My Knight in Hunter Green

Chapter 7

     "So what section should we look at first? Nonfiction? International affairs? Or maybe-."

     "How about fiction."

     "...Good call." Gon giggled at my reply, as he does a lot. Not  that I'm complaining.

      We strode over to the fiction section of the royal library, chatting all the way.

     "I just think that strawberry milk is better than blueberry milk. You can taste the flavor of the berry more."

       "But blueberry has such a pretty color. Its one of my favorites. It's like the color of your eyes." Does he mean the color of my eyes is his favorite color?! My face light up red with the implication.

     The green haired boy glanced over at me and his face contorted into one of concern. "Your face is all red! Are you okay? Do you need a medic?!" The boy then proceeded to moved his forehead to mine which made me go redder.

     "N-no- im fine!" I jumped back and put my hand up in front of my chest.

     Tilting his head to the side, the boy whispered, "Are you sure, Lua?"

     "Yes I'm sure. How about we-um let's go to the- uh- fantasy section. Yeah?"

     He nodded and followed me the rest of the way.

     "Oh wait Lua! What about peach or banana milk?"

     "I've had banana milk but not peach. Is it good?"

     "Yeah! It tastes like peaches! I like peaches."

      I grinned a bit and whispered, "yeah, I do too."

     We sat at the library tables up on the balcony, both reading a autobiography called "Death Note".

     "Holy shit! Killua! Look!" He scared me a bit. It wasn't his tone or the surprise, but Gon had just swore. He's spending way too much time with Hisoka, Illumi, and me.

     Gon pointed to a paragraph in the middle of the book. It said, 'In my adventures to bring world peace I stopped by a place called Whale Island. Ryuk and I met a small boy with green hair and he gave us the name and location of the human and sex trafficking mayor in exchange for apples.'  The paragraph went on to give more information on the mayor and his trafficking ring.

     "I'm in a book! Isn't that cool?!"

     "Gon, you do realize that this means you're responsible for the death of your mayor, right?"

       "Oh." He looked down and I think he looks a bit, sad? I messed up, didn't I? Oh no- "Oh well. He was a dick anyway. He did give me candy once though, but it was only bottle caps.."

     Yeah he's spending WAY to much time with us.

     "I think I'd be friends with Near or Mellow. They seem cool."

     "Well yeah, but Ryuk sounds so fun to be around."

     "I guess, but he could kill you at any time."

     "Yeah but so could Hisoka or any of my siblings. Or knights for that matter,"

      Gons thought for a moment then nodded.

     "You're right. We could also be poisoned by an assassin."

      "Oh, um, Yeah. I guess."

       "Hey Lua, I'm going to go get Devilman Crybaby off the ladder."

        "Okay, cool. I'm going to stay here."

       "Kay! See you in a bit!"

       Not a lot of people use the library. The only ones who use it are Alluka, the librarian, and me. Some of the shelves are rickety and most of the books are dusty.

     The Death Note is a really interesting book. I think it's because you think you're reading from Light Yagami's perspective but half way through it changes to Ryuk's.

    
     While Killua was finishing reading Death Note Gon was climbing the ladder to get his desired book. It wasn't until he was at the second to last rung and reaching for the book, when the ring snapped.

     The ladder was old and rickety. No wonder it snapped. I should known. Before he fell. It should've crossed my mind that this would happen. Twelve feet is too far to fall.

      "KILLUA!" I looked over and heard and saw the ladder snapping. I kept from my chair, if I'm quick enough- if I'm quick enough I can help him. I can save him. "GON!"

     He's falling. It's my fault. What if he dies? It would be my fault. I couldn't look into his eyes any more or touch his soft skin if that happened.

     A heavy weight dropped into my arms and I fell to me knees, the stone digging into my knees. My breathing was heavy, the adrenaline still pounding in my veins.

     I opened my eyes that I didn't even realize had snapped shut. What I saw was Gon Freecss being cradled safely in my arms in the bridal position.

    "Are you okay, Gon?"

     "Yeah, but Killua," I hummed in response.

      "You're-youre crying." I lifted my hand up and touched my wet cheeks. "Oh, sorry I- I don't know what im-."

      "It's okay. We're both okay, Killua." Gon reached up and cupped my cheek with his soft hand. I leaned into his hand.

     "I'm glad you're alright. You worried me."

     "Yeah. Sorry about that."

     "It's okay. You don't have to apologize."

     We just gazed at each other while blood seeped from his hands and my knees.

     "Gon I- I think I l-."

     "We heard screaming. Are you guys okay?" Illumi and Hisoka burst through the doors to see Gon and I collapsed on the floor with the ladder laying broken right by us.

     "Killua! Your knees are bleeding!" Illumi took Gon from my arms and Hisoka helped me up without being creepy for once.

     The duo carried us to the infirmary where my knees were patched up and Gons hands were wrapped with gauze and rubbed with aloe.

      "So what happened? Did you guys get too frisky with your-."

       "Shut up Hisoka. This is serious. But please do answer the first question." Illumi looked at us expectingly.

       "I was trying to grab a book from the top shelf  and the ladder broke. Killua caught me when I fell." 

      "As long as you're both okay were fine."

      The nurse tending to us walked over to give us a report.

     "So Gon, your hands should heal in about a week to two weeks. They only suffered minor cuts and wood burn. You can still use them and they'll heal normally, but you'll feel slight discomfort or pain." Gon nodded and the nurse turned to me.

      "As for you, your highness. Your knees were fractured and they'll heal in four to six weeks, but only if you take care of them correctly. Don't walk around to much, but when you do you need to use a set of crutches that will be provided by to you by the head doctor."

     "Okay, thank you Mikan."

     Before I got up I remembered that I cannot, in fact, get up. But there was an easy fix. Gon picked me up and placed me on his back. I hesitated at first before I wrapped my arms around his neck and nuzzled my face into his neck.

     "Thanks, Gon." It's been a long day, and my eyes started getting heavy and I started drifting off to sleep.

Sorry this chapter isn't as well written. School started this week and it's a drain on my happiness and inspiration.