You Complete Us (Rain)

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

this thread takes place on June 7th

John and Jake had been up since sunrise, but it was going to be worth it. As the date of their and Rain's one year anniversary started to sneak up, the boys had been in a little of a panic. They wanted the night to be so special. They wanted it to be perfect. So after a few conversations with their older siblings and some money borrowed Asian Santa, they were pretty sure they were as close to perfect as they were going to get.

They had put a huge sign on their front door with an arrow pointing to the side of the house, asking Rain to follow the rose petals (which were fake of course) into the back yard. Although the twins had at first considered leading her to the tree house, they wanted tonight to be special, and a bit more secluded, so they had made a winding trail to the edge of the woods behind the Bishop house. It would give a bit more privacy.

They boys had hung lanterns throughout the tree branches. Most were left white to give light, but some they had covered with bits of red and pink tissue paper. The smooth ground below them was covered with a thick blanket, pillows, and the dinner they had ordered take-out from what they heard was a very good restaurant. It was a bit outside of their normal price range, so they hadn't ever tried it before. There was a stereo under one of the trees playing some soft classical music and just out of sight they had stashed Rain's gifts. 

"Is there enough light to eat by?" John asked his brother.

"Yeah...maybe? Maybe hang a few more?" Jake suggested. Both of the brothers were completely nervous. They had worried that it would rain. That they would accidentally kill Rain's present before the day arrived. And now they worried that too many lanterns would be a fire hazard and not enough would have them poking themselves with forks or spilling drinks.

The two were dressed in rented tuxedos (John's bow tie was light blue and Jake's was deep red) and had spent much longer than usual in front of the mirror trying to get their hair just right.

"We can't really fix it now. She should be here any minute," John said, glancing toward the house for Rain's familiar shape. They had worried it was ungentlemanly to have her drive herself and had offer a taxi to pick her up if she wanted. Something about the idea of her walking up roses to find them under the lit trees had stuck in their heads though. Plus it gave them a little extra time to get set.

After re-adjusting each other's ties, they stood under the lights and waited, already smiling at the thought of seeing her.

[Rain Tseung]

(ooc: Rain's outfit, Hair )

Rain stood in front of her body length mirror in her room. She sighed deeply, she never felt so nervous in her life, why was she so nervous? This was just like any other date, right? Why did this one have to be so different? Oh, that’s right, it was the anniversary of hers and Jake’s and John’s relationship. It’s been a year, a whole year, she spent a whole year with two amazing guys that she has called boyfriends. That was something special right? She nodded at herself in the mirror, so of course tonight would be special.

Taking a deep breath she looked herself over in the mirror, she wore a long white skirt that had a slit down both sides of it (she thought it was pretty sexy…), a nice long sleeved purple and pink blouse that had flowers on it, and her silver slip on shoes that also had flowers on it. She had gotten her nails done, and her hair, and did her own makeup. It was fun doing something different with her eyes, she usually just did the smokey eye look, or the cat eye look; mostly the cat eye. Once she was sure she looked good, and had enough confidence in herself, she kissed Ribbon good night, grabbed the boys presents, and walked out of the dorms, to head to for the cab that was soon to arrive. Rain didn’t have her license, and she wasn’t sure she wanted one, even though she knew her parents would buy her a car, a cheap one, but it was still something. The thought of driving was scary for her, and she wasn’t sure she was up for that much responsibility.

Once she got to the Bishop house by cab, and of course she paid the cab with her own money, she wasn’t going to let Jake and John pay for it… She walked up to the front door, but she was greeted by a sign that said to follow the rose petals. She tilted her head to the side, and looked at the side of the house. She saw the rose petals, what were the twins up to? She grinned though, this was kind of exciting. She clutched the two bags in her hands a little tighter. Her stomach was in knots and she wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. While following the rose path she couldn’t help but to pick one up and feel it. It was fake, that made her smile, the twins knew her so well, and she felt like she knew the twins pretty well too.

Which was why this whole thing had surprised her, the twins didn’t seem like the romantic type, but when it came to her, they were always so gentlemanly, and romantic. It made her happy to know that they would be that way for her, it was nice, and she was so glad she ended up with two great guys. She just hoped that they felt the same way about her. Even after a year she still had doubts about herself being in a relationship with two guys. She still felt like she wasn’t enough, like she could be doing something more, and when she tried she always felt like she failed somehow. Maybe the boys did deserve someone better…

Rain had been so wrapped up in her own thoughts, that it wasn’t till she saw the boys that she actually began to look at what they had done. She placed her hand over her mouth, looking at the lanterns that were hung about, and the picnic spot, and the music, it was so amazing. Her eyes started to water, she never imagined that someone would go through this much trouble just for her. And she knew she would have done the same for the twins, they had become a huge part of her life, and would do anything to show them that.


She removed her hand from her mouth and walked closer to the boys, “This is beautiful… Did you do this all for me?” she wasn’t sure what type of answer she was expecting, maybe like one of their siblings did most of it for their own date? “Oh, also happy anniversary!” She did her famous head tilt and smile at the boys.

