It was very dark inside. I want to get out of here. Its so hard to breathe.
"Lili?" I heard Kai looking for me. Putting my eye through the small hole, I saw Kai standing before the cupboard Diego locked me in.
"Lili?" He called again. I wanted to scream that I was in here but Diego said I can't make any noise or I'll be disqualified. He said if I lose he won't let me play with them again.
Kai left the room getting no response. Why did he go? I don't want to stay locked anymore.
Kai came back again ten minutes later. Without even looking around, he rushed to the cupboard and unlocked the door from outside.
"Oh God, Lili! I was so scared. Are you okay?" How did he know I was here?
Will Diego be angry I was found out?
"Did Diego lock you in there?" He asked, clenching his fists in anger.
"We were just playing a game." I smiled, letting him know it was alright. "Big brother told me he will let me play everyday."
"How long were you in there?" Kai inquired, noticing my clothes drenched in sweat.
"Not long." I tried to pacify him. He was scary when he got angry.
"Wait here." He ordered before striding out of the room. I followed him even though he told me to wait. And I was glad I did because he was heading straight for the living room where Diego and Noah were playing a video game.
"Did you lock Lili in the cupboard?" Kai gritted out, taking out the cables. Noah sighed in relief when he saw me behind Kai. Did he tell him where I was? Was he jealous that Diego was playing with me?
"The heck, I was winning!" Diego exclaimed.
"Did you lock Lili in the cupboard?"
"We were playing a game, right Lili?" Diego turned to me with a sickly sweet smile.
"Kai, let's go." I nodded, pulling on Kai's sleeves.
"And when did you start that game of yours?" Kai asked, freeing his sleeve from my hand.
"Two hours? Maybe two and a half?" Diego pondered loudly.
"You locked your little sister in a cramped dark place for almost two hours?" Kai asked in disbelief.
"It sounds horrible if you put it like that." Diego defended.
"It is horrible! What if she had difficulties breathing? What if something happened to her?!" Kai shouted.
"I was actually hoping for that," Diego shrugged casually.
And that's when Kai lost it. He jumped on Diego and started throwing punches at him madly.
"Easy there, tiger." Diego mocked. It didn't even take Diego a second to flip Kai over and win the fight.
But Diego never was satisfied with just winning. He wanted to see his opponent writhing in pain for ever trying to go against him. And that's exactly what he did to Kai.
"You're lucky you are a girl." Diego spat at me. "I would've done much worse to you."
"Also, don't you dare ask me to let you play with us again." He warned before leaving with Noah.
I looked at Kai's lying figure. I know Diego didn't hurt him too seriously. But it must still pain a lot.
But instead of feeling bad for Kai,I felt angry at him for making Diego angry at me.
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Rheostat
Teen Fiction"It's not what we are but what we do that defines us." Aylin Black has come to believe that she deserves all the misfortunes life throws at her. Yet she refuses to back down. At least not without a fight. But as her past comes knocking at her door s...
