I'm dead without you (omegaverse)

A tale of an eventful week - Monday

Monday

On Mondays, Eamon and Caoimhe spent their lunch break together, and the two siblings sat as always at the back of the cafeteria and ate the chicken salad that their dad made them that morning.

The siblings weren't aware of it, but they were the centre of attention. Every student in the room looked at them in secret and whispered about them. And it was no wonder they did because the two McCallister siblings were well known in school. Eamon wasn't just a top student, from a good family and very kind. He was also handsome. Eamon didn't talk much, but that only made him appear mysterious. Thanks to his personality and appearance, many students were interested in Eamon but never thought they had a chance to become his partner. So when Eamon suddenly got together with Chhaya, everyone was shocked. No one had thought that there was any possibility that Eamon would give them any attention.

Caoimhe was very different from her brother, and the girl was honest, tough and got along with everyone. From the most popular kids to those who were considered nerds. Caoimhe didn't care about stuff like that.

The majority of her closest friends were interested in sports, which Caoimhe wasn't. She only played tennis to be able to say that she at least mastered one sport. Caoimhe was more interested in dancing and singing, and every time the school arranged a school play, the girl was involved. That Caoimhe was just as good-looking as her brother was only one of the many things that made Caoimhe popular in school.

While the two siblings sat and ate their lunch in silence, Eamon behaved just as usual. It was as if nothing special had happened that weekend at all. But Caoimhe was unusually quiet.

"What's up with you, Sis? You seem down."

Eamon sounded worried and put down the cutlery while he looked at his sister.

"Are you and Tem together now?"

Eamon froze and stared at Caoimhe. He shook his head in a frenzy.

"No, no! No! I know we are faited, mated and all. But I don't see him in that way. He is my friend."

Eamon was surprised when his sister looked sad.

"What is it?"

"I'm just sorry for Tem. He will never be able to be with anyone but you."

Eamon looked down at his hands. Caoimhe could see that they were trembling. Her brother bit his lower lip, frowned and looked miserable. Caoimhe immediately regretted what she had said, but her brother began to speak before she could say anything.

"I know. And I feel terrible about it."

"But who knows what might happen? You might fall in love with Tem eventually."

Eamon looked sceptically at his sister but didn't want to talk about it anymore. It was too hard. He knew he was different from the rest of his family. Almost everyone else was interested in people of the same sex or at least didn't care about their partner's first or second gender at all. He knew that even his grandmother had met another woman and had been in a beta relationship for several months. Even though everybody thought she was straight and she had been married to his grandfather. She had never once said anything about being interested in women before. But Eamons grandmother had told him just a few days earlier about her new partner and asked the boy not to tell anyone. She wanted to surprise Finian that she had finally met the love of her life after all these lonely years.

Eamon wanted nothing more than to like Tem that way, but he was sure it would never happen.

Caoimhe, who could read people much better than Eamon, understood that it was best to drop the subject, and the girl leaned back in her chair. There was nothing left of the salad, and the break was soon over.