The morning sunrise started to enter the windowsill and lit the small one-room kitchen sized apartment. One look at it and you would feel like the room has been robbed. That’s how messy the room looked. The undergarments and clothes were scattered all across the room. The kitchen dishes were unwashed and cockroaches had a great feast with the leftovers and ran back to their cracks as soon as the sunlight hit the room. There were a couple of bed mattress laid upon one another on the floor beside the coffee table. On the opposite side were two kids who were asleep soundly on the futon laid on the ground.

The alarms started to ring which was placed on the coffee table. It was a vintage old clock which was a housewarming present along with the coffee table.

It was sharp 6 o'clock.

Suddenly a hand emerged out of the piles of bed mattress laid beside the table. It slowly tried to reach out for the clock’s snooze button. The hand was wobbly as if it didn’t have any strength. Instead of pressing the snooze button, he toppled the alarm clock off the table.

The alarm clock fell from the table but was saved by a pair of littered underwear that laid right below. It continued to ring as the sound diminished a bit because of the clothes.

The mysterious hand went back between the bed mattress and disappeared between the gaps.

The first one to wake up was the little girl. The little boy beside her was still asleep. She rubbed her eyes and yawned while walked towards the alarm clock, picked it up and turned it off.

She opened the windows which led the cool breeze to enter the room. The stagnant stench that had covered the room started to disappear.

“Wake up, brother! It’s already past 6. Hurry up!.”, exclaimed out the little girl. She started to excavate her big brother out, who had covered himself under the piles of the futon mattress placed beside the table. She threw aside the futons one by one till her brother’s body was visible.

It used to get cold during the night time so bed mattress provided the right amount of warmth as they lacked warm bed sheets and had much more amount of futon instead.

This was the daily life of the three children who had recently shifted to their new home.

This apartment was pretty small and old. The one room-kitchen was barely 17 x 12 ft in size and even the building was pretty old.

There laid the elder big brother whose snot leaked out his nose and mixed with the drool that oozed from his mouth and mixed which drenched his bed. He wore a pair of loose shorts and was shirtless.

“Wake up!!!”, she squealed as she shook him by his shoulder.

“Zzzzzzzz YES! I already wiped the table...zzz”, sleep talked her brother.

She then lowered her lips near his ears, and took a deep breath and screamed,”WAKE UP!!!”

He sprang up like a zombie resurrected from a grave. He was scared out of his mind. He reflexively grabbed the alarm from his right hand, “Stay right there!!....I shall... I shall.. blow you up with this hand grenade! Trespasser!”

She glared at her silly brother and wasn’t amused.

When his vision cleared properly, he realized that there was no trespasser nor the alarm was a hand grenade.

“Oh, it’s just you, Lilith. Good morning!”, he rubbed his eyes and scratched his bed head hair and then took a big yawn.

This lackadaisical young teenager was none other than Samael Heller. He placed back the alarm clock on the table.

“So what’s the matter, Lilith? Don’t tell me you sullied your bed again, this time.”, asked Samael.

Immediately his sister chopped her hand on Samael’s head.

“DUMMY! I came to wake you up! I am not a little child! I have grown up. I am 2 centimeters taller than Abigor!”

“People who say, ‘They are grown up’ are more immature than the people who don’t' - According to a research conducted by a renowned psychiatrist and OW! THAT HURTS!” and he gently stroke his head. “Can’t you give me a good morning kiss to wake me up, instead?! You are not cute!”

“Hey, I am very popular among the boys, for your information! But hurry up today's your inauguration day! You also need to prepare the breakfast! I’m very hungry!”, mumbled Lilith.

Despite her mature talks, Lilith was just eight-year-old girl and youngest among the trio. She was more mature then her elder twin brother, Abigor who was still asleep.

“Holy Fu….Fishy!”, Samael corrected his foul wording as it might affect the younger siblings.

He got up hurriedly in a panic as soon as Lilith mentioned the inauguration.

“Alright, Lilith wake Abigor ASAP! I shall ready some tasty breakfast!“ , exclaimed Samael as he ransack the shelves in search of ingredients for breakfast.

