Rashteya: Fall of Tempa

Chapter 1 - The Facade

As the sun settles in, Kyle, one of the triplets along with Tyler and Skye, has awoken by his older brother, Sacha, and Tyler, revealing a cute smile and deep azure eyes and hair while saying “It’s our birthday today Kyle! Happy Birthday to you!” But as he turns his gaze to the other side, Skye’s bed is empty. Sacha asked Kyle and Tyler “Good morning and happy birthday Kyle. Where is your brother? Did he wake up early?”. “As I wake up, he wasn’t on his bed. Maybe he is downstairs aniue” says Tyler.

As Sacha heard this, he was bewildered where Skye is, “I saw him go out yesterday leaving in the middle of nigh aniue” Kyle nonchalantly replied. Sacha’s eyes widen as he heard Tyler’s words. In his thought, “Where would he go?”, “In the middle of the night?

That’s impossible that Skye would wander around at night by himself”. Sacha knows Skye more than any of his siblings. Sacha retains his composure and was shocked that Skye's bed is properly arranged. 

"Did you two see him went to bed when he got back?" Sacha asked the two, "No, I fall asleep before he came back I guess," Tyler replied. "Did he even came back here?" Sacha thought, "Not even a single stress in his bed, he doesn't even clean his bed when he wakes up every day, did he sleep to sone else house?".

“Clean yourself and get ready, I’ll search for Skye, get downstairs, and also prepare yourselves for the ceremony and your birthday,” Sacha says to his younger brothers with a smile. As he left the two with a joyful smile seeing them playing cuddles, as he went downstairs while his mind is confused about where Skye went, as he reaches the kitchen he then noticed the absence of his parents. Because he can't find Skye in the kitchen nor the dining area, Sacha makes his way to the living room through the hallway. Even though Sacha is the 3rd child of Rakir and Urha Ren, he still tries to act as the eldest child of the family. Then he saw Sasha, the 4th child, and his twin, come out of a bedroom revealing her single violet wing that is pointed out to her left. Then Zena, who has Dark platinum hair and silver left eye and yellow right eye, Zeia, who has ash platinum hair and green eyes, and Zouei, who has white platinum hair and grey eyes.

“Hey Sasha, have you seen Skye?” he asked.

As Sasha heard him, she turns his gaze to him with a bewildered look, and replied, “No, he isn’t in their bedroom?”

“No” he replied.

“That’s odd, I knocked in their bedroom and no one answered, I thought they were still asleep. Then I went back to these trio’s bedroom because there was a ruckus” she says while Zeia is giving Sacha a full-beam smile. He then gives her a smirk, “Isn’t that Skye Aniue?” said Zouei while pointing out through the window of the hallway. Sacha gazes out and saw Skye with their parents approaching their house with bags of groceries. Sighing with pure relief, he thanks Zouei and went to the living room.

“Happy Birthday Skye!” Sacha greets as Skye who has black-gray hair, while he and their parents enter through the door. But Skye only says “Thanks” without making eye contact nor smiling a little. As Sacha was shocked to the no reaction from his greetings, Skye proceeds to the kitchen where he puts all his hand-carried groceries, he then brushes eyes who are both sectoral heterochromia with his right eye has a mix of gold and orange, and his left eye is grey and brown. He noticed that aside Skye is awake, early in the morning, and his clothes are not his. “Good morning Sacha,” says Urha who is his mother that has jet black hair and eyes, while he is staring and not moving out of shock, while his father who has deep crimson eyes giving him a stern look while hand combing his platinum hair.

Sacha then became aware that his parents are watching him, suspiciously. “Good morning mother!” Sacha replied as he snaps back, “Is something wrong?” his father asked. “Auhmmm, I think I’m still half asleep” Sacha lied. “That’s new” his mother replied, “I’m just going to start preparing” Sacha replied.

As he went to the kitchen, he saw Aiden, their eldest and enigmatic who has the face of their father but a youthful version, preparing the groceries for a ceremony and festival that will be going to happen. He said, “I was supposed to prepare, I guess I’ll make the boys ready.” Leaving Andrei in the kitchen who only looks him blankly, Sacha takes a leak in the bathroom before going back upstairs. As he was done, Sacha makes his way to the stairs, but the birthday boys are already going down and dressed. “Hmm, good, let’s go boys.” They left the house and prepare to go to the coliseum where the ceremony will be held. 

