Episode 4: A Warning

Venti
Venti
"Hey, Xiao. Where Aether and Lumine?"
Xiao
Xiao
"They're at home. Aether is sick so Lumine taking care of him."
Venti
Venti
"So suddenly?"
Xiao
Xiao
"Yea, I don't know why but... maybe because his body still weak. I already told you before right?"
Venti
Venti
"That, Aether has a weak body since he was born. He has asthma but strong power."
Xiao sighed and nodded.
Xiao
Xiao
"I hope school will over soon though."
He whisper still worried about the twins. Venti pat his shoulder trying to reassured him.
Venti
Venti
"I'm sure they will be fine. The class is starting."
Back at home,
Lumine
Lumine
"Nii-chan wait here okay? I'll make a porridge."
Aether
Aether
"Umh..."
Aether weakly opened his eyes once Lumine left, he can still feel his body temperature rise up.
Aether
Aether
(How did I ended up having a fever?)
Aether
Aether
(Does it because of that dream? Or is it supposed to be my memory? It felt too real for it to be a mere dream.)
Aether
Aether
(Arghh.... My head hurts.... My body is hurts... it hurts so much.... Why everything is hurt?)
He closed his eyes back, breathing heavily, sweat keep on rolling down. His whole body shiver once a while in pain.
Lumine
Lumine
"Onii-chan?"
Aether
Aether
*opened eyes.*
Aether
Aether
"Lumine..."
He force himself to stopped from shivering and smiled weakly at his twin. She sat beside him then proceed to help him sit. Lumine feed Aether the porridge she just made.
Lumine
Lumine
"...."
Lumine
Lumine
"Aether are you... in pain?"
Aether
Aether
*eyes slightly widened before replaced with an empty smile.*
Aether
Aether
"I'm fine Lumine. No need to worry about me. I'll recover soon."
He said while gently holding her hand.
Lumine
Lumine
"But, you look pale. Paler than before."
Aether
Aether
"There's nothing to worry about, you believe in nii-chan right? You know that I'm strong aren't you?"
Lumine
Lumine
"Hmun..."
He pat his sister hair.
Lumine
Lumine
"Nii-chan, can I leave you alone for a while? I need to buy medicine for you, the supplies already finished."
Aether
Aether
"Sure but how about Xiao-nii?"
Lumine
Lumine
"Xiao-nii give permission to me before he left, umm.... Are you sure, you can be alone?"
Aether
Aether
"I'll be fine."
Lumine sighed still worried.
Lumine
Lumine
"I'll be back as soon as possible! Please wait until then."
Aether
Aether
"Hmm...."
Aether nod and gave her a reassured smiled, she then leave in hurried so she will be home soon. Once Lumine left, he started having a cough feat, he cover his mouth using palm.
Aether
Aether
"Cough! Cough!"
Aether
Aether
"Hah.... Hah...."
Aether
Aether
*leaned on the bed stand.*
He coughs starting to get worse.
Aether
Aether
(It hurts.... It hurts....)
He pulled his hand away from mouth when felt something trickle down from his mouth. His eyes widened and breath became more uneven.
Aether
Aether
"B-blood?"
Aether
Aether
"Cough!"
He then struggle to get up and went to the bathroom. He throw up an amount of blood. Aether fell on his knees, his face got pale than before.
Aether
Aether
"Cough! Cough!"
Aether
Aether
(Why is this happening to me?)
Everything went dark afterward.
Meanwhile, with Lumine
She gritted her teeth in resentment, Lumine doesn't even know how she got into this situasion.
Man 1: Well, well look who we have here?
Man 3: We got ourselves a chick.
Man 2: And it's a beauty to add that.
Man 4: Hey, there beautiful lady. Why don't you go out with me?
The man gently hold her hand and kiss it, Lumine face twist into disgust.
Lumine
Lumine
"Get away from me you freak! I need to get back home now, don't hinder me!"
She roughly pushed them away with all her strength but they seemed to tick up when Lumine ignored them.
Man 1: Oi! How dare you ignored us?
Lumine
Lumine
"...."
Lumine
Lumine
"Shut up. I don't have time wasting with you."
She claimed in cold voice, Lumine proceed to leave but once again she stopped by them. One of the man use his Geo power to trapped her in prison.
Man 3: Who said you can leave?
Lumine
Lumine
"You getting on my nerve you know?"
Her eyes hidden behind hair before she can do anything, someone interfere them.
Barbara
Barbara
"What are you doing? Harassing her like that?"
Man 1: M-miss Barbara
She narrowed her eyes.
Barbara
Barbara
"I do not tolerate such behaviour, let her go at once. Unless you want your punishment become heavy."
They hurriedly freed Lumine and bow at the latter.
Man 2: We sorry miss Barbara this won't happend again!
They then run away. The girl named Barbara just shook her head with a slight frown before approaching Lumine.
Barbara
Barbara
"Are you okay?"
Lumine
Lumine
"Yea, I'm fine. Thank you, I really need to go back now."
Barbara
Barbara
"If you don't mind, I'll follow you until you reach home. I don't want another man harassed you again."
Lumine
Lumine
"Is it okay? I mean you must be busy, I don't want to disturbed you."
Barbara
Barbara
"Don't worry, I just finished my work. Let's go?"
Lumine
Lumine
"Alright, thank you."
Once they arrived, Lumine quickly entered while welcoming Barbara on her way in. She then proceed to went the room, she already feel uneasy since she on her way home. Lumine roughly opened the door only to see it empty, she began to panic.
Lumine
Lumine
"Nii-chan?"
Lumine
Lumine
"Onii-chan where are you?"
Her stepped stopped infront of the bath, something telling her that he is in the bathroom. Lumine instinctively opened it.
Her eyes widened in shock before running toward him.
Lumine
Lumine
