Nyxaria somehow ends up staying with the twins longer than she expected.
Hello again! Well you're still here so that's a good sign! No translation for this chapter but I still have a key.
Key: normal speech, 'thoughts', French, American English
A hand shakes my shoulder, trying to rouse me from my slumber. "Go 'way, 'm tire'." My mumbled speech a bit slurred. The hand began poking me and wouldn't stop until I reached the point where I finally sat up and glared at the human, Hikaru it seemed, before taking the hand that had poking me and pulled them down by it. I pushed him until I had moved in an odd half laying, half sitting on him position, my head on his chest and legs in his lap.
I got comfy and figured he didn't mind me being on him. After all he didn't push me off. I ignored the sounds that bubbled up, little laughs, giggles and snorts coming from the somewhat now familiar voices of the people I was introduced to not long ago. The ginger sighed and I felt him move until he gave up on trying to escape and wrapped his arms around me. I hummed in content and slowly slipped back into dreamland.
When I awoke again, I was alone and in an unfamiliar place. I sat up, an orange blanket falling down to bunch up at my waist as I looked around the room a bit warily. The room was quite large and was filled with doubles of everything. Two beds, one light blue and the one I happened to be sleeping on, and the other a minty green. Two closets, one on either side of the room accompanied by two desks and two floor length mirrors. One key thing I noticed as a huge difference is while one side of the room it was covered in musical objects, the other side was decked out with art supplies.
The blue side of the double colored room had CD's stacked in piles on the dark brown dresser, earbuds and headphones hanging up or stationed in boxes. A few notebooks labeled lyrics stood on a nightstand by the bed next to a small radio. A few instruments actually sat near the side in cases, surprising me.
The green side of the room had sketches of random things, clothes being a majority, on the walls, boxes of multicolored paper and a large crate of things like markers, crayons, sharpies, colored pencils, and paints separated in holders sat on the dresser. There was a few sketchbooks on the desk with a small lamp stationed by them.
A small smile graced my face, knowing I got to see something about who I could guess are the twins. Throwing the blanket off, I realized I was missing both my socks and shoes, revealing my painted black toenails. I wiggled my toes on the soft carpet before standing when something a little odd caught my eye. Looking inside the closet, I found a box labeled pranks, a matching one in the other closet. I shook my head a small smile on my face. I moved to the front door and was a little surprised to find a pair of indoor slippers waiting for me.
Slipping them on I quietly ventured through the house, searching for the ginger haired males. I passed a few rooms, two living areas, a small bedroom designed for a child, a few servant quarters and the kitchen before finally reaching a room that caught my eye when I saw the twins heads from inside. I knocked gently, stepping inside.
My eyes widened as I took in the sight. What few designs I saw in the bedroom was nothing compared to what saw on the walls and desks in here. Mannequins had pieces of fabric pinned on them as well as others wearing clothes to form outfits and accessories decorated wrists, necklines, ankles and heads of others. My eyes traced the room and I saw the twins conversing quietly at a desk near the corner of the room, a paper I'm guessing had a new design between them.
Walking around I was quite surprised to see that some of the stuff here I had in my closet at home. I walked around a bit more before something caught my eye, coaxing me over. A plain black spaghetti strap tank top paired with a baby blue short skirt highlighted with bits of green stood before me. On its left wrist there was a blue and green beaded bracelet a matching anklet on the right leg. As I admired the clothes, rubbing the fabric between my fingers I didn't notice the sneaky twins behind me.
"It'd look good on you." Hikaru says, causing me to jump and turn around. They had matching grins plastered on their features and I gave them a mild glare. "Shut it Hikaru!" Their grins seemed to drop and instead surprise made its way to their faces. "How'd you know I'm not Kaoru?" He seemed genuinely confused as well as his twin.
I smile at them gently. "You two may look alike but it's not hard to tell you apart. Physically you are similar while personally you are very different. Hikaru." I turn my lavender gaze to the right. "You seem to enjoy music to the point you got as far as to learning instruments. You love the variety sounds something can create. Kaoru." I turn to his brother. "You love art, am I correct? You're side of the room easily shows you are very creative. You are also very talented and i bet if you put your mind to it, could draw anything."
The twins seemed shocked and stared at me with wide eyes. I decided to take a bit of pity on them. "I have always been able to tell apart any set of twins once introduced. After all what kind of sister would I be if i couldn't tell my own brothers apart?" I give them a wink, placing a finger on my lips.
They turned to each other. Very few people have ever been able to tell the difference between them, let alone this quickly. "It may just be because of her own twins, Kaoru." "I think so too, Hikaru. But maybe we could try to be her friend, after all we will be working with her." Kaoru was curious about her, as was his twin. "We can try Kaoru." Hikaru confirmed, each of them nodding to the other before noticing the absence of said girl and the outfit that she was admiring.
The two males made their way over to the small dressing area that lay to the side of the room. Over the side of the folding screen flew clothes, succeeding in hitting either twin. They took off the articles of cloth and folded them neatly as they patiently waited, neither brave enough to try to go behind to where I was.
After a few moments I stepped out, adjusting the skirt a bit before looking up at them. "Well?" They both stared for a moment before Kaoru spoke up. "There's something off." Hikaru nodded, trying to think of what the flaw would be. I shift a bit uncomfortably, braid moving with me. Kaoru snaps his fingers. "That's it!" He moves close to me, reaching his fingers past my shoulder to take my chocolate colored hair in hand and untying it. He begins to unweave the strands and when he finishes, soft waves fall down my back, stopping a little past my waist.
I turn watch as Kaoru steps back and Hikaru nods, both muttering, "Better." I smile, fidgeting with the bracelet on my tan skin. I stand there for a few minutes before something occurs to me. "What time is it?" Hikaru takes out his phone, checking the time. "Looks to be around Six o'clock, why?" I cock my head to the side. "Just wondering if you were gonna keep me here all night though we barely know each other." I smile as the twins chuckle.
"We can have a butler arrange to take you home if that's alright?" "Sure, but mind telling me where you put my stuff?" They nodded and led me through the house till we reached the front door and I was reintroduced to my bag and shoes. I thanked them before demanding one of their phones. Kaoru held his out and I quickly snatched it before putting in my number. "We might as well have each other's numbers if we're gonna be friends, share that with Hikaru will you?"
He nodded quickly hand the phone to his twin who copied the contact into his own phone, each snapping a quick picture of me which left me surprised. They each hand me my clothes and I asked if they could wait for me to change out of the ones I tried on but they just told me to keep the outfit. "Why take them off when they look so cute on you. Take it as sign of our new friendship," they had said. In return I placed a small peck on each of their cheeks. "Then take that as a sign of my friendship for now."
They called over a butler and had him call for a driver to be ready to return me home. I turned to the pair of them, smiling. "Thank you guys for taking care of me, even though we don't know each other well." I bow to them slightly and in turn they bow to me. "Expect much more attention now that we consider you our friend." They smirked at me and I moved to tie my boots on. A honk alerted me that the twin's ride was here and I bade them a quick goodbye with a wave, stepping out to leave the Hitachiin household.