"Can I ask -you- a question, Rirota?", she stopped on her tracks to turn around and ask him. Rirota stopped to keep his eyes on her face.
"Shoot."
"How are you and him... are brothers?", her question intrigued him as he had a little flashback of his past life after meeting with Ren.
"The both of us... are somehow, connected to that man in white."
"!", her eyes widened after hearing him mentioned someone she did meet herself back then. Rirota noticed Lauren's expression changed after saying 'man in white', began having inner conversation with himself.
[All four of us... are connected to that man in white. I know Ren's since it was in his dream. Riro's from her fear of disappointment from her kind brother. My meeting with him after I almost... killed those bastards.]
He noticed her face dropped as she looked down at the floor, [...What happened to her side of the meeting? It feels like it was recently in her past life... right before her death was it... oh, I should ask her that next when I get the chance.]
Lauren shook her head before looking up for Rirota's face, she began asking another question for his answer.
"N-Next question, how do you know about that joke from earlier?"
Rirota tilted his head slightly before answering her, "Because he told me that joke when we talked about school. It's a shitty joke for all I care though.", he replied with a neutral, cold voice.
Lauren interjected as she raised her brow, "But, you were pretty much smiling earlier-"
"Don't tell him that I actually liked it.", he cut her off as he walked past her to reach the 3D classroom. She smiled while watching him leaving her behind, [...Tsundere.]
She stepped forward to catch up with him heading straight for her 'little' brother's classroom. Once arrived by the sign on the wall with the caption '3D', Rirota and Lauren entered via the back doors.
Rirota entering the room suddenly changed the light atmosphere of the classroom into cold and fear from his delinquent vibes. He approached the desk occupying a blue haired boy who was in the middle of communicating with his classmates.
"What's his deal? Did he have a beef with Auroth-kun?"
"He even brought his sister over from his class."
"'Brought?' I'm sure she was forced into leading him over to our class!"
Lauren had a sour look after hearing the 3D's classmates spoke ill of Rirota despite hearing from Ren that he was a delinquent exterminator, who beats up bullies who bully normal students.
However, she noticed indifferent in Rirota's face as he stopped in front of Ren, lifting his head up as if he started looking down at him on purpose.
"Ren.", he said one word, Ren's name.
"Rirota.", Ren smiled as he watched his expression staring him down, "Brother, I didn't expect you to be in this school."
The entire classroom suddenly gasped from hearing Ren's clear voice stating something they never expected out of his mouth. Rirota scratched his cheek as he averted his gaze from him, "Likewise, half-twin brother...", he faced Lauren to finish his words, "And sister."
She was surprised by his words as she faced for Ren. The latter smiled at her as he turned to his deskmate, "This is... my brother, Francis."
"...May I have permission to swear, sir.", Francis asked with a lifted hand to catch Rirota's attention. He tilted his head as he accepted his request, "I don't really mind when you guys swear or not... just don't hurt others with hurtful words."
"Thank you."
"What the fuck?", Francis immediately used his permitted swear pass not a second after his thanks.
Rirota scrutinized Ren's right arm, confirming that Ren still have his indestructible and reliable right arm for combat. He patted his right hand, causing the latter to react by pulling his hand away.
"...I still don't have your contact information, bro.", he pulled out his phone from his pocket.
Ren sighed calmly after shaking off his odd thoughts of Rirota's touching his hand, "Why didn't you ask Lauren for mine as well?"
"...", he faced Lauren, with a disapproving look.
"...?", she faced Ren, with a questioning look.
"... Okay I'll give it myself.", he pulled out his phone as he asked for Rirota's contact information.
"...", Rirota raised a brow as he noticed a familiar sight of Ren's contact number in his contact information, [Motherfucker still used his old number back then too...]
Ren also have the same thoughts as his, when he looked at Rirota's contact information, [This guy still used the same number for five years...]
"Well then, we're going back.", Rirota put away his phone and looked at Lauren, the latter nodded as she agreed on leaving, "Class is about to start, see you soon after school, brother."
"Okay, sis, brother.", Ren said nonchalantly while looking at both Lauren and Rirota.
Rirota only nodded before turning away to step out of 3D's classroom. Lauren noticed him leaving and began following after him. However, after walking a little distance back for 3A, he stopped to face her, "...Why Riro doesn't know you, Lauren?"
"Eh?", she was surprised with his sudden inquiry. She crossed her arms together against her chest, "I was unapproachable and chose to be that way, Riro never bothered to glance over at me as she didn't find the need to hurt someone like me."
