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Chapter 3 - Alter-Ego

Antantaru, Mako, and I are competing at my house because our moms are gossiping in the kitchen.

Shinji: Antantaru-chan be careful!

Antantaru: Yeah I got this!

Mako: Are you sure?

Antantaru: Yeah so just shut up, Mad face!

Mako: Oh you're starting it!

Shinji: Shut your damn jaws, maggots!

Mako: Too much for a child's mouth, isn't it Coal Head?

Antantaru: Yeah- Hey! What did you just call me?!

Mako: I said COAL HEAD!

Antantaru: You wanna fight?!

Shinji: Oh, for Pete's sake! What did I tell you guys?

Antantaru's mother, Chaemin, and Mako's mother, Emi, came to us.

Chaemin: Kids, what're all these screaming about?

Emi: Mako! What the heck are you doing?!

Shinji: It's not my fault, aunties, these maggots started it.

Emi: It's okay Shinji-san… Who started it anyway?

Shinji: Antantaru, he began to call Mako 'Mad face' when he's just asking him "Are you sure?"

Chaemin: Oh, so you started it, little blabbermouth!

Kurosaiko: Let's just go, and deal with this when you guys get home ok?

They proceeded with their gossiping in the kitchen

Unexpectedly the doorbell rang. Who is it?

Kai: Sissy there's somebody at the door!

Shinji: Oh really! Ya think?!

Kai: Ya

I opened the door and...

Shinji: Camilla… 

Camilla: Ya

Shinji: Yeah you got the wrong house.

Camilla: No

Shinji: This ain't a "Teen Aged Karen and his brother who is not even attracting girls Meeting"

Camilla: I'm here because my brother Chad wants a playdate with….

Shinji: Kai.

Camilla: Ya, you know it is not too late to rewrite her name.

Shinji: Oh really, you think we would!

I slammed the door shut

Antantaru: Sheesh the heck man

Shinji: She comes here every Thursday, and it's annoying.

Mako: If I were you I would have blasted her away.

Kai: I don't even like Chad!

Shinji: See, we both don't.

Rio: Eyo, kiddos!

Kai: Daddy!

Rio: Come here, my little lad!

Shinji: Rio-san! You're home!   

Rio: Jiji! 

Antantaru: Good afternoon Sir Rio

Mako: Good afternoon Rio-san!

Kurosaiko: Rio-kun!

Rio: Saiko-chan! 

Kai: Ew

Kurosaiko: Bad, Kiki!

Kai: Still… Ew.

Rio: You're my kid after all.

Mako: Daddy's girl.

Rio: Jiji, is a Mommy's girl.

Kurosaiko: Yeah!

Shinji: Yeah.

Emi: Mako-kun, we're leaving.

Chaemin: We too, Tan-Tan. Say bye now.

Mako: Bye! (I'll miss you)

Emi: What?

Mako: Nothing

Kurosaiko: Bye!

Chaemin: Bye! Saiko-chan!

Emi: See ya!

Shinji: Bye-bye, Tan-Tan, and Mako-san! I hope to see you guys again very soon!

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At the cafeteria, Antantaru sees me and Mako looking worried while eating.

Antantaru: Hey guys! What was that about?

Mako: None of your business coal head.

Shinji: Rather not... Talk about it.

Antantaru: Don't give that face in front of the food, you'll lose appetite.

Mako: That's something my old woman would say.

I let out a sigh, knowing that I'll have to get rid of Elizabeth or else I'll be targeted again.

Mako: Hey!

Shinji: Wha- Hey you're too close!

Mako suddenly starts to blush as I said that. Antantaru started a suspicious gaze at us.

Mako: Ah! Sorry...

Antantaru is still gazing at us.

Shinji: Oi Tan-Tan! Why are you gazing?

I see Antantaru's body shaking as I glared at him 

Antantaru: W-what?

Mako: Stop gazing will ya. It's weird.  

Suddenly a girl with blonde hair came to us. This was Elizabeth's big stepsister, Elise, she's the only person Elizabeth is scared of. Her glare is kinda scary but it doesn't scare me, I know her very well. 

Elise: Yo! Jiji!

Shinji: Yo! Lili! What's up?

Antantaru: You know this person? Shin-shin?

Shinji: Yeah! She's Elizabeth's big stepsister.

Elizabeth: Big sis! Why are you talking to these lowly people?

Elise: Don't say that! You don't know Shinji's past at all! So you better shut up or else…

Elizabeth: C-come on! Tell us!

Elise: Her parents were killed because they were rich. You didn't even start from a high family like her, she's supposed to be bragging right?! But no, she's the opposite! The same for you!

Elizabeth: I'm going to tell this to mom! You're bullying me!

Shinji: By how? How did Lili-chan bully you?

Elizabeth: She's screaming at me!

Shinji: Listen, hun, screaming isn't always part of bullying. What you did to me before is called 'bullying'.

Elizabeth: What do you mean?

Shinji: Stealing my bracelet, calling me 'devil', hitting me, tripping me while I'm walking, and pushing me in my chair.

Kid: Ew… What in the world is she even thinking?

Kid2: She doesn't even have eloquence... She must be crazy.

Kid3: She must think she's so high.

Kid4: She doesn't even have a high background yet she's like that. She's bullying a person with high background.

Elizabeth: Stop! I'm going to tell mom you guys are bullying me!

Mako: She's not even your real mom, Scarface!

Elizabeth: You…

Mako: You wanna die, Scarface? 

Antantaru: Oh so your that Non-eloquence brat she's been talking about

Elizabeth: What?!

Shinji: I suppose you should leave before you start more fights, darling.

Mako: Is it just me or she did speak elegantly?

Elizabeth: How dare you?!

Shinji: I respect you, sweetheart, but it just bugs me seeing you screaming here.

Elizabeth: Don't say that to me!

Shinji: I'm just saying the lesser scream the lesser hate, sweetie.

Elise: Is that her attitude? 

Kid: Sometimes, when she's a bit calm.

Elizabeth: I… I don't want to see your face anyway!

Shinji: Neither did I, you just came up to me and started talking.

Elizabeth: Tch…

Shinji: Don't you think that's a bit unladylike for a first-class person like you, darling?

The bell rang, time for class… Again.

Shinji: It was nice seeing you, darling.

Elizabeth: Yeah, it was- Hold up! Hey, don't say things out of the blue like that!  

Mako: See ya, Scarface.

Shinji: Do you want me to repeat it?

Elizabeth: No! Never! Hmph!