Chapter 1

Title: Second

Summary: Am I just second best Hikaru? In which Kaoru realizes he's always been second.

"Hikaru, am I second best to you?"

The question was so random it took everything in Hikaru to not choke on absolutely nothing as Kaoru's words hung in the air, instead swallowing thickly and moving his arm slightly to take a glance at his twin.

Before this surprising and totally non-sensical question, Hikaru had been laying on the brother's shared bed with his arm hanging over his closed eyes, his younger brother laying in between the oldest twin's legs and head nuzzling his chest.

Staring at his brother with one half-lidded golden eye, he couldn't help but finally ask, "Why in hell would you ever think you're second best to me?"

Hearing the question aloud Kaoru realized it sounded a bit ridiculous, but with a blush he continued on, "Well, I was thinking and I realized- I was always second. It was always 'Hikaru and Kaoru', never 'Kaoru and Hikaru'. Plus, you're the seme and I'm the uke- seme is always first, ne? You were born first while I was born second. Also, I noticed- you loved Haruhi first, you loved me second. You dated Haruhi first, me second. You kissed Haruhi first, myself second. You had sex with Haruhi first, and-" he couldn't help but blush deeper as the words hung, "me second. I was always second."

Sighing, Hikaru moved his arm back over his eyes, pondering on this for a moment. He was prepared to fight in his twin's defense, saying how it wasn't true and he was never second- but he was. As much as Hikaru wanted to, he couldn't time travel and change everything. And he couldn't deny his twin was right- he was always second.

So, with a slight shrug, Hikaru replied.

"Yeah, you're always second."

Kaoru couldn't help but cringe- the words stung. They shook him to the core and he felt tears prick at his eyes. His own brother agreed he was second? Sure, Kaoru had realized it a long time ago, and was just confessing his fears to his brother, but he had expected his brother to at least defend him- not agree.

With a small sniffle Kaoru moved to get up, prepared to escape to his room and cry his heart out, when his brother's arm, which hung lazily around his waist, tightened, restricting any movement.

"But y'know what?" Kaoru paused, looking up at his brother who was watching him once more, his cheeks already slightly damp from loose tears he hadn't been able to hide.

In one swift motion Kaoru found himself pinned to the bed, a look of surprise on his face as his brother straddled his hips, staring down into the younger twin's golden eyes.

"You'll never be second in my eyes, Kaoru. If you'd like to change it to 'Kaoru and Hikaru', feel free- I will never judge you." He kissed Kaoru's forehead gently, then kissed away some of the boy's free tears. "I make no promises you can be seme, because only my wonderful, beautiful, lovely, innocent Kaoru could be so sweet- never could I compare." Hikaru then kissed Kaoru's nose and the blush painting his cheeks.

"Hi-Hika..." Kaoru stuttered, blush deep as a rose, but Hikaru interrupted.

"Shut up, I'm not done. Anyways, where did I leave off? Oh, yes- I can do nothing about the way we were born. It was just like that, for whatever odd reason, but I can promise this- I'm glad I could have such a wonderful twin by my side through everything." Hikaru's words sent a happy shiver through Kaoru, causing him to smile wide. "And, yes, I loved Haruhi first-" this caused his brother to cringe, "but I will always love you more than I could ever love her. With you there's a spark and your smile shines and warms me to the core. And besides," Hikaru grinned smugly down at his brother, coming closer and licking the shell of his twin's ear, causing Kaoru to shiver much to Hikaru's delight. "Haruhi could never make such adorable noises when we have sex."

With a wide smile and happy tears trailing down his face Kaoru raised his arms behind his brother's head and tangled them in the twin's hair that resembled his in so many ways, tugging him so that their lips would finally meet in a happy, passionate kiss.

The older brother smiled against the younger one's lips, and murmured against them, "You will never be second best to me, Kaoru."

"Promise?" The other whispered back, and Hikaru smiled at him, fingers working slowly to remove his other half's shirt.

"Promise."

(Needless to say, they weren't seen for the rest of the night, and didn't emerge from their room until the next day.)

A/N: This is the first chapter/one-shot of Tales of Twins, Pocky, and Pumpkins! This is strictly all Hikaru/Kaoru! Only some of the shots will connect to one another while others are in random order and timelines. I really wanted to post Pocky first, but I honestly had this typed up for a while and wrote Pocky but never typed it, so I'm just going to post this now.

Also, in some shots Hikaru and Kaoru will be dating while in others it's simply brotherly love fluff things.

Read and review, please! Sorry if they're OOC! I tried!
~Angie the Author