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Despite being literal twins, the discussion of relation and familiar relationships never really came up much. At least Copai did his damndest to often avoid it.

“So sad he was gone way before I could've met him...”

“He was, is, a dickhead anyway, don't worry about it.” Copia mashed the meat for the meatballs more furiously.

“I mean honestly the way he bitched at me for this and that, oh by Satan it would have driven me insane if i had to sit there and watch him do the same to you.”

Perpeuta smiled quietly as he used the pasta cutter roller. Internally though he worried that Nihil would've just eaten up Perpetua, he was the prettier twin afterall. But the man was dead, Copia got to be there for V in those ways.

-

So the family questions got left up to Copia, who didn't know much himself but tried his best anyway. Aunt Markia and Mr. Psaltarian was another can of worms he had to explain as well.

“So Aunt Markia..?” Perpeuta wasn't quite following which Copia understood. He only learned this after Imperator passed, Markia had to sit him down since no one ever explained it to him before.

“Aunt Markia raised me, Aunt Markia..” he hesitated, there were some gaps for him as well. “She…Isn’t relayed to Nihil im pretty sure. She and Nihil worked together in their own sort of commune many years ago. Her and…sis-...mom kind of had a thing at one point when I was very young. Mom didn't tell Nihil about us.” Copia's heart ached as he thought back to his childhood. Markia had always been Aunt Markia to him, she most often took care of him, and Imperator…he always thought she was gorgeous when he was a child. He admired her and occasionally on her visits she doted on him. He always felt a weird familiar warmth with her, something he didn't quite understand until after she was already gone. 

“Why didn't she tell dad about us?” Perpetua’s voice was soft, almost hurt, and it pained Copia down to his core. Though there was anger in Copia just under the surface. Anger at Nihil, a slight anger at Perpetua for asking and asking…

Copia shook his head as he placed his hands on his hips. “He's a cheater.” He spat.

Perpeuta’s eyes widened slightly, the straw for his drink falling from his mouth. “What! Mom is…was…he what!”

Copia shook his head slightly. “Mom made Ghost what it is, made him all he was and he cheated on her. Obviously things were different then so when they split and she found out...” Copia looked at the floor as he recalled what Markia told him. 

“Mom gave birth, alone, to us in some dingy motel basically.” Copia slightly balled up his hands. Maybe if Nihil hadn't cheated on her, if they hadn't split maybe they could have been a family. He breathed in sharply, maybe he and Perpetua wouldn't have been separated-

Perpeuta sat up more straight. Silence fell between them. Copai felt Perpeuta was taking the news better than he did. Copia cried into Markia’s lap like a child again, similar to the pain he felt when Imperator would go away for months at a time…

Copia reached out his hand and placed it on Perpetua's cheek after a few moments. It was a lot to take in, he understood. 

Pepetua fidgeted with the straw in his drink. “Why did…I mean mom kept you around…” Copia's eyes widened slightly. He reached towards Perpetua with his other hand. He brushed his thumbs over his cheeks. V wore his mask but there was no paint on his face. 

“You…”

“Was…is there something wrong with me?” Copia's heart practically broke in two. The man before him, his brother, he started to befriend despite all of his deep seated jealousy…he felt bad.

Copia stepped closer and hugged Perpetua to his chest. He pushed his face into his chest as V turned his head while he laid a hand on Copia's arm as he held him. “Perpetua…” he spoke softly.

Copia’s heart broke for his twin, but also there was a low anger in his chest that wasn't going away.

 “Mom had a terrible step father. Markia raised me because mom was traveling around, getting revenge on men like her step father…on men like Nihil. You were taken, I believe. That's how you ended up with those catholics.” Copia swallowed the lump in his throat. 

He grew up very lonely, though he couldn't imagine being in V’s shoes. Having the same mismatched eyes as Copia, always being called a devil child despite his best efforts…

Finally it seemed the dam of emotions broke, Perpetua gasped out a sob into Copia’s chest. Copia held onto V.

Copia smoothed out his leather glove over Perpetua's curls. He closed his eyes as he slipped the mask up and off V’s face. Perpetua’s sobs came with hot breath coating Copia's chest as he held onto him tight.

Angry, and resentful…wanting to scream at everyone for their circumstances…he wanted to scream every day at being replaced…but here his twin sat, crying into his chest. It hit him that Perpetua must trust Copia a considerable amount.

He squeezed his eyes tightly as he kissed the top of Perpetua’s head, as if to soothe a child as he wound his fingers into his curls. 

It seemed to be working as Perpetua's breaths got more steady.

Copia had a lot of his own anxieties, worrying and worrying mixed with his red hot anger…strangely though, he enjoyed being able to hold his brother like this. An odd satisfaction rested in his chest as Perpetua calmed.

“Can you…do that again?”

Copia was broken from his thoughts, opening his eyes, only looking at the top of Perpetua’s head though. “Hm?” He hummed softly.

Perpetua moved a shaky hand from gripping onto Copia’s shirt to point at the top of his head.

