Despite the sunny sky and warm weather, Rood's mind was stormy and dark. He walked to the food trucks in deep thought, curious about the conversation and what the man had meant.
"Now then, since they're out of the way having their fun, let's talk." The short man smiled at Rood who in turn had his attention on Shicmuon. The small boy looked at him, calm and composed.
"Who are you?" Rood observed the man who gave a mysterious smile.
"I think you should be asking yourself that. You're so heavily guarded and yet you have no idea." The man laughed at the small boy's clear confusion and continued before the boy could ask.
"I think you have a lot of questions you need to be asking your dearest brother. And soon, because you will be led into a lot of danger and your friends might just be dragged into it. It's quite a pain to hide the death of nobles. They're so fussy." The man laughed, even as Rood grabbed the front of the man's shirt harshly.
"You better back up if you think you can threaten my friends like that to my face!" Rood grabbed the man by the front of his short, his hands shaking. His throat tightened with rage as the man laughed.
"Be careful, little girl, you don't know who you're messing with. My superiors have the world wrapped around their little finger." The man smiled and Rood let go of the man's shirt.
"Then I guess I just need to rip that finger off!" The man cackled once more, the small boy providing so much amusement to him.
"You can certainly try. It'll be… amusement. Now that's all I had to say at this time. Not much, I know. Why don't we go stop the fighting monkey's yes?"
"The only monkey is that gorilla woman."
Rood shook his head, his hands holding sides of his skirt tightly. As he spotted the rest of the group talking he stopped. He took a deep breath before letting go of his shirt and walked to them calmly.
"Rood," Lidusis spoke as the small boy came up to them and Rood gave a small smile.
"Don't be so worried, Lidusis. It was just a petty thief, we got rid of them easily." Lidusis let out a small smile but Chevel frowned, crossing his arms.
"So where is Baldwin?"
"He went home because he was bored." Rood gave a shrug and the golden boy sighed while shaking his head.
"How about we go back to having some fun, yeah?" Rood smiled and the group nodded. Dio cheered with a little bit of sauce on his cheek. The small blond-haired boy shook his head and took a napkin and proceed to wipe the sauce off the blue-haired boy's face.
"Roooooooood! Staaaaaahhhhp! You're not my mom!" Dio gave a pout as Rood rolled his eyes.
"Then stop acting like a kid and I won't have to act like a mom!" Rood relaxed, the tension and his anger from earlier, fizzing away. He followed his friends as they began to move, deciding to let go of the situation for now and simply enjoy himself. Little did he know, Lidusis was keenly aware that something more had happened. At least, that's what his gut was telling him.
Shicmuon was walking down the sidewalks, cars whizzing by every so often, when it started to rain. It began with a slight drizzle before it began to pick up, getting faster and faster until it was a downpour. The tall boy stopped where he was and stood there, his mind muddled and he was too annoyed to try and concentrate.
'Why is he being so stupid? The hell can he do by himself? I'll just have to figure it out myself…. No that's a pain.' The boy huffed and shook his head. Little did the boy know, the house he stood in front of was non-other than Rood's house and Kielnode was home.
Now, when Kiel pulled the blinds, the last thing he was expecting was to see a boy standing out in the rain.
"Wh- Ren! Get a big towel ready! Where is that damn… There's the umbrella." After grabbing the umbrella, the man opened the door, opened the umbrella and walked over to the lost-in-thought boy. He couldn't help feeling that the boy was familiar.
"Hey! Are you okay? Do you want to come inside?" Startled by the sudden appearance, Shicmuon took a step back and looked at the stranger with wide eyes. He stopped and stared for a moment. Something about him seemed…. Familiar.
"…. Who are you."
"Right! My name is Kielnode Chrishi- What's wrong?" The moment the auburn-haired boy heard the name Chrishi, he gave a scowl and crossed his arms.
"Do you know… Rood?" Kiel's eyes widened and he nodded quickly.
"Are you one of Rood's friends? Here, get inside. Get inside." Ushering the teenager in, the tall man quickly shut the door behind them after shutting the umbrella. Setting it to the side, Kiel took the towel from Ren who merely watched them. Her master always had a tendency to pick up stray animals.
"Here, the bathroom is straight at the back of the hallway, you're probably my size. You can wear my clothing while we dry yours. Geez, you're completely soaked!" Shicmuon watched the frantic man, curious as to why this man was so worried about him. And he was acting so motherly that it was almost stifling. With a sigh the boy went into the bathroom.
Rood groaned as he ran home, trying to get there quickly. Dio had decided to go with Lidusis and spend a night with him. Running through alleys at top speed, the small boy got there quickly. He quickly stepped inside and the moment he looked up, he froze.
A shirtless Shicmuon looked to the side when he noticed the small boy. They stared at each other, and Shicmuon scowled at him. He only turned when he heard Kiel walking up to him with a new shirt, the other having had a stain on it.
"What- Why- Huh?" Rood looked from his brother to the tall boy who looked back at him. Shicmuon stopped before giving a wide grin and pointed at Rood.
"He's in some kind of trouble but he won't tell me or anyone else what it is." Shicmuon looked at Kielnode, a now serious look on his face and Rood's mouth dropped.
"Baldwin you bastard! I told you it's nothing!"
