I cooked the pizza noodles during dinner just as my sister had asked. We have eaten dinner together every day in the dining room without fail since we were little.

  "Mmmmhhh!!! Delicious, nii-san!! As always, your fried food is always strangely good!!"

  "Gulp down your food first before talking! First, it's manner! Second, you're gonna choke and it's dangerous!"

  "Geez, okay, okay, nii-san! Even though I was complimenting you!"

  "I appreciate it, but it's still dangerous, so I have to warn you."

  "Nii-san, you're so strict. . ."

  "If I didn't, I can't protect you. You're my only family left. I'll do anything, even if you won't like me by the end of it."

  Luca was taken aback by my resolve. She was silent for a brief moment.

  ". . .No, honestly, I'm thankful for you, Light-nii! I really love and appreciate you! You're the best big brother in the world."

  Luca said that a bit meekly, and somehow her gratitude touched my heart.

  ". . .Don't mention it. And of course, I love you too! Okay, finish your dinner and go take a bath! You're starting to stink!"

  "WHA-?! HOW ON EARTH ARE YOU SAYING THAT AFTER WE JUST HAD SUCH A SWEET BROTHER-SISTER MOMENT!? I LEGIT ALMOST TEARED UP JUST A MOMENT AGO!! YOU'RE THE WORST ONII-CHAN IN THE WORLD!!"

  "You said I was the best? But you really stink when you're sweaty! This is one of the many rare traits that we don't share, even though we're twins. Weird, maybe I'm just a cleaner person overall."

  "WHA-? THANK GOD YOU'RE SINGLE!! DON'T YOU EVER SAY STUFF LIKE THAT TO A GIRL!! ESPECIALLY TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND!!"

  "That's rich coming from a single girl who never dated anyone in her whole life!"

  "ARE YOU NOW SAYING THAT YOU HAD A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE?"

  "No! But I do have a lot of knowledge from you-know-where!"

  "MANGA AND ANIME DON'T COUNT, YOU IDIOT BROTHER!! YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THEM YOURSELF TO TRULY UNDERSTAND!!"

  "Like I said, rich coming from a single girl like you!"

  "GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!"

  *SPLAT*

  All of a sudden, Luca throws the last cut of her pizza noodle towards my face. The pizza noodle piece slides down my face, and its oily substance has successfully stuck to every part of my face and a bit of my front bang.

  I wring the spoon and fork in both of my hands as veins become visible around my wrist.

  *!!!*

  "Oh ouh. . ."

  Luca made a face that clearly shows that she has made a huge mistake.

  "IF THERE'S ONE THING I CAN'T STAND, IT'S SEEING SOMEONE WITH NO MANNERS AT THE DINING TABLE!! AND WHEN SOMEONE THROWS SOMETHING OILY RIGHT IN MY FACE!!!"

  "Uum, onii-chan! That's two things you can't stand, so you're wrong! Hehehehe. . ."

  I immediately grab Luca by her face. I squeeze my hand on her face, and she starts screaming.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I'M SORRY, ONII-CHAN. PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!! IT HURTS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

  "DO THIS SHIT AGAIN, AND NEXT TIME I'M USING MY FINISHING MOVE ON YOUR NECK!!!"

  "OKAY! OKAY! I GET IT!! PLEASE STOP!! IT HUUUURRTTSSSS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

  I'M SORRY!!!! HUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

  I finally let go of my hold on my sister's face.

  "I'm gonna take a bath first! And when I'm done, I want the dishes to be cleaned! Understood?"

  As my sister was still holding her face to relieve the pain, she suddenly stood up and gave me a salute.

  "YES, MY DEAR BROTHER!!"

  I went and took a bath ahead of my sister because of my oily face. When I was done and came out of the bathroom, I saw the dining table and the plates, and even the cooking utensils I used were all cleaned up to perfection.

  "(*Sigh* Alright, it's time to forgive her. . .)"

  I walked towards the living room and saw her curled up on the sofa alone.

  "Hey, I'm sorry if that was too harsh. . ."

  ". . .mmmmm. . ."

  "*sigh* Alright, I'm gonna be in my room. Go take a bath before you stink even worse!"

