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He could have stopped this weeks ago. The exact moment he realized what was blooming between you, when the invisible threads of your proximity began to twist into something real and dangerous, he could have pulled away. He could have kept his distance, played the cold-blooded phantom, and walked out of your life before it ever reached this breaking point.
He didn't.
And for the first time in as long as he can remember, the unflinching leader of the Phantom Troupe faces the ugliest truth about himself: he had been selfish. He had recognized the trap, seen the inevitable wreckage waiting at the end of the road, and chose to stay anyway, simply because for once in his hollow, violent existence, he wanted to keep something that felt warm.
Now, the bill has come due, and the only thing left in the quiet home is the bitter taste of his own hypocrisy.
**Canon universe with slights changes: After Kurapika leaves Chrollo without his Nen, an unexpected companion changes the course of his journey.