A/N!

DJStarvingArtist is back, y'all! Lmao, I decided to start another story after going away at camp (Why my update was so slow on S.S. Suou), and I had so much inspiration. This one, I hope, will be another long one. Thank you, everybody who bothered reading my story!!♥

+Chapter One+

Scheme Engaged

"Ahh.. Kaoru… I'm bored." From the Hitachiin household, no other feeling but pure boredom and monotony was spreading about. As Hikaru lay on his bed, legs up in the air and staring at the screen of a laptop computer, his hands lay on his cheeks, resting his entire head weight and bound to leave a red mark or two. Beside him, Kaoru lay on his back, head turning back and looking at the laptop upside down. His expression was more of a sad look than tired, like Hikaru's. With a grumble, he turned himself around to look at his brother.

"Ano… Me too." He sighed, tapping a finger on the side of the desktop manager. As he stared at the You Tube videos that his brother was bringing up, Kaoru was beginning to give up on his brainstorming. He hated having to think of something to do, and Hikaru hated it more.

The video was a bulldog in a tutu doing various tricks. The voice in the back was a female's, and you could see she was also the one carrying the camera because of how it shook and her hand showing up on screen every few times. Right now, the bulldog, whose name was Hercules, was doing back flips into a series of hoops and eating a dog bone shaped treat in the middle of each jump. As amazing as it was, it wasn't entertaining enough for the Hitachiin brothers. Their tastes needed much more to satisfy their craving.

"Ahh… Ever since the summer started, there's been nothing to do." Hikaru sighed, and was absolutely right. Kaoru nodded his head in agreement, and in a huff threw his cheek on his hand.

"Yeah… And since Ranka said Haruhi's busy preparing for a summer trip, there's no use in trying to reach her."

"I know. What ever happened to the buddy phone?"

"I'd bet she lost it."

"Yeah, right, I'd bet dono-sama stole it and threw it in the Mediterranean."

The two sighed and sat up.

"Well, I suppose there's nothing more to do than… go somewhere with ma." Kaoru shrugged. Their mother and father had proposed a 'family trip' earlier that week, and they'd told them they'd think about it. The parents had figured that that was a no.

"Are you kidding, Kaoru? It's a business trip in disguise. Besides, who'd want to spend time with their parents all summer? And what're we going to do when they get home?" Hikaru was aghast that Kaoru would suggest something so ennui, but he knew deep inside him that his younger brother was absolutely right.

"Well, what do you suggest we do?" Kaoru spat back, sticking his tongue out at his brother in a playful way.

"Something…" Hikaru poked a finger to his chin and looked up in thought. "…Something we've never done before."

"Easier said than done." Kaoru mocked. He was just pushing Hikaru so that he'd come up with something. "Come on, we've done everything a pair of rich twins can."

"…But what about poor twins?" Hikaru suggested, a smirk now on his face. Turning to face Kaoru, his sly look rubbed off onto his brother. "Let's go somewhere commoner."

"Yeah, but let's make it more exciting. Let's make it one of those places where you go for a while and don't come back until a certain amount of time." Kaoru chortled. That was an excellent idea that Hikaru came up with.

"…A commoner insane asylum?" Hikaru questioned, looking puzzled.

"No, that's not the name, idiot." Kaoru chucked. "… I remember Haruhi mentioning it once, but… I can't remember what the name was. I think it starts with a 'K'." Kaoru crossed his arms and looked down in thought. "Kat, Kangaroo, Kookaburra, Koopa-Troopa…"

"…Camp?" Hikaru guessed, looking up at his brother. "A sleep away camp? That starts with a 'C', Kaoru."

"Yeah! That's it!!" Kaoru jeered, standing up with a finger in the air. "And I know, Hikaru, I just thought what she said started with a 'K'." Again, he stuck his tongue out and giggled to Hikaru.

"We're going to commoner camp!" Hikaru laughed, standing up beside his brother. He laced his fingers through Kaoru's and they began to dance, facing each other. "Commoner camp, commoner camp, commoner camp!♪" They sang, laughing giddily as they did so.

"You know what that means, Kaoru?" Hikaru hissed, grinning at his brother in a most devilish manner.

"What, Hikaru?" Kaoru giggled, playing along.

"Celebration!" Hikaru laughed, tackling his brother onto his bed and wrestling him.

The two pushed and shoved until Kaoru had pinned Hikaru down. "Let's go tell ma!" He laughed. "After you ask me nicely to let you up!"

"No way, Kao!" Hikaru giggled. "That's my line! I was supposed to pin you down, I'm the older brother!"

"That doesn't mean anything but who dies first, ask me nicely!" Kaoru laughed.

"No way, Kaoru, let me up!"

"Make me!"

"Now!!"

"What's the magic word?"

Hikaru grumbled, and struggled to break free. It was no use, Kaoru had a steady grip. With a hold like that, it would take Kaoru being off guard for him to turn the tables. Sadly, he had to think of a way to do that.

"…Magic word, Hikaru?" Kaoru was just teasing him, now. He enjoyed being the dominant one for once.

