After a few hours of chatting, Alex came inside the drawing room unannounced.
"Hello sis! What are you doing he–" Alex stops talking as soon as he saw Bea and Cassie.
Come to think of it, this is probably the first time that they meet each other. I'll have to introduce them by myself.
"Hi Alex, these are–" As I was about to introduce them, Alex interrupts me.
"I already know them sis, from your left is Lady Beatrice from House Creutscher, and from your right is Lady Cassandra from House Braymont. Father told me about some bitc–.. ladies who were hanging around with sis." Alex looks both of them condescendingly.
Looks like I don't have to introduce them with each other after all, but I wonder why do I feel like something's wrong?
"Yes, we haven't met personally until now so it is quite the pleasure to meet your highness." says Bea while bowing gracefully, whereas Cassie seems to just clicked her tongue and looked away.
"Lady Cassandra, don't you think it's a bit rude to act like that towards your future fiancé?" says Alex in a prideful manner.
"What?!" I uttered out of shock and glanced at Cassie hoping for an explanation.
"Hmpf! Unfortunately, you are no longer my fiancé, the deal with my father was that only if I don't get a fiancé by my coming-of-age. I will speak about this to father when I get back home."
"Heh~ is that so? It is truly unfortunate but, congratulations on your engagement, I wonder who is the lucky one?" says Alex in a sarcastic tone.
Cassie smirks, "She's standing right in front of you."
"What?.. Pfft.. indeed, you and Lady Beatrice will definitely.. be a match.. *snorts* made in heaven." Alex tries to hold back his laughter.
"Well, her too, but there's also another one in front of you right?" Cassie holds my hand.
"?!" I flinched due to surprise.
"..Eh?.. Sis?"
"..." I avoided his gaze.
"She's lying right?.. She just said that to spite me right?" Alex looks desperate.
"That's.." I paused for a moment to think of what to say.
If I don't be careful in choosing my words, I might hurt either one of them, and that's the last thing I want to do.
"Sis.. Are you planning to leave me? Why.. did I do something wrong?" Alex looks like his world fell apart.
"Alex.. liste–"
"No! Why would you leave me? Didn't you say that you were going to marry me?!"
..HUH?! When did I say something like that?!
"Alex, I don't know what you're tal–" just before I am able to finish my sentence, Bea held my shoulder and shook her head.
"Your highness, marriage is not possible between siblings, even if your highness is part of the royal family."
Eh? You say that as if marriage between two women (or three) is allowed.
"I don't care! I hate you all! I hate you too sis! I'm going to tell father!" Alex runs back to the hallways while crying uncontrollably.
?!.. I sigh. "This is going to be a problem." Why does he have to report this situation right now, and to that fucking bastard, no less?! .. Anyway, what happened to his haughty attitude from before?.. Well, I guess it's kinda good for me if he is not completely similar to that bastard, he is more than what I can handle already, but with all that ruckus, I don't think I'll be able to avoid being summoned by the bastard, not after I made his favorite son cry like that.
"It's okay." Bea hugs me.
I ask, "Hm? What is?"
"His majesty will not punish you for refusing to marry that brat."
.. Did she just call Alex a brat, the future king of Aenavel?! And how did she know what I was thinking about?!
"But you were the one who made it sound like I rejected him. I didn't even get the chance to speak up."
"Then were you going to accept his proposal, your blood brother?"
"..."
She has a point, I would've rejected him sooner or later anyway, so it's better to do it early as to not give him hope. I know full well the feeling of being led on, thinking that the feeling is mutual, but then it turns out that you are just another good guy for the other person. It's not like I hate Alex, but I can only see him as my little brother.
For some reason, things didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be. I was expecting the three of them to get along since Alex looks just like a male version of me, and I didn't expect to see that kind of attitude on Alex.. being close to that bastard really is a bad influence, I have to find a way to separate Alex from him while it's not yet too late.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The three of us had a moment of silence until I break it.
"Uhm.. Bea you can stop hugging me now."
"Hmm.. Just a little more."
".. Also, Cassie?" Cassie is still holding my hand.
"Just a little bit more hehe." Cassie seems to be in a daze.
.. Bea smells like those fragrant envelopes that I bought in a Stationery shop from my previous life, it makes me feel nostalgic and calm.
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After a while, Bea and Cassie went home so I went to talk to Alex in his room.
*knocks on door*
Alex? Are you there?
"..."
No answer huh? Is he still mad about that?
I try to turn the door knob, and suprisingly, the door opens.
"Alex, I'm coming in."
As I enter the room, I see Alex on his bed curled up on his knees.
"Alex, are you okay?"
"..."
"Alex, do you hate your big sis now?"
"..?! NO! I don't hate you at all!.. I was just a bit upset when I saw you being intimate with those girls.. and when I think about you leaving me, I feel like my stomach is hurting."
"Alex.. you know, even if I do get married, I'll never leave you alone no matter what. I'll even bring you with me if you want to."
" *sniffs* Really? You don't hate me anymore?"
I nod, "Really.. and you know I could never hate my little twin brother." I hug him.
"But I want to know, when did I say I'll marry you, no matter how hard I try to remember, nothing comes up."
".. In my dreams.." Alex said it so quietly that I couldn't hear it.
"Hm? What was that?"
".. Nothing.. By the way sis, I'm sorry.." Alex looks apologetic.
"What for?"
"I'm sorry for saying that I hate you, I really didn't mean it!"
"Fufu, that's okay, I forgive you.. but you must also apologize to Bea and Cassie okay?"
".. Okay, if that's what sister wants."
"Good boy." I accidentally pat his head since he looked like a puppy who is sorry for misbehaving.
"..."
"I'm sorry, did you hate it?"
Alex shakes his head, ".. I like it."
After hearing Alex say that, I continued to pat his head.
"Hey sis, I have one last thing to say sorry for." Alex seems fidgety.
"What is it?"
"I told father about earlier. He said that you should go see him tomorrow in the Throne Room."
Oh my god, I can hear the angels singing for me.
"Sis, please don't die.."
I give him a faint smile, ".. I'll try."
.. If you don't want me to die that much then why did you have to rat me out like that in the first place? *facepalm*