Red Diamond

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Thanks for supporting me with the... okay, that annoyingly long author's note in the last chapter. I'm relieved to know that I didn't hurt anyone.

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And the others who reviewed this story in the beginning – where are you at? I'm missing you!

What shall I say about this chapter? It's gonna be just... crazy. Totally crazy. I hope you don't find it boring because I've been waiting to write this sequence all the way along.

References: Frozen (Disney)
Minions (scattered all over!)
Cars (Disney)
Tag you're it by Melanie Martinez
Titanic

Disclaimer: I do not own the anime or the references, just the plot and my OCs.

Chapter 25: The Idol's Payback

Sabrina's POV

A week had passed since the day Subaru confessed to me, and we haven't talked much. In fact, we hardly exchanged words, except for maybe a formality greeting or so. He was hardly seen in the house, and that was actually good for me, since I was accountable to his question and I certainly didn't want to reply to him, because not even my highest spirits would I want to date my step-brother. But saying that would hurt him; and I couldn't even say yes to his proposal. You're gonna hurt him either way. Why not reject him now?

"Let the things be the way they are." I mumbled, stepping out of the elevator to reach the fifth floor. That's how I had been going all through the week. Also, Wataru too wasn't in the house, since he had gone for an adventure camp for two days.

I reached the dining table and saw Fuuto sitting there, with some glass bottle in his hand. He instantly noticed my presence and happily greeted me, "Is that not nee-san?" Won a lottery or something? He looked unusually happy. "Hey there. What's up?" I said and walked to him.

Before continuing, let me say this: I completely forgot about the payback.

I sat next to him, and he said, "Didn't you tell me to share anything with you?"

"Yeah" I said.

"So, I just got an offer from one of those big-budget directors to star in his film." He happily said.

I exclaimed, "Really? That's great!"

"Wouldn't you celebrate with me?" He asked, a sly smile coming to light. I undecidedly said, "Sure." That proves to be one of the worst things I ever did, and has its place in my 'Not To Do' list.

He stood up and walked to kitchen, with me behind saying, "You don't need to do this. I can get something for you."

"It's okay." He said, opening the refrigerator, and pouring something into a glass. "Don't worry, that's cola." He said, handing me the glass. I looked at the glass, then back to him, and then drank its contents. It tasted unusually bitter.

"More?" He offered, and poured some more my glass before giving me than chance to consent in. I gulped it all, and this time it tasted better. And then another glass.

"So, how's life?" I asked, blinking my eyes. I kept my elbows on the table and rested my head in my hands. He said something, but I couldn't get most of it, just a few words in between. I was feeling dizzy. I closed my eyes for a second and opened them again, this time to see Fuuto's twin. Wait, what?

Then it dawned upon me.

"You jerk!" I angrily exclaimed, jumping out of my seat, "You drugged me!" He simply smirked.

"That's what you get for slapping Fuuto Asakura." He exaggerated his stage name, and smirked again.

"Really? I'm gonna do that again!" I said and swung my arm with an open palm, but I missed his face. I only looked at my hand which missed his face. The world was spinning around me.

And I cannot remember anything else from that evening...

Narrator's POV

She looked at her hand in defeat. How come was she not able to pull off the same act again? That wounded her ego, as Fuuto simply laughed in victory. She was triggered.

"How dare you!" She stomped her way to the kitchen, and came out a second later with a big knife. She evilly grinned, posing with the knife in her hands, "Now I'm not gonna miss!" Fuuto gulped as she stepped towards him with slow steps. He too, took slow steps back. Then she gained speed, and started running after him, while he ran for his life. Oh, his pretty face!

They ran in circles around the couches, with her throwing cushions on him and him dodging her poor throws. They were tired, and finally ended up behind a couch. Fuuto was curled up in a ball, begging for mercy, while Sabrina was hovering over him with the darkest smile on her face, and a dangerous aura surrounding her.

"Please... nee-san..." He begged to her, and she only laughed viciously.

"Apologize!" She shrieked.

"I'm so sorry!" Fuuto said, tightly closing his eyes.

"Haha you scaredy cat!" She teased him, dropping the knife and laughing; her dark smile vanished instantly. She turned and went to the kitchen. Fuuto got up to his feet, "Where are you going now?" He asked, dusting his clothes.

"Where's that whatever you mixed with my cola?" She asked, rummaging through the fridge.

"Um, that's over there" he pointed to the counter on the kitchen. She roughly grabbed the bottle and saw its label. "Mmm, some nice rum here." She read and took a large sip.

"What the hell!?"

