-Ayato's P.O.V-
I was on my way to the dining room.
My eyes narrowed, 'What the hell did Laito mean by change in her persona?'
Laito had not too long ago informed me of the situation that happened between him and Miyami.
'Green eyes...familiar voice...' I gritted my teeth, 'You said that you would keep that 6;tc# in check, Sis. And if you can't..I'll just have to find some way to kill her myself without killing you..'
Opening the door, I saw Hysteric, Tableware otaku, Laito, and Subaru already sitting there at the table.
Taking the seat I usually sit at, waiting on the food. I could really care less if Shu's lazy @$$ showed up or not, but for Reiji to say he hates Shu, he surely cared about his arrival.
(That's right! Ayato is there for the food!)
Smelling a familiar scent of cooking, I didn't want to believe it was so.
At that exact moment, Shu showed up, 'Aha, I'll be damn. He must've smelled it, too.'
Seeing a silver cart filled with delicious food--even takoyaki?!--being rolled out from the kitchen door, a smiling Miyami was the one rolling the cart out.
"*Sigh* This was easier to cook than I thought. Well, it's all in the Luminitsa genes..Hm? Oh, you all are right on time."
(Luminitsa is Lucille's family name. She's a Romani gypsy.)
She began to place the silver platters of food on the table that consists of meatloaf glazed with tomato sauce, sweet and sour chicken with rice, Italian sausage Alfredo, beef Mici, chocolate molten lava cake, double chocolate chip cookies, vanilla cupcakes with cream icing and sprinkles on top, salad mixed with chopped carrots, radish, pecans, ranch dressing, and let me not forget the takoyaki with soy sauce on top..and is that chives on top?!
-Miyami's P.O.V-
After setting everything on the table, I rolled the cart back through the door into the hallway that lead to the kitchen.
Teleporting to my room, I grabbed my laptop to work while I eat and conversate with my brothers.
Teleporting back in the kitchen's hallway, I came back out and sat in an available seat next to Ayato.
Opening my laptop's lid, I typed in my password, then exited out of Skype to which the screen said 'Face time disconnected'.
Noticing my brothers didn't start eating, I began to finish the chapter for "Hypnerotomachia" and acknowledge their stares.
I kept typing, "Don't stare. It's rude and I get uncomfortable. Go ahead, eat," I said to them.
They immediately stopped staring and started eating the food of their choice.
Quietly sighing, I was about to start the next chapter, so I got into..my 'zone'?..as humans say today.
I wished to be the princess that didn't fall for the deceit,
the false reality,
the lies,
the poisoned apple.
Now that I had discarded this 'so-called' dream, my husband's blood has splattered everywhere.
I despised in the very depths of my heart. He was a lie and I had to get rid of him.
As I kept gouging out his eyeballs and eating his heart, I kept thinking, 'Consuming him will set me free, will let me know I've accepted the truth.'
I finished my bloody handiwork, and I was waiting for the darkness and mist of red that came from the blood to disperse into reality and blue skies...
But it did appear.
"What else do you want from me?! I've accepted that I've lived a lie! Why won't you set me free from your playground?!" I screamed as tears slid down my cheeks.
The laughter from all around me was getting closer as everything began to spin.
White petals appeared beneath my feet and when I stepped in shock, they turned red...
As the darkness kept getting closer.
Panicking, I ran from it; although, it seemed as if I wasn't going anywhere. I was scared, I was in despair, I pitied myself for my weaknesses.
The darkness had caught up with me and my seemingly last words were...
"Sister."
"Was I a fool to trust in love?" I asked myself aloud in a daze.
*Silence*
Perking up at what I just heard, I looked around to the table to see my brothers staring at me with confused faces.
I smiled, "Hahaha! F-forget what I just said, that was just for my book. I was really into the mood, y'know?"
They didn't reply.
"Anyway..what is it, Reiji?"
"I wanted to question you about your book, "Ethereal"."
I slowly turned my head away, then made a disgusted look, 'That was my worst book. It was too good to be true, so that's why I'm writing Hypnerotomachia" as its sequel to redeem myself for that fake fantasy.'
