please," Kurapika answered recovering from the jump scare quicker than Leorio could.

"Of course," and the waiter was gone again.

"If he pulls that again he's going to give me a heart attack," Leorio breathed pressing a hand against his chest.

Kurapika snorted at that and pushed a strand of hair that had fallen into his face back.

Leorio tried to commit the image to memory. He wanted to remember how incredibly beautiful Kurapika looked like this, with an easy smile on his lips, blond hair tugged behind his ear showing off his earring, the warm light of the lamps making him look like he was glowing.

"Will you marry me?" Leorio asked suddenly. A split second later his mind caught up with his mouth.

"What?" Kurapika looked at him with wide eyes.

Leorio felt his face heat up.
But it wasn't like there was a way back now so might aswell commit to it.

"Will you marry me?" he asked again, his voice shaking slightly. "I know this is sudden and I don't even have a ring to be honest but... I mean it. Will you marry me? Because I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to grow old with you and own a nice little house. I want to be with you in all your happiest moments and I want to be there in your worst and help you. And I don't know if maybe that's selfish but I want to... I want to marry you."

He bit his lip to keep himself from rambling even more and hesitantly looked up at the other.

Kurapika was covering his mouth with both hands, eyes still wide but red now.

"Yes," he whispered and his voice cracked slightly. "Yes, I want to marry you."

A smile broke out on Leorio's face.

He reached over and took Kurapika's hands in his, revealing the smile on his boyf- fiancé's face.

"Holy shit," he breathed at the thought. "Does that mean were engaged now?"

Kurapika laughed quietly.

"Yes, I think it does. We're engaged, babe."

Leorio couldn't remember ever having been this happy.
He felt like he could take on the world with Kurapika by his side.

They ended up getting their food for free and the creepy waiter congratulated them on the engagement and when they stepped out and it rained Leorio found that nothing could ruin this night for him anymore.

The rain was cool but he slung an arm around his fiance Kurapika and together they sauntered back through the streets to their apartment.

He spun Kurapika in a few circles, humming a melody under his breath until both of them were dizzy and drenched in rain water but glowing with happiness.

Leorio felt like a lovesick teenager in some shitty romcom as they stumbled up the stairs to their apartment but he found that maybe that wasn't a bad thing.

Kurapika fiddled with his keys for a bit until he managed to unlock the door in the darkness of the staircase.

They changed out of their wet clothing, hanging them up in the bathroom and snuggled up against eachother on the bed.

Leorio could feel Kurapika smile against his shoulder.

They were engaged.

They were going to marry.

And Leorio couldn't have been happier.