Rirota lifted his eyes up to sneak a little peek of her beautiful face savouring his cooking. He has made the most easiest recipe that can be cooked instantly.
That's right, it's instant noodles with a sliced in half boiled egg. He had lost most of his strength today after everything that happened today, it was indeed an exhausting and thrilling day with others but mostly with his alter ego, Riro.
He couldn't really see her expression due to the warm fog the noodles were making, he really hoped that she doesn't speak about the dinner choice of the night. He could at least made some egg fried rice, with a dose of MSG in the honor of a certain uncle on the internet. Well, it didn't matter much if she disliked the meal or not.
[As long as we're not starving before bed, that's fine by me... I'm not sure whether I can still trust that 1kawa guy.]
He sighed inwardly, [What if it was a trap? A little play by... who? Virgils? I get that we're not friends but I haven't beat up any of his gangs for picking on students, since I've been raring to punch someone up ever since Ritoxen made me terribly mad.
I never forget, and it's annoying... everything pisses me off at the slightest bit! Like... why the fuck is this spicy instant noodles so fucking spicy kind of pissed off!]
Rirota sighed a bated breath as he continued thinking about 1kawa, [The only reason why I kinda want to see if this guy is telling the truth about Rou's in danger was mainly because of my selfish anger. I just want a really good reason to beat some people up and if they're messing with my friends? Boo-fucking-yah, I'm coming to demolish that fuckwit.]
"Riro? Hello?~"
"A?", Rirota looked straight in her eyes as she went back to eating, "What's on your mind, Rirota?"
He sighed as he placed down his chopsticks, "About 1kawa, do you know anyone who it might be?"
Her eyes that was showing concern suddenly lost it's intrigue, "No... jeez, here I thought you were staring at me or something..."
Rirota almost let out a snort reading her lips muttered under her breath. He was expecting her to talk about their disappointing meal this night but it sounded like she was okay with having instant noodles.
Riro on the other hand, was thankful for the warm fog covering up her face while eating. She didn't want him to notice her being worried after what had happened earlier on their way home.
She was approached by a stranger while Rirota excused himself to the public restroom back at Coldaren Station. The stranger was indeed waiting for one of them to separate as she could remember her words clear as day.
I'll come back for you two on another time, I don't attack those who are tired although it's the best for a trained killer like me. Have this as a little something to keep us in touch.
[I have the USB thumbdrive in my bedside cabinet, the one that so called trained killer told me as a little gift. I've yet to tell him about it. And damn it, Tuesday today especially are the worst day in my life.]
She finished the bowl clean after drinking the entirety of the broth, Rirota was rather amazed but at the same time felt like that was unhealthy, [Better drink a ton of warm water after all that...]
Riro stood up and grabbed her bowl to wash them at the kitchen sink. She then stopped before living the living room to face her back, "Um, Rirota..."
He turned around to face her, with some noodles still being slurped by him, "?"
She looked at him as her mouth opened up but hesitation hit her. She felt worried that he or her might one day get genuinely injured by the trained killer who approached her back then.
"...See you in bed."
Rirota frowned slightly at the sight of her leaving to the kitchen area. He was wondering what was in her mind, and shook his head as he finished his own bowl of instant noodles.
"...Girl... there's something going on when I left you for the restroom, was it?", he had his own suspicions as he felt something was off with Riro's expression the entire time they walked home after he came back from a quick break.
He smiled with such bitter glare, "...Who tried to threat you, Riro?"
...
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(Riro's Perspective)
I bit my lips in embarrassment. See you in bed?! That's the most embarrassing shit I've ever said to anyone other than my imaginary friend I used to have since I was in kindergarten!
"Urgh." I shook my head as a sigh came out of my mouth.
I went upstairs right after washing the bowl and threw away the disposable chopsticks into the bin near the sink.
Well, I should think about the deal with that stranger. Thank god for big sis' laptop gift, I can make use of it by first checking out the point of that little something she gave me.
Barging into my own bedroom to hurriedly open my bedside cabinet's drawer and snatched the thumbstick.
Now then, my laptop should be in my closet since I can't be bothered to use it yet until now.
*start up*
Oh, impressive. Atomic 10, the latest version of the operating system under the same name. Sis bought something real good as a gift. It just need a little bit more of my flavours here and there but that's just end user's things. Not really her fault!
I plugged in the stick and waited as the system tried to detect the device...
*ping*
Good, looks like it's a...
Notepad with the name 'readme', and a video... this is a virus isn't it? For fucks sake! I completely plugged in a virus into a new laptop!
I still need to know what's the readme file is about. I reluctantly double clicked on the file as it popped a new window of the notepad's program.
I read the first line of text I see from the top.
'I take it that both of you have talked about this.'
...This bitch... you think I can't do this alone? You really think that I'm incapable? That I'm a wuss? I continued reading the file.
