Stalemate

“What happened?”“That’s what I’d like to know. I found you unconscious in the bathroom,” Sora said pointedly. She wondered if he would be angry if it weren’t for his distress.They worked so well together—too well—that they’ve taken for granted the ability to communicate without actually talking, understanding each other without words. Now Shiro looked at him and sometimes the words died on her tongue.Shiro wanted to slap herself out of her reverie. This was neither the time or place to be thinking about such things; she was literally in front of her brother in the one room they shared. Looking away, she replied, “I was just sleeping.”Without looking at him, she could hear how he furrowed his eyebrows. “In the bathtub?” he asked in disbelief.