Chapter Three: The Elementary School Life

Sophia ranked highest in the class every year. She never let anything get in the way of her studies. Not having any friends helped her in achieving this. She had more free time to get her homework done.

"Did you hear that Mayou girl got the best grades in the class again this year?"

"Yeah, she must be some kind of robot!"

"I don't know why she doesn't talk to anyone."

"She must be just as crazy as the Hitachiin brothers!"

Mocking laughter trailed over to Sophia who was busy reading a book for literature class- got the book today and was already ten chapters ahead of the class. She wasn't the only one that heard the remarks. Kaoru was also reading a book by the window, but definitely not one for a class. His brother was sitting across from him playing a video game. The two boys weren't hurt by what the rest of the class said,

"They're all just a bunch of idiots," Hikaru said.

"But who was that girl they said was like us?

They both looked over to see a frail creature sitting at a desk in the corner,

"No Kaoru. Remember, no one is like us. No one will ever understand us..."

"Yeah, you're right brother," but Kaoru still wanted to know if she really was like them.

"Can you tell," the two boys said in unison. "Which one of us is Kaoru, and which one of us is Hikaru?"

"Um, well I think, you're Hikaru," the girl said carefully.

"Hikaru! I think I know who she is!"

The class stared at Kaoru. The redheaded boy looked away and whispered to his twin.

"Hikaru, remember five years ago when we first started going to school here?"

"Kaoru, that was five years ago! How would I remember that?"

"I know you'll remember this. When it was snowing outside, a girl asked us to build a snowman and-"

"Oh. I know what you're talking about. Of course I do..."

"Well, I think that's the girl, Sophia Mayou."

"Why does it matter so much to you Kaoru?"

"She doesn't have any friends, just like us! I know for a fact that she was a very happy kid until three years ago, when that one girl died, Tomomi."

"How do you remember all this Kaoru? Why do you care so much? It doesn't matter Kaoru, we have each other and that's all we need."

"Okay Hikaru. You are the oldest after all..."

Sophia thought she had heard her name and looked up at the two boys. The twins were already back to gazing out into the sky. What are they looking at, she thought, it doesn't matter. They would never tell me anyway, they hate everyone.

Did she lose her other half? Was Tomomi her only friend and she lost her? I don't know what I would do if I lost Hikaru he's my other half, my only friend... I can never tell Hikaru that I think about these things. He can never know that sometimes I want to travel out of our little world that we built up... I want to make new friends... but brother is right. I don't want someone hurting me like how that maid hurt us by leaving when we were young. Maybe no one will ever be able to tell us apart...

I think I'll stay in my safe little world a little while longer.