Her Ensemble (Hunter x Hunter fanfiction)

Chapter 7

There were still many people coming through the tunnel, but it has only been a few minutes. Gon, Killua, and I decided to sit down so that we could rest up before the next part. As soon as I sat down I immediately took off all the stuff I was carrying. It felt so good to take that weight off. I already feel ten times lighter from doing that.

"Hey Rose, what's in that case?" I looked at Gon and saw that he was pointing to my violin case. Killua looked over as well curious as to what was in there.

"It's my violin."

"Wow, that's cool. Can I see it?" I nodded at him and handed him the case. He then unzipped the case and looked at my violin in awe. Killua glanced over at it trying to appear disinterested but failed as he touched the body of the violin.

Gon clapped his hands together and excitedly said, "It's really pretty! Can you play for us?" I could feel myself hesitate at that. It would be very awkward to play right now when people are coming through the tunnel and I don't want too much attention on me.

"Maybe later Gon when we are in a more quiet space then I will play for you. How about right now I show you how to hold it?" Gon's face immediately lit up when I said that, so I took the violin out of the case and showed Gon how to hold it. I taught him how to hold the bow and draw it in the right place. He had trouble at first, but after I directed him he was able to produce a note.

"Look! I did it! Killua you should try it!" Killua looked at Gon with hesitation, but after a few moments he shrugged his shoulders and held his arm out for the violin. I handed it to him and it looked like he paid attention because he caught on very quickly. Killua then tried to play, but it came out very out of tune and it hurt my ears to hear it. I looked at Gon to see him wincing at Killua's attempt to play. I also noticed people were starting to look at us weirdly.

I reached over to stop Killua and said, "Killua! The violin needs to be tuned so that it can sound better when you play. I can show you how to do it later, okay?" He nodded and handed the violin back to me. I could hear Gon sigh in relief as I put my violin away.

"Hey, Rose. Do you know how to play other instruments?"

"Yes I know how to play a lot of different ones, but the violin is my favorite." I looked over at Gon and noticed he seemed very interested in knowing more about me. Killua was interested as well, but his intentions were to gain info about why I am here.

"That makes sense since you seem to carry it around. How long have you played violin for?"

"I played for about ten years and I like to bring my violin with me wherever I go."

"Isn't that just unnecessary weight you're carrying all the time?" Killua asked.

"Yes it is, but it's important to me. Plus, this will help me get used to carrying heavy stuff all the time." I could tell Killua was hoping that I would say more about why it was important, but I wasn't going to reveal much about my past otherwise that will lead to questions I can't answer. He nodded his head and I decided to shut down any more questions by taking the snacks out of my bag. Gon and Killua both perked up at the snacks coming out of my bag. I gave each of them a bag of chips and then I took out some ChocoRobo chocolate balls for Killua. When I saw these at the store while I was getting supplies I knew these would be perfect because Killua loves these. Killua's eyes went wide when I pulled them out of my bag.

"I had some of these earlier but I don't think I can finish the last one," I said. "Do you guys want it?" Gon shook his head politely declining and Killua didn't respond looking very hesitant. "Well I don't want them so here, Killua you can have them." I tossed the ChocoRobo box towards him and he caught it perfectly.