The Twin Brothers

Legs swing towards his head but he dodges. “You can try better than that, love,” Enzo smirks. She pouted. She swings her fist again and again only making Enzo laugh.

“Think a move that enemy wouldn’t though you will do it.” He said. Liana frowns. She takes a deep breath and closes her eyes for a second. But then, her arms were locked behind her. “Remember. Never ever close your eyes and lose focus when with your enemy.” He whispered. His hot breath hit her skin.

Leo chuckles while watching. He leans forward with a smirk. “Come on, little one. You can do it.” He encourages.

Her breath becomes heavy. She shaking and she doesn’t know why. A panic attack is about to come but Enzo quickly turns her around and hugs her. Poor girl. Too much to take.

“Breath, baby. Shh, take a deep breath.” He rubbed her back. Leo gets into the ring with a water bottle.

“Drink a bit, little one.” Leo brings the bottle to her lips. She immediately drinks it.

She can feel her breath become stable. The twin exchange look worried. They don’t want to force her into something like this but they have to. At least a little bit for her to protect herself while they are not there with her.

“I can do this.” Liana breathlessly spoke.

“Are you sure? We don’t want to force you.” Leo caressed her cheeks.

“No. I had enough. I can do this.” She looks into his eyes. What he can see is, pain and anger. “Please.” She pleaded.

Leo look at his twin who already looking at him. He nods. “Okay. Let’s try again, baby.” Enzo steps back and his twin gets down from the ring. She raises her fist.

“Focus. That’s the key.” Leo spokes.

Focus.

Focus Liana.

She launched her punches. Like usual, Enzo dodges it like a professional. She swings her legs and he grabs her ankle. While holding her ankle, Enzo is about to swing his leg but the girl makes them twirl. She straddles him with a pocket knife on his neck.

Silence fills the room.

Adam and Felix who just came in saw the scene, slowly clapping their hands. “That… was amazing.” Felix spokes.

Enzo smirks. “It is.”

“I don’t think we can mess with her again, Felix,” Adam whines to miss the old Liana whom he can bully and tease. Even she once vomit on his face.

“Did I do great?” She asks with her innocent eyes. But the knife didn’t move from his neck.

“Yes, you do. That’s my good girl.” He ruffles her hair. Liana gives him her sweet big smile.

“Little one. You don’t want to kill Enzo, aren’t you?” Leo jokes. Their friends laugh seeing the knife hasn’t moved from his neck. When she notices it, she gasps in horror.

“I–I’m sorry!!”

Enzo just chuckles. “It’s okay, baby. I’m proud of you.” He sits up with Liana on his lap. His hands slowly take the knife away from the girl and put it inside his pocket. “I think it is enough for today. You need to eat lunch. Go to Leo, little baby.” Enzo looked at the clock, noticing it was afternoon.

When saying food, Liana quickly gets up. She gets down from the ring with Leo’s help. “What do you want to eat, little one?” He asks.

“Mmm, mac and cheese?” She guesses.

“That sound so good. But first, you need to go wash your face and wipe the sweats.” Leo tapped her back to usher her to the bathroom. She nods and walks away.

His twin stands beside him, “Do you think she really wants this?” Enzo asks.

“She wants it. I can see it from her eyes.” Leo pats his shoulder.

“Once she has finally done, I will call her adorable little fighter.” Adam butt in.

“Yeah, and I can’t wait to see her kick your dick. That’s even better from seeing her vomit on your face.” Felix bursts into laughter.

Adam rolls his eyes. “Shut up. I don’t want to talk about that.” He walks out of the training room. His friend catch after him, still laughing. The twin just shake their head and went out.

The bathroom door shut closed and locked. She stared at herself in the mirror. The locket necklace still hanging around her neck. Her hand touches it, twirling it. Andreas’ words still repeating inside her mind.

Without any second thought, she took out her phone and called Andreas. Maybe she sneaks into Leo’s phone to get the number. It is not that she doesn’t want to keep it secret, she just doesn’t want them to ask many questions.

