The Taste of Seduction

Meredith and Sofia gave him a teasing look, the two boys scoffing at him as they couldn\'t believe what they heard.

"You really do homework? Why not skip it?" When Atlas said this, Meredith hit his arm, making him chuckle. "I\'m sorry, I\'m sorry. I\'m just amazed that he really does his homework."

"Opposed to you," Ace started, teasing his twin brother. "You often skip homework to the point that sometimes, the teacher scolds you."

"Shut up," Atlas replied with a loud chuckle. "As if you don\'t do it as well."

Sofia narrowed her eyes at the boys in disappointment. "You two seem so proud of what you\'re doing in the past…"

Meredith arched a brow at her. "Says the girl who\'d often skip classes with me."

"Woah…" Aaron laughed at them, shaking his head in disapproval. "To think that you guys should be my role model, but listen to what my ears are hearing right now," he added, everyone now laughing as they had almost forgotten about the game that they\'re playing.

"Anyway…" Meredith stood up, letting out a small sigh as she gave her little brother a hug. "You tell me when you get home, alright?"

"Yes, of course," Aaron said, looking at the others. "I may be doing my homework at the last minute, at least I don\'t skip and cut class," he added, Atlas playfully rolling his eyes at him.

"You\'re missing out on all the fun you could have alone or with your friends. You can cut and go to the arcades and--ow!"

As Meredith was still standing, she gave a small kick on his leg, stopping him mid-sentence.

"Don\'t listen to him," Meredith said, sticking out her tongue at Atlas. "You\'re a good guy. I\'m proud of you for being responsible. You keep at it, yeah?"

"Aight," Aaron said, now waving good bye to the others. "See ya someday, guys. Thanks for the hangout."

As Meredith walked Aaron to the door, the other three looked at the game, no longer having the interest to continue and finish the game.

"Playing Monopoly always took so much time," Atlas said, a chuckle coming from his twin brother.

"Excuses. You\'re glad it ended. Aaron was the richest among us and you\'re already at the brink of bankruptcy." he said, Sofia laughing at how the brothers are interacting with each other like they are children.

"Oh, you\'re just happy because back when we played this as children in school, you often lost," Atlas mumbled, still enough for Sofia to hear.

At the same moment, Meredith came back to the group, not bothering to sit back down. She got their attention as she told them a suggestion.

"Seeing as the evening is almost here, shall Sofia and I prepare ourselves before we head out?"

"Go," Ace answered with a flick of his hand as well. "Women take too long to dress up. Atlas and I will just stay here and watch something."

Sofia narrowed her eyes at the boys. "You two aren\'t going to change?"

Ace and Atlas looked at each other then back at the women. With them doing a shrug at the same time, anyone who would look at them would remind them of Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the twins of Alice and Wonderland.

Always talking in unison, or finishing each other\'s sentences… or moving as one.

Really a twin thing.

"We don\'t need much time in dressing up. You two go. How are we going to change when what we\'re wearing is okay? Where are we going… the ballroom," Atlas said, the girls just rolling their eyes at them before they left.

The twins laughed a bit when they watched their retreating figure. As they tidied up the game board of the Monopoly instead, they decided to just stay here in the living room while waiting for the girls.

"Could you believe it?" Sofia said, scoffing as well. "They don\'t get that we\'re dressing up for them--well, for us, to be exact."

Meredith shook her head, her grin never leaving her face. "Ignore them. Anyway… it\'s been long since we went out together, with them, even."

"True," Sofia said, the two of them already reaching Sofia\'s bedroom. "Anyway… seeing as you two came here with no bags and all, I take it that you borrow clothes from me?" she asked, narrowing her eyes at her.

"Yup," Meredith answered, a wink coming from her. "Very convenient that we always have the same sizes, huh?"

"Typical of you, Meredith. And you know I can\'t say no."

And with that, the two of them entered the room, immediately going to the wardrobe to see which clothes they are wearing for tonight.

Meredith cocked her head to the side. "Where are we going to eat dinner, by the way?"

"Oh, just a simple, but okay place. Since you told me that you\'d be leaving soon, like tomorrow, let\'s eat like a pig today."

Meredith widened her eyes. "Eat like a pig--are we going to a buffet?"

"Let\'s have unlimited Korean barbeque," Sofia answered, already browsing for casual clothes hanged in her wardrobe. "Besides, the boys definitely love a lot of unlimited meat being grilled. All we do is act cute, and eat like a baby pig."

Meredith couldn\'t help but laugh. As they also thought that Korean barbeque does sound appetizing considering that they only had soft lunch, the women thought it\'s okay to not be too conscious when it comes to their diet today.

"Consider it as a cheat day" as most women say especially now that it is a rare occasion that they get to eat out as a group.