Chapter 1- Let's play a game
"Miyu, go and play with the other children." A soft voice encourage they're daughter as the woman led the scared five year old to a large backyard filled with rowdy kids from ages five through ten. The shy girl refused by digging her heels into the grass and shaking her head violently.
"I don't wanna!" she whines as she crossed her arms. The young girl father chuckle to himself as her mother sighs softly. The small girl huffs making her cheeks puff out as she closed her eyes tightly. She didn't want to be here! Every time one of her parents friends threw a huge party they always took her along and she always got teased by the other children. It was either about her race, her skin color, her glasses, her height or something! The list was endless and she didn't like being picked on.
"Come on sweetheart. You need to socialize with kids your own age; maybe you might make a friend or two." Miyu father said softly as he kneels down to her level. The small girl looks at her father with her large purple eyes fill with doubt and fear. Her parents knew her struggle with making friends and how the other kids treat her badly because she a foreigner, but they reassure her she will make friends soon. Miyu stops struggling and held mother hand as she reached for her father hand. Miyu parents smile at her and led her to the play area in the backyard.
Miyu sat on a swing alone as she looks down while kicking her little legs back and forth slowly. Her long black hair blew softly into the breeze as she sighs softly to herself. All she really wanted to do was go home and draw. Miyu adjusted her large circle glasses back to the bridge of her nose as she looks up and watch the other children play. Maybe she could try to interact with someone. The five year old scanned the yard of children to find kids her age, her height and who were not screaming. Soon her search ended when she spotted twins sitting in a sandbox alone. She felt a jolt of happiness seeing as they matched her description perfectly! The Puerto Rican girl jumped off the swing, adjusted her pink puffy dress and her glasses before making her way to the twins.
The twins are off in their own world as they played in the sandbox alone. They tuned out the screams and cries of the other children surrounding them; they were so caught up in their own thoughts that they didn't notice the girl approaching them till she spoke.
"Hello?" a soft voice called out. Hikaru and Kaoru both look up simultaneously at the girl before them. They both examine her appearance as she stood there digging her foot into the sand. The girl has brown skin; black hair tied up into neat pigtails that went to her hips and large purple eyes that are hidden behind large circle glasses with a thin purple frame. She wore a pink puffy dress with white lace details that went to her knees, accompanied by white stockings and black flats.
The twins just blinked uninterested at her as she stood there avoiding eye contact.
"What do you want?" they asked in unison. The smaller girl slowly looks up and offers a smile to the boys.
"I-I was wondering...i-if I can play w-with you two?" she asked softly. The twins blinked twice before looking at each other and then back at her. They ignored the girl and kept on playing. Miyu scowls as she stood closer to them.
"Hey, I asked a question." She stated.
"Yeah we…"
"Know." They finished the other sentences.
"Well?" The girl pushed making the twins groan in irritation. Jeez, she really did not get the hint that they did not want to play with her. They gazed at the girl with deep frowns on their faces.
"Fine, we'll play with you, but only if you can tell which one of us is Hikaru and which one of us is Kaoru." they said together. They knew this is impossible task for her, but they just want her to go away. The game usually scares off anyone who spoke to them. So hopefully the question might scare her away like it did the others. The small girl was taken by surprise at the request and felt nervous.
"B-But I can't, that's not fair." she stated. The boys tilt their heads as they eyed the now nervous girl.
"What's not fair?" they asked 'innocently' to the girl. Miyu felt anxious and took a deep breath as she places her arms tightly against her sides and balls up her fist.
"It's not fair that you guys won't play with me unless I can tell you apart. I just met you two so I can't tell you guys apart you look exactly the same." Miyu explains quickly in one breath as she looks back at the brothers. A flash of anger and disappointment flashed in their eyes and Miyu caught it. She did not mean to make them feel bad. Hikaru scoffed as he went back to playing in the sand and Kaoru soon followed suit.
"We'll then I guess you can't play with us." Hikaru said harshly. He was hoping to make her leave, not for her to say something they already knew. Jeez, this girl is such an idiot and she couldn't take a hint. Miyu felt guilty as she bit her lower lip. She stood there for a few seconds quietly before she turns around slowly with her head low.
'Me and my big mouth' she thought bitterly. She was about to leave, but an idea pop up in her head making her whip back around to the boys.