“Hello? Who is this?” Andreas answers.

“A–Andy?”

The soft yet sweet voice gives him the answer about who is it. Andreas stands up from his office chair. “Oh!! Sweetheart!! I don’t expect you to call me first, sweetie.” He chuckles.

“I–I know. Did I disturb you or something?” She asks timidly.

“Um…” He glances at the paperwork on his desk. Busy. Yes, she disturbed him. “Nope. Not at all, sweetie. What’s wrong? Did the twin hurt you? Did they hit you!?” Panic fills his body. Too fast to be attached to this girl.

“No!! They did a great job training me.” She states.

“Thank goodness. Then, what’s wrong?” The man asks curiously.

“It’s about… my father’s agreement.”

Andreas mouthed ‘o’. He definitely forgot about it. “Did you make your decision about who will help you in this thing?”

She fiddles with her sweatpants. Too nervous to speak. What if Andreas says she can’t be with the twin in this? Then, who else does she has to work with? She really wants the twin. No one else.

“There’s no…. rejection about w–who I will choose. Right,” Liana asks for confirmation.

“Depend.”

“I thought I want to have… the t–twin to be my partner.” Her eyes close waiting for the answer.

Smirks appeared on Andreas’s lips. Like he thought this will happened. He does it on purpose to say ‘depend’. It can be anyone but he just want to tease her and he did it.

“Are you sure, sweetie?” He asks.

“I–It okay if they are not accepted. I mean, I just asking if they can–oh, I should have known they are not qualified!! I’m s–sorry, Andy. I–” Liana stops talking when heard the man on the phone laughing as if she create a joke.

“Sweetie, Rosie. Don’t be sorry. I actually teasing you.” He chuckles. He wipes the tears from laughing. “Listen, it can be anyone you choose. Even the twin. But, do they know about this?”

“No. I’m… scared if they don’t want it. Since they have their own clan.”

“Oh, Rosie, Trust me. They will agree. Not because of how much power they will have. It’s about you. Believe it or not, they worried about you handling this clan alone. They know you are strong but they just worried.” Andreas comforts her.

“Do you think so?” The girl asks.

“Try to ask them. You will see how right I am.” With that, Andreas ends the phone call. He smirks and goes back to his desk.

Maybe he was right. Liana thought. He knew the twin better than her. She does what Leo has told her to do. She took the towel and wipes her face.

Leo puts down the plate and takes a sit. Enzo has already walked in, with the phone in his hands. “Where’s Liana?” He asks.

“Still in the bathroom,” Leo answers.

After a few minutes, Liana walks in with different clothes. Since she sweating so bad just now. Might be stinky if she keeps the clothes. The twin gives a soft smile towards her.

“Mac and cheese!!!” She squealed brightly, quickly sitting beside Leo. Enzo opposite of them. “Did you cook this, Lili?” She asks as she stuffs the food inside her mouth.

“Yes, love.” He nods with a smile.

The lunch went smoothly. The twin having a conversation about whatever it is. While the girl is in her own world. She still thinking about Andreas’s words. She glances at them, still munching her food. Do they want it to be a partner with her?

“Is there no news about Damien from Kelvin?” Leo asks.

“No. He still working on it.” His brother spoke.

This is it. Liana takes a deep breath. She slowly put down her utensils. If they say no, she will accept it. They have the right to reject it. Enzo notices the girl’s movement stop.

“Little baby, are you okay?” He stroked her hair.

“Um…. c–can I ask you guys something?” She fiddled with her fingers. Her movements showed that she was nervous. Enzo looks at his twin. Leo shrugs his shoulder.

“What is it? Take your time, baby. Your heart rate is raising.” Enzo remind when saw her smartwatch.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

“I… I…” She abruptly stood up. “Will you be my partner in crime!!??” Her emerald eyes sparkling, with her tiny fist on her chest.

Silence fills the air. Her breath was even heavier. She was too nervous to hear the answers. Suddenly, the brothers burst into laughter. The way she ask for it was so adorable. With her crimson color cheeks and her sparkling emerald eyes.