"It's nice. Wanna try?" She offered him, but he rejected, finding it best to escape. However, Sabrina exclaimed the next minute, "How about a rum party here? Let's call everyone!" At that moment, Fuuto knew he screwed up.

She ran full speed to the elevator, with the half-filled bottle still in her hands, and boarded it. "Wait!" Fuuto said, before she waved to him and the doors shut in front of him. Now he was busted for sure.

Sabrina reached the third floor and knocked on the first door, which belonged to Iori. She knocked thrice, and then sang, "~Elsa? Do you wanna build a snowman?~" And ran to the next door. Iori opened his door to find Sabrina knocking on the next door, singing, "~Elsa number two? Do you wanna build a snowman?~"

"Sabrina?" Iori said, and Sabrina turned to him. He saw that she had half-closed eyes and a bottle in her hands. Upon examining it carefully, he came to know it was rum.

"Come here" He asked her, and she stepped in front of him, taking a sip. She reeked of alcohol.

"Have you been drinking?" He asked her, astonished. He didn't expect her to be drinking at such age.

"Oh, no, this holy water."

"Don't lie."

"Ask Fuuto." She said and ran into the elevator. Kaname opened his room's door. "Guess I heard your conversation." He said, peeping his head out the room. Iori face-palmed and Kaname laughed, saying, "It's going to get even more interesting"

O~O~O

"Yo there! Open up!" She screamed outside Tsubaki's room, banging his room's door. Everyone on the floor opened there doors to know the reason of the ruckus. Sabrina looked at everyone's faces and said, "Oh, everyone's awake? Did I make too much noise?"

"What happe- is that what I see?" Ukyo pointed to the bottle in her hands, and she happily nodded.

"Rum." Azusa said out aloud. She turned to him and exclaimed, "Bingo! You get a hundred thousand dollars from the monopoly game set!" At that moment, Yuusuke barged out of the elevator and yelled, "Are you drunk? Kaname nii-san told me so." He panted heavily. They all looked at him blankly for a moment before she clapped her hands and said, "Azusa-san, you get your money from him!"

"What?" Yuusuke asked, "Money?" She already ran to the almost closed elevator and pressed the button for fifth floor. Tsubaki sighed, lightly patted Yuusuke on his shoulder and said, "Never mind."

Sabrina reached the fifth floor, and saw a distressed Fuuto right away. "Oh Fuuto!" She exclaimed, running to him, "Haven't seen you in one-eighty years! Where have you been?" She embraced him on his side, and he nervously asked, "Did you tell anyone about this?"

"Yes, she did." Iori replied from atop the stairs, accompanied by Kaname, Ukyo, and Masaomi, folding their arms. Sabrina whistled. "Let the drums roll! Woohoo this was an epic entry!" The twins, Yuusuke, and Louis followed. They all

"Fuuto, that's illegal. You can be imprisoned for your act." Ukyo sternly said, and Fuuto looked away, "Whatever"

"Don't 'whatever' us! We're the 'Demon's Squad'!" Sabrina stated, "We specialize in detecting lies and deep-frying the culprits in vegetable oil. Here's our master chef – Rostranapito!" She opened her arms to Ukyo, and the sound of snickers followed. He just stood dumbfounded and embarrassed.

"Hard luck, Rostranapito..." Masaomi couldn't help but say.

"But don't worry; we won't have you in our menu because tulaliloo ti amo." She said, innocently smiling. Let's just say that she was the only one who understood what she said.

"Umm, what was that?" Tsubaki asked, and she said, "Po ka!? You don't know the minions?" She widened her eyes and made the sound of 'haww!'

"Sure I do..." Tsubaki sheepishly mumbled.

Kaname coughed, grabbing others' attention, "Let's get her out of here first. She's high already."

"No!" She shouted, "I won't!"

"You need to, Sabrina-chan." Louis said, "It'll be good for you."

"Nah!" She said and started running all over the place. The brothers ran after her, but couldn't catch her. Kaname, Louis, Masaomi, Ukyo, and Iori stood in the corner , tired after a little bit of chase, watching the scene unfold before their eyes. "Is this her first time?" Iori asked, and Masaomi replied, "Probably."

She dodged each one of the males, jumping from one sofa to another, and climbing the kitchen's counter, hanging from the railing of the podium, and God-knows-where. Finally, Azusa and Tsubaki caught her while she was about to jump from the high railing. Fuuto and Yuusuke too, gripped her legs and the twins held her upper body, while the brunette struggled to get out of their grip. "Stopa!" she cried, "I'll cut your fingers and have them in dinner!"

O~O~O

"Let me out of here! Poppadom radbad!" She knocked on her door and begged to the people outside her room, on the opposite side of the door. Those meanies had also taken her rum bottle!