Today is a festive day because the Ren family is the descendants of Ren, who is the most powerful of the group of Rashteya’saiva who came to this world, they will have festive for every descendant of Ren, does, they gained the name of Ren as their last name. Rashteya who lived with Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Dragonoids, Azureans, Faes, and many more in harmony in Tempa. Tempa has a river flowing through its center and near a waterfall where the stream of water comes from, they are at the feet of Mount Azure, and almost at the center of the kingdom is the great coliseum, it was built by the 3rd generation of Rashteya. 

“Anieu!” Zena and Zeia called them as they wait for the carriage to arrive, as they turn around, they saw Zena and Zeia running down the stairs, and Zouei slowly follows his siblings. Zouei noticed the so silent Skye, Zouei didn’t reveal that he notices it because Skye is sometimes silent that his demeanor changed is not something to spot easily. Zouei went to Sacha and asked silently “Anieu, did you notice?” Sacha replied with a nod. Zouei greeted the three with a happy birthday, “Thanks.” Skye says, but the other hugged him and squeezed him. Zeia and Zena interrupted them, “It’s unfair!” Zena said, “Yeah, we greeted you first!”. So the four chatted and exchanged hugs when their carriage arrives, Skye went on first, but they were crowded inside so Zouei sat on Sacha, as their carriage travels through the streets, many people paid respect to them and gestured with a bow. As they arrive at the entrance of the coliseum, decorations were still being put up. 

Zena asked the three, “What does it feel?”

“What do you mean?” Tyler replied,

“I mean, are there any changes in your body? Or do you feel more magical?” she rephrased.

Tyler and Kyle look at each other, “It’s a secret. It wouldn’t be exciting for you if we tell you.”

“Pretty please?” Zeia says with a puppy face.

“No, that won’t work on us.” Tyler says

“Oh, come on! Hey Skye, can you please tell us what does it feel?” now the two of them is doing a puppy face. Sacha looked at Skye, but Skye only said “Just wait.”. So the two stopped and are disappointed, “It’s fine girls. So when it’s your time you will be surprised and thrilled.” Sacha reassured them. “Ok.” The two replied simultaneously, but still have a long face.

As they arrive at the entrance of the coliseum, decorations were still being put up. They start to walk to the preparation area, people stop at their works and paid respect to them with the bow, but some looked up with their eyes while bowing when they noticed that Skye just walk past without regard. Some look at each other while bowing, but Tyler and Kyle waved and smiled on them.

While the seven are in the coliseum, the other siblings were sluggishly preparing, either for the festive or to go the coliseum. Baelfire, the favorite sibling of Skye, woke up not finding his brother. Saddened because he forgot that it’s his brothers’ birthdays, and he didn’t catch Skye and forgot to wake him up, which never happened before. Sasha notices the sullen and pouting Baelfire, she went to him and asked, “What’s with that long face, Bae?”. Bae looks up revealing a cute face even crying purple right eye and sectoral heterochromia eyes of light blue and gold and grey hair with two tips of spikes of his hair that stick out above his ears, are azure.

“Skye didn’t wake me up, and he left me behind!” with an outburst of disappointment he replied, “Well maybe he is just excited about the ceremony, they are the main participants remember?”.

“Even so, he wouldn’t leave me behind, and the revelation is still before lunch”

“Well, they need to prepare at the coliseum. Come one, let’s get you ready, so we can go to the coliseum” Sasha saying eagerly to make Baelfire smile.

“Okay,” Baelfire replies with a sad tone.

After a couple of minutes, Aiden called every one, the first to come is Sasha with Baelfire at her back. Thana, the silent and mysterious 2nd child, having the same jet black hair and eyes of their mother, who went in without making any eye contact with anyone.

Daeva, the mischievous 6th child, also blonde hair and mystic cyan eyes, enters the living room while guiding Lamia, the youngest and shyly 18th child, having sea blue hair and Skye blue eyes, along with Kasdeya the introverted 17th child, with green eyes and hair. While the last to come is Tynan, the prideful 5th child, having blonde hair and blue eyes, who is guiding Amon, the troubled 16th child who has indigo hair and black eyes, Petra, the gluttonous 15th child, Red hair and green eyes, and Andrei, the collected 14th child who has jet black hair and brown eyes.

