Title: 30 Minutes

Summary: 30 Minutes a blink of an eye, 30 to alter our lives, 30 to make up my mind, 30 to finally decide

Character Pairings: HikaruxKaoru

Disclaimer: I do not own any character mentioned in the story, it's solely based on fandum

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It wasn't like this hadn't happened before

Hikaru thought, walking away from the Third Music Room. He and Kaoru have gotten themselves in a real fight this time, not the fake one Hikaru clouded his mind with. He wasn't thinking when he left the school early. He wasn't thinking when he neared his house. He wasn't thinking when he went upstairs in his room to lay down for the night.

10:30 pm came faster then he thought it would.

Kaoru walked home alone, looking down at his black and white converse as they stepped in small puddles of rain. He was at host-club all this time, just waiting, waiting for Hikaru to show. He wasn't sure how to get home either, he was so used to taking a car everywhere he went. He would have called the driver to come pick him up, but Hikaru had their shared phone. They never took seprate cell phones because they had thought they would always be together.

Cars rushed by and splashed Kaoru with puddle water. He was soaked from head to toe. He wasn't even sure if he was going the right way anymore. It was dark out, sure enough someone would be worried where he was.

11:00 pm stroke

Hikaru had just woken from a sleep. He yawned and stretched. He snuffed seeing Kaoru wasn't in the bed with him. He got up and walked to Kaoru's room, to find he wasn't there. He searched the house for his brother, hoping he would find him.

11:30 pm

Kaoru had been walking for an hour, his feet were tired. He sat down at a bus stop and layed against the bench. It was late and he was tired. He looked almost like a bum. He closed his eyes to rest a minute or two.

Hikaru had slipped his sweater on and went out to look for Kaoru. He called Kaoru's name as he walked down the streets. In a fight or not, it was to late to be careing about arguements. It must have been midnight when Hikaru found Kaoru on the bus bench, shivering and curled into a ball.

"Kaoru!"

He ran over to him and skimmed him over. Kaoru was covered in bruises and red marks.

"Kaoru... what happened?"

Kaoru coughed sitting up. He glared at Hikaru,

"Take me home."

He stood to his feet as the older brother lead the other home. Once home Kaoru left for their shared bedroom, and changed out of the wet and tattered clothes.

"Kaoru.. What happened?"

"You never came to Host-Club.."

"But your bruises.."

"I waited for hours outside in the rain for you."

"Why were you cowareing?"

"And when I figured you wouldn't show I walked home."

"Kaoru...I.."

"11:30 I layed down on a bus bench."

Hikaru looked at his feet.

"11:30 i gave up and figured they'd send out someone to find me."

Hikaru closed his eyes, not wanting to hear this anymore.

"11:30 a man came up to me, asked me who i was and why i was out so late."

Hikaru inhaled biting the inside of his lip.

"11:30 i told him answers to his queries."

Hikaru blinked slowly.

"Midnight he left, taking my innocents with him."

Hikaru's eyes widened as tear pools formed. He held his arms out to hold Kaoru, but Kaoru only pulled away.

"Midnight you finally found me. Midnight you finally showed."

Hikaru felt his chest cave on him.

"Where were you when I needed you 30 minutes ago?"

Kaoru got up and left for his bedroom leaving Hikaru there, alone.