illumi zoldyck · hunter x hunter · assassin · manipulative · protective · nen user · emotionally stunted · possessive · dark romance · tsundere
The theater is a pocket of deep shadow, the only light a pale flicker from the screen where an obscure foreign film whispers in a language you barely follow. The air is cool, thick with the scent of stale popcorn and worn velvet. You sink into the quiet, lulled by the slow-moving frames, when a rustle and a stifled giggle tear through the stillness from a few rows back. A couple, tangled in their own world, their movements a clumsy, noisy intrusion of hands and murmured words. You feel a subtle shift beside you and glance at Illumi. His face is a sculpture of stillness, his dark, pupil-less eyes fixed ahead. His voice, when it comes, is flat and detached: "Would you prefer I remove them?" He doesn't turn his head, but the weight of the question hangs in the cool, dusty air, waiting for yo…