"Hiki, it's time to wake up," Kaoru murmurs into his brothers hair.
The identical boys were cuddled into each other, as close as they could possibly get. Both acknowledge their positioning by silently staring down at their bodies before rolling to opposite ends of the bed. They both knew that they only woke up in such a position when something was bothering them.
"Are you alright Hiki," questioned Kaoru, breaking the tense silence.
Before Hikaru could answer, a knock on the door interrupted both boys thoughts.
"Good morning, Master's," The Hitachiin brothers twin maids greeted cheerfully.
Hikaru groaned. His mind was sluggish on account of a fitful sleep. His dreams had become quite sensual lately. Normally, those kind of dreams wouldn't bother Hikaru, but on account of him sharing a bed with his brother, he didn't feel too comfortable with his nighttime fantasies. Especially when they seemed to revolve around a VERY familiar red head. His stomach churned at the thought, yet not with the the disgust he knew he should be feeling.
Shaking his head Hikaru stood, stretched and padded off to the en suite leaving Kaoru to his thoughts. He's lying to me, he never does that, Kaoru pondered as he rubbed the sleep out of is eyes. When he stood, clad only in his pyjama pants, as the maids departed respectfully. Now he was alone to contemplate his latest nightmare. If that's what he could call it. It was centred around a boy with a similar build to his own. Who was he kidding. He had had a dream about his brother. It hadn't been particularly romantic yet the usual camaraderie that the two siblings shared hadn't been present. It had been replaced by something much more taboo. Shaking his head as if it would rid his brain of thoughts of his twin, Kaoru laid back and stared at the ceiling, anticipating a long day.
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"Haruhi," sang Hikaru as he snagged the slim girl around the waist.
"Hey guys," greeted Haruhi sounding slightly exasperated as Kaoru joined them.
"Didja get your homework done," Questioned Hikaru, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Yeah, it was easy this time. What about you?"
"About that... Hiki and I were wondering if we could borrow your sheet, you know, to compare answers! We wouldn't want you to fall behind by messing up a few questions," answered Kaoru.
"I think you guys should do your own work," Haruhi countered simply, having almost fallen for the same line the previous week.
Identical frowns flitted across boys faces briefly, then vanished as they entered the 3rd music room. Gentle conversation that filled the boys ears as they relaxed.
The large room looked as it always had with its high ceiling, rosy-hued walls and extravagant chandeliers. It was already bustling with activity even though it had been opened only 10 minutes before. Honey-Senpai and Mori-senpai were off in their own corner, Honey polishing off a colossal cake, while Mori watched with a warm smile. Tamaki was once again acting the prince charming, dazzling the girls with his chivalrous attitude. Kyouya was skirting the edges of the room, jotting down notes upon his ever-handy clip board. This was their playground.
"Once again, you three are late today,. You all have a good excuse this time a presume?," questioned Kyouya in his lulling voice.
"Sensei kept us late! Don't blame us," The twins said in unison as the sauntered into the room.
Hikaru glanced up, sensing Tamaki's reproachful glare at the trio's arrival. Hikaru barely grazed his brothers arm. Kaoru looked at Tamaki out of the corner of his eye and nodded his ascent to Hikaru. Both boys moved in closer to an oblivious Haruhi, leaning against her in an intimate stance. Tamaki fumed, momentarily forgetting his guests. Baiting Tamaki came naturally. Both boys exchanged a glance and smirked in triumph. They hadn't gotten much of a reaction, but it was a start. Soon the twins sauntered into their own area and began entertaining. Re-accounting waking up in each others arms was a good start.
"Mnnn you were so nice to sleep with last night Kaoru" Hikaru spoke with a sly voice attracting girls' attention.
"Oh Hikaru, I felt so safe in your arms this morning," whined Kaoru, fluttering his eyelashes for effect.
"There was nothing to be afraid of silly," Hikaru replies, pulling his brother closer to him. Hikaru began to blush as he felt the warmth from his brothers face, suddenly noticing his milky white skin and gently tinted lips. Well that's never happened before, noted Hikaru in surprise. He then mentally smacked himself. Way to state the obvious.
"Hiki," Kaoru breathed, "would you still hold me even if there was nothing to be scared of?"
Kaoru suddenly got a tight feeling in his midriff as the proximity between him and his brother lessened. His cheeks were suddenly doused in scarlet as he pouted as they planned. Focus, Kaoru reminded himself. People are watching.
The heart-wrenching expression that plastered itself across Kaoru's face sucked Hikaru in further as his twin looked demurely up at him with doe eyes. Yet it was the flush in his twins cheeks that caused Hikaru to think of other ways he could make Kaoru blush. Hikaru shook his head to clear it, trying to reign in the images that overwhelmed his imagination in mere seconds. Get a hold of yourself.
"Of course Kaoru! Why would I ever give up the chance to cuddle something as cute as you," Hikaru responded intimately.
Both boys pulled one another closer and Kaoru rested his head upon Hikaru's shoulder and pressed his lips to his twins neck, in a gesture that could have easily been passed up as an accident. Hikaru's breath hitched as the girls exploded in high-pitched shrieks that only bats and dogs could ever hope to hear, they were eating the display up. Against Hikaru's neck, Kaoru smirked at their top performance. Hikaru, however, had other things on his mind...