Frey or Freya

-A few days before the attack-

(Mc Pov)

I've decided. I shall bath with Frey! According to my memories, Japanese people bath with the person they want to get close with of the same gender. Lately, I haven't been very friendly with Frey. Between practising magic on my own and classes with mom in the study, I haven't had the time to deepen my relationship with Frey.

He is a little older than me, about two years older than me I think? But since we have roughly the same build, people often mistake for having the same age. Our mental age should also be roughly the same since when he arrived at our house he couldn't speak.

Usually Frey baths with Synthea and Lisa, but coincidently, they wanted to practise for a few more hours before retiring. I crouched by the corner of the room to make sure that no one could see me. I waited for a while for Frey to go in to the bathroom. Sneakingly, I entered as well.

I actually really don't understand why only Frey gets to bath with the twins. He's not the only boy in this household. I've got to say, their bathroom was quite unusual.

Compared to my plain white themed, tiled and pristine bathroom, their's was much more colourful, slightly pink shaded tiles, filled with canvases of numerous paintings and has a hot tub. I'm not complaining mind you, but if I could get a hot tub as well then my life would be complete.

Then, I saw him, or rather her. I always thought that Frey or should I say Freya now? was too cute to be a boy. Silky smooth skin with scars from the cuts and wounds she got when she was little, shoulder length blonde hair with rainbow coloured streaks coupled with jagged cutting as though she did it herself. Not the best I've seen but not so bad.

As I was going to reach out to her, she suddenly turned around. A mixture of surprise, embarrassment and shame was evident on her face.

"You caught me red-handed Mal" she said, dejected.

My emotions are getting the better of me. Calm down Mal. Let her answer herself.

Finally calm I replied "Why keep it from me? I'm your brother, aren't I?"

"You'd just treat me like Synthea and Lisa. Playing with them only when they force you, talking to them with only a few words, oblivious to others. You'd never be my friend unless I were a boy."

Ah, I see. She thought that I was giving the cold shoulder to the other gender. I can't blame her, because she's not wrong but she's not exactly right either. I never had siblings before so I don't really know how to interact with them coupled with my mental age, there's not much I can do about it. How do I say it that it wasn't my intention without making her more embarassed?

Seeing as I wasn't replying, she started crying saying "Sniff... Sniff.. Am I a loser if I'm a girl? Is that why you don't talk to Synthea and Lisa that much? Why you don't play with them unless your forced to?"

Now that I think about it, I've ever only played with them once. I think it was when we were playing house. I guess I haven't really played the brother part really well.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know that's how it looked like. I just wanted to be like the mysterious heroes we hear in the stories, always helping in the dark. I didn't mean to make you guys sad."

"Really? You don't hate girls?" she said, sobbing with each word.

"Really-" I managed to blurt out before I was suffocated by a pair of bossoms. It turns out that my mother and the twins were spying on us! Fuck my life! I'm gonna die from embarrassment!

"Oh my little Mal! You're so manly!" she exclaimed while drowning me in her bossom. What is it with women in this world? Are boobs really the answer to everything?

"Muuumff, imff thffee yeff off ofweaffy"

(Mooom, I'm three years old already) Damn this world and their breasts!

"Now, now little Mal. Freya here just wants to play with you more. Isn't that right baby girl?"

Stuttering, she said "Y-yes mommy"

"Now that that's settled, let your Mama give you a bath!"

On that day, my pride as a man crumbled

Author's note : I'm in exam season. Sorry if I miss any updates or if I'm late to update. But I'll still try to write one chapter a day.