(Thursday - Afternoon)

Gran didn't know what to do. He didn't want to leave Midorikawa, but he also did not want to be the reason for his death. He wanted to believe that Kenzaki was throwing an empty threat, yet he knew that human meant what he said. From his perspective, there really was no way out of this situation.

All he had one was one more day to decide and he hadn't even spoken to Midorikawa about this. Then again, he couldn't.

'I will know if you speak about this to Ryuuji. Tell him nothing. Break his heart. Make him hate you. If you don't, then I assure you he will meet a very unfortunate fate.'

Teal eyes glanced over the paper he was given (again). Reading the first set of instructions, it made him sick to his stomach. How could he even dare to think about hurting Midorikawa? This human had done so much for him, he saved him, cared for him, showed him little wonders of this planet. He never once treated him like an outsider.

The human had grown to be a friend, someone who Gran did not wish to part with. He worried about withholding this information from him. It had killed him inside knowing what his boss had been planning and being forced to remain quiet about this all.

And if he uttered a single word to Midorikawa, somehow, Kenzaki would know. Whatever his sources may be (perhaps those people who walked with him before?) he was not going to risk a chance to be the cause to the human's shortened life span. If he couldn't tell Midorikawa of all people, could he tell anyone else?

"I can tell someone else," Gran whispers to himself before hastily reading over the instructions. There was no say on him telling one of the other humans he had met before. Was Kenzaki unaware of this? He didn't know, but he couldn't leave any of them in the dark about what he was going to do. Which he was still trying to figure out how to do actually.

'Break his heart. Make him hate you.'

That was a lot easier to write on paper than actually follow out through an order. And its not like he was familiar with being a hated person. He didn't even know how someone was supposed to start to hate another in the first place.

You have to destroy what they love. Gran's gaze flickered over to the backdoor, an uneasy feeling rising in his stomach. You have to become a monster. For once, he wasn't going to be looking forward to Midorikawa returning home.

(Friday - Evening)

"Sorry, I'm a bit late, Gran," Midorikawa apologizes as he enters his home. The usual welcome home greeting isn't heard nor is there any other response given, which instantly worries him. "Gran?"

The human steps into the house, noting how darkly lit it is. For a moment, he thinks that Gran had been kidnapped or worse, but relaxes upon seeing his figure by the backdoor. He goes over to flick the lights on before beginning to approach the alien.

"Is something wrong, Gran?" He asks, hoping that everything was alright. Nothing did seem out of the ordinary.

"..." Gran refuses to speak, his back turned to the human, he didn't even bother to look him in the eye (not even glance towards him) when he had approached. Instead, he simply steps aside, motioning for the other to look out the door's window he had been staring at.

Midorikawa's confusion is worn on his face, having no clue as to why Gran is acting so strange. He isn't sure what to think of it and any thoughts of it disappear the moment he takes a peak outside.

"My flowers...!" He doesn't even question what he's seen, instead he quickly moves to pull the door open, stepping outside to get a better look at the damage that had been done. The human gasps, and just seems to be frozen in space as his eyes look out to see...nothing.

What was once a backyard filled with plant life had now been destroyed. Flowers had been pulled up, kicked, ripped to shreds. The remains of the plant life were there, shredded to bits, but not much of them. Years of hard work, gentle care, it had all been shattered right before him.

"What...What happened...?" Midorikawa could feel the tears pricking at his eyes already. The plants he once cared for were all gone. Immediately, he turns to Gran, expecting an answer and even comfort from him. Though, he's surprised to see the other with a rather cold look on his face.

"I did it." His answer is short and quick to the point. The alien doesn't even seem remorseful about what he has done.

"Wait...what...?" Midorikawa couldn't believe what he had just heard. He stares at the alien in pure disbelief. "You're joking, aren't you?" Gran would never do something like this, he wouldn't...

"I'm not joking," he states calmly. "I destroyed your garden."