"And I told you that that is bullshit! I may be an idiot but at least I can tell when something is not right!" The two gave a stare down until Kiel stood in between them with a sigh. Rood huffed and turned away, crossing his arms in a scowl.
"Rood, if something's going on, at the very least tell me. I understand not telling your friends but I can help- "Before Kiel could finish, Shicmuon grabbed his shoulder and shoved him to the side. Not hard enough to make him fall, just enough to move him to the side.
"Are you fucking kidding me? Seriously? I don't know about the Blondes and the blue-haired weirdo, but Lidusis isn't stupid enough to not notice something happened! And I can actually help! I could do more than him!" He pointed at Kiel who frowned.
"I'm the master of Opion!" The man huffed and Shicmuon rolled his eyes.
"Okay, and? I doubt you have anywhere near the resources that the Association has." Shicmuon crossed his arms and shifted his weight to one leg. Rood frowned and crossed his own arms.
"Yeah, and you have access to the association's resources?" Rood spoke sarcastically and Shicmuon smirked.
"Being a rank one magician there does have its perks." The two siblings looked at each other and Rood frowned.
"You expect me to believe that? You go to my school."
"Against my will. Apparently, my mom wanted me to go to school or some shit." Shicmuon shrugged and it was then that it hit him what made the tall boy so familiar. Kiel clapped at his eureka moment.
"The chairman! That's who you look so much like, the chairman of the Association!" Rood stared at his older brother and Shicmuon scowled and looked to the side, pouting. The small looked at the pouting boy before giving a sigh and covered his face with one hand, yet unable to stop a smile.
"You could have just told me that you were related to the chairman than tell me something so big as being a rank one magician." Rood put his hand down and looked at the boy who was now scowling towards him.
"Why would I want to be related to that old bastard." He gave a huff and glared at Roof who burst out laughing.
"You're just so ridiculous, you know that?"
"Whatever. Besides, it's not like you're a normal student either, Mr. I-am-a-sickly-child-yet-I-can-easily-kickass-no-sweat?" Rood blushed and gave a look to his older brother who looked away.
"I didn't put that there, I didn't even know I was going to Helios until I was told and forced to go the day before. The person you want to ask is my annoying pain in the ass brother over there." Rood pointed to Kiel who sighed and scratched the back of his head.
"Well, I had to have a reason for why you missed the first half of the year." Rood rolled his eyes and shook his head before looking at Shicmuon.
"I shouldn't be going either, I'm a rank one magician too." As if he knew, Shicmuon nodded as if this were obvious. Kielnode gave his little brother a slight frown, resulting a raised eyebrow from him.
"What? He told me he was a rank one magician isn't it only fair I told him that I was one too? It's kinda funny though if you think about it. Two rank magicians, the only teenage ones known, and not only do we go to the same school but we become roommates too." Rood grinned, yet his older brother's eyes widen.
"Eh? You guys are… You're sharing a room with an older student?! Oh god, this a mess…. Wait a minute. What about that trouble you're in?" Kiel looked at his younger brother who swore under his breath, having hoped that he would have forgotten.
"I don't- Honestly, I don't know. When I asked him who he was he said I should be asking that to myself. Then he said that I should be asking you that Kiel. Then he said that I was going to be lead into danger and that it was going to drag my friends into it. Also, he mentioned that I was heavily guarded." Rood sighed and leaned back against the door. Kiel covered his mouth and looked down in thought, hoping it was what he thought it was.
"Rood that's…. Don't worry about it. It's nothing. I'll take care of it." The moment he looked up, Kiel was put into a headlock by Shicmuon.
"Do you know how fucking tired I am of being told it's nothing when it's literally something?" He held him down and Rood nodded.
"They threatened my friends. Do you really think I'll just let it go? I'm not a kid!" Rood scowled and put his hands on his hips. Kiel is about to speak up in defense when he finally notices that Rood is wearing a skirt.
"Are you wearing a skirt?" Shicmuon lets go with a groan, tired of the trailing off and the fact that people get so worked up over someone wearing a skirt, "If you're not against wearing a skirt then why won't you wear that cute flowery dress that you threw in your closet?"
"Because these have shorts attached to them, see?" Rood pulled up his skirt to reveal the shorts, making her brother frantically push the skirt back down and gave a look towards the tall boy. Shicmuon looked at Kiel and rolled his eyes.
"Don't lift up your skirt! And you! Put your shirt on already!" Kiel fussed when Rood noticed that he was in fact, not wearing a shirt. When he noticed the blush on his younger brother's face, Kiel immediately covered his Rood's eyes with his hands.
"I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like he hasn't seen me in only my underwear." Kiel froze and Rood pulled his hands away from his face which was a bright red.
"WHAT?!"
"It wasn't like that! I accidentally walked in after he had got out of the shower!" Rood covered his face, completely embarrassed. His brother stared at him and Rood sighed and dropped his hands.
"We share the same dorm room okay? It has an attached bathroom for some reason." The small boy looked at Kiel who shook his head and gave a glare towards Shicmuon.
"Don't let my innocent little brother see you naked again got it?" Kiel looked at the tall boy. The auburn-haired boy rolled his eyes after he put the shirt on.
"I wasn't even naked. You're utterly ridiculous- Hm?" Shicmuon pulled out his buzzing phone before answering and bringing it up to his ear.
"What do you need Old man," Shic spoke and Van sighed on the other side of the phone.
"I have some information on those people that snuck into your house."