Two

*"I know it might be embarrassing for you to hear, but I like the feeling, holding someone close. I guess even I have my attachment to it, but I do feel like I’m doing something wrong because it’s her."*

## Physical description

### First Mentioned

Chapter 3: Rest One - Numbers

Two is a prisoner in Ten's group at the facility.

## Appearance

Two shares similar features as his fraternal twin sister, Three: hazel eyes, light freckles, and soft red hair.

Like all the male prisoners, he dons a colored pants and shirt set — red, in this case.

## Story

### Past

When he is first interviewed by Gale, Two expresses desire of wanting to see his sister to make sure she was okay, and questions if his dad knew if they were both there.
### The Facility

Two is overseen by Jonathan Giordano, who tries his best to care for him despite Two's dislike of the man.
Sometime before Ten's arrival to the facility, he already had a sexual relationship with his sister as a means to help her cope with the abusive environment of the facility.
Early in Ten's stay at the facility, she stumbled upon Two pleasuring Three in the gardens. Two confirms afterwards that he does it as a means to take of Three and to make sure she doesn't sprial down mentally, despite knowing it's wrong. Three, however clings to their sexual relationship and Two himself. When Pickle emerges at that facility later on, Two becomes self-aware of how often he's around his sister and realizes she can't cling to him forever so that he can find himself.
Throughout the story, Two is protective of Three and is generally around when she's around. Otherwise, he enjoys playing games and has a fun and joking nature when interacting with the other numbers.
## Personality

Two is very laid back and seeks fun through things like playing games, all in order to keep his mind off of serious topics.

Due to his sister's difficulties of opening up to anyone else, she only opens up to him, and this tendency eventually leads to a incestual relationship. However, while Three develops legitimate feelings and issues of depencency on him, Two only feels responsibility as a brother who loves her, and tries to make sure she is taken care of. However, he recognizes her strong feelings and desires over the idea of falling in love and having someone love her, and he initally feels he's the only one who can give that to her even if he doesn't want to.

Two isn't very good at expressing feelings into words, as evidenced when he was dragged by Eight to speak to Cyrus about his falling out with Violet and expressed hesitance at doing so. It turns out that Eight carried most of the "emotional" conversation (as much as he denies it) while Two listened on.

When Two forms a friendship with Pickle who arrives at the facility later in story, he stops seeing Three as often, leaving her to hang out with his friend and keep his mind off of things he'd rather not linger on. Two eventually realizes Three's codependency of him isn't healthy and that she needs to find other support systems outside of just him. While he still cares for Three deeply, he's at an impasse now realizing that he's also losing himself as his sister's crutch.

## Sexuality

Two is accepting of sex if only on his own terms, and has explicitly stated he’s "not exactly into the same sex", thus heterosexual. He has shown prior physical attraction to previous Numbers in the past, namely Amber.

## Relationships

### **Three**

Three and Two are both fraternal twins, and it's evident in Three's interview with Gale that they had a close relationship prior to their arrival at the facility. The twins however, share an incestual relationship while at the facility. Two reasons with Ten that it's not because he wants to, but rather due to Three's tendency to shut down and sink in her emotions silently. Two appears to be the only other person she opens up to, and she clings to him emotionally and physically.
It's evident that Two cares deeply for his sister and will do anything he can to ensure she doesn't emotionally spiral due to her frail nature. He feels responsible for her as a brother, and due to the belief that he is the only one who can truly care for his sister, even sexually. Two is well aware that what they have is wrong and unhealthy but can't trust anyone else to care for her.
Three often clings to Two and will join the other numbers as long as he's around. The two of them are generally in the rec rooms around the same time due to the closeness of their doctors (Nathaniel and Jonathan respectively).
Overtime, Two slowly starts distancing from Three after finding a friend in Pickle and consequently wanting to spend more time with him instead. Due to spending more time without Three around, he's become self aware how often she clings to him and he struggles with his want to care for her while maintaining his need to find himself as an individual. While he still cares for Three, he realizes that she can't continue to cling on to him and that she needs to adapt to changing relationships.
### **Ten**

When Ten walks in on Two pleasuring his sister in the gardens, Two realizes immediately that she had seen them. He asks to speak with her shortly after the encounter and reasons with her that he does it as a means to take of Three, and expresses that as the only person she seems to trust, he's the only one who can fulfill her emotionally and sexually.
Throughout the story, Two tries to hide this with the other numbers and Ten knowingly helps play it off. After Pickle's arrival, Two vents to Ten about his conflicting feelings of still wanting to be there for his sister but also needing to find himself as an individual outside of his relationship with her.
Both Two and Ten have a budding friendship as Two tends to open up to Ten about his thoughts and frustrations. This only ends up strengthened as Two's distress with Three goes on, and after he winds up witnessing the death of Charlie alongside Ten and has to grieve in secret with her.
### **Jonathan Giordano**

Like all the numbers, Two dislikes his doctor and doesn't share the same sexual preferences as Jonathan. Visits with him are likely awkward and a chore for Two. However, Jonathan still makes an effort to treat him gently and take care of him when he can. Their relationship is otherwise not explicitly outlined, but Two seems not to want to go over it much.
### **Nathaniel Miles**

Nathaniel has a general affinity towards Two due to being Three's twin and Jonathan's Number. Two and Three often have check ups at similar times and are dropped off in the rec rooms simultaneously due to Nathaniel and Jonathan's closeness. Like most Numbers, Two does not like nor appreciate any of the doctors. While he acknowledges Nathaniel doesn't hurt her, he still despises that he and his sister are at the mercy of the facility.
### **Pickle**

Two was initially neutral towards the new Number but they quickly became budding friends. He finds himself wanting to spend more time with Pickle due to relating to him (being a male with the same sense of humor and the same jovial energy as Two) and enjoying laughs and games together. In hanging out with Pickle more and more, he realizes his sister's codependency of him isn't healthy and that she needs to find other support systems outside of him.
### **Eight**

Both Eight and Two can tolerate each other but, Two finds him hard to relate with due to his serious nature that contradicts with Two's more relaxed, happy-go-lucky nature. Despite this, it's been said Eight and Two can double down and get along for things if need be, especially when it comes to consoling Cyrus.
### **Monica Santos**

There hadn't been a direct interaction between Two and Monica in the story but Two has a feeling of familiarity with Monica for reasons still unknown.
### **Tanner**

Two does not like Tanner as someone who threatens his own livelihood, that of his friends, and that of his sister. When Tanner creates chaos among the group in chapter 89, Two tries to speak up against Tanner, and later rushes to protect his sister from him when Tanner appears to threaten her.
## **Trivia**

*Most of these are pulled from asks featured on the author’s tumblr*

* **Fashion Aesthetic:** *Two’s more of a t-shirt and jeans kind of guy who doesn’t care about high fashion*
* Two's Meyer Briggs type is ENFJ

## Gallery

Doctor! Two and Three, for funTwo and Three in random clothes, for funTwo in more random clothes