Oh My God, They Were Roommates

[ 21 ] Say It Ain't So

a/n: The one song I slapped at in Guitar Hero or wuteva

 "Hold on, hold on, let me get this straight... You've been dating Freecss this entire fucking time—and you didn't think to tell me ?"

"It's not that simple—"

"Yes, it is that fucking simple, you sexy fucking moron!"

"No need to throw mean names around—I think? That was mean, wasn't it?" Alluka said, looking to Gon's friends for support, but the Idiot Trio was completely gobsmacked by the morning's events. Uvogin whistled low under his breath, impressed.

Kurapika hit Killua on the shoulder, and then on the chest for good measure. Killua lost his breath on the second one and choked out, "Yeah, okay, I deserved that—"

"Ya think!" Kurapika screamed.

The café was starting to thin out as the time drew closer and closer to ten, at which point Gon could be seen thanking customers for leaving tips and for staying and listening. Killua glanced over at him and, some sane part of him was still stuck on the idea that Gon would be a perfect performer at underground parties—

Kurapika hit him again.

" Ow ! Fuck!" Killua groaned.

Alluka cut between them, shoving them both away from one another just as Freecss made his way over.

"Alluka! You made it!" Gon said, beaming. He looked across the startled faces of all of his friends and said, "I'm so glad you guys could come! I—"

Before he could finish, Zushi was on his feet and storming to the door. Knuckle half-stood to go after him, but Uvogin stopped him. Gon had only seen the very edge of Zushi angry and this went beyond that. Worry pricked at his heart as he watched his friend escape the café. He looked back at Knuckle, who put his head in his hand and sighed.

"I-I'll go check on him," Gon said, hesitating as he put a hand on Kurapika's shoulder and said, "Could you maybe guard my guitar for me?"

Kurapika sighed and said, "Yeah, sure, whatever," as he reached up to pinch the bridge of his nose and halt the impending headache.

Gon thanked him and jogged out after Zushi. As he skidded out onto the sidewalk, he spied the back of Zushi's fuzzy brown hair at the corner of the street, his hands tucked into the front pocket of his hoodie, and his shoulders bunched up in frustration. Gon ran up to him, out of breath, and said, "Hey, what's up?"

Zushi put a hand up to rub his eyes and, to Gon's astonishment, his tears. "Nothing," Zushi muttered.

"Come on, I know you're lying," Gon said with a half-hearted laugh.

Zushi threw his hand down and said, "For fuck's sake, Gon." Gon startled, alarmed at the venom Zushi spat out at him in the form of harsh words. "How long have you been lying to me? Have you just been making fun of me this entire fucking time? I thought you were serious about—About hating Zoldyck!"

What? Gon thought, floored. "I wouldn't say I hate him..." he started.

Zushi let out a hollow laugh, turning to Gon, his eyes flitting everywhere but on Gon. "Yeah, well, clearly . Since you're dating the guy."

Gon could have laughed, and he did. "I'm—" he started, only to stop, his eyes catching on the café window where he could see Alluka's brown hair curled to perfection. The only person who thought he was dating Killua was Killua's sister.