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q; do you have any siblings?

irene: i'm an only child, i think my parents only wanted one kid and i'm the best they'll get
april: i have a younger sister! her name is sunbul, which is an arabic name that means delicate, which is ironic because she has a lot of energy
irene: god, she was so loud and extroverted! you're like opposites
april: exactly! but we call her sunny, because then her name is 'sunny showers', which fits the accidental pun theme in our family.
irene: it's so adorable.. imagine having that last name
april: oh! i forgot to mention, she's 13. she has bleached blonde curly hair that's a little shorter than mine, and she really likes musical theatre. she's a super good singer and actor, and is learning to play the violin!
irene: oooh, didn't you used to play violin?
april: mhm, she uses my old one back in egypt to practise!
irene: so you're telling me the showers' family is naturally pretty AND talented??
april: blushes you're too flattering!
irene: but i'm not wrong ;)

q; do you always tell eachother EVERYTHING? (note; they're not in the same room when answering this)

april: i've told irene most things about me because i really trust her. i've only not gone into detail about.. when gwen was killed, because i still find it too hard to talk about. and i know she wouldn't for me but, i don't want her to get violent with him incase she figures out the gross things he said to me as well. but, if we're talking about in modern day, i usually do tell irene everything! i'm not scared of talking about things with her because she always understands and is there for me.
irene: i tell april most things, like for sure, but not 100% of things. if i don't tell her something, it's only because i don't want to worry the hell out of her, you know? it's not that i don't trust her with shit, i really do and i know she wouldn't tell anyone, but i know she get's super paranoid and can overthink a whole lot. so when i smoke, or do something stupid, i usually don't tell her cause i don't wanna hurt her, fuck, it'd hurt me too. but, you know, i do get breakdown moments where i spill everything anyway, and she's always so, so sweet about it. so i really can trust pri if i need her.

q; what are your mental illnesses like?
TW; big mentions of OCD (compulsions) and bulimia (binging and purging, weight), please skip if you're sensitive to this

irene: believe it or not, i'm not actually diagnosed with anything.
april: but you really should go see someone soon, okay?
irene: i will pri, don't worry. i'm not officially diagnosed but, i show a lot of depression symptoms. people used to think i had adhd but honestly, i think i was just a hormonal teen who got mood swings and breakdowns, and being hotheaded is just part of my nature. but hey! april helped me get a lot better. <3
april: aww!!
april: well.. my OCD is a genetic thing in my family, it's been passed down a few generations and i've just so happened to be one of the people who got it. my dad has it too, so i think i inherited it from him! i got diagnosed when i was 7; what happened is that i'm right handed, so i dominantly use my right hand. but, one day when i was that age, suddenly i started to feel really scared and unbalanced, i got intrustive thoughts that i needed to balance my hands out, that now i needed to use my left hand only for a year or else that hand would stop working. it would really affect me.. i'd force myself to use it for everything, and even sometimes at school i'd try so hard to write with my left hand, even though it meant you couldn't read my writing. i would start to cry if i felt like i hadn't used it enough, because my head kept telling me that it was going to stop functioning forever. a month later, my dad noticed this while i was eating dinner on the verge of tears, because i kept dropping the food out of my spoon using my non-dominant hand. he immediately went to get me diagnosed because he knew exactly what was going on in my head.
irene: pulling her closer pri.. that sucks so bad, god
april: nodding it's okay now, as i got older i learnt to distract myself from the thoughts, but i still get.. weird compulsions that i really can't stop.
irene: mhm.. like when she has to check if the door is locked 5 times before leaving the house, sometimes she has to re-close a door because it didn't sit right in her gut. she often gets paranoid about leaving the fireplace on too. it's something she checks very often, even if it's summer and not in use, since ours is electric. 
april: i know cam has a phobia of fire too.. it's a fear of mine to start one. and also, i get stressed around excessive mess, but my dad says that might just also be because i was strictly raised to keep every area of the house clean
irene: either way honey, it wouldn't be your fault, and it'll get better one day, i promise. she kisses the top of her head i'm going through this with you, after all!
april: smiling softly and you've helped me loads with it, so much. my main compulsion was picking at my hands, and they'd often bleed because of it. i was insecure about it at the time, and often wore these silk gloves to cover my hands. the scarring is still there but, it's much less now as i've stopped!
irene: and that's what i call good ass progress baby!!
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april: and ah.. my bulimia
irene: you don't have to talk about it if you're not ready, princess..
april: i am i am! i just need to backtrack a bit