Historia receives a large amount of gifts on Valentines day from her admirers, making all of her siblings jealous. School Caste Modern AU.
a sweet bargain
historia reiss. frieda reiss. modern au.
1133 words.
Frieda loves her siblings, but she admittedly doesn’t pay as much attention to them as she used to. In between studying for standardized tests and prepping for college applications, she’s had less and less time to spend with them. It’s not just her. Her siblings have their own things going on, too. All of them have their own extracurriculars and have found their own group of friends. While there’s no doubt that they all get along well, the Reiss siblings have been spending less time together as a unit and often just stick to their own activities. It’s not odd to see her siblings hanging out with each other, so Frieda usually wouldn’t even bat an eyelash if she were to see them together except it is odd when she finds all her siblings gathered in Historia’s room whispering to each other.
She spies them through the crack in the door. It’s clear they’ve snuck in from the way they’re keeping their voices low so others can’t overhear them. Not only that, but Historia rarely lets anyone into her room, preferring to keep to herself even more so than any of Frieda’s other siblings. Curious, Frieda hovers near the door, listening carefully to find out what mischief her younger siblings are up to.
“... counted right? She can’t possibly have so many,” Florian, Frieda’s youngest sibling, says in a voice filled with doubt.
“It’s not like there are a million,” snorts Abel, Frieda’s other younger sibling. “We’ve already counted five times. And what does it matter if it’s thirty or forty? At any rate, it’s a lot to get once you’re out of elementary school.”
“I only got a few chocolates this year,” says Dirk, the youngest Reiss brother. “Do you think she’ll notice if we take some? She probably won’t even notice if we take one or two each.”
“One, maybe, but she’d definitely notice if we each took two. That’s eight chocolates missing,” says the eldest brother Urklyn.
Frieda sighs before barging in, making sure to shut the door so that it’s slightly ajar to ensure that Historia doesn’t catch them with the door wide open. She can just chastise their siblings and usher them out of Historia’s room. No need to incite Historia’s wrath if the only thing their siblings are doing are trespassing and jealously admiring the mountain of chocolate that Historia had most definitely gotten from her endless list of admirers this Valentine’s Day.
“You guys shouldn’t be in here-” Frieda begins only to stop and stare at the chocolates piled in front of her siblings. It’s much more than she had been expecting. She stares with her mouth agape until she realizes her siblings are staring back at her in surprise. Frieda clears her throat, regaining her composure, and repeats, “You guys shouldn’t be in here. You know Historia doesn’t like it when we go into her room without permission.”
“Frieda, have you seen how many chocolates Historia has? This is ridiculous,” Urklyn says, gesturing towards the chocolates. “I mean, we’re pretty popular, too, but this is crazy. I don’t think we ever got nearly as many chocolates as Historia.”
Frieda is still thrown off by the shear amount of chocolates in front of them. She’s trying her best not to stare, but she’s not sure how much she’s succeeding. She clears her throat again and says as casually as possible, “It’s not that big of a deal. I got a lot of chocolates this year from Zeke.”
Abel seems unimpressed at the mention of Frieda’s boyfriend. “Did Zeke give you this many chocolates, though?”
Frieda purses her lips. Zeke had given her a whole basket of chocolates and other Valentine’s goodies, but the amount of sweets were nowhere near as much as what Historia had received. Reluctantly, she answers, “... No.”
“If you keep silent about this, we’ll split the chocolates with you,” Urklyn tells Frieda.
“Those aren’t even your chocolates to begin with,” Frieda protests, although the giant Toblerone poking out of the mountain of sweets is pretty tempting. Frieda bites her lip. Her eyes glance towards the door and she sits down beside her siblings. “Okay, but we should all only take one or else Historia will notice.”
Frieda’s younger siblings cheer as Frieda joins them. All of them assess the mound of chocolates, trying to decide picking the largest chocolates or the brands they like the most. The youngest siblings like Abel and Florian select their chocolates quickly, eager to bite into the candy, while the elder siblings like Urklyn and Frieda take their time. They’re all so preoccupied with their chocolates that nobody notices Historia walking into her room and standing behind them, her arms folded across her chest as she looks down at them with a deep frown on her face.
“What do you all think you’re doing in my room?” Historia asks. Her sudden appearance startles Florian so much that the youngest sibling drops her chocolate on the carpet.
“My chocolate!” Florian cries with despair.
“I think you mean my chocolate,” Historia says. She snatches the chocolate bar that Abel’s eating out of her hands and Abel whimpers. Historia’s blue eyes flit across all her siblings, her expression turning more and more disapproving as her gaze crosses from the youngest to the oldest Reiss siblings. “Not only did you all sneak into my room, but you also ate all of my chocolate.”
“We didn’t eat all of it. You still have so much left,” Dirk begins, but he shuts up immediately when Historia glares at him.
Historia holds out her hand and looks at her siblings expectantly. One by one, they all stand up and hand over their half-eaten chocolate, shame on their faces before they shuffle out of Historia’s room. It’s only when Frieda is handing over her chocolate that Historia speaks.
“Them, I can understand, but I’m surprised to see you here,” Historia says amusedly. She tilts her head to the side. “Is Zeke not spoiling you?”
“He can’t compete with all the admirers you have,” Frieda says. “It’s not like it would hurt you if we all took one. Would you have even noticed if they were gone?”
“Well, I would have noticed these going missing because I bought them,” Historia begins but shuts up immediately when she realizes she’s said too much. Her cheeks begin to bloom with a bright pink blush.
“So how many of these did you buy?” Frieda asks with a raised eyebrow. When Historia’s cheeks turn an even deeper shade of pink, Frieda suspects that her younger sister must have bought more of these chocolates than she had realized.
Historia offers back Frieda’s half-eaten Toblerone. “I’ll give you this if you speak of this to no one.”
Frieda takes it with a grin. “Deal.”
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