Hecate0o gladly presents you
A Kaoru and Haruhi Romance
"Palette of Colors"
Their meeting was destined.
It would destroy their little world they had been living in.
Again, their frozen wheel of fate would move.
Rated: T
Genre: Drama/Romance
Summary: Kaoru, a famous Japanese artist met a nerdy boy, um, girl working as a waiter who dare to throw hot coffee liquid to his face. Our dear Kaoru need to revenge…
Disclaimer: I do not own OHSHC! In my dream, maybe…
"One: Destined Meeting"
Small whispers and tons of praise reverberated through the well-decorated gallery. A group of women wearing super expensive dress were standing in front of a Japanese style painting. They watched the painting in awe.
"…beautiful." Commented one of the ladies.
The painting was breathtakingly beautiful. Hitachiin Kaoru had heard it a thousand times; not that he denied it but he was sick of it. And he, too, was sick hearing the title of 'genius'. People began expecting more and more from the son of an infamous fashion designer.
Unfortunately, some of the ladies noticed him leaning on a wall not too far from them.
"HITACHIIN-SAMAAA!" Kaoru almost fell in surprise.
Who dared enough to invite these airhead girls to my important show? This someone better teach these girls not to make a loud voice inside a gallery.
Kaoru however managed to give those bitches his killer smile. He straightened his suit—of course he designed it himself.
"Good afternoon. I am very pleased you are willing to spend your worthy time here." Kaoru greeted them politely although his eyes told another story.
"No! Not at all!" one of the women spoke. "We glad your brother has invited us!"
Hikaru…
"Yes! This is worth to see! We came here as soon as we finished modeling for Hitachiin's spring catalog!" a purple-haired girl said.
"I love your painting! It's beautiful! I can feel your love for your brother from that one!" a blonde shrieked. She pointed to a western style painting two blocks from them. Now the ladies went 'Kyaaaaa!' like idiot. They were agreeing to the blonde girl's comment.
Kaoru glanced to the said painting. He didn't need to glance though, he remember the position clearly.
No. That's not it…
The girl was dragging him to that painting. It was portraying a boy stand in the middle of a messy room full of shattered glass; each glass was showing the boy's reflection. On the lower-left corner was his signature 'Florence, May '10. Kaoru'.
"You must be lonely when you are abroad! You might be searching for your brother the entire time!" said the other girl. The rest nodded in agreement.
This is not about my brother. This is me.
"You are so caring! You always think of your brother!" Another girl exclaimed.
Not the entire time, though. How fool they are…trying to understand me.
"Your love to your brother is so wonderful!"
Rarely Kaoru got sick of his twin.
This was one of those rare times.
"Please excuse me, ladies. I've got to arrange some matters." Quickly, Kaoru vanished from those girls' sight.
Rrriing!
"What Kaoru? Do you miss me? I'm still busy at the office."
Kaoru wanted to yell at his brother but he was the calmer one between the twins. He could control his emotion well unlike Hikaru. He unconsciously gripped his phone hard. "Hikaru…"
Then he heard a girl moaning over the phone.
He could feel his brother freeze in a second. Hikaru knew Kaoru will hear that.
"Uh, okay, not so busy…I think. Sorry." But he didn't sound apologetic.
"Hika, I'm out. Replace me." Shortly he said. He was pissed and he didn't want to go with the long explanation. "Your bitches are annoying me here."
Kaoru entered his own office. He took his wallet and his car key on the desk. He glanced at the stack of his sketches. He studied them then selected a few. He put it in his bag. Kaoru walked out of the room after pick his coat.
"Which one? Ah, never mind. Kaoru, I won't do it anymore."
Kaoru heard the girl was yelping in pleasure. He roughly closed the door with a loud bam. Then he locked it forcefully.
"You'll do it. We used to do it so you'll do." He stated. He pushed the lift button angrily and made a stoic guy arched his eyebrow on him.
"In the past, Kaoru. Now we are…"
"Do it." He ordered strictly. Kaoru hanged up on his brother then turned off his phone.
Hikaru was now dumbstruck with a topless girl lying on his couch. He stared the phone confusedly, hoping it could give him more explanation about his brother's madness. After a minute, he gave up. Well, there's no harm helping his twin. So, he discharged the girl then exited his office with a long sigh.
Kaoru now parked his car on a remote street, maybe in the outskirts of Tokyo. He wasn't sure where he is. He never went out aimlessly to the commoner part. Fortunately he brought a GPS with him. It would tell him his way home.
Or not.
Kaoru banged his head on the window. Why this of all time he forgot to charge the battery? He now felt like Alice in Wonderland. Commoner was a wonderland for him. He never knew how to live with very limited money. And of course, never will happen.
Maybe, I can look around and ask someone.
Kaoru stepped out from his car and looked around. He noticed children and some men were already surrounding his car. They complimented the car. Kaoru had no interest in them so he ignored them and walked to a coffee shop near there.
"Irasshaimase~" welcomed the employee there.
The shop was decorated minimalistic style. Not bad even if they used the cheapest quality, Kaoru thought. He chose the farthest table near the window. An old woman was sitting beside his table, having difficult time slicing her sandwich.
A waiter came over her and handed him the menu. He was wearing a thick old-fashioned eyeglass which was hiding half of his face. Those glasses didn't suit his face shape. It made Kaoru irritated being a son of a fashion designer. The waiter's hair was cut messily. His shirt was oversized; the employee there (men and women) were wearing the same uniform: a light green shirt, black pants, and an apron.
"May I take your order, sir?" The waiter was smiling to him.
Kaoru noticed a weird charm in his smile. He was flushed for a few second before the reality hit him. He shook his head then began inspecting the menu in front of him. He was thrilled trying commoner food.