Copia laughed softly before he kissed the top of V’s head, V letting out a calmer, satisfied sigh.

“It…sucks I know but we have each other now.” I've got you now, he thought to himself as he held a sniffling Perpeuta in his arms, not wanting to let go.

-

The first few months Copia had avoided Perpetua at all costs until they found themselves strolling in the same part of town. Perpetua had looked tired, not just sleepless but tired to his core, and something twisted inside of Copia when he realized Perpetua may have been just as lonely as he was…

They spent the next few months bonding as siblings. Copia grew tired of the familial questions but answered anyways, though sometimes hissing through his teeth. 

But eventually they changed, more personal family questions got directed to Copia as well.

“Did you get the same feeling that someone was missing from your life?”

The question made Copia smile as he held onto his book from the Ministry Library, he peeked at Perpetua from over his reading glasses. “I had that very much, yes.”

Perpetua since the news still had some self conscious moments. He often still wondered if there was something wrong with him. Once when he was cutting up chives he zoned out thinking about it, his heart hung heavy with emotions when he let out a gasp as he accidentally sliced the tip of his finger. He set the knife to the side and immediately ran his finger under some water.

Copia from V’s couch peaked up from his book. “You okay?” He was already putting down the book and tossing down his readers before Perpetua even replied. 

Perpetua pulled his finger from the water, it was the tiniest cut but boy did it bleed. Copia examined his finger and grabbed a paper towel, folding it a few times as he approached closer to Perpetua.

“I’m okay, it just hurts.” It hurt, but much less than what he had been emotionally feeling.

Copia grabbed V’s hand gently, Perpetua watched as Copia's eyes focused on the cut. He tutted slightly. “You gotta be careful V.” His tone was not one Perpetua had heard out of him before, but it was oddly soothing..

A bubble of blood began to form on the tip of his finger again. “This may hurt.” Copia said again so softly, Perpetua put it down that must've been Copia’s concerned kind of tone. He carefully placed the paper towel over the cut, and squeezed. Instinct told Perpetua to pull away as it hurt but he didn't budge, just hissed out in pain.

“I know I'm sorry, but putting pressure on it for a minute will help stop the bleeding.” Copia’s tone made Perpetua’s worries sort of slip out of mind. He was just focused on the way Copia squeezed at his finger.

Perpetua watched as Copia’s ungloved thumb rubbed gently on his wrist in comparison to the tight squeeze he held on his finger. The caring look Copia gave his finger, his gentle touch gave Perpetua a slow shiver up his spine. He wasn't sure why…

He cleared his throat slightly as he realized how uncomfortable he was being in his own thoughts as he sat here thinking his twin was immensely attractive being this caring.

Copia glanced up at his face before removing the paper towel to look at his finger. It wasn't bleeding anymore, V was almost sad about it.

Perpeuta was about to thank Copia before he tightened his grasp on V’s wrist ever so slightly and dragged him to the bathroom. He pushed him gently inside the room and V stood a bit awkwardly as Copia began rummaging through the bathroom drawers. Copia nodded towards the toilet. 

“Sit.” 

Perpetua wanted to ask what he was doing, but he just listened, instead, immediately he sat.

After a few moments Copia opened a small tin, and pulled out a bandaid. V was about to argue when, Copia at the old age of 50, got down onto a knee and carefully grabbed Perpetua's finger and placed the bandaid on his finger. He wrapped it carefully, making sure it wasn't too tight..

Copia on his knee, putting a bandaid on such a small cut, it made V flush suddenly. Suddenly he felt warm from within his chest growing out within all his body, extending absolutely everywhere. He swallowed hard as he looked down at Copia.

As if that wasn't bad enough Copia grabbed gently on his palm. Bringing V’s finger to his lips, and kissed gently. Perpetua’s eyes widened slightly, mouth falling open slightly as Copia rubbed at his palm gently.

He smiled, almost sickeningly sweet up at Perpetua. “All better.”

And the moment was done.

Copia rose with a slight grunt, throwing away the bandaid wrapper, placing things back in the bathroom drawer, and then pulled up Perpetua gently to guide him back to the kitchen. Though guided V to sit at a nearby barstool.

Perpetua was quiet as he watched Copia wash his hands, rinse the knife and then finish cutting up the chives. Perpetua felt hot, the warmth spread to make him almost feverish, and he felt almost queasy. He'd jab his fingers a hundred times if it meant that Copia would do that again and again…

Copia on the other hand felt his heart was racing as he smiled quietly to himself. He was making up for lost times, times where they could have been children, where he could have put a bandaid on his brother’s scraped knee. Making up for times where he could have held onto his crying brother. The kiss to make it “better” had been impulsive but he found himself very happy to have done it. He was making up for his past resentments, some still loomed in the back of his mind but with that, now he was trying his best to soothe and make Perpetua smile, even if a tiny cut wasn't that bad. Small moments would add up though wouldn't they? So in bigger moments that if V sought comfort, he would reach out to Copia and Copia would hold him close as needed.

