A Third Of Love

Chapter 2: A Tale Of Envy

When we last left our heroes... well, I say heroes, but they haven't exactly gone on any sort of grand adventure or anything.

But, when we last left the twins, they... well, actually, they did fuck all, except for reminiscing about the past, and Lucas going on about his numerous failed attempts to confess his love to Ness.

Don't you just love exposition?

What? Oh yeah, I'm supposed to be telling a story, aren't I?

It was a Friday today, the favourite day of every person who goes to school, because the weekend was soon to follow.

And the twins were no exception to this rule either — Claus in particular was looking forward to the weekend because he could take the opportunity to practice his guitar.

For that reason, Lucas was looking forward to the weekend less — one thing Claus had no concept of (in addition to romance) was the idea of being quiet.

Needless to say, it was very difficult for Lucas to do anything in the house while Claus was in there.

But for now, the twins were of course doing their morning routine — you know, brushing, showering, having breakfast, which as you might imagine, were omelets.

Their mom and dad bid them goodbye, before they rushed off to school, like the adorable little children they were. Even though they were 16...

Meh, roll with it.

The two of them began their usual walk to school, down the streets of Onett and past the town hall. Sometimes during their walks, they'd meet Ness on the way, and he'd join alongside them.

Less occasionally, they'd also sometimes meet one of Claus's friends — a boy named Ninten.

Ninten was a lot like Claus — incredibly active, rather devious, and somewhat annoying at first. But the trait he shared most strongly with Claus would be the fact that most of the time, he was a fucking idiot.

And yes, Claus, I am obligated to throw some shade on you at least once per chapter.

Anyway, Ninten was Claus's partner in crime, so to speak. If there was some mischief to be done, you could bet that Claus and Ninten would be the source of it.

But today, the twins didn't meet any of their friends, which just left the two of them walking to school by themselves.

"So, Lucas... got any plans for Ness then? Remember, you've only got 4 attempts left."

"Well... I'm not sure if I should try. Because, as you said, Ness is straight and all, plus, there's Paula. So maybe, I should just give up."

"And you're completely happy with that decision?"

"Yeah. I am. I'm completely happy with that —"

"Lucas, don't say things we both know aren't true."

Lucas gave a rather heavy sigh at that.

"Ness... he haunts me, in a way."

"What, like a ghost?"

"No... well, actually, I swear sometimes I hear someone moaning my name in the night..."

"Oh yeah, that would be me, I just like to do that to mess with you."

"Why... just... what? I, I can't even be bothered to ask why. Anyway, when I say Ness haunts me, I mean... he's in my dreams. I'll close my eyes, and I'll see him there with me in those sunflower fields we had back at Tazmily."