Red's POV
"She left already?" Z asks while walking down the stairs. I nod my head and lay down on the couch and close my eyes.
"And you told her the truth?" she added. I sigh and open my eyes and stared at the ceiling.
"Just told her about Quenda," I said, I heard her sneered. I rolled my eyes and get up from lying on the couch. I look at Z and we both nod our heads. We went inside the kitchen. I sat at one of the chairs and watch Z go to the sink as she washed her hands. I glance at my left where the fridge is. I stood up and open it.
"Where's my choco drink?" I ask Z who's busy chopping the apple fruit. She lifts her head and looks at me and shrugged.
"I don't drink choco so, it's not me. Ask my brother" I close my eyes and tried not to burst out. He really is trying to piss me off. I heave a deep breath and went back to my seat.
"Z, prepare yourself. We're going somewhere later" I uttered when I remember what happened earlier.
"Why? What's the matter?" she asks as she puts the knife at the sink and takes a seat in front of me. I reach for an apple at the bowl and have some inside my mouth. Munching the fruit, I answered her.
"They took Tori and we need to prepare for her escape," I said and take a piece of an apple inside my mouth. She stops grinding her teeth and looks at me, confused.
"How did they manage to get her? Tori is as genius as the geniuses in the world" I rolled my eye at how she exaggerated things. I put another apple in my mouth and look at her.
"She called me during the class hour but she won't talk. I just heard screeching of cars and gunshots. You know what happened after" I say and lazily lean my back at my seat. She puts an apple inside her mouth as she tilts her head and thinks of possible scenarios.
"She's smart to do nothing and wait for our rescue, that's what you want to tell me?" she asks, I sigh and boredly look at her while I put apples inside my mouth.
"Isn't that our way if something goes out of the plan?" I ask her with a bored tone and look. She only looks at me with confusion written all over her face. I stand up and sigh.
"Just go prepare yourself. Knock my room" I said and before I left for the kitchen, I reach the bowl of apples.
"Give this to me, I hungry. I'll go upstairs" I said and without giving her a last glance, I run upstairs until I am in front of my room.
I went inside and puts the bowl of apples on my bedside table. From the door, five steps away are my bed. A bedside table on the left side and after it is a cabinet full of my collections. As Blue said before, my Red Collections. It's either clothes, pieces of jewelry, bags, accessories, etc. If it is red, It'll be in my collection. My favorite is my red headband. It's my signature as well as Blue's signature is her white headband. As twins, of course, we have something of the same affection for things.
I heave a deep breath and went into the balcony of my room just beside my collection's cabinet. Upon letting myself outside, the cold breeze gazes at my whole body. I hug myself as I walk my way until I lean my body forward at the railings. Its height is up toy waist so it's not that dangerous but for some reason, people get hysterical whenever they see someone at this place like this.
Though we can't judge, we have our mind and body to react to some things. I look up and stared at the night sky. It's the same again, no stars just darkness. I sigh and let my hands rest on top of the railings.
"What nice scenery... It's just sad to think that I'm alone to see such beauty" I murmured and sigh again.
"You're not, I'm here" I held my chest out of shock when I heard his voice at my back. I hurriedly glance at my back and face him.
"What are you doing here?" I ask D, he just shakes his head and settled himself beside me. He rests his two hands on top of the railings and because he's 6 ft, he kinda lowered his upper body. I rolled my eyes. I'm tall but when I'm at his side, justice doesn't serve such appeal. I heave a deep breath and silently watch the city nights in front of us.
"Where's your sister? And why are you here?" I ask him again when he didn't say something. I look at him and even though he's just an inch away from me, he seems too far from my reach. His eyes are not in reality, it's far from that.
I just stood there, watching his facial expression changes from time to time. And maybe, whenever he does that, scenes or memories of him are also changing. I smiled and stared at the city lights.
"It's been years" I heard him murmur but I did not gaze at his side and kept looking at the lights below.
"If you feel alone, consider us anytime, you're not alone" I slowly turn my head in his direction after I heard him say those words.
"Why do you think so?" I ask, my voice is low, almost a whisper. I can't even take my gaze out of his eyes. He chuckled and pull me closer to him. I was too shocked to even protest what he did. He rests his right arm on my shoulders and I held onto the railings. Just what the hell is he doing?
"After all those years that we've been together, you still consider yourself alone? That's just too much to hear, you know that?" I blink my eyes several times. I did not expect him to say those words. I stared at my hands on top of the railings as I let him voice out his thoughts.
Both Z and him ate too secretive like me. I don't even know why we're together until now. They hide some things from me as well as I am to them. It's as if we decided not to talk about ourselves too much. After all, we have a painful past and too much grudge in our hearts to care about every nonsense matter. It's as if we agreed to have our silence and private matters aside and keep some things on the line.
"It's been years but you're still too far from my reach. You're like the sky, seems too near but also too far" I crease my forehead in confusion. What the heck is he saying this time? I
"What?" I ask him, I was about to look at him when his arm on my shoulder tightens preventing me to do so.
"Tsk, still playing innocent huh? Okay, keep it up. I'm willing to wait" I close my eyes and stop myself to hurt him. I'm too lazy to move that I don't care about anything around me.
"About Tori, she'll be okay. Don't worry" I sigh when he changes the topic. I look at my hands and sigh again.
"Tori, I won't let whoever it is that behind of what happened, do something bad to her," I said, my voice kinda raising. I couldn't help it. I once lost a sister, a twin. I don't want to lose Tori in my life because once it happens, I don't know anymore.
"Let's just hope they don't do such a thing," he said. I nodded and stared at the darkness above us. It's too dark that the stars are afraid to shine their brightest. Life has been like that. Sometimes it goes light and full of colors and sometimes it gets too dark that you just want to escape from it.
"Red?" I abruptly free myself at D's arms and fix myself. I turn around not giving him a single glance and went inside my room. I run and stop in front of my door. I breathed in and out before opening my door.
"Z? What is it?" she looks at me. Confusion is written on her face as she stared at me. I furrowed my brows and cross my arms over my chest.
"Z?" I called out her name. She then looks at my eyes and cleared her throat.
"Dinner is ready. Come and let's eat" she said. I sigh secretly and nod my head.
"I'll catch up with you," I said, she nods her head and turns her back as I close the door. I held my chest and feel how my heart is beating so fast. I shake my head as I blurted out the words,
"That was close"