A/N: Yay for more fandom jumping! Now I'm at Ouran for the first time ever, zomg. It's worryful and exciting all at once. I come bearing Hitachiincest, and I seriously hope I pulled it out okay. Them boys are tricky. I don't own anything, as per usual; please leave constructive criticism for me to look at; and this is for my darling Ellie, for Christmas.
Exposed
Theirs is a world of preferences. Everyone at Ouran knows what the Hitatchiin twins prefer and what they don't prefer. The girls are content to leave them be, and the boys know they'll never really be friends with them. And they'll fade into the white marble walls to make room for Hikaru, for Kaoru.
But sometimes the world doesn't like that, and the world comes too close. Hikaru will lash out and Kaoru will hide, but they'll strip them down anyway, cameras at hand, wondering just how many secrets those twin eyes are hiding.
There's so little to be said. They're little expensive boys in a little expensive world. They were never born to work or exert themselves; the world's supposed to be hand-delivered to them when they order it. And while they've taught each other to walk tall and shameless, it's starting to wear down on them. Kaoru's eyes aren't shining as bright anymore; Hikaru's posture is slipping, becoming sloppy. Their secrets are starting to catch up with them, and it's only a matter of time before they're exposed, before people realize it's so much more than an act.
They're counting down to see how much time they have left before they're stripped away for good, until there's nothing to cover them up anymore. And when that day comes, they know people will become concerned, therapists will step in, and "for their own good," they'll never see each other again.
So they make the secret affair last, etch it in their minds. They'll need the memories later when they're torn away, when they're finally exposed.
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