"I have a surprise for you," Junko said, stroking Mukuro’s arm.
It was strange how so few words were required to twist her insides with both anxiety and anticipation.
"I’m taking you on a trip."
Mukuro sat uncomfortably in the airline chair, her knees pressed against the reclined seat in front of her hard enough to etch the texture of the upholstery into her skin.
"How despair-inducing," Junko said. She gently patted Mukuro’s thigh, just above her bruising knees. To the older twin’s surprise, the hand didn’t travel up toward the hem of her skirt. She was somewhat disappointed.
"Is that why you booked us coach?"
"Flying coach is the closest one can come to true despair without dying." Junko turned to look out the window.
The violent shudder that ran through the airplane interrupted Mukuro’s comment about the quality of her sister’s joke. Oxygen masks popped out of the compartment above them, and the captain’s voice came over the radio instructing everyone to assume the crash position.
In shock, Mukuro glanced to her left, where Junko was staring at her through half-lidded eyes and a wide, toothy grin.
"Surprise~!"
"You aren’t serious," Mukuro said, frantically grasping for the pamphlet with the instructions on what to do in a crash.
"Nee-chan, calm down," Junko said. She gently but firmly pushed Mukuro back upright and snuggled into her side. "It’ll all be over soon."
"Junko-chan…"
"Shhh, just enjoy it." She took Mukuro’s left arm by the wrist and wound it around her torso. Her right arm reached across Mukuro’s stomach and linked fingers with her sister’s tattooed hand.
Instinctively, Mukuro pulled Junko close and rested her chin on the top of her head. She couldn’t see anything outside the window but black smoke.
"You’ve really outdone yourself this time," she said, kissing her sister’s skull. Her bleached hair tasted like chemicals.
"I know." Junko’s body vibrated against Mukuro’s as she chuckled. Her thumb slowly stroked the palm of Mukuro’s right hand.
"You do realize that it’s uncommon to die in a commercial airline crash, right?"
"Of course I do. I love you, Mukuro-nee, but you haven’t been that good.”
It was strange how so few words were required to twist her insides with both anxiety and anticipation.
"I’m taking you on a trip."
Mukuro sat uncomfortably in the airline chair, her knees pressed against the reclined seat in front of her hard enough to etch the texture of the upholstery into her skin.
"How despair-inducing," Junko said. She gently patted Mukuro’s thigh, just above her bruising knees. To the older twin’s surprise, the hand didn’t travel up toward the hem of her skirt. She was somewhat disappointed.
"Is that why you booked us coach?"
"Flying coach is the closest one can come to true despair without dying." Junko turned to look out the window.
The violent shudder that ran through the airplane interrupted Mukuro’s comment about the quality of her sister’s joke. Oxygen masks popped out of the compartment above them, and the captain’s voice came over the radio instructing everyone to assume the crash position.
In shock, Mukuro glanced to her left, where Junko was staring at her through half-lidded eyes and a wide, toothy grin.
"Surprise~!"
"You aren’t serious," Mukuro said, frantically grasping for the pamphlet with the instructions on what to do in a crash.
"Nee-chan, calm down," Junko said. She gently but firmly pushed Mukuro back upright and snuggled into her side. "It’ll all be over soon."
"Junko-chan…"
"Shhh, just enjoy it." She took Mukuro’s left arm by the wrist and wound it around her torso. Her right arm reached across Mukuro’s stomach and linked fingers with her sister’s tattooed hand.
Instinctively, Mukuro pulled Junko close and rested her chin on the top of her head. She couldn’t see anything outside the window but black smoke.
"You’ve really outdone yourself this time," she said, kissing her sister’s skull. Her bleached hair tasted like chemicals.
"I know." Junko’s body vibrated against Mukuro’s as she chuckled. Her thumb slowly stroked the palm of Mukuro’s right hand.
"You do realize that it’s uncommon to die in a commercial airline crash, right?"
"Of course I do. I love you, Mukuro-nee, but you haven’t been that good.”