Chapter 19: One special day

In the hospital room~

After all the procedures had been done with and Gon had his body bandaged up, we were allowed to go into the room… Not before the doctor had told us all about his injuries, of course…

"…On the right arm, fracture on the radius and curbitus. A crack on the higher part. Three fracture and twelve broken ribs. Convalescence: Four months. Stupid animal."

Gon grinned and stuck his tongue out. "… Sorry."

I jumped onto the bed and pinched his cheeks "Oh, don't 'sorry' me. What did I tell you before this match, huh?" I smiled sweetly and leaned my face closer to his. "And you think a sorry is enough?" Gon's eyes widened and made a puppy-dog face.

That was foul play…

"I b-weally am s-sowwy though..." his speech became blurry as I was holding his cheeks

As soon as I let go of Gon, Killua walked closer to have some of the action himself. He poked him on the forehead while shouting into Gon's face. "I don't care about your apologies! What went through your mind?" I winced as Killua kept telling him off. Killua kept pocking Gon's forehead, so fast that I almost couldn't see his hand. Literally. It must hurt. I wondered how many times had he poked Gon's head in just a few minutes

"Well, I'm off!" I stood up unable to stay here any longer, it felt like I was also scowled along with Gon, considering how loudly Killua spoke...

"Kay? Where are you going?"Gon made his puppy-dog face saying that 'don't leave me here with the scary Killua alone'

"Well, the hospital's food sucks, so I'm going to cook you something!

His face brightened up "Thank you, Kay! That'll be great!"

"Don't spoil him, Kay" Killua objected

I smiled in answer and opened the door and Wing-san was standing there. "Wing-san, welcome, Gon's inside."

"Alright, thank you Kay" I felt that the scowling of Gon was not going to end here, so I excused myself and left Gon, Killua and Wing-san in the room and left.

I went back to the Celestial and asked if I could use the kitchen, thinking that there was no way the hospital would let me use the kitchen to cook something that was not on their menu. Just some simple things though.

"Alright then, let's start."

I decided to make them some Japanese dishes, and Japanese dishes couldn't not be called like that if there wasn't rice, so I cooked quite a big proportion of rice, considering how much the boys ate.

Now, onto the first side dish. In a bowl, I combined panko (Japanese bread crumbs) and milk, mixed it up to soften, and set it aside until needed. I then chopped the onions and then added it to the frying pan, where the butter had already been melted. I cooked it while often stirring it up until lightly browned then I removed it from the stove and let cool down.

I added beef into the previously made mixture of panko and milk added a part of the the cooled onion, egg, salt, pepper, and nutmeg then mixed it up. When the mixture had been evenly mixed, I divided it into two equal parts. I poured some oil into my hand and then took a part of the meat into my hands to shape a ball. I tossed the meat ball from one hand to another to remove the air inside it. I then shaped the ball into an oval and pressed the center part. I did the same thing to the other half of the meat and now I was ready to fry it.

I put the meat into a frying pan with heated oil and started to fry it. I fried it until it formed a nice brown crust on both sides and removed them from the pan to a plate to let them cool down. The sause was the final part. I added water, soy sause and mirine to the same pan that I fried the meat. Then I added the remaining of the onion and turned on the stove at medium heat. As soon as it started boiling, I added some butter and grated garlic and stirred the mixture. When the butter dissolved, I turned off the heat and poured the sauce onto the meat ball. And now it was done

I then made some other side dishes like miso soup, warm salad, ebi fry, tempura, fried fish…. And when everything has been done, I put everything into a large box and carried it back to the hospital.

When I can back, Wing-san had already left and Gon and Killua were practicing their nen. I decided to leave them alone, I silently walked in and close the door. But as soon as I turned around, Gon and Killua were already behind my back. Seemed that the smell attracted them.

"Come on, Kay hurry up, I'm drooling already!" Gon yelled

"Me too!"

During the time that Gon was recovering, Killua and I decided not to study nen further to wait for Gon. So on a beautiful day, I decided to take a look around the city and if possible restock my herbs.

While I was walking on the streets, I came across a clothes shop, which had a one piece light blue sun-dress hanging on the racks. I decided to take a look at it. I can't just wear a cloak forever. There might be a time, when I would need a disguise of some sort. And besides, I wanted to look like a girl for a change, so I went into the shop

"Excuse me, may I try out this dress?" I called out

"Yes, of course, please feel free to!" a middle aged woman appeared from behind the counter "The changing room is over there."