Lilith shook, Abigor’s shoulder by her leg. She was standing upright and did not even bothered to bend a little, just so she could wake her twin brother.

“Wake up! You lazy swine! It’s way past 6 and I don’t wanna get late, yet again because of your sleepiness. So wake up!”, she shouted and almost started to kick him. He was still in a very deep sleep and drooled constantly. The kicks seemed painful but it wasn't enough to disturb his slumber.

She started to scream and pressed her legs on his face as she tried to block his nose and mouth to prevent him from breathing.

“For holy father’s sake, LILITH! I told you to wake him and not kill him!? Go ahead and start heating the bathtub water and I shall send him there directly!”, said Samael.

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“Good luck with that”, saying so she left, for the bathroom.

Samael quickly simmered an egg in between the sandwich on the frying pan. One of the sandwiches was a short of an egg, tho. He lowered the heat and left the egg to get cooked a bit.

He undressed sleepy Abigor and carried him to the bathtub and dumped him inside.

Lilith had already entered the bathtub and was brushing her teeth.

Abigor woke up and screamed as soon as he entered the bathtub.

“ITS A TSUNAMI! IT'S-A TSUNAMI!! I can’t swim! “

Abigor was terrified for a second but then he realized that it was his bathroom.

“Oh, mornin- hmm” Lucifer shoved Abigor's toothbrush inside his mouth before he could finish.

“Start brushing your teeth! No wasting time, alright?!”, exclaimed Lucifer.

All of a sudden the doorbell rang.

“Damn not Mrs. Urchin, again!”, Samael said to himself, "Keep an eye on Abigor, Lilith! Don't let him fall asleep!"

Dashed out of the bathroom.

"Hey I am the youngest among you, three! Why should I have to take care of guys! geez!" complained Lilith as she poured out toothpaste foam out her mouth.

Samael quickly went to answer the door.

To his surprise, it was none other than Ms. Urchin, the landlady of the dormitory.

A mature woman in her 40’s stood in front of the door. She wore a bathrobe and her hair was all messed up. She held a cigar in her left hand and her cleavage was visible. She looked like a female mafia boss rather than a landlady.

“Eh, good morning Miss Urchin. What’s bring you here, so early?”, asked Samael. He had a wry smile and his eyebrows started to sweat after he saw Miss Urchin.

She puffed out the smoke on Samael’s face.

“Good Morning? How is this supposed to be a good morning?”, she frowned.

Samael waved off the smoke puffed on his face.

“My apologies, we shall keep the voice to the bare minimum, Miss Urchin. This is the last time!!”, he pleaded.

“You know! The neighbors came complaining. I was about to fell asleep when you guys started ruckus! I forced myself to ignore you folks but then came the neighbors knocking on my door! I ain’t babysitter! So get your shit together or get the fuck out of my apartment.”

Samael was in loss for words.

“Well, I am really, really sorry! Wanna have breakfast? As a token of an apology?”,asked Samael apologetically.

“I would rather stay hungry than eat that stale rations of the government!”, she replied.

“Guess again. Today's breakfast is an egg sandwich.”, replied Samael proudly with a smile.

“I would eat shit rather than having breakfast with you, nosy brats! Anyway, I am very sleepy! Gonna crash on my bed. I had no wink of sleep because of John.”, responded Miss Urchin sarcastically.

“That explains the noises last night,” he said timidly.

“Pardon?”, asked Miss Urchin.

“Well have good day sleep, Miss Urchin.”, reverted Samael immediately.

“Hmm. By the way, do you smell something burning?”, asked Miss Urchin curiously while she sniffed the air.

“Yes, your cigar.”, answered Samael.

“I can differentiate the smell of a cigar. This is something else!”, said Miss Urchin.

The sweat condensed on Samael’s forehead.

“Oh, it’s just your nose playing tricks! I don’t smell any burning sandwiches! Okay bye!”, exclaimed Samael and shuts the door on her face.

She started to return to her home. Her cigar also ran out of fumes.

