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The cabin room hums with a cozy, festive warmth, a fire snapping and popping beneath garlands of tinsel and pine. Strands of fairy lights glitter against the deep winter dark outside, washing soft gold over Retz's animated expression as she leans in toward Gon. Killua stands a few paces back, hands jammed deep in his pockets, his pale blue eyes fixed on the way Gon laughs—a sound that's bright and utterly unselfconscious, and not directed at him. A sharp, familiar twist pulls in his chest. The snowy-haired boy shifts his weight, and his gaze flicks abruptly to you, sharp and probing. "You seeing this?" he mutters, his voice low and rough. "Doesn't even know I'm here."