No figures could have prepared Kyoya for what awaited him. No calculations that would lead him to this. This feeling that was waiting in the wings to consume him.
Confusion
Kyoya sighed. Tamaki had overthrown the budget again. 'That dumb ass.' Kyoya thought as his slender fingers flew agilely across the keys of his laptop. "What did the Boss screw up this time?" asked a soft voice. Kyoya was startled, but kept up his usual facade and his momentary lapse in nonchalance went unnoticed. Although he'd been taken by surprise, Kyoya knew that voice and knew who was now looking over his shoulder. He reached up to lightly push the bridge of his glasses up his nose. "He surpassed the budget for the month." he said coolly. The person over his shoulder nodded. "Now, did you have an particular reason for coming over to speak with me, Kaoru?" he asked, his eyes never leaving the screen of his laptop. Kaoru laughed lightly and said, "No reason. Just thought you looked tense." "Hm." Kyoya replied then went back to typing.
After a while Kyoya turned his glance on Kaoru who still looked over his shoulder. "Shouldn't you be leaving?" Kyoya asked coldly just before Hikaru called, "Kaoru! Come on!" Kaoru stood straight, slipping his hands under his jacket and into his pockets in a very Hikaru like way, and shouted, "Coming Hikaru!" Then he turned to leave. Kyoya's eyes bored into his back but Kaoru acted as if he didn't take any notice. As the doors to the third music room shut behind the notorious twins, Kyoya returned to his work. Club members left one by one until he was alone. After finishing a few final calculations, Kyoya packed up his things and headed for the door. He couldn't keep his mind off his and Kaoru's little encounter earlier that day. He also couldn't help but feel as if he'd upset Kaoru by being so cold. Although his mind was racing, his face stayed perfectly withdrawn as he walked through the halls of Ouran Academy and still as he climbed into the sleek black limo waiting for him. 'Why do I feel so guilty about shrugging him off like that? I do the same thing to everyone else so why is this time different? It's just Kaoru. He's extremely insignificant. He plays a small part in the Host Club. It's not like I have any merits to being kind to him.' Kyoya sighed. He felt so confused.
He couldn't get anything done. He couldn't pay attention and was now being counterproductive. "Fuyuminee-san, stop rifling through my drawers. I'm really not in the mood to deal with your crap." he grumbled. His sister looked at him, surprised. "What's the matter?" she asked, her forehead creasing with the maternal instinct of worry. "Nothing." Kyoya said, following a pretense of writing in his notebook. Fuyumi was over him in an instant. "You know that I know you better than that." She said disapprovingly. Kyoya shrugged. Fuyumi was now giving him daggers with her eyes. "Fine. It's just something that happened at the club today. That's all." he said, feigning nonchalance. Fuyumi sat on the spotless, white couch and stared Kyoya in the eye. "Tell me." she demanded. Kyoya sighed, realizing he was going to have to tell her at some point or another.
The sheets of the twins' bed billowed as Kaoru fell back onto them. He was feeling oddly rejected by receiving the cold shoulder from Kyoya. Yet he didn't necessarily know why. Kyoya was the Shadow King after all. This was normal. He didn't even know why he'd been drawn to Kyoya in the first place. Sure, his shoulders had looked tense as if he was irritated by something but Kaoru knew he'd had no good excuse as to why he'd gone over to see what the source of the older boy's irritation was. Kaoru had always been good at reading people. Seeing as he was the less ostentatious Hitachiin, he paid more attention to a person's body language then their words. So he'd often noticed when Kyoya became more rigid. The raven haired boy thought he put up a flawless front but if one paid enough attention they would notice the cracks. What was also odd was how Kaoru had been more attuned to Kyoya's little falters lately. Still, he had no idea why. So deep in his thoughts was Kaoru that he only minutely noticed as Hikaru sat on the edge of the bed. "You look like you're trying to solve a math problem." he joked. Kaoru rolled his eyes and sat up. "I'm just thinking. Although I know it's very difficult for you understand and recognize something you've never done." he answered. Now Hikaru rolled his eyes. "Whatcha thinkin' about?" Hikaru asked. Kaoru knew how overprotective Hikaru could be and if he told him he was thinking about Kyoya...well Hikaru would jump to conclusions and go attempt to beat up the Shadow King. And Kaoru wouldn't be having that. So he simply replied, "Mori-senpai and Hunny-senpai. I'm wondering what we'll do when they graduate." Hikaru had either bought the calumny or simply knew that Kaoru didn't want to tell him the truth. So the elder Hitachiin nodded then entered his own thoughts. Once sure Hikaru was sufficiently distracted, he let his mind wander back to Kyoya as he tried to pin down the answers to his earlier behavior.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the OCs used (which there aren't any at this point)
A/N: Yay! The start of my first Yaoi fanfic! And it's my favorite Ouran couple: Kyouya & Kaoru! *fangirl scream*