My Triplet Lovers

Other Brothers

There stood in front of me three versions of Troy. With the look I gave Troy, he knew I wanted an explanation as soon as possible.

“This is what I've always wanted to tell you...

They're the other brothers I've never mentioned to you and we're basically triplets...”

Troy said while the words he spoke filled the room with an awkward feeling.

The two other brothers felt it too so they decided to break the ice by introducing themselves.

The one in red took a step forward and stood in front of me.

“Hi, I'm Travis, the second triplet. What's your name?" He said in a clean, calm, and rather sweet tone much like Troy's but Troy has a little more of a deep voice.

I guess I gotta introduce myself to them since Troy never mentioned me to them and them to me.

“Hi, I'm Maya, Troy's classmate"

I didn't wanna say too much about myself since the only thing he asked for was my name and all I need to know now were their names too so I didn't ask further unless he asked me something else.

After I said my name, Travis put his one hand forward and I'm assuming he wants to shake hands as a formal greeting. So I grabbed his hand to greet him.

“Nice to meet you Maya! I hope to get to know you better”

He smiled softly with both his lips and eyes. I felt confused but somehow happy? I don't understand it but I'll get to the bottom of it after I meet the two.

Travis went back to stand right next to Troy then the other one in yellow came in front.

“Uhm... hi! I'm... Trevor, the youngest of the triplets... Nice to meet you Maya”

So Trevor just sounds exactly like Troy but in a more shy or quiet version. The whole time he was confused whether he'd look at me or at the floor and it was clear he was the shy one although still tried to do the same thing Travis did and greet me with a handshake. He looked uncomfortable so I didn't want him to suffer this any longer so I shook his hand.

At first it was shaky and rather cold but when I had a soft grip on his hand, it slowly warmed up and stopped shaking and he actually looked me straight in the eye this time with a look as if he's shocked yet still flustered and turned red a little then went back behind Troy while staring at the floor the whole time avoiding eye contact.

I thought I'd be mad when I first found out but I'm more confused than actually mad at him. So since I didn't know what to feel, I turned to Troy and told him if I could ask him things in private to get things sorted out.

He agreed and asked Travis and Trevor to step outside for a while and Luke too since he just finished his call and is as confused as me seeing two other people that look like Troy and actually asked if we were being invaded by alien shape shifters, it actually made me less tense since he somehow manages to still fool around in confusing situations like this.

We laughed and let everyone out first then Troy closed the door and sat next to me.

“I'm ready to answer anything you want to know about this whole situation. I won't lie or hide anything from you this time”

He looked at me with guilty eyes. I know he's being sincere now but of course, a part of my trust was broken because of this incident.

Sure, he didn't lie but after finding this out, are there more things he's been hiding all this time?

Before I think of what else he could be hiding, I first asked him the list of thoughts and questions I've been preparing in my mind ever since he told me about all this which was just a few minutes ago but I was already packed with questions to ask.

“I'll go with the most obvious question, Why didn't you tell me about them and say you only had two brothers?”

I asked patiently waiting and trying to keep a straight face and sound calm about all this.

“Well, it's not that I hate them... it's just that they manage to pull people in and the ones I've met shift their attention to them and forget about me. I know it sounds selfish because it is, but I just honestly got scared to lose you... but other than that, before we became close, I wanted to do the little joke me and my brothers did that we'd switch places with each other when I finally introduce you to them. It's just like a tradition now to us”

He answered while he looked and sounded worried.

I guess I did feel a little bad for him and less mad. Guess he was just afraid to lose any of us too. I know he particular said he was scared to lose me and not us but I don't wanna assume that there's more to this and I guess he only mentioned me because Luke nor the others weren't there to hear it.

I mean, I really can't stay mad at him that long anyways and the little joke they had sounded cute to me at first.

I just wanted to know the truth and of course it came in as a shock for me and might've just frustrated me a bit but I've cooled down a little after hearing the truth I hope.

“It's ok, I guess I understand what you mean. I just need time to process things but don't worry, I'm not mad anymore, I was just shocked, that's all”

I assured him calmly that everything was still fine between the two of us, this won't change anything.

He sighed in relief and stayed silent although this time, he might've stayed quiet but it was because a big part of what he was afraid to tell was finally out of his chest and I'm glad that he trusted me enough to tell me all of this knowing how badly I might've reacted.

Now that that question was answered, I asked another thing that I was curious about too since he was leaving.

“So you're leaving next year right? Do they come with you? I mean it sounds obvious that they would too but I'm just making sure if I'm right or not”

I asked.

“Well... no actually”

That surprised me a little, I thought they'd all go so I continued to listen to why it's just him and Nathan going.

“We were all supposed to go but around 6th grade, Travis told our parents that he's staying and would rather go once he was in college or once he was 18.