"Ok, I'll play." she said softly. The twins stop building their sand castle as they look back at the small girl with arch brows. She still hasn't left?
"What?" they asked curiously. The brown skinned girl gave them a toothy smile and placed her hands on her hips.
"I'll play your game if only you plan my game!" she stated happily as the boys stood up in front of her. The twins tilt their heads to the left and look slightly down at the female.
"And what is your game?" Kaoru asked with pure curiosity as Hikaru just scowled. All he could think about was how annoying this girl is.
"It's called what is 'Miyu favorite color game!" she states softly as she winks. The twins rolled their gold eyes and scoffed at the made up game, was she mocking them? What was she planning? This party they are at is pretty boring so, they decided to humor her.
"That's sound like a stupid game." they said smugly. Miyu toothy smile drops to a smirk.
"What makes it so dumb?" she asked softly to the boys.
"Because how are we supposed to guess your favorite color, when we don't even know you." they stated simply.
" Exactly! How can you two possibly expect me to know who is who if you never let me get to know the both of you? I'm sure you both just don't want me to guess right, you want me to know I'm right." The small girl explained simply as she adjusted her glasses. Hikaru and Kaoru were surprised by her reasoning. No one has ever called them out on their game; most people just quit and never spoke to them again. However, she is different, she actually wanted to know them, the real them as individuals. The two had to be honest; it is a refreshing change to them. Even if she an idiot. The twins looked at each other without exchanging words and then nodded. Kaoru was the first to speak.
"Fine, but you will only have one month to figure it out who is who." he explains as she nodded her head eagerly. Miyu squeaks happily and nearly bounced in place. She just sorta made friends!
"Okie!" she agreed
The twins sat back in the sandbox with Miyu and continued making their castles. While Hikaru and Kaoru sat in silence Miyu felt her insides flipping with excitement! She made friends and the only way to guarantee they stay her friends is to tell them apart. The Hispanic girl shifted her large purple orbs back and forth from the brothers. Should be easy enough, right?
Minutes became hours, hours became days, days became weeks and weeks became one month. Miyu has spent her month wisely on knowing which one is Hikaru and which one is Kaoru. She took various notes on how each of them behaves individually and together. She studied their speech patterns, their postures, their personalities, their likes and dislikes and so on. She even recall times she had spent one on one moments with the other to help her figure out who is who.
Miyu is now sitting on a swing in the school yard as she waited for the twins to arrive.
Today was the day she plays their game.
The small girl soon spotted the twins in the distances and smiles happily at them as they approach her. Miyu took one last look to analyze them from a far before the game started. After going over her mental study guide on the twins she was confident on who is who.
The twins now stood before her with blank stares and placed their hands on their hips.
"Ready to play the game?" they asked simultaneously. Not wanting to waste any time, Miyu nods as she sat up straight on the swing. She looks and points at Kaoru.
"You are Kaoru." she said simply before averting her attention to Hikaru.
"And you are Hikaru." She said with a proud smile. Hikaru and Kaoru both felt their hearts hit their rib cage, but kept their poker face. The twins smirk at the girl and place their hands in their pockets.
"Sorry, you got it wrong." they lied. Miyu arched her brows as she smirked knowing that they were lying.
"No, I know I'm right!" she said happily as she got off the swing and looked at the twins with triumph. Hikaru gave her a slight scowl while Kaoru seem relieved.
"And what makes you so sure?" Hikaru questioned the girl.
"Simple, Hikaru you are slightly taller than Karou by a few centimeters. Kaoru you stand perfectly straight with your shoulders back while Hikaru has more of a relax stances. Hikaru you hide your kindness with witty comments while Kaoru is honest about his. Also Hikaru, you tended to scowl me often than Kaoru. Should I go on?" she asked the brothers cockily. Kaoru gave a ghost of a smile and look back at Hikaru.
"You know, she spot on." he told his brother. Hikaru scoffs and crosses his arms while looking away.
"I know she is." he admits with defeat, but he gave a light smile. Miyu giggles in place happily as she gave him a large smile. Kaoru nudge Hikaru softly making him look at him.
"A deal is a deal" he informed. Hikaru nods and grabs his brother hand while Kaoru grabs Miyu. Kaoru golden orbs glowed as he stared directly into bright purple eyes.
"Welcome to our world." Kaoru greeted kindly.
