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The imposter closed his eyes. "I just don't understand..." he whispered to himself. When he opened his eyes again, they shined red for a second. "How can you love such a slut?" He angrily stared back at Leon, eyes challenging as they were cold. "Go ahead and kill me. I'd love to see a Neutralisa like you try." he sneered. He leaned in and smiled just like how Nikolai would. "Can you even hit me? Hit him? Even if it's all fake?"

"He's a whore!" the fake yelled back, though it was clear that Leon's words stung. "All he does is open his legs with people and toy with their emotions! You're nothing special to him, just another game!" He leaned away with a rueful smile. "Honestly, I don't know where he is, but I know that wherever it is, he's sucking someone off like the slut he is."
"Is that right?"
The sound of the front door creaking closed rang out followed by a few footsteps.
"I'm a slut - there's no doubt about that." chuckled a familiar voice as footsteps got closer to the kitchen. The figure stepped into the kitchen's light. It was Nikolai - the real one. He put a hand on Leon's shoulder and smiled lightly at him then looked back at his double. "But at least I don't have to hide behind a mask to be with someone I love."
His blazer was ripped and his button-up fully untucked, like it was put on in haste; his tie was missing and his pants were dirty. There was dried blood at the corner of his mouth and his bottom lip looked busted, there was even some dried blood from his ruffled hair. That all paled in comparison to the look of death in his eyes.

"Hmph. I fail to see how anyone could dare copy this perfection." Nikolai huffed. "Fret not, dearie, for I've an ace up my sleeve. Something nobody could copy because of how new it is." His eyes flickered to his wide-eyed imposter as he spoke, glowing with a lust for blood. Streams of purple wrapped around the Sin, changing his entire appearance. His hair straightened and darkened, his eyes brightened with dark circles inside resembling a hypnotic spiral, black lines ran down his cheeks like tear streams except for the horizontal line at the bottom that made them reverse crosses. In a matter of seconds he was standing in front of the fake in his full Sin form from earlier.
"Mmm, my, my, look at how surprised you are." he purred while reaching out to cup the fake's chin. "You never knew I had a side like this, did you?"

"Yes, yes." Nikolai sighed and gave Leon a pout for ruining his fun. He looked back at Arthur, grinning devilishly. "Mmm, look how hard you tried to be like me. Ugh, you did my make-up all wrong! Let's change you back to normal." His eyes gleamed with death again as his claws extended. He sank them into Arthur's stomach nice and slowly, grinning at his cries of pain and agony. There wasn't any blood coming out of his claws, though. In fact, the areas his claws touched had a blue hue to it.
Nikolai kept his claws in longer than he needed to, watching Arthur squirm and whimper in pain, enjoying every second of it. Oh, this was merciful compared to all the things he wanted to do to the brat! With quick movement he pulled his claws out, pulling something out along with it. It was a body. Arthur's body. It was attached to the Sin's claws like a fish with a rod's hook. He separated the body from the changed form, and as Arthur stumbled around in his normal body the fake Nikolai broke into dust.
The student stood there, dazed and frightened. His entire plan had fallen apart, and now he was exposed to both the man he loved and the man he loathed. He had to escape, he had to get out and think of something else, he had to-
Nikolai roughly grabbed Arthur's face and shoved him against the wall before he could move, keeping him in spot. "Now, what should I do with you?" he mused to himself while flexing his claws. There was something wrong. The normally calm and sleepy man was now twitchy and eager to harm the boy. He wasn't going to joke around about hurting him, he was really going to do it, and he was going to enjoy doing it. What happened to make him like this?
"Maybe I should lock you up in a never-ending nightmare? Or would that be too kind of me? What do you think, dearie?" he hissed at the frightened teen that clawed at his wrist.

"What?!" Nikolai snapped, his eyes flickering to Leon. "You can't be serious, darling. Now's not the time to let your Neutralisa crap kick in." he growled. He looked over when he heard the voice and felt his eye twitch at the horrid sight. Her too?! "I'm not as willing to be lenient as you, dearie. If you knew what this darling child of yours did, I don't think you'd be so kind, either." He turned to look back at Arthur, now gripping his throat tightly. "Now what shall I do? Ah, perhaps I'll paralyze your body and make you a vegetable. That'd be interesting, hmm?"

Nikolai moved his clawed hand up to strike, but stopped. He clenched his jaw, as if something was holding him back, some kind of invisible force. It wasn't a person, it was some sort of feeling. What was it? Guilt? Why? What for? He wanted it gone! He had nothing to feel guilty about! Nikolai lifted his hand again to strike, but was once again stopped. He mentally cursed then looked over at Leon, who was shamefully looking away.
Don't look at me like that.
Nikolai looked back at the terrified teen.
You deserve this!
He looked at Maggie, then back at Leon.
I'm not a monster.
The Sin sighed. "Dammit." he muttered and dropped both of his hands. He couldn't go through with it.
Before Arthur could do anything other than rub his neck, Nikolai reached out and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "You're quite lucky Leon is a very generous person, dearie." he grunted, the hatred in his eyes still strong. "I'll let you go for now, but if you ever try anything like this again, I'll give you the personal Hell you deserve. Get him out of my sight." he said while pushing Arthur towards Maggie.

Nikolai paused when he heard Leon, taking a while before he could see him as well. He remembered when Leon had been revived, how he hated the smell of his rebound around the house. He could finally understand. Arthur's smell was everywhere, proving that he had done whatever he wanted while hiding behind a mask and fooling Leon. It was disgusting. The Sin's stomach churned at the thought of what must have happened, but it wasn't like he had any right to be angry. After all the things he was forced to do, how could he look at Leon?
So he didn't look at him. He avoided looking at his face and instead stared at the rag offered to him. "I'm fine." he said, though he accepted the rag.

Nikolai looked away. "It's nothing to worry about, dearie. Nothing I haven't handled before." He glanced down at his ripped blazer then looked over at Leon in time to see his eyes. A look of sympathy crossed his face. "Hmm? What's the matter, darling? Surely I don't look that bad?"