Eurydice

We Only See Each Other at Weddings And Funerals - I

They all leaned in curiously.

The dark screen flickered to life, revealing the underwater view of ta pool, feet disrupting the view.

RUSSIA. OCTOBER 1ST, 1989 appeared on the screen.

The Hargreeves siblings shared uneasy gazes, they had all been born on that day after all. "Woah...That's when we were born," James said, "What?" Allison questioned, all of them staring at him. Weirded out by their reactions, James hesitantly nodded, "Yeah, it's the same day all three of us—me, Rin, and Regulus—were born."

They comprehend it, how was it possibly that this boy who looked exactly like their brother Ben yet claimed he wasn't but was also born on the same day —along with this Rin girl and Regulus?

The sound of a woman speaking Russian filled the room as synchronized swimmers moved gracefully through the water. A female instructor was shown, barking commands in Russian. The scene shifted to a girl and boy sitting on opposite benches, separated by a water tap. They exchanged shy smiles, their eyes fluttering with nervous excitement.

Their moment was interrupted when an older woman walked between them, taking a drink from the tap. Even then, they leaned forward to catch each other's gaze behind her back, quickly straightening up as she moved away. Once the coast was clear, the boy stood and sat next to the girl, flashing her a bright grin.

On-screen, the boy leaned in for a kiss, but the girl recoiled slightly, saying something in Russian.

Regulus sent the screen an annoyed look, "How in Merlin is this important?"
"Oh hush," Rin sent him a scolding look, "It's cute." Regulus rolled his eyes.

Yep, Diego thought, They were exactly how Lucia and Five had been like before he had gone missing. 

 The boy frowned, asking a question that made the girl giggle. Their brief bubble was broken by a woman tapping on the glass, wagging a finger at them in scolding manner.

As soon as the woman left, the girl impulsively gave the boy a peck on the cheek before running and cannonballing into the pool. The splash earned her a sharp whistle from the instructor, who glared at her in warning.

The boy approached the pool with a smirk, but the scene abruptly shifted to one of the women staring anxiously at the water. She tapped the shoulder of the woman in front of her frantically. The camera zoomed out, revealing blood spreading across the pool, causing the instructor to stammer in panic.

"Tatiana?" the boy called out, now frowning. The women watched in horror as he shouted again, "TATIANA!"

Tatiana suddenly emerged from the water, thrashing, her once-flat stomach now grotesquely swollen. The other women screamed as her belly continued to expand before their eyes.

The Hogwarts students stared in horror and shock, "oh that is not normal," Peter choked out.

The siblings exchanged wide-eyed glances. They had all been told the story of their birth—how their mothers hadn't been pregnant the day before.

The scene cut to the poolside, where the women crowded around Tatiana as she screamed in agony. She wailed and pushed and pushed, her cries echoing off the tiled walls. Finally, she let out a final groan and collapsed onto the floor. The sound of a baby's wail pierced the air as the exhausted girl shook her head, refusing to look at the child.

Vanya's face filled with horror. They had been 7 when their mother had named them, she had told them that they would be named from where they had come from -- that had been the first time they had learned of their origins. She also remembered being said that her mother was Russian. She didn't want to think about the possibility that this woman could be her mother. Vanya had forced herself to stop thinking about her mother a long time ago.