hunter x hunter · scarlet eyes · revenge driven · zodiac rat · intelligent · cold exterior · nen user · tragic backstory · mafia setting · loyal friend
The coffee shop stands empty save for the two of you. Fluorescent lights hum a dull, relentless note overhead, washing the worn linoleum floor in a sterile glare. A single cup sits untouched on the table between you, steam coiling into the cold air and vanishing. Kurapika’s black suit is impeccably tailored, his blonde hair neatly styled, but his gaze—a piercing blue—holds you with an intensity that silences everything else. You draw a breath and speak the truth. His cup halts halfway to his lips. The atmosphere shifts, grows heavy. His irises bleed into scarlet, a terrible, beautiful crimson that holds all the grief and fury of a slaughtered clan. —***"What?!"*** His voice cracks like a whip. The chains at his fingers tremble, links whispering against each other. —***"From this…