She was a bit agitated and as she walked downstairs.

“What a bunch of weird kids! Even if they don’t have sufficient food for themselves, then why they still invite me over? Are you kidding me? This world isn’t meant for people like you. Only the strongest survive and kindness and mercy is all bullshit.”, she babbled to herself.

Samael quickly turned the gas off.

Luckily the eggs were saved and only the lower bread of the sandwiches was burned.

The dishes were set on the table and breakfast was served.

“So what’s today’s breakfast!”, asked Abigor delightly.

“Hey don’t move for a second.”, Samael groomed Abigor's hair and fixed his school uniform. “There you go, Now it’s your turn Lilith!”

Abigor quickly sat beside the table on the floor table.

The coffee table was used while being seated on the floor. It doesn’t need chairs which they probably, cant afford either.

Samael brushed Lilith's hair and pinned her hair, neatly.

Abigor and Lilith were in the same class, but their personality and school work performance were like opposite ends of a magnet.

Abigor was a kind, dumb, and happy go kid, whereas Lilith was very perspective, sharp-willed, proud and a hard worker.

She was also the class representative and always top in her class.

Whereas, Abigor was always sleepy, gluttonous and scored poor marks on his tests.

Just being twins was the only similarity, they had in common.

“So, Today I made a Fluvellichi Golden simmered sandwich. A traditional and popular dish from the south Erneka Islands. The islands are well known for their sandwiches. It’s the national food in their country. You guys are one lucky shrimp's, that would be able to devour those cuisines on your doorsteps! So be greatful to your Big brother.”, exclaimed Samael cheerfully.

“Eh? These eggs were leftovers you bought from the restaurant where you worked, yesterday! And this lettuce leaves inside the sandwich was like a week old. Bread was given by Aunt Savonije, wasn't it?" complained Lilith as she looked sourly "You don’t need to force yourself! I am not a kid that would be fooled easily as Abigor. But I do need the calories, as the job of a class representative is hectic.”

“Why you cocky little runt! You are not cute at all, you knew that?! You act all high and mighty but in the end, you wet your bed! Now eat asap! I need to take the bath.”, said Samael and dashed towards the bathroom.

“I do not wet my bed! That’s was just sweat. Damn you! Teasing me, now and then!”, cried out Lilith embarrassingly.

“By the way Lilith? If you don’t want your sandwich, I could eat it, instead!”, asked Abigor who already chowed down his breakfast and stared at her sandwich.

“No thanks!” and Lilith started to eat her sandwich even after she complained about it.

Soon Samael also combed up and dressed in his new uniform.

It was his first day, so the school had provided them with a school cadet's jacket which had the logo sewed on the sleeve. He also recieved a badge made out of copper.

Their insignia was the same as the national Abros's Imperial Knight's army, a shield, two crossed swords and a horse head in between.

The student wore the jacket on their casual, decent clothes. The badge was just an identity proof for the trainee but this was not any ordinary badge. Samael's badge belonged to one of the most prestigious military training school in the world.

“All set!”, said Samael to himself as he stared at his reflection in the mirror.

Samael tied Abigor’s shoe whereas Lilith was smart enough to do it, by herself.

“By the way, when did you eat your breakfast, Big Bro?”, asked Abigor.

“Eh!.... Before you guys came out of the bath. I picked and ate the biggest one as I was the one who cooked it. Damn I disclosed my secret! Anyway, let's go to your school, I have to drop you and return back to academy as well.”, replied Samael while he dodged eye contact.

Lilith caught a gist, but she did not say anything.

“No fair! Bro! That’s cheating.”, said irritated Abigor.

“Stop thinking about food and focus on moving your tiny little butt, quickly. I don’t wanna be chewed by Aunt Cecelia on my first day!”, replied Samael as he grabbed both his siblings hands and exited the apartment.

‘If so, what’s the explanation for the burnt bread in the dustbin, that I saw?’, thought Lilith as she glared at her big brother.

Samael noticed Lilith's stare,

“What is it?”, he asked.

“Nothing”, she replied.