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

The twins both spotted Rain at the same time and both brothers gasped at the sight of her. She was beautiful. And the fact that she was walking down an aisle of roses wearing a mostly white outfit while John and Jake stood in their tuxedos made John feel like they were at a wedding. The twins had progressed enough as gestalts that Jake immediately felt what John was thinking and he started to blush and shift nervously at the thought. Not that the twins weren't committed to their relationship with Rain, but that was a lot of commitment for two seventeen-year-olds.

John reached out and put his arm on his twins shoulder to settle his brother before Rain could see their faces. The joy at seeing her took over for both of them and they pushed anything worries of the future aside. Tonight was about tonight.

When Rain got close the two were grinning like idiots, looking from her to each other to the decorating job and back to her. She looked beautiful under the lights. The brothers stepped towards her as she got closer. They paused for a second when they noticed her eyes were watering up.

"Is it okay? Did we do it wrong?" "Is it okay? Did we do it wrong?" They asked wearing identical concerned faces. They turned to look back. Maybe the music was wrong? Or not enough lanterns?

Still she seemed please enough when she spoke. And she smiled. John stepped forward to give her a kiss and put his arm around her shoulder as Jake offered to take her bags. "You look amazing." John told her.

"Of course we did it for you." Jake added, grinning as he and his brother led rain to the blanket and pillows.

"Happy anniversary!" "Happy anniversary!"


"Which first-" "-dinner or gifts?" "We couldn't decide." "We couldn't decide." the brothers asked once they had settled on the pillows. John had his arm still around her shoulders. He had remained the more dominate of the two and was usually the one to initiate physical contact. But from the look in Jake's eyes as he look into Rain's there could be no doubt that he cared deeply for her too, though it was hard for him to explain how he could tell just how it felt to feel her warm body under his arm without it actually being there.

[Rain Tseung]

Rain would have been glad to know she might not have been the only one to think about wedding stuff… Even if it was a spree of the moment thought. Rain had those thoughts all the time… Was that bad? Because, she really couldn’t see herself with anyone other than the twins. Not that she wanted to get married now. She wanted to at least graduate high school, because she was pretty sure that her parents would not like her getting married before that. Though, she would never push the twins that far if they didn’t want to. She would take a break up in stride, at least she hope she would. Not that she wanted to break up with the twins.

She shook her head, “No, of course not! You two couldn’t do anything wrong.” Especially when they put so much effort into this, “It’s just… I never thought anyone would do something so wonderful for me… And do it so willingly.” Now the tears came, only a few, and Rain went to wipe her face, glad she didn’t use mascara.


Kissing John back, she grinned as the boy complimented her. But frowned as she watched Jake walk off, while she knew he was the shyer one, she kind of at least hoped for a hug. She looked at John, “Thank you. Both of you…” She could already tell that this was going to be one amazing night.

Once Rain sat down, she took Jake’s hand, something she hoped he didn’t mind. While she was used to having to initiate things with Jake, she was still didn’t want to push any boundaries he might have. Even though she always doubted herself, she never doubted the twins, somehow she knew that they both cared about her a lot. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t have gone through so much trouble tonight. “Hmm.. Gifts? I’m excited for you guys to open yours.” Though she was curious as to what they cooked, or well maybe got? She was too nervous about the gifts to eat.

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

The twins couldn't imagine breaking up with Rain. They would probably have a panic attack at the thought. She was quickly becoming everything to them, a fact that some of their siblings enjoyed pointing out and teasing them about.

The brothers started to smile when Rain said they could do no wrong. It was pretty great to hear it. Yet still, she was crying. And it was confusing for the brothers. They looked at each other, a bit concerned. Jake offered his sleeve for Rain to use as a tissue.

It was hard for the boys to explain to Rain that even though Jake wasn't actually participating in the kissing, he still was in a way. It was a new concept to them and hard to put into words. And since Jake had always been the shyer of the two, he had an even harder time describing his feelings. And they also worried about weirding her out. Maybe one of their siblings or teachers would know how to explain it.

"You're welcome," "You deserve it," the boys added.

Jake didn't mind the hand-holding. Though he did blush a little, which made John blush as well. They shared a smile before returning their eyes to Rain. There was something about sitting together, all touching, that made the boys feel complete.

"Alright! Gifts!" "...Gifts!" they said, smiling. This time is was John who ran just out of sight to grab the gifts.

"We're...so...happy that you're here...with us," Jake said in the few seconds that John was retrieving the gifts. The brothers had developed a habit of using 'i' or 'me' lately, though they tended to say 'we' or 'us' slightly different when that's what they meant. They'd been told it was just a part of their powers. And they were getting used to it now. It felt right.

