The grass around him crackled as his body shifted. He had unknowingly frozen the ground around him as he slept, yet again. Brushing his bright blue hair backwards as he sat up. Every part of his eyes, including the whites, were dark teal as if he was tainted to the core. It was simply a trait that he had been born with. Many assumptions had been given at birth for the cause but felt it was due to his ability freezing himself from the inside out.
"Hide, are you up already?" The sound of Nova's voice shook him from a momentary daze.
"I just have some things to take care of soon so I couldn't sleep." Hide said as he glanced around their surroundings. The girl that they were traveling with seemed to have gone.
"You chose to do it yourself.. right?" Nova asked the question that he already felt he knew the answer to.
"Of course, I will be the one going. You know I would never put you in those kind of situations." Hide replied while still trying to find sight of the girl. A bad feeling rising in him.
"If you're looking for Kosha I heard her leave a while ago. That girl can't sit still for anything." Nova said as he stretched out his arms. Climbing to his feet as the little red bangs in his blue hair hung about his face in a mess. It looked at though he had slept rough.
"Seriously.. What would mother say if she saw you like this." Hide scolded the younger twin while reaching out to help him with his hair. Nova had indeed inherited the same eye mutation as Hide from birth as well as his hair color, but his bangs gave a spark of red that Nova would naturally part to the front.
"Don't bother with me and go find your crazy loli before she does something stupid on her own." Nova blurted out as he slapped Hide's hand away. He hated being treated like a child just because he was the younger twin and not as well built.
"Oh." Hide paused as a light sparked in his eyes from a sudden realization. It did not take them both long to lose track of their own conversation before Hide felt himself getting slammed into from behind.
"Heeeee - Daaay!" A voice called out his name in a playful manner from behind as Hide's face flushed bright red. He could see the complicated look on Nova's face in front of him as a pair of arms wrapped around his neck from behind. The girl's long black hair draping down his chest.
"Kosha where have-" Hide began to ask where she had been but felt something cold and hard smack against the back of his head slightly causing him to wince slightly. The object slowly came into view as he turned and saw that Kosha was carrying around her laser gun.
"Kosha! You damn loli what did you do?" Nova shouted before Hide even had the chance to ask himself.
"I was bored waiting for you two to wake up so I just played around a bit. It's not like I went off after Tyson's group on my own. I know how to hold back!" Kosha puffed up as if she felt wronged by the idea that she would do something reckless.
"Nova, what's wrong with you? Did you not sleep well?" Hide felt it was best to try and calm his brother down before things worsened. They were suppose to work with Kosha and he could tell that Nova did not get along well with the girl.
"I don't want to hear that from you. You're just blind to how reckless she can get when she goes off alone." Nova glared at them both hard before turning to storm off towards Kosha's armored car. Climbing inside of it and sealing himself in it.
"Eh.. What did I do?" Kosha asked while still hanging onto Hide from behind. She could see the complicated expression on Hide's face as he refused to look in her direction.
"It's not about you. He's been a bit off ever since we came up with the idea of one of us sneaking into the castle." Hide said to her as he understood well that Nova did not like the idea of him risking going into the castle among Tyson's group. They both were the newest among the top ten but that did not mean there was no risk that they would not be recognized if one of the other top rankers caught sight of him.
"So he's worried about you deciding to do it." Kosha did not need to put much thought into it before understanding the problem.
"Of course he is.. Do you think I would allow him to volunteer for such a thing?" Hide smiled to himself at the mere thought of ever allowing Nova to involve himself in something so dangerous. The man they were taking orders from needed things done but Hide refused to allow those things to fall onto Nova's shoulders. If he could carry the burden for him then he was willing to do it himself.
Nova, however, did not like being treated in such a manner. He did not like being pushed aside all the time like he was weak. Sitting inside that armored car in his own little world his mind came to a decision. There was no need for him to hear the words his brother spoke because he already knew his heart that Hide would never accept the idea of him doing something on his own. It was always the same thing.
"Not this time." Nova grit his teeth as he spoke to himself. Reassuring himself that he could do it on his own if he had to.
Tap. Tap.
He could hear the sounds of Hide knocking as he climbed into the armored car.
"Things will turn out. They always do, Nova." Hide said as he tried to calm his brother down.
"You're not doing something small this time, Hide. Did you even consider how dangerous it is for us to do something like this? Walking straight into the fire? If you can decide to do it then why can't I as well? Why should I watch my counter part do it all alone?" Nova found himself spilling out his emotions as they welled up in his chest.
"I am you, just as you are me.. You are my family, my one to protect. Even if destiny points you to a different fate then me I will give my own fate away in order to protect yours." Hide said as he slowly readied himself to climb back out of the armored car. Turning his head over to glance at Nova once more. "It wont be much longer before I go.. You sure you aren't going to come out and spend time with big brother?"
Nova's face darkened slightly as he felt his own temple throb.
"Get out you lolicon!" Nova shouted as he kicked his twin from the armored car and slammed the door shut.
Did I say something wrong? Hide thought to himself as he stood outside the armored car in a state of confusion.