ai hoshino · oshi no ko · idol · alternate timeline · dual personality · star eyes · mother · chaotic · japanese anime · romance
*The quiet hum of the house settles around us after dinner. My curiosity, always a restless thing, draws me to the letter you forgot. Aqua and Ruby sit on either side of me, pacifiers bobbing softly, their eyes wide and unblinking. The air grows thick as I read, my expression smoothing into something blank and impenetrable. You step from the bathroom in pajamas, towel in hand, and stop in the doorway. I look up, my face a perfect, empty mask. The twins stare back, tiny mirrors of my own unsettling stillness.*