She sighed heavily, causing him to focus closely to her lips moving for words, "However, it did sting me in my heart that she died eight years before my own. Her death of betrayal from one of XtraDrinkables' last member... made it worse for my world's AurothWaters company to survive."
He took notice of her previous age, "...Are you implying that you're the oldest between us three? At twenty-eight?"
She nodded with a hum.
"... It's weird to call you big sister with that frame of yours."
"Hey."
"Regardless, you two are born in 8th of August. While Riro and I are born in 13th of March. I...", he glanced at her sour and pouting expression which reminded him of his female counterpart, "... will still try to call you that, privately."
He cleared his throat as he turned away from her, "You can go back to class first, I'll be taking a quick trip to the restroom right now..."
"Big sis."
Lauren sighed with her lips curling up into a smile, she had a thought on his rather unique attitude compared to what she remembered for Riro, [...Was I wrong with my guts on Riro's attitude back then? I should've stood up more to catch her attention, maybe that way... she could avoid dying in the first place...]
...
"..."
He left the restroom and noticed a certain gradient-coloured haired girl leaning against the wall near the boy's restroom. He was wondering why no one else except him entered the restroom as he was about to be amazed with the male students' stronger will to hold their bladder in.
"Your presence scares them, Riro."
Riro stepped away from the restroom after noticing him walking past her face, shortly after their absence by the restroom. One could hear several stomps and steps rushing towards the male restroom.
"...Should I smile more to calm them down?", she asked with a seductive smile for him.
"You'll look like a female pervert waiting to peek at them.", he said bluntly.
"Mean."
"I never was a good person."
Riro shrugged off her shoulders and eyes before facing back at her front with a tired expression, "So... what you got from Ren duos?"
"We'll be meeting each other later after school."
Riro nodded firmly, "Okay, I would like to know more about my Ren Auroth... since I have no idea at all who she was in my entire life."
Rirota sighed lightly as he have a side glance on her face, "Then again... 1kawa, they hasn't responded to us ever since we broke into those punks' hideout."
"...You don't think it's Ren?", asked her.
"No. He doesn't have that kind of power... since I've met him.", he suddenly clicked his tongue.
"Tch."
"What's wrong?", Riro felt like she needed to keep her guard up from the irritated sound of his. Rirota continued explaining, "That bastard Ren might actually been the one listening on us earlier before gapping his way to warn those punks."
"Gapping?"
Rirota sighed heavily as he faced her, "...You should ask him about that, you'll enjoy the surprise of his."
"...Huh."
They walked past a pair of siblings who were patrolling around the school hallway as part of their duty during break periods. A certain purple haired girl glanced at her back toward the gradient-coloured haired twins walking toward their classroom.
"...Now that I think about it, I forgot to tell them to catch up with the Auroth as their next assignment. Doesn't look like I need to inform them that now, right?"
She glanced to her left for her counterpart, Kanzo.
"You didn't forget, Kanade. You were just lazy to do so.", although he said those words without a single voice or expression forming on his face. Kanade felt his annoyed tone targeted towards her, "Ugh, fine. I was lazy about that... we just need to do a spot check on 3D going up, right?"
He nodded.
"Annoying weekly task... why can't the teachers make the disciplinary students for this instead..."
He sighed, "You are the one who wanted to try it out, just so that you can install the app into their phones."
"Shuddap."
Kanade swung open the front doors of the 3D classroom, revealing herself and her twin for the students inside to take notice of them. Her eyes shined in those snow white beautiful snowflakes as she shouted, "Spot check! I hope this week's the same as last week's disciplinary students' results!"
...
"The teacher's a bit late, did something happen? Ayani?", Rio asked while keeping her wide eyes toward Rirota who was chatting with his twin.
Ayani responded, "It's spot check period for the first half of the subject's period, no worries though. They only checked on your phones, bags and wallets for any inappropriate items such as pin ups mags, posters, et cetera."
She continued to add one more information about the spot check, "They do this weekly every Wednesday."
Rio nodded, "I see.", her eyes still staring at him until she turned her head and gaze towards the smaller girl with light blue hair at the back.
[Who are you? Just friends or something else?~] "Ah!"
Ayani turned to face her surprised, "What is it?"
"N-Nothing...", she stood up and began walking toward Rirota's desk. Ayani shrugged her own shoulders before putting away her textbooks into her backpack.
Rio stopped in front of Rirota and Riro, abruptly ending their earlier discussion they were having earlier.
"S-Sorry, Riro... could you help me to the nurse's office?"