"Thank you."

I changed into the dress and looked at myself inside the mirror. "I guess it'll look better if I let my hair down" I came out of the dressing room and the shop owner was standing there.

"Oh my God! That dress really suits you!" she commented

"Thank you very much."

"Wait here for a minute" she said and went to the back of the house. When she came out... "Here" she handed me a large hat "I think this will look really good with it."

I put the hat on and look at the mirror. She was right, it really did fit. I decided to buy the dress for my walk today.

"Do you have any scandals that can go with this dress?"

"Yes I do." She offered me some blue sandals, which I accepted.

"The dress is 500 zenis and the sandals are 478 zenis" She said

"What about the hat?"

"I'll give you the hat, I was the one who offered it to you after all."

"But I was the one who accepted it, so please let me pay for it."

"I insist." she said. I gave up in the end. Really, I was so bad at arguing… I could always loose an argument, no matter what type. I bit her goodbye and left.

I walked around the streets to find some herbs shops, but I doubt that I'll find any in this city. But on my way I was able to buy some fresh and delicious fruits as a present for Gon. I walked for a while and I came across a chocolate shop.

"Killua loves chocolates, doesn't he? I should buy him some." I came inside the shop and saw a familiar white hair. "Killua?" I voiced up.

"That voice, Kay?" He turned around. Suddenly his face became as red as a tomato "K-Kay, wh-what are you doing here?"

"I was shopping, when I came across this shop, so I thought that I would buy you some."

"I-Is that so..."

"How about we go together. Two is better than one after all. I'm looking for a herbs shop. I doubt that there are any, but I can still hope."

And so Killua agreed to go with me. His face returned to normal, but his ears were still red.

Killua's POV~

'I'm out of chocolates again. I guess I'll go and buy some again.' And so I decided to go out again.

I went to my favorite chocolates shop. The shop owner welcomed me with his open arms, I bought a lot from this shop after all. I looked at the chocolate shelves.

"Dear customer, we have a new version of chocolate balls today. Would you like to try them out?"

"Really!" I felt my face becoming cat-like "Gimme some!"

He happily obeyed. I tried them out and they were very delicious, I decided to order 10 boxes for starters and told him to send it to my room in the Celestial tower and then asked him to give me some separate ones to eat right now.

While I was waiting for him to get the chocolates, I heard a very familiar voice.

"Killua?"

"This voice... Kay?" when I turned around, I saw a very beautiful girl in a light blue dress and a huge hat. I immediately recognized that she was Kay and blushed at her beauty. "Wh-what are you doing here?" I stumbled upon my own words.

"I was shopping, when I came across this shop, so I thought that I would buy you some."

"I-Is that so..."

"How about we go together. Two is better than one after all. I'm looking for a herbs shop. I doubt that there are any, but I can still hope."

"A-Alright. Let me pay for my chocolates first."

"Okay" she smiled brightly.

'Oh my God, can she not make my heart race any faster. It's going to burst any moment now.' I thought. I knew that my face was as red as a tomato, but it was really hard to control my feelings.

We walked out to the streets and under the bright sun, she was ten times more beautiful. Her cheeks had a rosy glow, and her walk had a definite skip to it, something that made her look adorable, rather than childish. I was smiling just from watching her walk.

Her adorableness was not only noticed by myself, however. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see various males checking her out, winking, or even wolf-whistling. How on earth did she was managed to remain oblivious to all this was a mystery, but I really wanted to beat the crap out of each and every one of those for the reason that I didn't know.

She suddenly turned around and smiled at me. "Killua, there's a really delicious cake shop over there, let's go!" she grabbed my arm

"A-Alright! Don't pull me!"

The guys were now moaning and muttering in disappointment. I snickered silently 'Take that you idiots, she's way out of your league.'

Kay's POV~

After having eaten the cakes and go around for a while, we decided to take a rest on the benches in the park. I wondered what Killua had been muttering about along the whole way, but there's no way I could ask him.

"Kay, do you want some ice cream? I'll buy it for you" Killua pointed at the portable ice cream shop in the park.

"Okay!"

"Which flavor do you want?"

"Green tea!"

"You really do love green tea, don't you?"

"Not as much as you like chocolates!"

