The Twin Brothers

Adam standing there, trying to tell himself what he saw was not a dream. It is true that he wants to make his friend fall in love, but he didn’t expect to see Leo talking softly and gently wiping a girl’s face he just met a few minutes ago. Usually, he didn’t care and used his scary expression on them.

“What’s your name?” Leo’s voice pulls him out of his thought.

“M–My name i–is… uhh…” Liana pauses for a moment and calms herself a little even if it is no use. “… D–D–Darliana.” She sighs tiredly with her stupid stutters.

Leo finishes cleaning her face, “You are the new baker? The one who bakes all those desserts right?” He asks.

“Y–Yes. Yes sir.” She fixes her words.

“I see.” He walks towards the tray and picks up one of her cakes. The design looks cute and the theme of that cake is chocolate since everything on it was chocolate.

Adam knows he wouldn’t eat it since Leo are not a fan of sweet. But this time, he was wrong. His eyes were wide open when seeing his friend actually eating it. “Hold on!! You eat it!!???”

“What’s wrong with it?” Leo asks unbothered.

“You… eat it.” The only thing that came out of Adam’s mouth. “You didn’t like sweet!! The last time I bought you a cupcake, you shoves it in my mouth!!” He throws his hands in the air.

Leo rolls his eyes. He turns to Liana who just keeps looking down. “They are right. It’s sweet.”

She just nods her head. His eyebrows furrow together. Why she hasn’t talked? Is he too scary? “Hey, talk to me.” He bends his knees to get the same height as her.

“You scare her, dummy.” Adam spokes before stuffing himself with donuts on the tray.

“I’m not going to do anything.” Leo tries his best to soften his voice.

Liana gulps. “I–I’m sorry.”

“Stop apologizing.” He grumbles. He doesn’t understand why this girl keeps apologizing.

“I’m so–I mean, c–can I… Can I l–look at y–you?” She knows it is weird to ask but she is too afraid to look at him.

“You don’t need to ask for permission,” Leo said. When that girl lifted her gaze, her unique eyes met with the cold blue ones. His breath hitches as he can see the beautiful face so close to him.

“D–Do you… w–want some more, Mr. Leonardo.” She timidly said, fiddling with her fingers. Weird because she’s not too anxious talking with him.

Leo couldn’t help but slightly chuckle, making Adam choke with his food. “Did you just chuckle!!??”

“What do you have, little one.” He ignores Adam’s statement. He didn’t miss the sparkling excitement in Liana’s eyes when he ask that. Obviously, she loves baking.

“I–I have bake–bake–um… Chocolate r–roll cake, egg t–tarts, and cr–croissants.” Liana points at it one by one.

“That’s nice, little one.” He praises her. He was about to say something but his phone let out a sound ‘ding’. Leo took out his phone and saw the message. “Adam, get the car ready. Lo–” He stop talking when saw Adam didn’t move but stands there, with his mouth open. “ADAM!!!”

Leo’s yell make Liana flinches and took a step back.

“W–What?” Adam is back to reality.

“I said, get the car ready. Why do you stand there like a statue?” Leo arches his eyebrows.

“Oh yeah, car. I forgot.” Adam shakes his head. He seems like he doesn’t know where the exit door but then he found it. Leo mumbles ‘idiot’ under his breath.

His attention back to the little girl. “Thank you for showing me your work, little one. It looks so tasty.”

“Y–You wel–welcome.” Liana looks down. She looks at the croissants then at him. Leo raises his eyebrows at her. “You–You can… t–take this o–one. Just in case… y–you hungry.” The stuttering makes her tired so she sighs. She never did a great job of talking to people.

But for Leonardo, she tries her best already. Making him proud of her even though they just met a few minutes ago. “Thank you again, little one. You did so great today, aren’t you? I’m so proud of you.” His praise helps her.

Liana slightly nods with a small smile on her face. She got praise from the boss!!

Leo pats her head before going out of the pantry. That’s when Liana let out a breath she didn’t know she hold it in.

