Chapter 46: The Hunt for the Idiot King

"Where," I hiss.

"Where is he?"

Rika, Toujo, and Hiroto all flinch.

Good.

They should.

They knew. They watched me all night believing a lie.

(A tiny part of my brain knows that's not fair. The rest of my brain doesn't care.)

"He- he's on the balcony!" Hiroto squeaks, pointing. "He's playing a game! He doesn't know we 'leaked the script'!"

I don't say 'thank you'.

I turn.

My feet crunch on the broken coffee mug.

I don't care.

I stalk out of the kitchen.

I am a storm. I am a typhoon. I am 'Bloody Twilight' at full power.

All that embarrassment. All that 'bad sushi' feeling in my stomach.

It is gone.

It has been replaced by ice.

I am going to end him.

I slam open the glass door to the balcony.

WHAM.

Daiki jumps a foot in the air.

"Gah! Twilight! You scared me! I almost dropped my 'Legendary Loot'!"

He's grinning.

He's holding his phone.

He has no idea.

He looks at me. His *stupid, *smug, 'I'm the hero' grin.

"Hey," he says, his voice all soft like last night. "You okay? You look a little..."

His grin falters.

He sees my face.

"Uh... Twilight? What's... what's wrong?"

I walk forward.

Slowly.

He instinctively takes a step back.

He hits the railing.

He's trapped.

Good.

"Daiki," I say.

My voice is not my voice.

It is low. And dangerous.

It's the voice I use on bullies.

"Y-yeah?" he stammers.

He's not the 'King' anymore.

He's a scared little gamer.

"You lied to me," I state.

It's not a question.

His face goes white.

White. As Fuji's stupid hair.

"Wh-what? Lied? No! I... I never..."

"You. Lied."

I am right in front of him.

I poke his chest. Hard.

He winces.

"You let me believe you were my 'hero'."

I poke him again.

"You let me... 'thank' you."

Poke.

"You let me smile at you."

Poke.

"You stole his 'credit'. Didn't you?"

His mouth opens and closes.

He looks like a fish.

"I- I... Twilight, it's not like that!" he sputters.

"It's EXACTLY like that!" I roar.

All my 'calm' is gone.

I am just furious.

"You STOOD THERE! While I was NOT BREATHING! You just SHOOK ME!"

"Who told you?!" he snaps. Defensive.

"THEY ALL TOLD ME!" I scream. "Rika! Toujo! Hiroto! Everyone who ACTUALLY WATCHED!"

"They- those idiots!"

"Don't blame THEM!" I shove him. Not a poke. A shove.

"You lied! To my FACE! You let me feel 'grateful' to you! You let me think... you let me think... UGH!"

I can't even say it.

'Like'.

I am so angry I want to punch the ocean.

"I did pull you out!" he shouts, finding his voice. "I did! Me and Fuji! I got to you first!"

"But YOU DIDN'T SAVE ME!" I yell.

"I FROZE, OKAY?!"

His scream is louder than mine.

I stop.

He's breathing hard.

He's shaking.

"I froze," he whispers.

This is not what I expected.