"Imma do the thing."
"Yuuki, no!"
"Yuuki, yes!"
Without even a moment of hesitation, Yuuki pressed the play button on her phone, instantly blasting a sound file she'd created for their livestream soundboard, but absolutely fit the news that Rachael just told her and the livestream.
"N-notice me, Senpai!" The adorable little girl's voice made Rachael's face go crimson, covering it with her hands as Yuuki laughed. Of course the chat was having just as much fun after Rachael revealed that she and Zenith were dating officially, not just having a secretive relationship anymore.
"Can I sic Dad on him again? Please?" Yuuki lowered her phone to resume their chatstream's relaxed air, since the two of them were spending it after they'd gotten off work, and were both gathering and installing mods for Payday 2 and Skyrim, respectively, at present.
"I think Mom should get her punches in too. I think that shotgun shell threat she gave Jake was fucking genius." Valentine's Widow message popped up in the chat, earning questions from the viewers about what he meant.
"Please don't..." Rachael was still hiding behind her hands, her voice slightly muffled.
"First date me and Jake went on, Mom tossed a shotgun shell to him and said 'it goes faster after curfew', which in case you don't get it... she threatened to shoot him if he brought me back later than the curfew they'd given him." Yuuki explained, typing with one hand as she tapped her chin for a moment, thinking about what mods she was interested in on the mod website for the game. "Sucks that it wasn't filmed for Darkwood, would've been fucking hilarious."
"Why can't I say I've got myself a boyfriend and get normal gossip questions?" Rachael groaned as she leaned her jaw against her raised knuckles to resume searching for interesting or useful mods for their favourite co-op shooter game.
"Because we're not a normal family?" Serenity quipped in the chat. "And you're being so adorable we just have to tease you."
"We should give them a ship name. Like Yuuki's Cloaker Smokers name for Sokol and Clover!" One of the viewers suggested, quickly earning a flurry of ideas until Yuuki locked down the chat after catching one in particular that she didn't like at all. Barbarosa, the military operation name of Adolf Hitler's initial invasion of Russia during the Second World War.
"I get that you guys have name ideas for them, but anyone mentioning Stalin, Hitler, or the Second World War in any form will get banned for a week."
"Wait, hold up..." A student did a double take at the sight of Yuuki and Rachael eating a hasty breakfast in one of the campus cafeterias, simple breakfast burritos and coffee. "Aren't you two those famous Ghouls or something?"
"We are." Rachael replied curtly. They weren't exactly in good moods for being late to leave for their 8AM class, especially since they'd missed grabbing their usual breakfast of flesh - human and a small amount of Ghoul for their Kakuja's - so the question was already starting to annoy them both.
"But don't Ghouls only eat... people?" He asked, clearly confused by the sight of them eating the very not-flesh burritos.
"We're not normal Ghouls." Yuuki replied as she tore a chunk off hers and began to chew it as her Kakugan slowly formed. "We can eat whatever we want."
"I don't get it... how can you...?"
With a snarl of frustration, Yuuki slammed her hands onto the table and stood up, her Kagune whipping out from behind her back to smack the guy with the flat side of the wide blade.
"Fuck... Off." Yuuki was seething, all six of her Kakugan focused on the unharmed boy on the floor. "It's not even seven thirty yet, we're hungry and you're being a pest. So be thankful we're omnivorous this morning and not carnivorous."
"You good?" Rachael slowly stood up and tucked her knuckle under Yuuki's chin, which immediately defused her anger and made her blink at Rachael for a moment until her Kagune disintegrated and the guy backed off.
"Damn Virus is acting up. Yours?" Yuuki heaved a sigh as they slowly sat down to resume eating their burritos.
"Not sure, doesn't feel like it was." Rachael shrugged slightly. "I mean, sure he was annoying, but I'm alright. At least you didn't hurt him."
"I was honestly going for bruises."
"He got up by himself and walked away, I think he got the message. So want me and Zenith to keep an eye on you in class?"
"Wait what?" Yuuki raised her eyebrow in confusion.
"He's in our Intro to Sexuality Studies class at eight." Rachael tapped her wrist to imply the time. "He showed me his timetable, it's just the one class he has with us this semester."
"The hell is he taking?" Yuuki asked, since they were both taking it due to their... interesting perspective on sexuality and relationships.
"General History."
"Boring." Yuuki shoved more food into her mouth with a shrug.
"It's not as boring as you'd think, Yuuki." Zenith spoke up from behind them, carrying a coffee cup in one hand. "Guten morgen, Rachael." He flashed her that precious smile, making her blush, knowing he did it on purpose to make her blush, just like that moment, in combination with his cute tone to his German greeting.
Their Intro to Sexuality Studies class was taught by a surprisingly attractive male teacher in his early thirties with a perfectly trimmed beard. And it was evident pretty quickly that he was passionate about teaching, even Yuuki with her agitated T-Virus could tell. Zenith had been briefed on her little issue, and gave her a careful check every so often as they went through the student introductions, until it was their turn.
Yuuki and Rachael introduced themselves the same as their previous classes. "We're the Darkwood twins. I'm Yuuki, the older one. This is Rachael." She indicated her sister with one hand. "In case the six glowing eyes and the sparkling silver hair didn't give it away, we're not human. We're T-Ghouls."
Several girls immediately began clamoring to speak to them, but in a surprising display of tact, their professor spoke up in a calm, clear tone.
"And we shall respect that, without argument. You have as equal rights to an education as anyone else in this college, and that means you aren't to be singled out for it, for any reason. It is a pleasure to meet you both, ladies."
Yuuki and Rachael's jaws instantly dropped, and even Yuuki's T-Virus stopped acting up... Instantly.
"You, sir... are now my favourite professor."
"Alright gents, back to basics. Have to do it, it's part of the curriculum."
Most of the boys sighed or groaned, but Valentine gave no reaction. He knew just by their hands that some of the other guys had little to no experience. His own palms, even under his lacy black gloves, were heavily callused, which the T-Virus didn't regenerate, just like the hickies that Yuuki often received from Stella and Sherry.
"Yo, Darkwood, don't be getting all high and mighty on us. Don't be a know-it-all." One of the nearest guys whispered as their teacher explained the basic safety standards for the class.
"It's already an established fact. I don't need to." Valentine smirked. "So pay attention, earn the know-it-all title for yourself."
"Nah man, girls don't like know-it-all's." He continued, earning a narrowed gaze from Valentine at his comment.
"Not all of them... Find the right girl and she might." Valentine commented quietly making the guy strain to hear him. "You have your priorities all wrong, and you're thinking with the wrong head. Where do you think you'll be in five to ten years?"
"Filthy rich and ripped as fuck." He replied, indicating his biceps with a smirk.
"I see myself working alongside my father in the BSAA, as Captain of the Nightfall, with my girlfriend by my side, and her 39 foot tall combat mech standing on the deck of my ship, ready for combat against bioterrorism at a moment's notice."
"In English please?" He clearly didn't keep up with what Valentine just said, despite the simplicity of the statement.
"I see myself with a stable job, happy relationship and a passion. Not to mention a purpose for doing it all."