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Laidback Afternoon
#WritcoStoryPrompt2 #ShortStory #Childhood #Siblings #Friendship #SliceOfLife
A wet leaf fell on her shoulder making her jump in fear. Startled she shifted from her hiding place behind the bush. She looked over her. No one.
Laura didn't want to stay here. That was all she knew. She wasn't treated bad - in fact, as a princess, she had all she could ever ask for. A lovely residence at the hillside. A river flowing through the abundance of evergreen and fruits. She didn't have anything to worry about. So, why did she still try to get away?
"Boo!" a voice suddenly sounded from above her. She yelled. "Shuu." whispered the voice, the owner popping his head from the leaves on the tree, hanging his body upside down, his legs and body hugging the thick tree branch. "It's me!"
"Laurence!" she replied, bewildered. "Don't just hide randomly!"
"Like you're not doing it yourself." her brother replied, grinning. He studied the ground, calculating to make a landing. Turning his body in the air like a cat, his boots touched on the ground neat and clean, the piles of leaves rising up from the impact. He then looked at her, a mischivious gleam in his eyes. "So tell me, sis, what were you trying to do?"
"If you're going to stop me, dream on."
He hanged his hand on the air. "Way no! Why should I risk myself getting caught with you?"
She looked at him, he stared back, then they both burst out laughing. The twins had been separated just a week ago, to stay at their respective residence; but, to them, it was an absurd idea from the very beginning. After staying together for 10 years, they were inseparable.
The person she was trying to get away for had sneaked into her doorstep while she had planned to sneak out of her to his. Why would he stop her when they both wanted to do the same thing?
"Let's go to the Lanymph River!" she exclaimed. "You save me the trouble of coming to get to you now that you're here."
Her crime-in-partner grinned. He led the way he came in from, secretly crawling out of the mansion. As the royal twins since birth, under the restrict of...
A wet leaf fell on her shoulder making her jump in fear. Startled she shifted from her hiding place behind the bush. She looked over her. No one.
Laura didn't want to stay here. That was all she knew. She wasn't treated bad - in fact, as a princess, she had all she could ever ask for. A lovely residence at the hillside. A river flowing through the abundance of evergreen and fruits. She didn't have anything to worry about. So, why did she still try to get away?
"Boo!" a voice suddenly sounded from above her. She yelled. "Shuu." whispered the voice, the owner popping his head from the leaves on the tree, hanging his body upside down, his legs and body hugging the thick tree branch. "It's me!"
"Laurence!" she replied, bewildered. "Don't just hide randomly!"
"Like you're not doing it yourself." her brother replied, grinning. He studied the ground, calculating to make a landing. Turning his body in the air like a cat, his boots touched on the ground neat and clean, the piles of leaves rising up from the impact. He then looked at her, a mischivious gleam in his eyes. "So tell me, sis, what were you trying to do?"
"If you're going to stop me, dream on."
He hanged his hand on the air. "Way no! Why should I risk myself getting caught with you?"
She looked at him, he stared back, then they both burst out laughing. The twins had been separated just a week ago, to stay at their respective residence; but, to them, it was an absurd idea from the very beginning. After staying together for 10 years, they were inseparable.
The person she was trying to get away for had sneaked into her doorstep while she had planned to sneak out of her to his. Why would he stop her when they both wanted to do the same thing?
"Let's go to the Lanymph River!" she exclaimed. "You save me the trouble of coming to get to you now that you're here."
Her crime-in-partner grinned. He led the way he came in from, secretly crawling out of the mansion. As the royal twins since birth, under the restrict of...
