Yay for me being demented! The chapters for this will all be pretty short, but there will be quite a few more if all goes well. Hope you enjoy.

We woke up together that morning curled up next to each other. The alarm was screeching at us, but neither of us wanted to get up. Reluctantly, I sat up and whacked it, not caring which button I hit. Within an hour or so, Kaoru and I were ready to leave the house. We were waiting inside for the car to pull up. Neither of us really wanted to talk, so we both just stared as the droplets of rain raced toward the bottom of the window.

Behind the glass and water, I saw a blurry black figure of a car pull up. I scowled, not wanting to go to school. I looked at Kaoru, and he had a similar look.

"Do you just want to skip today?" I asked, hoping he would choose to follow along with this shenanigan.

He sighed. "No, we have to go. Tamaki will yell at us if we skip without a good excuse." I sighed in return, standing and grabbing an umbrella.

"Then we'd better get in the car." He nodded and we went out the door, letting the butler close it behind us. I opened the car door and let Kaoru crawl in first, then quickly followed him as to avoid getting soaked by the downpour.

I immediately turned my head and stared out the window. I was disappointed in my brother for not staying home with me, but tried to push that thought away. Clearing my mind, I spaced out. Suddenly, I was brought to my senses by some fuzzy words and an equally fuzzy chuckle.

"Hunh?" I responded, turning my head and snapping back into my senses.

"I said I bet Tamaki would react in a hilarious way if we somehow distracted Haruhi every time he tried to talk to her!" Kaoru repeated himself, grinning from ear to ear. I laughed.

"It's worth a shot. Seeing him get flustered is priceless!" We both laughed in unison.

"How should we distract Haruhi?"

"Offer her free things. Commoners love free things."

"True, true. But eventually she'll get bored."

"Then we can talk over Tamaki."

"Or poke her."

"Or throw something."

We both laughed again.

"We're great at this," I said, smiling. I looked over at Kaoru; his smile had faded.

"What's wrong?" He looked up at me with a glitter of worry in his eyes.

"Do you think people don't like us because we do these things?"

"Nah. It's funny! Plus, they know that we don't mean to offend Tamaki. He's just a spaz."

He looked back at me with a smirk. "Yeah, he is."

"Plus, I'll always love you. You don't need anyone else."

"Thanks, brother."

"Anytime, brother."

I looked back out the window. Then suddenly, there was a loud noise. Well, more like a combination of multiple loud noises. There was a car horn, screeching brakes, and a banging noise. Then, everything seemed to move in slow motion. I whipped my head in the direction of the noises to see tearing metal. I tried to scream, but nothing came out. I closed my eyes, as if that would save me. I felt wetness, but I ignored it. Sharp metal and glass dug into my skin; both made my skin and flesh sear in pain. I wanted to scream again, but I was holding my breath; nothing would come out. I felt my consciousness slipping away and tried to save it, but I couldn't. My last thought was if Kaoru felt the same way. That thought scared the last of my conscious mind away.

Kaoru...

I wasn't planning to put this up until it was finished, but it was sitting around and I couldn't wait anymore. Please comment - tell me what you thought!