"Onii-chan!"
Lumine
Lumine
"Onii-chan! Wake up onii-chan!!"
Aether
Aether
"...."
Barbara
Barbara
"What's wrong?! I heard you screaming just now!"
Lumine
Lumine
"B-Barbara-san...."
Barbara
Barbara
"Ah-"
Barbara
Barbara
"Let's carry him to bed first, I'll check if I can heal him. You bring warm water and small towel."
Lumine
Lumine
"O-okay!"
Without wasting anymore time, they carefully carried Aether body in eased since he is light. Lumine hurriedly went to the kitchen as what she ordered.
Barbara
Barbara
"...."
She slowly exhaled and use her Hydro into healing ability, she concentrate on heal him. Barbara can see how much Aether is sweating and his face showing so much pain.
Meanwhile in Aether sub-conscious,
Aether
Aether
"Huh?"
Aether
Aether
"Where am I? Not this again..."
Aether frowned in displeased but this time everything around him is dark, it's an endless dark. Nothing more than that. Oddly he didn't feel scare of darkness instead he feel comfortable.
Though, it's changed when the couple he saw before in his dream appeared infront of him. His eyes widened, Aether swear they gave him a smiled. There is no one else aside from him.
Aether
Aether
"What...?"
Aether
Aether
"Y-you are..."
Rillia
Rillia
"Aether, I'm so glad you and Lumine are doing fine."
Aether couldn't even react the moment they suddenly pulled him into hugged. But he doesn't hate it, Aether slowly embrace them back.
Aether
Aether
(It's... warm.)
.
.
.
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"We're here not only to see you."
Aether
Aether
"What do you mean?"
Rillia
Rillia
"...."
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??
"...."
They exchanged glance for a second and Aether caught it. The man exhaled heavily.
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"We here to warn you Aether."
Aether
Aether
"W-warn me?"
Rillia
Rillia
"You do remember that you already see the important memory right?"
Aether
Aether
!!
Aether
Aether
"You don't mean-!"
??
??
*nod head.*
Rillia
Rillia
"Those memory that you received are from the earring you wore."
Aether
Aether
"Ah..."
Aether
Aether
*touch the earring on his left ear.*
Aether
Aether
"But... why now?"
??
??
"Because we already set on when the time is right. I'm afraid to say this is sooner than I thought..."
Rillia
Rillia
"Aether dear."
Rillia
Rillia
*grab Aether's shoulders.*
Rillia
Rillia
"I didn't mean to stress you up but please... be careful."
??
??
"You need to control your power. You'll need it in the future."
Aether
Aether
"B-but..."
Aether
Aether
"I'm scared, what if I accidentally killed someone? I'll never forgive myself if that happend."
Aether
Aether
*stared at palms.*
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??
*grab Aether's shoulders.*
Aether
Aether
*look at him.*
??
??
*smiled at him in reassured.*
??
??
"You will be fine. Believe in yourself okay?"
Rillia
Rillia
"We know you can do it Aether. You and Lumine are strong child. We believe in you."
Rillia
Rillia
*put both hand on his cheeks.*
Rillia
Rillia
"You not alone anymore right?"
Aether
Aether
"...."
Aether
Aether
*eyes glistening.*
Although it's only been few days, he is glad meeting other people other than Lumine and Xiao. They even care for his well being and that is enough to enlighten him.
??
??
"Please... Aether be careful, I beg of you..."
Aether
Aether
"...."
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??
"Your life is on the line, if you didn't control it, the power inside you will kill you."
Aether
Aether
*close eyes before open back.*
Aether
Aether
"I'll try my best to control it."
Rillia
Rillia
"Hm..."
Rillia
Rillia
*smiled while nod her head.*
??
??
*curled a smiled.*
His vision get blurry and his head felt lightheaded, before he lose conscious. He heard their voices.
"We love you Aether, Lumine. Please take care, we'll be watching over you two."
Back to reality,
Lumine
Lumine
"Onii-chan!"
Aether
Aether
*slowly opened eyes.*
He can feel tears escaped from his eyes.
Aether
Aether
"Lumine...."
Lumine
Lumine
"Nii-chan...! Hic, onii-chan!!"
Lumine
Lumine
*hugged Aether.*
Lumine
Lumine
"You scared me! Baka! Baka! Baka onii-chan!! You so mean for making me worried. Hic...."
Aether
Aether
*eyes turned glaze.*
Aether
Aether
*pat his sister hair trying to calm her down.*
Aether
Aether
"I'm sorry for worrying you again."
He whisper in her ear.
Xiao
Xiao
"Aether.."
Venti
Venti
"Hah.... He finally awake, thank goodness."
Barbara
Barbara
"That's good, I'm glad he is okay now."
Xiao
Xiao
"Barbara."
Barbara
Barbara
"Hm?"
Barbara
Barbara
*turn to face Xiao.*
Xiao
Xiao
"Thank you for taking care of them."
Barbara
Barbara
"Oh, no! This is nothing, really! I want to help people as much as I can but I didn't expect that they're your siblings."
Xiao
Xiao
*sigh.*
Xiao
Xiao
"That is the least people would expect."
Venti
Venti
"...."
Venti
Venti
(I'm so glad you're okay Aether.... I don't want to lose another person in my life again. I swear, I'll protect you and your sister.)
To be continue...
Key
Key
Why did I feel my grammar get worse?
Key
Key
*sweatdropped.*
Key
Key
Oh, well.... I hope you enjoy? I guess? See you in next episode.
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˗ˏˋ꒰ prinzechl ꒱

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a single tear dropped 🥲 this is a wonderful chapter 👏👏👏

2022-07-17

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Shiro Kai

Shiro Kai

Cool...

2022-03-12

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