❀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀ ʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ʏᴇꜱᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ ❀ (ʜxʜ x ꜰ!ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ)

ᴄʜᴀᴘ 20 -ᴡʜᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʀɪᴄᴋ ꜰʀᴀᴄᴋ ɪꜱ ʜᴀʀᴜᴋᴀ?-

The room was silent. Not a single peep. Well, except this dude's random squeals of excitement.

"Huh...?" I quirked a brow. The boy seemed even happier now that I had spoken. "Oh uh, well, I watch your anime a whole lot and you're like- my favorite character." He looked like he would explode any second now. 

I awkwardly took a step back pulling my hands away. 

Every single movement I made seemed to excite him even more though because now he hand a hand over his mouth with his eyes curled from him smiling. "You're just like how you are in the anime too!" 

"I didn't know Y/n was in a show." I heard Gon murmur from the platform behind me. "I don't think she did either." Kurapika spoke back, his voice sounded more like he was trying to figure this out himself.

"You're attack styles are my favorite too just- just everything about you really!" He removed his hand from his mouth, still holding onto that wide smile. "I had a bunch of merch of you too before I got arrested! Though I haven't see any of it in a couple years so it's probably dusty now." He was fumbling around with his fingers as he spoke.

I couldn't tell if I was supposed to be creeped out or impressed or something. Honestly right now I'm just weirded out though.

"Is Y/n like a codename or something? Cause I kept hearing everyone call you it instead of your real name so it made me a bit confused." He hummed. I furrowed my brows. "That's my name." He blinked, tilting his head to the side. "Huh?" Suddenly an invisible light bulb lit up above his head. "Wait- is Haruka a codename and your real name is Y/n?! Oh my gosh I just got like biggest teaser for the next season." He spoke, his tone still full of enthusiasm. 

"I uhm..." Suddenly his tone took on a much shyer one, his cheeks growing pink as he gazed down at the floor. 

'What is he bipolar or something-?'

"I really admire how you're never afraid to face anger and uh, well I've kind of even imagined us working together sometimes." He mumbled quietly.

I blinked.

"Though of course you'd be the leader and stuff! I'm just a humble man who would be willing to follow whatever orders to give. Like uh... well like a servant! Yeah, a servant!" He glanced back up again as I pressed my lips together, trying to express my clear confusion but this guy was just not getting the clues. "I know you already have like tens of thousands of those but I promise I an be really useful! I specialize in throwing knifes and I have great stamina!" He took another step forwards as I took one back. "But- but if you don't want to have me a servant that's fine too, I could be your dog or something!"

Killua scrunched up his nose in pure disgust while Gon was very focused on holding Bōshi in both of his hands cupped together.

Noticing no clear interest in my gaze, the boy in front of me shifted on his feet anxiously.

"Right..." He perked up at my sudden response, eyes widening to saucers. "You agree?!" He eagerly tried to interpret what I meant. "What? No." I denied just as quickly which caused him excitement to plummet. "Oh." He frowned as I sighed.

"Look uhm..." "Inuhiko." He filled in for me. "Inuhiko." I brought a hand up to awkwardly rub my arm. "You have the wrong person alright? I'm not... whoever Haruka is."

Inuhiko stared back blankly as if I had just parted the red sea and then told him to swim around the path I made.

"No."

I paused, quirking a brow.

He quickly leaned over, clasping my shoulders under his hands. a more serious look in his eyes than before. "Haruka." His voice dropped to a whisper. "I know being transferred to a new world like this can be scary, but I promise I'm a trustworthy person to talk about it with. I can be your shoulder to cry on whenever or the punching bag you need when you're upset." I could feel his grip tightening on my shoulders, as he gave a dead looking smile.

"I can get rid of people who are bugging you too if you need it. Those... pests over there seem awfully controlling, I could show you what I'm capable of." His eyes idly glanced at the group of people behind me. "That assassin kid might be a tad bit difficult, but I assure you I'm capable."

My arms lifted up in front of me before I could think about it, pressing firmly against Inuhiko's chest and shoving him off, his hands letting go due to his shock of my sudden actions.

He stumbled back, bum hitting the floor as his hands planted onto the ground behind him to steady himself.

He quickly glanced up, eyes wide with a slightly panicked expression taking over his face. "Ha- Haruka?!" He murmured in confusion.

I clicked my tongue.

'People always think the highest of themselves.'

"Are you hard of hearing?" I mumbled, Inuhiko flinching at the uncaring tone of my voice. "I told you I'm not that stupid character of yours."

I sighed, bringing up a hand to run through my hair. "And yet you just kept on blabbering. 'Oh Haruka, I promise I'll take care of you.'" My hand moved down to the tuff of hair covering where my ear met my head, where white fluff turned to skin. I then pulled it to the side. "Do you see those?" I question, my eyes blank. "Those is there because I was a human you fool."

My thumb rubbed over the pink scarred flesh that were proof of multiple rips and tears that resulted from the process of those delicate structures of ears.

"I'm not some kind of ancient and legendary being or whatever it is you think I am." My eyes narrowed. "I'm a just someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

My fingers twitched as I dropped them from my scalp, ignoring the wide eyed stare I was getting from the boy in front of me.

Taking I deep breath, my eyes glanced over to the side of the arena where the never ending abyss stared back.

"You want to be my dog?" I muttered, turning back to stare down at him. "Then don't struggle."

I walked over and my hand clasped onto the back of his shirt, dragging the boy over with me as I walked towards the edge of the arena.

He yelped as the collar of his shirt pressed against his throat, mildly messing up his ability to breathe.

His kicked his legs uselessly as I tugged him along before a sudden screech caused me to stop.

"I give up!"

I pause mid step, fingers still clutched around the back of his shirt.

"I give up." He breathed over again hurriedly. "You- you win alright?"

I huffed, letting my grip loosen before completely dropping it. He slumped on the ground, hastily panting for air.

I licked over my lips before I heard the familiar noise of the mechanical bridges repositioning themselves so we could exit the platform.

Inuhiko finally lifted his head, murmuring under his breath. "You're not Haruka. Haruka isn't a lunatic."

His words were ignored though as I turned, walking back over towards the bridge to my side, my footsteps echoing as my shoes hit the metal.

The rest of the group on my side was staring blankly, looking unsure on how to process the situation that they had just watched. Though brave as always, Gon was the first to speak up. "Are you alright Y/n?"

Now that the bandaid was ripped off, Leorio didn't waste a second to add in, "That was insane!" He grinned down at me. "I couldn't hear what you were saying back there but that tactic was awesome!" I quirked a brow.

'Tactic...?'

"I mean looking that stone cold like you're really gonna kill someone take crazy guts and acting skills."

Oh.

"I was going to kill him." I furrowed my brows, causing Leorio to chuckle. "Anyways, great job." He brought a hand down to ruffle my hair, disregarding the pointed look he got from the blonde next to him.

"Now we've got three more hours than we had before." Leorio snickered, though Tampon spoke up afterwords. "Weren't you the one who gambled them away?" Leorio flinched and removed his hand from my head, glaring harshly at the woman's menstrual cycle tool. "Shut it! You're the one who forfeit his match!"

I sighed.

'I need a nap.'

(Hey pookies)