4 Chapter Four

ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴs ɪɴᴄᴇsᴛᴏᴜs ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛᴡɪɴ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ sᴇxᴜᴀʟ/ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs.

ᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴛᴇs ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴅᴏᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟɪɢɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɢ ᴘʟᴏᴛ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ

ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: ɴᴏɴᴇ

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ!!

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"Hello! My name is Shen Kiyoshi. I like sweets, spicy food, cute things, drawing, and many more. I don't like many things. It's nice to meet all of you!" Kiyoshi introduced himself with a gentle smile. At the corner of his eye, he saw Kiyotaka flinch when he told everyone his name. After everyone greeted Kiyoshi with claps and smiles, he sat down.

The introduction resumed. While Kiyotaka was still thinking about Kiyoshi's introductions.

'Their introductions is the same...but there's no way that' s my Kiyoshi. My Kiyoshi died in the most brutal way in my arms. I can still vividly see the blood on my hands and his trembling figure'

Kiyotaka snapped out of it when he heard chairs scraping. He looked up to see that everyone was leaving for the second part of the Entrance Ceremony. He sighed and decided to question the Kiyoshi-look-a-like. However when he turned his head, the student was gone from behind him making him sigh in disappointment. He then decided to just go straight to the gym.

After the ceremony, Kiyotaka wanted to go to the dorms but he decided to drop by the store on the way there. And there he met Horikita, who seems like she was buying something. He decided to strike a conversation with her, unbeknowst to him that the person he wanted to question was behind him the whole time.

He turned his head when he heard the sound of exclamation and when he looked back he saw the same student he wanted to question, looking at the kitty designed onigiri. The glint in his eyes, the small hop of excitement and the preferred cute designs made Kiyotaka remember Kiyoshi. However he needed to confirm it by observing him more and possibly see his face.

Kiyoshi sensed a sharp stare and turned away from the kitty designed onigiri and saw Kiyotaka staring at him. Kiyoshi blushed and panicked so he waved by immediately went to the other side of the food section. As he got there he sighed inr relief but realized that he ran away making him groan in embarrassment.

He decided to look through the cup noodle section and bought 5 medium sized cup noodles for emergency food. He also decided to get a week of ingredients, so he wouldn't buy food everyday and he could just cook some.

He smiled softly under the mask when he remembered that he promised Kiyotaka to cook for him when they're out of the White Room. He also remembered how he always injure himself learning how to cook just for Kiyotaka.

He snapped out of it when someone bumped into him, and when he looked back, he saw the same black hair and Kiyotaka. He gave them a close-eyed smile and walked away towards the counter after buying everything he needed. There he saw free stuff but he didn't bother, knowing that it's a very bad quality.

However Kiyoshi heard a commotion and when he turned, he saw Sudo, a red haired hot headed classmate of his, he then decided to come closer but Kiyotaka beat him to it. He decided to just leave them and went back to his dorms. As he got there, his dorm was fairly big. It has a bathroom, a small kitchen, a single bed, a desk with a computer, and a carpet.

He began arranging his bought ingredients, before cooking his lunch and dinner while also making a new schedule plan. Meanwhile, Kiyotaka who got to his dorm, saw his room and let out a sad smile. He can see that if Kiyoshi lived, he would be here beside him. But he was also glad that he's somewhere peaceful now. Since the world is cruel to him.

— April 07 2026

It was the second day but all they discussed is about school policies and rules. While most students spend most of the day either on the phone, sleeping, skipping class, reading manga, talking to each other and etc. Kiyoshi on the other hand just played along by listening to the teacher, reading a random book, drawing and etc since he knew that with their behavior everything would go south, even if he behaved.

As the bell rang for lunch, students didn't evsn wait for the teacher's dismissal or words before they ran out excited to be free from the boring classroom. This made Kiyoshi sigh in disappointment, since he knew that their class is the lowest he expected them to have a little restraint or even a tiny bit of discipline since it is still a well known school.

Kiyoshi began taking out his big homemade bento before standing up, just in time to see Kiyotaka going out of the classroom. He immediately walked after him, planning to eat together but when he got out of the classroom, he saw him talking to a cute girl.

The interest in Kiyotaka's eyes towards the unknown cute girl made Kiyoshi sad and he decided to eat alone in the cafeteria, unknowingly letting out a sulking aura that Kiyotaka immediately noticed when Kiyoshi walked pass them. Kiyotaka's eyes lingered for a few seconds before turning back to Kushida.

