A/N: I am so sorry that this is late. These past few weeks have been very hectic with people getting kicked out of my school, having musical rehearsal every night, and my latin teacher being absolutely evil. Luckily, the musical only has one performance left, so I will have much more time on my hands to write.

Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! I really appreciated it and it motivated me to write even when I was dead tired.

I hope you like Chapter 2!

Finally, after what seemed like years to the two newly engaged boys, the party was over.

For hours they had been forced to talk to various executives about their relationship. For once, Kyouya was very thankful for Tamaki and the twins' usual actions at the Host Club because, apparently, some of their outrageous story-telling had rubbed off on him.

They had determined that Kyouya had first begun to court Kaoru by sending the boy 10 dozen red roses, one for each month that the teens had known each other. Of course, neither of them could imagine Kyouya doing that, but it seemed to please the women, who reminded them of Renge, that had begun to surround them.

Now that the evening was over, most people had cleared out of the luxurious ballroom. However, a few important business partners to the Ohtori's remained; the twin's mother had already left, having dashed off to work on her new wedding inspired clothing line.

Kyouya and Kaoru remained attached with the elder's hand wound tightly around the other's waist.

"Kaoru," Hikaru growled as the last executive left from the building, "Why are you still connected to that Shadow King!"

Kaoru sighed at his brother's outburst, already exasperated at his current situation, "Because, Hikaru, we are engaged and must appear so, even when it seems that no one is watching."

Hikaru ended his argument, but continued to glare at his enemy as Kyouya's father approached the group of three.

"We have prepared a room for you at the Ohtori mansion. Please be prepared to move in tomorrow as we will need to begin the wedding preparations as soon as possible. Also do make sure that you and Kyouya ride together this evening."

The Ohtori President left the room without allowing any of the young men to argue the matter.

"Kaoru," Hikaru began to whine once more, "Why must you live with Kyouya-Sempai?"

"Hikaru," Kyouya began, exempting Kaoru from having to respond, "We must appear as a real couple that has been in love for a long time. In order to make the planning for the wedding smoother, the female in the relationship generally moves in with her fiancée's family. This also allows the couple to start developing a routine that will then be continued once they live together after the wedding."

Kyouya saw the wheels turning in the elder twin's and decided to cut him off before he could protest once more, "Yes Hikaru, I know that your brother is not a girl." Kyouya glanced down at Kaoru and looked him up and down, "He is most definitely not a girl…However, my father, being an Ohtori, must be in a situation of power at all times; therefore, Kaoru must move in with us."

Kaoru shivered at the looks Kyouya was giving him; however, he knew fully well that these looks were fake. Although Kyouya appeared to be interested, there was something about the glances that seemed untrue and Kaoru knew his sempai well enough to know when he was acting; nevertheless, the looks unnerved him and Kaoru couldn't tell whether it was because he disliked the attention or craved it.

"Really, Hikaru," the younger twin began to speak, hoping that his brother would listen to him, "I'm fine moving in with him. It is my duty as his fiancée to please him and his family; he would do the same thing if our family wished it. I'm sure you will manage on your own at home."

Hikaru did not grant a response to his brother; however, he offered his twin a small smile.

Kyouya glanced between the two brothers, realizing that there would be tension between them for a long while, at least until Hikaru accepted that Kaoru was doing what he felt was right for his family.

"Kaoru, we must go."

The aforementioned twin nodded and began to move towards the exit with his intended; his brother followed closely behind.

Kaoru sighed, knowing that his upcoming words would enrage the person who mirrored him in appearance, "Hikaru, you cannot come with us."

Hikaru was about to protest but his brother silenced him with a look, "You need to take the car back to our house; I will meet you there later on. The Shadow Ki-," Kaoru stopped himself midway, and glanced at the almost-mentioned boy realizing that he should no longer use nicknames or titles, "I mean, Kyouya will ensure that I get home safely; we have many things to discuss during the car ride. Hikaru, I am to marry him."

Kaoru gave one last glance towards his brother before grabbing Kyouya's hand and walking forward in the direction of the car.

