Double trouble [Drea/invite]

[seishounohana]

Emily wasn't really sure of what to do now.

She definitely never knew that she had a sister, a biological sister at that. Perchance that this was really her sister, Emily would have to help her get used to this place. After all, it's probably a given that this girl might have just transferred over and have no idea what to do or what to expect in this school.

God forbid, possibly not even able to fight just yet?

Emily would pass by her classroom, beckoning her to come outside; play hooky at least once. The teacher shouldn't mind, or at least, Emily had hoped the teacher wouldn't mind.

"... May I talk with my sister?" She said, after knocking at the door. The blonde Math teacher was more or less looking at Emily rather sharply, slightly in disapproval that she had the nerve of taking one student out of class right in the middle of a lecture. "Please?"

"Who's this sister?"

Emily was quite unsure of the girl's name, but did remember the giant calling her by the name "Rea."

"... Rea."

The Teacher rolled his eyes and nodded, pointing at the young sister before pointing out of the door. She was excused for the moment, and Emily would have to take the punishment for that later - but who cared, really? Well, maybe those who had no ways to defend themselves.

[Drea]

Drea was taking notes - careful notes, since she wanted to get the highest scores possible in all of her subjects. She wasn't too worried, though - she rarely got anything below ninety-five percent on her tests, quizzes, or exams. It was a fact that she was happy for, though she could never seem to keep her grades at straight one hundreds... Now that would be something to please her parents.

So absorbed was she in her notes that she didn't realize that someone had knocked until she heard her sister's voice.

"... May I talk with my sister? Please?"

Drea was puzzled by Cris's appearance. The fact that she was calling her 'sister' - and publicly - was good. It meant that she'd at least accepted her presence. But... why was she calling her out of a class? Wouldn't she get in trouble for it later? Still, after a short exchange between her teacher and sister, permission was granted.

It didn't escape her notice that Cris had called her "Rea." Did that mean she'd remembered? Or that she'd picked up on it from Katsuri? Whatever the case, it got her hopes up, just a bit.

She stood, grabbing all of her things - just in case - since she didn't know how long said talk would be, and respectfully bowed to her teacher before leaving the classroom, the door shutting neatly behind her.

"W-was there... something you needed?" she asked, her voice subdued. She didn't know what to expect at all.

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Emily pulled herself out of the classroom shortly after Rea got out, bowing slightly as well to pay the due respect to the teacher, especially for letting her talk to her sister at this point in time.

Everything said and done, Emily wasn't able to sleep very well last night. She was bothered on how she couldn't remember a damn thing about having a sibling, not to mention an identical twin. The black-haired Filipina just dismissed it as one of the unsolved mysteries of her own life.

"W-was there... something you needed?"

Emily looked at her sister and smiled. "You and I are going to spend the rest of the day together." Emily looked back, "You're not coming back for the rest of the day. Don't worry, I'll take care of your teacher and I'll help with your lessons."

Emily led her sister down at the hallway towards the gates. "Now, you'll do as I say 'mm?" She told her, "If the hall monitors catch us, they'll ask why we're leaving. Tell them I have a fever and I'll handle everything else, mm?"

From that point on, Emily started to act as if she was mildly lethargic, her hand resting against her sister's shoulders. Interestingly, Drea may find that her sister really was very warm to the touch; impossibly warm even.

Around 40 degrees Celsius!

[Drea]

"You and I are going to spend the rest of the day together."

Drea was happy to hear those words - and puzzled as well. The two of them were still in school - it wasn't as though they could just up and leave whenever they wanted to - so what was Cris planning? Still, it seemed like her elder sister had a plan - why else would she pull her out of class? - so she simply smiled back at her, nodding her cheerful understanding.

"You're not coming back for the rest of the day. Don't worry, I'll take care of your teacher and I'll help with your lessons." Cris told her, and Drea, feeling a bit mischievous herself, simply grinned.

"No worries," she told her sister before revealing her grade. "I've got a ninety-nine in that class, and the subject we were supposed to be discussing today is one that I read ahead on in my book. I'll be fine." She couldn't help but wonder what her sister's grades were like - were they better than hers? Worse? The same? She wouldn't be surprised if Cris's grades were better than hers, but she'd be pleasantly amused if they were the same.

She moved along obediently as they headed down the hall towards the gates. It was then that Drea realized that their day to be spent together wasn't going to be at school. In short?