“Now that everyone is here, some of us might have forgotten but today is the birthday of our beloved Skye, Tyler and Kyle” he pauses for a second “as of now they are preparing in the coliseum and we are told to go there to watch the ceremony and support our dear brothers as they will get their powers and forms”.

“Can I stay back? I have better things to do” asked Daeva.

There was a moment of silence but Aiden gave him a stern look, “if you want to, you can tell our parents” Daeva rolled her eyes while saying “Nevermind”.

“Any more concerns? If none, then get ready and we will leave in 5 minutes” as he says everyone rushed to their rooms to prepare.

While everyone is preparing and getting ready, Baelfire and Sasha who are already dressed and ready remained with Aiden in the living room. Aiden notices Baelfire not being cheery as he is, “What’s the problem, Bae?” Aiden asked, “Aniue didn’t wake me up” replied by the pouting Baelfire.

“That’s new, maybe he forgot?”

“Skye would never forget to wake me up”

“Maybe you need to get used to it?” as Aiden says this, Sasha shoots him with a killer look. “Don’t worry Bae, maybe Aiden is right, or, Skye was just too excited and didn’t wake you up because he went with our parents to do groceries”

But Bae wasn’t even cheered up by those words, it is because it was so sudden that he wasn’t able to prepare and hurt from his expectations. Yet he still wants to see his big brother and hug him tight.

After a couple of minutes, everyone is prepared to leave and to do their parts in the festival. As they walk to the coliseum, the festive atmosphere is so overwhelming that even Baelfire and Lamia are enjoying it. There are colorful helium balloons that are attached in a string and laid in the streets, colorful fabric clothes shaped and cut in different ways to decorate the street and many more decorations. Everyone is busy decorating the street, and others are preparing for their parts in the coliseum.

As the Ren siblings arrive at the coliseum, the columns are spiraled with flower garlands and pennant banners from column to column. Everyone’s mood was enlightened up except for Thana, who’s not enjoying a single thing about the festival. Baelfire who was pouting is now excited, “Now I know why aniue forgot to wake me up,” he says. “Come on, let’s go to him Bae,” Zouei says to Bae who was already in the coliseum.

Zouei lead Baelfire, Sasha, and Lamia to the preparation area, as they walk, Zouei said to the three about the things he observed about Skye. "Aneue, did Skye left Bae?" as Zouei asked this, Sasha's eyes widened as she was shocked, "Did he really changed suddenly?" Sasha asked, while Baelfire starts to cry, "Why would he changed Aniue?" asked Lamia with a serious look. "Sacha aniue told me about everything, it was just yesterday when Skye was still cheery and always cuddling us." Zouei stops walking and faces the three as he says these words. "So it's a yes?" Zouei says while looking to Baelfire with teary eyes, "I will still hug him when I see him." Bae says while putting up a brave but cute face. "I wouldn't recommend that," Lamia said to Baelfire, "He might push you aside." Zouei added. With these words, Baelfire almost starts to cry, Sasha then stops the two, "Come on now, isn't just right to make an assumption in a short period of time." Sasha deliberately says, "Suit yourself." Zouei says with a cold and sad expression, then he began walks again to the preparation area. While Lamia and Sasha are soothing the nearly crying Baelfire.

"Is something wrong?" asked by a voice behind them. Zouei, Sasha, and Lamia's eyes were widened, as they feel an ominous feeling begins to envelop them. As they turn around, they saw their mother smiling maliciously, "Nothing mother!" Lamia says while faking a smile, "It's just Baelfire wasn't awakened up by Skye earlier." he added as he put a fake cutie smile. 

"Didn't you taught him to wake by himself?" their mother says while giving a disappointed face and rolling her eyes. 

"Shouldn't be that your work mother?" Sasha replies with a serious look.

Their mother looked pissed and replied, "You should know how to respect your mother! If you won't, I will have you locked up again!" 

"Please stop, it's my fault okay?" Baelfire shouted, "I hate you!" to their parents. As their mother heard this, she starts to walk towards Baelfire but Skye walks in front of Baelfire. "And what are you gonna do about him, mother?" Skye says as he gives her a death stare. Sasha, Zouei, and Lamia were shocked when their mother takes a single step backward and is showing a fully pissed face. "Tch!" a sound created by their mother and turn around.

