Chapter 131: Sisterly Bond
Under Xia Mo’s understanding and proactive facilitation, Luo Shuangxing ultimately gained possession of Luo Shuangyue for the night.
In order not to disturb the sisterly pair, Xia Mo even kindly chose to return to her original dormitory to sleep, leaving the room for the Luo sisters.
At this moment, Luo Shuangyue truly wished that Xia Mo’s possessiveness was a bit stronger, treating Luo Shuangxing as a rival would be much better!
You see, Luo Shuangxing is a girl, right? Luo Shuangxing has feelings for me, right? Round it up, Luo Shuangxing must absolutely be your competitor!
But why is Xia Mo always so tolerant towards Luo Shuangxing? Does she really think that there won’t be any sparks between the two sisters?
…Alright, it turns out there really aren’t any sparks.
Love is something that requires effort from both sides, and if one side resolutely refuses, then there can be no progress in the relationship. This is exactly the case for Luo Shuangyue and Luo Shuangxing.
Xia Mo trusts Luo Shuangyue, believing that she is not the kind of scum who would harm her biological sister and also trusts that Luo Shuangxing wouldn’t take action against her older sister.
What exists between her and Luo Shuangyue is love, while between Luo Shuangxing and Luo Shuangyue is familial affection; the two are on completely different tracks, and Xia Mo is well aware that no matter what she does, she cannot shake Luo Shuangxing’s position in Luo Shuangyue’s heart.
After all, Luo Shuangxing is Luo Shuangyue’s only family in this world, and she is the one who has accompanied Luo Shuangyue the longest.
Xia Mo is just an intruder among intruders.
Thus, when faced with Luo Shuangxing’s occasional act of monopolizing Luo Shuangyue, Xia Mo didn’t care much, thinking of it as the younger sister wanting to show affection to her older sister.
But Luo Shuangyue certainly didn’t think so!
When Luo Shuangxing slipped into her blanket and hugged her, Luo Shuangyue’s body stiffened.
Right now, she was sleeping in the same bed as her sister, and it was the first time!
This was also the first time she had such intimate contact with another girl besides Xia Mo.
“You seem to be quite nervous,” Luo Shuangxing said quietly, holding onto Luo Shuangyue’s slightly cool arm.
Her voice was like wind chimes trembling gently in the breeze, like a goose feather gently scratching Luo Shuangyue’s heart, making her more nervous.
Instinct told her that something seemed off.
“Sleeping in the same bed as someone who wanted to bite me to death earlier, anyone would be nervous.”
“Hmph, you have no sense of romance.” Luo Shuangxing didn’t do anything excessive; she only moved her body closer to Luo Shuangyue, making them stick tighter together.
Her head rested against Luo Shuangyue’s neck, and the warmth of her breath hit Luo Shuangyue’s delicate skin, leaving a rosy blush.
Although she didn’t cross any more lines, this level of contact still made Luo Shuangyue a bit restless.
It’s dangerous; she wasn’t quite sure how girls interact, whether this level of contact is crossing the line, but her intuition quietly warned her that it could only go this far.
One more step and it would be a true bottomless abyss.
Luo Shuangxing was now dancing on the edge of that abyss!
“Do you know? Your scent is really nice, it’s quite similar to my brother’s.”
“Must be a coincidence.” Luo Shuangyue’s pupils constricted, and fortunately, the lights in the room were already off, so this subtle change went unnoticed.
Why is Luo Shuangxing bringing this up again? Can’t you act a little ignorant? Do we have to throw away that tacit understanding between us?
A similar scent can’t represent anything, right? Or do you think I’m your brother? Just say it!
“I sometimes wonder if Dark Butterfly could be my brother. Maybe my brother is actually my sister.”
You shouldn’t say this, little sister! We’re not at the stage where we reveal everything! Luo Shuangyue shouted in her heart.
Fortunately, Luo Shuangxing eventually only kept her conjectures to herself and didn’t go deeper; she only wanted to tell Luo Shuangyue not to worry so much.
She wouldn’t do anything to hurt her sister.
“I’ve always wanted an older sister, one who can hug me and give me warmth,” Luo Shuangxing continued.
“Do you hate your brother?”
Luo Shuangxing shook her head; she certainly wouldn’t hate Luo Shuangyue.
