How to find happiness

“Lumine,” said the twins’ mother. “Aether, yes, yes, yes, we are moving again. Yes.” “What happened?” Aether asked with a stony, emotionless face. “Nothing,” Mother spat. “Go pack your things!” “So if nothing, then why?” Aether raised his hands in a sign of indignation. “In short,” Mother raised her voice. “I’ll say it briefly and clearly! AND YOU LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY IF YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS! In short, your father… DEAD!!! GO GET YOUR STUFF, YOU FUCKERS! WHY DID YOU STAND UP LIKE IMAGES? FAST! TO BE COLLECTED IN FIVE MINUTES!” Lumine, almost crying, and Aether went to their rooms to get ready.

***

Lumine and her brother stood at the exit, having collected their things ten minutes ago, thinking that their mother would again give them at least a hard slap in the face. They continued to stand silently, realizing that the father had not died, but the mother had cheated, they broke up, and He’s making a fool of himself by saying that your dad has died. They waited, waited, waited, and were so immersed in their thoughts that they did not notice how two hours had flown by, and the mother had not yet gotten ready. They waited again, and again… “Aether, it’s true,” Lumine addressed him. She didn’t finish as their mother screamed, “What are you talking about there, devils?! Stay silent!” Lumine sighed and turned away from her brother in the other direction, “Someday we’ll get rid of it, for sure.” Aether nodded his head and looked at the closet. Then he turned to the door where his mother was, or rather, where she was getting ready: “Mo-o-om!” Traveller called out to her. “What do you want?!” “How long do we have to wait for you?” “AS LONG AS YOU NEED, YOU WILL WAIT!” Aether remained silent to his parent’s screams. There are no words. They live in some kind of terrorism with a drug addict.

***

       “Okay, get ready,” the mother said and led the children to school. “And why weren’t her parental rights taken away?” Lumine asked her brother. “I don’t have any clue.” They continued to walk forward, and behind them, the mother screamed something indistinct. The two approached the threshold, opened the door, and, not surprisingly, they were asked who they were. “Yes, miss it!” Iter raised his voice to the guards. A teacher comes to the scene, it turns out that this is their class teacher. Having dealt with the two, she waved her hand, “Let’s go.” The twins dutifully set off after her, a few minutes later the bell rang and they had just arrived. “Sit in the empty seats,” said the teacher, not at all interested in where they would sit. Lumin sat down with a seemingly friendly girl with… hare ears. Ah. No, it’s just a ribbon. “Hello,” Lumine said with a twinge of shame. “Do you want me to sit with you?” “Good!” smiled at her. “What’s your name? I’m Amber!” “Lumine,” the girl said and sat down at her desk.

Class is over.

      Lumine got up from her desk, took her backpack and left the classroom. She walked down the corridors and saw a group of people: a girl with two pigtails and a cute little cap, a guy with an eye patch and blue hair, and a girl with red-dark pink hair. They giggled, or rather, roared like horses throughout the hallway, joking around and slowly moving to another office. Lumine, getting interested ran up to the company, “Hi! Can I meet you?” “Ha!” The girl giggled. “Now the math teacher owes us a thousand. She said none of the new kids would want to hang out with us.” “What?” Lumine felt awkward again. “Sure!” said the girl with dark red-pink hair. “I’m Rosaria, but my friends can call me Rosie, Rosa. This is,” She points to the girl with two pigtails. “Venti. And this is a boy. He can be called Celery, Zucchini, Ventilator, Ventisa, or Ventil. Rejoice in our fertile imagination. And this” She pointed to the guy with the bandage. “Kaeya Alberich. Or Gayea, but that nickname just came out of nowhere because Kaeye and I are dating. Oh, I see.” “Uh, when did we start?” Kaeya asked. “A year ago.” Kaeya was speechless. “Shall we go or what?” Venti asked. Lumine nodded.

***Let’s go to Aether.***

      Aether didn’t keep up with his sister and was walking alone. Two identical guys run up behind him: “Hello!” They say with one voice. Aether is startled and from the fear of surprise says: “Y-yes, hello!” “I’m Albedo and this is Bedo,” says one of the guys. “Let’s get acquainted!” “We will,” Aether shook their hands. Albedo and Bedo said something to Aether and went on their way.

***We’re moving back to Lumine***

“What?” asked Venti. “Are you leaving already?” “Yes,” replied Lumine. “We’ll go for a walk later sometime. Okay?” “Yes,” said Kaeya. “And let’s exchange numbers too.”             Lumine nodded and left the trio in her yard, and they went somewhere after saying goodbye to her.