-5 years later-
A 10 year old Miyu sat on a bench in the courtyard as she re-read the "The Notebook". She absolutely adores this book! Karou had given it to her for Christmas a year ago.
Miyu is now in 5th grade with Hikaru and Kaoru and as the years went by they got closer and closer. They were known as the trio and were all attached by the hips. Miyu loves the twins with all her heart and she couldn't imagine life without them. Even though they could be very distance she knew they cared. She remembers when her pet goldfish died when she was seven and she had locked herself in her room. The twins came by and sat outside her door and tell each other jokes loud enough for her to hear in hopes of making her smile. She also remember when she was eight they defended her when she was getting picked on by a bunch of girls. And the time she was nine they visited her when she was sick and when she was 10 they made her laugh so hard she burst into tears!
Miyu smiled to herself as took a stroll down memory lane. She had some great times with the twins, but there is a downside to being friends with them. Hikaru and Kaoru they are very possessive of her. That meant she couldn't have any other friends because it upset them. They scared off all the guys she liked and sometimes they made her feel bad about herself; only when it meant that she would be doing something without them. Miyu felt like was walking on thin ice with the twins most of the time and it sent her for a whirlwind of anxiety. But she always told herself that the good times out weight the bad a thousand times over!
The young girl was waiting on Hikaru and Kaoru they were supposed to meet up with her 10 minutes ago after class, but as always they were late.
' Probably breaking another girl's heart.' The ravenette girl thought as she read. Miyu was soon pulled out of her trances when she heard footsteps. She pushed her circle glass back up to the bridge of her nose as she saw Kaoru. She smiles softly as she stood up to greet her friend properly.
"Hey, Kao! Where Hika?" she asked the youngest twin. Kaoru stops mid-track as he gave her a light scowl.
"Miyu, I am Hikaru." he said bitterly. The Hispanic girl rolled her eyes as she tucks the book under her left arm pit.
"Seriously when are you two going to stop doing this? I can tell you two apart, deal with it." she said smugly. Kaoru scowl quickly faded away as he smiles at the girl.
"Yeah, I guess it getting pretty old." he muttered as he gave a toothy smile while he rubs the back of his neck. Hikaru soon came out of his hiding spot and wrap his arms around Miyu shoulder.
"Fine, fine you party pooper." Hikaru teases as he smirks at Miyu. The girl is shorter than him by 6 inches. She is 4'8" and the twins are 5'4". She barely came to their collar bone. Kaoru soon slid next to her and places his arm on her head as if she is a table rest.
"You are the perfect height for me, Mimi~." Kaoru tease as he winked down at the girl. The brown skinned girl felt her cheeks get warm as her dignity drops 2 levels.
"When the hell did I became your arm resting table, Kaoru?" the shorter girl askes as she huffs and crosses her arms like a child. Hikaru and Kaoru just chuckle at their friend behavior and continue to poke fun at her.
"Uh, excuse?" an uneasy voice spoke. The twins stop their teasing and their facial expression drop to a sour one. The trio turns their attention around to see who had spoken. Miyu blushes softly when she saw one of her classmates from her art class.
"Hiro?" she asked softly as she tilts her head. The twins glare at Hiro as they stood closer to Miyu.
"What do you want?" the twins chorused together rudely making the boy feel extremely uncomfortable. The male who had approached them has long black shaggy hair, piercing blue eyes and tan skin.
"I wanted to speak to, Miyu-san, in private." Hiro said softly as his face flushes a red color. Miyu purple eyes widen slightly as she looks at Hiro cheeks go red. Miyu could feel her heart beat pick up as she bit her lower lip. The twins notice her reaction to the boy words and they quickly snake their arms around her waist.
"Well, whatever you have to say to her you can say to us." they spat at him. Miyu sighs when she heard the tone in their voices. This won't end well.
"Uh...ok?" Hiro said unsure, but he decides not to let them intimate him. So he stands up straight and clears his throat.
"Uh, Miyu-san I wanted to say is…I r-really like you. You are a very sweet and really c-cute. I've l-liked you since I-I saw you and I-I wanted to know i-if you consider letting me t-take you out for ice-cream?" Hiro asks softly as he walked closer to the girl, but still keeps a good distance away because of the twins. Miyu face slowly heats up; he just asked her out on date! She couldn't believe it. The short girl felt her inside go fuzzy as her smile stretched from ear to ear as she fiddles with a strand of her black hair. She opens her mouth to say yes, but the twins quickly interfered.
