[Killua scowls sorely at Blue when he of course takes that the wrong way, but he's not gonna stand here and embarrass himself arguing what positive things it could mean. things have reached a "money where your mouth is" point with their tension he thinks, anyway...

then Blue reads him so well, it kind of startles him. mostly because it's a confrontation of the fact that... well, they're close enough that Killua can't just casually lie around his own feelings so easily.]

...Fine.

He seems determined, I thought. How he didn't turn away in a bad situation, even when you hit him.

[he scratches his cheek. strong recognizes strong! but when it comes to more emotional matters... Killua thinks he might actually be more of a coward than that. the tension would have been too much, maybe?]

...Still wasn't enough exposure for me to say anything that means anything, anyway.