'Have you watched the video yet? Oh, if you haven't, that is fine by me. Since that makes you two are a bunch of confidence or arrogance in my own dictionary.'
Arrogance? Wow, I never heard that in so long. This so called killer is cocky!
'The male Rirota, if this was only you reading this... have fun with not breaking your teeth from clenching too much. You're too hotheaded to even think you can defeat me.'
Hm? Him having anger issues? I suddenly had a flashback of watching him almost decking Ritoxen's head. Ahh... the face that made my heart bumped into the moon...
'If the one reading this was you, the female Rirota...'
My eyes went wide from the shock of reading the next line of her final say in the file.
'I know your little secrets, *******_****.'
My... GramGram handle... I trembled. I never felt something like this before, is this genuine fear of the unknown? I gulped involuntarily as I checked out the video, opening another program of a video playback player.
Huh? Is that the stranger from before? She wore all black too with the hood on so I couldn't see clearly from the low quality of the video capture.
I wanted to swear at the low quality but it didn't matter as my eyes shrunk at the stranger's body suddenly vaporised into grey fogs.
Similar to how that unknown lady had disappeared from the station... Magic? I don't think so, our history books clearly say that magic had long vanished from this world after technology advanced throughout the whole Agenda.
Is this...
"Riro? Why are you watching something in the dark?"
*click*
My eyes was almost blinded from the sudden brightness of my surroundings. But, I need to look at this...
The video stopped and had something written in full English in the form of grey smoke.
'Sunday, 7:00 AM. I will be there.'
"Hm? A date and time?" Rirota's voice suddenly startled me. I stammered through my words, "U-Uhmm, you see..."
Do I tell him?
"Save your breath, I take it that this person was the one who came after you the moment I left you behind for a second..."
He snatched my laptop off my hands with ease as he replayed the video for his own entertainment, "...CGI? Do you play video games?"
I shook my head, I have never touched a single game ever since I've been studying my ass off just for my internet and public reputation.
"Me neither."
Do... I tell him that?
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Rirota closed his eyes to fully absorbed what he had just watched. The video the 'trained killer' had sent them are bizarre enough to even be a real thing. He exited the window to find the notepad she had opened. His eyes widened as he read the line about him, "This person knows us."
"Yeah... why does this happen to us anyway?"
Rirota had his fingers against his chin, "I doubt it's Virgils, although we got off the wrong foot but since I can't find a single one of Virgil's lackeys that bully on students."
Riro nodded, "Yeah, uhmm... I'm sorry for not telling you first.", he faced her with a confused face, "It's not your fault."
"It's my fault for leaving you behind for a moment, I let my guard down a little too much lately."
Rirota sighed heavily as he closed her laptop off after noticing what the stranger said about Riro's secrets. However, he didn't bother to pry into her past as he too has his own past. He almost killed someone for attempted rape on one of the middle schoolers in the past.
It was only lucky that he was left scot-free by a certain gentleman who greeted him in the past. The man wore white coat, white cap to hide his pale blonde hair as his expression showed fatherly concern to Rirota as if he was his long lost son.
Rirota knew that his real father was not him, his father never looked as tall as that gentleman. So, he wondered why did he help him and why does everyone obeyed his words like he's some kind of a God?
He soon forgotten about him as time passed, until now. He was reminded of his own secrets as he glanced toward Riro's serious eyes staring on the floor, [...Is she also... thinking about her troubling secrets?]
Riro felt him staring at her as she lifted her eyes to look at him, "Hm?"
"...Go take a bath first, I'll go in later.", he said after noticing her blinks, Riro shook her head lightly, "You go first... I... am going to...", she grabbed her laptop that was still in his hands, "Do... some research."
He frowned as he was perplexed by her sudden words, what did she mean by research? Is it related to her secrets? Or is it related to this mysterious person who approached her?
Rirota nodded quietly as he patted her shoulder, "Okay then. I'll be done soon."
She hummed softly as she swiftly opened her laptop, "Hm." [I need to try to trace back this video to see where it was last modified at.]
[Hopefully I find something useful...]
...
...
Midnight.
Rirota had already laid on his back on top of the bed. He couldn't get any shut eyes ever since his mind is filled with various topics he needed to focus on.
1kawa's words on his close friend's safety. He needed to find whoever it was in school tomorrow and he should at least get some well deserved sleep.
But, ever since he had saw that stranger's video. He became confused with the strangeness of the whole Magic or CGI of that video.
*creak*
*click*
Rirota turned to find Riro locking the door behind her as his eyes widened from surprise, he didn't mind the bedroom door being locked as it was usually how the two of them would do before hitting the bed. What surprised him is her appearance, though.
He had his eyes fixed on her naked upper body, he didn't expect her to casually sleep so comfortably with someone of opposite gender like him. She walked to the bed without caring about her appearance as he rested his head on a pillow.
