Hello everyone! FeatherSong here. Some of you may know me from my other two Ouran stories. (As you can see, I can't stay away.) To those of you who have read *takes large breath* Discovery of the Heart of the Shadow King, you should be pretty much caught up on this. For those that haven't, if you did it would make a lot more sense, but if you don't want to that's cool (you little rebel you). I think I gave enough here for a general understanding. This is probably going to look like a long series of one shots, but I promise it actually has a storyline. So, without further ado, here ya go!
"I cannot believe we're doing this." Hikaru thought to himself with a grin. He wouldn't even have thought of half of this crap. Alarm clocks were going off every ten minutes, around twenty random people were walking around with tampons and/or condoms in their shopping carts (unbeknownst to them), mannequins were dressed like they had come out of a bad game of truth or dare, and he was hiding in an empty storage bin peeking out at a full scale battle of around a hundred toys set up in the middle of a store aisle.
How had he ended up here?
Earlier that morning…
"How d'ya think this works?" he asked Kaouru. He was staring at a panel of buttons on a wall next to a door, with little labels next to each one. 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B…
Kaouru shrugged. "Beats me. What did she say again?"
"Something about apartment number 4…"
"Well, may as well try this one, then." Hikaru shrugged, pressing the button labeled "4."
"Hello?" the voice of a young-ish boy came through a speaker.
The twins looked at each other and shrugged. "Is this the Flynn residence?" they asked, in their well-practiced "polite" voices.
"Yeah, who's this?"
"The Hitachiin brothers!" they said, switching over to their somewhat cocky selves again.
"Ohhhkay…" the voice came back. "Come on up, I guess."
They gave each other an eyebrow, but pulled the door open and climbed the stairs, opening the door on the fourth landing. The commoner's apartment was small, but not as small as Haruhi's. It was actually pretty nice looking, as commoner's places went.
"We're heeeeere!" they announced, holding their arms out in typical host fashion.
A boy with messy blond hair poked his head into the room from around the corner. "And…you would be the Hitachiin brothers?" he asked quizzically, strolling into the room. He was still wearing his pajamas, and was holding a game system in one hand.
"Yes, and you are?" they asked.
"Ricky. Do you guys ever speak, like, separately?"
"Sometimes." they said, together.
Ricky quirked an eyebrow, but sat down and started playing his game without another word.
"Hey how old are you, kid?" Hikaru asked.
"Almost fourteen." he replied, not looking up.
They nodded at each other. So this was Emma's little brother Errick, the dorky genius one she'd mentioned a few times.
"What game is that?" Kaouru asked curiously.
"Pokemon."
"Which one? We've beaten them all." They said, sitting on either side of him.
"Uhh…Platinum."
"Pfft. Easy." they said dismissively.
"Yeah, I just got it, it hasn't been too difficult."
"By just got it, you mean…" Hikaru asked.
"Yesterday."
They nodded. "Impressive."
Suddenly, an alarm started beeping in another room. "Crap." Ricky looked up. "I meant to turn that off…" he got up and walked into said room.
They were somewhat surprised when Kyoya walked in a few seconds later, from the same hallway Ricky had just walked into. He stopped short, apparently a bit more surprised than them. "What are you two doing here?"
"We might ask you the same question." they teased, knowing full well that he was here for Ella Flynn, Emma's older sister.
"I'm here for my girlfriend?" he said, raising an eyebrow as if to restate his previous question.
"We're here for Emma." Kaouru explained.
"We're hanging out with her today." Hikaru added.
"Just the three of you?" Kyoya asked, bearing an odd expression, something akin to worry.
"Yeah why?" they asked together.
"Nothing, just feel that the world should be concerned…" he muttered, making the twins snicker. They could only hope that whatever Emma had planned involved getting themselves into trouble.
At that moment, Emma Flynn walked in from behind him. She was wearing flowered shorts, glittery converse, and a plain, flowy tank top, and her long, straight blond hair bouncing behind her with every step. She was grinning mischeviously (which made the twins grin too.) They stood when they saw her.
She flicked Kyoya on the ear as she breezed by him, meriting a small frown and narrowed eyes from him. (They had a rather interesting relationship with each other.) "Later, Kyoya." she said.
The twins fell into step behind her on the way out the door. "Byeee!" they called behind them.
"Good morning, boys." Emma said, regarding the two.
"Morning, Emma!" they said.
The boys had known Emma for about a month now: She was a first year, a commoner on scholarship for swimming, and a transfer student from America. They had met her through her older sister, Ella, who was the club's official cosplay organizer, and Kyoya's girlfriend. (That's an entirely different story.) Emma came on as the club's "sometimes-techie" after a large debacle with the Lobelia Girls' Academy concerning Ella and Kyoya's relationship. (But that, again, is another story.) Emma was just as much a troublemaker as they were: She could hold her own with them and even came up with stuff that they didn't. She could make them laugh and sometimes even gave them a run for their money, trouble wise. When they first met her, they had intended to make her their new "toy," but after getting to know her, she proved impossible to tame and much more valuable than that, anyway.