"In Japanese!" Came Yuusuke's muffled voice from the other side. She stomped her feet like a kid a little kid and threw tantrums, "Pretty please! Yuusuke!"

"No."

"Please!"

"No."

"I beg you, my dear, uh, handsome, uh, beggar- oh, prince!"

"I said no."

Sabrina huffed and blew her cheeks. But then she looked at the balcony, and had an idea right away. She took out all the bed sheets from her cupboard and tied their ends to each other, and then hung them out of her railings bordering the balcony. She looked down – yeah, she had to go down four floors. She attached an end to the thin, white-colored railing and held the so-called 'rope' tight. She climbed over the railings and threw herself down, grasping the cloth tightly. Now, she was swinging in the air from the balcony of the fourth floor of Sunrise Residence.

"Wee! This is so good!" She happily cried out, swinging with the air. She gently slipped down. Yuusuke, on the other hand, heard that declaration and burst open the door of her room, to find her swinging in the air. "Sabrina!" He yelled, "What the heck are you doing?!"

"You should do this too!" She exclaimed, "It's so fun!" Yuusuke pulled the cloth up, so she was almost back to her floor, but she gripped the sewer pipe, which happened to be beside her, and transferred to the strong pillar.

"No! Please!" Yuusuke said, but she ignored him and slowly slipped down the pillar. When Yusuke knew he couldn't do anything else, he too, grabbed the pillar and slid down, closing his eyes, wishing for his dear life.

"Tsubaki! Azusa!" He called from the pillar, and the two appeared on the balcony and saw the two sliding down the pillar – one of them almost crying and the other one having the time of her life.

"How the hell did you reach here?" Tsubaki shouted.

"Just go downstairs and don't let her escape!" Yuusuke cried, and his foot slipped. He hugged the pillar tighter, now too afraid to slide down. Thus, he was stuck there, perhaps for the entire night.

Sabrina reached the end of the pillar and jumped to the ground. In front of her, she saw a car pulling up. It suddenly stopped, and she kept her hands on it, and said, "I really like your eyes, Lightening McQueen!"

Natsume stepped out of h=the car in question. She looked at his face, stunned, and then looked back to the car, saying, "You never told me you were pregnant!"

Natsume was taken aback by that statement and he asked her, "Sabrina? What's wrong?"

"It's the world that is wrong!" She exclaimed, "They lie about everything! They commit crimes, steal money, and eat free cakes. They should be punished! They-"

"Natsume! Catch her!" Masaomi exclaimed, the entire family running towards her (excluding Louis and Yuusuke). Before Natsume's mind could process what on earth was going on, she ran away at full speed. The brothers ran past him, while he could only look at them.

"What happened?" He joined in the run and asked Azusa, and he replied, "She's intoxicated! Catch her before she messes up!"

They saw her crossing the road, causing the cars to stop abruptly and cause traffic. They too, ran after her, with Natsume in the lead, and followed her into the park. Once inside, they saw that she had climbed the thin fence that separated the lake from the park. She danced and sang, "~Running through the parking lot; he chased me and he won't stop; tag, you're it! Tag, tag you're it!~"

"Sabrina, come down." Natsume ordered. She stuck out his tongue at him. He walked towards her, but tripped by a small stone and fell into the lake. She turned around and looked below, and saw him totally wet, ducks swimming around him, and smiled and said, "You jump, I jump." And with that, she jumped into the lake with him.

The rest could only watch silently. "Um, and that's from Titanic." Kaname remarked, ending the awkward silence.

O~O~O

"You know how we drive? Like weeee!" She chirped on the way back, supported by Natsume and Masaomi. She had been muttering nonsense ever since. Just as they reached the entrance, they saw Louis standing in front of the large pillar, holding folded metal stairs, looking at Yuusuke, who was still holding onto the pillar below the fourth floor.

"Yuusuke, slide down a bit. I have the stairs ready." Louis said, unfolding the stairs, while Yuusuke looked down at him in fear, closed his eyes, and hid his face in his arms, "No! That's too scary!"

"Yuusuke..." Louis sighed. He had been trying to convince the redhead to come down ever since the others left, but he had been stubborn as hell.

"Yuusuke!" Sabrina enthusiastically called for him, and his face heated up in embarrassment. Sabrina let go of the two males holding her, and slightly swaying, made her way to the end of the pillar. "If you don't come down this instant, I will, uh... yes! I will leave with Natsume!" She threatened with a silly smile on her face.

"Huh?" Natsume said as the others eyed him suspiciously.

"What! No!" Yuusuke said and quickly slid down the pillar, reaching over to her and saying, "You're going nowhere!"

