Double School Life

Monday morning, I woke up from bed, and as I thought, this time strange thing to me. This morning, I woke up as Touka first. My original self is not waking up.

Yesterday I woke up at the same time together, but why I can’t today?

I get up from bed, and go to Onii-chan’s room.

I opened it, and there he is, still asleep.

“Onii-chan, wake up!” I screaming in his room, but he is not reacting to it. Even convincing myself to wake up is not enough anymore, apparently.

My own self sleeping face, surprisingly is cute. Maybe that’s why Rin-san is also like Onii-chan.

I shook him to wake him up, “Onii-chan, wake up. You’re gonna be late, you know.”

I feeling my own self opening his eye, but it’s just a little.

“Five more minutes.” I shrug a blanket to cover myself.

Because of that, I take a glass of water beside him, and sprinkled it into his face.

“Onii-chan, wake up!”

“Ahh!!”

Finally, he is waking up.

“Hey, you don’t have to do that.” I complained.

“That’s what you get when you are not waking up. Now get up!”

I get up, but my own body still a little bit groggy because of my sprinkle.

“Come on, Onii-chan.”

I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth, and Onii-chan do that also. For efficiency, I synchronize myself with my own body. So, both I and Onii-chan can finished together.

Then, I go to my own room and wear my school uniform, while Onii-chan put on the TV.

I watched the recent news; there’s nothing particularly stand out for me. Weather predictions, price market, etc.

When I finished wear my uniform and brush my hair, I prepare a sandwich for our breakfast.

“Onii-chan, what do you want in your sandwich?”

“Like the usual one.”

“OK. Just prepare yourself first.”

I wake up from the chair, “Yeah, I know. I almost in my room.”

I close my room, and put my uniform on. Take my bag and get in to the eating table.

“Here, you go. An egg sandwich.”

“Thanks, Touka.”

“It’s nothing. Anyway, tomorrow it’s your shift to prepare a breakfast.”

“I know, I know.”

I ate Touka’s sandwich, the taste……It’s the same. No,….. it’s even better from what I used to make.

“It’s, delicious.”

“Really? Thanks, Onii-chan.”

I ate the sandwich because I also curious about my own sandwich.

As soon I ate it, I also shocked, because It’s really different from what I used to remember.

“I thought you we’re just praising me. This is really delicious.”

“I told you. I never overjudge a food.”

As I eat more, both as myself and Onii-chan, I realize something.

Hold on. Why, today I acted as my own little sister more than yesterday. I need to find out, but from where?

We’re pause for a second because of that.

“Let’s go to the class first, and then we think about it later on.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

We ate that sandwich until it’s finished and proceed to wear our shoes and open the door.

“Ah, I almost forget my bag.”

“You’re really clumsy, aren’t you?”

“Don’t tease me, Onii-chan.”

“Yeah, yeah. Get your bag.”

I ran into my room, and take the bag in the table.

And here we are. My ‘first’ school day, is officially begin.

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Onii-chan~, why we had a math in first session?

It can’t be helped. You can’t complain it either, because your math score is more than me.

Oh, come on! I only surpassed you by 2 points. Complained that to Sensei instead.

That was applied to you, too!

Here I am, complaining about math session to Onii-chan telepathically, to be countered instead by Onii-chan. I mean, I can do the math. But I hate the process.

“Oh, there’s a bell. Alright class, remember to do your homework. See you all in the class in Wednesday.”

Ah, finally. Rest time.

I poking Onii-chan’s back with my mechanical pencil. I can still feel it as well.

“Hey, Onii-chan. It’s your time.”

“Yeah, I know. I’ll get the usual.” I get up from my chair and goes to cafeteria.

“Hurry up, Onii-chan, or we don’t get the food.”

“I know” I half-screamed to her.

“Eating a yakisoba-pan again? It’s not healthy you know.” Rin-san commenting about our choice of food during in school.

“But at least in apartment we cook our meal.”

“That’s not an excuse.”

“You’re always too cared if that’s about them.” Say Kai-chan, commenting how Rin-san ‘scolded’ me.

“You don’t have a comment privilege.”

“Why!?”

“Your food and lifestyle are much worse than these twins combined times 2.”

“Ugghh. That’s harsh, you know.”

“Talk that to yourself.”

“Hey, calm down Rin-san. It’s OK. We’re trying, OK.”

“You talk that yester-months ago, Touka!”

I didn’t have a word on that.

“Hey, what’s going on? What do you guys talk about?” I ask as I walk to my chair as myself, to be immersed to the conversation, plus to camouflage about me and Onii-chan condition.

I sat and give the yakisoba-pan to me, “Here, your ‘bread’.”

“Thank you, Onii-chan. Ah, I’m hungry.”

Rin-san sighed in front of us, “Huh, you’ve both need someone to cook your meal in here.”

“How about you, Rin-san, Kai-chan. You’re not eating?”

They seeing each other, confusing me.

“Um, do you forget?”

“About what?” I ask as myself.

“After this, the school session is ended. The teacher had an important meeting.”

“Huh!?” “Huh!?”

Really? Why I don’t remember it? Is it another side effect of that phenomenon?

“If you think what I think you do, it’s not.” Rin-san cut me off.

“Really?” “Really?” ask us together.

“Yes!” Rin-san convincing me.

“Wow, I’m sorry, for all these years, despite I knowing you since we’re childhood. But I just……., your sync. God, it creeps me out, all the time, and here I am, thought that I will used to it a long time ago.”

I smiled to him, “It’s alright, Kai-chan. I mean, that is some a twin’s quirk, I think.”

“And if you’re not creeping much yet, wait ‘till you’ve seen us playing a video game.” I complete my own sentence.

“Ah, no. I know that already, which is,…… to be honest quite useful. Anyway, just eat your food, both of you.”

Me and Onii-chan both laughing.

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There was another piece of information that I was quite scary to me.

I’m too adapt to this reality.

I want to re-stepping my walk, before everything happened to me.

I stopped, for a moment, and I observe my surroundings. There was a house block to my right, and there was a shrine in my left.

Wait, I goes to this shrine before I back home.

I stepped into the shrine.

I remember praying in here. Two things I prayed;

‘I want a confidence to confess to Rina’, and ‘I want to be able to understand about a girl’s heart. So, I can make Rina a happy girlfriend’

Hold on. Did my pray is actually being accepted?

“You were right, Ichikawa Souta, Ichikawa Touka.”

I was startled to hear a voice out of nowhere. I’m sure I was alone, well, Touka is not included in this.

I’m look everywhere. There is no one.

Don’t tell me there was……

I know this is like a horror film I watched, where the character is looking back to their origin perspective, there was a jumpscare.

“I hope I’m not scaring you.” Said a girl with a white kimono who appear right in front of us

“HAH!!!” “HAH!!!”

I almost fall into the ground.

“I already told you I’m not scary.”

“Is it not helping if you stand in front of me out of nowhere.” I commented to her ‘warning’

“Indeed.” I complete my sentence as Touka.

“Sorry, sorry.” Said her while getting a little distance from us.

“Let me introduce myself. One name is, Shiro. I am the one who accept and granting your pray. Nice to meet you both.”

To this day, I thought Touka’s appearance is already strange enough, and now there is someone insane enough claiming she is the one who accept my pray!?

Oh god. I want a clue about my situations, but you’ve send me this crazy girl?

“Hey, I’m not crazy. One’s really a god, you know.”

How the……..

Yup. This is getting insane and insane everytime.