I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of it's characters.

This is just something I'm going to work on in my free time. I can never get enough of the Hitachiin twins. I'm going to try and update every week, maybe more if I'm not too busy or the muse floods in.

Constructive criticism is welcome! Reviews are wanted! Hope you enjoy, and thanks for reading! (:

"What about this shop over here?!" The twin unlaced his arm with his brother's and reached for his hand, intertwining his fingers within the other's flawlessly as he'd down many times before.

"Slow down, Kaoru!" Hikaru protested with a smile on his face as he squeezed tight onto the hand that was yanking him along. He caught up to pace with his mirror image almost instantly and their steps toward the destination timed exactly the same from then on.

"Look at all of these, Hikaru." Kaoru extended his arm and pointed toward the glass window of the bakery. Both twins simultaneously placed both of their hands on the window and leaned in, staring down at all of the sweets on display before they turned their heads to face one another.

"Perfect! Honey-senpai would love one of these," the twins spoke in unison.

"Or several." Hikaru chuckled. "And just a few for ourselves would be okay too, right?" His grin widened.

"Well, yeah. Since we're here-"

"-it would be a shame not too." Hikaru finished the other's out loud thought before wrapping an arm around Kaoru's waist and pulling him in close. He gave his side a little squeeze just to watch his twin's face heat up ever so slightly. He looked over at him with a sly grin and inched closer to whisper into Kaoru's ear. "Or, we could always just come back later."

"H-Hikaru!" Kaoru stumbled over his name. "What's gotten into you?" It was a pointless question. He already knew the answer. It was the same thing that got into himself whenever the two were as close as they were now. (which was pretty much always)

"What? It's not like any of the other's are around." Hikaru chuckled as he pressed his lips softly against Kaoru's cheek, beginning to trail them down to his jawline, only to watch his blush deepen just a little bit further. "You're just so cute when you're embarrassed."

"H-Hikaru!" He pushed him away slightly, the word taboo echoing in his mind once more as it did every time they were getting close in public. After all, that's what everyone (aside from all the ladies in the host club who just seemed to live for that sort of thing, of course) kept saying. Kaoru took a deep breath. Why did the one thing that pleased him more than anything have to be considered so wrong? "If we don't get to the host club party in time, Tameki is going to go-"

"-into rage mode again. Yeah, yeah. I get it." Hikaru let out a disappointed sigh, waving the thought away with his hand. He hated this. It was summer vacation. It was supposed to be their time off to lay around together and do whatever the hell they wanted. The boss man just had to go and ruin it like he did every summer with another random (and completely pointless by his standards) party. Still, it did slightly warm him just as much as it irritated him. It was a feeling he felt he would never sort out. Such contradiction. This time it was a gift exchange party. They had a hard enough time acknowledging the existence of anyone but themselves, and now they actually had to pick out things that their friends would like. At least it was getting easier with time. "Let's just get one and head back to the hotel. If we get back soon, we might just have a little time before hand." Hikaru grabbed his brother's arm and began to head for the door.

After Kaoru took a step, his ears perked up at what sounded like a small crash of a tin garbage can hitting the ground. He stopped and looked around, sandy eyes scanning their surroundings. Hikaru was already two steps ahead of him when he realized his brother wasn't following. "What's wrong, Kaoru?" His tone was nothing but concern.

"Did you hear that?" Kaoru continued to peer in the direction of the noise, but the street was completely empty. No one seemed to be out today, which felt a little creepy. The heat was rather unforgiving today, so he chalked it up to that. Hikaru shook his head before he tried to see what his other was staring at.

"It was probably just an alley cat or something," he suggested the simplest answer that might put his mirror at ease before reaching back and ruffling his brother's hair.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Kaoru chuckled as he reached up and took his brother's hand off his head, lacing their fingers together once more. Oddly though, Kaoru couldn't help but shake the feeling that something had been following them all day. Looking back toward the door, Kaoru lined up with his brother. The two walked in together.