They were going to play hooky.

Drea wasn't sure whether she wanted to do this or not - hooky was a really bad thing to do! - but couldn't bring herself to say no to her newly found sister.

"Now, you'll do as I say 'mm? If the hall monitors catch us, they'll ask why we're leaving. Tell them I have a fever and I'll handle everything else, mm?"

Drea nodded at Cris's instructions, and a brief flicker of curiosity flickered through her mind - how was Cris going to act out the fever if they demanded to check? - but was quickly removed from her mind when she felt the heat emanating from Cris's hand on her shoulder. Why was she so hot? Was this normal? Had her sister perhaps used a hot water bottle to falsify a fever? In that case, why wasn't her face flushed? And where had she hidden the bottle?

Drea's mind wandered as they neared the gates, but never so far that she wasn't aware of the hall monitor on the far end of the hallway - who happened to be looking the other way.

[seishounohana]

"No worries, I've got a ninety-nine in that class, and the subject we were supposed to be discussing today is one that I read ahead on in my book. I'll be fine."

Emily smiled. Yup, definitely twins. Emily had similar marks, but never at math. "Math had always been my waterloo, but I manage to get a grade close to that anyways." She chuckled.

Emily was quite studious herself, but albeit someone who had other stuff in mind. She was borderline college-level at this point, but was still debating about getting herself accelerated again.

But today's game was Hooky, and it should be more or less satisfying. They more or less couldn't talk about important stuff at school; so they might as well spend time together, aye?

Now, Emily's hand was getting increasingly warm with each step, and though not flushed and obviously barely lethargic, Emily was eminating the aura of someone sick. She was a decent actress, and even though she barely utilized that ability she never considered it as one of her talents as compared to drawing manga.

"Hey, you there!" A deep voice called out, making Emily stop walking and look at the approaching hall monitor with a sleepy expression. It was a young man who was probably about six feet tall, brunette, a bit bulky, not looking like an idiot but interestingly seemed to have some sort of strength. "What'cha think you're doing out of class?!"

[Drea]

Drea grinned at Cris's revelation. She was glad that her sister was also studious. She was pleased that they'd be able to at least help each other on homework or whatnot. It would be nice, she thought. And the fact that Cris was playing hooky scandalized her - but she guessed it was so her older sister could ascertain that Drea was her little sister.

As the progressed down the hall, Cris became more and more hot. Drea couldn't help but wonder if it was because her sister was abnormal - no human should be able to emanate such heat! - or if her sister had unlocked her Qi. If that was the case, Drea would be jealous - she had yet to even find what hers was because both of their parents were dead, meaning that she'd had no teachers at all. She only knew that she had one - though the internet had supplied some information.

And then the event she'd been dreading occurred.

"Hey, you there!" Drea flinched when the hall monitor called out. "What 'cha think you're doing out of class?!"

Still, she was a girl on a mission! Or rather, she wanted to not get in trouble with the hall monitor. She knew she'd catch hell for this later, but still. "My sister's been diagnosed with a severe fever." she explained to the monitor. "I'm taking her home to look after her. You can check her temperature for yourself if you'd like." Drea gestured towards her sister, knowing that Cris was hot enough that he'd believe her.

[seishounohana]

Emily's acting was, so far, amazingly intricate and believable one would wonder if she did this often, which wasn't really so. But let's say acting was something she was OK at. Nothing she could consider a talent, but it was also nothing she could consider herself bad at either.

Just something she could do, that's all.

"Hey, you there! What 'cha think you're doing out of class?!"

"My sister's been diagnosed with a severe fever. I'm taking her home to look after her. You can check her temperature for yourself if you'd like."

The monitor scoffed, still quite unconvinced. "Yeah, right." He would approach the twin sisters quickly, his hand reaching out to check the woman's forehead. "I've seen this act tens and thousands of times before an--- FUCKSHIT. SHE'S BURNING HOT!"

In surprise, the Monitor jumped back. "Fuck. That's a bad, BAD fever. What're you staring at me for?! Go. GO."

The monitor would then push Drea towards the door.

...

As soon as they reached the School gates, Emily would pull herself away from Drea and composed herself. She still had that feverish temperature, but none the less - it was something significant, at least for her. She was always feverish.

