Twice the love

Chapter Five

Ryan:

I sat in the car waiting for Hazelle. She was taking forever, and I was missing her. It was hard for me to keep her as a step-sister, not when I keep touching her. I wish I was still with dad -then it wouldn't be this bad. I wouldn't have to think about boundaries, because I wouldn't see her everyday. I'd probably sleep with her,and then find out that my mom married her dad -boom! Perfect way to find out,right?

But every time I tried to talk to her alone,one of those twins kept coming to her. He wore glasses, and always had a book in his hand. He looked like one of those geeks on T.V. Or one of those Animes Hazelle watches with a headless woman on a bike, and another guy keeps throwing shit at some other guy. I don't know how or why she gets into that kinda stuff, but I noticed the she was smiling at him. She never smiled for me - not even when she met me in the car, what was that about?

The car door opened, and Hazelle was in the car, setting her bag on her lap and keeping her distance. I smirked and put on my headphones. She was reading.

Always reading.

Then I heard a loud buzz. I checked my phone, no. Wasn't me. It was her. She had that cute smile on her face from earlier today. A smile I never gave her, and right now. It was pissing me off.

"So who's that? " I asked. Hiding the irritation in my tone.

"Kotarou... " Another buzz. "And Kojuro.. " She said,swiping away on her phone.Both of them?!! How the fuck did they get her number?! Another buzz, and this time she giggled. A cute and innocent giggle. It made me crush my Red Bull can.

When we got home, I sat at the table and did my homework. Mom had just gotten home,and she brought milkshakes. She was happy now - After the whole divorce from Dad, three years later, she found someone she loved dearly. Too bad his daughter's a bitch to her.

"Did you find out anything Hazelle likes to do in her spare time?" She asked. I shook my head.

"Read and flirt with Japanese boys.. " I said,deadpanned. Mom sighed,she took the other milkshake and slurped away.

"Real helpful, Ry..!"She responded. I shrugged and looking you the stairs at her room. She walked out in her favorite shorts and socks with a tank top on along with curly curly hair.

"Do you think she likes Cookie Dough milkshake? "

I nodded,not paying attention to Mom at all.

"Or maybe, I can take her with me shopping this weekend..That's something all girls like. We can have girl time. ~ " I nodded again. Watching Hazelle from a bird's view. God ,she has some nice legs! And a nice...

I held my head and groaned. Not only did I have a brain freeze, but Mom decides to throw an apple at my head just to get my attention.

"God, you're just like your father...!" She groaned, before handing me, Hazelle's milkshake. I sighed and marched upstairs ,where I see Hazelle sitting at her desk, ear to phone,and hands tapping away on her game. She was smiling, and laughing. Then I heard a boy's voice, and my nerves flew up. I sat the milkshake next to her and walked out of the room.

Why?why was this shit so difficult? Why do I want her this bad?

Kojuro:

I sat in the guestroom with my games and magazines. Kotaru was on the phone with Hazel,meanwhile,I was playing team Wolfpack with her. She was pretty good, better than most of the guys at school. I would text her while waiting for our team to load up.

Earlier before lunch was over -I told her the truth about the spider bites. About Kotarou beating my ass because of his precious book collection, do you want to know her response?

"I wouldn't blame him for overreacting, but you causing that much damage. "

She made us apologize. Using the puppy pout method; God,girls are trouble. We talked it out while on our way home, and Kotarou finally caved in about his crush for Hazel.

"Can you blame me? She's like Emma, or Clary... or Tessa. I mean the how cute she looks when she's thinking on a question, or how bright her smiles are." He was losing it. But I couldn't blame him either, Hazel was so beautiful that she managed to have both of us smitten by her. How can you do that? I really don't know.

Kotarou sat down next to me while I was killing off Templars. He kept calling out about one being on the rooftop, but Hazel's character already got it. Which ended the game. I got a message on my phone from Hazel. She was going to sleep, so I told her goodnight with a kiss emoji.

When I got off my phone, I saw Kotarou playing. Like he knew what he was doing. Turns out he did- until he jumped off the building and fell to the ground. Poor Connor... ~

At least Kotarou got farther than I did.

When I went back to my actual room,I saw Kotarou laying in bed . Asleep. When we were younger, we used to only talk to each other. Play with each other - Hell, we even slept in the same bed with each other. Now's no different.

I got on my side of the bed and stared at the ceiling. Thinking. Thinking about Kotarou and Hazel. After all of this thinking, I still couldn't sleep,so I got out of bed and walked over to Kotarou's bookshelf. Looking for that one interesting book. Something that can put me to sleep without a problem. So I grabbed a nice blue covered book with a a red heel on the cover. It looked nice. It was called Cinder.

Don't ask me why it's called that, please. But ended up reading the entire book in about two hours. It wasn't until I got to the second book that I decided to fall asleep.And I couldn't help but think of Hazel being my Lunar Princess.

The next morning I wake up to Kotarou watching me sleep, he was laughing at me. Then I remembered why?  That book was still on my chest when I went to sleep. 

"Couldn't sleep last night? " he asked, before getting out of bed and grabbing his T-shirt.  I shook my head. I couldn't sleep at all,so I read an entire book by myself. Me. Reading a book longer than 200 pages?  Crazy, huh?

I picked up the book on my chest and waved it at him.  "Does this have a sequel or something? " I asked. He smirked and pointed at the shelf.

"It should be there next to where you found that book. " he said.  I frowned when i actually found it. 
This book has more pages!  Why?!

I groaned to myself and started to get ready for school.  I couldn't stop reading period, what have I been missing in my life?

(A/N:  The Lunar Chronicles is my favorite series ever!  I honestly recommend it to those who haven't read it!  Good stuff!)

Hazel:

I sat next to Kojuro in history class, and I just couldn't believe what I'm seeing.  Kojuro ...with a book in his hand. What happened here? I felt happy that it was my favorite series too. I can hear Kotarou snickering.  When I looked over at the other twin he just shrugs, then making a funny gesture with his hands. I was smiling. "Psssst, do you think we can go hangout somewhere? " Kojuro asked. I looked over at him, and he looked so determined this time.Kotarou was just as shocked as I was. It was so sudden. 

"This weekend? " I asked.  He nodded. I never knew where exactly to hang out ,I never had friends to hang out with so I rarely went out. 

"We can go see a movie and eat ice cream. " he suggested. I nodded again. 

"Is Kotarou coming too? " I asked. But this time, Kojuuro looked so distant. That light in his eyes was gone.

"No, he's not going... " that tone scared me a little, and before I could ask more- the bell rung.