However, brothers and sisters are ultimately different, especially considering that Luo Shuangyue is a brother with strong self-discipline.
“Compared to sisters, the relationship with a brother can be more distant.”
Actions like kissing, hugging, and lifting one up are things that brother version of Luo Shuangyue would never do with Luo Shuangxing, but with sister version, those things don’t seem so excessive.
After all, it ultimately comes down to the differences in interaction patterns due to gender.
And Luo Shuangxing, being a child sensitive to emotions, naturally preferred a sister who could provide her with more and finer feelings.
Just like now, she could sleep in the same bed with her sister, tightly hugging her sister’s arm, feeling the warmth transmitted from her sister, and smelling her sister’s fragrance; this was something she had never dared to imagine before.
Before, not to mention sleeping in the same bed, even wanting to hug Luo Shuangyue’s arm would have been met with a resolute refusal under the reason of gender propriety.
After all, Luo Shuangyue is a very healthy-minded brother, not someone who would set their life’s endpoint at an orthopedic hospital.
“Your scent is like my brother’s, so can you… be my sister for one night?” Luo Shuangxing said.
She was asking Dark Butterfly in the identity of Linglan to be her sister for one night, allowing her to act like a younger sister and finally act spoiled for once.
Only for tonight, they are sisters.
Luo Shuangyue blankly stared at the ceiling; with the conversation having gone this far, what more could she say?
Refuse?
Her arms were already being held this way; how could she possibly refuse?
Luo Shuangxing is purely trying to cut the ticket after getting on the bus!
Right now, all she could do was nod slightly to acknowledge Luo Shuangxing’s after-the-fact reasoning.
“Sigh…” she sighed, turning to gently embrace Luo Shuangxing.
“To think you brought me in as a stand-in sister, I really don’t know what you were thinking.”
Of course, while agreeing, she still had to maintain her role; for example, Dark Butterfly’s sharp tongue towards Linglan still had to be acknowledged.
Being hugged by her sister, Luo Shuangxing’s eyes trembled slightly. At this moment, she no longer cared about Luo Shuangyue’s earlier complaint that was barely audible; she just tightly embraced the warm, slender body beside her, quietly enjoying the warmth she had never felt before.
In that moment, she seemed to return to many years ago, back to the time when her mother was still around.
When she was little, Luo Shuangxing would sleep like this in her mother’s loving and warm embrace, a feeling she often reminisces about in her dreams, and every time the dream ended, she would feel a deep sense of loss.
Yes, her mother was already gone.
But today, from the person beside her, she felt a similar aura, although it was faint, and rationality told her that the two were completely different.
Yet, she still tightly held the girl beside her and let out an embarrassing sound.
“Mom…”
Luo Shuangyue’s pupils shook, and even her body slightly trembled for a moment.
Directly evolving from sister to mother? Luo Shuangxing, is your thinking too absurd?
But from that whispering voice as light as a breeze carrying away fluff, Luo Shuangyue could hear the suppressed sadness and nostalgia in her sister’s heart. That call to “Mom” was not a jest directed at Dark Butterfly, but rather a low murmur arising from deep sorrow.
Well, a big sister serves as a mother; she, as Luo Shuangxing’s biological sister and Luo Shuangxing’s only remaining family, it’s not unreasonable for Luo Shuangxing to perceive a hint of their mother in her.
Luo Shuangyue convinced herself of this.
On normal days, she could be as stern as iron when dealing with her naughty sister, but when her sister revealed her most vulnerable side, she had no ability to resist at all.
She, after all, was an irredeemable sister-con.
As long as it was a heartfelt request from her sister, as long as her sister showed such an expression and such a sound in front of her, how could Luo Shuangyue have the ability to refuse?
Sigh, I have already been captured by this little girl, Luo Shuangyue resignedly stroked her sister’s hair and actively held her a bit tighter.
“Go ahead and cry; I will pretend I didn’t see or hear anything.”
“Who’s crying? Don’t look down on people!”
Luo Shuangxing retorted as she pouted, but with her head resting on Luo Shuangyue’s shoulder, feeling the continuous warmth coming from her sister, she ultimately couldn’t help it and allowed tears to flow from her eyes.