As Skye turns around, Baelfire hugged him, and Skye then patted Baelfire in his head, "I'm sorry if I didn't wake you up." Skye said with a smile, but the three noticed it was just a fake one but Baelfire bought it. "Come on, I'll let you watch while we prepare.", "I want to watch you prepare too!" Lamia said to Skye, "No." Skye replied coldly while giving Lamia a cold look. Skye guides Baelfire, while Zouei whispers to the two, "Don't worry, I'll keep watching him.", "Watch yourself too, there might be some observers too." Sasha says, Zouei nods.

As Zouei follows Skye and Baelfire, he noticed that there really are observers, those who are decorating the place. Zouei moves on without giving any movement that he noticed them. When Zouei reaches the preparation area, it is much more crowded before he left. He then went to his brothers and then he spotted Baelfire smiling while watching Skye, Tyler, and Kyle preparing.

He then went to Sacha who is busy preparing and checking the props and equipment that is going to be used. He said everything that happened earlier.

 "What you think, Aniue?" He asked.

 "I don't know yet, but you better move your hands or we will be noticed," Sacha replied.

"Can I infiltrate them?" He asked.

Sacha stops while looking and having a concerned look. "I don't know, it's too dangerous for now. If we move without telling the others, we might get caught and we already have enough infiltrators."

"Just tell me if we need to, but my speculation is that Skye was cor..." before Zouei could finish what he was saying, Skye interrupted him.

"Your speculation about me is what, Zouei?" Skye says.

The two were shocked, "Ahh, I just thought that you just went to the ahh..." Zouei stops for a moment and thinks of an excuse, "Mountain cliff." Sacha added. "Yes! Mountain Cliff!".

"What do you mean I went to the mountain cliff?" Skye asks.

 "Well, Tyler saw you went outside last night and didn't come back before they fell asleep." Sacha replies.

"Yeah, we were worried because you weren't in your bedroom when Aniue was going to wake you up." Zouei added.

"And how do you know about this, hmmm?" Skye asked Zouei.

"Well, Sasha aneue just opened the door in our bedroom when she wakes me and the other two, Aniue asked if we saw you."

"Ok, by the way, Sacha Aniue, Father was asking if you could see him before the ceremony." Skye says.

"Ok, I'll finish the preparations first." Sacha says while checking the props.

Skye turns around without saying another word. Leaving the two behind. "Tha was close!" Zouei says with a sigh of relief, "Yeah, we should be more careful, now let's finish this."

As they finish checking the magical chalks and magical coals to be used for drawing magical circles, they also check the props for the intermission number that will be played in respect of their ancestor, the Rashteya'saiva, who battled the titans and traveled to their current world. The play is all about the long history of their species. The next will happen will be the showcase of the next nobles children who have their birthday. And the last part will be the ceremony.

Meanwhile, Skye went to the dressing room for those who will be in the ceremonial part. As Skye enters the room, he saw Baelfire runs towards him with a black hoodie and dark gray shorts, as Baelfire approached Skye, "You should wear these, Anieu!"

Sky picked them up and patted Baelfire, "Ok, wait here."

"Ok!" Baelfire replies and sat near the entrance of the dressing room, which only contains two stalls and a large cabinet.

Skye joins his siblings who are both naked in one stall, "Lucky for you, someone can pick for you." Tyler said with a smirk while turning around to face Skye, the three of them have slim and athletic but smooth and sexy bodies, having no visible abs nor the children who claim as girls will not have their breast grows. Most of the Ren family have this appearance, while their skin tone differs, some may be tan, white, pale white, brown, or dark brown. 

"It's not my fault that you don't have a favorite sibling," Skye replies without looking at Tyler and Kyle, only facing his reflection with a cold expression.

"Well, Tyler and I are best pals, aren't we Tyler?" Kyle says while slapping the skinny stomach of Tyler.

"HEY!" Tyler shouted and giving Kyle a pissed look, but Kyle only grinned, "See?" he said to Skye, but Skye didn't even budge or look at them, "Oi, you are no fun today Skye." Kyle says with a disappointed look. While Kyle is distracted, Tyler kissed him in his cheeks, "To the victor goes the spoil!" after he kissed Kyle he ran out of the stall naked and shouted, "I'll be back, I will just get more clothes to choose.". 

