"You're not real! Not real! Not real… Not… Not real!" Alfred sat rocking back and forth while cradling his head in his hands. Mathew sat beside him smirking.
"Alfiiiiiee~ Come on! You know I'm real." Mathew slung his arm around Alfred's shoulder. He kept his smirk plastered on his face.
"You aren't!" Tears ran down his cheeks as he stared into violet eyes. He shoulders trembled trying to clear his mind.
"I am. You should believe me." Mathew's voice was sweet as molasses as he tried to persuade Alfred to see him as real.
Alfred just thrust his head between his legs shaking violently. His hands grabbed at his hair while he took ragged breaths trying to calm himself.
"You made me do it." He whispered with his voice low. Mathew could hear him though. He always heard him. He heard his thoughts even though he tried to keep them locked away. He was a devil.
"Alfie, I didn't make you do anything. You say I'm not real and if I'm not real I can't make you do anything. That's just a mess of contradictions." Mathew laughed and pats his shoulders.
Alfred shook his head and jumped up. He trembled staring at Mathew. His eyes shown with tears with which Mathew just seemed to find hilarious. Alfred just burst out laughing shaking his head violently. He pointed a finger at Mathew.
"You kept telling me to do it! You told me it'd make me feel better! This is your fault! Yours! I tried to do the right thing. I tried to tell the police! You said that they were against me! You said it! That they would do bad things if I told them!" Mathew just leaned back onto both of his hands. His head tilted to the side innocently.
"Alfie, just sit down." Mathew let his legs stretch out.
Alfred looked at him like he was nuts. He shook his head and brought his arms around himself. He kept shaking his head.
"I don't wanna!" Mathew's smirk faltered and he stood up. Taking a step towards Allred he brought his arms open to him.
"Don't be such a stick in the mud! The police don't suspect a thing. You're in the clear. Just relax!"
Mathew pulled him into a hug kissing his cheek.
Alfred tensed in his arms and the relaxed. He couldn't argue with that. To the police and everyone else he was just a kid with a cheery attitude and a dead brother. He acted normal around them so there was no reason to suspect that he had actually killed him.
"Arthur… I miss him…" Alfred looked into Mathew's eyes. He could see a flicker of amusement in them. As much as that hurt, he knew Mathew was the only one looking after him. He was the one who got him out of all the tough situations. Alfred looked away from him.
"Don't worry, Alfie. He was doing bad things to you. We just made him go away. I make all the bad people go away. You know that, don't you?" Alfred looked back into Mathew's eyes. He nodded his head.
"Mathew, you'll never leave me will you?" That flicker of amusement happened again. He looked away.
"I could never leave you, Alfie. I love you." He couldn't bring himself to look back into those eyes. He couldn't stand to know if he was lying or not.
His response died within his mouth.
A.N./ This is for Uwayna35 who said I had free reign.