Devil in the Shadows

Schizophrenia

"What the fuck is this?" Minhyuk screamed at the maid standing a few feet away from him.

"It's your morning coffee sir." The maid replied in a low voice. Her head hung low.

"Do I look like a fool to you? Huh?" Minhyuk yelled again. He forcefully pushed the chair back and it made a screeching sound as it rubbed against the hardwood floor then fell down with a thud.

"Get out of my face. Don't even know how to make decent coffee..." Minhyuk muttered and stormed upstairs leaving the poor maid to clean up after the mess.

Minhyuk paced in his room scratching his head and muttering things. He hasn't showered in days. His room looked like a war zone with all the papers and documents spread over the bed.

"Fucking hell" he cursed when his toe hit the foot of the bed.

Mun was waiting for Kai in the living room.

"Appa, you asked for me." Kai entered the room and politely stood in front of his father.

"Yes. Sit down. I need to talk to you about something." Mun gestured for him to sit down.

"What is it Appa?" Kai asked curiously.

"I am worried about your brother." Mun replied sadly.

"What happened to him? I thought he was doing okay." Kai was confused.

"I thought so too. But yesterday his assistant called and said he is really stressed out and I don't know if something is wrong with him." Mun sighed sadly.

"What do you mean Appa? Didn't you settle the debts and other investors?" Kai asked.

"Yes I did. I think the stress and pressure is taking a toll on him. Can you do one thing? Can you visit him and make sure he is okay?" Mun asked Kai politely.

"Yeah....sure Appa. I will check on him." Kai assured his father.

"Thank you my son. I know you both aren't on good terms but I appreciate you doing this for me." Mun told his son.

"Don't worry Appa. He is my brother and I will look out for him." Kai replied and left Mun in the living room.

Mun smiled wickedly and lit up a cigar.

Minhyuk was standing at the door of his washroom. He has all the lights switched on yet he couldn't get inside the washroom. He felt claustrophobic. He felt like someone was watching him all the time. Every where he moved he felt a set of powerful eyes. He smashed every cameras in the house last night as he couldn't sleep.

Every time his phone rang, it made him jump out of fear. He couldn't leave the house. Sometimes he felt like there was blood on the floor. His mother's blood.

He had nightmares which got worse every single day. One day he saw the maid talking to somebody outside the gate and his suspicions began. He always watched her. He felt like she was poisoning him. He even discussed this with his father but he wouldn't remove the maid no matter what. That's when he refused to eat the food she made. For starters he would make her eat the food before eating himself. The only thing he trusted her making was the coffee as it was directly from the machine. He would even ask her to make it in front of him. But today she made it earlier and it irated him.

He wanted to talk to somebody about this so badly but his father rarely visited and his sister or brother never talked to him after his scandal.

As Minhyuk paced around the room dwelling in his thoughts, the door opened revealing Kai.

"Kai..." Minhyuk smiled brightly seeing his younger brother. He rushed over to hug him.

Kai looked confused with the affection but he didn't stop his brother from hugging him.

"You are here." Minhyuk said to him excited.

"Are you alright?" Kai asked hesitantly.

"Yes...yes... ofcourse. Why wouldn't I be?" Minhyuk chuckled a little and replied. He gestured Kai to sit down. But Kai looked around at the condition of the room. It was dirty and filled with papers.

"Oh sorry. I didn't get time to clean the room. Here come...sit here." Minhyuk led Kai to the part of the couch which was empty.

"It's okay." Kai replied and sat down

"How's business going?" Minhyuk asked awkwardly.

"All good." Kai replied. The silence was really bothersome.

"Listen you should get out of this place. I mean look at your room." Kai replied after a while.

"I will. I just need some time." Minhyuk said.

"Time for what?" Kai asked confused.

"See I have a lot of things going on with me right now. I... I am sorry for treating you like shit in the past...I was blinded with rage. I always thought you were the reason our mom died. But all these while....I was so shocked to know our own father killed our mother." Minhyuk gritted his teeth out.

"What the fuck? You mean to say Appa killed our mom? I knew there was something wrong with you but bruh this is so freaking sick." Kai abruptly stood up and screamed.

"You have to believe me. I have the proof....wait...let me show you." Minhyuk stood up and started digging through the pile of papers like a madman.

Kai watched his brother crawl on top of the pile of papers checking each and every thing.

"I am outta here. You are crazy bro." Kai started to walk towards the door but all of a sudden he felt his back hit the wall.

"What did you just say.?" Minhyuk growled threateningly. He had Kai pinned to the wall dangerously.

Kai felt scared of his brother for the first time.

Minhyuk looked into Kai's eyes. He felt himself losing control and pressed Kai a little harder. A startled voice from the door grabbed Minhyuk's attention.

The maid stood there with hands over her mouth and watched the siblings. She could feel the tension and the threatening way Minhyuk had locked Kai.

He quickly stood back up and straightened Kai's shirt.

"I am sorry....I just lost it... Thank you for stopping by. I think you should leave now. I will call you back when it's time." Minhyuk wiped his hands on his pants nervously.

Kai glared at him but didn't respond and he left the room quickly. He didn't even bother saying goodbye.

Once outside the house Kai picked his phone up and dialled his father.

"Appa...you are right. He has gone crazy. What do we do?" Kai asked as soon as his father picked up the phone.

Minhyuk stood in the room looking at the pile of papers. He scratched his head and screamed loudly before picking up the documents and throwing it all over the room again. He threw the pillows and bedspread away. The phone crashed on the wall with a loud thud. He pushed the coffee table to the ground. His head felt like exploding. He fell on his knees crying like a baby.

Jeongyeon looked at the screen drinking her beer. She quickly picked up the phone. She sent a message to Yeri. "Game on..."