I listened to all of your opinions on what to do with the twins, and came up with a decision. Sorry if it doesn't follow your view.
Only a few chapters left...
Riku stumbled to her room, allowing her body to direct her while her mind was tangled in a mess of confusion
Riku stumbled to her room, allowing her body to direct her while her mind tangled itself in a mess of confusion. Satoshi and Daisuke… Were kissing. If Daisuke had shown signs of struggling it would not have bothered the Harada so much, but it was definitely consensual.
The fact that they were both boys did not concern her so much as how Niwa, the boy Riku currently had a crush on, seemingly had a sexual relationship with the ominously silent Hiwatari.
The Harada found that standing in the doorway of her room somewhat odd, as she was startled to find herself there in the first place, walked in and threw herself on the bed. The boys had not told the truth about why they had fought, she recalled walking in on the two strangling each other, it was a love spat.
Shaking her head in refusal, denying the possibility that Daisuke was no longer available, Riku barely heard the soft footpads of her sister walking in.
"Riku?"
The youngest turned to the direction of the squeaky voice, tears emerging from red eyes. Startled, Risa immediately sought to comfort her big sis. "What's wrong? What happened?"
She was too nosy, which was one of the reasons why Riku disliked Risa sometimes. But it also showed that Risa cared; she was not always a conniving, selfish girl. Rubbing Riku's back, ridding whatever troubles worried her, she awaited an explanation.
Riku knew Risa would not be satisfied with a lie; for one, Riku could not tell a decent lie, and Risa could always pick the tiniest truth among a cluster of fortified lies and expand into full detail.
"W-well… Niwa got a phone call so I had to go tell him about it… And…" She could not find the words; the words that could possibly create a whirl storm of rumors and demolish Niwa's self-image.
"And you saw Niwa and Hiwatari, right?" The implication radiated through every word. Risa had speculated the boys' relationship when she observed the odd argument with Saehara. Speculations. But now, since an eyewitness confessed to seeing it in action, the doubt disappeared.
Riku was not startled by Risa's deduction; having a twin, things like that always happened.
"Mmhm…" the older muttered, sheltering her head in a pile of pillows.
"So, the question is now, what are we going to do with this knowledge?"
Conniving. Definitely.
"Mom? Have you figured out what's wrong yet?" Daisuke's voice permeated through the halls, and from a soft jab in the side from Hiwatari, he lowered his voice to an urgent whisper.
"Yes. And I know for a fact that you were lying to me, Daisuke." Emiko's motherly, scolding tone reinforced her words, "If Hiwatari has done something to you… Something you're too embarrassed or horrified to tell me…"
Once the implication had dawned on him, Daisuke immediately denied it. Hiwatari edged closer to hear the woman. "O-okay. What usually happens is that Niwa and Hikari" Emiko nearly spat the word, "minds and bodies bond, forcing the curses out of their body. This only happens when an honest relationship begins, whether it be friends or lovers."
Niwa stared at Hiwatari, hoping they were not caught.
"Picture two separate circles. One is you and the other is Hikari. Now attach another circle to the previous two. Those represent the bond with Dark and Krad. When Hikari and Niwa bond, it forces their curses from their own circles to incorporate each other. It's much more complicated but I'll spare you the details."
Daisuke did not understand how this was relevant to what was happening. Dark was not gone. He was definitely there.
"But unwillingness does the opposite." His mother began again, "If one party refuses or is uncertain about this benign connection… Then Dark and Krad are absorbed to make room for the new circle. Not using only your body, but your soul, as well."
Hiwatari had a million questions to ask, but refrained, knowing Emiko would be prejudiced. Niwa had his own question, "But mom, is that bad?"
Emiko sighed, "Dai, honey, it means you will be the circle detaching. Dark will become the dominate soul and force you out. Same for the Hikari."
A sharp intake of breath came from Hiwatari, he obviously opposed to this idea. "How can we fix this, Niwa-san?"
Startled from hearing the voice of her enemy, Emiko refused to answer for a moment. This meant Hiwatari was close enough to her son to hear their conversation. It had to be a consensual union.
