Torn Between Twin Brothers

A miscommunication and wrong timing lead Ava to make a promise to herself that she will no longer play video games. Instead, she decided to concentrate on school and enjoy her high school life with her friends and twin brother. She would forget about big brother, whoever he was. She's still too young to be even thinking about boys anyway.

Ava finished making herself look beautiful before stepping out of her room to a brand new day with that thought in mind.

When she arrived at the dining hall, Akira, Pearl, Jeffrey, Prince Edmund, Crystal, and another young man were already seated at their usual table and happily conversing. When she reached the table, everyone turned their attention to her and greeted her simultaneously with a good morning.

She put on a half-smile before greeting everyone back as she sat down.

"Good morning, everyone!" She said shyly before stealing a glance at the young man next to Akira. Her eyes widened after clearly seeing his face.

Although he had black hair, was wearing glasses, and had a stern look on his face, he was identical to the lead singer of EXODUS, Ashton! She had to blink a couple of times to make sure she didn't see things.

Akira, who was sitting next to her, made the introductions.

"Ava, this is James. He's a senior who just transferred from Japan; he and Ashton are twins." Akira did not mention James's last name and that they were siblings. If she did, then everyone would find out that Ashton is also her older brother since he is James's twin.

Ava raised her head and looked in James' direction. "Hello, nice to meet you, James." That was all she said.

James couldn't believe what he was hearing. When Ava greeted him back, he thought that her voice was familiar. As he listened more intently to her voice, he was confident that his 'little sister' in the game and Ava were really the same person.

His eyes brightened, but he quickly attempted to change his expression; he didn't want anyone to see how happy he was.

With a cold as ice tone of voice and a stern look on his face, he greeted her back, "Nice to meet you as well!" James said without even looking in Ava's direction. Everyone on the table was stunned at how cold he was towards Ava. But no one was brave enough to say anything.

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The table became eerily quiet after that interaction. It was a good thing that their breakfast arrived to break the tension, but they all still ate in silence.

James ate as fast as he could. Once he was done, he quickly excused himself. Leaving everyone at the table dumbfounded.

Jeffrey couldn't help himself and had to say something. "What's up with that guy? He was so rude to my sister. Hmph! If he's going to act like that each time we eat together, Ava and I will change tables." He declared smoke was practically coming out of his nose, and he was fuming mad.

He then turned to Ava, full of concern for his sister, "Are you alright? Don't pay any attention to that jerk! I don't even know why he was sitting with us; who is he even?" He then turned to Akira, full of questions in his eyes.

"Akira, what is your relationship with that dude? What is wrong with him? He acts as if the whole world owes him or something." Jeffrey said nonchalantly.

Akira was stunned by Jeffrey's question. She couldn't reply right away and was about to when an announcement was heard.

"Attention, Students! Everyone, please proceed to the auditorium; we have an announcement to make." It was Ms. Shannon's voice, the guidance counselor.

Once all the students in the dining hall heard the announcement, they all briskly got up and lined up to go to the auditorium.

Slowly, Prince Edmund got up as well and went to Ava to help her up. That earned a raised brow from Lady Crystal, who was sitting next to Prince Edmund but was ignored by him.

Pearl and Akira exchanged a look and smiled at each other; they now knew who Prince Edmund liked among the three of them.

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Ava looked up to see Prince Edmund standing behind her chair with his hand stretched out, ready to help her get up. She contemplated whether she should accept it or not. In the end, she decided to accept his kindness and put her hand in his.

"Thank you!" She said as she got up with a slight smile for Prince Edmund.

Jeffrey was eyeing Prince Edmund but didn't say a word. He liked him now that he knew that he was interested in his sister and not in Akira. So he decided to do the same and be a gentleman as well; he quickly got up and went behind Akira's chair.

"Shall we?" Jeffrey said with his hand stretched out, waiting for Akira to accept it.

However, Akira simply ignored his hand and got up by herself. She then turned to Pearl, "What are you waiting for? There's no other prince charming left to help you up." She teased.

Lady Crystal, who was being ignored by everyone, got upset and was the first to storm off, leaving them behind.

Pearl's lips puckered after hearing Akira's joke, and she glared at her before getting up and storming off, following Lady Crystal. Akira followed her while laughing out loud.

Once Ava was up, she dusted off a speck of imaginary dust on her uniform. She then hooked her left arms with Akira's and Jeffrey's before leading them toward the auditorium, leaving Prince Edmund to follow right behind them.

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The auditorium was fully packed when they arrived. However, there were enough vacant seats for the children in the front row, where all the faculty members sat. James was already seated with his back straight and still had a stone-cold face on. Lady Crystal was sitting on his left, but there was a vacant seat to his right.

Pearl, who had reached the auditorium before them, sat at the very far end. On her right was the hallway, and on her left side was a vacant chair. Akira took a seat on James's right side, Jeffrey sat next to her, then Ava, then Prince Edmund, and Pearl.

The seating arrangement was perfect, but there was someone who was fuming on the inside. He wanted to get up and exchange seats with Jeffrey but was afraid that it would lead to misunderstanding.

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