Of course our parents wanted to know why, he didn't have much of a reason, he just wanted to stay and he insisted that he stayed here rather a lot whenever our parents called and they eventually granted his wish. At some point, Trevor knew about it too. Travis and Trevor were closer to each other while I was much closer with Nathan. Again, we don't hate each other, we were just much closer when we were younger and stayed in the same place. We all lived in the same roof basically stayed here but then our grandparents took care of Travis and Trevor since our family was growing and they wanted some of us to grow up where they were so they took both of them while me and Nathan stayed. Now about how Trevor decided to stay too, he wanted to stick closer to Travis so he told our parents that he'll just come with Travis too once he decides to leave. Again, our parents were worried they won't be taking any of us so they asked Nathan and I if we were staying.

Nothing changed my mind, I told them I was still going and Nathan the same. I guess that's also the reason why we were going sooner since just two of us were going. I know that was quite long of an explanation but I hope you understood what I was saying...”

Again, Troy ended his explanation and everything got awkward again between the two of us since he was done and it was a topic he kinda never wanted to talk about and what added to that awkward feeling was that we were alone in his room and said nothing after that but I told him I understood everything he said but we stayed quiet.

To break the silence, one of his brother knocked on the door and asked...

“Can we come in now?” asked by one of the other triplets and pretty sure it was Travis.

Troy told them to come in and actually told them both that if they wanted to get to know me, they could now.

Right away, the one in red which I hope I'm right is Travis. He sat next to me then Troy just left, then he started talking to me.

“I hope you won't get confused with the three of us since we all really look alike so I at least hope you remember my voice?”

The guy in red said in a hopeful tone.

Before I even told him who I thought he was, I wanted to make sure I was right and again, based on his voice and how he acted, I was sure he was Travis. I was sure because like I noticed earlier when they introduced, Travis sounded more like Troy but with a sweeter voice and aside from that, he wasn't really shy.

“You're Travis right? Uhmmm, what do you wanna ask me?”

I nervously asked 'cause I was scared I might've said something wrong, I still wanted to make a good first impression to both of them anyways.

He then answered...

“Oh... b-but, I'm not Travis...”

He answered rather bashfully.

Oh no, did I get it wrong?

I guess he noticed I looked worried.

Before I could even say I'm sorry thinking I was wrong, he spoke.

“Just kidding! yeah, I am Travis, glad you didn't get us all confused”

He giggled a little and smiled at the end.

I get that it's a joke but now I wonder, have they switched places when going to school before? have I met someone else on some days I was with “Troy”?

Again, he saw I wasn't answering and apologized immediately.

“I didn't plan to make you upset or something, it's just a little joke we all did when we were younger but I continued it through the years”

“Oh, don't worry, I'm not mad, just thought I got you all mixed up”

I answered calmly.

He started asking me after that.

“Good to know, now about my questions. How'd you meet our brother Troy aside from the fact that you're classmates of course”

I replied...

“Well, we were placed in the same group a lot in almost every subject we were put in” Well, technically the truth.

“Ohh, who did the first move introducing?” He asked and eagerly waited for the answer.

“Well, it's again a matter of school stuff. We were in the same group and since I was the leader, I had to make sure everyone attended and Troy was the only member who wasn't there. Although I didn't ask him directly, I asked your aunt if he was coming then eventually we cleared things up so that was pretty much how our first interaction went”

I replied. Now I'm kinda nervous that the next question would be related to Troy again-

He chuckled a little before saying his next words.

“Well that does kinda sound like him. On to my next question quite related to the other one I asked. What was your first impression of him? like did you already have different thoughts of him before this whole thing happened or you only thought of him when you first got to know each other?”

Well, I expected this to happen. I'm not saying straight away that I liked him immediately after seeing him on the first day I saw him. I mean, not even Troy knows it so why would I tell them?

I'll just use different words this time since we're not that close yet and it isn't technically lying, right?

“Well, My first thoughts on him started at the first day of school when I saw him. He kinda stood out mostly since almost everyone in class were from the past school I was in and he was the odd one out out of all of them since he was the one I didn't know so naturally, I became curious and wanted to be his friend”

All I hoped for after saying all that is that he doesn't see or notice that it sounded like I had a crush on Troy when I first saw him.

“Hmmm...” Travis looking like he's deep in his thoughts thinking about something.

That got me worried, did he notice??

“That seems reasonable, that makes me think you're really friendly then?”

I sighed in relief that he didn't think I liked his brother in another way. I just said I was friendly so he could go on with what else he wanted to know.

I thought there were just a few questions left and it would be over but oh boy was I wrong.

We weren't even halfway through with all the things they wanted to know, it was only the beginning...

“All secrets hidden, slowly unfolding

Truth out in the open, what will it bring?”