Denial and Betrayal - Fushimi Saruhiko x OC

Chapter 14

"Get in." One of the Blues ordered as he roughly shoved Saruhiko through the door.

"I was the one who invited him here." The Blue King said, looking up from his jigsaw puzzle.

"Yes Captain!"

"...What is that?" Saruhiko asked, looking at the giant pile of puzzle pieces beside the king.

"Jigsaw puzzle. Haven't you seen one before?"

"I have, but has this got to do with your work?"

"No, it's merely my hobby."

"...Do you have too much free time or what..." He muttered.

"It's precisely that I do not have free time that I bring it to my workplace."
"You came at a great time, here, I'll share half of these."
"Please piece together as many as you can."

"Hah? Why should I do that?" Grumbling, Saruhiko sat down in front of the king.

"Oh? Could it be that this is not your forte?"
"Pardon me then, I shouldn't have asked."

Slightly ticked off, Saruhiko replied, "...If you absolutely must know I'm actually not bad at this."

The Blue King began speaking as he placed his first piece on the mat, "Regarding Minato Akito leaving Suoh's domain, I heard you were the one who leaked the information to us."

"I did it to steer Homra clear of any trouble, that's all." Saruhiko said.
"I have no intention to use this as a bargaining chip on betraying to your side."

"Haha, I never thought of taking it that way." The king chuckled.
"It's not worthy enough for a chip."
"Besides, there is always a possibility for traitors to betray again."
"I wouldn't even consider placing that kind of person at hand."
"I guess it's because I'm a coward."

"Weren't you the one who said we would be useful chess pieces?" Saruhiko thought, quite angry now.

The king continued. "In the past week when the Minato brothers were hiding, we have been recieving reports on strains getting attacked for no appparent reason."
"All were 'Risk 3' level strains, which means they are not subjects of restriction, but are kept tabs on due to their high risk for causing problems."
"They all stated that the assailants were a duo calling themselves 'Scepter 4'."
"Habari Jin's Scepter 4 is the one and only authentic Scepter 4 to carry out the duty of supervising strains."
"I'm really hated. Unlike me, Suoh is adored by his Clansmen."

"It's no different from monkeys gathering around their leader..." Saruhiko mused.

"I see, do you mean this is like animal instinct?"

"Doesn't this come with a reference picture?" He asked, interrupting the serious talk.

"I threw it away by mistake." The king replied.
"I can work it out by memory though."
"It's Sagrada Familia."
"There are 10,292 pieces in total, which will take up the space of two tatami mats when finished."

"Ten thousand..."

"Just the thought if it is overwhelming, the theme is overwhelming too."

"...Very skillfull indeed." He commented, noticing the few pieces Saruhiko connected.

"I see you can get the hang of things real quick, ever since childhood." The king said, putting together his own pieces.
"You must have done well in school too."
"The teachers probably don't have anything they can teach you."

"Did you feel, discontent and depressed everyday because people who are inferior to you can take a superior position merely because they are older?"
"In other words, you hope to be led only by someone who's overwhemingly more outstanding than you."

"Look who's talking." Saruhiko grumbled, dropping the puzzle piece he was holding.
"Those who talk nonstop like some know-it-all are whom I most-"

What is... He doing?
Saruhiko watched the king in slight awe as he placed down piece after piece.

"Simply turning away is a thing anyone can do. Don't you agree?" The king said.
"If the world bores you, why not construct one yourself?"
"With your own hands, reconstruct the order, principle, and framework of this world."

Sighing, he said, "That's why I dislike the nature of the Red Clan."
"All they do is destroy, and never did they consider how to rebuild."
"Such an ignorant bunch."

"...I'm leaving now." Saruhiko informed as he stood up and turned to the door."

"...I would really like to have, a hidden weapon user."

Saruhiko turned around and glared at him before saying, "If, I'm just saying, If, I want to change clans, is that possible?"

"Frankly speaking, it never occurred to me that I'd hear this from you."
"Did something happen?" He questioned.

"...Something, how do I put this."

"CAPTAIN!" He was interrupted by a the call of a blue clansmen bursting through the door.

"GYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Saruhiko looked back to that familiar chilling laugh that haunted him. Finding his father at the doorway, in a Scepter 4 uniform.

Seething, Saruhiko grabbed one of his knives, preparing to throw it.
"You don't know when to stop do you!?"

"Fushimi-kun!" The Blue King interrupted and rushed forwards, tightly grabbing onto the arm holding onto the knife, causing him to drop it.

The figure of Fushimi Niki dissolved into the shocked face of a Blue clansman.

"E-Emergency! A red clansman just-"

"Wait." He was cut off.

"But... But Captain?"

"Fushimi-kun." The king started.
"Do you have an explanation for this?"
"If you do, you need to say it now."
"If not, based on the current situation, the only explanation is that the red clan sent an assassin into my quarters in order to kill my clansmen."

"...I mistook him for someone else." Saruhiko admitted.
"This isn't Homra's instigation... It has nothing to do with them."

"Mistook him for someone else?" The King pondered.
"In that case, It can't be helped, we'll overlook this incident."

"Captain?!" Came the confused cry from the was about to be attacked Blue.

"...I'm leaving." Saruhiko muttered, getting ready to leave again.

"Fushimi-kun, a moment please."
"You forgot this." The king said, holding out Saruhiko's PDA to him.

"As for what you said earlier, my place isn't a sanctuary for children who got into trouble to take refuge in."
"I do not need anyone who cannot solve their own problems."

"Why did I say that kind of nonsense...?"
Saruhiko wondered, thinking back to the question he asked about changing clans.

"Let me give you a hint." The king called.
"You might have caught a cold."
"I think this is enough for you to understand."
"After all, you are who Suoh's right hand man is expecting to become his successor."