Disclaimer: Neither Ouran High School Host club nor its characters belong to me.

A/N: In the course of re-watching this series I've found several scenes that I'm unsatisfied with, so I'm re-writing them. Some of these scenes completely don't exist in OHSHC (because they happen off screen or are just specific character thoughts) and some scenes I've extended. As a general rule these will probably each be under 2000 words, and each will probably be from a different perspective. Some might have multiple perspectives.

Episode: Jungle Pool SOS

Scene: The twins kidnap Haruhi as she's leaving school.

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Typical. There I was, thinking about what I needed to pick up for dinner before I went home, when Hikaru and Kaoru popped up out of nowhere. Seriously, can't I get one day of peace at this blasted school?

Before I even get a word in edgewise, Kaoru is in a limo and pulling my in behind him. Hikaru is quick to follow and I end up (as always) squished between them.

"Uh, could you guys scoot over some?" I tried to ask nicely, but I'm pretty sure it came out more annoyed than anything.

"Nope," they answered me together. Why do they always do that?

"We're perfectly happy," Kaoru began as he slid his arm around my waist.

"Right here," Hikaru finished their thought while draping an arm around my shoulders. They seemed to move in even closer as they talked, if that's even possible.

Giving up for the time being on their invasion of my personal space I ask, "Where are we going anyway?"

"That's a secret, Haruhi!" That was Kaoru.

"And you wouldn't want us to spill our innermost secrets would you?" Hikaru questioned, trying to act innocent. Seriously, innermost secret? Who are they trying to fool?

"Guess you'll just have to wait and find out!" they singsonged in unison.

"Well, at least let me work on some homework until we get there if you're going to eat up all my free time." If they have their way I probably won't be home until after dark, and then I won't have time for anything that I need to get done.

Kaoru pulled away from me, placing his hand over his heart and giving me a wounded look. "Eating up? Are we so unimportant to you that you wouldn't want to spend your free time with us?"

Of course, being who they are, I should've expected what happened next. Hikaru removed his hand from my shoulder and grabbed Kaoru's chin, pulling him partially across my lap. As they stared lovingly into each others eye's, Hikaru whispered "don't worry about her Kaoru. I still want to spend my free time with you."

I rolled my eyes at their antics and took advantage of their distraction to slip away from them and into another seat. I was just about to pull out some homework when they stopped me. It was worth a shot, right?

"Aw come on Haruhi, that's no fun! Let's play a game instead!" Hikaru enthused.

"Yeah!" Kaoru agreed. "How about truth or dare? Except without the dares since we're in a car. You first Haruhi, truth or truth?" I swear they act like their 8-year-olds.

"No, I'm not playing."

"Awwwww, Ha-ru-hiiii," Hikaru whined. "Pleeeaase? We'll be nice and not ask anything completely horrible, we promise!"

I crossed my arms over my chest in irritation and leaned back in my seat, knowing this would be a bad idea.

"What if we go first?" Kaoru reasoned.

"You probably wouldn't even answer me honestly so why should I bother?" This was Hikaru and Kaoru after all.

"You have our word!" They begged simultaneously. They each pulled one of my arms away from me so they could hold my hands.

"Please trust us Haruhi," Kaoru pleaded.

"We promise we'll tell you the complete truth to whatever you ask us! We wouldn't lie to you." Hikaru sounded completely sincere.

I have to admit, my interest was peaked. I could ask anything I wanted and they swore to answer. How could I turn down this opportunity? Expecially since I wasn't particularly worried about what they would ask me. I don't have any deep dark secrets to hide.

"Fine, we can play, and you guys are going first." As soon as I spoke, their whole faces lit up. This is something they really wanted to do. Maybe I should be worried after all?

"First question: I know your whole brotherly love act is complete BS, but what all have you guys done together?" I'd wondered about this before, but it's really none of my business so I never bothered to ask. Not that they would've told me anyway.

They looked at each other, seemingly deciding how much of the truth they should tell. I raised my eyebrow at them and pulled my hands back to cross over my chest again.

Hikaru was the first to look back at me and speak, "Well, we've kissed before, but it was when we were younger. We were just practicing for when the real thing came along, you know?"

Being an only child, I didn't know, but I could at least understand their thought process. When neither of them continued I decided to give them a little nudge. "And that's all?"

"I guess you could count sleeping together too," Kaoru added.