Copia had finished cutting the chives and just finished washing off the knife when Perpetua spoke again. “You're my brother but,” he laughed for a moment. “There it really felt like you almost acted more like my dad.” 

Copia's stomach did flips. He already wanted Perpetua wrapped around his finger but those words made him wrapped around his cock.

His hand shook slightly as he dried off the knife to place it back in the block. He smiled softly as he looked at V, who was looking down at the floor.

“I am…whatever you need me to be.” He spoke softly, turning his back to Perpetua, who had fallen quiet.

Maybe that was too much…Copia was too much…

“I think I'd like that. You can be that…if it makes you happy.”

Copia breathed in quietly but deep. “it absolutely would. I’ll do it if it makes you happy too.”

Copia was fighting off quite a few wrong wrong mental images about his twin, not knowing Perpetua was having very similar thoughts. Similar, but oh so different in their own right.

Copia leaned into it, he'd be his brother, act as his father, whatever V wanted, whatever would keep him needing him.

-

Perpetua found out exactly what the tone was.

From his Cardinal days, Copia had only two rats that were still living, Persephone and Aphrodite. His rats would pass of old age, he'd get his beloveds taxidermied, placing them in his china cabinet all together, “reunited” as he'd say.

“So, you aren't getting any more rats?” V asked watching Copia giving his rats little treats. 

“I’m far too old to start over again.”

He picked Persephone up, petting between her ears. “These two are basically middle aged, much like myself, er, ourselves?.” He handed her off to Perpetua, who was careful with her. He learned a lot about rats from his brother.

Copia picked up the other remaining rat. “Can’t keep going through the heart break forever, and I don't wanna leave anyone behind either you know?” Copia smiled sweetly as he placed a small kiss between Aphrodite’s ears. 

Thinking of the idea of Copia's death made Perpetua kind of…uncomfortable. He knew it would happen but it made him unhappy. 

Though, Perpetua felt the warmth of affection spread through his chest as he watched Copia handle his rats. That took his uneasy mind off the subject. Perpetua would be heart broken too the day that these two would pass away. 

Copia after a few minutes went to put Aphrodite back in the enclosure, but instead she hung onto his sleeve. She used her front and back feet to essentially become a bracelet for Copia. Copia laughed as he attempted to use his other hand to try and release her grip.

“My little dear…” He laughed as she inched her way up under his sleeve, he went to grab her and she moved again. 

“Aphrodite you have to be careful.” He shook his head but his tone was not unlike how he had spoken to Perpetua. 

Perpetua looked at the small slice on his finger, mostly healed but it clicked.

Ah. Okay.

Copia’s tone that made his insides start to wobble was…not unlike that of a parental tone. He swallowed as he looked back at Copia laughing to himself as he struggled with his rat.

Something was very wrong with Perpetua…because he wanted Copia to use that tone with him all the time.

Perpetua carefully placed Persephone back into the enclosure, she didn't fuss. She just moved around, going for the little hammock to go for a nap.

He carefully released Aphrodite from the grasp she had on Copia. Copia grabbed her back carefully. He kissed between her ears. “Naughty.”

V was thankful he wasn't paying any attention to him, as his tone made a shiver go down V’s spine and his mind desperately try to memorize that, but also not make himself too obvious.

Copia sighed as he stood with a small grunt. “You hungry?” He was smiling as he looked down at V, extending a hand to him, which V took, his own mind begging him to stop being turned on by his own brother.

-

What eventually drove Copia crazy however, was Perpetua never asked him about being Papa. He heard from siblings of sin that Perpetua was very curious about his time being Cardinal Copia, then Papa. But V never brought that up to him.

Copia was holding his favorite mug, one that said “World’s Best Rat Dad”, he was going to the kitchen for a refill on his coffee and a few snacks when he stopped in his tracks. He heard V and two Sisters of Sin chatting away. 

“Oh did he really?” He heard Perpetua say with intense curiosity. 

He heard a sister of sin start giggling. “Oh, also when he was Cardinal, oh he'd have my head for this, but he got so drunk during the new year party, Imparator and Nihil weren't around anymore for the night, and he started to just, hump the furniture!” Her voice got higher and filled with more giggles as he spoke and Copia felt his face flush red. It felt so intense he knew his ears were going to be tinted pink too. His grip around the mug handle tightened as he heard her gasp for air while giggling about one of Copia’s top 10 embarrassing moments…at least as Cardinal.

“Sister! I doubt that Papa wants to hear about his brother humping things when drunk!” The other sister was also giggling, Copia rolled his eyes as he looked into the bottom of his empty mug, maybe he should come back later.

“Eheheh I mean…he's my brother yes but I've heard many stories about the other…Papas it doesn't feel strange to me.” He shrugged, just playing as if he was merely entertained by the story.

V’s mind was racing with wonder if he could manage to get Copia that drunk again…

“But really what was it like when he went from Cardinal to Papa? I mean obviously he had experience as a Cardinal but as I learn I wonder how he made it look so…effortless.”

One of the women gave Perpetua a kind smile, and Copia was brought out of his deep embarrassment to listen in on V’s words more.

