Terrified

Chapter 3: Blooming Bonds (Part 3 of 3)

The morning is still young and fresh and similar to Fatima, Bianca takes her time in the bed as she just woke up from another nightmare but not as worse as before. However, these nightmares are still enough to make her break in so much sweat yet at the same time there's no need for her to be calling out for her sister who can be heard talking from the living room. She remained immobile for a moment to collect herself before getting up cautiously in her pink silk pajamas and grabbed that robe on her clothesline to protect herself from the cold.

Wobbly in her strides, she used her crane to balance herself as she opens the door, greeting her sister supposedly while yawning wide, "Good morning Ate. What's for breakfast? I'm hungry..."

"Good morning, Bianca."

Bianca stopped from walking farther towards the living room as another voice greeted her and she's certain it wasn't her sister. She got her eyebrows furrowing as her thoughts are still in the process of recognizing that familiar voice. And this expression she's unknowingly showing caused a chorus of giggles from two persons and again she's definite that the other is her sister but the sweeter one is someone else that her morning fuzzy thoughts cannot remember just yet.

"Uhm... Ate... do we have a visitor?" Bianca asked hesitantly as her feet are involuntarily moving back, her hands awkwardly crawling up to cover her top because of her pajamas' low cut by the neckline.

Ashtine approaches her sister as she teases in a hiss, "I thought you have sharp senses? Can you not recognize her voice?"

"Well... the voice is familiar but I just woke up from my every day nightmares. How do you expect my senses to be working right immediately when I haven't even started my day?" Bianca hissed back in argument.

Ashtine signaled their visitor to talk once again and so she did as she stands from the couch, "Good morning, Bianca. It's me, Yumi."

Bianca gasped so loud it could break Ashtine's ears. She instantly panicked in her stand and frantically wrapped her robe around her body as she tied it by the waist. Snorts from Ashtine and soft giggles from Yumi escaped because Bianca even had to turn around and faced the wall out of her embarrassment for being seen so bare in her revealing pajamas. She feels so exposed that her face burned in red and so open that her body stiffened.

Bianca pulled Ashtine closer to her to complain in a rustle, "Ate! Why didn't you tell me that Yumi is coming here? I'm wearing my damn sexy pajamas and I'm not wearing a bra! I haven't brushed my teeth! I haven't combed my hair and my morning face is the ugliest thing in the world! I didn't even tie my robe earlier and what if she saw my boobs sticking out from the cloth? Gosh Ate I'm going to kill you!"

"Don't worry. Your robe was covering your chest even if it wasn't tied earlier. Besides, you look pretty anytime of the day. Stop overthinking because if you can only see Yumi right now, she doesn't seem to care whether you look like homeless or not." Ashtine whispered back and walked away from her, going straight to the kitchen where she's currently preparing breakfast.

Bianca whines to no one but to herself, "I do care you know..."

The awkward silence between Yumi and Bianca is too heavy that crickets and leaves moving on the ground can be heard if that's even possible. Though the sounds of plates and utensils from Ashtine's cooking are faintly creating noises, Yumi's ears are fixated onto Bianca as she waits for her to open her mouth and greet her back but unfortunately there Bianca stands out of place leaning against the wall while looking straight down the cold floor.

Feeling guilty, Yumi finally utters first, "S-sorry if I suddenly paid a visit. I thought it would be good if I surprise you for my first visit. I guess I came at a wrong time?"