'I really need to ask him if he somewhat related to Kiyoshi. Everything about him reminded me of him. The only difference is their personality. My Kiyoshi is always smiling, a happy and innocent soul but this Kiyoshi...has the same but more reserved and quiet'

— Cafeteria

Kiyoshi walked towards the corner table where there's only two seats. He sat down on one of them and opened his bento before eating slowly. The food he felt excited to eat felt tasteless. As he was eating, a person came over to the table, carrying his own lunch tray.

"Can I sit here? A male voice spoke and immediately Kiyoshi put on his chosen persona. He flinched in surprise before turning to the source of the voice and there he saw a male, near the same height as Kiyotaka, with dark hair and hazel eyes. Kiyoshi flushed when he noticed himself staring at the male before nodding at his question.

The unknown male then sat down and began eating, they were quiet and only the sounds of other students is heard. However the unknown male began staring at Kiyoshi's food, confused since he knew there were no such bento in the menu. Not only that, the scent of the bento is so aromatic that he can see people a few meters from them turn to their tables.

"your bento smells delicious! Uh...can I ask where did you get that bento? " The unknown male asked politely, Kiyoshi turned to him and smiled making the people around them, male or female and including the male in front of him, blush at the adorable smile of his.

"Oh I cooked it myself. Thank you for saying my bento smells delicious! If you want, you can have a bite!" Kiyoshi said, waiting for the other's response. The flustered unknown male nodded before Kiyoshi grabbed a piece from his bento and putting it carefully on the bowl, the male has.

Kiyoshi smiled at him before continuing eating with a small smile, feeling truly happy because he's not alone and somebody, beside his adopted family, loves his food. While the unknown male, took a small bite on the piece that was given to him.

His eyes widen in surprise and amazement, before taking another larger bite. He moaned quietly from how delicious it is, a smile is still present on his face even after he finishes the piece. He then turned to Kiyoshi in excitement.

"That tastes so great! Damn I wish I could cook like you! Oh yeah, my name is Miyake Akito!! You're Shen Kiyoshi right?" Akito asked Kiyoshi, who was eating quietly, nod in confirmation. This silence made Akito confused since he saw how Kiyoshi introduced himself and assumed that he was the social type of guy.

"You're quite a shy guy, aren't you? it's fine, either way. I also noticed that you always wore a mask, well except now. Can I ask why?" Akito said while taking bite after bite, just in case the lunch ends. Kiyoshi looked at him while also eating, thinking on what to say.

"Well...long story short, I saw many students who I knew and I had...terrible experience with them so I wanted stay as low as possible" Kiyoshi said before taking a final bite from his now empty bento box, surprising Akito at how fast and how much Kiyoshi eats.

"Oh that makes sense" Akito said before going quiet, to eat his food. Silence befall on their table but it wasn't a uncomfortable one. Soon the speakers in the cafeteria rang and a female voice spoke through it, catching most student's attention.

"At 5 pm today, we will be holding a student club fair in Gymnasium No. 1. Students interested in joining a club please gather in Gymnasium No. 1. I repeat–" The female voice informed the student. The topic of clubs caught Kiyoshi's attention, as well as Akito.

"Hm...Are you interested in clubs Shen-san? For me, I'm planning to join the archery club, if there is" Akito asked Kiyoshi who turned his attention back to him before thinking about it. Kiyoshi thinks that clubs are useless except for enjoyment of your skills and socializing, however because of his past he can easily master any skill he tries to learn and he doesn't mind if he doesn't have a big social life.

"Well I'm not interested so far. But I'll still check the club fair out just in case a club will catch my eye" Kiyoshi said with his gentle voice, making Akito lit up, and as he was about to ask if Kiyoshi wanted to come to the fair with him, he was interrupted by the class bell. Akito sighed and realized his action might be to straightforward and early for a shy guy like Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi didn't notice that Akito tried to talk to him so he just put on his mask again, packed his bento and cleaned the table for any spilled oil or food. Akito cleaned up his own space and brought back the tray he was given before chasing Kiyoshi, who was going back to the class and walked with him.

As they got into the classroom, they separated and sat on their own seats. While Kiyoshi, who saw Kiyotaka and Horikita talking and has a easygoing aura around them, came back to his seat gloomy. Unbeknownst to him that the sudden gloomy aura was noticed by Kiyotaka, who stopped listening to Horikita for a second and looked at Kiyoshi with narrowed eyes.

Kiyotaka then turn back to the conversation with Horikita, not that interested to speak to her anymore now that the more interesting and suspiscious Kiyoshi-look-a-like, is here.

Kiyoshi just tries to shake off the jealousy he was feeling by reading a book his brother bought him.

