Twins

An Apalling Way to Meet

It was a cold but bright September morning. Everyone in Beika started the day with a bang because the news affirmed that the storm that has been bugging their neighbor town and giving Beika itself offshoot rains for three days went away already.

The streets, however, were still full of remnants from the final shower the previous night.

“Ran, can we slow down a bit? My legs are getting wet from the puddles,” Sonoko complained, checking the back of her blue skirt for any water or mud blots.

Ran sheepishly smiled. “Sorry. I didn’t notice I was walking too fast.”

“What were you thinking anyway? You look excited or nervous or something.”

“Really?” Ran then sought for words to explain, edginess more evident in her. “Well, yesterday, I got stuck in the rain and then, someone gave me this umbrella.” She showed a small blue retractable umbrella.

“Cute! I’ve never seen one like it before – small and bluey. It reminds me of the cool heartthrob thief in the anime we used to watch when we were kids. That person really loves the color white, doesn’t he? But the blue umbrella he had in one episode was the only exception,” Sonoko ceaselessly said. “Anyway, what’s the thing with that umbrella? Looks harmless to me.” She shrugged and laughed, then turned to glance at the new arrival shoes seen from a store window.

“It was either Shinichi or Kaitou who lent this,” Ran continued, eyes locked on the umbrella as they walked on. “I wasn’t sure because he was already under the rain when I saw him. His hair was wet and down.”

Sonoko turned to Ran and smirked right away. “Oh, so you’re worried.” She mimicked Ran’s voice, acted giddy and said, “Oh my~ What if it was Shinichi? What would I do?~”

“Sonoko!”

The latter laughed. “Come on Ran, whoever it was…” She paused, long enough for Ran to get impatient.

“Whoever it was…? What?”

“It was destiny’s plan! Unmei da, unmei!”

Ran sighed, smiling a bit. “You always say that.”

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Meanwhile, the Kudo twins were also walking to school.

One of them wore a face/medical mask, the other one, pouting for some reason.

“Why do you have to wear that?” the one whose bangs were up complained.

“I have a cold. I don’t want anyone to get sick as well,” The one whose bangs were, on the other hand, messily gelled down, replied lazily before yawning.

“That’s a minus point to my fans. This sucks.”