“It..wasn’t. I mean honestly he went from pretty nervous, Terzo used to refer to him as the ministry mouse, meek and skittish but when he became Papa? He exuded confidence, he held his head a little higher.” 

V imagined the shift of Copais change in behavior in wonder, curious about the change.

The other woman chimed back in. “But he stopped coming around the ministry as much. He would have lunch with us, host dinners, he helped so thoughtfully and carefully as much as he could manage in 24 hours, but being Papa after the death of Nihil, well…the poor man was so stressed trying to prove himself.”

Perpeuta tilted his head. “To who?”

They both shrugged. “To everyone? Nihil said he'd never be Papa, Imperator knew he could obviously but she told him the original Papal makeup he picked was childish.”

Copia felt like he was getting heart burn from being made to relive some of the worst moments. Why were they telling V this?

V on the other hand had a burst of anger that their mom would ever say that to him. 

“I mean she's the reason he got surgery.”

His eyes twitched, hand balling into a fist in his sweatshirt pocket.

“So you're saying he had some bumps in the road himself.” V understood why they were telling him these things but a part of him was glad he hadn't met their mother in this moment. 

They both nodded at him. 

Copia heard V almost scoff. “Despite Nihil and Impeator, I think he was the most successful Papa. I don't care that Terzo won a grammy, he didn't do nearly as much as Copia. Copia laid down the foundations of me joining really.”

The women shot each other a look, agreeing but considering the hectic nature of the twins relationship, they were surprised.

Copia smiled at V’s words but pushed it down as he began his walk again.

“Oh, Hi Frater!” 

Copia smiled pleasantly at the two of them, then he laid a hand on V’s shoulder. “Hello, and hello dear brother. I'm refilling on my coffee, what are you up to?”

V shot the woman  a look. “Discussing how good you were as Papa.” Copia laughed softly, he hadn't expected V to say that of all things. Maybe V was already sort of wrapped around his fonger…

“Ah, I mean I played my role as well as I could but,” he motioned to his black suit attire, “I am Frater now.” He pointed to Perpetua. “You are Papa.” Despite everything there was still a pang of jealousy that ate away in his stomach.

That seemed to make V blush a bit, the two sisters of sin slipped away, hand in hand whispering to each other. Copia shrugged it off. 

“What was your original face paint?” Perpetua slipped into the kitchen behind Copia.

He gave him a curious look, now he was asking him about being Papa?

“Rat skull.”

Perpetua tilted his head, imagining it, he smiled.

“Why didn't you keep it?”

Copia poured coffee into his mug, V read it and sort of snickered to himself, then Copia grabbed hazelnut creamer for his coffee. “I wanted to be taken seriously.”

The real answer was honestly with his face post surgery didn't go quite so well with the face paint. It made him miss his old face immensely. Sometimes he missed the more simple days of being cardinal Copia, not Frater, not even Papa.

Copia pulled out a plate of jelly filled cookies as he chatted with perpetua about rehearsals and how they ghouls were adjusting, how he was adjusting.

But as a casual interaction Copia slipped back to his office. Where he laid down on the couch and folded his hands over his chest. If he had been so curious in the first place why not ask Copia? Still that pained him…

-

Copia kept having moments like that where he was walking through the ministry with his own goal in mind but he would pause, hearing his twin talking to someone else about him. Each time he got more and more angry.

Copia would eavesdrop on conversations, nostalgia would make him laugh or want to hide in embarrassment. V was getting to know people as he should as Papa, but oddly he was getting to know Copia still without saying anything to him.  There was a deep feeling of jealousy Copia had. He figured it was because he missed being Papa so much, not much else to stay about it.

Not because other people were chatting with Perpetua no…

Still though the more he would peek around corners, finding V chatting with any siblings of sin, the more he wanted to rip his brother away from those chats. He and V both grew up lonely, they were brothers reunited, lately it seemed that V had been avoiding Copia. 

It made his blood boil the more time went on.

Copia wasn't doing anything important, he was actually doing his work trying to get his mind off of V, it worked for a time, until like now he was trying to go on a walk around the ministry, and here he could hear V chatting away. He lingered at the corner not turning down the hall just yet.

“Do you know why he…kind of avoided me when I first got here?”

“He was jealous you took being Papa from him, isn't that obvious?” The brother of sin gave V a look, shaking his head but shrugging. “Beinh Papa finally meant like, everything to him. I mean he was so irritated that he banned V necks.” The other sort of snorted a laugh. V wanted to recoil, he didn't realize how much his arrival had bothered Copia. He started to feel bad, but when he remembered that was almost a year ago by now, the past couple months spending time with his twin was actually pleasant, he didn't feel like a bother to him. He flushed slightly as he remembered the way Copia had kissed his finger with the bandaid.

Or when Copia had him lay his head in his lap to rub his temples when he got a bad headache,

Or how Copia had actually helped him with his testosterone shot the one week,

V started to recontextualize a few things in his mind. Maybe…with his own feelings he wasn't that crazy after all...

