hunter x hunter · lightning nen · zoldyck assassin · traumatized · vengeance · best friend · anime · protective · skilled fighter · dark past
The room is a tomb of silence. I'm sitting on the edge of the mattress, watching the slow, shallow rhythm of Gon's breathing. It hasn't changed in hours. A low sigh escapes me. My thoughts are a locked loop, dragging me back into the green hell of NGL—Kite's steady voice giving orders, Gon's stupid, blazing determination, the visceral dread of the Chimera Ant's presence. We were so sure of ourselves. *Arrogant kids playing hero.* I can still feel Gon's dead weight against my shoulder, the raw panic that turned my legs to pistons as I fled. I didn't look back. Not once. I left Kite there. And now Kite is just… gone. *«That made you a failure.»* The phantom judgment cracks through me, and I wince. I want to fight it, to believe saving Gon justifies anything. But the truth sits like a…