"Now why would she go a date with a loser like you?" Hikaru asks sharply making Hiro eyes widen in shock. Kaoru scold the boy as he hugs Miyu from behind with his arms around her neck loosely.
"Yeah, you're such an idiot if you think Miyu will give a guy like you the time of day. Just get out of here before you humiliate yourself more than you already have." Kaoru shot back at Hiro with disgust. Miyu rolls her lips in and closes her eyes as she slouches forward. Oh, gosh this terrible! She didn't think like that at all!
Hiro looks at Miyu to see if anything the twins were saying were true, but she wouldn't even look at him so he assumed it was. Hiro sighs heavily as he looks down and shoved his hands in his pockets.
"Oh, I see. Well I don't want to waste any of your time. Sorry for bothering you Miyu-san." And with that Hiro walked out the courtyard. Hikaru sneers as he rolled his gold eyes.
"What a loser." he chuckles as he looks down at Miyu.
"You don't need a guy like him to drag you down." Kaoru said as his grip on the short girl tighten. While the twins smiled and joke about embarrassing Hiro, Miyu had finally hit her breaking point. That was totally uncalled for and she had just enough of it!
"Why?" Miyu whispers, making the twins stop their chattering. The boys looked down at her with curiosity at what she meant.
"Why what?" they asked together looking at their friend. Miyu growls and yanks herself away from their hold and glares at the twins which took them by surprise. They have never seen Miyu angry before and it left a very sour taste in their mouth knowing they were the reason for it.
"Why do you both do this to anyone who tries to get close to me!?" she shouts at the twins as she balls her hands into fist.
"You guys don't own me and you can't pick my friends out for me! And you don't have a say in my love life either!" she shot back at them.
"That boy poured his heart out to me and you rip him apart! How can you guys be so cruel?" she asks angrily. Hikaru and Kaoru knew what they did Hiro and the others before him was wrong, but they didn't want to lose Miyu. She was the only person who understood them and cared for them. They wanted to be selfish and have her all to themselves. But how were they supposed to convey that emotion to her without sounding stupid?
Kaoru sigh and looks at Miyu with sad eyes.
"Miyu we-"
"Don't care." Hikaru spoke up angrily. Kaoru and Miyu were shock at Hikaru words. Neither of them was expecting that. The Hispanic girl got over the shock and scrunches up her face in anger.
"What do you mean you guys don't care?" she asks wanting Hikaru to elaborate his choice of words. Kaoru did not dare speak against his brother and what he was about to say, so he stood quiet.
"Exactly what it means. We. Don't. Care" he said slowly.
"We don't care how we made Hiro and the others before him feel, we don't care if we are mean and we don't care about you." Hikaru sneers. This hit a cord within Miyu as she stares at the older twin.
"W-what?" she and Kaoru muttered softly as they stared at Hikaru with disbelief. The older twin just shrugs and crosses his arms. At this point he is enraged! If she wanted to hang out with other people and leave them behind, then fine! But he is determined to do it to her first before she did it to them.
"Yeah, me and Kaoru just pretend to like you. We were bored so we thought we pick on the helpless foreigner. We wanted to see how long we could keep this gag going, but at this point I'm kind of bored of it, aren't you Kaoru?" Hikaru asked his little brother as he gave him blank stare.
"No" Kaoru thought, but he looks at Miyu feeling completely hopeless. But in the end he copied his brother same blank stare.
"Yeah, it's not fun anymore, but thanks for the entertainment Miyu it was fun while it lasted."
Kaoru waved her away as he and his brother turn their backs on her. Miyu was on verge of a break down. Her body began to shake as her vision got blurry by her tears as she found it hard to breathe. She shook her head and wiped her tears away.
"Y-you both a-are lying." she said softly as she wraps her arms around herself. Hikaru and Kaoru felt their heart tightens in their chest at her outburst. Kaoru couldn't say a thing; he feared he might end up crying if he did. Hikaru sighs and turns to her.
"How many times do we have to say it? We don't care about you and we never did. And p.s you never won the 'Which one is Hikaru game'." Hikaru informed. Miyu eyes widen as he took a second to process what he had said.
"W-what?" she asked softly. Kaoru had finally got control of his emotion and chimed in.
