After school...
The two Rirotas followed Lauren out of the school gates and headed toward the town centre without waiting for Ren to catch up to them. Riro asked in confusion over Lauren ditching her twin behind while she only shrugged after hearing her.
"Why didn't we agree to wait for him?"
While she was shrugging her shoulders off, Rirota sighed calmly as he figured out Ren's ability to manipulate gaps at ease, to which he asked Lauren about it, "So, you two found out about your powers already? Good."
Riro, still conflicted with their vague talks and body language, made her a bit frustrated as she looked down at her feet. Lauren noticed the female Rirota acting as such and remembering how she used to be like this with her lover of back then, she spat out her words in utter disbelief at the male Rirota as she glared at the both of them with disgust.
"You two are dating?!"
Riro blushed from her words. How did she even figure it out? She never met her in the first place but Lauren knew her through and through like a textbook!
"Who are you, really?", she crossed her arms, suspicious of Lauren's intentions. The latter simply shrugged with a smug look in her face, "You don't know me, but I know you."
She felt annoyed with her already, they're already not on a good start of this new life's relationship. She then referred back to Lauren's first question, "About your question earlier: Yeah, we're not related in the first place so it's fine."
Lauren blushed as she shook her redness away, "So... you can be related or not as a twin... well, I'm glad that Ren's related with me now."
Rirota interjected with a reassuring hum, "Hm, you two better be siblings by blood. Ren's loneliness was something I never experienced personally though."
Riro interjected his interjection, "What do you even mean? You missed the boundless love from your mother-"
Rirota argued her case with a basic validation, "You mean we, as you with your father's."
She shivered from remembering her father, "T-That's mean..."
Rirota had his arm around her body to bring her closer to his side upon noticing her shivering state, he muttered with a hint of sadness and guilt in his voice, "Sorry, I'm sorry."
She shook her head as she tried to calm down her nerves. Somehow, remembering her father can also trigger the traumatic stress in her mind as she felt suffocated from the beeping noise in her mind.
Lauren was worried since she had never seen her reacting like this in her entire life, at least, not now. She asked them, "Is she... alright?"
Rirota took one look at her pale face and shook his head upon seeing Lauren's eyes, "She's still traumatised from losing her father."
"How are you not traumatised from... your mother's death?", she asked after guessing on their earlier exchange earlier. His mother may have died too just like how her father did.
He shrugged, "I watched her die in front of my eyes during Winter, I think I have some kind of trauma since I refused to leave the house during Christmas."
"I see... oh.", she pointed across the street, toward the fastfood restaurant with a sign 'Fried Chicken Runners' on it along with a depiction of a chicken's beak breathing out flames.
They all could see Ren sitting inside of the establishment, waving his hands at them by the windows view overlooking the streets.
Riro patted Rirota's chest as if telling him that she's feeling much better now after resting on him. He nodded as he released her to catch her breath and relax with her own personal space.
The three of them then walked in the fastfood restaurant without forgetting to be cautious with the streets for any vehicles. No one wants to go to an isekai world just yet, at least... not them.
"I'll go buy, what do you want, Riro, Lauren?", he asked them right after they stepped into the establishment. Riro almost blurted out her inner desires for his embrace in the public but she closed her lips as a volcano effect reddened up her entire head. She murmured softly under her lips with an embarrassed voice and teary eyes, "Chicken."
He sighed mentally with a smile in his face, "I'll add more to that order then, large strawberry milkshake's good for you?", she could only nod.
Lauren sighed as she left them, "I'll get our own orders, we chatted on what we wanted earlier."
Rirota nodded at her before facing Riro to tell her to take a seat near Ren while she waits for them both to come back with their orders. Riro obliged as she walked toward Ren who greeted her with a wave of the hand, "Hey, you're his twin sister by blood?"
She shook her head as she sat down in front of him, "No, we're step siblings. I'm also dating him as of today."
"I see."