"Espresso macchiato and apple pie." He made a gesture to quickly go get his order to the waiter.
The waiter bowed at him and took the menu. He left him who was now picking his sketchbook and a pencil out of his bag. Kaoru brought his cell phone out of his pocket. He turned it on. As soon as his phone began working, it rang. The caller ID was Hikaru.
Sorry, Hika.
He rejected the call while grinning evilly. He checked the missed call list: 67 from Hikaru and 5 from his mom. It was only one hour after he left the gallery. A text message came, of course from his dearest brother.
Get your butt over here! A magazine came and asked to interview you!
Goddammit, Kaoru, how am I going to answer those questions?
Text me back. Don't ignore me!
Full of "!", maybe Hikaru was panicky locked himself in Kaoru's office. He chuckled. He should prank on his brother more frequently. This was more entertaining than prank on a certain blonde idiot in his high school.
Please handle it. This is a rare request from your little brother.
Act like an older brother, Hikaru!
Oh, and please tell mom 'don't worry I'll come back tomorrow, now having a good time'
I love you, Hikaru. Bye!
Kaoru snickered when he read the word 'sent' on his phone. He put it on the table. Seconds later, it was ringing furiously again. Kaoru once again pushed the reject button in joy.
The waiter had come and placed his order. Kaoru mumbled 'thank you' before rejecting the coming call again. The waiter gave him an odd look.
A text message came.
KAORU! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
Then another came.
COME HERE QUICKLY!
And the other.
OR I GONNA TERRORR YOU WITH TONS OF TEXTS
Another one.
KAORU!
That's his brother, a quickly tempered Hikaru. He would be discovered if he tried to pretend as Kaoru in his now state. Kaoru would love to see that but he was not going to come back. Kaoru put a slice of apple pie to his mouth the he sipped his coffee. Well, not bad although not tasty as he usually ate.
Sure. Do as you like, Hikaru.
How peaceful his afternoon was.
I GONNA KILL YOU KAORU!
Yeah, a calm afternoon.
Dazedly, he began to draw something on a blank paper. His phone was vibrating every seconds but he gladly ignored it. After his second cup of coffee, the phone died on itself. Hikaru must be really tired or he gave up. Kaoru smiled winningly while his eyes traveled to the outside of the window. A group of children was playing a traditional game he was uncommon with. Kaoru flipped his sketchbook and started drawing on another page.
Then something slimy hit his head.
What the…
His hand touched the place where he was hit. A white and red liquid dirtied his hand. He sniffed it and caught a smell of low quality mayonnaise and tomato. The old lady beside him looked apologetic. She offered him handkerchief.
"I'm sorry! I'm just having a hard time slicing this sandwich and I don't know it going to land on your head." The old lady apologized.
But our infamous twin couldn't let it finish with words only, right? Kaoru took the handkerchief roughly. He wiped the dirt while grumbling angrily.
"Hey, obaacchan! Don't you have manners?" usually he didn't speak rudely when his twin wasn't with him. A pissed Kaoru maybe not as scary as Kyouya but he was bad enough to make you cry.
Kaoru noticed a small vase with a single red flower put on a table in the corner of the room. He grabbed it. The old lady watched him questioningly. Kaoru grinned to her. Unexpectedly to the lady, he threw what inside the vase to her. The old lady now was wet and dumbstruck. Her eyes widened in horror.
"Now we are even." Stated him then he disposed the handkerchief to the woman's face.
Everyone in that room couldn't believe what they saw. Maybe, there's a hidden camera and later the handsome reddish guy would say some familiar lines. But he wasn't going to. The guy was trying to continue what he was doing before.
This made someone blood boils. In the name of justice…
"AUCH!" He screamed in pain. Someone just poured a hot black liquid to him. It ached for the god sake. Who?
"Apologize to this lady." That someone dared to order him with a strict voice. Kaoru quickly faced the voice source. It was the waiter from before.
If looks could kill, the fraction between these two persons had killed this room inhabitant.
"Stop it, Haru-chan!" The old lady pulled the waiter backward.
"It's alright, Inoue-san. I should teach some manners to this guy." The waiter's eyes never left Kaoru's.
"Who on earth are you having some nerve to act so mighty?" asked Kaoru. He was more than angry; he was in the process of changing into devil.
"And who are you impolitely acted to this lady?" The waiter casually flipped his sarcasm.
Kaoru had never met someone like this. People always ran away before the Hitachiin could do more extreme things. This waiter, Kaoru analyzed from his eyes, was a hard-headed person who always tried his fullest in life.
He is worth to be his 'toy'.
"Tell me your name!" said a pissed Kaoru. He gripped his collar tightly, almost choking the waiter.
"Fujioka Haruhi." There's no fear in the waiter's voice.
"Do you know how much this suit cost, commoner? This cost a hundred times than your disgusting uniform. And I will not playing as gentleman or a nice fellow like I usually do. You're gonna pay it! And I will make sure you pay! You cannot run away from a Hitachiin. I will chase you until the end of the world. You will pay this humiliation. Mark it!" His voice was dangerously low as he threatened him.
This was how their relationship began. A few weeks before Kaoru found out he was not a 'he'. Some times before they attracted to each other.
Of course, they couldn't forget their first meeting.
A destined one.
Let all hell broke loose.
I started a new series! Unbetaed, of course. Tell me if you would like to beta this story.
Is Kaoru a bit OOC? Well, he's mad and he's a Hitachiin. Kaoru is a famous painter throughout the world while Hikaru is learning to manage their parents' company. I made Hikaru become a player; he is toying the girls. Kaoru is the lonely one who is searching for his identity but he likes to prank on people more than Hikaru. Haruhi is as usual, a commoner who is trying to be a lawyer.
What do you think? Review, please~