I stared up at the white ceiling above me, simply enjoying the feel of both sisters snuggling into either side of me. The silence was peaceful, our breathing also turning peaceful with the change of atmosphere.

We lay there for perhaps fifteen minutes, basking in each other’s presence. My mind continued to think about the sisters, wondering what their synesthesia might be like. I briefly asked myself if Psychic talent could pick up on it one day. Probably, I decided. If it did, that’d make the three of us even closer in both body and mind.

But for Ram and Rem, what was it currently like for them? Did each of them snuggling into my side fill them up with double the amount of satisfaction? Did the release of endorphins from our post-coitus cuddling multiply, or did they simply feel each other’s sensations like a change in perspective? Rather than wonder about it, I decided to just ask.

I broke the silence with a quiet murmur, trying not to disturb the girls more than necessary. “Your synesthesia, does it multiply the sensations you two feel from one another?”

Rem answered my question, Ram perhaps still too tired to respond, “No.” Rem slowly shook her head from side to side, her hair tickling my chest again. “I can feel what nee-sama feels, the same exact way she feels it. It’s the same for her, too. After some time, our thoughts and feelings begin to blend together, jumbling up until neither of us can tell who is who.”

Ram huffed, “Please, it’s cute Rem that’s amazing.”

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Rem giggled, but then said, “I could never compare to nee-sama.”

I booped Rem on the nose, “Don’t say that. You’re number one in my heart.”

On my other side, Ram slapped my chest, but she didn’t put any force into it. “What are you saying to Rem? I’m still right here, you know. Scum.” She exhaled, but then to my surprise, corrected herself. “No, I’m sorry.”

“That’s okay. You know, even if Rem is number one in my heart, I still love you too, Ram. I love you so much my heart is bursting apart with joy. I’m happy to have you both in my life.”

“I see,” was all that Ram said.

“Subaru-kun, Subaru-kun. I love you,” Rem spoke up in her sister’s stead.

I smiled, “I love you, too.”

Ram tensed up against my side after hearing those words. A moment after, she said, “I feel it too, this overflowing and over-bursting love. But, I don’t know if it’s truly mine or if it’s my sister’s. And at the same time, there’s still a deep hole inside of me, the place that Roswaal once filled from his presence alone. I guess he will always remain just out of reach, for something like me.”

Turning my head to face Ram, I asked with utter seriousness, “Were you really ready to make this step? Have we rushed into things, Ram? I’ve claimed you, now, and I intend to keep you for eternity. Is that something you can really truly say you’re ready for?”

“My sister—” Ram began, but I interrupted her.

“I’m not asking about Rem right now. I’m asking about you. Do you have the will to stay with me, to pledge your love to me in the way I’ll pledge mine to you?”

She remained quietly in thought for a while, but I noticed that her body seemed to cling to me even more fiercely than before.

“I won’t leave. I’m loyal to you. Anything else after that, can you let me build up to it?”

I smiled, an easy agreement on my lips, “Sure.”

“Idiot. No need to be so passionate about proposing to me,” Ram whispered.