"Yes, boss!" She saluted him, making a military pose, while still swaying side to side, and laughed.

"That sure was... magical." Masaomi stated, and Ukyo nodded. Kaname smirked, standing next to Natsume, and said in a low voice, "He's just sick." Natsume looked at him quizzically but said nothing. Upon his silence, Kaname continued, "Sick with a disease that doesn't have a cure, but so beautiful. I suffer from the same aching, but I would love to keep suffering from it." They both looked at Sabrina, laughing like a maniac, and Kaname asked, "Do you too?" Natsume tilted his head to the side before walking off to his car.

"It seems like we had enough drama for the night, so I guess I should be leaving." He announced. Sabrina extended his hand towards him and dramatically said, "Don't go!"

"You should take her to her room, Yuusuke." Ukyo commanded, and he wrapped his hand around her shoulders and took her to her room, with the brunette giggling.

O~O~O

"Can you go to sleep now?" Yuusuke asked, sitting on her bed, constantly trying to put her to sleep but failing. She crossed her arms and said, "I wanna talk!"

"Okay, then." Yuusuke sighed, accepting his defeat, "About what?" Sabrina thought and thought and thought, and finally said, "You decide."

"Me?" Yuusuke said, and an idea struck his mind – why not try 'practicing' his proposal to her? She wouldn't even remember it. He cleared his throat, and held her hands. She simply looked at him in question.

"Sabrina, I..." He fumbled, blushing crimson, "I, uh, wanted to say something to you from I don't know how long..." Sabrina was reminded of Subaru's confession, and she gulped. One could easily tell what Yuusuke was intending to say by observing his body language and the strong blush on his face.

Not giving him a chance to say anything else, Sabrina immediately said, "Wait! Are you going to say something cheesy?"

"Uh, yes."

"Don't."

"Huh? I just wanted to tell you that I lov-" He said but Sabrina interjected by putting her finger on his lips, and said, "Just don't." They remained silent for a bit, and Sabrina crawled up to him and kissed him on his cheek, intensifying his blush.

She said, "Promise me that you'll never say I love you." He was stunned, but asked, "Why?"

"Promise first, reason later." She demanded, and he sulked and agreed, "I promise."

"Good. The reason? I can't afford to lose a brother." She simply stated, and the word 'brother' stung him. He still tried to reason in vain, "But you won't lose a... brother."

"You don't understand!" She exclaimed, loosely slamming her hand on the pillow beside her, "I've already lost one, and it feels terrible." She referred to Subaru here, but Yuusuke got it all wrong, and said, "I know, Arnav's death must've been hard for you."

Arnav. Arnav. That triggered her. It brought back a lot memories, some of which were the ones she could always treasure, but the last one being his corpse. She remained silent for a while, thinking just of him. Maybe because of the alcohol, she repeatedly saw the scene of him in the car, washed with blood, and then his corpse. Tears began brimming in the corners of her eyes.

"No God I can't cry!" She yelled at herself, letting a few drops fall down, which then lead to overflow of the emotions she had stored inside her all this while. Yuusuke hugged her, saying, "No! It wasn't your fault! His death was an accident!"

She fiercely pulled away. "No! I was the one who caused my family's death! If I didn't let them go that night, then it would've been fine. All of them must've been alive..." She began with a yelling pitch, but slowed down eventually as she proceeded with what she had to say. Yuusuke looked at her – the ever-so-strong girl breaking down in tears, crying unstoppably. It hurt to see her like that.

"I'm so pathetic." She blamed herself and broke into another fit of tears. Yuusuke hugged her from the side, stroking her hair, saying, "No, it wasn't you. It was never you. It was all destined to happen." She continued sobbing against his chest. "Calm down." He said, "Don't talk about that." She slightly nodded, her sobs decreasing. She was breathing heavily, leaning against his chest as he held her thin body to his side. The stayed like that for some time, before he felt her breath getting shallower, and saw that she had fallen asleep with a tear stained face.

He laid her down, covered her with a blanket, and kissed her forehead, and left her alone in the room, shutting the lights, letting the darkness of the night draw her in.

Didn't come out as I expected it, but yes, just got my point across. And yes, she cried, finally... The ending had to be this way, so I hope you didn't find it boring. I was pretty enthusiastic to write the chapter, but yeah, the exams really don't help. It took my four days to write this little chapter.

Plus, tomorrow is my mom's birthday! So I've been busy preparing for her. Hope you understand :)

Meaning of Minions' words - tulaliloo ti amo: We love you
Po ka: What?
Were there any other? I'm not sure; didn't get enough chances to insert the phrases.

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Yours Truly
Diamond Shyn