Inside the classroom of 3A students, after the bell rang to signify the recess period has fully ended. Several students already walked into their classroom including Lauren, who returned back to class with the aid of Ren's Paper Gaps.
*bumps*
"Sorry." - Rirota.
"My bad..." - Lauren.
Lauren and the man said at the same time as they lifted their heads to face each other, her eyes widened as she didn't expect to bump into the very person she was keeping her guard on.
Rirota Xalysia.
He glared down into her eyes and scrutinized her smaller than average size as a demeaning thought interrupted his mind, [Damn small... is she a young... wait.], he squinted his eyes as he focused on her striking resemblance to someone he knew.
[Was it them that attacked the dickhead's hideout? How is he... here, then? The news of him losing his arm aren't there yet, it should be in the Summer this year.], he thought as he watched her excusing herself to walk straight for her seat in the classroom. He looked at his counterpart who was seated at her desk already and locked eyes for a moment, [... That's the female Ren Auroth, you do not know her?]
Riro kept her straight face at him as she blinked once. Rirota sighed as he sat down on his seat and began thinking on how will he get to know this new person who even his counterpart didn't know in her past life and world.
...
After class, Rirota sighed as he continued to dig into his memories for various places and times. He remembered meeting Ren in his past yet he never told it to Riro as she never had any relation with her own Ren Auroth.
Then again, he chose to not tell her about his doings in his world, only on several occasions of his first fight against bullies, his first meeting with the man in white... and his suicide after losing his future wife.
There are parts of the hidden memories he chose to keep for himself until he met those people in the near future, such as Ren Auroth.
He remembered going to Gearn-Lotus, to find for him at his college and he recalled that he used to enroll in Gearn-Lotus and had to stay a year back due to his injuries of his right arm. He wondered if the male Ren in this world is going to have an accident regarding his right arm.
[Damn, this is complicated as shit. How the hell they're enrolling in Ridgea now of their previous places?]
He can't remember a Damon in his life, only Mizuzaki and Kirigaya since they forced him into their friend group. After all, Rirota was quiet and introverted like that the two extroverts decided to adopt Rirota as their third close friend.
He checked on his phone for several articles on the Auroth family and was surprised by the two dates for their parent's deaths, [Damn... I don't remember this one, it was supposed to be a plane crash that involved both parents' deaths... next year.
Ren was supposed to have his right arm injury and surprising recovery on this Summer. But...], he searched for his injuries and noticed not a single article of his injuries, yet.
[I need to let him get hurt so that he can meet with that guy, right? No, why should I let the past lives affect us in the current world? And the main question is; Why are the dates all different? Is it because of the merged worlds situation? No... actually, wait! Don't fucking tell me!], he stood up and left his desk.
[This world is actually based on our aware memories together? Does that mean... everyone with the same unisex name had different memories of the same event?
I still have my heterochromia eyes, a visible sign of me dying once before... And, if I'm right... Ren should still have his indestructible right arm.], he scrutinized the blue haired girl at the back of the classroom by the windows, [... I'm guessing he too have the same seat in the back of his class.]
He scratched his head as he approached the desk occupying a certain blue haired girl. He noticed that her appearance are pretty identical to the person he's thinking of by the dark blue highlights on her light blue hair.
She looked up to face him as her eyes shrunk, "Y-Yes?", she tried her best to sound scared but Rirota could feel that she was faking it but unsure why she would fake her fears.
"What's your name?", he asked her. He already know her name to be Ren Auroth but he wanted to see if she's going to name her nickname to him or not.
Then again, she can't really lie her way out of her name as Rirota already know a particular name from the attendance list that Riro read.
"Lauren Auroth.", she dropped her scared voice as her cold and oppressive voice took over, [Oh well, he doesn't seem to believe my scared voice. He already knew that I look like him.]
"Cool name, do you have a twin brother?", Rirota asked another question. He needed to hear from her own words about Ren's existence in this world.
Lauren nodded, "Yeah... he's in 3D."