John re-emerged, carrying a flower pot just the right size to fit Rain's window sill. Inside it was a miniature garden, planted with tiny flowers and mosses. It had a "pond" made from blue stones, a pathway, and a small wooden bench. On the bench were little dolls the boys had painted to try to make look more like them and Rain.

"We also made these, cuz we..." he paused, not sure if he should say how worried they were that the little plants would die before today.

"...because we love you." John covered. 

"Yeah," Jake agreed, pulling out from under the blanket a pile of envelopes. They were labeled things like 'read when you're sad', 'read when you want to know we love you' , 'read when you need a laugh', and so on.

The brothers laid the gifts in front of Rain, waiting for her reaction.

[Rain Tseung]

Rain would feel the same as the twins, she would most likely just break down mentally if the twins ever broke up with her, no matter how much she thought she would do alright with it, if that’s what they really wanted. Of course she wanted them to be happy… But she also wanted them to be a lot more happy with her…

The girl was emotional, sue her… Rain had always been pretty emotional, about really everything. Maybe that’s why she always held a grudge against people who did something against her. Rain looked at Jake’s sleeve, and smiled at him, “I’m okay, really.” There was a twinkle in her eyes as she looked at Jake and John. They really were her everything… Was that cheesy? Were they becoming the couple that was so cute others wanted to gag? Was that a bad thing?


All though Rain did understand the gestalt thing, she never fully got it… She still saw John and Jake as two separate people, even though she knew that they basically shared a mind. But to her, did that really stop them from being their own person? Jake was still the shiest, and John was still the more outgoing one. There wasn’t really a balance with them both being shy and outgoing; was that a thing? Could someone be shy and outgoing ? Either way, it still confused Rain, and it confused her even more when she had to think about how to treat them, and whether she should treat them as separate people, yet still in the same way. Or if she could treat them as one person as a whole… She didn’t know how much into their ‘bonding’? they were, it wasn’t something they usually talked about. And Rain didn’t want to bring it up, because she didn’t want to be offensive or come off the wrong way.

If dating two guys hadn’t weirded her out yet, nothing else really would… she would actually love for it to be explained to her… Everyone she had went to, to try to explain it to her really couldn’t. And she was left disappointed… “I really don’t.. But thank you. This was more than I could ever imagine.” She felt like she said that wrong.. “not that I thought you guys weren’t capable of doing this or anything…” Way to make it awkward Rain…


Rain looked at Jake, even though he didn’t show his affection in a physical way, he did show it with words, and that meant just as much to Rain. “I’m happy too! I’m happy that we have been together for a year now… It hadn’t even seemed like a year..” She scratched the back of her head and gave a slight chuckle.

When John came back with her gift Rain started to cry again, it was so beautiful. Then Jake handed her the letters, which melted her heart (in a good way) even more. “This is so amazing, you two..” They were unbelievable gifts, there was nothing that could top this… Though now she felt like her gifts weren’t good enough… What if they really weren’t? What if John and Jake didn’t like them at all? She looked through the letters, and read a few of them. “these are beautiful..” The boys had taken care of the plant pretty well too, which she was impressed by.



She handed the boys their bag, one for each of them. “You’re turn!” She smiled at them, through the tears. Inside the bags they would find a plushie that was a crochet mini Rain. Or at least a doll that looked like Rain, whichever one they wanted to see it as. She wondered how self centered that was… Either way the dolls held up a sign that said ‘I love you’. There was also a medium size jar with colored folded pieces of paper in the bags (one for each of them). On the jar was a note that was glued to it that said ‘Contained in the ‘365 jar’ are three hundred and sixty-five hand written notes, each color coordinated with the below themes. Every morning for the next year you can pick one note out and it (in theory) will be a nice start to the day for you. Themes: moments and memories (yellow), Quotes and Lyrics (green), Reasons I love you (Red)’

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

The brothers worried they had done something wrong when Rain started to tear up again. They shared a worried look, but it was slowly starting to dawn on them that maybe this was one of those "happy tears" girl things. After all, if Rain was really upset she would leave or say something, right? But she looked happy enough, if you could look past the tears on her face. Which they were struggling to do.

They started grinning as she reacted to her gifts. They looked at each other, smiling and sharing in the fact that they had done good as boyfriend. Before she had a chance to bring out their gifts, they pulled her close, caught up in the happiness of the moment. This was how they loved to see her. Smiling (even though she was crying a little) and having gifts to show how much they loved her.

John leaned in to kiss Rain on the cheek and Jake, overpowered a little by his brother's emotions, also leaned in on Rain's other side to kiss her.

The two pulled back after a moment, worried they were overwhelming her.

"Uh...." "...was that..." "...okay?" "...okay?"

The brothers were glad to have gifts to help move past any awkwardness as Rain pulled out bags for them. They each started laughing and smiling at the cute dolls. John even kissed his on it's nose. "These are awesome!" he said, grinning.

John grabbed the jar, turning in back and forth to look at the papers inside. It was going to take so much self control not to read the entire jar on the first day. "Can we read one now?" he asked, hopefully.