"We were just humoring you. As if an idiot like you could ever win that game." he mutters as he stalks off quickly with Hikaru in tow.
Miyu felt her body go numb as she fell to her knees and sobbed heavily into her hands. She felt like the twins had rip her heart out and stomped on it.
"I'm such an idiot." she said softly to herself as she cried harder. She kept repeating those words over and over as chokes on her cries.
"Idiot, idiot, IDIOT!" she cries aloud. Miyu tugs on her long black hair as she felt her world crumbling around her. She began to hyperventilate on the floor as her world spun violently. What was happening?! One second she laughing the next she on ground struggling to breathe! She needs to get away! She so sick and tired of this! Why did this keeping happening to her!? What did she do to deserve this treatment!? Miyu stumbles to her feet rushes out the courtyard leaving her things behind.
Unknown to Miyu, Hikaru and Kaoru stood behind a large hedge and heard her crying her eyes out. Kaoru felt his eyes sting as he shut them tight. His body shook as he tries his hardest to keep the tears in. Hikaru notices his brother struggles and held his hands tightly as he held in his own tears. What had he done?
-A few days later-
Hikaru and Kaoru were running around the school building trying to find Miyu. They had not seen her in any of their classes in three days and they began to worry. They both had planned to apologies to the girl and were ready to beg for her back. Their world felt empty without her. They want her, they needed her. By the end of the third day they had not luck of spotting her in school.
Even the courtyard where they always met up was empty. Kaoru sighs sadly as he felt like a total jerk. Why didn't he stop Hikaru from saying all those mean things? Why had he decided to go along with it?! Idiot! Hikaru saw his younger brother depressed state and held his hand.
"Hey, don't worry will get the chances to apologies and things will go back to the way it was." Hikaru promised sending Kaoru an encouraging smile. Kaoru took a deep breath a squeezed his brother hand.
"Ok."
Days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months and still no sign of Miyu. The twins were getting worried and decided it was time to go to her home. After school they ask their driver to go to the Yamazaki manor. The drive did as told and drove to said manor. Hikaru and Kaoru were up the wall nervous. They haven't spoken to Miyu in so long! They didn't feel complete without her sitting in between them. They need to see her and make things right! The limo came to a stop when they reached Miyu estate. They rushed out the car only to find the gates locked and a for sale sign on the lawn.
Miyu sat in the corn of a rowdy public school classroom. After the fall out with Hikaru and Kaoru the young girl refused to come out her room. She locked it and pushed her dresser in front of the door. She wanted to be alone. Her parents begged for her to come out and talk to them, but she was unwilling too. After 3 days Miyu exited her room and talk to her parents. She had asked if she could go to another school. A public in fact. She was tired of all the fake rich kids and them abusing her feelings. Mrs and Mr Yamazaki who were concerned about their daughter's wellbeing had agreed. Miyu parents search for a good public schools around the area, but when they had found one. The Yamazaki family had bought a house that is fifteen minutes away from Miyu new school. They all packed up their belongings and left. Miyu wanted to keep her family wealth a secret so instead of being Yamazaki Miyu, she is Akiyama Miyu, taking her grandmothers last name.
Miyu has been going to her new school for about a month and she still hasn't made any friends, but no one picked on her. So far so good.
"Wow, you are really good at drawing." a girl said. Miyu averted her purple eyes to her left to see a girl with long brown hair with bangs across her forehead and she has big brown eyes. Miyu then looks back at her picture. She had drawn a picture of the scenery outside, but focus more on the swing under the tree and there was a shadowy figure sitting on the swing alone.
"Uh, thank you." Miyu mutters softly. The brown-eyed girl looks at the shy girl and offers her a bright smile.
"Hi, I'm Fujioka Haruhi. You are?" Haruhi asks kindly as she extends her hand out to her. Miyu eyes widen slightly as she blinks several times at the girl and at her hand then back at the girl. A soft smile spread across her face as she took Haruhi hand into hers.
"Akiyama Miyu."
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So first chapter! I hope there wasn't too much mistakes!
1- Miyu father has Brown hair with purple eyes and light brown skin. Miyu mother has black hair and brown eyes and has brown skin as well.
2- Miyu mother owns a million dollar beauty company called 'Ultimate' that deals with hair products and makeup products- anything beauty she has you covered. Miyu father is CEO of vacuum company called 'Brisk'