Her crying was silent, yet long-lasting. After sobbing in Luo Shuangyue’s arms for nearly half the night, Luo Shuangxing finally fell into a deep sleep under the dual exhaustion of body and mind.
As for Luo Shuangyue, her mood was rather nuanced at the moment.
She had never seen her sister like this when she was acting as her brother, making her feel a sense of failure.
So, her sister had been suppressing so many negative emotions in her heart, yet she hadn’t noticed at all. Couldn’t she have alleviated her sister’s distress a bit?
If that’s the case, then she really wasn’t qualified to be a brother.
It wasn’t until she became a sister that she passively discovered her sister’s emotions; did it feel like she was profiting from it?
Could it be that I am truly suited to be a girl? Luo Shuangyue couldn’t help wondering in her heart.
In fact, she didn’t care so much about the changes in her body; her previous concealment was more about wanting to protect those around her, to prevent them from stepping into this dangerous world of magic.
As a result, while hiding, she realized that Qingmei and her sister were both magical girls and ended up hiding in vain.
Then, she was discovered by Qingmei and her sister. Originally, she thought her life would end there, but reality played a joke on her.
It seemed that these two family members thought she was better now.
It was quite perplexing for Luo Shuangyue; how could she have imagined things would turn out this way?
“Well, it’s not entirely a bad thing.” She could only glance at the girl beside her, who still held faint tear tracks on her face as she peacefully slept, and wear an expression of ‘this is quite nice.’
Since it had come to this, there was no other option but to accept it, right?
…
“Sorry about last night!” Luo Shuangxing said, her little face flushed as she bowed 90 degrees to Luo Shuangyue.
She hadn’t thought much when her emotions surged yesterday, but upon waking up today, she realized how embarrassing her behavior had been last night.
She had actually hugged Luo Shuangyue and called her “Mom,” crying for half the night until she fell asleep?
Oh my!
Fortunately, she knew in her heart that the girl in front of her was her biological sister; otherwise, she wouldn’t be apologizing but instead would be looking for a meteorite to end it all.
But even if her object of affection was her biological sister, it couldn’t erase the shame inside her; she just wanted to quickly erase that embarrassing memory.
“It’s alright; it’s quite normal for kids your age to desire the care of their elders,” Luo Shuangyue smiled and replied.
Truth be told, she didn’t mind what happened last night; it was not a bad thing if it allowed her sister to cry and release the pressure in her heart.
Besides, Luo Shuangyue hadn’t done anything inappropriate either; they just shared a bed for one night, which was completely acceptable for her.
After all, she had slept with Xia Mo so many times; her nerves had long been trained.
“Good morning! How did you sleep last night?” Xia Mo said as she swiped her card to open the dormitory door, poking her head in.
Yes, Xia Mo’s card could directly open the door to Luo Shuangyue’s dormitory. As long as both people in a dorm agreed, they could grant the other person the authority to open the door.
If the three of them went to the hall to tell the senior on duty, it could be accomplished in less than a minute.
Seeing the slightly subtle atmosphere in the room, a glimmer of curiosity flashed across Xia Mo’s eyes. It seemed that the two didn’t spend a particularly peaceful night?
She didn’t suspect that these two had done anything improper; if they had really gone that far, they wouldn’t be showing the expressions they had now.
Currently, it appeared that Luo Shuangxing was shy, and Luo Shuangyue didn’t seem to be affected.
With a slight movement of her eyes, Xia Mo felt that she had already guessed the truth!
It should have been Luo Shuangxing doing a lot of embarrassing things last night, and only after waking up this morning did she realize how humiliating it all was.
“I slept very well! I’m off to breakfast!” Luo Shuangxing said with a start, hurriedly running towards the door without caring that she was still wearing her pajamas.
Xia Mo quickly moved aside to avoid being run over by the Luo Shuangxing Express, “Your clothes! You haven’t changed!”
“Transformation!”
Watching Luo Shuangxing instantly transform and leap over the railing, Xia Mo finally turned her inquiring gaze towards Luo Shuangyue.
What exactly did you two do last night? The quirky Luo Shuangxing today seems like she’s been drugged to reduce her IQ!
“Why are you looking at me? I’m innocent!” Under Xia Mo’s scrutinizing gaze, Luo Shuangyue quickly raised her hand to indicate her absolute innocence this time.
