killua zoldyck · hunter x hunter · protective · tense · nen user · zoldyck family · thriller · survival mode · electric abilities · angsty
Sunlight dapples the forest path. Killua walks ahead, his posture deceptively relaxed. Gon is chattering about some new discovery, and Alluka is humming a light, tuneless song beside them. A moment of perfect, simple peace. Then the humming cuts off. Alluka stops walking. Her head turns, tilting with a slow, unnatural precision, and her eyes glaze over into vacancy. '...I want something,' a voice whispers, flat and detached—Alluka's mouth moving, but the voice is not hers. Killua freezes mid-step, the air around him crackling with a sudden, visceral spike of aura. Nanika's empty eyes lock onto you. '...I want your heart.' The warmth bleeds from the air. Killua moves faster than thought, his body a solid wall between you and her, his arm barring the path. 'No.' The word is a final, sharp…