"Hey, you probably shouldn't touch them yet. It's only been three days," Ryu says, leaning against a doorframe as he watches Killua take off the bandages around his torso.

Killua gives Ryu a side glance. "Three days is plenty of time," he replies rather nonchalantly, letting the bandages around his chest and abdomen fall to the ground.

"Plenty of time?? Are you su– Oh..." Ryu cuts himself off as his eyes widen in shock.

Killua's various injuries that he sustained during his fight with Illumi were all healed. In fact, he was moving around effortlessly as if they never existed.

Ryu eventually stopped leaning against the doorframe as a bead of cold sweat rolled down his forehead. "Killua, you're scary. You know that?"

KIllua gives him a small smirk as he removes the rest of his bandages. "Should you really be saying that after you've seen Illumi?"

"What– That's a different scenario!" Ryu sighs deeply.

Killua shrugs. "By the way, have you seen (Y/N)? It's almost noon and I haven't seen her around."

"(Y/N)?" Ryu looks behind his shoulder. "She's probably still sleeping."

"Seriously?" Killua narrows his eyes as he picks up his shirt. "She went to bed earlier than usual, though."

Just as he said that, you enter the room, letting out a wide yawn in the process.

"Oh! You've got pretty good timing there, (Y/N). Did you wake up just now?" Ryu asks, giving you a small smile.

"...Yeah," You reply as you finish your yawn.

"You've got nasty dark circles around your eyes, though," Killua points out.

You immediately tensed up and stood straighter. "O-Oh! Uh... I had trouble sleeping last night!" You exclaim, laughing sheepishly as you scratch the side of your head.

Killua raises a brow. "What have y–"

"AH! YOU'RE ALL HEALED ALREADY?!" You exclaim, pointing at his bare chest in shock.

"I know, right? Sometimes I wonder if he's even human." Ryu sighs.

"Me too! He can do loads of things I couldn't even imagine were possible!"

An irk mark appears on Killua's forehead as heat rushed to his cheeks. "Oi! I'm still here, you know?!" He exclaimed, putting on his shirt with a huff.

"Three days is insanely fast, though..." you mumbled. "Oh! How's Senka doing?"

The small smile on Ryu's face suddenly fell. "She's... still unconscious..." he sighs.

"Oh..."

"That bastard Illumi..." Killua mumbles to himself, clenching his fists.

Ryu turns his back to you. "Do you wanna go and check in on her with me?" he asks, gesturing to the room Senka was resting in. "Alluka's inside too."

You widened your eyes, before nodding slowly. Killua follows as well.

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Alluka was sound asleep on one of the chairs when you entered. A slight frown was on her face. She's been worrying over a lot of things after all.

Meanwhile, Senka was resting on the bed. She had a bandage wrapped around her head and shoulder. The rest was covered by the blanket over her, but you can imagine there was way more. Even so, her face was rather peaceful as her chest rose and fell in a steady rhythm.

As you stared at Senka, Killua let out a deep sigh. "Seriously, Alluka should sleep on a bed when she's tired. She's gonna get a stiff neck."

Killua approaches Alluka and gently carries her. She stirs a little bit, mumbling gibberish, before settling comfortably into his arms.

He sighs. "Sorry about that. I'll carry her to the other room where she can sleep," Killua says, before leaving the room with a sleeping Alluka.

Ryu remains silent as he approaches Senka's bedside. He gently strokes her light blue hair as an oddly solemn look crossed his features.

"She's so quiet..." Ryu mutters.

You look at Ryu, then at Senka. "Y-Yeah... It's unusual for her, isn't it?" you crack a smile at him.

"Yeah." Ryu lets go of Senka as he furrows his brows. "I bet she did something reckless. God, she's so impatient."

As you gazed at both of them, you felt this sinking feeling in your chest. Ryu and Senka were greatly affected by Sanguis, yet you still chose to go with him. This sinking feeling slowly got worse as you looked down at your feet, avoiding Ryu's gaze.

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"Nii-chan...?"

"Hmm?"

"Why are you with Hisoka and Illumi? They're really nasty people, especially Illumi."

(B/N) stayed silent for a bit, before bursting into soft chuckles. "Come on, why are you worried about them?" He asks, patting your head. "It's been years since we bonded like this, so let's forget about those two for now."

You couldn't really see his expression very well when you looked up at him. It was late at night, and the soft light from the moon wasn't helping.

"Oh... okay." You smile at him as you faced forward once more.

A few moments of silence pass as you strolled through the forest with your brother. A gentle breeze blew, reminding you of your childhood, though you rarely did this at night.

"So (Y/N), tell me more about that silver-haired boy."

"Huh?" Your eyes widened. "You wanna know more about Killua?"

Your brother nods. "What is he to you, exactly?" He asks, smiling.

"Well, uh..." you furrowed your brows in thought. "He's... He's someone really special to me. He's the reason I was able to get this far."

"Oh? So is he your best friend?" (B/N) gives you a side glance.

Despite the chill breeze, you felt a warmth rush to your cheeks. "I don't know... Killua already has a best friend named Gon."

"I see."

"And... well, we kind of had a fight recently, so I don't even know what he thinks of me anymore..." You looked down as the pain in your chest resurfaced from that day. You thought Killua would understand you. You thought he'd at least give your brother another chance. It seems you were wrong.

"You guys had a fight? About what?" your brother asked. He tried not to sound too excited, but it seems some of that might have slipped.

"Well..." you averted your gaze. "It was about you, actually. Killua really hates you, so he wasn't happy when I realized that you're my brother."

(B/N) laughs. "I figured. That's too bad! I always wanted to thank him for taking care of you!" He flashes a smile at you. His words sounded so natural that you never suspected him of lying.

You smile back. "Maybe I should try convincing him again."

"No, no. You don't have to." (B/N) sounded oddly frantic. "It might just make things worse."

"Oh... okay." You sigh. "I don't get why Killua would insist on staying away from you. You're the nicest person I've ever known!"

(B/N) smiles, resting his hand on your head. "It's fine, (Y/N). Now that you have me, you won't have to worry about him." He stops and grabs your shoulders, turning you around to face him. "After all, I'm the only one you need," he says, giving you a wide, brotherly smile.

You furrowed your brows as that feeling of hesitation resurfaced again. "Y-Yeah!" you stutter, forcing a smile.

(B/N) chuckles and looks up at the sky. "Oh, It's almost morning. You should probably get back."

"Huh?"

"We don't want Killua finding out you've been here, right? It'll probably just worsen the situation."

Your eyes widened as you nodded in understanding. "Right! Okay, I'll get going then!" You take a step back, waving at him with a small smile.

He waves back. "Alright. Be careful with your injuries."

You nod, before turning back and making your way to the forest's exit, leaving Sanguis alone with the rising sun.

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"(Y/N)? Oi, (Y/N)!"

You feel someone shake you by the shoulders, snapping you out of your thoughts.

Right in front of you was Killua. He seemed more agitated than usual. "(Y/N)! What are you doing, staring off into space like that?!"

"Huh? Why?" You tilted your head in confusion.

Killua sighed deeply as he slumped his shoulders. "Senka's awake," he simply says, before stepping to the side so you can see.

Sure enough, you see Senka leaning against the bed's headboard. Her eyes were wide open and she was chatting with Ryu. After a while, She notices you and smiles brightly. "Hey, (Y/N)! Those are some seriously dark circles around your eyes!"