The Guilty

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     He sneered. "You sadistic bastard- did you do it?"

"No," I'd replied dismissively, grinning as I rolled my eyes at him. He glared and snarled at me, obvious contempt in his expression.

"Do I look fucking stupid to you??" he demanded, leering down at me and stepping closer furiously.

My eyes had widened the slightest bit as I stumbled back in faux fear, tripping over a chair and falling down onto the floor. I can remember how I controlled the smallest, most minute details in my expression. I refused give a single thing away.

"Um-" I swallowed my saliva. "Uh, I'm guessing that yes isn't the correct answer here."

I flashed a grin at him, my expression morphing into a more aggressive, threatening one as I slowly picked myself up from the floor, brushing off my clothes.

"You've underestimated me again, dearest," I had cooed in a sycophantic tone. "I hope you haven't forgotten how well that ended up working for you last time."

I watched him in amusement as he flinched at the memory. I'd heard the others said they felt a chill rush down their spines and their skin prickling every time they heard the story - no doubt it'd be much worse for him, having lived it. I watched in delight as he tensed, looking like a deer caught in headlights. 

My grin widened. "I'll take it you haven't." Smirking, I raised an eyebrow as if in consideration. "Although I must say, I do tend to be pretty memorable." 

I laughed coldly and he trembled. This time he was the one anxiously swallowing his saliva - and I could tell it wasn't an act.

I watched him as he mustered everything he could, and finally spoke in a tone of quiet fury, no doubt his mind frantically trying to calculate how he could get out of this situation. "What do you want from me?"

All I gave him in return was another, more sardonic laugh, and then an icy glare. He had gotten on my nerves most of the time, but at least he was a palpable source of entertainment.

"If I recall correctly," I pointed out threateningly, "you were the one that came to me." I paused for emphasis, and the next time I spoke my tone hardened. "So I suppose I may as well ask you the same thing.

"So how about it?

"Brother."

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Author's Note

Hey!! Author here. Can y'all tell that I'm writing this at 12 am on a school night?

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