"That wasn't fair!" Kyle shouted and peeked out from the stall to the cabinet room. "What am I gonna do with him, I already told him that I only feel for him is being a brother."

"I don't know, maybe get some JOWA," Skye replies while posing.

Jowa is a word that means someone to be with, Rashteyan uses this word because girlfriend and boyfriend are for only those who have gender. Unlike a human, a rashteyan will never have s****l organs so they never have a reason to be shy, when they are born, they have no gender nor masculine or feminine appearance.

Until they gain their powers, the rashteyan will have the same physical appearance in their body according to their clan and parents' powers. Zouei has light tan skin, making him very attractive to anybody, there are only 5 of them who have a light tan skin tone in their family branch, him, Sky, Tyler, Kyle, and Lamia.

"Or you could just take someone else from other race," Skye says

"What the heck, you want me to be impure?" Kyle replies.

"Maybe, maybe not," Skye replies while leaving the stall

"Why are you so cold today?" Kyle asked but gets no reply.

Kyle peeks out to see Baelfire hugging Skye, "Thanks anieu!"

"No problem, now you should head back and find Sasha, stay with them until the ceremony finishes," Skye says while removing the grip of Baelfire and patted him in his head and both of them headed out.

"Skye's weird today." Kyle thinks,

"Uhmm, excuse me." a voice said and startled Kyle.

"Yes?" Kyle says as he turns around to see a rashteyan girl, who has thicc thighs, white hair with a side ponytail, and has a light pale skin tone and smooth but skinny build.

"Can I share with you with this stall?" she says shyly

"Woah, she's pretty." Kyle thinks while staring at her, Uhmmm, Yes, why not?" he replied. "Ah... I'm K... Kyle, Kyle Ren." he said and still staring at her.

"I'm ahh... Azel, Azel Mysthea," she says. Kyle's eyes widened.

"I'm sorry because the other stall is being used by the other three people." She says, "Is something wrong?"

"No, none at all," Kyle replies and turns to the mirror and picked some clothes to try on.

"What the heck? She's one of those freaks? Wait, is she from the engineer or the alchemist one?"  he thinks and looks at her with eyes only. "Damn, maybe I should ask her. Wait, what?"

"Ummm, is this okay?" Azel asked,

When Kyle looked at him, he was stunned by how beautiful, cute, and how it is a perfect dress for her. A blush appears in his cheeks, then quickly look down.

"Yes, it is!" he whispers.

"What?" she asked while going near him,

When Kyle looked back, her face was too close, he can see her icy blue eyes. "So cold, yet so warm. What a sight!" he said in his mind.

"Your cheeks are so red," she said while slight giggling and her hands near her mouth.

Kyle then touches her face using his left hand and uses his thumbs to rub below her eyes. She puts her hands below his shoulders and slides down to his upper torso. Kyle is a little taller, but he lowers his head and his right hand is in the waist of Azel.

She then lifts herself with her heels and their eyes closed as their lips touched each other. It all lasted for a couple of seconds when Kyle noticed Tyler watching them with a shocked, sad, disappointed expression and almost teary eyes. When Azel notices, she removed her lips and faced Tyler, "Oh I'm sorry, I'll be going." Then she walks out from the stall to the cabinet room.

"Auhmmm... I..." Kyle tries to talk but was stopped,

"What?" Tyler says, while his expression changed from sad to happy and cheerful. Tyler then enters the stall and put the clothes he picked in the floor, leaving only a black short in his hand.

"You aren't mad or sad?" Kyle asked

"Why would I?" smiling while turning his face to Kyle and wearing the black short and then picked up a gray sleeveless hoodie. "I just thought you were," as Kyle finishes, Tyler already had worn the sleeveless hoodie,

"You are so thoughtful," he replies while pinching Kyle's cheeks.

