“This dude that was at the exams accidently slammed into me and took my bag. I took his and… Well you’ll see in a minute.”

The guilt flooded through her as she opened the manga book and held it out for her cousin to see. The hidden knowledge they weren’t supposed to know until they were grown was at their fingertips. The consequences of their actions were far behind them now.  And now, the elevator scene.

“Is that a ….?! Alexa...What?!” Lita said in a stage whisper. 

“I know, I know! I didn’t expect this either.” She put her hand up to cover her face when she saw a stranger pass by.

Lita sat back for a second as breathed a sigh. She was the less rigid of the two.

“Alexa, I don’t think we’ll go to jail for this…. I mean how could anyone find out.”

It took her a moment to think about what she was saying. Maybe she was right, but they were breaking rules. Adults would be angry. As she was about to answer, she heard a familiar unsettling noise. She didn’t know what it was until she looked around for it. As she looked, Alexa could feel herself growing paler as the noise got closer. It was breathing. Finally, her eyes met with a pair of golden ones.  Her brain clicked and she knew exactly who they belonged to.

“EXPERIMENT KID!” Alexa wordlessly mouthed as she sprang from the bench. “N-No It’s not what you think! I-I- !

Alexa was trembling as he looked on her. Then he called her a pervert, and the words splashed on her like a sticky goo. Crawling down her skin, the unwashable title of pervert trickled down her. Then the guilt of him knowing she went into his bag baked her. 

Lita chimed in, hugging her cousin around her shoulders.

“ We’re really sorry ok?! She didn’t mean to look in your bag!”

Alexa took step away from his upside-down form when he mentioned the lab. The thought of it lined with dirty manga all over the place. And her strapped to a lab slab.

“N-No, I’m f-fine thank you.” Alexa clenched her cousin tightly as she took another step back. She wasn’t quite sure how much she was trying to protect her or run off with her.

To make matters worse, she heard someone else behind her now. Alexa and Lita’s head turned slowly behind them to see a beautiful girl glaring. When the thot comment arose, Lita pulled away from Alexa.

“Thot?! We don’t want your perv brother!” Lita snapped as she placed her hands on her hips. Alexa could feel she was about to puff up and stab her with a poison spine.

“Lita… Let’s go” Alexa said as she took hold of her cousin’s arm. “Sorry for the misunderstanding.. And for looking in your bag...  You can give me my bag back at another time.”