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The scream of pain echoes through the hallway. It seems like the torture really going well. Leo and Adam who just got back get used to it already.

“Enzo really enjoys it.” Adam jokes.

“I hope he didn’t kill him.” Leo sighs, putting a glove on his hand before walking to the basement.

The screams become louder and louder. He opens the door and saw Enzo playing with his knife on that guy’s stomach. He just sighs and hates to do this job because he hates people’s blood.

“What you got so far, Enzo?” Leo asks.

“He said there’s someone asking them to stop the shipment. Then, he said he don’t know who is it since he’s new.” Enzo explains, standing up. “Do you think we can believe him?” He asks.

Leo stands in front of that guy watching him crying. He kneels down to look at that guy’s eyes. “Who inform you that?” He asks.

“M–My senior…” The guy replies weakly.

“Name?”

“I–I don’t know him!! Trust me!! I just start working this week!! Please!!” The guy plead. Somehow, Leo can see he telling the truth. He let out a sigh before standing up.

“I think we have to find someone who works longer than him.” Adam spokes.

“But why does that person wants to stick our shipment? It’s just a weapon.” Felix rolls his eyes.

“We spend too much for that weapon. Those weapons cost a lot. When someone sold it twice, they got more. Understand?” Leo asks.

He mouthed ‘o’.

“We will let you go. In one condition.” Leo speaks again. The guy looks at him, shaking in fear of what will the condition be. Enzo stands beside his twin with smirks.

“You will work for us.” Enzo continues.

“A–Anything you want!!” The guy nods vigorously.

Leo and Enzo nods and went out.

“Adam, help me untied him,” Felix says.

While they untied him, the weak guy spokes. “They w–wouldn’t kill me… right?” His question made those two laugh.

“No, they wouldn’t. They’re not monster 24 hours. If you are loyal and do not do something stupid, they will treat you like their own brother.” Felix smirks, helping him get up.

“How you both got their good side?” He asks.

“We being their friend more than years. We saw them as their own brother. That’s why you got lucky here. They will protect any of their members.” Adam winks at him.

The twin drops themselves on the couch. Enzo can’t help but look at the croissants in his twin coat pocket. It is wrapped with white plastic paper. As much as he knows, Leo didn’t like sweets like him also. So it was new to him to Leo bought one.

“Are you changing your taste?” He starts talking.

“What do you mean?” Leo asks with his eyes close.

“You hate sweet. Both of us. What’s wrong with the croissant in your pocket?” He asks while getting comfortable on the couch with his legs spread wide and his arms on the couch.

When he says that, Leo opens his eyes. He forgot about this little thing. He took it out, scanning it. The face of that girl flashes inside his mind. The way she was excited to explain what she made, made him slightly smile. Enzo watches his twin staring at that food, wondering what he gets through.

“So, who’s the girl? How do I know it was a girl? Because if it was a guy, I already saw the dead body.” Enzo asks.

“What kind of question is that?” Leo rolls his eyes.

“We both know how you lying and how I lying,” Enzo states the fact. Their eyes met and it was silent for a moment. “Well?” He arches his eyebrows.

Leo let out a heavy sigh. “There’s a new baker in my cafeteria company. Happy?” He raises his hands in the air.

“Look like she really interesting person by what she did to you,” Enzo smirks.

His twin narrows his eyes on him. Knew what he mean by that. “Don’t even think about it. From what I saw, she was really… fragile. As if, with one poke, she will break. She is afraid of me and we don’t know what will happen if she saw you, dude.” He slightly laughs.

Enzo chuckles. “Both of us too intimidating. That’s why.” He stands up and walks towards the front door.

“Where are you going?” Leo asks.

“Out for a moment.” He responds.

“Can you buy–” Before Leo finish, he cuts off.

“Go buy it yourself, stupid.” He rolls his eyes.

“I got work to do, dickhead!!” Leo yells across the room. “Help me buy beer. You drank it all.” He added.

Enzo let out a frustrated groan and went out.