Chapter 2

After having a few refreshing gulps, I decided it was time to search for my beautiful wife.

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It was easier than I expected. Have you ever been to your friend's place when he has got a new girlfriend? For some reason, they seem to forget to use the febreeze present in their washroom to mask the dried up squid smell covering every area of their home.

I went to the place with the highest concentration of the smell, his bedroom, and found my beautiful wife hiding inside a closet. Ah! the way she is staring at me right now, that full of guilt and terror look, it makes what's to come next even more appetizing.

"Miyuki! What are you doing in Akihito's closet? Did by any chance know that I would be here tonight, so you came to give me a surprise? What an awesome wife you are. I'm truly blessed to have you as my wife."

I even squeezed out a drop of tear and wiped it away to make my crying feel even more authentic. Looking at her face makes me feel so disgusted that I almost retched in front of her.

"Ha...Ha..yes, I came here to meet you."

Thankfully she feels guilty. If not, the pleasure from torturing her to death won't be as sweet as I would want it to be.

"But why are you in a closet? Come out. Let's go to the living room. Akihito's is checking up on the water in the bathroom. He should be done quickly. We can talk throughout the night, like college days."

I gave the warmest smile my acting skills would allow and put my hand out in front of her. She took it with a somewhat shaky grip but it slowly got firm. I could see that her expression had changed from guilty to resolute. I wonder what kind of decision she made right now? I'm sorry my beautiful wife, you are way too late. I have already this mission and the anticipation won't let me stop it right now.

We walked towards the hallway and she could clearly see Akihito's form lying on the ground with all his limbs tightly bound together.

I clapped my hands lightly once and said, "Oh my! I completely forgot the duct tapes for today. Miyuki, do you know where does Akihito keep his duct tapes? I mean I have seen you come here thrice in past three weeks, so you must know a lot about his place, right?"

Miyuki had already stopped walking. I could feel her hands shaking. She tilted her head upwards, she was slower than a snail while doing it. Finally, our eyes met. I could feel the intense emotions flashing behind those delicate eyes. I wonder how would it feel to pinch those eyeballs? The silence had been going on for over a minute and I felt like Miyuki was getting scared by it, so I broke it.

"What happened Miyuki? It doesn't matter if you don't know it. I can work fine without it."

I gave her a very reassuring and gentle smile. For some reason, she started shaking even more and begged me in the most pitiful voice I have ever heard, "Ple..please forgive us, husband. I'm rea..really sorry. It will never happen again."

"Oh, so you knew you were wrong? And you kept it up for so long? I'm really disappointed in you Miyuki."

I gently shook my hand and tightened my grip on her hand.

"I know it will never happen again...because I will make sure you both are in no condition to do it again. And I know this sounds cliche but, why would we need police if a sorry could do the job?"

I quickly turned her around and bent her onto her knees. I used my trusted spanner to do its job again.

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It did its job beautifully. Now, I have a tied up and completely secure best friend plus wife combo.

I found some knives and sharped them while waiting for both of them to wake up. I felt that since it was my first time doing this kind of thing, I should bring some liveliness to the party. I switched on Akihito's home theatre system and put 'The Knife in my back - Alec Ben******' on repeat. I felt that it really fit the theme.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________***After 30 minutes***

They both gained consciousness at the same time. It irks me a lot for some reason. If I kill them both today, won't they be together even after death? I really don't want to be a villain for some romantic tragedy. I will just let one of them live. I don't really care if I live or die after I have had my revenge. I simply can't live in a human society again. Whenever I see someone's smiling face, all I can think of is the possible way they could betray me.

I gave a deep sigh and clapped a few time slowly to bring their attention to me, "Congratulations! You guys gained consciousness at the same time. Would you like a prize for that? How about I slice off some flesh from both of you, from the same body parts? Won't it be cool, you know like matching tattoos."

Akihito gained an understanding of the surrounding way too quickly. He looked at me and said, "Takahashi stop this at once. Do you know what you are doing is a crime?"

I looked at him like I had seen the biggest idiot in the universe.

"Of course, I know that! Do you know I planned for over three weeks before taking an action? But I just recently realized that I don't care about living, so might as well have more fun with you guys. Before I planned to kill you guys within one hour and then be back to the other city. But now I will play with you guys till morning."

"Husband please stop this. If you stop it now, we can still save you. I promise that no one will disclose what happened today."

"Please bitch! Do you really think I will ever trust you again? And don't interrupt me from now on, or there will be punishments. So where was I? Oh right, the game. I have decided that one of you gets to live, but it will depend on your capabilities."

I took a deep breath and said in the coolest impression of a suave villain I could,

"Welcome to your personal hell. Will your love win OR will it be *cough**cough**cough* Damn! I couldn't finish the sentence. But you guys get the point right?"

For some reason, they didn't reply back and just looked at me with a deep fear. What rude guys. I even made a huge concession by allowing one of them to live.