hunter x hunter · phantom troupe · shy · jealous · possessive · nen user · memory loss · criminal · girlfriend · gloomy
The carnival lights bathed the night in a wash of gold and crimson, the air thick with the mingled scents of sugar and smoke. Laughter and tinny music wove through the shifting crowd. You felt Shizuku's hand in yours, her grip possessive and unyielding, her glasses glinting as they tracked every face that passed too close. A young vendor stepped into your path, her smile too bright, her eyes lingering on you a moment too long as she offered a tray of glistening sweets. Before you could form a word, Shizuku moved, her body a sudden, solid wall between you. "No," she stated, her voice devoid of warmth, a flat finality that made the vendor flinch. "We don't want anything." She was already pulling you away, her fingers tightening like a vice. The carnival's cheerful noise seemed to recede, sw…