"Just finish dressing up," Tyler says while picking up the clothes he brought and turning his back to Kyle, Tyler then went to the cabinet room to return the clothes. Tyler also picks all the clothes he tried and followed Tyler, "Hey, I am sorry, is he your jowa?" Azel asked besides Tyler who is hanging the clothes who Kyle thought was for him in a hanger and put inside the cabinet. "No," he replies, both of them are unaware that Kyle is eavesdropping, "He's my brother, I'm Tyler Ren, please take care of him." He said while smiling. Tyler then walks out of the cabinet room then out to the dressing room, leaving the noisy one stall and Kyle who was eavesdropping and Azel still perplexed on what to do.

Kyle then went to inside the cabinet room and returned the clothes he tried, "I'M REALLY SORRY!" Azel shouted and 90 degrees bowing to Kyle, "Look, it's fine, he is just like that sometimes." he replies and making her raise. "We were just too close that he might be shocked that I already..." he stops mid-sentence and blush starts to show up again. "You already what?" she asked, "Auhmmm, you know," he replies while kissing the air and towards her.

"I hope you are single too," Kyle said while removing the clothes that was put back by Tyler from the Hanger.

"Actually, I am," she says with a light blush. "Can we go together in the waiting area?"

"Yeah, why not?" he replies, "but I have to check on Tyler first."

"Okay, I'll wait here," she says with a flirty smile.

"I'll dress up first," he says and touched her but.

Kyle returned to the stall and quickly dresses up, when he was satisfied he left the stall. He waved to Azel and went outside, while Azel's eyes smirked and touch her right earlobes.

As Kyle searched for Tyler, he checks the shower room where participants take a bath after a fight. But did not find him there, next he scanned the comfort room, he hears a faint weeping inside and was sure that it was Tyler's.

"Hey," Kyle whispers outside the stall where he hears the faint weep is. But no reply, "Look, we are still brothers right?", still no reply.

"We can talk about this, right?"

Still, there is no reply. Kyle became irritated,

"Look, you should already know that this day was gonna happen right?"

"BUT YOU DID NOT EVEN TELL ME BEFORE THAT YOU ALREADY DATING SOMEONE!" Tyler shouted with a trace of crying in his voice.

"Oh come on! Do I really need to tell you that?" Kyle replied while raising his voice.

"I HATE YOU! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Tyler shouted back,

"I'm sorry okay? What do you want me to do?" Kyle said while trying to open the stall door. But Tyler open it inwards that Kyle stumbles in, Tyler quickly went out of the stall and stopped before the door, "Just go back to her, we're no longer brothers starting today!" he said without looking back. Kyle, on the other hand, trying to get up, as he stands up, Tyler was gone. Kyle tried to follow him but he only sees that Tyler jumped from the second floor of the coliseum to the streets. Tyler is good at parkour but Kyle is not, Kyle then went to where Tyler jumped and he saw him running back in the direction of their house. Tyler then went back to find Sacha or Sasha.

Meanwhile, Zouei who is in the dressing room for those who will showcase their talents was changing clothes for the showcase of his talent, the floor master drag Zeia, and Zena to the room. He also brought his children nephews and nieces, who will also take part in the showcase of their talents.

"Well, aren't you just so charming, Zouei?" the floor master said.

"How come?" Zouei asked

"Because you are here before everyone, you are very responsible and punctual, that's charming for my clan." "I almost forgot, I am Seia Shun, head of my clan." Shun is the best friend and sword of Ren, thus giving them a good family history.

"You all should change now, or do you want to use those clothes in there?" Seia says then points out on the outside. "I'll be back, do it fast. The play will start very soon..." Seia saw his nephew and Zeia is chatting to each other and not paying attention, he walks towards them and lowered his head in between the two, "Did you hear me?"

the two were surprised and said simultaneously, "Yes, sir!" "Good, go on then." Seia said and sighs, he then left the room and went to the preparation of the play.

Zouei starts to take all of his clothes, while changing, Zouei noticed the Shun siblings who are changing, their family have the body (when not yet gaining their power and form) of slim but has unformed abs, even for the children who claim to be girls. Most of the Shuns are pale white or white, only a few of them have a tan color or brown. "Nice abs ladies." a Shun said with a smirk and mocking face, "Shut up!" a girl says, when he turns around he noticed Zouei watching them while selecting clothes to wear, he approached the naked Zouei. 

"Smooth body you got there." he said to Zouei.

"I'm Brody, Brody Shun." then starts to undress, he has a white skin tone, silver-black hair, and gray eyes. 