He was about to say something else to the brother of sin when what looked like a furious Copia rounded the corner.

Copia had begun to wonder how much anyone from the clergy actually liked him at this point. He didn't even look at the Brother of Sin sin, he walked right over to grab at Perpetua’s wrist. “My office, Now.” He spat at him as he began to drag him away.

Perpetua let himself be dragged. He simply shrugged at the Brother of Sin behind him before Copia’s quick pace made them disappear.

When Copia got to his office, he slammed his door shut, making Perpetua feel all kinds of nerves, and he almost threw Perpetua into the chair in front of his desk. He rounded his desk as he stood behind it and planted his palms on the desk, hard.

“You have got some nerve, you know that?” Copia spat, V realized his face was flush with anger. He sort of recoiled in his seat, suddenly feeling like a child being scolded.

“What-”

Copia held up a finger. “No, no you've had your chance to speak but no!” he pointed towards the door of his office as he began to pace behind his desk.

“Instead of asking me questions, instead of letting me help you be a better Papa you're asking them? Are you fucking serious?”

V tilted his head, he was very confused where this anger was coming from. This anger from whad he heard what he and that Brother had been talking about?

Copia continued.

“I only caught on for the past two months, lord below knows how long you've been at it, but you're avoiding me, making me feel like I'm making an ass of myself just trying to see my own twin, meanwhile you're walking around the halls, Hobnobbing,” he hissed, and perpetua would have laughed at the word if he hadn't started shaking so bad.

“With them! This is unexpectedly rude of you!” Copia pushed his hands into his hair. He turned his back to Perpetua as he started shaking bad himself.

It clicked in his own mind. He wants even mad at Perpetua. He was just jealous that Perpetua, his brother, was talking to other people. 

He was breathing hard as a rush of thoughts and emotions came crashing and colliding into each other within his mind. He shook his head as he turned back to face Pepetua. Still, some embarrassment ate away at him. “I cannot believe that you, you heard about that new years!”

V’s eyes widened as he realized Copia was probably there for more of those conversations than he realized. Sometimes, yes he knew that Copia was lingering around, so he sang high praises of him, hoping to egg on a reaction. This, was not what he wanted though.

Copia had his fists at his side as he rounded to the front of his desk. “Why have you been avoiding me?!” He barked at him as he sat down on the edge of his desk.

Perpetu flushed as he kept his head down. “Um…”

Because my mind keeps slipping away into fantasies of us having sex? You taking care of me like a parent does and then taking care of me during sex too? Or I get to fuck myself on you into oblivion while you feel me I'm doing good? What was he supposed to say? 

Copia put his hands on the edge of his desk but his voice was a bit calmer.

“Speak up V.” 

Perpetua glanced at Copia's face, less angry looking more just…stern. Oh he wished he could tell Copia he was sorry but he'd do it again as long as he kept using that tone.

“I've…been avoiding you, yes,” V fidgeted with the sleeve of his shirt. “I was hoping you'd come chasing after me if I did so…”

Copia raised a brow. “Perpetua...” his time was soft. V took a glance at him again, Copia was shaking his head. He looked sort of amused.

“That's childish.” V blinked in shock.

“I-”

Copia held up a finger.

“You weren't being rude, you were being childish, and if you're going to act childish I'm going to treat you like one, understand?” 

V swallowed as he stared at Copia, what the fuck did that mean??

Copia leaned forward to grab ahold of his shoulder as he pulled him up.

“That wasn't nice of you Perpetua.” That tone really did things to Perpetua's head, he couldn't think straight. It sounded almost professional like, but also, deeper. Too much like a parent. 

Perpetua gasped slightly as Copia bent him over his lap.

“What-!” His question was cut off as Copia’s hand came colliding down onto his ass. 

A shudder ran through Perpetua's entire body. He held his breath so as to not make a sound, but he wanted to scream out in pleasure.

“What is it when you're around me that makes you so childish sometimes?” 

Perpetua's mind went back to the time he made a pillow fort out of Copia's couch,

Or when he made Copia have a pillow fight with him.

Or when he acted really cranky because he hadn't slept well and Copia had to treat him into his bed just so he could sort of nap. “If you lay here in the dark you'll feel more rested, you don't even have to fall asleep!” And V wanted to argue as he found it fun…

Copia hit his other ass cheek and Perpetua rocked slightly on Copia's lap, shaking. 

This was fucked up, what the fuck was this.

Copia hit the same cheek as the first time again harder. “I spent time with you Perpetua, I got over my shit and I grew to like you.”

Copia hit again, faster. Perpetua grabbed into the edge of the desk for dear life. He was squirming and desperate to not make any noise.

“And this is how you replay my kindness to you? By making me so lonely without you?”

Copia had missed him?

Perpetua shouted as Copia let down a particular hit on Perpetua's ass he sure left Copia’s hand stinging. He shook in his lap.

“I'm sorry!” He yelled as he panted. He was oh so, so thankful he wore underwear today. He was twisted and fucked up and his brother spanking him made him feel like if he wriggled just the right way he could-

Copia hit him again, less force behind it this time though. “Again.” He demanded and Perpetua felt like his mind was melting out of his skull.