After such an eventful evening, Kaoru was glad that he was finally able to relax once he reached the Ohtori's car. Granted, he was no where near as comfortable as he would have been had he been in his own car rather than Kyouya's, but he figured that he would have to get used to being separated from his twin.

He glanced over at his future husband and sighed; he wondered why this kind of situation always seemed to happen to him. After a moments thought, he decided that it was usually his twin that placed him in such situations. At least with Kyouya he wouldn't have as many catastrophes.

"I am sorry for this Kyouya-sempai."

Kyouya glanced over at his companion, "It is not your fault, Kaoru. It is not as if you were aware that by catching an apple you were linking yourself to me."

Kaoru offered his betrothed a small smile, knowing that Kyouya was correct, as usual, but still feeling bad nonetheless. Seeing this, Kyouya decided to branch out from his usual stoic nature and attempt to lift the melancholy atmosphere that was present in the car.

"Personally, I am very glad that it was you who caught the apple rather than Hikaru; I do not think I would be able to spend the rest of my life with his rambunctious nature. Although, I am sure that you wish that it had been your twin, for you would not be stuck with me for eternity." He paused for a moment, thinking about their earlier conversations, "And Kaoru, there is no longer a need for you to address me as your sempai, even when we are alone; you are more than just my kōhai now."

Kaoru thought about the words that he had just heard for a moment, trying to come up with a suitable response.

"For once Kyouya, you are wrong." The aforementioned boy turned his head towards the other in surprise, "I do not wish that it had been Hikaru. I would never wish for something like this to happen to him; I know that it he would not handle it well. Not only would he damage our company's reputation, which I know that you can appreciate, but he would also ruin his happiness.

"He has someone that he cares for, and I would never dream of taking that away from him. I do not have someone that I am being taken away from, other than my brother of course, and I know that I will be able to handle it. Besides, I always figured that I would have an arranged marriage since Hikaru would never agree to one; I am just glad that it is to someone that I know and can hold a conversation with."

"That I am thankful for as well, Kaoru."

The car continued on its way with the conversation having stopped to the Hitachiin mansion.

As he walked through the door to his house, Kaoru was attacked. Not literally, of course, but it felt like it as he was tackled to the floor by his overzealous brother.

"Oh Kaoru! You're alive!"

Kaoru groaned at his brother's weight on top of him, "Hikaru, I think you have been hanging out with our lord too much."

"Ah, sorry, Kaoru; I was just so worried about you being alone with that forsaken Shadow King!"

Hikaru slowly got off of his younger brother and offered him a hand to help him up. Kaoru accepted the offer, sighing at his brother's antics. They began to walk up the stairs towards their shared room.

"Hikaru," Kaoru began trying to tread carefully so that his brother would not have another outburst, "You are going to have to get used to me being alone with Kyouya; we are going to be married after all."

Upon entering their room and seeing the look on his brother's face, Kaoru realized that he had not been successful with his words.

"Why are you marrying him, Kaoru? There really is no need, we could just explain it to the crazy Greek man; I'm sure he would understand."

"Hikaru, it is not that simple. Kyouya's father has already given his word that we are getting married and we have already lied about our relationship. If we were to go back on our statements now, it would put both of our companies in a bad light. While our company would not suffer as much seeing as we are in fashion, Kyouya's most certainly would and I refuse to damage his future just to ensure my happiness."

Hikaru thought for a moment about his younger twin's words; Kaoru had always been the more thoughtful twin, and now, it seemed, was no exception. However, Hikaru did not like the fact that his younger brother was sacrificing his own happiness.

At last, Hikaru felt like he had come up with a brilliant plan. "Well, you might have to marry him, but there's no reason that you need to stay married to him. Just get a divorce!"

Kaoru paused from packing at his brother's words; clearly Hikaru had no idea about relationships in the world of the wealthy.

"That cannot happen, Hikaru. It seems that because we are lucky and have two parents whom married for love and stayed together happily, you do not know the workings of the usual married couple in our world. If the couple does not grow to love each other, which is generally the case, they do not get divorced. A divorce would create tension between the two families and any assets that were gained because of the marriage would be fought over during the divorce; this is too much of a risk for any company to take.