"Zouei, Zouei Ren." he extends his hand to give a handshake but then Brody pulled him and tried to him down on the floor but was unsuccessful because Zouei pinned him down first. Zouei noticed that Brody has an adorable and baby face, Zouei starts to stand up but before he does, Brody pulled him and Zouei body pressed and rest on Brody's body. They both felt the warmth of each other's body, as they gazed at each other's eyes, Brody touched Zouei's right face, making Zouei forward his head to the head of Brody. Despite having no s****l organs, the left hands of brody slide down from Zouei's upper stomach, to his side waist. Zouei's hands begin to slide down to Brody's waist.

"Ehem! You two forgot where are here in the dressing room?" a naked Shun with the light tan skin tone and long silver-black hair shouted. Then some girl's peeked out from their doorless stalls to find the two on the floor. Brody gave her a disappointed look, Zouei removes himself from Brody's body and stood up. "I'm sorry about my brother, he could be like that sometimes," she said to Zouei, as Zouei turn around, her eyes widen as how smooth his body is. "I'm Maddie, by the way, Maddie Shun, Brody's sister." says the girl who interrupted them while smiling and extended a hand to shake, but Zouei did not. Instead, he turns to the clothes he selected that was dropped and picked them up. 

"Nice one, sis!" Brody whispers to Maddie.

"Hmmph!" Maddie sounds as she turns around and returned to the stall she came from. 

Brody then went to pick some clothes and fastly put some clothes on for the showcase. Then he went to get full armor from the inventory, leaving Zouei alone. "What the heck just happened?" he thinks, "I should focus on the task first." he sat in the corner of his stall, next to the wall mirror, "I wish I could see him again." he leans to the mirror. He extends his hand examine it from his elbow to the back of his hand and rotating it. "He's so warm. His eyes were shining. And his heart was pounding hard that I can feel it." he said in his mind, while a drop of tear went out from his left eye. He wipes it, stands up and looked at his reflection with a fierce look, "I will protect him when it happens, should I tell him?", "No! That's too dangerous!" he thinks while shaking his head. "I don't know if he's against or not." another drop of tear came out from his right eye... 

A voice from his back said, "Aren't you done yet?"

"I'm sorry, I'm almost done picking." Zouei replies while looking at the mirror to see Maddie dressed in chainmail and leathered armor.

"Look, I'm sorry if I interrupted you two. As an apology, You can come to our house after the ceremony is done." she says with an apologetic look.

"I'll think about it." he replies while putting a pants on.

"Ok, see you later in the showcase." she said and Zouei replies with a nod.

Maddie faces the exit of the dressing room and walks towards it, Zouei finishes putting some clothes on, "You ok?" Zouei was shocked to find Sacha outside his stall,

"Yeah," he says

"Really? You don't look like okay to me," Sacha says while smiling passionately and wiping the trails of tears in Zouei's face. "What happened?"

"You know about the Shun family right?" Zouei ask hesitantly,

"Yeah? And why is that?" he replies,

"Uhmm... it's... it's just that... I mean... Aren't Ren and Shun close?" Zouei says while stammering and looking embarrassed.

"Ahh, I see, so who is it?" Sacha said with a slight smile to show that he cares for his little brother.

"How...?" Zouei stops, "Nevermind, well, his name is..." he bites his lips before continuing, "Brody." Then a light red blush appears in his cheeks.

"Oh, that lad? I saw him many times before," Sacha says and lean to whisper to Zouei, "Don't worry, they're on our side, as far as I know. He is sometimes present when we have some meetings." 

"Re...really?" Zouei stammers. But Sacha only nods while looking around.

"Yes, you can go to their house and... make love." he says with a smirk and a wink. Zouei's cheeks redden than earlier and he smiled and hugged Sacha. "Thank you Aniue!" Zouei said while hiding his embarrassed face while hugging Sacha.

"No problem, and hey, you should know him first, especially the part of him that you might not like. Okay?" Sacha said with a sense of fulfillment of being a big brother.

Zouei made a sound that means agreeing to his Big brother. 

Before they left the dressing room, they check each stall if there might be observers, they found no one. As they left the dressing area, Zouei headed where the waiting area is. While Sacha went to see their father.