"Well, Hikari, I don't remember talking to you." His mother's condescending words made Niwa contest with the treatment of his boyfriend.
"Mom, this isn't time for that! We need your help."
Baffled and slightly angered by her son's outburst, she swallowed a rebuking remark and answered Hiwatari, "Severe all ties with each other."
Satoshi held Daisuke closer to himself, refusing even to consider that option. Things were finally working out. Why did this have to happen?
"There has be a different way! I don't want to-" Daisuke had nearly said "break up with him" and instead reworded his argument, "I don't want to ruin our friendship."
Hiwatari smiled briefly as Daisuke's hands closed over the pair holding him. Niwa was just beginning to understand his feelings, if everything collapsed now, he would have nothing left.
"I'm sorry, Daisuke, but this is the only option," The only option I will allow, Emiko said to herself, "Dai, could you hand the phone to Hikari? I need to speak to him."
Confused, Niwa handed the phone to his partner, wondering what kind of threats his mother would throw at him.
"Hikari?" She asked.
"Yes." He replied tersely. He would not relinquish his love for anything, not even disappearing to oblivion.
"Tell my son to go away, we need to speak privately."
Hiwatari looked at Niwa, pushing the phone to his shoulder to block their conversation, "Could you get me a pen and pad of paper, please?"
Niwa gave a curt nod, turning to fetch the objects, when Hiwatari jerked him back, landing a well-aimed peck on his lips. Daisuke blushed as they parted, thinking how bold he was to be on the phone with his mother and still act like that.
Hiwatari watched Niwa leave, particularly his swaying hips, which Daisuke surely had no clue his body did, until he could not see him anymore. He turned his attention back to the phone.
"I'm alone."
Emiko definitely heard the sound of her son giggling, the sort that accompanied his shy blush. She could only guess what Hiwatari had done. "I'm not as naïve as Daisuke thinks." She began, all signs of malice gone, replaced with a threatening atmosphere, "If you hurt him, Hikari, you will send not only yourself, but him also, inside the Black Wings."
"I swear on my life, I will not harm him." She was content with his sincerity.
"You love him." A statement, for it had been obvious.
"Yes." Hiwatari said with intimate conviction, a smile adorning his face as he thought about the redhead. His redhead.
"And he loves you back?" This she was not so certain about. Daisuke liked Hiwatari, but could it grow to be love?
Hiwatari was silent. Uncertainty clouded his mind. Niwa had said think and like this morning. Could it pass as love? "I believe he's starting to."
"And you have a physical relationship?"
Satoshi's face tinged a light pink, how could he answer that? "Uh…"
"You must, if this is occurring. You're eyes change color after indulging in sexual contact, am I right?" Emiko could not believe the conversation. She knew this was happening, but to hear it right out of the fiend's own mouth was different. A deeper cut in a festering wound.
Hiwatari answered immediately, "You are correct."
Emiko remained silent for a few more moments, mulling over her decision, "There's one other way to fix this."
"Join our circles with this love." Hiwatari had assumed this from the moment she explained the circles. Drive Dark and Krad back; do not allow their hatred to burn.
"Yes. Consummate your relationship." She could not believe her words, "But Daisuke has to be completely certain or else Dark and Krad will take over."
"I understand."
A short pause and then Emiko spoke again, desperate and somber, "Please, Satoshi-kun, don't mess up. He's… my only son…"
The line went dead.
Hiwatari placed the phone in its respected place.
Emiko trusted him with her son's life.
This knowledge traveled through his mind like wind spreading seeds of life. The wonderful sensation that he finally, or at least starting to be, accepted by his boyfriend's mother. They were responsible for sowing each other's lives, the hatred the two clans possessed driving each generation forward, burying the long burning sentiments with the risk of death.
Niwa retrieved what Hiwatari had asked for from their room, and raced to rejoin him, perhaps even catch a little bit of what he and his mother was talking about.
Suddenly, he was intercepted by two girls, the oldest hiding behind the other. Daisuke stopped to pay his respects, something they would, mostly Risa, be angered by if he did not.
"Hello, Harada-san and Riku-san."
They did not look happy; they looked intimidating.
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