"We're finally out." She said, "Want to go somewhere for ice cream?"

[Drea]

Drea was a bit nervuos when the monitor reacted with a scoff - before abruptly changing his tune and all but shoving them out of the doors.

"We're finally out," her sister told her, "Want to go somewhere for ice cream?"

Drea was a bit surprised at how easy it had been. Shocked, even. She'd never done that before. So when Emily had suggested ice cream, she nearly didn't hear it.

"Wh-what? Oh. Ice cream? Y-yeah, sure, why not?" she was dazed.

They'd gotten out of the school. They were out of school. They were out of school while class was in session.

Drea was dazed.

[seishounohana]

"Wh-what? Oh. Ice cream? Y-yeah, sure, why not?"

Ah, her sister sounded like she was quite unaware of what was happening. Either that, or she was still quite confused considering how fast things went. Emily wouldn't really blame her, as she was also like that once upon a time.

It was creepy, it was almost as if she was seeing herself from two years ago.

"Don't worry about your classes." She said, "Truth is, classes get interrupted quite often in 259. The system is queer like that."

Yeah, it was. One notable class interruption was when the Enforcers and the rest of the school got into a huge war.

... it was a day that more or less sparked a turn of events that got Emily into heaps and heaps of trouble. But heck, things were not like that right now - or so she hoped.

Emily began to walk forward, "There's a nice yogurt shop by the next block." She said, "If you like fruit sweets like I do, then I think you'll like it as well."

[Drea]

Drea was highly reassured when her sister explained that such things were normal: "Don't worry about your classes. Truth is, classes get interrupted quite often in 259. The system is queer like that."

"Oh," she said, though she still had a bit of trouble simply accepting it. If her parents found out and it impacted her grade, she'd be so dead. Dead, dead, dead. She didn't want to get in trouble, though, so she'd have to keep her grades up - not that it would be difficult. But on the other hand... Her parents... Well, she'd just have to score perfects on the next couple of tests.

She was shaken from her thoughts when Emily began speaking again.

"There's a nice yogurt shop by the next block. If you like fruit sweets like I do, then I think you'll like it as well."

Fruit? Fruit was always good. Always.

"Fruit's always good," she said quietly, though her eyes were bright. Fruit, fruit, fruit - that's what was basically going through her head. Though typically very mild-mannered and thought out... The mentions of fruit got her excited - especially when it would be for her.

[seishounohana]

Emily just smiled, walking straight ahead until they reached the said shop. It was a small shop, apparently something that wasn't really commercial at all. The older girl would open the door, revealing a rather homely, baby-blue and pearl white themed shop.

The shop smelled of sweet peaches, and there were baskets of fresh fruit lined up in front of the counter. There were watermelons, Mangoes, Oranges, Apples and a lot, LOT more. Emily was determined to finish her yogurt quickly, considering they melted quite easily at her hands.

"You can pick up to three fruits and you can have them ether cut up and put on your yogurt or made into milk shakes." She said, mentioning her sister to take one small basket while taking her own. "They make everything here from scratch, so it's a bit expensive. Doesn't matter though since they're sure to be very healthy."

Emily would then take Five strawberries, a small jar of candied peaches, Two bananas and two apples. "Large Yogurt, cut up." She said.

The old lady at the counter would then smile at Emily, then at her sister before mentioning the price. It was quite expensive, but Emily had a lot of money at hand considering that she gets money quite often from work, the remaining royalties she has from being a mangaka and from renting her house in San Francisco.

"How about you, dearie?" The woman asked Drea with a smile. The old woman was a little fragile looking, and through her sagged skin and wrinkly face you could see that she had gone through a lot of things in her long life.

[Drea]

Drea listened to her sister and, after seeing how Emily did it, followed suit. She took up a basket and carefully selected five strawberries, a banana, and several lychee fruits. She went to the kindly old woman, and, just as the woman smiled at her and asked her what she wanted, she passed the basket over, and shyly spoke her own order:

"A large yogurt, please, cut up." she said quietly, smiling back the the old woman. She'd mimicked Emily's order because it was her first time there. She was unsure of what to do, after all. The next time, if there was one, she would pick something different.

The old woman named the price for hers, and then the combined price. Drea nodded, and, before Emily could so much as reach for her money, she paid for the two yogurts, plus what remained from the fifty dollar bill she put down. For her, after all, it was pocket change. Though the old woman moved to give her change, Drea simply smiled and said, "I'm sure the taste will more than match the money, grandmother."

