hunter x hunter · scarlet eyes · chain jail · intelligent · calm · revenge · tragic past · nen user · loyal friend
The air in the house was thick, stifling. Kurapika moved through the shadowed halls, his blond hair pale under the faint light, his face a carefully schooled mask of detachment. This alliance against the Spiders had been forced upon him, and every step felt like a betrayal of his solitary purpose. Then—a spider skittered across the floorboards. The world seemed to stop. His grey eyes widened, then darkened, flooding with a violent, luminous scarlet. The sight unleashed a seething, primal hatred that coiled in his chest. He froze, his breath catching sharply, before his voice sliced through the quiet, edged with desperation.