"Abracadabra!" Hikaru squeaked, then sighed. "Will you let me up now?"

"I'll stay here all night if I have to… Because I want to." Kaoru snickered. "I'll be the one sleeping on top this time!"

Hikaru laughed. "Dream on!" In the middle of their laughter, he had an idea. It wasn't exactly the brightest, but it was worth a shot.

"Kaoru, what's that?!" Hikaru gasped, turning to the window with a quick jerk of his neck. His face looked scared out of his wits, and to Kaoru, he was not going to take that lightly.

"Huh?!" Kaoru choked, and before he knew it, Hikaru had pushed him up and under. Now it was Hikaru who had Kaoru pinned down to the bed.

"C'mon, Kaoru, you fell for that old trick?" He laughed, scrunching up his nose cutely and leaning down to touch Kaoru nose to nose. "I thought you were a Hitachiin, not a lightweight like Suou."

"Hey, don't call me a Suou! You had me scared for you there for a second!" Kaoru retorted, shaking his head from side to side and wiggling around like mad. "Let's go tell mom our plan, we're wasting time! What if she'd left on her trip by now?!"

"Quit your squirming, Kaoru, they don't leave until Wednesday." Hikaru laughed. It was dying down a bit, for his possessive nature was coming back. "Now for me to let you up, you have to act cute for me WHILE you ask nicely!" He roared with laughter.

"What?! Come on, mine wasn't so--"

Hikaru's expression caused Kaoru to stop. He was looking around boredly, signaling to Kaoru that he wasn't listening. Kaoru had been defeated.

"…Okay, fine.." Kaoru huffed, thinking of something he could do that Hikaru would find suitable. "Here goes… And you'd better let me up after this!!"

Hikaru smiled. "I will. I promise."

When Hikaru or Kaoru promised something to each other, it was always serious and sincere. Neither of them would purposely break a promise if their lives depended on it, metaphorically. This put Kaoru in a slightly calmer mood. Looking up at his brother, he widened his eyes and made a small pout with his lower lip, then began to fake cry. Turning that look to a look of angst, he turned his expression to one side and cocked his shoulders up.

"Hikaru… Big brother… Please let me up. I'm… I'm begging you!"

Laughing, Hikaru released his hold on Kaoru. "You're so good at that, Kaoru!" He snickered. "You'd make one cute girl!"

"Oh, shut up." Kaoru retorted, standing up and brushing himself off. "You made me do it. You almost made me forget what we were supposed to do."

Looking up at Kaoru boredly and blinking, Hikaru coked his head to the side. "…What were we going to do?"

"Commoner camp?"

"OHH, YEAH!" Hikaru bellowed and stood up cheerfully in the blink of an eye. Bending his left arm and turning to his beloved other, the held the arm out to him. "Shall we?"

Kaoru's frown quickly changed to a warm smile. "…We shall." He nodded and linked arms with his brother.

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"Ma!" The two called in harmony, skipping down the stairs and entering the dining hall. Their parents were having lunch, and they were lucky their plan had been conceived on a weekend or else they would've been out about business. "Ma! We want to go to a commoner camp!"

"Huh?" Mrs. Hitachiin looked up from her salad, as did her husband. "A… A commoner camp? What's that?"

Mr. Hitachiin smiled. He knew exactly what they were talking about, having been married into the family. "Ah, honey, the boys want to go to a camp for poor people." He chuckled.

"Well, why on earth would they want to do that?" She questioned, coking her head to the side and sneering. She acted as if they weren't standing on either side of her, pushing and asking her please.

"Because we're bored!" Kaoru cried.

"We want to be commoners for a while! Please, please, please?!" Hikaru stammered.

"…But… Why commoner?"

Mr. Hitachiin laughed. "I think it's great that you two find interest in something like poor culture. I think it's a great idea!"

"But honey--"

"HOORAY!!" Hikaru and Kaoru bellowed together, almost jumping onto the table and doing a dance. They were the type that believe that they needed what they wanted, then didn't care for it when they got it.

Sighing, the woman knew that if Hikaru and Kaoru wanted it that badly, she would have to give it to them. In other words, she was used to spoiling them rotten to the point where it was second nature. "Augh… I'll get you guys registered tonight."

"A sleep away camp!"

"Yeah!"

"What?! Now that's too much--" That was an insane idea. Why would her sons want to do that?!

"Okie-Dokie, spokie!" Mr. Hitachiin saluted his sons. "I'll get you guys registered tonight!" He did believe that it was a great idea, and had almost no idea what he was doing. His wife definitely had the instinct that it would not be good for Hikaru and Kaoru…

And she was right.

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A/N!

Augh, it's starting so slow! The next chapters won't be home life, I promise, I just wanted to elaborate and show how happy those two are together. Hee, I guess I do have to admit it, I am a fan of the twins. Damn that 400 page role play…

Next Chapter::

Departure! An Unexpected Treat

The third chapter on are meant to be the real plot starters, just as S.S. Suou was. I'm planning for this to be very, very dramatic.