'I shouldn't be jealous. I don't have the right to be jealous after hurting nii-san with my death. I should be happy he can finally move on from it'

The bell then rang again, signaling the start of class and just in time for the door to open with the their sensei going in. Kiyoshi put down the book and grabbed his notebook and pens for the lessons.

— April 07 2026 || 4:50 pm

Kiyoshi stood in the middle of Gymnasium No. 1, surrounded by students in their group of friends, feeling alone. He felt awkward standing there so he just decided to look at the clubs while walking. He knew that he should be used to it since before he met Kiyotaka, he was always alone.

Surrounded by maids and his so called mother, raising him into a daughter she ever wanted. He felt alone despite their presence since nobody knew who he really was. So when he met Kiyotaka and found out he has a older twin brother, he didn't want to let go. He wants to be himself with his twin and so he stayed by Kiyotaka's side.

His actions of beings a tail of his twin, is a desperate attempt so he won't be back to his mother's care. However all those hidden intentions was washed away when Kiyotaka began seeing him as him and not as a suspiscious person. The day when Kiyotaka began getting comfortable with his presence and even protecting him from other kids, made his heart beat faster for the first time.

At first he doesn't know why, considering they were very young, so he just let his restraints go and be what he wants to be with him. However as he grew older along with his knowledge, he finally knew what his feelings meant. It was wrong for him to feel this way. He knew and he accepted it.

He accepted the fact that his brother see him as a younger brother only. So when his brother confessed to him and asked him to be with him for the rest of their lives, not as a brother but as a lover, he cried in happiness and accepted with no hesitation.

Kiyoshi smiled at the memory and he unknowingly bumped into someone. He stumbled backwards but the person pulled him back with strength that surprised him, he almost bumped into the male's chest if it weren't for his feet immediately stabilizing themselves.

He looked up to see a male with long purple hair, calculative gaze and a mischievous smirk on his face. As soon as their eyes met, Kiyoshi immediately put on his persona, which the male didn't notice. Kiyoshi blushed and apologized profusely.

"I'm sorry stranger-san! I didn't mean to bump into you!!" Kiyoshi said before walking backwards to make space between them. The male let him but he didn't let go of Kiyoshi's wrist. The male chuckled and spoke.

"Well what would you do if I don't forgive you?" The male said before letting out a smirk, his sharp magenta eyes narrowed and he leaned closer to Kiyoshi who blushed at the closeness of their faces. He narrowed his eyes and spoke.

"I really didn't mean it! I didn't even hurt you! So you have no reason to not forgive me!" Kiyoshi said after he pushed the male away, flicking the male's forehead, before crossing his arms and puffed up his cheeks in anger. The male's eyes glinted dangerously but his smirk remained.

"Ouch, I didn't know a small kitten can be feisty. All right, I'll let you go this time. Only after you buy me lunch of something similar, kitten~" The male said, his eyes glinting once again. Kiyoshi side eyed him before huffing in agreement. He uncrossed his arms and began thinking when would he fulfill the male's condition.

"How about I buy you dinner? Whatever you want. Just enough for the budget of 5,000 yen" Kiyoshi said before looking at the unknown male. The male smirked and spoke with a undistinguishable tone.

"Oh how lucky am I! Getting treated on a dinner by an adorable kitten such as you~ Can I ask your name kitten?" The male said with smirk and a flirty tone, Kiyoshi blushed and began fidgeting but he still answered, politely.

"Shen Kiyoshi! How about you, stranger-san?" Kiyoshi asked as looked at the unknown male's magenta eyes, who was stunned at Kiyoshi's features. He didn't fully analyzed his features earlier but now that he did, he was stunned and his face felt warm.

"Ryuen Kakeru. But you can call me anything or you can just call me yours, kitten" Ryuen said as his hand held Kiyoshi's chin, analyzing his features and guessing what's under the mask. Kiyoshi nodded while blushing again before pushing his hands off and ran away while covering his face.

"I'll wait for you at the park near the dormitory, kitten!" Ryuen yelled through the noisy crowd, gathering many attention, including a certain someone and Kiyoshi. Ryuen stared at the flustered back of Kiyoshi, amusement filled his eyes.

"Well he seems interesting enough to be played with for a little while" Ryuen muttered to himself before walking off somewhere. Meanwhile, Kiyotaka who saw heard him yell looked at the person he was yelling at, and saw the back of Kiyoshi-look-a-like. His eyes narrowed and his chest tightened.

Kiyotaka snapped out of his thoughts as he remembered that his classmate Kiyoshi isn't his twin. Since he witnessed his twin's death, it should be enough reason to not be delusioned by someone who looked like his twin. He turned his gaze away from Kiyoshi's flustered back and turned to Horikita who was with him and continued talking to her.