"What do you have planned for us on this fine spring Saturday?" Kaouru asked.
"Yeah, more fun commoner stuff?" Hikaru added.
Emma laughed mischievously. "Yeah, something like that. Boys, we're going to the mall."
They each quirked an eyebrow. "Shopping?"
"No offense, Emma.." Kaouru began.
"But that's not really the kind of thing we had in mind when you said "fun."" Hikaru finished bluntly.
She elbowed him. "Don't get your panties in a bunch. We're not going there to shop." she then looked from side to side. "Wait, if we're spending all day together you have to tell me who is who."
The boys grinned at each other. "Let's play the which one is Hik—"
"No." she said with a small smile. "I have no freaking clue how to tell who is who, I'm not playing your silly little game for the umpteenth time."
"Oh, c'mon, Emma!"
"Yeah, you've got a fifty-fifty shot."
"Nope." she crossed her arms. "You tell me."
"Nope."
They stared at each other with narrowed eyes. "We seem to have reached an impasse." they said.
"Hey guys!" The three turned to see Tamaki and Haruhi approaching.
"Uh-oh, here comes drama." Emma said under her breath with a smirk. "And Haruhi too!" something about this made Hikaru lose it.
"What's so funny, Hikaru?" Haruhi asked.
"HA!" Emma said, pointing. "Hikaru is the one in the red t-shirt, and Kaouru is the one in the green v-neck!"
Hikaru sobered quickly. "Haaaruhiiiiiii!" the two whined.
"What?" she asked, confused.
"You spoiled our game!" Hikaru pouted.
"Whoops, sorry." Haruhi said sarcastically.
Emma flicked him. "Quit pouting, ya baby."
"So what are the three of you up to today?" Tamaki said cheerily.
"Going to the mall, apparently." Kaouru said, giving Emma a sidelong glance. She just smirked.
Haruhi eyed them suspiciously. "Well, alright…I guess we'll be going, then…"
"Seeya later!" the three said together, waving goodbye as they continued in opposite directions.
"Have a splendid day!" they heard Tamaki call.
"Now seriously, what are we doing at the mall?" Hikaru asked.
Emma grinned. "We're gonna get kicked out."
Later…
It was apparently something she and her friends had done back in America, in some superstore called Wal-Mart. Doing crazy stuff, seeing how much you could do before getting kicked out. So, that was how they had ended up having wrapping paper sword fights, playing tag, throwing pillows and jumping on mattresses, and, most importantly, how he had ended up in this empty toy bin.
This was actually the most fun he'd had in a while. Something about when Tamaki started dating Haruhi…just had him in a kind of 'fun' rut. He hadn't felt like himself, but when they were with Emma, he kind of just forgot about all of that crap, and finally had fun again. Today was the first time he had felt totally free of all of that stress.
The lid to his bin finally opened. "Hey! Found him!" Emma's grinning face looked down at him.
Hikaru grinned back. "Funny that you found me and not Kaouru." he said, taking Emma's hand to get out of the bin. His balance was a bit off, though, and he ended up falling right on top of her.
"Oof!"
"Are you okay?" he asked, somewhat urgently.
She laughed. "I'm fine, now get off, you klutz."
"Hikaru!" Kaouru cried, pulling his brother up. "Are you alright?"
He chuckled. "Yeah, I'm—"
"There you are!" they all turned in surprise to find a security guard storming towards them. "So YOU'RE the troublemakers that have been lurking around all day!"
They looked at each other. "Uh oh." they said.
"The four of us are going to take a little trip to mall jail." he said, smirking.
"How often do you think he gets to do this?" Emma mumbled with a smirk, regarding the somewhat portly mall cop.
"It's his shining moment!" Hikaru replied sarcastically.
"Guys. I don't really want to go to mall jail." Kaouru interrupted.
"You're right." Hikaru agreed.
Emma grinned wider. "RUN!" she yelled suddenly, and they took off, leaving the panting security guard running far behind them.
Kaouru watched his brother laughing freely with Emma a couple of feet ahead of him as they ran. "It's nice to see him out of that funk." he thought with a smile. He couldn't help but think that if it weren't for Emma, it would have lasted a lot longer.
He chuckled to himself as they stopped to catch their breath just outside of the mall. "We should do this again sometime." Hikaru said with sarcasm, making Emma laugh breathlessly.
"Yeah," Kaouru thought to himself, seeing his brother's carefree smile. "We really should."
So yeah! There it is! Goshers I hope you guys liked it, writing for the twins proved a lot more difficult than writing for Kyoya! I will update again soon, but for now, reviews would be lovely, if you have input or ideas or whatever I will GLADLY accept, aaaand...yeah! That's it! See ya soon!
-FeatherSong