12 The Talk (2/2)
”Come in.”
Swallowing down a small bit of his saliva, Ezra opened the door, it was where he found Erza sitting on the foot of her bed with her arms crossed along with the same stern look on her face.
”Good, you came.”
Ez scratched the side of his cheek with his finger and muttered quietly, ”Y-Yeah, you sort of made it that way so that I couldn't say no...”
”What was that?”
”Nothing! I was just wondering what my punishment is going to be...?”
”Oh, yes, umm...Ez, you have to...”
The twin brother looked at his sister questionably as he noticed she had an embarrassed look on her face and has red cheeks as she slightly faced away from him.
”I'm sorry, what? Can you repeat that?” He asked.
Again Erza's cheek grew red as she tried speaking up, ”You have to....eep with me...”
”Nee-san, please speak up. I can't hear what you're saying.” He pressed.
The female twin's entire cheeks now turned permanently red as her brown eyes met her brothers own.
”I...I want you...to s-sleep with me tonight...”
”Heh?”
...
...
”Eeehh! W-Why?!” Ezra yelled, shocked as his entire face turned beet red.
Erza looked equally red in embarrassment, ”N-Never mind why! This is your punishment, so deal with it!”
”B-But we haven't slept together since we were kids! Why are you asking this now so suddenly?”
The female twin looked away in embarrassment, ”I-It's just only to keep an eye on you....”
”Thats it! I know I said earlier I can trust you to be responsible, b-but as your older sister it's my responsibility to make sure you don't have any deprived thoughts before tomorrow! So stop complaining and lay down next to me!” Erza exclaimed as she laid on one side of her bed, leaving the other side free for her brother.
Seeing no more room for argument, Ezra nervously made his way towards the bed and slowly laid himself right next to his sister.
Erza then switched off the lamp on her nightstand. Darkness filled the room as the moonlight from the outside was the only source of outlet for the twins to see one another.
Laying face-to-face, a sense of awkwardness was filled in the air as neither twins bothered to look at each other in the eyes. After a few more moments of silence, Erza spoke.
”E-Ezra...”
”Y-Yeah?”
”Come a little closer. That way we have more space on the bed.” She said.
”O-Okay...”
Shifting their weights closer to each other, the twin's faces were now closer than ever as the tip of their noses nearly touched.
Red hues began to reform from their cheeks as the aroma of Erza's shampoo invaded Ez's nose,
'Nee-san...she smells like strawberries and vanilla...No! Bad thoughts! Bad thoughts! Gaaah!'
”Ez?”
The younger twin stopped himself as Erza called out to him quietly, ”Yes?”
”I'm sorry for making you do this so suddenly...I know it's been a long time since we've done this, and it might make you feel uncomfortable to do so but...I just got so worked up and I couldn't-!”
”Nee-san.” Erza stopped as her brother then continued.
”You don't have to worry about it, I understand.”
”But-!”
”But nothing. Yes, this does make me feel a bit uncomfortable, yet...at the same time I'm glad...” He confessed which surprised the elder twin.
”Y-You are?”
Ez smiled gently, ”Of course! I mean, we are older now, but I've really missed sleeping next to you honestly.”
He blushed as he admitted and continued, ”Even when we were in that tower, you've always made sure that I was comfortable right by your side despite sleeping on the cold hard ground. But I didn't care about that, all I cared was about being in the warm embrace of my beloved Nee-san. And even if we were forced to work into slavery every starting morning, I would always try to back down my fears knowing you would be there right beside me when I open my eyes...”
”Ezra...” A single tear slowly traced down her cheek to the pillow as the red-haired female twin couldn't make out any words to respond back to her brother.
Erza blushed as she felt his warm hand tightly grab on to hers as Ez gave his usual gentle kind smile.
”So no more discomfort feelings. Tomorrow I have to meet Mira early for the job, but tonight I want to focus solely on Nee-san, okay?”
Erza smiled beautifully and nodded as both she and Ezra leaned in closer together as their foreheads touched.
”Good night, Nee-san. I love you...”
”Mm, I love you as well, Ez. Good night.”
And like that, the Scarlet twins peacefully laid their eyes to rest as their hands never lost grasp of each other until morning.