“I'm sorry! I'm sorry Frater! I was being childish and rude. I promise I won't do it again.” He breathed hard as his eyes were wide, unblinking yet a few stray tears fell from his face.

Copia let out a satisfied hum as he trapped Perpetua’s ass once, making V swallow back a moan, as he grabbed Perpetua's shoulders and stood up upright.

V didn't notice the way Copia crossed his legs. “There,” Copia readjusted his mask, making it straight on his face again, and then fixed a stray curl. Copia put a hand on the underside of Perpetua's jaw.

“Was that so hard?”

Perpetua was still shaking slightly as he shook his head. Copia smiled softly at him as he brushed his thumb along the underside of his jaw. “You're alright. Do you want me to run you a nice warm bath to calm down?”

Perpetua swallowed hard. What the fuck was happening to him. He nodded.

Copia smiled as he turned his back, “you go on, I'll be up to your room in a minute.”

Copia was pretending to fix up his desk, papers strewn about and pens scattered.

Perpetua silently left the office and made his way up to his room. He lingered by the door until he heard Copia knocking.

His brother immediately got inside and hugged him.

Perpetua hadn't noticed the post orgasm flush to his face, too focused on his own weird arousal from the incident.

Copia drew Perpetua a bath, mixing some nice scented oils and soaps. As Perpetua stood with his back turned, the water shut off. He had his arms wrapped around himself as Copia came up behind him, nuzzling his face slightly into his shoulder. “You okay?” He playfully tapped a hand against his backside. 

V swallowed. “Yeah..yes.” Perpetua turned to wrap his arms around Copia. 

“Thank you for being a good brother."

Copia's hand twitched slightly as he held Perpetua in their embrace. 

Copia left the bathroom, Perpetua stripped, he sighed slightly at the mess between his legs before he sank down into the bath water. The warm water felt nice for his ass. He stayed in the bath, looking at the ceiling for a while before he moved a hand to touch the skin.

It felt a little sore as he touched it. He glanced at the bathroom door, he had locked it.

Perpetua started to play with his still slightly hard clit. It wasn't helping that he had just done his shot like two days ago. He sank his head under the water as he touched himself.

Copia was in the living room none the wiser.

-

Copia's behavior only got worse from there. When he felt jealous now, he would walk over and drag Perpetua away. When he missed Perpetua he would just walk into whatever space he was in. No space was safe from Copia. Sometimes Perpetua would be in the Chapel alone, and suddenly Copia would come up behind him, touching the back of his neck softly. Though Perpetua would smile and lean into the touch.

Copia was definitely following him around, and some part of Perpetua's brain adored the attention from his brother.

Others had started to whisper through. When Copia was hooked into a meeting a Brother of Sin came up to ask him if everything was okay. Perpetua laughed. “Oh Copia? Honestly we've placed bets on who can act weirder before we get called into Mr. Psaltarian’s office that people have concerns. Trust me, most of time time we're just watching movies in my room, I'm okay.”

Truth be told though, he had a rainbow of bruises on his ass from the past month from Copia. He loved it, he loved his brother.

He paced in his room though waiting for him to come out of that meeting.

The door opened and closed in no time. “I don't know why he has to bore me with this shit.”

Copia paused slightly as he looked at Perpetua, who looked nervous.

“What's the matter?” Any tension he had from the meeting dropped.

Perpetua walked over and grabbed Copia by the hands. He leaned down slightly to push his face into his neck. “A Brother of Sin was asking me if I was okay…”

Copia tensed under him.

“I told him I was fine obviously…but,” he sighed as he pulled away from Copia. He fidgeted with his mask as he stepped away. “I'm not Okay Copia.”

Copia stood, as if he became a statue where he was. It was too much, he was too much for Perpetua. Or…he swallowed hard, Perpetua knew. His eyes were wide as he watched him.

“I'm sorry-”

“I love you-” they had spoken at the same time.

Copia felt like his guts were being twisted.

Copia nodded at Perpetua to continue. He breathed in a shaky breath. “Satan below I can't do this…”

Copia felt his heart shatter into a million pieces as he moved his hands to cover his face.

“I won’t- I'm  so sorry Petal I-”

Perpetua suddenly pulled his hands away and Copia went to back up, but found the other mashing his lips on his. Copia felt like his body went slack as Perpetua accidentally pushed him into the wall beside the door.

Desperately he grabbed into the shoulder of V’s shirt as he kissed him back fiercely.

After a few moments they parted.

Copia looked at him with wide eyes. “I thought you were gonna-”

“No.” Perpetua cut him off.

Copia fell silent for once.

“I…I'm in love with you…and every time you spank me because I misbehave you drive me insane because you won't leave and let me masturbate.”

Copia's shoulders shot to his ears as he flushed. “Ah! I-” Perpetua grabbed hold of his collar and brought them nose to nose.

