Anifusio IDOLiSH7!

7: Our Secret

The bedroom next to Riku's used to be bare after he lost his parents. A double bed, a closet, a shelf, a table and a chair had just been there looking lifeless. The room was turned into a warm space just a few minutes ago by his brother.

"This is all too sudden, Tenn-nii." The redhead still couldn't cope with the shock.

"But you're happy I'm here, right, Riku?" Tenn stroked Riku's chin, making him purr. They were sitting on a bed that is now Tenn's. Riku couldn't deny that. He was happy and wouldn't get painfully lonely anymore.

"Tenn-nii, do you not have any cat toys? And I don't have a cat bed in my... I mean, our living room right now. I thought those are very important for cats... but since I can't transform, I don't really need them."

"Psssttt Riku," Tenn hissed, "I'm a fully grown adult cat. I don't play with toys."

Riku pulled a yarn ball from his pocket and threw it past Tenn's face. He had prepared it beforehand. He was curious about how his cool brother would react. (And of course, Riku himself ended up playing with the mini yarn ball for half an hour.)

The pink eyes took immediate focus on the pink yarn ball and quickly, the boy reached out his hands to grab it. He started squeezing and pulling the yarn ball in his hands, smiling like an idiot. He even nibbled the woolly thing.

"So this is what you meant by 'fully grown adult cat', huh?" Riku was satisfied. He made a mental note to go toy shopping after uni someday this week.

The black cat's face went red, like tomato red. Still, his hands were fiddling with the yarn ball (> <).

Tenn channelled all his human nature to drop the soft thing.

"I-I think it's time for dinner. I'm going to cook." Tenn left the room without looking at his brother. God, he was so embarrassed.

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The two cats were enjoying their omurice until Tenn put his spoon down. There was still more than half an omurice on his plate.

"Riku. Listen."

Riku paused. He looked at Tenn as if to say "what is it?".

"No one is to know about the fact that we are twins."

Riku was expecting a serious conversation but he sure was not expecting that. "Tenn-nii, why..?" Is he ashamed to have me as a brother?

"Riku, don't get me wrong. It's not you that's the problem."

Tenn could see Riku's hurt expression. The white cat is too pure. "It's Kujou-san. He might be overseas, but he has been checking my progress at the uni. If he found out about you, who knows what could happen to you."

Tenn stopped a second to word his next sentence. "Trust me, Riku, it hurts me to do this."

"Tenn-nii, it's okay. I understand." The white cat was sad. He smiled anyway. He knew that his brother was protecting him and that gave him a warm feeling in his heart. He missed being taken care of, after all.

"If I'm in my cat form, you can talk to me like a brother. No one is going to know it's me. Black cats, real or Anifusio, are extremely common. Although I'll try not to use my cat form too much around you, if you breathe in too much of my fur, your lungs are going to act up."

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That night, Riku couldn't sleep. So much had happened in a day. He decided to watch TRIGGER performance CD that Iori had lent him. His eyes were glued to his TV screen the whole entire time. Everyone in TRIGGER looked so cool, and their performance was sexy and powerful. Not only that, his brother, his beloved twin (who was nibbling a yarn ball) was a centre.

Riku easily became one of many TRIGGER fans. He also felt even more pumped. He really, really wanted to win on the uni judgement/performance day now. So that he could bring more smiles to this world...

and prove to the world that he was perfect just the way he was.

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