Welcome back, my lovely reader!
There is a LOT to unpack this episode, my lovely! No, seriously... this thing bloated up to like almost 13k words, so bring a snack!
Madeline confessed her feelings last episode, already knowing what our lovely twins are all about, that took some guts huh? But does she only like Kayla? Maybe the bunny has eyes for both of them?
There's also some sporting issues to come in this episode as well, so you're spoiled for plenty of drama this go around! Well, like I said, there's a lot to unpack, so...
O-Oh yeah one more thing! You know that whole Author note last episode? W-well I ran that by my muse and they smacked me in the head, called me a dumbass, and... Look, I can't argue with them, okay?! They're scary when they're mad and... so ... I_lied_again.
But hey, give it a chance, I may surprise you, ya know? >:3
Let's jump right in!
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Episode 7:
Can I Call You Brother And Sister?
"So... Your brother is okay with this? He doesn't expect me to hit my knees and assume the position or something to be with you, does he?" Madeline shifted a look to Kayla, asking the question point blank.
"Hey! I'm standing right here, don't just talk about me like I'm not!" Kai hissed out with a fussy glare, clenching his paws.
Madeline offered him a playful grin and shook her head. "I'm just giving you a hard time, Kai." She shifted her red eyes back to Kayla and tilted her head, then looked at the slightly taller leopard. "So what's the verdict?"
"Uh... You say, together, but are we even dating, Maddy?" Kayla quirked a furred brow at the smaller girl.
"No, not yet, but I want to get it out in the open now. That's why I asked to talk to both of you at once after the snow settled." She gave another shrug and met Kai's eyes. "What do you say, big guy? If this is going to fuck with you and your sister's own relationship or you've got some seedy-"
"Give me a break, Mad! I'm not going to try to blackmail you into fucking me just to see my sister!" Kai gave her a fussy glare and put his paws on his hips. "I'm not that kind of guy, and..."
He trailed off and Kayla looked over at him. "And what, Kai?"
"Tch... not like I ever got anything from sex anyway other than with you, Kayla." Kai hissed the words quietly.
"Ah, got a really bad little sister complex eh? Maybe you need to just find the right girl to role-play with you?" Madeline offered him a smug grin.
"Maddy, stop picking on Kai!" Kayla gave her a fussy look, the rabbit offering her a surprisingly cute smirk.
"C'mon, Kayla, I'm just trying to be myself and lighten the mood." She stepped back and gave another half-shrug before looking back to Kai. "Sorry if it ruffled your fur, Kai."
"No no, I'm alright, and I appreciate you just being down-to-earth with me, Mad." He gave a nod and met the rabbit eye-to-eye. "I want my sister to be happy, and I'd never try to pull some bullshit like that, Madeline. I like you and I wanna see you happy too, I'd never try to coax you into anything."
Madeline looked surprised at that and cocked her brow once more. "You... like me, Kai?"
"Of course! You've become a good reliable friend to Kayla! You inspire her, help train with her, make her happy, and even challenge her to improve. What's not to like about that? Also, I have a high level of respect for you as an athlete too."
Madeline looked away and frowned, feeling her cheeks burn a little under her fur as she rolled a lock of her white hair in her paw. "So... I wasn't fully truthful earlier about saying I didn't like guys."
Kayla perked her ears and frowned, Kai showed an eerily similar gesture, both the twins tilting their heads at the same time, the rabbit finding it a bit jarring as she blinked upon them. "Uh... let me just get this out there. Dating and shit aside, I don't really vibe with sex, okay?" The twins looked upon one another and then back to the rabbit. Madeline frowned and looked away, actually looking a little timid in the moment after making the confession.
"So... you're ace then?" Kai spoke out curiously.
"I think so... I've had sex a few times, it never really did much for me, even if I did get off. It'd be weird having this conversation with the two of you, but I did kind of walk in on the two of you having sex that one time, so there's a level of awkwardness that's been shaved away at this point." She mustered up a smile as she put a paw back on her own hip.
"That's fair... So you're saying if we got serious, you'd not want to have sex with me, Madeline?" Kayla tilted her head.
"Uh... it's complicated..." She sighed and pushed a paw through her bangs and shook her head, her ears wobbling about slowly behind her. "Like... sex isn't awful to me, I just don't actively want it. I'd have sex or do things sexual if I liked the person, I just wouldn't really have any of my cylinders firing during it, does that make sense?"
Kai offered her a nod. "It does. So you do the whole not liking boys thing, just to avoid the situations that would arise?"
"Yeah, boys tend to be a bit more aggressive than girls when it comes to making their wants known. The girls that do that kind of stuff have a lot more confidence and know what they're doing anyway." Madeline sighed as she shook her head, Kai just gulping a little as he remembered Jasmine's little impromptu offer the other day.
"I'm happy you're opening up, and this doesn't change anything of how I'm feeling about you, Maddy, but why tell us this now?" Kayla stepped closer and rested a paw on Madeline's arm gently.
She cut her red eyes up to the leopardess's blue ones and then looked over to Kai. "Because I just want you to know I'm not here to fuck up what you guys have going on. It doesn't bother me you two are doing your thing, I'm perfectly content to just be here for the stuff at first base, you know?" Madeline offered Kayla a small grin.
"First base? I forget how the base system works in truth... I've heard it described so many different ways." Kai frowned then perked his ears as he smiled at the two girls. "Regardless, I just want you two to be happy. So long as Kayla is happy, I'm happy!"
"You're pretty dutiful, Kai... I'm not even sure if this would go anywhere, but I'd like to try it. I'm perfectly fine letting you be the boyfriend to Kayla and do the sexual lifting if we did start dating. I'm fine with just getting hugs and kisses..." Madeline looked away awkwardly, a small smile showing on her muzzle.
"W-We've not even kissed, Maddy..." Kayla felt her cheeks grow hot, doubly so having this conversation right in front of her brother.
"So can I make out with you too, if I keep it in my pants?" Kai mewed out with a laugh.