"Your participating in The Poe Cup!?" Enid exclaimed, shocked. Killua blinked. "is there a problem with that..?" He was currently painting his boat, he didn't have an idea for how it was going to look so he was just adding a white layer for now. "Well- no. but don't you need a team? And a co-pilot?" Killua dipped his brush into the paint, then kept going. "I looked over the rules, its strongly recommended, but not necessary"

Enid scoffed. "but you need a team, or you won't win" Killua chuckled. "we'll see" Enid started helping him paint for some reason. "You seem really insistent on working alone" Killua shrugged. "always have. It's easier to accomplish your goals when you're the only variable you have to worry about" He said. Enid blinked. "didn't realize you were such a lone wolf" Killua paused. Lone...wolf. He thought. Killua started painting eyes, he knew what he was drawing now. "Sooo" Enid continued, when he didn't reply. "why are you entering? Bragging rights? The perks?"

Killua glanced at her. "my methods are none of your concern" he said. Enid looked startled for a moment. "E-Eh..?" Killua blinked, then realized. Dammit. He'd accidently stopped amplifying his emotions physically, and didn't realize he was staring at Enid blankly while he spoke. Killua chuckled. "something wrong?" Enid shook her head. "No" she said, frowning slightly. Ah fuck, did I freak her out?

"just a..question" she said, awkwardly. Killua glanced at her. "hm?" she set her brush down. "what's your last name?" Killua stiffened slightly, then relaxed. "odd question" he said. Why does she want to know that? Enid sighed. "N-Nevermind-"

Enid left, and Killua focused on his boat. He wasn't allowed to request a smaller one because it would be considered an 'unfair advantage' but honestly he didn't mind. The struggle makes it that much more fun. Having a win guaranteed was boring. If we was going to participate, he'd make it hard on himself. Hence why he decided to go alone, and would only use a fraction of his strength.

"can I help?" Killua glanced over his shoulder to see Ace standing behind him. "Oh hey Ace. Sure, why not" Ace knelt down. "I'm pretty good at painting, what are we making?" Killua set down his brush for a moment. "A white wolf. I was thinking making its mouth agape and snarling, with some navy blue streaks. Ash smiled. "Ooh, I like the color scheme!" he started painting. "who's your team?" Killua put his hands behind his head, letting Ace have his fun. "Gonna be a lone wolf" Ace paused for a moment, then giggled and kept drawing. "Ohhh"

Killua was starting to rather enjoy Ace's company. Over the next few days, he hung out with Xavier and Danny and him a lot. He managed to find some downtime and threw on a hoodie and some shorts, he refused to go out wearing that uniform. Doing that was just BEGGING for someone to bother him. He wandered around for a while, then passed by a coffee shop. I want something sweet.

He walked inside, and a curly haired teenager greeted him at the counter. "Hey, what can I get you?" Killua thought for a moment. "something sweet and something with chocolate" The teenager blinked. "Oh- alright. Anything else?" Killua thought for a moment. "and an éclair" he said, dropping 15 bucks on the counter. He went to his seat and waited in a booth by the door, his face instinctively falling into his resting bitch face.

"here you go s-" Killua turned to look at the teenager and he paused, a surprised expression on his face. Killua blinked, than took his coffee and éclair. "Thank you" he started eating it, and honestly it tasted pretty good. He took a sip of his coffee as well. I'm not usually a coffee person but- He realized he was being stared at and blinked, glancing over at the counter again. That teenager was just...staring at him. Did I do something-? "is something wrong?" he said. The teen blinked, then shook his head. "No, sorry" he went back to taking orders.

As Killua sipped on his coffee, mulling over his plan for the poe cup. There were no rules, and one of the team was full of sirens. Apparently they'd won every year for a while, except last year. They probably sabotage other boats, all they have to do is sink the boats and they win by default. He let a small smile grace his face. This will be so much fun.

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To be continued...

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