A/N: For our little AU-VEMBER 2021 EVENT. In this fic, Yoh and Anna are not a couple but rather best friends. Well, not yet.

THE HOODIE TRAP

"This is stupid."

There, she said it.

The words kept ringing in her boggled mind as she kept demanding an answer from herself as to how she ended up in this folly. She almost swore to the gods that besides giving his two other companions a good beating after all this has transpired, she would also have to give herself a good smack in the head for falling victim to their ideas of idiocy.

She muttered a silent curse when she realised the feeling of no return. How could she let this happen? How could she let her foolish teenage self decide for her fate tonight? When did she allow a simple study night to turn into a drinking session, something that may be deemed so irresponsible? What will the adults say when they find out about their mini escapade?

Truth be told, alcohol is one of the vilest creations that humans have ever concocted since their existence began. A product of undeniable ingenuity, but also a mischievous traitor once it has caused one to lose his or her inhibitions.

They have done it before, they said. It would be fun, they said.

All three used to do it when they were younger, they argued, so they could not see a reason why they should chicken out now.

This time though, they decided to up the ante by putting a blindfold on the only female in the room to let her experience the challenge in a whole different level.

Anna grunted in frustration as she felt two sets of hands gently guiding her to a nearby wall and settling her back on it, ever careful not hurt herself in the process due to her lack of vision.

Apprehension slowly crept into her nerves. She sort of wondered why, as she has always been comfortable within their presence. They have always branded her as 'one of the boys' and she knew both of her male best friends long enough even before they have even learned to tie their shoelaces or graduated from potty training.

The famous Asakura twins, as everyone in their university would recognize them, chuckled clumsily at her obvious display of nerves. They were all kind of tipsy at this point and everything must seem comedic to them.

"Relax, Anna. Just enjoy it." She heard Hao, the older of the two, attempted to reassure her with his husky voice. She didn't know if her knowledge about him being a legendary ladies' man in campus helped to ease down her reservations.

Yoh, the ever so sweet and gentle younger twin, was against it at first. If it made Anna uncomfortable enough, then he would gladly forgo the deed and search for another form of entertainment. However, due to his alcohol-fogged brain, his brother managed to convince him by stating the rules and regulations of the 'act'. Somehow, they managed to convince Anna by making a promise that they would be her slaves for the whole month if she came out victorious. She, on the other hand, would simply treat them to the most expensive cafeteria near their school, should the twins end up in triumph.

Seemed like a fair bargain, indeed.

Anna grudgingly waited for the identical males to signal the start of their creative activity as they briefly excused themselves for a minute or so. Her hazy mind travelled to a precious memory, back to when they were children.

"So, what's your guess?"

She looked back and forth between two pairs of chocolate brown eyes which were glowing with anticipation.

In front of her, stood the twins with same set of clothes from head to toe— white hoodies, a pair of light jeans and white sneakers. All hands were in their pockets, only their faces exposed with the hoods of their jumpers raised to cover their brunette hair which will be the dead giveaway if sighted, due to the differences in length. Without seeing Hao's longer hair compared to Yoh's and vice versa, the two were extremely identical and it would be nearly impossible to tell them apart when everything else were similar at that very moment. Heck, even their mother, Keiko, would have trouble deciphering who's who between the two on some occasions whenever they cooked up the same mischief at home.

The girl continued to shift her gaze from one twin to another then stopped as she blinked her eyes, a cutesy smile crept on her face.

"Well?" Hao voiced out to follow up with her answer.

The female contender raised both her hands and pinched both Asakuras on each one of their outer cheeks. She pulled the one attached to her left hand, "you are Hao," then pulled the other one grasped by right hand "and you are Yoh."

The boys' eyes grew in surprise. "How did you know!?" They yelled in synchronised disbelief.

"No fair! You cheated!" Accused the younger one.

Anna just glared at them coldly with a raised eyebrow. "T'was too easy. I could tell from your eyes."

The brothers just looked at each other. Her explanation did not make any sense.