Kiyoshi on the other hand, slowed down when he was far away. He fanned his blushing face as he walked somewhere quiet and isolated, avoiding the stares on his figure. As soon as he got to an isolated space, his flustered face disappeared and his beaming eyes from earlier dimmed down.

"Touching me and flirting with me. Only Taka-nii can do that to me. Well at least I am gaining connection and getting information can be easier" Kiyoshi muttered as he began walking towards the stage where most first years are crowding. As he got there, an announcement started.

"Thank you all for waiting, first year students. We will now begin the club fair. A representative from each club will explain their function. My name is Tachibana, the student council secretary and the club fair's organizer. It's nice to meet you all" Tachibana finished the opening speech.

The club representatives began lining up and started introducing and explain their club on stage. Kiyoshi listened halfheartedly at their introductions. As the Archery Club representative started, Kiyoshi remembered Akito. He knew Akito will join Archery immediately, as for Kiyoshi, he was still uninterested.

After a while, Kiyoshi stopped listening since he felt bored. Now completely thinking if he should join a club or something else like the student council, if there are available positions. He then started to notice the tense atmosphere and he immediately looked at the source and saw the student council president. Silence remained in the gymnasium. The students remained silent and tensed. Finally, he spoke.

"I am the student council president. My name is Horikita Manabu. The student council is looking to recruit potential candidates among the first-year students to replace the graduating third years. Although no special qualifications are required for candidacy, we humbly ask that those considering applications not be involved in other club activities. We generally do not accept students involved elsewhere"

Manabu paused as he scanned the frozen crowd. His sharp gaze caught Kiyotaka who stood beside his sister. Kiyotaka was the student he saw who got all 50's in all his exams. His gaze continued to scan the crowd and soon his gaze landed on Kiyoshi who was staring staring at him. Kiyoshi noticed him staring and waved at him with a smile, mouthing a 'hello again'. Manabu ignored his greeting and continued.

"Furthermore, we in the student council do not wish to appoint anyone who possess a naive outlook. Not only would such a person not be elected, they would sully the sanctity of this school. It is the student council's right and duty to enforce and amend the rules, but the school expects more than that. We gladly welcome those of you who understand this"

Manabu finished his speech and walked down the stage, and soon Tachibana announced the end of the club fair. However Kiyoshi wasn't paying attention. His mind was on the open positions in the Student Council. He wants to join, not because he wants to contribute or help, but because he can use his position to gather information and even help his Twin if he ever needed his help.

He started walking to the exit when he bumped into another person. He looked up surprised and saw Sudo, Ike and Yamauchi. They saw him and blushed. Kiyoshi's doe eyes looked at them surprised before turning Cresent.

"Sorry for bumping into you. I've been bumping onto many people lately. I'm Shen Kiyoshi, and I assume you are Ike-kan, Yama-kan and....um...Ah! Sudo-kun! It's nice to officially meet you Sudo-kun!" Kiyoshi said with a closed eye smile, his smaller hands grasped Sudo's larger ones and held them tight.

Sudo became flustered at the soft and warm hands holding his own. He then felt the glares on Ike, Yamaguchi and even from other classes. He felt flustered, nervous and smug about his interaction with the cutest guy.

"Nice to meet you too, Shen-san!!" Sudo greeted, wanting to talk more but Kiyoshi told him that he still needed to go somewhere and he'll hangout with him next time. Sudo was obviously left both flustered and slightly disappointed.

Kiyoshi who was finally out of the gymnasium no. 1 immediately went to his dorm to change out of his uniform into some comfy casual clothes, for going out later to buy dinner and get at least a small portion of trust from Ryuen.

Without him knowing, someone planned to follow him.

••• 𝐓𝐁𝐂 •••

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ғɪʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ғᴏᴜʀ ᴏғ sɪɴғᴜʟ ʙʟᴇssɪɴɢ!! ᴀʟsᴏ ɪ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ sɪɴᴄᴇ ɪ ғᴇʟᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ғᴀsᴛ!!

sᴏ ʜᴏᴡ ɪs ɪᴛ? ɪ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴs ᴏʀ ᴊᴜsᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀɪᴇs ᴏɴ ᴡʜᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴡᴀs ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ!

sᴏʀʀʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ/ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ɪ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ sᴛᴇᴀᴍʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ. ɪ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ɪᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀsᴛ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇ!! ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ғᴏʀɢɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ!! (っ╥╯﹏╰╥c)

ᴡᴇʟʟ sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ!!