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CHAPTER 10
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I headed for the bed and dropped myself down into its loving comfort once again.
6:56... in the morning...
morning...
I INDEED FORGOT SOMETHING! GODAMMIT HOW COULD I!
7:10 am.
I glided my way smoothly yet hastily.
The moment I reached the huge stone wall that impeded me from moving forward, I then retreated from Godspeed mode and returned to my normal state.
I pushed the gates open to reveal two figures in front of me.
THERE THEY ARE!
Thank god I was still able to catch them! It wasnt't yet too late after all!
"Alluka!"
"Oniichan!" Alluka exclaimed as she looked back at me right the moment I called her out, waving her hand at me. And there is Palm standing next to her.
"Good morning Master Killua." She bowed.
I ran towards Alluka. "Alluka... where are you going with Palm?" I asked, feigning ignorance even though I already knew all about it.
"Aniki is going to take me out on a walk!" She excitedly answered. "We're going to the amusement park! I'm soo excited!"
I remained stern and indifferent to Alluka's excitement. "We talked last night." I told Palm.
"Alluka..." I then turned back to Alluka. "Is it okay for Oniichan to join you guys?"
"What?! NO!" She refused angrily. "You're not coming with us Oniichan! You'll stay here at home!"
"WHAT?!" I blurted out. "WHY NOT?"
"Young Master..." Palm, let out a sheepish smile as she turned to Alluka. "We can just let Master Killua join. He's..."
"I said no...!" Alluka crossed her arms, scoffing at me. "Stay here okay?" She started to calm down. "Please?"
Ohhhkaaaay! There really is something strange going on in here this! Alluka will never deny me like this! She would usually be glad to have me tagging along with them, but why not now?! What is she up to? Does this have something to do about Palm? And if it does, what is it about?!
SCREEEECCCHHHH!
Suddenly, a car came speeding around. It swerved to the side and drifted towards us then brought itself to a sudden halt a meter before the doors could come crashing towards us. It was Aniki's car.
The window slid open to reveal him and his usual indifferent expression. "Hop in."
"YAAAAAY!" Alluka hurriedly ran towards the car. Palm was left motionless, lost in her thoughts for a mean while before she started to come back to her senses.
"Careful, Young Master..." Palm caught up to Alluka at once then opened the door of the back seat for her. Alluka went in happily, humming around.
"You sit at the backseat with Alluka." Aniki ordered Palm.
"Yes Master." Palm bowed before she made her way in.
"WAIT UP!" I screamed before Palm could close the door.
Aniki raised a brow, looking back at me. "What's up Kil...? Wanna join us?" He asked.
"Yeah." I answered, glaring straight through his eyes.
"That's strange...You don't usually want to hang out with me. We're going out on a walk..." Aniki answered me with his usual passive-aggressive, sarcastic tone. "Alluka..." Aniki then called Alluka's attention from the backseat. "Oniichan wanted to join... will you allow him?"
"NO!" She straight-up denied. "ONIICHAN YOU'LL STAY HERE!"
"Heared that Kil? I believe he wouldn't want you to join. He requested this to be a little date just between me and him after his job well done yesterday."
"YEP YEP!" Alluka nodded in agreement. "Just stay there Oniichan until we get back! I'll make sure to buy something for you!" She smiled at me.
WHAT THE FUCK! I am screaming internally! I wanted to pull my hair out and chew the goddamn hell out of it! What the hell is this LITTLE DATE they're talking about! If Alluka wanted this to be just between Aniki and her, WHAT THE HELL IS PALM DOING THERE?! They don't need a goddamn escort because Aniki is already in there!
"Bye Kil." Aniki said. "Palm, you may now close the door."
Palm then bowed at me before she did as she was told.
"ONIICHAN DON'T FOLLOW US!" Alluka pointed at me, glaring at me furiously.
"FINE, WHATEVER!" I yelled back sarcastically, throwing my hands up in the air.
The car started to advance while Alluka's mean expression changed into a happier and livelier one, waving her hand at me goodbye.
I slid my hands at my pocket as I remained standing, weighing the situation in my head.
What are they up to? It was repeatedly implied that Alluka was the one who requested this to be JUST between her and Aniki and that she doesn't want anyone around. Alluka should be happy to have me around, but this time she drove me away, and was okay however about having Palm around instead! Does this mean Palm is now closer to her than me?!
I can use this situation to my advantage however. If Palm is there, I can always monitor what's going on while Alluka's hanging around with Aniki and that's when I can come to rescue the moment Aniki's gonna do something stupid.
But Aniki isn't dumb enough to have Palm around when he wants to do something ulterior with Alluka specially that he knew I am friends with Palm... We both know he hates risks.
Hold on. WHAT IF ANIKI'S REAL TARGET HERE IS PALM AND ALLUKA? That he finally have figured out Palm's motives of getting in here and have found the man she is following around while at the same time capturing Alluka, hitting two birds with one stone? What if he secretly manipulated Alluka and convinced her not to let anyone join them around so no one gets in his way, specially me!
I was right! He has been indeed planning to do something! I must follow them!
BUZZZZ...
I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.
I checked to see a message coming from Palm.
"Don't worry. I got this covered. Trust me this time. I'll contact you just in case something happens when I needed reinforcement. For now, you don't have to follow us... He doesn't seem to be planning anything ulterior..."
For some reason, maybe I was just overthinking. For some months Alluka and I have stayed here with Aniki, he never did anything adversarial when he can freely do what he wants knowing the difference between mine and his abilities. That I am no match to him in every sort of battle.
It's infuriating how Aniki have gained Alluka's trust and attachment, and I can't change how Alluka thinks about him otherwise I'd appear to be an entire asshole to her, badmouthing someone she admires. Alluka hates it when I talk bad about anyone and when I misbehave.
But what if Palm is already being manipulated by him and the message she sent was an order from him?! That he plans to fool me into it, making me believe that everything's fine and before I knew it, he have already carried out his plan succesfully and finally have gained Alluka, and maybe Palm as well~ as his new 'puppets' to use against me for me to be finally added as the final piece to his 'puppet collection'!
And what's even worse is, my family have ALWAYS trusted his judgment!
No. I must keep calm. Overthinking might even cause worse problems. If I make a hasty move, I may screw things up worse than expected...
Anyhow, Aniki doesn't seem to be really thrilled about the idea of taking out Alluka with him. By that, I can prolly finally rule out the theory that he has been planning to do something today. Maybe not today but the succeeding days.
Nonetheless, I must keep my guards up. I began to turn back, heading to the gate.
Might as well take some bath and relax...
I think I'm just being too tensed and stressed I needed to clear my mind and prepare for later just in case...
END OF CHAPTER 10