Duality

Chapter 7

"The only person doing me wrong is in front of me right now. You are the mistake here; you are the insane one here not me." Amiya spits out as she jerks her hand away from the mirror.

The Amiya in the mirror widens her eyes and immediately looks at her angrily.

"How dare you blame me when I am the help that you seek so desperately?" the Amiya on the mirror questions with disbelief.

Amiya raises her eyebrow before she starts to laugh manically at her own reflection. This brings the chill in Amiya's reflection as she brings her hand to her side. Her smirk of victory sought through a dishonest technique turns into a gasp and look of horror.

"Oh Amiya, you are so naïve and dramatic over nothing. Actually, you are a fool if you thought that I would be you. You are a form of me that means nothing, pathetic simply pathetic really. The one who is mad, insanely psycho is right in front of me. Look at you now what happened Amiya, cat got your tongue, hmm?" Amiya snickers tediously while she enhances the attitude of her reflection from before.

The Amiya in the mirror feels her eyes fill with fear and surprise; she did not expect her own attitude to be bounced back to her in such a way. She looks straight into Amiya's eyes only to see nothing but devious and evil intent and darkness which falters her own gaze.

"N-No Amiya what are you doing? Come on you cannot treat me this way, I am your friend and support." Amiya in the mirror speaks with shock.

Amiya enjoys the presence she witnesses of her reflection as she stands tall and crosses her arms with a more twisted smirk on her face. She watches closely as her reflection visibly panics with sweat dripping from her forehead. The reflected Amiya looks down, her eyes travel from left to right in an unusual agitation.

"Hahaha, I never knew you can be or even look this pathetic. You are a miserable mess; even worse than how my dear friends were if I must confess. Why should you give me a bad name? Do not forget that is my face, my body, my thoughts, and words that you possess." Amiya mocks her reflection with strange enthusiasm and taunts her with no mercy.

Amiya thoroughly lives this moment of being in power and control over her reflection. She no longer is the one suppressed and trapped, she is the one with pride as her reflection stands in terror. Amiya runs her hands through her hair as if a new wave of power demanding attitude washes over her.

"Hmm, 'Amiya you forget yourself' no. Amiya you forget yourself, you forget where you stand next to me." Amiya says harshly towards her reflection as she mimics the Amiya in the mirror in a more mocking way.

Amiya points her finger at her reflection as if she meant nothing and holds no value at all. Her eye contact with her reflection creates a dominating aura which leads to her reflection to feel more endangered in her presence.

'Seeing this sight of hers is amusing, thrilling really. The confidence wearing off, her arms dropped. Her hands tremble as she looks at me with never ending fear. I feel as if something has aroused in me- I feel excited like the adrenaline of being in control rushes through my body.' Amiya thinks to herself with a more delirious smile plastered on her face and her eyes return to the cold and deathly gaze.

Amiya leans forward on the mirror with her hands clasped against the counter gripping it with her nails digging into it. Her face directly in front of her reflection, as she pokes her tongue in her inner cheek with a more overconfident smile.

"Amiya, you will regret this all your life." the reflection of Amiya barely stutters out.

Amiya stifles a snicker from hearing her words. Amiya takes this as a mere joke, her words hold no importance to Amiya. What a contradiction, the words that her reflection first said was for Amiya's idiocy in not listening to her. Now her words are trying to hold a firm ground even after being intimidated.

The Amiya in the mirror is speechless, not by choice but helpless. She suffers through everything that Amiya faced when she was the one taunted and mocked for her state of being. Karma is indeed a thing, and she knows how to display it accordingly to her benefit. Amiya rolls her eyes arrogantly as her laughter grows louder filled with malicious emotions.

"You are in my shadow, act like it. I am not your friend, know your worth." Amiya continues to show her reflection in her rightful place without sparing any remorse or pity.

The Amiya in the reflection jolts in shock and gasps in utter disbelief. Never has she expected Amiya to talk back to her like this. This is her own attitude that she deals with from Amiya's harsh words.

Amiya reminds herself of her reflections rightful place and worth, behind the scenes where no one knows and should know of her presence.

"No Amiya, we are friends. Come on you would not dare to leave me at a crucial time like this. You cannot treat me like this when I comforted you and gave you the chance to wipe your tears away for good." the Amiya in the mirror argues pathetically against Amiya who simply brushes off her words as if she were a queen and her reflection were a worthless little peasant.

"Hold on, were you not the one who called me weak?" Amiya eyes her reflection subtly as she questions her with a sneer.