Since then, she has always prided herself with being the one and only person in the world who could tell the two identical souls apart even when she had her eyes closed, and the twins always somehow both enjoyed and hated that fact.

"Ready." A voice broke her silent reverie and she acknowledged it as Yoh's.

"Let us know when you are." This time, it was Hao.

She raised her left hand with her thumb sticking out as a way of replying to their inquiry. Shuffling sounds were heard vibrating through the wooden floors of the Asakura residence. It felt as if they brought her to a secluded room adjacent to the study to eliminate any risks of being identified through familiar sounds such as voice, footsteps and whatnot. She could even tell that there was a scarce source of light in the vicinity due to the lack of lustre seeping through the fabric covering her eyes.

This time, beside not being able to see them, no sounds, no words, no funny gestures will be made when each brother enters the room one after the other. Only Anna was allowed to talk, touch, and feel their physique while either of the twins would stand their ground in front of her.

They obviously took this seriously and she will not let her pride wane.

Finally, the young lady heard someone enter the room in hushed tippy toes.

'Very clever.' She thought.

She felt the warmth of the person imprison her against the wall and her hands instinctively raised towards her front to stop the person from going further. A musky scent also enveloped her nostrils as she inhaled a familiar perfume, but she cursed silently for not being able to recall if it was Yoh's or Hao's signature scent. Her palms, now beginning to sweat from the thrill, met the cloth material with a firm surface underneath which felt to be the person's chest. A blush crept up her cheeks upon realising this, but her determination gave her strength to move on.

"Hmm, let's see…" she mused out loud.

Anna's hands gradually travelled upwards, patting their way up to the person's equally sturdy shoulder, then towards the sides of his neck, sliding to the back of the head; disappointed when she felt another fabric material.

'A hoodie? Again?' She let out a frustrated hiss and she could feel the other person biting his lips, struggling to hold back laughter when she reached out to his face. Now that she has eliminated the hair from her possible clues, the young lady proceeded with touching the lad's facial features from the nose to his cheekbones, the earlobes, and even mentally measuring the depth of his eyes through blind sense of touch.

Not that it would be of much help in comparison when the next person comes in, but she would gladly take any piece of hint she could use to win this battle. She paused for a few seconds whilst she tried to memorize all the information gathered via her sense of touch; then she muttered a soft "okay," while double tapping her friend's chest, signalling that he was good to go.

A set of fingers lightly pinched her chin signalling acknowledgement before she heard soft footsteps slowly left the room.

After a minute or so, the second twin made his entrance with similar hushed steps. Anna deduced that her opponents may be both wearing socks to dull the sounds against the ground. Betrayal screamed when she took a waft of her other best friend's scent. How audacious of them to wear the same perfume! A snort escaped Anna upon learning another one of the brothers' witty tactics. They were too familiar with each other by this point of their lives that they have foreseen the risk of falling into their girl's innate cunning, and so they used every single detail they could take to their advantage.

The person stood closely before her held one of her hands then brought it to his chest to allow her to start with her… 'investigations'. She repeated the same treatments as she did with the first, hands awkwardly gliding towards her friend's shoulders. Her upper limbs could always probe downwards this time but really, how would that help the situation?

'When did both of them have such toned shoulders and pecs?' She squirmed inwardly at her borderline dirty thoughts.

Unwilling for her honour being trampled on with an impending defeat, Anna raised her hands to touch the second participant's features. Of course, it felt the same. Everything felt the same, damn it! She always knew that there would be no problems identifying the brothers' identities. She could do it all day. But what escaped her clouded judgement was the possibility of failure once they have drowned out most of her senses, coupled with her liquor-influenced mind. Panic creeped in as her confidence slowly dwindled by the minute.

She racked her currently incompetent brain for a solution. There must be another way to wriggle herself up towards victory.

'Oh! That's right, their height!'

A sharp idea hit her struggling braincells. Their height would probably the only difference with Hao being the taller brother, by an inch. An inch! But how the hell would she be able to tell such a small difference in her current state? The young lady let out an infuriated sigh as she formed her resolve.