The human doesn't know what to say. He can barely even register what's going on. Somehow, his voice manages to escape him. "But...why?"

"I was...curious." Gran shrugs as he speaks, his eyes seem to be analyzing the being in front of him. "I wanted to see that smile of yours break. I've seen you at your happiest, so I thought I would see you at your lowest point to. Humans have a wide range of emotion and I wish to understand them all."

"Gran..." The way the alien spoke managed to send chills down his spine. This wasn't Gran, this wasn't the alien he knew. Who was he?

"Did you think I wanted to make you happy in order to repay the favor?" The alien scoffs before shaking his head, rolling his eyes. "No. Your kind is a lower species, you're nothing but guinea pigs for my kind. If I can observe one human, then I can observe them all."

"You don't mean that..."

"How do you know?" Gran presses as he takes a step forward. "I've been with you for only so long and you decide to trust a complete stranger, an alien of all things. Even for a human, a cowardly one such as yourself, that is a stupid and naive thing to do. The world is full of danger and you've allowed a dangerous being into your very own home."

"..." What was he supposed to say? The alien was right. The human had been to naive and conscientious to take in an alien. If he had seen any signs like this, he would have gone for help, but there were no indications that would ever tell him Gran would have ended up like this.

"Hmm...and now you've gone quiet. That look on your face..." Gran steps closer to Midorikawa, forcing him to back against the wall. There would be no escape for him. "Your heart is breaking, is it not? The alien you thought was your dear friend is nothing more than a monster. One that you so willingly brought into your home and cared for as if you...loved it."

Midorikawa was just frozen, stunned as he used that one word. Had he known all along? Was this really just a game for the alien?

Gran didn't stop there, he couldn't. For a moment, he went quiet before a malicious grin formed on his face. "There is one thing I have yet to see from you. You've seen it from me, so now, I think it's my turn..." He moves in closer, his head nearing his, mouth just inches away from the human's ear. "I want to see your blood."

The alien breathes on the human's neck, slowly moving away from him to see the fear plastered over the human's face. He doesn't react to it, simply raising his hand and quickly swiping Midorikawa's face, making sure that his nails had dug into the human's skin with that impact.

"Ah!" Midorikawa yelps as he quickly holds his cheek in pain, that scratch now leaving a mark. As he removes his hand from his cheek, he sees red marks on his fingers. He can even feel the stinging sensation, that red liquid beginning to drip down from his cheek.

"G-Go..." Midorikawa mutters in a shaky breath.

"Hm?" Gran tilts his head, acting oblivious to what the other had said.

"I...I said go! Get out of here you...you alien!" The human shouts, roughly pushing Gran before he begins to look around to try and grab a weapon, something to protect himself with. In the heat of the moment, the best thing he's able to grab is a book that had been set aside on small table.

"I thought we were friends..." Midorikawa breathed, holding back his tears. He's never felt so afraid, so hurt, so betrayed. "I did so much for you...and I thought you were so different from how we see aliens...I was wrong." I was so stupid, stupid, stupid, and wrong! "Now, I never want to see you again." His hold on the book tightens, clutching onto it with his life.

I was hoping you would say that... Gran closes his eyes for a moment before looking to him one last time. "You were a good experiment while it lasted."

"Just go!" Midorikawa shouts and raises the book, looking ready to throw it. Gran takes the hint and turns, walking to the door without another word and simply leaves.

The room goes deathly quiet, only filled with the sound of the human's uneven breathing. He begins to replay the last few moments in his mind, finding it so hard to believe. The Gran he had known up to this point was all just...a lie? Everything he had said was nothing but lies to observe him? The human had been the experiment rather than the alien, on his very own planet to.

Midorikawa falls to his knees, letting go of the book and just staring down at the floor. One hand reaches up to touch the fresh wound on his cheek. Normally it would sting to the touch, but the pain in his chest outweighs that of any physical pain.