“So unless you plan on actually doing something about it, you're either gonna have to stop or you're gonna let me use you like a living dildo.”

Copia's mouth fell open as his mind went blink. Probably due to his cock immediately swelling up with blood.

“I um…I'm in love with you too.”

Perpetua had his turn now of dragging Copia around. He threw him to sit in his bed. “I hoped as much considering you kept acting like my parent and spanking me.”

Copia wheezed out a breath as Perpetua dropped to his knees in front of him.

“Is-is that too much?”

Perpetua grinned as he rolled his eyes below him. “When I did get away from you to masturbate all I could think about was calling my brother ‘dad’ as he spanked me, and cried about how much I love my brother as he made me cum, so what do you think?”

Copia felt like he was going to have a hard attack watching as Perpetua undid his pants, and pulled out his cock. It was red from how hard he already was.

“You have a daddy kink?”

Perpetua shook his head. “I know the blood isn't going to your head like it should but no. I think I just have a kink for you taking care of me.”

Copia could do that. He really enjoyed taking care of partners, it never felt fully right but with Perpetua he didn't feel like he had to try, he just did it. 

Perpetua wrapped his hand around Copia's cock as he began to slowly touch him, base to tip.

“That Sister wasn't lying when she said you were thick.”

Copia's face flushed, making him blush red down his neck. “What-”

Perpetua grinned as he kissed the tip of Copia's cock. “I spoke to some of your previous sexual partners. I acted as if I was too awkward to ask you directly for tips, but it's my duty to please as Papa if I want to, so I needed some tips.”

Copia shook as Perpetua placed the tip of his cock into his mouth, then let him go. “Really all I wanted was some accurate fantasies late at night. That was until you wouldn't leave.”

“Do you want me to st-”

Perpetua squeezed at the base of his cock making him moan. “Hell no, you can't leave me now dickhead.”

He grinned as he stood up in front of Copia. 

“Be nice and use that parental tone with me while you're inside me yeah?”

Copia nodded as he moved to take off his pants fully, having kicked off his shoes. Perpetua began to undress himself, Copia scooted back on the mattress as his eyes ate up the sight of Perpetua.

Once he was fully undressed Copia felt as if he could cum from the sight alone. Perpetua smiled as he took off the mask, but he was still wearing his paint.

“Oh!” He said with a smile before turning around and bending in front of Copia. Copia grabbed at the base of his cock and squeezed as he looked at Perpetua's ass. Red, to yellow, to purple bruises littered his ass. His cock throbbed hard at the sight, he breathed hard at the view.

Perpetua turned back around. “So that's what thats been looking like, if you've been curious.”

Perpetua climbed into the bed, getting on top of Copia, who laid back. “I have been…”

Perpetua grinned.

Copia looked down, the hair on Perpetua's thighs was dark, but light in proximity. His chest was speckled with hair but not much. Copia licked his lips as he trailed a finger under Perpetua's chest scars.

Then he moaned softly looking at the mess between his thighs, his clit that had grown longer once hard. Copia sighed as he looked at Perpetua. “You've been so bad, I need you.”

Perpetua grinned as he lowered himself above Copia. Copia sort of squared his hips as he laid under Perpetua. The way his curls bounced behind his head, his little smiles as he moved to our Copia inside himself. The gasps he made, biting at his lip as he shifted ever so slightly as he adjusted to Copia behind inside himself.

Copia moved a hand behind Perpetua's hips and pressed his plan against his ass, making Perpetua moan.

“Please…” his eyes became a bit unfocused as he looked down at Copia sinking further and further. Copia moaned softly at the warmth around his cock. He dreamed of this for months and months. At his age it was impressive that he had some erections that wouldn't go away, usually if he wanted to last hours as such he needed some sort of pill. He needed to jerk off multiple times just because of the frenzy his twin put him in.

“Fuck...again she wasn't lying when she said you were thick…mmmf…” Perpetua made a strange moan as he sank fully on Copia, he moved a hand to his jaw to pull him a little closer.

“Try that again?”

“I feel like I'm being stuffed…” Copia grinned, a rush of heat flowing through him. Normally a phrase like that might make him cringe but here? With his brother it made him ever so more turned on.

He tapped at Perpetua's thighs. “You riding me or…?” Perpetua shook his head slightly. 

“I planned on…being in control of this but with the way I'm feeling now, change of plans.” He moaned slightly as he lived off of Copia. “Just fuck me stupid.”

Copia grinned, his cock throbbing slightly at the ask. “I can do that.”

He got up on his knees as Perpetua laid back. He planted his arms at Perpetua's sides. He spread his legs for Copia. He grinned to himself as he he lined himself up and slowly fucked himself back into Perpetua.

This was the first time he got a clear picture of how they were different besides height. Copia was a bit tanner than Perpetua. Perpetua was thinner, Copia felt briefly self conscious before his twin grasped at his forearm, moaning. That desperate look made Copia's anxiety melt away. 

His forearms were thicker than Perpetuas. He smiled as he leaned down slightly. Planting his arm across Perpetua's chest. He used his hand to grab onto his hip as he slowly slid himself out.