  ". . .worst brother ever. . ."

  "I get it, I get it. . ."

  I left my sister in the living room and went towards my room on the second floor. Inside, I just spent the entire rest of the night. I played that same game from before for 3 hours straight. The clock says 22:00, and it's time to call it a day and go to sleep, so I hop out of the game and turn off my PC.

  When I lie on my bed, something bothers me. Luca's well-being. I kind of was being a bit too harsh on her during dinner. I started it as well, so it was my fault. I get out of my bed and walk to her room.

  *knock knock*

  "Luca, you up?"

  . . . . . .

  *knock knock*

  "Luca, are you up?"

  . . . . .

  "*sigh* Already asleep, huh. . .That's too bad. . ."

  I went back into my room and went to sleep, and ended the day.

  .

  .

  .

  Tomorrow morning came, and I unusually woke up late. I was panicking when I looked at the time, so I rushed out of my room and went downstairs immediately to prepare breakfast for us both.

  But I was surprised when I came down and breakfast was already ready for us both.

  "Luca? How unusual for her to wake up before me. . . Well, actually, it was because I woke up late."

  But I didn't see her anywhere. The bathroom was empty, but it showed signs of having been freshly used. I decided to take a bath first before having breakfast.

  After the bath, I quickly put on my school uniform. When I got out, I saw that there was only one breakfast left, my portion. It seems like Luca already had her breakfast without me. She has never done that, but I guess it is that late right now. I immediately gulped down my breakfast and quickly got ready for school. On the front door, I no longer see Luca's shoes, so she has already left for school.

  Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.

  I immediately left the house after securely locking the front door. I ran as fast as I could to the school, and when I arrived, it was right when the school bell rang. I am not late; that's good. I immediately went to my class to start school today.

  It. . . feels weird and awful and a little bit hurtful not seeing my twin sister at all since I woke up this morning. . . It felt like she was avoiding me. . .

  AAAAAAAHHHH!!!

  What am I talking about? I woke up late, so she has to hurry as well, so she won't be late. Stop having negative thoughts, me! It's not healthy!

  When I reached class, I sat down in my seat, and the class immediately started. I look towards where my sister's seat is and find that she is not there. Before my mind went astray, I heard some people behind my back talking about how the student council is having a meeting right now, and my mind is at ease. I choose to focus on the lecture rather than filling my mind with negative thoughts.

  It's 14:00, and school ends, and I haven't even seen Luca once this whole day. I feel a bit isolated and hurt. I immediately got out of my seat, and when I opened the door to the class, I bumped into her.

  "Ow!"

  "Ouch!"

  "Nii-san?"

  "Luca?"

  "Where have you been? I'm worried sick about you because we haven't seen each other this whole day!"

  "Eh? Is that so? Wow, I didn't realize that! I was panicking a lot this morning because you woke up late, but also because of the urgent meeting of the student council."

  Hearing her explanation, all of the worries I had in my mind suddenly faded away. My mind has been put at ease, and I let out a big sigh of relief.

  "*Sigh*. . ."

  "Also, Nii-san! You're making a scene! Everyone else is still in class!"

  "Oh?!"

  I turned around and saw all of my classmates as well as my teacher standing in front of the door.

  "I-I'm sorry for holding the door!"

  I immediately went out of the door, and then all of my classmates and the teacher stormed out of it.

  "So, are you finished with the student council stuff?"

  "Yup! Let's go home, Nii-san!"

  "Alright! Grab your bag! I'll wait here!"

  "Okay!"

  We left the school and walked home. During the walk home, we were just silently walking without any conversation.

  "(Are siblings supposed to be this awkward?)"

  "He--!!"

  "Nii-san!! I just noticed this, but there are no clouds in the sky above!!"

  I looked up in reflex and saw the most beautiful sky of my life.

  "It's just blue everywhere I can see. . . It's beautiful. . ."

  "This is so rare, nii-san! I'm so glad--?!"

  Luca looked towards me and was shocked.

  "Eh? Nii-san? I didn't know you were the type to tear up towards nature!"

  "Eh? I shed tears?"

  I wiped my tears away and was embarrassed by the fact.

