His hand is almost like a ring, in the way that my hand feels naked without it. Always his fingers are entwined in
mine, protecting with his graceful way of turning his wrist. It's kind of strange to make these observations, being he
is my twin. Does this make me incredibly narcissistic? There he is, chatting jovially with those silly host club girls; I
think he could make anyone laugh. "Do you want some cake?" Comes a low voice from behind me. "AAAAAAHHH!" My
common sense leaves my body and I leap into the nearest set of arms. They just so happen to be Tamaki's. "Why
Kaoru, it's only Mori-kun." He chuckles at me in that sweet but almost patronizing kind of way. Hikaru instantly locks
eyes with me, mentally asking if I'm ok. I give a quick wink to reassure him and he rushes over, eager to pounce on
the situation. I drop away from Tamaki and Hikaru's arms fold around me, "Oh Kaoru," His hand delicately caresses
my face as he turns it upwards to his. I hear the girls cooing away as I wrap my arms around his neck. "Are you all
right? I was so worried." I cuddle into his neck and play along. "Hikaru…" Our moment, however, is cut short by a
little blond whirlwind with cake on his face. "Kao-chan, are you ok? Mori-chan was only coming over to share some
cake. It has raspberries and chocolate on it! It was yummy! But he didn't mean to scare you like that!" Honey is just
so cute sometimes. "Sorry." Mori chimes in as he lifts Honey on to his shoulders. "See?" Honey quips, kicking his little
feet. "All better! Now do you want some cake?" I turn out of Hikaru's embrace and my hand finds his. "No thanks,
Mitskuni." Hikaru flashes me a grin and turns to Honey, "Do you really think he needs the sugar? He jumpy enough
as it is." But his comment is lost on the odd duo, as they were suddenly taken over by clamoring girls exclaiming how
cute and right and sweet they are. "A valid point, though." I hear Kyoya's musings behind me, and the scribbling in
his notebook took on new purpose. I always wonder what he puts in that book. He looks back at me, as if he knew
what I was thinking, shuts his book and announces to all the guests that it is time to leave for the day. The girls
press towards us to say their goodbyes. It's a Friday so we won't see them all weekend and they have a new
desperation to get close to us. "Goodbye, my darlings. We await your presence come Monday." Tamaki waves them
out the door. He always manages to do that so quickly and I wish I knew how. "Glad that's over. I have a big test
coming up and I really need to study for it." It was the first I had really heard out of Haruhi today, but her comments
are dry as ever. I still don't quite know what to make of her, I mean, she seems ok but she comes off kind of
annoyed all the time. She should try to enjoy herself more. "We could help you study, Haruhi." Hikaru offers, but I
notice by her face that she's a little put off by that. She notices me watching her and smiles. "No thanks, guys, you'll
distract me and I'll never get any work done." She's kinda passive-aggressive, all Hikaru did was offer to help her.
"Here, let daddy help you!" I wonder if Tamaki realizes how wrong that sounds sometimes. "Let's go home. I'm
bored now." Hikaru's words echo my thoughts and we say goodbye.
"What do you want to do this weekend?" I ask Hikaru later when we're at home in our room. Well, it's actually my
room, his room is on the other side of our shared master bathroom but he seldom goes in there. He rolls over on the
bed from where he was reading a book and runs his hand through his hair. "Hmmm… Good question." he pauses a
moment and jumps up off the bed. "First, I think I'm going to go take a shower. I feel dirty after all those girls
pressing on us. They're so desperate, almost like commoners, aren't they?" I smile and watch as he starts to pull his
clothes off before he even gets to the bathroom. "Save me some hot water will you?" I call after him as I hear him
start the shower. "Have any ideas?" He asks, poking his head out of the door. "Not really." I reply and lay back on
the bed. Hikaru's cell phone vibrates beside me and I lazily flip it open. Haruhi, huh? That's odd. I open the message
to find: "Hey. You have any plans tomorrow? I have 2 tickets to that movie you wanted to see. Wanna come?" Why
did she ask Hikaru? Did she have a crush on him? Why didn't he tell me? I brought the phone into the bathroom
where Hikaru was still in the shower. "Haruhi wants to know if you want to go to a movie. Does she like you or
something?" The shower door slides open and he pokes his head out, shampoo still in his hair. "How'd she get
tickets? That show was sold out a week ago." I'm a little annoyed he's so excited about going without me. "I don't
know, maybe her dad got them through his work or something. You really want to go?" I ask, hoping he'll say no
since there's only 2 tickets. "Could be cool." He shrugs and ducks back into the shower. A moment later he steps out
of the shower with a towel around his waist. "Do you want me to stay here with you? I don't have to go; it's just a
commoner theater anyways." I notice he left the water running for me, so I start taking off my clothes. "No, go
ahead; I don't really like horror movies." I tell him and quickly get into the shower so he can't see the
disappointment in my face. I run the water over my head and marvel that Hikaru always knows the perfect
temperature for me. My eyes open and Hikaru is standing in front of me, green eyes narrowed and brows etched in
quizzical disapproval. He reaches over my shoulder and leans on the wall behind me. "You'll get your towel all wet,
Hikaru..." I felt my cheeks blush. It isn't because I'm naked, he's seen me naked all my life, it's because he caught
me almost lying. "If you don't want me to go, just tell me, Kaoru." A flash of anger crosses his face and the water is
running over his hair; it doesn't faze him in the slightest. I turn my head to avoid his gaze and feel my blush deepen.
"Hikaru, I don't want you stay just for me though." His finger rests under my chin and he tilts my face back up to his
gaze. His expression is softer, and I feel happier when he brushes his cheek against my own. "That's the only
reason I need." He whispers into my ear, he always says the right thing to make me feel better. He reaches up
above me, hands me the shampoo bottle and steps out of the shower. I hear him shuffling through the closet and
brushing his teeth. Will it always be this way? Or will he marry off and leave me someday? Is it even fair to keep him
like this? He's fixing the bed the way he likes it now, he's kind of finicky that way, has to have his pillows just so… I
wonder what time it is. Will he be upset that I wanted him to stay? "You'll get all pruny if you stay in there!" I hear
him call and it snaps me back to the present, aided by the sudden shock of the water going cold. I gasp as the ice
water assaults my spine and I hurriedly rinse off and turn off the water. I fling the shower door open and grab the
closest towel, briskly drying before putting on the boxers Hikaru left out for me. I race out of the bathroom and jump
into the bed, shivering like a scared cat. "Kaoru! You're still all wet!" Hikaru yelps, scooting away from me. "The
water…went…cold…" I manage to spit out, teeth chattering. "Oh Kaoru…" he says softly, wrapping an arm around
me and tucking in the blanket behind me. It should always be like this. Then we fall asleep the same way we always
do; hands clasped and foreheads almost touching.