"Huh?", she was more puzzled with his quick take of the matter. He laughed as he covered his lips from noticing her expression, "I've been checking on you two for some time and seeing how the two of you... uh, doin' that kinda surprised me more if you two were actually blood related."
She blushed as she slapped her hands on the desk, only to make him as the sole listener to her slaps, "You've been peeping at us?!", she shouted at him.
He nodded but waved his hands to calm her down, "I came in for a minute then I heard that you two were doing it! Only that then I ran off!"
"Thief."
"I'm not! I have this!", he lifted his hand and ripped a space before shoving his hand into the ripped space, making his hand disappear from her sights.
"Huh? Invisibility?"
He shook his head as he pulled out a small pack of tissues from the gap, it looked like to her that he pulled it out from thin air along with his hand like magic.
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(Riro's Perspective)
Wait, what the fuck? Magic? Let me do it as well!
I decided to scare him by creating a small fire spark with a single snap of my fingers but I instinctively catch something that he tossed at me.
A pack of tissues... why? I unconsciously place my empty hand against my face to feel some sticky residue. Oh, did I really cry again? I didn't even notice it this time.
"Thank you?", I asked confusingly.
The half-twin of my boyfriend's only laughed at my words, it made me a bit annoyed with him... just like how I was annoyed with his counterpart girl. How is he even related to my brother anyway? But, I now know what he meant by that gapping earlier today.
"You surprised me, so... that's what he meant by gapping."
"Ah, he knew, darn I was going to surprise him with that...", he snapped his fingers, making disappointed sounds with his little grumbling.
I feel more embarrassed now since he knew that we had sex recently. At least... he's pretty supportive, right? I looked into his eyes as he smiled at me. God, why is he being a cute little brother? Also, he's so polite!
"Hey, you're really polite, ain't ya?"
"I don't think so, I'm just friendly to others, for all I care."
Man, why do I see him look like a stupid puppy? Not that he's stupid or something, it just looked stupidly cute. And I do like stupid cute things, as a girl of culture... Eugh.
"Looks like y'all enjoying ya'self."
I turned my head to find him and that girl walking toward us with trays of food. Uh... what did I order again from him? I watched him and her take their seats, him by my side and that little girl by Ren's side. I had to bite my lips as I take a really good look at her tray of food.
A smaller sized burger that's wrapped in a childish package, the employee really thought that Lauren's a little girl from middle school!!
"Pfft--", oh fuck I just--
Lauren's eyes glared at me with such bloodlust. Oh shit, she heard me! I can't help it okay?! I've never seen that burger in so long!
Ren sighing made her finally stopped glaring at me with such deadly intentions. I turn to face Rirota for his reaction but he was preoccupied with his strawberry milkshake. Goddamn it, let me see your sipping face!
"Mrm?"
I pulled his face by force to take a good look of him slurping on his strawberry milkshake. He had an expression that screamed 'The fuck you tryna do?' face!
"Ahem!", I cleared my throat as I properly take a good look at what he ordered for me and what's on their side too. Still... hahaha! Children's meal!
*shivers*
Oh shit, is it just me or it's getting colder than usual? I turn to face the little girl as I feel coldness around her. Oh! Ooooh!!
I face Rirota with a smirk. Yep, that's what I thought!
"Why's my front and side weirdly warm and cold?", Ren asked nervously as he glanced over for us two girls. She looked at me angrily as she pouted like a cute little sister!
"Lauren."
Oh? Names!
"Riro."
The both of us stopped releasing heat and cold abilities so that we can actually eat in peace. I still have to laugh at the child's burger though, it's soooo cute!
She did buy an adult's size too, HAHAHAHA!!!
*pats*
"Ppft."
There's two things I checked before I lose my cool, the hand touching my head is one thing because I don't and do like getting headpats but not when I'm having fun. Second... Lauren's getting it!
"Calm the fuck down."
I froze from hearing his words.
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