“You gonna be good?” Perpetua's eyes widened slightly as Copia asked him that, in that sort of parental tone. V moaned softly as he nodded.

“I promise I'll be so good…”

Copia leaned down a bit more to kiss gently on Perpetua's forehead, seemingly making him melt more.

Copia started to thrust slowly into Perpetua's. “Does my boy understand he could have asked for help at any time?” He asked slowly. 

Perpetua shook slightly, his hand grabbed at the mattress as Copia pinned him to it. He nodded his head slowly. “I didn't think I could…”

“But from now on?”

Copia grinned at Perpetua as he thrusted into him faster.

“From now on when I'm horny I'll ask my brother for help…” he gasped slightly as Copia snapped his hips into his, making him shake slightly.

“Good boy, my Petal.”

Perpetua's mind was already melting. He was finally getting what he wanted. 

Copia began to fuck him a bit faster, squeezing at his hip, making Perpetua moan over and over again. Though he moved his hand off of his hip to grab his hand. He brought it between his legs and held his hand over his swollen clit. “You'll feel even better if you touch yourself, trust me.” He kissed gently at Perpetua's knee that was slightly bent into the air as he fucked into him faster.

Perpetua felt like his chest might cave in as he began to rub at himself. Copia fucked him at a quick but steady pace. He was breathing hard as his head swam. “I had never gotten off on the idea of spanking until you did it to me…”

Copia laughed softly, he groaned as he watched his cock disappear in and out of Perpetua. “I love doing it…I imagined pulling down your pants and fingering you until you cried so you'd behave.”

Perpetua’s shoulders shook as he threw his head back. “Avoiding you isn't the worst misbehavior you could have gotten, you know…” Copia moaned as he adjusted his leg, getting tired of holding his weight predominantly. 

“You could have been worse yes, but don't you wanna be good for me?”

That question made a moan rocket out of Perpetua. His eyes were blurry as he looked at Copia. “Satan below I…”

Copia grinned as he continued at his pace but he moved his hand from pinning Perpetua to lightly grab at his ass, giving him the pain from those bruises. Perpetua shook under him.

“I would have loved it if you fingered me then…”

“See, you're doing so good Petal.”

Perpetua panted hard, he felt his insides clenching around Copia. His fingers were rubbing hard and fast on himself, so slick from his own wetness.

Copia knew he wasn't Perpetua's first, but he'd be damned if it wasn't his best. He swallowed a bit.

“Is it just us now?”

Now was definitely not the time to be asking this.

Perpetua yanked at Copia's hair to pull him in close, the pain of it made Copia moan louder than expected. He looked at Perpetua's with his mouth slightly open, deep in his own pleasure. The angle was definitely bad for Copia's back but right now he didn't care. 

“5 months ago I heard you slept with one of the Brothers of sin, the one with black curly hair,” Copia's eyes widened slightly. “I see the resemblance now, but I was so immensely jealous. You touch another person than me I'll kill you.”

Copia leaned down to kiss Perpetua's forehead again as he fucked a bit faster into him. “Good….I'm so so…”

He groaned as he felt Perpetua hook a leg around his, the support actually kind of helped. “You're my brother, I love you. We'll share everything forever. Come on…please.” 

The look Perpetua gave him made him grin. He moved a hand to grab hard on Perpetua's mess of curls. “Good boy, Petal…” 

Perpetua shook. Copia spoke like a parent giving praise to a child getting a good grade. It did many fucked up things to his mind. His shoulders shook as his abdomen clenched as the coil within him seemed to snap, he came, hard.

Copia gasped, feeling Perpetua clench so hard behind him. He breathed ragged as he felt himself snap his hips into him uncontrollably, then he came as he buried himself deep inside him.

Copia let go of V’s hair as he realized he was still grabbing onto him. He breathed hard above Perpetua, V smiled as his breath fanned out over his face. He looked almost dazed, and V loved it.

Slowly Copia pulled out, and then collapsed on the bed beside Perpetua. V rolled onto his side. “You could have laid on me, I don't mind.”

Copia laughed softly. “If I landed on you right now there's no telling when I'd get back up.” He spoke as he extended his legs out after being on his knees for however long, one popped.

As Perpetua sat up, his elbow cracked as he looked at Copia. Copia laughed as he laid an arm over his forehead. “Shit, we're old.”

Perpetua grinned as. He laid his head on Copia's shoulder.

“You mean it? Just you and me?”

Copia moved his hand.

“You're my boy now, so of course.”

Perpetua snorted. “You say that like we're not the same age.”

Copia tutted. “You are the younger looking twin for one, and two, you act like you weren't just super into that.”

Perpetua laughed as he closed his eyes.

Eventually Copia gathered enough strength to turn into his side and pull Perpetua in close. 

It wasn't that late in the evening but they fell asleep, content with each other.

They still had to discuss Copia's jealousy issues, along with Perpetua's, but that could wait until the morning.

But a large part of Perpetua loved how much Copia acted like he alone was entitled to him.