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Mildri had three names on her left wrist, and one on her right. It was definitely not encouraging to have that many people on her left wrist, and when she was little she'd thought maybe she would be left handed, not quite understanding how it worked. But she was right handed, and the name on her right wrist gave her a sense of comfort. After staring at her wrists for some time, she decided getting up would be wise.
She climbed up to the top bunk of her bed and poked her brother's nose. Repeatedly. Until Vegard hit her.
"First day~" She giggled, "You gotta get up it's our first day~"
"Shut up!" He yelled, waking their two younger sisters.
"Pappa said we weren't supposed to fight~"
"Pappa is a fucking prick." Vegard glared at Mildri's cutesy pouting. "Stop with that dumb face."
"Ah, come on Ve~ aren't you excited~?"
"No." He snapped.
On the other side of the room their sister Annalina bumped her head on the ceiling, seeing as she had a top bunk. She cursed and stayed lying down. Honestly, she wasn't as tall as Vegard and he never bumped his head on the ceiling.
"You're meeting a lot of new people today." Annalina joined the discussion, rolling onto her side to face her sisters.
"We are~ we are we are we a-"
"Mildri." Vegard tried to get her to stop. She started her excitable chant from the top.
"... We are~ we are we are we are~!"
"Why are you like this?" Vegard stared at his twin.
Mildri giggled and climbed back down to the floor, after all, she had school to get ready for. Vegard huffed.
Soon enough, five siblings were ready for school.
The twins, the oldest of the siblings, had their first day of college that day, and Mildri was clearly far more excited about the idea than Vegard, having gotten dressed at around half six in the morning. No one was sure why she'd taken to suits, but there she was, white shirt, dark blue skirt and jacket, lighter tie. Her hair was long and messy though The refined outfit was completely different to her brother's, Vegard wore jeans and a t-shirt, and ended up looking rather intimidating, especially given his expression.
The next, Annalina, had red hair. No-one was sure why she had red hair, they just knew she did. And that there was no way in hell she was adopted, their father wasn't the kind.
Ragna was next, her dark hair the same as Vegard, and her one eye the same piercing red, the other lost in an accident. Ragna was still more than clingy towards Mildri despite what had happened.
The baby, Vanessa, looked just like Mildri and hated it very much.
"Vegard, you look good. Have fun at school."
Vegard glared at their father and stormed out the house, his sisters following close behind.
"See, Ve, Pappa thinks you look good too~" Mildri grinned.
"Pappa didn't even look at you." Annalina said, Vanessa in her arms as she fell into place walking beside Vegard.
"Then I'll have to do better!" Mildri pulled her hand away as Ragna reached for it, and reached into the air with her other hand, expressing her determination.
"Pappa hates you." Vegard said.
"But you don't." Mildri laughed.
"I sometimes wonder."
Mildri pouted.
"You might meet Sìne today~"
Vegard shoved Mildri. "Sìne might be related to Victoria you know?"
"She probably is~" Mildri sang.
They arrived at the bus stop but their sisters loitered a little.
"That's not a good thing Mildri, Victoria is on my wrist too!"
"And mine." Anna cut in.
"The name on my left wrist is Freja~" Ragna cheered.
That was another problem.
Vegard had the exact same list of three names Mildri had.
Annalina had Victoria too, but also a girl who shared a surname with Lucrezia. She'd also been trying to teach herself to be left handed.
And Vanessa? Well, the name on her left wrist was "Mildri"
When Vanessa was born, Mildri cried for a week.
Freja Anderson was written on Mildri's right wrist in a neat print, Vegard had Sìne Kirkland in some sort of calligraphy, Taika Hämäläinen was written on Annalina's wrist in cursive. Ragna, Ragna's none of them could actually read but the first characters matched those on Mildri and Vegard's left wrists maybe? It was hard to tell because of the messy handwriting.
"Annalina, you'll be late." Vegard said, and eventually managed to coax them into leaving.
"Hiya~" Mildri smiled at the other girl at the stop, "My name's Mildri Hansen!"
"...oh... Hi?" she smiled awkwardly, "Sìne. You don't happen to know Ve... Vegard, do you?" she pronounced Vegard oddly, but it was recognizable.
"Ve~! Did you hear that~?" she turned to her twin withal massive grin on her face.
"...yes."
Sìne locked eyes with Vegard, and he smiled.
Mildri turned from them, wanting to give her brother space.
She immediately noticed her name written on someone else's wrist. She looked away, turning her wrists to the ground, not ready to deal with who was clearly an enemy on her first day.
Apparently he had other plans. He grabbed her wrist as they stepped off the bus.
"You have my name on your wrist!"
Mildri weighed her options. It took all of a second for her to decide her course of action. She started crying.
"This is my enemy?" He grabbed tighter, and Mildri yelled out, "You're pathetic."
He let go and she flopped to the ground. He missed the grin on her face as she picked herself up.
When she found her way to class Mildri immediately sat near her twin.
Oh, he was in her class. Her smile immediately fell and she put on a nervous expression.
"How was school today?"
"I met my enemy and he thinks I'm a crybaby." Mildri giggled.
"You are a crybaby, Hela."
She glared, "Then perhaps I've put on my crybaby act a little too well."
"Hela." their father warned.
She understood. To her room it was.