5 Oath of a Brother

Darkness persisted to engulf me in their cold hug. I feel like I'm floating in the air, but my whole body felt dense. I can hear buzzing sound of voices, whispering unintelligible words in my ear. Suddenly the fog faded out little by little, and I could see light.

I attempted to open my eyes, it was bright and blurry. But my ear picked up snippets of words from unfamiliar voice near me. I smell the scent of antiseptic and medicine, the place smells like a surgery room. Slightly afraid, I tried to focus to catch the snippets of speech.

"Our―is―success." A high pitched flat voice whispered in the room.

"Unstable―past―weaponized." Another gruff voice joined the conversation, "need―blessing――――――――!!" My head suddenly ached badly, making me lose my focus. I attempted to focus again, my eyes cleared out to see a blue haired woman wearing a white coat. Her face indistinguishable, but familiar. Her hand frantically gesturing something.

"――Soul!―― "

I snapped my eyes open to see my dark blue bedroom ceiling. I breathed in to calm myself, what was that dream? It felt so real.

Questions began to fill my mind, then pain in my stomach reminded me of the event before this. I was stabbed, does this mean I survived? My hands trembled in relief, countering death once does not mean I do not fear death again.

I felt a big hand covering my left hand, it was my brother sleeping beside me.

His usually silky neat hair is messy, I could see eye bag in his face. He look sickly and pale. My brother shifted, awake from the slightest sound of my breath. His eyelash fluttered before cracking open to reveal his crimson eyes.

"Chloe.." He whispered.

He stood abruptly and gave me a tight hug, letting out a small breath of relief. I felt something dripping on my shoulder as I wrapped my arm around his back and patted it gently.

"I'm okay Nii-chan. I'm here." I comforted him with my voice, covering him with my embrace.

For a long time, we stayed in each other arm. wordlessly giving solace. I then remembered I didn't finish what I wanted to say when my brother asked me to accept him.

"Nii-chan." I called out to him soothingly, he removed his head from my shoulder and gazed at me.

"I realize that I don't know every side of you, and sometimes there's action you do that I don't approve. But above all you're my big brother and we are siblings, I'll still love you even if the whole world turns against you. I love you Nii-chan." Putting all my honesty and care, I smiled at him.

Nii hugged me softly again. I felt Nii's remaining worry and fear dissolved. Nii then sat beside me, kissing my forehead tenderly. "Chloe, I also.." Nii trailed off, gazing at me earnestly.

"I vow that I will always love you and protect you in any situation. Even if the world separates us, I will always come back to you." Nii vowed, grabbing my hand and kissing its back.

Suddenly the necklace Nii gave me glowed purple, it floated in front of me and Nii before fading back to its normal form, settling back on my neck. Nii and I glance at each other in confusion, but nothing happened so I guess its nothing dangerous.

I yawned sleepily, eyelids fluttering in drowsiness. Nii realizing my tiredness joined me in the bed, putting my soft fur blanket over our body. Nii patted my head, "rest."

Unable to resist the temptation of sleep in the warmth of my brother embrace, I closed my eyes.

~~

"Aaww~ I'm so jealous!! Why are you both cozying up, but I'm here all alone?" A certain infuriating knight commented as he entered the room. His purpose? Of course annoying his student slash boss.

He inspected the small yet minimalistic room lighted by a small lamp at the table, there isn't many stuff in there but it still look elegant. He hummed in appreciation, touching the few decorations in the room.

"Fuck off Ace." Camulos irritated voice echoed through the room.

"Oh my gosh! I made you swear. I should be given an award or something to honor that haha." Ace teased Camulos with a sly smile, Camulos could only sighed in annoyance, sometimes he regretted allowing this psychopathic obnoxious person to be his personal aides and his sister instructor.

"Did little miss woke up?" Ace questioned, fiddling with a puzzle box he took from Chloe's table. "Yeah." Camulos answered quietly, brushing the bangs of his sister hair.

"Good for you, I hope she gets better." Ace beamed with a fake smile, his eyes were the opposite of his word. Uncaring and disinterested at the topic in hand.

"I don't need your useless word." Camulos narrowed his eyes, annoyed at the lies his subordinate is spouting.

Ace cheerful smile twitched in dark amusement before shifting to an unreadable look. "Eh~ you're so boring now. Always your sister this and that. What if I just kill her?" A sinister smile break out of his face.

"Do you want to die?"

A single sentence filled with killing intent echoed in the room, silencing the psycho knight. The room were filled with tension from both of them.

Then Ace cracked out a bright smile, "just kidding~ You're so scary."

Suddenly a silly idea popped out in Ace's mind. "You both look so cozy, how about I join you both? It'll be like a sleepover!" Ace jumped to the bed in swift manner.

Camulos who already predicted Ace silly demeanour, had prepared a foolproof plan. A trap was triggered, binding Ace in an awkward floating position.

"Eh!! What kind of position of this? So kinky~ hahahahah. Wait! Don't leave me here! Camulos~~ don't just go to bed... Camulos? Camulos!?? Hello, Camulos!!???"