Soon enough, they received their yogurts, and grabbed napkins. She grabbed two spoons, too, just in case, and turned back towards her sister, offering one of the two to her.

"Are we eating here?" she asked. Courtesy demanded that she not take a bite of her own yogurt until Emily did, so she waited for her sister to begin on her treat.

[seishounohana]

Now, Emily wasn't used to being treated. But, she let it pass. After all, it was probably how she was raised and all that. Rea was probably lucky enough to be properly raised by an actual Mother and Father figure for a stable amount of time. Emily on the other hand, had only parents for a few years at a time before they are taken away by fate.

After realizing that pattern, Emily quickly made up her mind at a young age of 14 to be independent. Layla helped with that transition, and Emily looked up to Layla as a woman who was closest to a real mother to her.

That aside, it was funny that Rea didn't take a chance to try out something besides what Emily had picked out. Emily assumed she was the careful and cautious type of girl.

Soon enough, they received their yogurts, and grabbed napkins. She grabbed two spoons, too, just in case, and turned back towards her sister, offering one of the two to her.

"Are we eating here?" Emily nodded, quickly setting her bowl by the table and sat down right across from her sister.

"Yup." She said, "I'll have to hurry on eating this though, things like this do melt a lot faster than usual for me."

As soon as Emily picked up the spoon in the bowl, it would be noticeable enough that the yogurt began to soften up. Ah, that wasn't good. Emily would then start to eat the sweet cream with a large smile on her face. "Now, I only know you as 'Rea', but I've yet to know what your entire name is." She said, "I'm... sorry for not knowing so much. I really lost all my memories before I first got adopted."

Yeah, she was adopted more than once.

[Drea]

"Yup. I'll have to hurry on eating this though, things like this do melt a lot faster than usual for me."

Drea frowned at her sister's words. "Because of your body temperature, right?" Her own foods, though, never really melted. If anything, sometimes they were too cold, sometimes frozen solid so she couldn't eat them! It had happened to her several times, though the vendors and cooks always denied having served her something that wasn't perfect.

As Emily took her first bite, Drea, too, would begin to eat, a grin breaking out on her face as she relished the taste. Yep. That fifty had been well worth it.

Her sister spoke again: "Now, I only know you as 'Rea', but I've yet to know what your entire name is. I'm... sorry for not knowing so much. I really lost all my memories before I first got adopted."

"It's okay," Drea said, before admitting, "I only really remembered when I saw you."

She paused for a moment, wondering if by 'first,' her sister meant the first months of her adoption, or the first of several adoptions. She let it slide.

"But my full name is Amelia Drea Sinclaire Pilar Epifania Delos Santos." she smiled a bit at the length of the name. "They used to tell us they couldn't decide," she said, thinking about their parents.

"And it's okay to forget - it just means we've got more memories to make, right?" Now, while that statement might typically be said to a lover or someone of that caliber, Drea meant it in a purely sisterly way.

She took another bite from her yogurt - was it getting harder again? Gah. She hated when they froze while she ate.

[seishounohana]

Emily nodded at Drea's conclusion that it was because of her abnormal body temperature. Quite observant, this girl. It was a good thing, it only meant that Emily didn't have to explain too much in detail. It was... actually nice having a sister.

"It's okay, I only really remembered when I saw you."

"But my full name is Amelia Drea Sinclaire Pilar Epifania Delos Santos. They used to tell us they couldn't decide,"

Emily chuckled, "Yeah, our relatives back at San Francisco told me that. It's quite hilarious, now that I think about it." She said, "Our parents must've been a handful."

"And it's okay to forget - it just means we've got more memories to make, right?"

Emily just smiled. This was... something she could get used to. Being female, she really couldn't spend time with Rem like this, with him being male and all. Emily did honestly treat him like an older brother, even though they were indeed not related by blood at all.

Now this girl, with very similar genes is talking to her, it feels quite eerie yet nostalgic at the same time. "I suppose so." She said, before her eyes fell onto Drea's dish. Wow.

It's been five minutes, and the yogurt kept it's shape the whole time! "... Your yogurt..." She said, pointing at Drea's bowl with the spoon. Then looking at her own. "... ah, mine's cold soup now..."