Only So Much (Hunter x Hunter Fan fic, Modern AU)

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Trigger Warnings for THIS CHAPTER:
Abuse
Violence

All PG-13. The whole thing is PG-13 TBH. Enjoy!

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Trigger warning for Abuse and violence, self harm and PTSD. Still within Teen rating but if this triggers you I suggest not read it, this fic is pretty dark for the first few chapters.

(I feel like a movie warning lol)

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t was dark, a couple hours after midnight. Too late for this.

The moon was full, but the two boys huddling together in the corner of their small upstairs room, as close the sliding mirror closet as possible without entering, were anything but enjoying the brisk cold night.

In fact, they could hardly hear the crickets over the screaming match downstairs, occasionally drowned out by the slamming of some door or the smashing of some object.

They were glad, if anything, that their doors had locks and their foster parents were downstairs. Because even from up where they were, far in the back of their dark moonlit room, the conversation was clear as day.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT YOU IDIOT! IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALL YOU'RE "SPREES" WE'D BE FINE!" A loud deep voice slurred and shouted.

"OH IT'S MY FAULT NOW!?" An equally loud, much more shrill and clear voice screeched into the night, "LAST TIME I CHECKED, HALF OF THIS DARNED MONEY WENT TO YOU DRUGS AND BOOZE YOU DITZY OLD MAN!"

"OH REALLY??? LAST TIME I CHECKED YOU BENEFITED FROM THAT TOO WOMEN!"

"WELL AT LEAST I DON'T GO GAMBLE AWAY THE MONEY WE FO HAVE!"

"OHHHHH RIGHT CAUSE YOU'VE NEVER COME IN HERE DRUNK AS A CAT ON NIP AND GIVING OTHER MEN MY WELL EARNED MONEY!"

"WHY YOU-!"

CRASH.

Both boys cringed backwards into the wall, covering their ears.

Tears had been streaming down Gon's face for a while now, but looking over and seeing Killua's own tears start to spill spelled out how bad this particular time was.

They both already had a plethora of injuries, everything between lacerations, to burns, bruises, and any "minor" injuries in between.

But Killua usually just shut down. He had been shut down for a few hours now, and "came back" so to say a out two hours who, panicked to find the screaming only louder than before.

Gon did not really like it when Killua shut down, but that was mostly jealousy. Killua had been through more than Gon could even imagine, (Though Killua would point out the burn scares covering much of Gon right face, shoulder, and arm and veg to differ) but he would love the ability to simply hit the off button and get away from this Hell of a home.

And because, when Killua shut down, Gon was alone. Mentally, at least, but he still was glad to have Killua to at least grasp physically to ground him.

Another loud bang had them wincing even closer too each other, Killua even reaching for the closet.

The closet was for emergencies. They couldn't risk it being found out. Not the closet itself, but what was inside.