A Deceitful Wonderland

Chapter 11 caught

"Maybe we could y'know follow him, see where he goes, that sort of thing." Todomatsu said, shoving his hands into his pockets.

Osomatsu sighed, looking at Todomatsu as he furrowed his brows.

"I mean I guess its worth a shot. It's our best chance at learning something" Osomatsu said in a slightly hopeful tone.

In all honesty, Todomatsu couldn't believe how serious Osomatsu was acting.

He usually spoke in such a carefree tone, always making jokes and grinning but now..

"Come on lets go to bed Totty. Its almost 10pm"
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Karamatsu woke up in the middle of the night. His whole body was cold. What time even was it?

He quickly grabbed his phone, checking the time. 3am... Its way too early for him to be awake.

Karamatsu lied down, his back facing his older brother. He didn't have the will power to face him.

Karamatsu practically buried himself under the blankets, wanting nothing but total darkness.

He couldn't sleep.

For some strange reason that night his body just wouldn't allow him to.

A couple of minutes passed....

Still no luck.

He finally decided to get up. Since he couldn't sleep he figured that he should just get himself a glass of water.

He slowly crept down the stairs, careful not to make too much noise.

Once he was down the stairs the first thing he noticed was his mirror sitting in the corner.

He only glanced at it before proceeding to walk into the kitchen.

But something was stopping him. The smoothe glass surface of the mirror started glowing once more.

He heard soft and low whispers coming from it.

He didn't know why but the light of the mirror always seemed to kind of put him in a trance every time he saw it.

He always felt really calm, hearing the soft sounds of the whispers as well. He never knew why he always felt the urge to get closer it was almost as if he was hypnotized by it.

Slowly, he walked towards it, sitting down on his knees and listening to the soft voices that came from the other side of the mirror.

From there he could make out most of what Osomatsu was saying to him.

"Ka...m..tsu.
..sh..dn't...ou..
be..s..l..p?"

"I well.. I couldn't go back to sleep so..." Karamatsu replied, not taking his eyes off of the blue light that faintly glowed.

"Ah...I s...ee" the voice said blankly

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Osomatsu woke up to a tug at his shirt.

"Osomatsu niisan... Osomatsu niisan!" Todomatsu said, shaking his brother's arm.

"E-eh? Totty what do ya want?" Osomatsu said in a tired and slightly annoyed tone as he rubbed his eyes sleepily.

"Karamatsu niisan left. I think he went downstairs now's our chance come on!

Osomatsu got up as quickly as his body would allow him to. He slowly walked down the stairs, trying his best not to make any noise as Todomatsu followed behind him.

Osomatsu soon enough heard the sound of Karamatsu's voice along with a low whisper.

"The hell? Who is he talking to-" Osomatsu whispered, trailing off.

What he saw in the living room was Karamatsu, sitting down on his knees, his attention focused entirely on the mirror.

The surface of the mirror was glowing a faint shade of blue and there was distorted whispering coming from it.

Osomatsu couldn't understand what it was saying but Karamatsu seemed to.

He was talking back, having a full on conversation with it as Osomatsu stood there, motionless, not knowing what to do.

What scared him the most was that Karamatsu's eyes were devoid of emotion. He stared with a blank expression, with almost no life in his eyes.

It was almost as if the mirror had put him under a spell or a trance. Osomatsu had never seen such an expressionless face from the second born.

Karamatsu then reached out his arm, his hand going through the mirror. That's what really concerned Oso.

Osomatsu felt panic rising up inside of him. He only snapped out of it when Todomatsu shook his arm.

"Osomatsu niisan do something!" Todomatsu said, whisper yelling as Osomatsu tried to process what it was that had been said.

Osomatsu quickly made his way over to Kara, quickly snatching the mirror away.

Karamatsu snapped out of his trance, the emotion returning to his eyes. "O-osomatsu??" Karamatsu said "what are you doing?? Give it back!"

"Hell no! Not after what I just saw" Osomatsu yelled, clutching the mirror tightly in his grip.

Karamatsu's eyes widened as he gave a surprised and slightly fearful look

"Whatever you saw was no big deal okay? Just give it back!" Karamatsu yelled

Osomatsu only stared at Karamatsu, his glare sending shivers down the second born's spine.

"Karamatsu.. What the hell was that about just now!?" Osomatsu yelled, anger and concern in his voice.