And so, the Monday also arrived for the two Auroth's. It was an awkward waking morning with the two of them being so used to waking up at the same time on their first alarm alert.
Unlike a certain gradient-coloured hair boy and girl, the two of them were lucky that neither of them woke up naked or covered in certain... liquids.
They hurriedly prepped for school and had a quick strawberry jam on toast for breakfast. They rarely cooked for themselves and Ren, was missing a certain half-twin brother of his' homemade cooking.
He wasn't sure if his memories of him are still the same with the Rirota of this world. After all, Ren died saving someone right after returning back to Tulips from his adventures with Rirota. He kinda... no, he really regretted dying without thinking to use of his gaps to save the boy instead of doing the idiotic and heroic act.
As for Lauren, she was more concerned with her Rirota. She rather didn't want to see the person who has a gang backing up her back at any time in school and out school. She was lucky that she was a loner who avoided any interaction with others.
However, it stings her when she heard of the sudden news of Rirota's death moments after announcing her success of shutting out a company named XtraDrinkables for smuggling drugs, extortion, money laundering, and... human trafficking.
She searched up on her phone and found her last searched option, 'who created ice?', it made her scratch her forehead from confusion before searching for XtraDrinkables. The first link was the XtraDrinkables' main website. They really... enjoy having flashy designs for a terrible company in her previous world.
She wondered if they're still the same in this world. Lauren... felt like she should at least tell Rirota to stop from figuring out XtraDrinkables in the future or... make her, feel more humane as she remembered how ruthless she was in the past.
[I can... stop her from becoming a mob boss!]
Ren noticed her determination and smiled proudly, [She's so ready for school. I can't wait to make some friends this time around!], he took her expression as a way to encourage himself for school. In the previous life of his, Ren has never made any friends and stayed acquainted with his classmates and teachers. He was hurt from the incident making his right arm numb to pain and the loss of his parents made him mournful in silence.
The distance between Fillidgea and Aledgea was approximately forty minutes from their house to the station and the train to arrive to the correct station and lastly the remaining thirteen minutes was used to arrive at Cold Ridgea High in their own time.
Perks of waking up earlier in the morning.
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(Ren's Perspective)
'9.02AM.'
Wow, the teacher is rather busy today... huh. But, I'm more surprised that my seat by the back windows are still there. So, my life's still the same back then to now. Wait, what if Rirota is on Cassius or Gearn-Lotus instead of Ridgea?
Oh well... finding him now versus in the future only have minor differences. He will either remember to get me to come with him to the Tulips or... find me to come with him to Tulips. Yeah, that sounds about right... since I'm sure he doesn't even know who's the man in white at this rate, right?
After all, my right arm is still here right now with me is because of him. Although we met in a dream, with those... white apples. He... sacrificed his life to save Rirota, right? Do... I try to save Rirota from dying for the first time during early Winter this year or...
Watch him die to have that man's... no. This could be a different Rirota altogether. Betting on deaths just to see him awakened as a Phoenix is a bit...
I shook my head, I'd rather not let any of him die in this world just for a little... overpowered upgrade to his Fire... wait, doesn't that mean he doesn't have his Fire at this moment? He should still have his... Black Holes right?
Wow, I'm thinking this long and the teacher isn't here yet. I should ask this guy beside me, interaction is key!
"Hey, it's been five minutes. Where's teach?"
He shrugged, "Don't know.", he looked around and noticed an empty seat, "Class rep is absent today too, so we ain't sure if it's study sess... or he's later than usual. We have to wait for one of his friends to come to announce that part for us."
"I see!"
He turned to face me, "You rarely talk before in class, did something happen? Ya found yaself a girlfriend?", his dialect coming out causing me to spit internally.
I tried to answer him normally as... I could, "W-Well.", stuttering, obviously, "It's not that... I recently found out that we have a long lost brother."
"You're a triplet!?", he shouted, scaring me when he suddenly stand up from his seat. I nodded and told him about it, "W-Well... we're just related by blood... nothing big than that."
He sat back down, clearing his throat before facing me, "Man... I'm an only child so I'm envious of twins. But, I'm considered special so I'm fine~!"
Special? I guess that's the common sense in this world compared to the previous. Twins are regarded as the norms while the only child either special or frowned upon. What about quadruplets? Or quintuplets? I'm glad I didn't say his name-
"Do you know who is it, got a name?", he said with sparkling eyes.
I just had to jinx myself.
"U-Uh... well, I don't know the name yet...", I tried lying to see if he's going to let it go. Seeing his reaction soured from my reason, whew... he took it.
I smiled at my desk, imagining Rirota's face somehow formed from the desk. Huh, I do miss that guy... way too much. He trusted me immediately after meeting eyes. He blocked my right punch with a simple grab on my right arm...
His heterochromiac eyes that just oozed confidence. I should go check on him... despite telling myself that she will be watching them to see if they're unaware twins or aware twins like us.
If they're aware...
I should be happy that it could very well be... the Rirota Xalysia that I know.
...
Recess came, we did plan a little meeting to the rooftop so that we can communicate there easily without getting caught by anyone staring at us chatting on the phone and talking about our awareness of the world's gimmicks.
However...
I kept my eyes on my back as I walked toward the staircase leading to the rooftop, there was a dude following me. I never seen his face before... and he seems to be wearing a leather jacket to school, what is he supposed to be? A gangster wannabe?
Seems like he's following me with some kind of plan, I hope it's... to bully me or rob me of my money. It's the easiest way for me to quickly... scare him with my gaps.
Imagine this.
You stole a kid's wallet after mugging him at some closed spaces, you were happy that the kid's pretty rich and then suddenly...
When you open that wallet...
...
And bam.
"Guuukk?!"
That feels great. I've been holding back for so long since I woke up today. He must be confused as to how we immediately appear at the rooftop of the school building. I'm glad that this rooftop is still the same in my old memories.
Now... this guy looks new to me.
I want to see horrors in his eyes as I cut my hands off with my invisible paper gaps. Oh?
"W-What the hell?! G-Ghost?!", his face became pale.
Damn... he's a pussy. Well, I'm bored~
I decked him in the head, taking him out of his misery real quickly. I guess I should try tampering his phone just in case he's chatting with his wannabe gangs. Do I... throw him into a dumpster down over there?
Well, I'm not going to totally throw him from the rooftop. My gaps can just do that if I just...
I squinted my eyes as I kept my focus on the dumpster a few feets below this building. Ah, perfect, I can open the space from...
*rips*
Here...? Ah, shit. I missed by a few inches... hold on, lemme readjust the size! I ripped more spaces in front of me until I was able to see the rubbish in the dumpster in 4K. Eugh, even the smell is strong already from the gaps.
"Now, let's throw him down."
*crash*
Sheesh, I could hear that from both sides! It's not too high up from the dumpster, right? Let's... just close the gaps before anyone took notice of some bizarre visions of the rooftop from the dumpster view.
"You're fast... I brought our lunchboxes."
Ah, sis is back. Time for a little discussion...
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