"Karou!"

Karou spun around to meet the bubbling blonde practically skipping over to his side.

Karou smirked. "Hey Tamaki. What's up?"

Tamaki grinned, his pearly white teeth gleaming in the morning sun.

"Nothing much Karou, walking home from school same as you." He answers.

"Hey," Tamaki goes on. Karou looks up at him with interest. "Did you hear some family moved into the old Kato place?" He asks.

Karou's eyes widen. "Holy shit Tamaki! Are you serious?" He exclaims.

Tamaki nods. "Yeah, and it wasn't just some family either, you know that tall guy Honey-sempi has been hanging around?"

Karou nods, then catches his breath. "Wait, you mean he-"

Tamaki nods. "Yeah, he says him, his cousins and his grandfather moved in there last week."

"Huh." Karou mulls over. "I never saw a moving truck over there."

"Oh! That's right. You live close to them don't you?"

Karou nods. "Yeah. Across the street actually."

"We should go over there and say hi to Mori and his family!" Tamaki exclaims.

Karou scowles. "I don't think that's a good idea Sempi."

Tamaki pouts. "Awh, why not?"

"Do we really know Mori Sempi enough to just pop in on him like that?"

"I'm sure he won't mind."

"How do you know? He never says anything!" Karou snaps.

"Yes but he's so nice to Honey Sempi! I'm sure he'd love to see us!" Tamaki argues.

"That's not very sound logic." Karou grumbles.

But it was too late they were nearing the old Kato place and Tamaki was sprinting towards it.

"Tamaki!" Karou shouts, running after the blonde.

The two sprint down the sidewalk towards the extensive gothic mansion.

The paint repelled against the walls, several windows were broken, the whole structure loomed. The each blade of grass lost its life long ago, the door was cracked and the whole thing was nothing more than a terrible eyesore standing just down the street from the marvelous Hiitachi manchin.

Sitting on the steps of the Kato place was a teenager, puffing away on a cigarette. His hair is a fiery red, his muscles perfectly tone, poking from a black tank top. He wore a baseball cap to hide the hellish look permanently tattooed to his face. He had an ugly scar, that looked like a tiny shark bit him, running along his bottom lip. He sees a blonde mortal running his way and has to beat back his shining green eyes, turning them back into a hollow golden shade.

The blonde pops up in the dead grass, grinning from ear to ear.

"Hello" he pants.

Hikaru sucks in some smoke then blows some rings Tamaki's way.

"I know you?" He snaps, taking another a drag.

"Oh, uh, no I guess but I know Mori." Tamaki informs him sweetly.

"Ah. Are you that Honey kid he likes so much?"

"No. Honey's a friend of mine. I'm Tamaki Suo." The teen bows.

"Hey." Hikaru blows a cloud of smoke his way. "I'm Hikaru." He gruffly remarks. "Mori's my cousin." He added almost hastily if not for his almost grumpy demeanor making it sound like a scold.

"Yeah, Mori talks about you sometimes." Tamaki tells him sweetly.

Hikaru raises an eyebrow. "Really? He speaks?"

Tamaki nods, laughing a little. "Not very much but yeah. He usually has to go otherwise he says you'll get in trouble."

Hikaru snorts. "Yeah he's good at that."

Before Tamaki can ask what he meant by that Karou comes running up to them.

"Tamaki! Don't run off like that!" He pants.

Hikaru does a double take, his eyes consuming every inch of the red-head more than once.

"Who are you?" He almost gasps.

Karou pants, turns to Hikaru and smiles.

"I'm Karou Hiitachi." He bows

Hikaru stares for a moment, his face fighting between an expression of nausea and pure exhilaration.

Then he grins. He stands up taking off his hat and bows. "I'm Hikaru Ootori." He grins.

Karou gawks. The boy in front of him looked exactly like him, a carbon copy. Tamaki stared as well, mouth open.

Hikaru grins, knowing their shock. "You live down the street, right?" He points to Karou.

All the flabbergasted boy can do is nod.

Hikaru lets his mouth curl into a wickedly crooked smirk as his eyes map out every aspect of the mortal Karou. Had he not looked so much like himself, Karou would have had a clear enough head to call Hikaru a pervert. Instead Karou did several double takes, actually pitching himself to see if this was real. Tamaki opened his mouth to remark on the resemblance when a voice that make shivers jet up his spine ripped through the air.

"Hikaru!"

Hikaru's smirk faded, he had to suppress the urge to scowl.

The door opened with a horrid shriek. A boy with black hair, glass, dressed in all black emerged from the abyss of the home. He blinked, his eyes went from golden to grey, too quickly for anyone to really notice. He winced slunking out into the sunlight. He strode out onto the lawn, striding as smooth as a shadow next to Hikaru.

"Who is this?" Kyoya asks, just shy of a hiss.

He gives Hikaru a look that makes Hikaru want to slit his throat. Instead he manages to smile.

"This is Tamaki Sou and Karou Hiitachi. Karou lives down the street from us." Hikaru tells him, never taking his eyes off of Karou.

"Karou, Tamaki, this is my older cousin Kyoya." Hikaru gestures to the older boy without ever leaving his harden gaze on Kaoru.

Kyoya notices this immediately and reacts by snaking his arm around Hikaru's waist.

"Hiitachi huh? Nice to meet the both of you." He greets the two who are still staring at them blankly.

"Hi." Tamaki blankly. He watches as Kyoya plucks the cigarette from Hikaru's mouth. He takes a long drag, squeezing Hikaru's waist so hard he almost has to wince.

"You two go to Ouran High School with Mori, no?" Kyoya asks.

Tamaki nods. "Yeah. We're actually friends of his."

"How nice. Well he's not here, he's... Where is he Hikaru?" Kyoya stares at the red head, more of really glares at the boy, digging his fingernails into Hikaru until he can feel blood seeping into his shirt. The pain forcing Hikaru to turn to Kyoya, making a silent plea with his eyes for Kyoya to stop.

"Erh- he's at Honey's like normal." Hikaru grunts.

"Well gentlemen there you have it. Hikaru and I must be going now." Kyoya grabs Hikaru by the arm and pulls him towards the house.

"Oh ok see you around then." Tamaki calls, beginning to walk away.

Karou hesitates for a moment, watching Hikaru get dragged away.

"Bye Hikaru" he calls, eventually beginning to walk away. Hikaru turns, grins, waves, " Bye Karou!" He calls before Kyoya shoves him roughly into the house, slamming the door.

"That was odd." Tamaki remarks as Karou runs up to his side.

"That Hikaru kid looked EXACTLY like me!" Karou exclaimed.

"I know! It was kind of creepy. Did you see the way he was looking at you?" Tamaki asks.

"Looking at me how?" Karou asks innocently.

Tamaki shakes his head. "Never mind. That Kyoya guy looked pissed. I wonder what about."

"He didn't seem mad to me."

"Really? He looked to me like he was about to take all our heads off."

"Huh. He looked more like he was about to take Hikaru right there infront of us."

"Ewh. Have you ever seen the two of them in school?"

"No. Think we should ask Mori why?"

"I think we need to ask Mori a lot of things."