Darkest memories

"You always ruin the best moments, ya fucking bastard!" Ezra started yelling at her brother while still holding me with the towel wrapped around me.

"YoU ALwaYs RuiN tHE moMenTs blah blah blah.." Elijah started mocking her.

"You forgot the 'bastard' part." She giggled and I could my body started getting hot even more.

I tried to stand up as I didn't want to be there anymore but Ezra tightened her hands, pulling me even closer until there is no space between our bodies.

"See?" She started uttering in a devastated tone, "Now she wants to leave. It's all your fault. We were peacefully bathing before you-"

"Ezra, shut up. I told you not to do anything before I slept. I trusted you and yet.." He looked away and continued, "and yet you betray me."

"I didn't even do anything. What the hell is wrong with this idiot." Ezra mumbled and uttered, "Hm..Is that..jealousy, I smell?"

"You can smell jealousy?" Elijah said with a smirk and I laughed a bit upon hearing that.

We both had smiles on our faces while one person was starting to burn. Ezra.

I could feel her body get hotter and hotter, as our bodies were still pressed together. "Uh..it..it hurts." I stated turning my head a bit towards Ezra, who had tightened her arms even more, crushing my bones!

Without saying anything, she losened the grip and stood up exposing both of us while the towel dropped to the floor. Then she barged off burning with jealousy. 'what is wrong with these two..' I thought.

Darkness almost came flowing down to the washroom through the windows. There were transperent glasses, from where we could see the sun setting and it was magical. Very glamourous!

Elijah took a dry clean towel from the drawer and came towards me. I though he was going to give me that when he suddenly surprised me by wrapping it around my body. I felt my cheeks starting to get hot.

'Did I just blush!? n-no way..no way..' I thought while covering half on my face. I heard Elijah giggle, which made hiding my blush more difficult. "Cute." He said and I looked up to face him only to see he was leaving.

'What just happened..' Today was a very strange day..'is it gonna be like this from now on??' I was so confused and lost in thoughts. "The plan!" I quickly got out of the tub and wore a bath robe which I found from the drawers.

I came out of the washroom, searching for the twins as I panicked and freaked out. Everything that I did will be useless if they had gone out of here in the very last minute!

I checked the whole room but they were not there; I opened the door to go outside and

"BAM"

"ouch ouch ouch" My shoulder and head got hit by Elijah's strong chest. "Geez, you are a stone." I said while caressing my shoulder and head.

Elijah started laughing and then stopped as soon as he saw me. "I..uh..It's not my fault that you're tiny."

"Well, it's not my fault that you are giant!!" I started sobbing as tears fell down my cheeks.

Even I was surprised that I cried but I was feeling so moody. I looked up to meet his eyes with my teary eyes. He was shocked.

"N-no need to cry, now. Come on it was just a joke. You're not tiny, you're pretty." Did I just hear him stutter? Yes, yes I did!

"She is not just pretty you idiot. She is BEAUTIFUL." Ezra said while walking towards us after closing the door.

"The most beautiful girl I've ever seen." Elijah said and Ezra looked mad.

"Oh shut up. To how many girls did you say that huh?" I said, "Only god knows." Ezra offered me a high five and Elijah looked mad again to see us high fiving in front of him.

"But I meant what I said this time." Elijah said almost mumbling while looking away.

"You hit my shoulder and head, at least an apology would be great." I said pouting my lips.

"I don't apologize." Elijah looked at me and said, "When you do something once, you can do it again and again and again. That's why I don't apologize."

"Yeah he has never apologized." Ezra said and started moving towards the bed.

"Neither has you!" Elijah shouted and stormed off to the washroom.

I walked slowly towards Ezra and got on the bed, laying next to her. "Mh?" she looked right at me and asked, "aren't you scared?" "No." I said without breaking the eye contact.

Ezra smiled in a playful manner. She then turned her body towards me and caressed my face. "So, I was the first one you apologized?" I asked still holding the eye contact.

"No, you're the second one, actually." She said while lying her back on the bed again. "It was my mother." I started caressing her face and asked, "I wanna know the whole story."

"Why?" She took my hand and asked, "why do you wanna know?" "I am just, curious.."

"Can I hold you?" She asked and I nodded.

Ezra moved closer and pulled me in a hug. Then she started telling me their story.

"I failed to protect her. She died in my arms and the last thing I said was, I'm sorry mom.."

She became silent for a second and said, "I was a happy little girl when I was with her. I changed after she died, I became ruthless, cruel. I started killing, raping, smoking and drinking.. I am a mess Eirene."

"What about Elijah? Is he also a mess?" I asked in a very innocent, childish tone. Ezra started to laugh and continued, "Oh he's a bigger mess than me!"

"After mom died, his world broke and he lost everything because mom was his world, and his everything. She died when we were just 15."

"Elijah started drinking and smoking. He stole jewels and money from thieves. He acted like he was gonna give it back to the people it was stolen from, but instead he stole even the slightest little things they had left, making them suffer. Some even suicided."

"Oh my god-" I said as Ezra continued telling me, "He didn't stop there, he started to rape and kill girls after a few years, he made some of their lives miserable without killing them, making them beg to kill them. Those were some really dark memories.." My eyes widened as I continued to listen.

"I helped him with everything he did even though it was wrong, I couldn't leave him. One day he told me to join and I did. And not gonna lie, I was sad and depressed too so everything that I did made me feel a bit better. It helped me forget. But now we both feel ashamed."

"You know what they say?" I asked looking up at her face, "Every villain is a broken hero."

"Are you calling us villains?" She asked and I became silent. "Well, I can't blame you.." She said.

"I lost my mom too." I said hoping to change the topic.

"I am sorry for what my dad did.." Ezra said then I uttered shrugging my head, "No, I am talking about my actual mother. When I looked at her picture which was on my birth certificate, I couldn't help but feel we are connected. I felt like I've known her all my life. I felt a bond."

Tears started flowing down my eyes. "Of course I miss my adopted mom, she was good to me but I miss my mother a lot even though we didn't even meet. It's strange I know, but I can't help it. I miss her. I miss both of them Ezra."

I started sobbing in her arms and she said, "I miss my mom too."