  "Wow, I didn't know about this side of me."

  "Oh, wait, Nii-san! We have to hurry home, clean the house, and prepare ourselves for the part-time job today!!"

  "OH, YOU'RE RIGHT!!"

  We immediately rushed to our home. As soon as we arrived, we didn't even change our clothes and just went straight into cleaning mode. An hour later, we're finished, and we change our clothes to head out towards our part-time job.

  On the way to our workplace, we were greeted by a familiar face.

  "YOOOO, LUCA-CHAAAANN!!!"

  "(Oh no. . .)"

  "Uuum, hi. . ."

  "You still didn't know my name?"

  "Um, Kiddo-something, right?!"

  "IT'S SHINDOU!! PLEASE REMEMBER MY NAME, BABY GIRL!!"

  "Uuum, Shindou-san. . . Ahahahaha. . ."

  "Alright, what do you want now? Can't you see that my sister is annoyed by your presence?"

  "Eh? That can't be right? Isn't that right, Luca-chaaaan?!"

  Shindou suddenly grabbed my sister's hands with both of his hands.

  "EH?"

  I immediately step forward and grab his hands and tighten my grip. He immediately let go of Luca's hands.

  "Let her go! Don't touch my sister so casually!!"

  I looked at Shindou with such an angry face that he felt intimidated a bit.

  "O-Okay, dear brother! Chill! Chill!"

  "Let's go, Luca!"

  I grab my sister's hand and drag her away from that creep once again.

  . . . . . .

  "Again. . . YOU'VE INTERRUPTED ME AGAIN, YOU STUPID BROTHER!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! I THOUGHT ACTING MODESTLY WOULD GET ME WHAT I WANT!! IT'S OBVIOUS NOW!! I HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING BY FORCE JUST AS MY FATHER HAS TAUGHT ME WELL!! I HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES ANYWAY!!"

  "He's scarily saying something, Nii-san. . ."

  "Ignore a creep like him! Remember, Luca, stay away from arrogant and rich people of his type! They're all----!!!"

  *BANG*

  All of a sudden, I was shot in my right shoulder.

  "URGH!!"

  "NII-SAN!!"

  I lost hold of my sister's hand. I put my left hand on top of the gun wound in reflex to the pain. I immediately turn around to face this asshole.

  "You PRICK!!"

  "I'm sorry, big bro! I ALWAYS GET WHAT I WANT NO MATTER WHAT!! GET THEM, BOYS!!"

  "ROGER!!"

  All of a sudden, Luca and I were surrounded by 20 middle-aged, fat men. And then all of a sudden. . .

  *THUD*

  Someone bashed my head with something, and I immediately passed out.

  .

  .

  .

  "Urgh. . ."

  I opened my eyes, and immediately, I felt a sharp pain coming from the back of my head.

  "Ouch!"

  "Where am I?"

  I looked to my surroundings and realized that I'm in some kind of old, burnt house where only a bit of the house actually remains. I also realized that I'm in a sitting position.

  "What?"

  *CHRING CHRING*

  *!?*

  I tried to get up, but I couldn't because I also just realized that I was tied by a steel chain around an iron pole.

  *CHRING CHRING*

  I tried to break free, but there's no way my body build could ever hope to break a steel chain.

  "What is going on?"

  "OUCH!!"

  The gunshot wound on my left shoulder from before stings again as I keep moving my body.

  "Ah, right. I got shot! Wait?! Where's Luca?"

  *!!!!*

  And then, when I looked diagonally to the front and right, I saw something that would haunt me for the rest of my life. I saw Luca, my twin sister, gang raped by a bunch of middle-aged fat men as well as that prick, Shindou.

  "LUCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  I screamed my lungs out the moment I saw what happened to her.

  *CHRING CHRING*

  I tried to shake off my steel binding harder and harder.

  "LUCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "LET GO OF MY SISTER, YOU FUCKING LOWLIFE!!!"

  My heart sank. . .

  My twin sister, whom I've taught to value love in a relationship. . . is now being defiled by a prick and a bunch of men that I have never met in my life.

  "LET GO OF MY SISTER, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!"

