Chapter 358: Triplets and Triplets (1/2)
The next morning, on the way to school.
Taiyou, Kotone, Suzune, and Kazane were more enthusiastic than usual, and Ruri thought that to be odd.
“You’re…awfully happy.”
“Are you sure?”
“But I’m pretty sure…”
“We’re the same as always.”
The three sisters answered in their signature chorus.
They may have insisted on this on the surface, but it was clear as day from how they were grinning.
“No, you’re definitely in a good mood…did something happen?”
Ruri asked again, and the sisters giggled at one another.
“It’s because we were right next to Taiyou all day yesterday.”
Kazane explained.
“I see…that makes sense.”
Ruri was about to accept that, but…
“Wait…but Kotone was the one flirting with him.”
A new doubt flickered in her mind.
“And yet…Suzune and Kazane are also happy?”
“””Of course.”””
The three sisters answered all at once. They were so in-sync that it was like they were one person.
Ruri tilted her head in confusion.
“That’s just how they are, Ruri.”
Taiyou had now entered the conversation.
“You haven’t been with us for very long yet, so maybe you’re not used to it.”
“Is it because…they’re triplets?”
“Yep.”
Taiyou nodded.
“I was right next to Kotone all day yesterday, but it felt more like I was right next to all three sisters. That’s how it is even when you’re away from two of them.”
“So then…what if someone gets hurt?”
“Now, I’m not sure about that.”
“We haven’t gotten injured recently.”
“Ever since we met Taiyou-san.”
The three sisters all said, inclining their heads.
When one twin gets hurt, the other twin gets hurt in the same area. If it’s a cut, then even though the other twin wasn’t technically the one who got hurt, a cut will appear in the same area. Reports of such incidents were not uncommon, and that was probably what Ruri was referring to.
“Let me try it out.”
Suzune said, putting a hand into her bag.
“Try it? How so?”
“Okay, all done.”
She said, taking out a compact sewing set and a sewing needle before poking her finger with it. Taiyou hadn’t liked where this was going, but decided that this wasn’t too bad.
Blood came dripping out from her index finger. Kotone and Kazane then monitored their fingers.
After a bit…
“Ah, there it is.”
“Taiyou-san, look, look!”
Red blood came out of their fingers too.
“Yep, I see it’s the same for you three.”
This would normally be an incomprehensible phenomenon to anyone else, but Taiyou took it in stride.
“Super…strange.”
“Well that’s just how it is.”
“But..strange.”