"Instead, affairs occur during the marriage, and, as long as the person is discreet, no one minds. I do not expect to grow to love Kyouya nor for him to love me. We are lucky; we are not able to create an heir and, therefore, we will not have to do anything that we are not comfortable with. We do not mind each other's company and that is all that matters."

Hikaru was shocked by his brother's words; it seemed that he really did not loathe the idea of marrying the Shadow King and fully intended to remain attached to him for the rest of his life. As much as he hated the idea of his brother with Kyouya-sempai, Hikaru knew from Kaoru's tone of voice that there was no arguing with him.

"You're already starting to sound like him!"

Kaoru smiled at his brother's joking tone; it seemed that he had finally decided to stop complaining. "I am not Hikaru! Now get over here and help me pack."

Hikaru sauntered over to his brother and pulled him into a hug, knowing that this was one of the last times that he would spend with his brother, alone.

"Mother! What is this?" Tamaki stormed, raging, towards his friend.

"That, Tamaki, would be a tabloid."

"Yes, I know that, but why on Earth does it say that you and that Devilish twin are getting married!"

"That would be because it is true." Kyouya turned back to his notebook and began to write, taking no notice of Tamaki still standing before him, fuming.

"No! Mother is being taken away from me. Hikaru, you devilish twin, how dare you!"

Hikaru looked at his sempai, confused. "I am not the one engaged to the Shadow King, my lord."

As if on cue, Kaoru walked through the doors of the Third Music Room. He had just directed Kyouya's men to load his belongings into the Ohtori's car and was now wishing that he had remained with them as he viewed the chaos before him.

"I'm assuming they know?"

A small nod from Kyouya was the only answer that he received.

"That's so exciting Kaoru-chan!" Honey bounded over to the boy and bounced around him animatedly, with Mori following closely behind. The taller boy nodded, agreeing with his smaller counterpart.

Haruhi looked between the two engaged boys strangely, "You expect me to believe that you two have been secretly dating since I've known you?"

Kaoru sighed, having expected this from the girl, "No, Haruhi, just give us a moment to explain."

Kyouya and Kaoru retold the events from the night prior, with Hikaru chiming in with sarcastic comments all the while.

"We hope that you will support our story." Kyouya continued to speak explaining what he expected of the members of the Host Club, "We expect that there will be much press surrounding our engagement and if you are asked questions we hope that you will go along with our story."

All the members nodded, showing their support of the two boys. Haruhi, however, still seemed troubled. "I understand Kyouya-sempai doing this for his company, but you, Kaoru?"

Kaoru rolled his eyes in exasperation; why was he always the one who was questioned? "I do not mind marrying for the company; I always expected it, despite my being the younger twin." He gave her a pointed look, "Besides, I want Hikaru to be able to marry for love, and my marrying into the Ohtori family will give my parents no room to argue about whomever Hikaru chooses."

Kyouya smirked at his betrothed's words; the boy could be just as devious as him, sometimes. Haruhi could not keep a blush from appearing on her face.

"As for the host club," Kyouya attempted to redirect their attention to the business that needed to be taken care of, "The twins' act will need to end. Today you will need to break it off, Kaoru, and then come to me so that we can begin our act together. Hikaru, you are free to either entertain customers by yourself or to create an act with Haruhi."

Hikaru's eyes widened at the thought, pleased at the idea of working with Haruhi. Kaoru smiled; he was glad that his brother would be fine at the Host Club without him.

"Kaoru why must you leave me. Don't you love me anymore?"

Currently, the Hitachiin twins were in the middle of their last act. Hikaru was holding his twin against his chest, while Kaoru was desperately struggling to get away from his brother.

"Hikaru, please don't do this. It's not that I don't love you, but my love for you no longer exceeds that of a brother. I love Kyouya and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. Please, let me be happy."

Half of the crowd of girls that surrounded them squealed with delight at Kaoru's words, excited about the idea of the Shadow King with the Hitachiin. However, the other half remained silent, sad that their favorite couple was breaking up.