I turned my head back with a smile, "What about it?"
"It was pretty impressive. I didn't think you would be able to write something as light heartened as that. You should write more 'good' books."
Blinking my eyes multiple times, my jaw dropped, "R...Really?"
"Yes," he responded.
I turned my head away again, then made a happy look (_), 'Eeeee! He's praising me for my hard work! H-how should I make another story like that?'
I turned my head back to with a closed eyed smile, "Thank you."
"Hmm, I read bits and pieces of it, I'm not particularly a big fan of 'light heartened' books, but it was pretty good," Laito told me.
My eyes opened and I looked to Laito, "I see, thank you," I said to him as I grabbed a plate of meatloaf, salad, and two vanilla cupcakes.
"But...perhaps you could write something similar to "50 Shades of Grey"?" he requested.
A blood vessel in my nose popped and I quickly grabbed a napkin to wipe up the blood.
"U-um, I write what I experience and what I feel others experience if I'm close to them. I don't think I could write something like that."
"I'm surprised you've read something like that, Sis...You're such a lewd woman," Shu spoke.
"L-'Lewd woman'?! I am not lewd! My friend recommended it to me and I read it, and I was...really..shocked. She even tricked me to go see the movie...damn Fuko, she'll pay for that," I grumbled.
(Fuko: ~Girl, you Earned It~!)
"Experience? Nfufufufu~, ohh, Miya-chan, I can so make that experience a reality for you~," Laito mused.
"Ahahahaha! It's best if you stop jesting before I hurt your feelings, haha.."
Looking back at the screen, I started to think while finishing the sixth chapter of "Hypnerotomachia", 'Make another happy book? How should I do that? What would it be about?'
"Create another one," Shu told me.
I looked up with a puzzled look, still typing, "Haaah? I can't do that. I have to be happy for a long period of time to write a light heartened book again."
"Then..what made you happy at eighteen years old to inspire you?" Reiji questioned.
Thinking back, I began remember when I first attended Tokyo U, inspired by theorists and grateful for a realist's knowledge, and meeting Fuko and Kei.
I started to blush and giggle, thinking of the first time I went to a party with Fuko and meeting Hiroshi.
"What the..hell..." Subaru mumbled.
I came out of my thoughts, "I prefer not to speak of it. All I can say is that I was really happy to meet wonderful people, learning new information, and going to parties every once in a while."
"Oh? Miyami is secretly a party girl?" Laito asked me with a smirk.
"At first, not really. One time, I was given this strange concoction in a chocolate brownie by another student, I began to loosen up, but I didn't know what happened after the party was over.."
Shu face palmed, "..Damn...That's a site I would like to see..."
(Just when you thought Shu was concerned..)
"Sister, do not ever eat that again while you're on campus, no matter how delicious it may look," Reiji told me.
"But-"
"Don't," Reiji repeated with venom.
I blinked in confusion, "O..kay, then..." I smiled, "Well, back to the situation..I'm happy to be here with you all again, but..."
"But?" Kanato questioned, hugging Teddy closer.
My eyes narrowed a bit, 'I'm treading on thin ice. I better be careful on how I choose my words..'
"But..things have changed..it's kinda odd. I'm trying to find the warmth I found before, though...Never mind me and my nonsensical rambling. I want one of you to tell me about your lives since I've been gone."
"There's nothing to tell," Ayato snapped at me, taking a bite of takoyaki.
"...Not even about previous Sacrificial Brides or Miss Komori?" I asked with a stern tone.
"Not a damn thing," Subaru retorted.
I sighed, "If you wish to not talk about it, I will not force you." I stood up, then bowed, "Excuse me."
Grabbing my laptop, I teleported to the garden and sat on the rim of the water fountain, beginning to start another chapter of "Hypnerotomachia".
(I wanted a chapter where no one would bite her, so I can add in a little humor and less stress. Despite the fact that her brothers have changed, she still accepts them. I named this chapter 'Not the Same' because the brothers would never talk to anyone at the once a month dinner, but now, that's changed.)
