Rusher's Scheme

"Good news?" Maria wondered with a curious yet confused look on her face.

'What could it be?' she thought.

"Wait…" Maria immediately covered Rudy's head with the hoodie and said with a panicked look on her face, "What if someone had seen you?!"

"Oh, don't worry. I already told Rusher everything," he said calmly.

"Wha…t?" She stepped back and fell on the couch in shock. "Why would you do that?!"

"Calm down. He was actually quite happy." Rudy sat beside Maria and hugged her.

"He was? I don't understand what's going on. Why would he be happy, and… why did you even tell him that you were a boy?"

"Does that matter?" He placed his hand from Maria's back to her shoulders and made a distance between them. "Aren't you glad that everything worked out?"

"I am, but… this is so sudden. And I never expected my brother to be okay with this. I am actually freaked out since this matter settled quickly," she muttered. "Is this what they call 'silence before storm'?"