She climbed on the bed and covered herself with a blanket shared by the two of them. She finally opened her eyes to find his clothed back in her sights. A flush appeared on her face as she moved closer to his body.
"?", although he didn't make any noises. His body had already shivered from the cold embrace from behind him. He wanted to turn around and face her but he didn't want her naked embrace on him to cease.
Her breath brushed against his nape as her chin touched his neck. Her left leg had locked his left leg in a soft embrace as her lips puckered to kiss his nape seductively.
"...", he felt his heart began to race faster as his breathing escalated. He wants to see her face.
"!"
He felt a cold touch reaching down toward his lower body, stopping as soon as the hand felt a bulge slowly increasing in size from the sexual pleasure it was receiving. Her voice finally came out after feeling up his boner, "... You're hard."
"O-Of course I am!", he almost jumped from her voice as he shouted at her quietly. She snickered sneakily as her hand slowly stripped him from his boxers to fully feel out his large veiny rod.
She didn't need to look at it as she made out with his nape, giving him a surge of pleasure from behind. He moaned but managed to keep his voice down by clenching his teeth and lips together.
Riro felt irritated from his attempt to suppress his voice as she nibbled on his exposed left ear under his hair. He squirmed from her wet tongue and lips assaulting his ear and her hand jerking him off were making his mind blank out.
[Was all of this from what she read on the train?], he couldn't believe how fast she's learning from just the pornographic comic pages she 'opened' by accident.
He pushed her leg off his before tossing himself around to face her face. Their eyes locked deeply as he reached closer to her lips, kissing her. Her hands on his tip and shaft as she continued rubbing him off while his hand pulled her waist closer to his body.
He could feel her colder body soothing his warmer body as they continued drowning their ears with breaths and wet kisses. He pulled his lips away from her to keep his direct eye contact with her as he speak.
"My turn to pleasure you next.", he gently pushed her body until her stomach faced the ceiling. Her blushes warmed up her face as she watched the ceiling suddenly being overtaken by his sexy sweaty face.
"W-Wait!"
He stopped as his expression was shocked, he watched her trembling eyes as he focused on her lips moving, "C... C-Can I tell you something? It's about my... past."
His tight expression relieved as he sighed against her neck before biting on it with his lips, "Ahn!"
He lifted his eyes to watch her wet eyes, making his voice brushed on her neck on purpose, "I'm listening, go ahead."
She opened her mouth but let out a moan rather than words, "Aaahn!~", she cupped her mouth as she watched him licking her neck like a cat grooming itself.
"L-Let me... speak!", she wrapped her fingers against the back of his neck, squeezing it to make him stop. He spoke as he rested on top of her body, "Go on."
His voice aroused her even more as she gripped his neck tightly, her voice became softer than ever, "Don't move until I finished, you dummy."
His little nod made her heart bumped harder, she managed to control herself as she blew into his ear softly. Watching his ear twitched and turned red from her breath made her lower her voice even more as she whispered deep into his ear.
"I was a terrible girl in my first year of middle school, I beat up a Cassius King's daughter for insulting my other brother..."
"Kalun... he's lazy but... if it's for his family, he would force himself to work harder than ever. I was smart for my age back in middle school and it did attract some eyes of envy or... amazement.", she gave herself a thought on how to describe her past with as much detail as she could possibly remember.
"That girl too... belonged to the envious bunch of people. How can someone who wore simple and still look cuter than her? Hehe."
Her little giggle was ticklish for him, causing her to hug him tighter than she used to, "My brother worked his ass off by taking two jobs back then, he worked part-time job as a security guard in the day and do deliveries at night.
One particular night brought him to deliver food to that girl's place. When she saw him, she immediately recognised that he was my brother... She--- Mnn~?"
He had bit on her neck, sighing softly as his voice brushed against her neck, "She ridiculed you next day in school?"
Riro shook her head as she pulled his head closer to her lips as she continued to whisper into his red ears, "She told him about me, she lied her way as she made him feel terrible about what a disgrace I was in school.
He returned home with a disappointed look in his eyes as I greeted him. He used to act like he was terribly tired every single night but... seeing him make that kind of face broke my heart, have you been in the same situation as I was, my... Rirota?"
He shivered from her emphasis of him being hers, however, he had never seen his siblings wearing a depressive expression in front of him, at least.
"I guess, I never get to see any of that since I've been grounding myself every day after school, I rarely left my room except for going to school and never wanted to go during Winter."
His words made her worry about him, his next words then made her realise that she was the one who supposed to be telling him a personal story, not the other way around.
"I went to school and... got confronted by her and... I think I just decked her in the nose. Last I heard before I blanked out of rage was her calling my brother a loser."