Rirota raised a brow and smiled, "Not available in your nearest cinemas though, right?", he recalled a stupid joke Ren told him about himself when he was a student in Gearn-Lotus.
Lauren's eyes widened as if she heard him repeated her brother's words, "So... you're actually his friend."
"Half-twin brother, mind you."
She remembered the same term from Ren, "Right... let's go see him, Rirota."
He nodded as he watched her stand up from her seat, he was rather amazed with how short she is compared to Ren's height being similar to his own. He then followed her out of the classroom for 3D's classroom.
[...Who is she?], a certain blonde elf girl stared at the front door of the classroom after witnessing the gradient-coloured haired man leaving the classroom following a blue haired girl.
Virgil and Vee relaxed in the hallway as part of their daily routines each break period they get in school. Despite joining every classes everyday thanks to their deal with Rirota and Riro, they still have some delinquent vibes oozing out from them.
"So, you did what I ask you to do?", he asked while keeping his eyes in front of him, Vee faced him with her eyes before staring at her front, just like him, "Hell no, I don't want to age too quickly from using it."
"Mm, that's fair...", his eyes widened as he stared at the blue haired girl walking past them.
"Oh, Rirota needed to take a leak too, huh.", Vee muttered quietly as she noticed Rirota behind the blue haired girl.
She then faced Virgil after hearing nothing from him, she said that earlier about Rirota was to see Virgil's pissed off expression. However, she noticed that he had a bright blush on his face.
[... Huh?], she titled her head and she leaned over to see who Virgil was staring at.
[He likes that girl? But... she's tiny as hell.], she glared at Virgil with a suspicious look, [Should I call the police?]
...
"...", Riro came out of the restroom while wiping down her wet hands with her handkerchiefs. She was confused with Rirota's sudden thought on a name she didn't recognise at all.
[Who's this Ren Auroth anyway?]
She puckered her lips as she gave up on thinking too much on things she didn't know. However, as she was about to leave for her classroom, a voice called to her.
"Hey, Rirota's sister.", he corrected himself as he scratched the back of his head, "No... wait, Riro."
Riro nodded as she stared at him confused, "What's up, Ritoxen? Is it about your sis?"
He shook his head, "No. It's a bit... embarassing for me to say this but...", he felt her glare changed as she began looking down on him, "...Not you."
"Oh.", she sighed after confirming that he wasn't confessing to her. They didn't even know each other after all. She asked, "You need my help with what, exactly?"
"...Y-You...", he blushed hard as he took out a letter from his pocket and held it with two of his hands, he repeated himself after calming down, "You know... Reina?"
Riro took a glance at his letter, and her face still formed disgust at his request to have her help him with a love letter to Reina's locker.
Then again, REINA KIRIGAYA?
"HAH?", she shouted with utter disbelief at his words. Did he really like that Reina Kirigaya? The athlete junkie who only think about sports and talk about action movies!?
"That silly goose?! Are you okay in the head, Ritoxen?!"
Ritoxen was taken aback by her concerns, "As far as I can tell... I'm sane.", he genuinely have interest in Riro's dumb athlete friend which caused her to sigh painfully from a sudden headache.
She held her forehead as she still can't believe Ritoxen's words, "Why?"
He gripped on his letter as he spoke to her about his memories, "I think I have Rio's memories of meeting Reina after transferring to Ridgea while she's in her gentle personality."
He blushed as he continued thinking of what Reina did to Rio in his memories, "Your friend was kind to her when she was slapped by a bully. That cute design of her band-aid doesn't really match her tomboyish looks."
Riro frowned, she never had memories of her ever meeting Ritoxen Damon in her past life. She began to ponder upon the mismatched information of his words and her memories.
[Odd, that doesn't sound right at all. Reina, Roun and I enrolled in Cassius... could they also transferred to Ridgea following me while I try to hide from my pursuers?]
Riro sighed as she snatched the letter off his hand, "Fine, I'll be your wingman to catch Reina's attention, but promise me that you won't fucking hurt her feelings, got it?"
Ritoxen nodded before bowing his head down slightly, thanking her for her help.
"Thank you."
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