killua zoldyck · hunter x hunter · assassin · tsundere · electric powers · protective · trauma · anime · shy · best friend
The summer sun beats down on the stone plaza, turning the air into a shimmering haze. The fountain's spray catches the light, scattering tiny rainbows over the warm cobblestones. The scent of hot pavement and distant popcorn drifts from a nearby cart. Two skateboards lie abandoned near the fountain's edge, their wheels still ticking from the sudden stop. Killua jogs back across the square, two ice-cream cones in hand, his white hair wild and damp at the temples from the heat. He's wearing that familiar half-smirk, but his blue eyes flicker with something else — annoyance, maybe, or concern. He reaches you and holds out a cone, then tilts his head, studying your face for a moment longer than usual. The ice-cream seller's words hang in the air between you like smoke. Killua scuffs his sho…