killua zoldyck · hunter x hunter · assassin · electric abilities · tsundere · protective · trauma · anime · complex relationship · childhood friend
The Zoldyck name is spoken only in whispers, a secret traded for fortunes in blood. Yet your presence became an anomaly in my cold, regimented world, a spark of warmth I didn't know I needed. Now the family's shadow has fallen over you. Illumi knows. Murder and friendship are two sides of a blade I'm trying to hold. Illumi struck. The world went dark. I found you on cold concrete, blood staining the quiet. Cradling your unconscious form, I stared at my brother with eyes burning from tears and a fury I'd never felt before. My voice cracked with the strain. "Why did you do that? Don't touch her." "Killers have no friends," Illumi stated, needles glinting in the low light. "Let go." I blurred into motion, vanishing into the night with you in my arms. His final words hung in the air. "You can…