  They ignored me. I know they can hear me, but they choose to ignore me.

  "YOU ALL WILL FUCKING PAY, YOU HEAR ME!!! IF YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM THIS, YOU'RE FUCKING WRONG!! I'LL HUNT DOWN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ONE BY ONE, AND I'LL TORTURE YOU TO THE POINT YOU BEG ME TO KILL YOU INSTEAD!! DO YOU ALL FUCKING HEAR ME?! RELEASE MY SISTER THIS INSTANT!!"

  They still ignored me. When I saw the painful face my sister made, I started crying.

  "STOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPP!!!!"

  *CHRING CHRING*

  I still tried to break free of the steel chain even though I knew it was futile.

  "LET GO OF MY SISTER, YOU FUCKING FILTH!!!"

  I kept screaming and screaming at them as I kept shaking my body to break free of the steel chain.

  But it was all to no avail.

  They

  Kept

  Ignoring

  Me. . .

  . . . . . . .

  And then two full hours have passed. . .

  They have finished toying with my sister. Now they are resting.

  I kept shaking my body during the whole two hours, and the part where my body, specifically my arms, touched the steel chain was bleeding. I kept screaming and throwing empty threats towards all of them, and they all ignored them, even though they could hear every word that I said. I lost my voice, and my throat hurts and feels incredibly sore.

  My head was down, looking at the ground. I felt like I lost any bit of will to live.

  And then that fucking prick walked to my front.

  "Hello, big bro!!"

  I ignored him and kept my head down.

  "Awwww, don't be sad!! I've tasted all of your sister, and now I'm bored with her, so I'm gonna return her to you!!"

  ". . . ."

  "Hmm? No response? Oh well, I couldn't care less about you anyway. But I do want to give a piece of advice, dear big brother!"

  Shindou crouches close to me, and he moves his head next to my ear and whispers.

  "If you want to report this to the police, then too bad! I can always bribe the police to shut up!! Not to mention that I already record everything that we did to your sister, and if word came out that you spread this anywhere then I'll spread the glorious video of your sister's gangbang party to the internet!!"

  *!!!*

  Hearing his words made me sick, but I tried to calm down and kept my head down.

  "Never forget! In this world, those who have power have the right to rule anything! Those who have power are allowed to do anything! And those who are powerless are not meant to have any freedom! All of you pitiful people only exist to glorify the existence of people such as me, people with power!!"

  And then I saw my chance.

  *CHOMP*

  I bit Shindou's left eyeball and plucked it out forcefully from his eye socket.

  "AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  Shindou let out a very agonizing scream as soon as I bit him. It was a very satisfying scream and beautiful music to my ears. I spat out his eyeball, and a lot of blood also came out. Normally, it would disgust me, but currently, I felt so high that the only feelings I experienced seeing him tormented like this were joy.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  Shindou is crawling backwards as he covers his left eye socket with his left hand. There is blood dripping everywhere from his eye socket.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "B-BOSS? Are you okay? What happened?"

  "GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! KIIIIIIIIILLLLL HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!"

  *!?*

  "(What? Wait, no!! You said you'll return her!! YOU SAID YOU'LL RETURN HER?!)"

  Five of the 20 middle-aged fat men lifted a bench, and they smacked my sister, who was lying helplessly naked and crying, right on her head multiple times.

  *BUMP*

  *THUD*

  *CRACK*

  *SPLAAATTT*

  . . . . .

  They crushed my sister's head so that her front skull burst open and her brain splattered outside. There's also a bit of her brain that came out of her nose, earholes, and mouth.

  . . . . .

  Luca. . .

  I feel like. . . I haven't been properly forgiven for snapping at her yesterday. . .

  Luca. . .

  My sister. . .

  My twin sister. . .

  I. . .

  I started crying silently. . .

  My tears ran down my cheeks, yet I made no facial expression. . .

  I. . .

  . . .

  Death. . .

  This is death. . .

  This feels like death. . .

  Emptiness. . .

  Hollowness. . .

  I feel like half of my heart has been ripped forcefully away from me. . .

  I. . .

  Luca. . .

  Luca. . .

  My twin sister. . .

  My other half. . .