"Don't say it like that, she'll get the wrong idea!" Hikaru berated Kaoru. He was blushing and looking away from me as he continued his explanation. "We sleep together as in we actually sleep. We share a bed, but we don't do anything." Hikaru seemed nervous that I wouldn't understand, but I did.

"Alright, your turn," I reminded them.

They seemed shocked. "You're not going to ask us why?" Hikaru questioned. He seemed to expect more from me after their big reveal.

"No, I don't really see the point. It's your lives and if you want to sleep in the same bed then you should. There's nothing wrong with that. Besides, that would be another question, and it's not my turn anymore." I smirked a bit at the end.

They seemed to relax after my acceptance and they looked at each other again, this time with small smiles on their faces.

"Ok Haruhi," Hikaru began. "Which member of the host club do you like the best?"

"Hmm which one do I like the best?" I thought aloud. "Maybe Honey-senpai because he's so sweet and kind-natured and not at all a conniving kidnaper like some people," I directed at them. "But Mori-senpai is really nice too, and he saves me from Tamaki-senpai when he goes into his crazy possessive mode. It's a tough choice. I guess I don't like any one member of the host club best." I finished.

I couldn't help but notice how dejected Hikaru and Kaoru looked, and I realized they probably wanted me to pick them. They did want me to be honest though, didn't they?

I decided to move on with the game to try to take their minds off my answer. "Alright, next question: why do you try so hard to isolate yourselves and keep others at a distance when I can tell you really just want other people to see you for who you are as Hikaru and Kaoru?"

When my question was met with silence I started to worry that it hadn't made sense. It was kind of a long question. Just as I'm about to clarify, Kaoru speaks up.

"How do you do that?" They look lost, and I start to think maybe they don't even have an answer for me. "You can tell us apart when no one else can, you see him as Hikaru and me as Kaoru instead of us as "the twins". You understand what we mean and what we're thinking, and I can't figure out how you're doing it!" He sounded a bit frantic by the time he finished.

"I just pay attention, that's all. You are Kaoru," I emphasize by pointing at his chest. "You're nicer than Hikaru and you're not as rash. You put careful consideration into your actions." I turned slightly towards the other twin and pointed at him now. "And you are Hikaru. You may be hard-headed, but you're passionate. When you care about something you really care about it and you give it your all. You're more outspoken than Kaoru, and that can be good or bad." They stared at me through it all. Sadness flickered through their eyes when I said something negative, but they always went back to hopeful and amazed. I don't know why. It's not like what I said was some big revelation. It's who they are. Surely they know that better than I?

"You haven't answered my question yet," I remind them when it seems like they're just going to keep staring.

It was Kaoru who answered me again, "We're scared. What if we tried to be just Hikaru and Kaoru, and people didn't like us individually? I mean, not that we'd care, but still, it's nice to be liked." That was a complete lie; they absolutely did care. But it seemed more like a lie to themselves than to me, so I let it slide. "We've always just had each other. Most people don't even try to see us like you do, Haruhi. Somewhere along the line I guess we decided to just show everyone what they wanted to see: Twins. Not Hikaru and Kaoru. And it got to the point where we don't know how to be anything other than twins. So we keep to ourselves, and let everyone else think what they want. If they want into our world, they have to see us first. Until then, we're the only ones that matter to us."

Hikaru hadn't spoken at all and was looking away from both of us.

"Well that's just silly. How can anyone see the real Hikaru and Kaoru if you won't let them?" I reasoned.

"You did," Hikaru whispered. The weight of his words hung in the air as he finally looked at me. I didn't know how to respond to that, but it felt like something significant had shifted.

I smiled slightly at his admission, and then brought us back to the game. "It's your turn to ask a question."

They looked at each other again (seriously, how do they communicate so easily like that?) and Kaoru seemed to be elected speaker once again.

"Will you stay with us and keep being our friend, no matter how much we might annoy you?" They seemed apprehensive of my answer.

"Well that's a waste of a question. I don't just give up and turn away from friends, and I consider you guys to be my friends." I paused to let my words sink in and then I smirked as I continued: "Most of the time. When you aren't driving me crazy."

Hikaru and Kaoru chuckled, knowing that I was just messing with them. They switch seats to be on either side of me again and squashed me into a hug. For once, instead of complaining, I just hugged them back.