He nodded quietly as she released her tight hug of him. He lifted his head to find her tears leaking out from her eyes as she was reminded of her brother's misery.
"When I hear the teacher about to call my guardian, Kalun over to school for the violence I've caused on the King's daughter... I panicked as my head throbbed from the sudden pain."
"Beeeeeppp--", she closed her eyes as she felt suffocated from triggering her own trauma, she felt a touch against her eyes as she watched him wipe away her tears, calming her with his voice, "It's okay, I'm here!", Rirota never seen her in this expression before. She lifted her trembling hands, wanting him to accept her hug.
He pressed himself against her body, keeping his eyes on hers the entire time as their foreheads touched. Her stammering lips opened as she stuttered through her words, "T-Those... sounds I've m-made was reminding m-m-m-me of...-", she felt something stopping her words from leaking out, it was his lips.
Her stressed mind slowly recovering from the sudden panic attack she caused on herself. She held him closer, not wanting him to stop giving her his love.
She released her arms over him after calming down. She needed to continue telling him her story as her calmed and soft voice echoed in the room, "Where was I?"
Rirota smiled seeing her calmer expression, "After you received a headache from worrying about your brother hearing your violent behaviour being... true."
"Right.", her voice was clear but her expression changed for sorrow, "I panicked... but a miracle happened, it was also the day the test results were being released.
I was first and my test papers were being used by the scientists in the ministry of health in Aristo. Haha!", she chuckled from remembering her first ever taste of public fame, he smiled faintly although his thoughts in his mind was worrying him of her maniacal like laughter.
"Imagine... a middle schooler's test results being used by Aristo, the most advanced country in almost every damn thing!", her eyes widened as if she had gone insane. He nodded quietly, he didn't find her eyes threatening. Because he found a sign of humanity still lingering in her eyes.
She continued while placing her hands against his cheek and right chest to feel his warmth, "The King's daughter was livid, of course. She wanted me six feet under for humiliating her in the classroom and being ten steps above her head.
Not only that... there was this kind man in white. I don't know why but his presence made that girl afraid as he named her father in front of her while having his phone against his ear."
She lifted her head slightly as she wanted to get a closer look at Rirota's beautiful looks, "This person is important, I thought to myself at that time. He turned to face me as he said to me to continue being me and do what's best for my future.
I... smiled. I vividly remember how I replied back to him. I will be famous, I will change how the public sees me and..."
She rested his head against her chest as she whispered in a cold yet arousing voice, "I'll be as ruthless as I can, will you help me, sir?"
She giggled. He lifted his head from her chest to make eye contact with her, he wasn't sure why was she finding her own words funny. She continued, with a beautiful smile on her face, "Ever since that day... I've made a GramGram account and posted of so many things that made me look good for the eyes of public.
Everyone supported me in public, any rumours regarding my real self was completely debunked with various 'facts' about whatever those people had done wrong in their lives.
I ruined a lot of lives for my own entertainment. I was smart so Aristo's public opinion of me was strongly positive and Cassius soon agreed as they wanted their business partnership to become stronger through my... mind."
She frowned at herself as a thought invaded her mind, "...I feared that one day, someone would be able to uncover everything I've done terribly. Because... I tend to blackmail people to make them suffer. I came to high school in Ridgea so that I don't have to remember what I've done.
I've made many enemies back in Cassius days, and I really wished that no one would remember me. And those who do remember... never knew where I was.", she looked down to face him in the eyes after watching the ceiling for a long time.
"Until today, that stranger informed me of my past but I've seen no news regarding my name in public. My followers count also reset down to a few hundreds. Coming to this world... was like heaven for someone like me."
Rirota sighed against her left breast, startling her suddenly, "W-Why are you--"
He then spoke as his eyes stared at hers, "You're still famous, in this world at least, for the better reasons."
"What do you mean?"
He explained his reasoning, "I've unblocked my sister and noticed her old messages with me still available to read. It says that we didn't rent the house a year ago. But they did."
"Huh?", she was confused.
He continued, explaining his side of his story, "In my entire life, I've never... blocked anyone from my contact list. Hearing her say I blocked her made me confused for a bit.", he sat up, sighing to himself as he reached for his phone.
"Here.", he brought his phone over to her face, her eyes widened as she didn't expect him to reveal such a big difference between their old world and this merged world.
She sat up straight, her lips trembled as she couldn't believe the messages, "...T-Then, what the stranger said..."
"She's the reason why we're here."
His words made her expression dropped, she placed his phone away as her lips curled into a smile. He watched her smile and knew it was forced, he wanted to help her overcome her worries and seeing how terrible of the trauma she had from the long beeping sounds similar to a heart monitor, he felt the need to be there for her.
"I'll keep you safe...", he placed his lips against her lips, after a quiet and soft kiss, he looked into her eyes as he called her, "Let's continue where we're left off, my dear."