"Hikaru, let go of my fiancée." The aforementioned boy's eyes widened as the Shadow King magically appeared behind him; this wasn't a part of the original plan, but Hikaru figured he should go along with it anyway. He released his hold on his brother and watched as Kaoru drifted past him towards Kyouya-sempai.

"Kyouya," Kaoru spoke longingly, trying to make it seem as if he was madly in love, "I have missed you."

Kyouya chuckled, "It has only been a few minutes since we last spoke, dear."

"Yes, but every moment away from you seems like an eternity."

At this, the entire crowd of girls sighed; judging by the fact that the majority fainted at the sight, none of them had an issue with the couple any longer.

Taking the opportunity, Kaoru and Kyouya ventured over to an unoccupied table in order to prepare for their act.

"You are quite the actor, Kaoru Hitachiin."

"As are you, Kyouya Ohtori."

"This is so exciting for you Kaoru-sempai; you get to be a bride."

Kaoru grinned inwardly at the girl's words; he had hoped someone would say something to that effect.

"Kyouya, why do they always refer to me as a girl? You don't only like me because I look one do you?" Kaoru pouted, all the while greatly enjoying this situation; it was thrilling to do this act with Kyouya because, unlike with his brother, he never knew how the other boy would respond.

Kyouya pulled his fiancée closer, "Of course not, Kaoru. They only say that because you're smaller than me and because your body fits perfectly against mine." He paused allowing the girls to sigh in delight, "And, of course, because they must also know how delicious you would look in a wedding dress."

Kaoru made himself blush at Kyouya's words and looked up at the other boy as he leaned down as if to kiss him.

"Kyouya, we can't, not here."

"Yes you can," both boys pulled apart at the voice they had both grown to hate over the years. This girl was always very outspoken and always seemed to cause trouble for everyone. "Now that you are engaged it is perfectly acceptable for you to kiss in public."

Both boys groaned inwardly, seeing the reaction of the girls around them, they knew that they would have to kiss.

"She is right, Kaoru; we no longer need to hide." Kyouya leaned down and placed a soft kiss on the younger boy's lips. It was nothing Earth-shattering; it was merely a simple peck, but it affected the crowd nonetheless.

Kaoru was happy that Kyouya hadn't gone for a full blown make-out session; he knew that eventually they would have to kiss in front of others and pretend that it was very intense, but he wasn't mentally prepared for it yet.

"Ohohohohoho," both boys cringed at the signature sound they had grown to associate with Renge; whenever she appeared something bad was bound to happen.

"That was not a real kiss. You must kiss as if you were alone; it is not fair to hold back in front of your customers!"

"But Renge," Kaoru whined, playing the shy boy, "It's embarrassing. I love Kyouya, but I don't want to share our passion with others."

Despite the fact that Kaoru's words made the girls squeal, Renge was not satisfied, and the engaged couple knew they had to do it.

Kyouya pulled Kaoru's body flush against his and leaned down once more. Although it once again started with a soft placement of lips against another's, this kiss developed into something more. Kaoru wound his arms around the older boy's neck in order to pull himself closer and moaned audibly as Kyouya's tongue ran across his lips.

Kyouya smirked into the kiss as he heard both Kaoru and the crowd's reaction. Eventually, he pulled back, subtly glancing around at the crowd that surrounded them, pleased with their response.

Although the kiss wasn't as special as it would have been with someone he loved, Kaoru was pleased; Kyouya could kiss very well indeed.

I hope you all enjoyed Chapter Two! Please review if you have any ideas or comments or criticism. Seriously though, if you have any ideas that you really want to appear in the story or something to that effect, I would love to hear them.

Chapter 3 has about a paragraph or two written. Thanks to the epic snowfall that I've had I don't have school for the rest of the week so it might get done within the next few days, if not it should be out within 2 weeks or so.

And as a random side note: one of my friends commented on the weird phrases and word order that I use the other day and I thought that I would explain in case any of you found it odd as well. My writing style is very much influenced by the Latin Poetry and Prose that I have translated which includes weird participle phrases that seem to carry over into my own writing, as well as moving words around for various effects.

Anyways, I hope you liked it!