Notes: Happy birthday, Aspros and Defteros! Or at least I hope it is still your birthday. I missed Saga and Kanon's birthday last month so I want to at least write something for Aspros and Defteros.
Oh, this update is also for my friend, Sky! Thank you for always listening to my crazy rants, dear XD
Happy reading everyone!
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Clockwork
Chapter 3
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Saga woke up to the sun shining on his face. He felt strangely refreshed despite how late it must be. It had been so long since he had a good night sleep. Usually he would only manage to get a few scant hours of sleep before he was either disturbed by his memory or was summoned for duty.
The older Gemini then looked down and found a head of familiar blue hair resting on his chest. A pair of small hands clutching onto his shirt, preventing him from moving without rousing his twin. He wondered how the boy could move from sleeping beside him to laying exactly on top of him.
"Kanon." He called, gently shaking the sleeping figure, "Kanon, wake up."
The five-year-old blinked. He gazed at the older sleepily and scrubbed back the remain of sleep with his hand. "Sa…ga?"
"Yes, come on, it's pretty late. We have to wake up and get ready for the day."
The boy yawned and slowly followed Saga out of the bed. He watched silently as the older moved around to make the bed, "Are you going to prepare your Saga special again? I like the one you made last week."
Saga paused, his mind trying to recall the exact moment his twin was talking about. "Last week?"
The small Gemini nodded. "Un, you made some thing like…sandwich? It didn't look good but it was really delicious. Can you make it again?"
"Ah..." He had almost forgotten about the dish, if it could be called that. He just put together an assortment of leftover he found, adding a few spices and wishing that his twin would like it. They, Kanon especially, didn't really get the chance to eat anything fancy before. So, as the older brother, Saga wanted to take care of his little brother and prepared something that his brother would enjoy—
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"—What is this?"
"This is...bre—I mean, this is Saga's special! Come on, you have to try it!"
The Saga's special or whatever its name surely didn't look so appetizing. However, not wanting to disappoint his enthusiastic brother, Kanon tentatively took a bite of the strange sandwich and chewed it slowly. Inwardly, Saga sighed in relief in seeing Kanon eating. He hoped that the dish was at least good enough so that his brother could enjoy a decent meal. "How is it?"
"...it's nice. It isn't bland like the porridge that you brought last time." Taking another bite of the small bread, Kanon frowned as he looked at the other. "Where is yours?"
His twin smiled, "I am not hungry."
Kanon looked at Saga then at the sandwich on his hand. He stared long at it before clumsily dividing the sandwich into two uneven pieces. He gave the biggest piece to Saga, "There. We can eat them together."
Saga shook his head, refusing the offered treat, "You should eat. I have...eaten mine before coming here."
Kanon pushed the small bread stubbornly to Saga's direction, "I won't eat if you're not eating."
Seeing the determined look on his twin's face, the older finally relented and reluctantly accepted his share. Kanon beamed at him and quickly went back his sandwich.
"Can you make this again next week, Sa—"
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"—ga? Are you okay?"
Feeling an insistent tug on his pants, Saga looked down to find a pair of sea green eyes staring worriedly at him. "Don't worry. I am fine." He reassured the other, "why don't you go wash yourself while I prepare breakfast?"
Kanon immediately brightened, "I can go alone?"
"Yes, but please be careful and try not to get water everywhere."
As the small figure of his brother ran off to the direction of the bathroom, Saga headed to the kitchen and set to prepare the breakfast Kanon requested. However, as there was barely anything left in his pantry, he was only able to make a simple sandwich and reheat the leftover soup they had yesterday. He carried everything to the table just as Kanon made his appearance.
"How can you make them so fast?" The small blunette asked in amazement. He looked at the food being laid down on the table and felt his stomach growl at the delicious smell. Everything looked so good! The vegetables looked so fresh, and the soup was still steaming! He hurriedly turned to Saga and saw the older nod, giving him the go ahead. Kanon didn't waste time as he dived onto his sandwich. The bread was really soft and fluffy, it tasted really good combined with crunchy vegetable, cheese, and ham! It didn't take long for the younger Gemini to finish his share, and he was about to reach for the last remaining sandwich when he recognized that Saga hasn't eaten and just watched him. He looked around the table, and didn't see any other sandwich besides the one before him. "You are not eating?"
"I don't usually eat breakfast in the morning."
Kanon frowned, he didn't seem all pleased with the answer. "But you always say that breakfast is really important!"
"I did…" the older admitted. He did say that before, long before they arrived at Sanctuary and he became a full-fledged saint. But things were different now. "We just don't have much time today." he tried to explain, seeing his brother frown deepened. He brought his cooling cup of coffee and showed it to Kanon, "This will hold me until lunch."
Kanon didn't say anything and simply stared pointedly at the other for a good while. "Saga, since you're now bigger then you can use knife right?"
The older seemed surprised at being asked. He nodded at his twin and answered hesitatingly, "…yes."
"Then cut this for me?" With that, the small blunette pushed the plate to his direction. Saga reluctantly obeyed and cut the sandwich into four smaller pieces. Kanon smiled happily at the result, he took two of the smaller pieces and offered the rest to him, "This is for you and this for me!"
"I won't eat if you're not eating."
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Chapter Ends
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Notes: Thank you for reading! Please leave a review for the starving author XD