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Chapter 2
About three years have passed since Hikaru and I were born, and it was a week before Christmas. Our mother was gone doing her job in God knows where, so we were stuck with a stupid nanny! This nanny never really liked us though. She'd always try to play with us, but I never quite seemed to see her enjoy herself while she was playing with us. I think she just wanted to get the heck out of our house, get paid, and go home! I wouldn't blame her, we were bored out of our skins…and we were three!
"So kiddies, what would you like to play now?" the nanny asked, with a bit of sleep in her voice.
We both yawned at the same time, and said, "We're done playing games for now. Can we go to bed?"
The nanny nodded, picked us up, and took us to our room.
She then placed us on our separate beds, and tucked us in like our mother always did.
Then she started to leave the room.
"Wait!" I called to her, right before she closed the door.
"What is it?"
"You forgot to kiss us goodnight," I pointed out.
The nanny sighed. "And why on earth would I want to kiss you boys' goodnight?"
"Because our mom's not here to do it," Hikaru answered in his sweet voice.
The nanny thought about that, and walked back into the room. She then walked up to Hikaru and kissed his forehead. "Good night Hikaru," she walked over to me, "good night Kaoru," and kissed my forehead.
"Good night!" we both said to her, giving her a quick kiss on each cheek. Even though she didn't like kids, she sure liked it when they loved her.
She walked back out of the room and closed the door behind her.
"Hey Hikaru?" I asked, looking at my twin brother.
"Yeah Kaoru?" he asked with sweet identical eyes.
"How did…the nanny be able to tell us apart?"
Hikaru sat up in the bed. "What do you mean?"
"Well, usually everybody we meet gets us confused. But when she kissed us goodnight, she knew exactly which one was which."
Hikaru thought about that for a moment, smiled, and got out of his bed.
I looked up at him with wide eyes, trying to figure out what he was doing, when he laid down next to me on the bed, and pulled the covers over himself.
"I'm not sure Kaoru, let's just go to sleep."
I nodded, closed my eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Hikaru and I always got into each other's beds whenever we wanted. We weren't quite sure why, but I always thought it was a twin thing.
I started having dreams about a doctor's office that night. Only, it was more of a nightmare than a dream. And it was weird; I've had nightmares related to this one for a while now.
I saw myself lying on a hospital bed, and I heard my mom screaming my name. The doctors kept taking me away, and she just kept screaming. The doctors were then taking me into the emergency room, but I couldn't figure out the reason why. They then did some sort of surgery on me, and it seemed like it took forever! Then, I heard the heart monitor going. My heart was slowing down. Was I dying? How?
Before I figured out the reason, I woke up to the sight of the nanny shaking me.
"Kaoru, what's wrong? You were screaming!" she said worriedly.
I looked around the room, and saw Hikaru standing in the doorway with a blanket in his hands. He seemed pretty scared.
"I-I had a bad dream," I said, beginning to cry.
The nanny held me closer to her, and started rubbing my back.
"It's okay now," she said. "It's all over."
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Christmas Eve
"Hi kids, I'm home!" our mother called, as she walked through the door.
Me and Hikaru looked up from the television.
"Mommy!" we said in unison. We both got up and ran into her open arms.
"Guess what kids? I got a big surprise for you!"
"What is it mommy?" Hikaru asked.
"Yeah, tell us!" I said, practically jumping up and down.
"Okay then, close your eyes."
We did as she told us to, and she brought out two boxes. "Here you go boys."
We opened our eyes to see the boxes were perfectly wrapped.
"Do we get to open them?" we both asked.
She smiled. "Well of course, it is Christmas Eve."
Hikaru and I smiled brightly, sat down on the floor over by our Christmas tree, and opened them together.
"Wow!" We both pulled out of the box scarves. Mine was orange and Hikaru's was blue.
"Hey mommy, aren't these your designs?"
"Haha, you boys have a keen eye. You already know what your mother's designs look like. Yeah, while I was in France, I thought of a wonderful design, and so I wanted to share it with my two wonderful sons!"
I held my scarf tight in my hands, and looked at Hikaru, just as he looked at me. We smiled.
I grabbed his scarf as he grabbed mine. I wrapped his around his neck for him, and he did the same to me.
"Awww, you boys are just so cute!" our mother squealed.
We looked over at her and smiled. "Thank you mommy!" We gave her a huge hug, and ran upstairs to our room.
"Hikaru and Kaoru," she said. "Always together, always doing everything together."
When we made it up to our rooms, we both sat on our own beds.
"What do you think about our cool scarves Hikaru?" I asked.
"I think they're awesome! Mommy always knows what we like!"
I giggled, and at that moment Hikaru crawled over to my bed and cuddled next to me.
"Hikaru?"
"Hm?"
"Why do you always get into my bed with me?"
"Well, you always seem down before you go to bed. Is there something wrong?"
I sighed and looked away from him; afraid to look him in the eyes. "I've been…having nightmares."
His eyes widened. "About what?"
I gulped, afraid to even remember what happened. "Well, in my dreams…I'm always sick. And no matter what, I can't heal. I go to the hospital and the next thing I know I…" Hikaru leaned in closer to me, trying to get me to say what happened…even though he probably already knew. "died…"
Hikaru put his hand on my shoulder, and his forehead met mine. "Don't worry Kaoru, that's not going to happen. It was just a nightmare. Now, go to sleep. Christmas is tomorrow and you don't want to be all upset because you didn't get any sleep."
I smiled at him, and my eyes felt like they were watering. "Okay…" I said as I slowly drifted off to sleep.
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Christmas Day
"Kaoru! Kaoru! Wake up Kaoru, it's Christmas!"
Hikaru was jumping on top of my bed and had a big smile on his face.
I grunted. "What?"
"I said it's Christmas! Come on let's go!" He got off of my bed and ran down the stairs.
I slowly got up, and rubbed my eyes. Then, from out of nowhere, I felt a scorching pain, and closed my eyes tight. "Ow!"
When did I get a headache?
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"Kaoru, come here!" Hikaru said, smiling.
I walked into the living room with a hand pressed to my head. "What is it?"
He threw a small box at me and I caught it. "Open it, it's from me!"
I looked at him, and then at the box.
What could it possibly be?
I slowly ripped the paper, and saw a black velvet box. I opened it up and saw there was a locket. I opened it up and there was a picture of Hikaru, and a message engraved next to it. It read:
I promise that whenever you're in pain or afraid, I'll always be there for you to protect you.
~ Love, Hikaru
I almost cried at that moment, but then my head started to throb again. I winced and grabbed my head.
"Kaoru?" my mom asked. I fell to the ground, holding onto my head. "Kaoru! Kaoru, what's wrong hon?"
I shook my head. "I-It's nothing…just a headache. Don't worry mommy, I'm fine."
"Did you want some medicine? See if that'll help?"
I nodded. "Yes please."
"Okay, let's go into the kitchen." She took my head and led me into the other room. Hikaru followed.
Hikaru, you're always following me everywhere when I'm hurt.
"Now, let's see if we have any Tylenol," she said, rummaging through the cupboards.
"Mommy, what's wrong with Kaoru?"
"Nothing sweetie, he's just got a headache."
Hikaru's eyes started to water. He didn't like it when I was in pain.
"I'm fine Hikaru, don't worry."
He looked at me, and gave me a big hug. "Kaoru!"
After I took the medicine, we went back into the living room, and passed out gifts. I got a lot of cool toys, and junk, but nothing was as special as Hikaru's gift.
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Awwww!!! Hikaru is so thoughtful! This chapter was so cute, but I must move on! I hope you all enjoyed the story so far! I look forward to your reviews!