'Fine. It's all or nothing.'

Anna, throwing out all her rational ability to think, reached out towards the person in front of her, encircling her arms around his neck. She tiptoed onto the balls of her feet while she focused her remaining mental capacity in trying to gauge the young man's height. Her hands deftly found their way towards the top of her friend's head. Success was definitely making its way into her luck when suddenly, she could feel him sluggishly leaning onto her; his torso now gently pressing onto her tiny figure, squeezing her against the wall. His breath smelled of vodka, but she was too preoccupied to react even when she felt the air coming from his nostrils tickle the side of her face.

The other person was intently staring at her. She could literally feel his gaze that could probably pierce a hole through her blindfold. And in all honesty, she wanted that to happen. She wanted to get out from the visual constraints made by a mere piece of cloth just to get over with this whole ordeal. The suspense was killing her and there came this unidentified, lovely, giddy, sentiment that sent butterflies in her stomach.

She almost called out to her 'captor', but her words turned into a silenced gasp when he placed a clumsy but sweet kiss onto her parted lips. He would have seen her eyes shooting with tremendous amount of shock only if they were not hidden behind her eye cover. Her heart was pumping blood too fast it made her dizzy; but before she knew it, she was kissing him back!

Everything spiralled into a heated puddle of emotions when their tongues engaged in a battle for dominance. His hands swooped around her delicate waist and her arms further pulling him down towards her, deepening their shared bliss.

Both reluctantly pulled away from each other when they felt the need to refill their lungs with oxygen. The two were outrageously panting into one another's face as they remained positioned with a dangerously short distance in between.

Anna loosened her grip when she felt the lad before her withdrew his stance. Hurried footsteps echoed as he abruptly exited the room.

Several minutes must have passed when she remained rooted to the ground, stunned. Finally, she made the decision to take her blindfold off, squinting as faint light flowed once again into her pupils. Nothing else mattered as she tried to decipher the implications behind the recent course of events, not noticing how ragged her breathing has become and on how flushed her cheeks felt. A finger lingered on her lips as she immersed herself in profound disbelief.

A touch of dignity ignited within her when she suddenly made the decision to confront the brazen human being who dared to commit such boldness. She straightened herself then marched out of the room to demand answers from those two idiots in the living room.

Anna laid sight on Hao first who was casually lounging on the carpet, his long hair now wildly sprawled on the ground. His eyes brightened upon seeing her.

"There you are! We thought earth swallowed you in—"

"You! You were the second one!" pointing a finger accusingly at the older twin. "How dare you kiss me!?" Anna's face reddened with her display of feigned courage.

It was him. It had to be him. She was sure of it. Afterall, Asakura Hao's reputation precedes him.

"Ha! Wrong! Wait, WHAT KISS!?" He stared at her incredulously as if she has grown a second head.

"Don't you dare deny it, you pervert!"

"Anna, even though we're obviously drunk, I'm smart enough to know that you are still capable of beating us to a pulp. I was the first one!"

The young lady paused and stared at her friend suspiciously. "Prove it!"

Hao held out a small piece of paper with the number "1" written on it, stating the fact that he and his brother actually resorted to drawing lots in order to determine who was going to be first and second.

Then, as if they developed mental telepathy on the spot, Hao and Anna whipped their heads towards the other occupant in the room when a similar thought struck them like lightning.

There lay next to the kotatsu was Yoh engaged in peaceful slumber, with the side of his forehead slumped flat on the table, and a stupid grin on his smug face. A miniscule piece of paper was wedged in his right hand, with a clear number "2" scribbled on it.

It didn't matter if she lost the bet anymore.

Anna would definitely book a reservation for 3 at that fancy café but surely…

Yoh wouldn't mind becoming her slave for the whole year either.

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A/N: Yoh was always the daring twin after all. The idea entered my mind while hanging-up my hoodies after laundry. Yep. I'm weird. Thanks.

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