"Fair enough" he answered and went to buy some ice cream, while I waited at the bench.

"HELP! THIEF" I hear somebody scream. I immediately jumped out of the bench and ran to the scene. The thief was running right at me.

"Get out of the way!" he shouted

As soon as he ran pass me, I grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground. As if he could pass me that easily. Killua came running to me with ice cream cones in both of his hands.

"Are you alright, Kay?"

"I'm okay."

The police came to take him away and we took the bag and returned it to the old woman, who was still sitting on the ground after being knocked down by the thief.

"Thank you very much" she said as we returned the bag to her. She tied to stand up, but with no success. I checked her leg and found out that she has twisted her ankle.

"Please let us take you home" I offered help to the lady and she accepted. Killua insisted that he would carry the old lady on his back though and I didn't have to do anything.

She led us to her house, which was quite far away from the city center and to my surprise, her shop was full of herbs of all kinds that I was looking for. How lucky! I bandaged her ankle and brewed some tea for the woman couldn't walk just yet.

"As a thank you for your help, please take any herbs that you like" she said "I won't be taking money from you."

"I can't do that!" I objected, but she interrupted me

"It must have been fate that brought us together. You were looking for a herb shop and this is the only shop in this city. It is quite far away, so you would never have been able to find it, if I didn't go to the city center today to buy some food. I only go to the center once a month, so it is not easy to meet me. So as a commemoration of our meeting, I would like to provide you with any herbs that you need. And besides, I have never tasted tea as delicious as this one. The tea tastes even more delicious, if i was brewed by a cute girl. Thank you again."

I blushed at her comment. We chatted for a while more and then I took my time to choose herbs. I thanked the lady for her hospitality and bid her goodbye.

"Come back anytime, dear." She said. I and Killua bowed to her one more time and left to the Celestial Tower.

Killua's POV~

The sun was setting already. I was glad that Kay asked me to accompany her. It was really fun being with her, not the same kind of fun that I have when being with Gon though, it's kind of weird and I wondered why.

Suddenly she turned back to me "Killua, we had a lot of fun today, didn't we? Let's go again sometime!" Her dress was fluttering in the wind and with the sun behind her, she looked like she was glowing. I suddenly had the flashback of the night on Zebiru's island. I quickly pushed that thought away, or else it would have been very dangerous.

'Damn! Kay, you're too cute!'

"Did you just say something, Killua?" she asked me

'Did I just voice my thoughts out loud? This is bad!'

"N-Nothing really, just that..."

"Yes?" her eyes locked on to mine, there was no way I could escape this now

"Th-the dress! I-It looks good on you..." or something... ARG! 'Why did I just have to say something so embarrassing! It is the truths, but this sound so awkward! Wait a minute, why do I even feel this way, she is my friend and it should be normal for me to compliment her. But then why is this so difficult! It's not like I like her or anything... do I?'

She didn't say anything for a while. Her back was facing the sun, so with the shadow on her face it was difficult to say if she was blushing or not, but it was quite obvious that she was "Thank you..." she mumbled so quietly that I could barely hear it

And so we walked back in an awkward silence yet again. I really shouldn't have said that. But she seemed happy, so no problem...

Kay's POV~

I wondered why I felt so happy, hearing Killua's compliment. I was happy when the old lady complimented me, but this felt different somehow. I couldn't express it into words, but I was really very happy.

We didn't talk much to each other on our way back.

"Killua, I'm going to Gon's room to give him his presents now, you coming?"

"Yeah, sure."

He followed me to Gon's room. As soon as I came in I saw Gon practicing his 'ten'. I smiled

"Gon, I have presents for you!"

"Really, Kay?" he opened his eyes "Huh? Who are you?" he asked "You smell like Kay… And sound like her too… But..."

"Seriously, Gon. She's Kay alright." Killua mocked

"Seriously? I didn't know that you were so cute, Kay. You shouldn't hide your face all the time under your cloak! It's a pity!"

"Really, Gon?" I smiled. I also didn't have that weird happiness about Gon's compliment like I did with Killua. I wondered if there's something really wrong with me.

"Yes! Seriously. So where are my presents?"

"Here you go."

"Thank you, Kay. They all look so delicious!"

"You're welcome."

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As for chapter 18, I actually took Hisoka from manga here, so I don't think I got it wrong though.

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