uhuhu.”
“Quiet,
Iris!”
“Lilian…”
“D-don’t
look at me like that, Beloved. A-anyway, I was really hoping you’d
forgotten about that,”
she
mumbled.
“I
don’t think there’s any way I would ever be able to
forget about something like that,”
he
replied, lips curling in amusement.
“Ugh,
mou, you’re becoming mean.”
Lilian
pouted at him, her lower lip jutting out and trembling. “Meanie.”
Kevin
chuckled. “Yes, yes, I’m a big meanie. But seriously,
your sister, she’s kind of odd, don’t you think?”
Lilian’s
bright green irises took on a curious quality. “You think so?
She’s never seemed odd to me.”
“Well,
yeah, but you grew up with her. You’re probably used to her
personality. I only just met her and I already think she’s kind
of weird.”
Actually,
Lilian’s entire family was weird, including Lilian herself.
“Now
that’s not very nice.”
Despite
her words, Lilian didn’t seem upset by what could have been
perceived as him insulting her sister.
“We
should probably try to get some sleep,”
Kevin
changed the subject again. “It’s getting late, erm,
early, and we have school tomorrow—I mean today.”
Thinking
about school reminded him of another issue that needed to be solved,
but they would have to fix that problem later.
“Right.”
After
one last lingering kiss, Lilian slid off him and found refuge
snuggling into Kevin’s side. Her eyes closed and the
twin-tailed kitsune nodded off seconds later.
Kevin
wondered how Lilian could fall asleep so easily. He looked at the
clock, which told him it was two in the morning, and sighed. This
night had been really long. He didn’t really know what to think
about everything that had happened, so he tried not to and just
closed his eyes to get some sleep.
Yet,
even as the sandman came to claim him, one last thought pervaded his
mind.
With
the inclusion of Lilian’s family into his life, things were
definitely going to get hectic again.
And
to think, all this had started because he’d gone to use the
restroom.
***
Iris
sat up in her makeshift bed about an hour after Kevin and her sister
left.
She
glanced around the dark room, taking note of the silhouettes of
various objects. Kirihime sat in one corner of the room, soundly
sleeping.
Slowly
slipping off the couch, Iris made her way down the hall and stopped
in front of Kevin and Lilian’s bedroom. She paused with her
hand on the doorknob, ears twitching as she channeled youki into
them, enhancing her already prodigious hearing. When she received no
indication that her sister or her sister’s mate were awake, she
slowly entered the room.
Iris’
heart
clenched when she saw them lying on the bed. Kevin was on his back
and Lilian was snuggled securely into his side, with one of his arms
wrapped around her, pulling the girl close.
Whispers
filled her head as she stopped in front of the bed. They were soft,
however, barely audible and thus easily ignored.
She
stared at Kevin, watching as he breathed in and out, her frown
growing more prominent by the second. One second turned into a
minute, which soon became two minutes. Finally, after nearly five
minutes had passed, Iris left, closing the door behind her and
climbing back onto the couch.
She
laid down, her eyelids fluttering closed, her mind slowly sinking
into the murky depths of her soul where the whispers were at their
strongest.
Kevin
Swift, she
thought to herself, you
are an obstacle in the path to my sister’s love.
Chapter
3
A
Family of Foxes
The
sun had just risen above the event horizon when Kotohime returned
home.
She
had been out gathering information on the current happenings in the
yōkai world—an important task, considering she was charged
with protecting Lilian.
It
hadn’t been easy, especially because she didn’t like
dealing with Valsiener. While he might have been the greatest source
of information this side of Phoenix, she didn’t trust him. That
boy bartered information
“Quiet,
Iris!”
“Lilian…”
“D-don’t
look at me like that, Beloved. A-anyway, I was really hoping you’d
forgotten about that,”
she
mumbled.
“I
don’t think there’s any way I would ever be able to
forget about something like that,”
he
replied, lips curling in amusement.
“Ugh,
mou, you’re becoming mean.”
Lilian
pouted at him, her lower lip jutting out and trembling. “Meanie.”
Kevin
chuckled. “Yes, yes, I’m a big meanie. But seriously,
your sister, she’s kind of odd, don’t you think?”
Lilian’s
bright green irises took on a curious quality. “You think so?
She’s never seemed odd to me.”
“Well,
yeah, but you grew up with her. You’re probably used to her
personality. I only just met her and I already think she’s kind
of weird.”
Actually,
Lilian’s entire family was weird, including Lilian herself.
“Now
that’s not very nice.”
Despite
her words, Lilian didn’t seem upset by what could have been
perceived as him insulting her sister.
“We
should probably try to get some sleep,”
Kevin
changed the subject again. “It’s getting late, erm,
early, and we have school tomorrow—I mean today.”
Thinking
about school reminded him of another issue that needed to be solved,
but they would have to fix that problem later.
“Right.”
After
one last lingering kiss, Lilian slid off him and found refuge
snuggling into Kevin’s side. Her eyes closed and the
twin-tailed kitsune nodded off seconds later.
Kevin
wondered how Lilian could fall asleep so easily. He looked at the
clock, which told him it was two in the morning, and sighed. This
night had been really long. He didn’t really know what to think
about everything that had happened, so he tried not to and just
closed his eyes to get some sleep.
Yet,
even as the sandman came to claim him, one last thought pervaded his
mind.
With
the inclusion of Lilian’s family into his life, things were
definitely going to get hectic again.
And
to think, all this had started because he’d gone to use the
restroom.
***
Iris
sat up in her makeshift bed about an hour after Kevin and her sister
left.
She
glanced around the dark room, taking note of the silhouettes of
various objects. Kirihime sat in one corner of the room, soundly
sleeping.
Slowly
slipping off the couch, Iris made her way down the hall and stopped
in front of Kevin and Lilian’s bedroom. She paused with her
hand on the doorknob, ears twitching as she channeled youki into
them, enhancing her already prodigious hearing. When she received no
indication that her sister or her sister’s mate were awake, she
slowly entered the room.
Iris’
heart
clenched when she saw them lying on the bed. Kevin was on his back
and Lilian was snuggled securely into his side, with one of his arms
wrapped around her, pulling the girl close.
Whispers
filled her head as she stopped in front of the bed. They were soft,
however, barely audible and thus easily ignored.
She
stared at Kevin, watching as he breathed in and out, her frown
growing more prominent by the second. One second turned into a
minute, which soon became two minutes. Finally, after nearly five
minutes had passed, Iris left, closing the door behind her and
climbing back onto the couch.
She
laid down, her eyelids fluttering closed, her mind slowly sinking
into the murky depths of her soul where the whispers were at their
strongest.
Kevin
Swift, she
thought to herself, you
are an obstacle in the path to my sister’s love.
Chapter
3
A
Family of Foxes
The
sun had just risen above the event horizon when Kotohime returned
home.
She
had been out gathering information on the current happenings in the
yōkai world—an important task, considering she was charged
with protecting Lilian.
It
hadn’t been easy, especially because she didn’t like
dealing with Valsiener. While he might have been the greatest source
of information this side of Phoenix, she didn’t trust him. That
boy bartered information
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