Secrets

All harm done. All of it.

It stung. Why did it sting? What just happened? Todomatsu's mind was a blur.

Choromatsu standing over him, cold fury illuminating his face.

Karamatsu was kneeling next to Osomatsu placing cold rags over his head, while obviously panicking.

Jyushimatsu stood, mouth closed and eyes wide but focused.

Ichimatsu sitting speechless, trembling ever so slightly.

There was something else, standing over Osomatsu, too.

But Osomatsu was unconscious? Why was he standing-

"ANSWER ME!" Choromatsu's voice snapped him out of it.

He turned to face Choromatsu, a dazed look seeping through his expression.
"this wasn't supposed to happen."

He let his voice trail off.

Choromatsu released his grip on Todomatsu's collar. Todomatsu hadn't even noticed he was being held up.

"todomatsu. explain what you did, and you better do it quick." Choromatsu didn't sound like Choromatsu anymore. His voice held an iciness, a feeling of pure dread accompanying it.

"Yes, nii-san. But you might want to sit down." His voice was trembling. He was trembling. When had he started trembling? He didn't know. He didn't know anything anymore.
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Soon, they were all seated on the floor, on top of the now wrinkled futon. Todomatsu could feel five eyes boring into his skull. Wait- five? Oh yeah. The 'Truth' was here too.

"So i'll start from the beginning.."

He told them about how he had read the article, how he had gone to Dekapan, and about sneaking the pill into Osomatsu's food.

It was at that part Jyushimatsu and Ichimatsu had to hold Choromatsu back from obliterating Todomatsu where he sat. The Truth did nothing.

"you-you DRUGGED YOUR OWN BROTHER, FOR A PRANK!?" he screamed, desperately trying to claw his way out of the arms restraining him.

Todomatsu shrink back in on himself. His cheeks burned. Choromatsu was right. What he had done was despicable.

But there was something bothering him more. The Truth hadn't done anything. It hadn't even spoken aside from uttering barely half a sentence a while ago.

"Choromatsu. Osomatsu's waking up." came Karamatsu's voice. Funny. He had stopped pretending to be painfully cool.

Osomatsu sat up, wincing and rubbing his eyes. He hissed in pain.

"What the hell? My eyes are literally on fire." he groaned as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.

"Well, since you were bleeding black...gunk, i'd say it's not too bad." Karamatsu helped his brother up.

"Wait, what just happened? I can't remember anything-HOLY SHIT WHO IS THAT-" he suddenly yelled as he launched himself away from The Truth.

"Oh, that's the Truth that you've apparently been hiding from all of us." came Ichimatsu's nonchalant voice from the back of the room.

"EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?"

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Osomatsu found himself standing directly across from another version of himself.

What.

The new matsu looked unsettlingly like him. He decided that he didn't like this new matsu.