They continued the days with Damon stashing food on his room and nights spent with Euna telling stories. Damon still hadn't spoken a word, but Euna had learned to read his eyes, his gestures, and his silences. Every day, he'd grow more expressive, more attached.
Until one morning, a small knock echoed in his room. An unfamiliar voice calling for Damon.
"Damon~ I was told this is your room. Open the door."
Euna and Damon woke up and just stared at the door.
"The Supreme Ruler sent me."
Upon hearing 'Supreme Ruler', Damon signed Euna to hide in the closet again. And so she did. Damon opened his door and infront of him is a little girl, same height as him. The little girl hugged him.
"I'm your twin sister Gumirathyniel or Gum for short. Father, the Supreme ruler, sent me here saying you might be lonely on your own."
"It's our first time meeting but I'm telling the truth. Father is asking for permission with mother so I can stay here for days."
Gum welcomed herself to Damon's room.
"Is this your room?" Gum saw how dreary Damon's room is, not appropriate for children. "Do you not have toys?" Gum frowned when Damon didn't answer. "Hey, answer me. I'm asking you a question." Gum getting frustrated landed her gaze on Damon's closet. "Are you hiding your toys here?"
Gum was about to approach Damon's closet but Damon hugged her from behind.
"What are you doing? It just makes me want to see your toys more." Gum escaped Damon's hug and opened his closet. Gum saw a human soul hiding at Damon's closet looking back at her. "Is this the toy you're trying so hard to hide?"
Damon shoved Gum out of the way and closed his closet.
"Why did you do that!?" Gum shouted, rubbing her shoulder where Damon had pushed her. "You shoved me!"
As usual, Damon didn't utter any words which made Gum more frustrated. He just stood frozen in front of his closet.
"Why aren't you speaking? Explain yourself. "
Still no answer. Damon looked over his shoulder onto his closet. He looks panicked and Gum can see it.
She gasped realizing what the situation is. "Were you not allowed to keep the soul?" Damon's eyes landed on Gum. "I knew it. I thought it was unfair that they gave you a soul as a toy. Mother didn't allow me to keep one."
Gum is expecting a conversation with his brother but there's just silence.
"If you're not going tell me anything, might as well ask Father about this." Damon gasped when Gum turned around to exit his room. With him panicking, he accidentally grabbed a fistful of Gum's hair to stop her. "That hurts!"
Gum shrieked, whipping around and shoving Damon backward. Damon stumbled but didn't let go. Gum twisted free and tackled him. Tiny fists. Angry puffs. Damon grunted and shook his head wildly, trying to hold her down, not to hurt her, but to stop her from leaving. They rolled across the room like angry kittens, crashing into his cabinet.
Euna stepped out to stop the fight before it escalates. Both of the children have messy hair and are huffing. Euna knelt infront of them.
"Gum is your name right?" Gum turned her gaze from Damon to Euna and nodded to her question. "Since it's your first time meeting each other, you must have not known but Damon can't speak."
Gum looked shocked and turned to Damon. She's gripping her clothes as she felt guilty for being frustrated that Damon isn't talking to her. "Now for you Damon, you shouldn't have been physical with your twin sister."
"It's not his fault." Gum defended Damon. She then started crying. "It's my fault. It's not my intention to be mean. He was not talking to me so I tought he doesn't like me."
Euna wiped Gum's tears and gave her a warm smile. "I'm pretty sure Damon is sorry for what he did." Damon then patted Gum's head. Gum then hugged Damon.
"I was just also shocked cause you hurt me because of a slave. " Gum explained while trying to stop her tears. Damon shook his head.
"I'm not a slave. Damon and I are friends." Euna explained for Damon.
"Friends? With a soul? At level 7, human souls' purpose is to be pets and slaves. Then is that why you're allowed here? I'm pretty sure souls aren't allowed to stay."
"Even so, I need to stay."
"Why?"
"Cause I don't want Damon to be lonely."
"He's lonely?"
"He has no friends before I came."
"And now, I'm here too!"
"That's why, it's a secret between us three. Don't tell anyone and I'll be your friend too?"
"I'll be your friend?"
"Of course. If you want, I can also teach and tell you some stories."
Things are just starting to calm down until the door swung open again. The three of them looked at the door's direction and everything turned cold. The Supreme Ruler stood there. He looked at his disheveled children then his gaze landed on Euna.
"What is that doing here?" The Supreme Ruler's voice is intimidatingly loud. "The angels reported that my children are fighting but they didn't mention an unauthorized presence."
The three of them didn't move. He then stepped forward and grabbed Euna by her hair. He pulled her, dragging on the floor towards the exit.
"Father No!" Gum shouted as she follows his father. But Damon got to him first. Damon wrapped himself on the Supreme Ruler's legs, bawling his eyes out. The Supreme ruler stopped. It was the first time he saw Damon desperately crying.
The Supreme Ruler is about to make another step but for the first time, Damon shouted, repeating Gum's words. "FATHER! NO!" Everyone's eyes widened including the angels who are watching from afar. Damon then pointed at Euna. "MINE!"
The Supreme Ruler slowly turned to look at his son. He looked at the boy wrapped around his leg then at Gum, clutching Euna's sleeve.
"...Fine." The Supreme Ruler let go of Euna's hair "I'll let you keep this soul as your slave. She'll be attached to you 24/7. Take care of your needs. Lastly, if anything happens to you, expect this soul to be thrown at the fires immediately."
The Supreme Ruler turned and left, closing the door behind him. The three hugged each other as they felt relieved.
"Mother is right! Father is cruel and scary." Gum stated. "But mother also said Father has a soft side." She added.
Euna smiled gently. "I agree and he has shown both sides for the sake of someone he loves"
"Someone he loves?" Gum asked.
"Yes " Euna Nodded. "For his children. He let me stay because he cares for the both of you."
"Does he love us the same way he loves mother?"
"hmmmm.... Love comes in different shapes. Love between friends" Euna touched Damon's nose as she says that. "Love between siblings." She made the twins held hands. "Parental love that makes you want to protect." As she patted their heads. "And your Father's love for your mother could be the love that makes your heart race and bear fruit of these cute children."
"I also want to produce cute children of my own." Gum excitedly stated.
"It's too early for you. And you have to find the right one for that."
"Why?"
"Well..... " Euna is having a hard time how to explain it to the children in front of her so they could understand. "hmmm.... when a male and a female falls in love with each other. And they had...." Euna stopped mid sentence as she notices how the two young eyes are listwning carefully.
"Well let's just say.... they did something you'll understand once you grow up."
"Ah I know that! S*x!" Gum proudly said. Euna's eyes widened. "At home, level 7, everyone does it!" Euna became worried for the both of them. Damon and Gum, at such a young age, are exposed to brutality and desires.
"Back at my home, not everyone does it. Your first time should be treasured. You should give it to someone you truly love and desire." Damon nodded at Euna's words.
"If not careful, then the female could get pregnant. And pregnancy are painful. In 3 weeks, your stomach starts to ache and it would feel like someone's punching you from the inside. And even if you eat, it doesn't feel enough because someone inside you is stealing your food." Euna knew she exaggerated so the look on Damon's face is understandable. He looks worried and scared. While on the other hand, Gum looks confused.
"You're wrong!" Gum stated. Euna thought her plan to scare them didn't work but Gum continued. "Our mother is male. And some males at level 7 too could get pregnant. So everyone could get pregnant! Even Damon!"
Damon held his stomach as he shook his head. He clearly doesn't want to get pregnant. Euna is baffled by Gum's statement but can't help but laugh.