[[LMAO so did I!]]

Raeden’s arrogance was a side that only Hotaru knew. The beautiful girl had no trouble concealing herself behind theatrics and dazzling smiles, the perfect little girl. Yet when they were alone, Hotaru was subjected to the real side of her twin. It made her heart ache with sadness, because even if Raeden wasn’t perfect, she was still far better than the quieter of the two. It only furthered Hotaru’s low self-esteem, but her love for her twin was everlasting, and she wasn’t afraid to show it even if she normally got laughed at or shot down. Differently painted irises turned unsurely towards the skies once more, though she knew that Stella hadn’t been around for at least an hour. Raeden always got a bit out of control once their mother’s bonded left the scene, as they were always under watch. Stella had the ability to share images with Phaedra, and both knew that they could easily be caught by the bird that had been raised by a spy. It was rather obvious after all.

Raeden went jogging forward, at a pace Hotaru wouldn’t match. She slunk forward, head and ears low with how uncomfortable she was. The glowing red surrounded them, turning Rae pink and Ru even further towards their father’s color. Rae probably wasn’t even paying attention to where Hotaru was at that point, but the quiet filly went trailing after her, always keeping her within a few strides distance. Once Rae was out of view, Ru was doomed. It was hard enough to keep track of her wild twin, even when she had her eyes on her at all times. Pale silver eye, nearly blind in appearance, and the sea-blue of her mother and father combined were locked on her sibling like a tracking hound. However she had not been prepared for Raeden’s sudden halt and nearly went crashing into her. Scuttling back a few steps and watching her with the cowed, weak expression that normally covered her visage when alone with her twin. She was much meeker around her twin’s exuberant personality. Exasperated stare and dramatic sigh in her voice made Ru’s ears flop flat, blazened face pleading with Rae to understand. The rock her sister kicked at her bounced off her foreleg with a sting and Hotaru shied away, using her nearly white locks as a veil instead of a prop for dramatics like Raeden. ”We are too far from home, Rae…” she pleaded, trying to use logic with her bull-headed twin, despite knowing it would not work. Embarrassed by the teasing, she once again faltered and let Raeden take the win for that. ”I-I’m not afraid…” but the soft whimper in her voice, both pleading for Rae to stop and belying her fear at the same time, told a different story.