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Chapter 2-
Hitachiins versus Individuality
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Class 1-A
The camera focused on the teacher standing in the front of the room.
"I'm assigning a project. I will divide the class in groups of 3. Since our class doesn't divide entirely into groups of three, I will allow Hitachiin Hikaru and Kaoru to work with each other without the third member." The teacher announces monotonously.
-(Hitachiin Hikaru, Hitachiin Kaoru)-
H- "Can you believe this is the third time he's ever done this?"
K- "I don't get what's so hard about dividing the project to 4 people each. There are 20 students in our class."
H- "Whenever there's a three person-team-project, we always end up working in a two-person-team."
K- "And people wonder why we don't open up 'our world'…" (E)
The Host Club was doing business outside for the day. Then some genius suggested a three-legged race. (That genius namely Tamaki)
"The teams are: Mori-sempai and Honey-sempai; Hitachiins; and last but not least, Haruhi and I.," Tamaki states.
"I'm going to pair with Haruhi," Hikaru pulls Haruhi towards him.
"No, you're pairing with Kaoru. I'm pairing with Haruhi," Tamaki insisted, pulling Haruhi back.
"No, I'm pairing with Haruhi," Hikaru persists. For the next 5 minutes, Hikaru and Tamaki went all out on a tug of war, with Haruhi as the rope.
Cameraman Ton carries the camera towards them.
"Hey, why don't Haruhi pair up with Hani—their height difference isn't that big. If Hani paired with Mori, it'll be very disadvantageous…" the cameraman suggests.
"Who asked you?" Hikaru snapped.
"Fatty." Kaoru magnifies the situation.
-(Uno Ton, Baba Doi)-
T- "(Crying)"
D- "It's okay man, (pets back soothingly)"
T- "No! (Sniffles) It's not okay! I was trying to help and they said I was morbidly obese!"
D- "I thought he just called you 'fatty'…" (E)
-(Hitachiin Hikaru, Hitachiin Kaoru)-
H- "Did you catch that part where the Lord referred to Kaoru and me as simply, 'Hitachiins'?"
(Rewind) "The teams are: Mori-sempai and Honey-sempai; Hitachiins; and last but not least, Haruhi and I…."
K- "Is it that tedious to say Hikaru and Kaoru over Hitachiins?"
H- "That wasn't the only time. Remember when he called us '…homo-side characters…'?" (E)
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Hikaru leaned against a wall in the Third Music Room, occasionally greeting customers as they came in. Not one—not even the Host Club members—went by Hikaru without asking, "Where's Kaoru?"
Meanwhile…
Kaoru was at the nurse's office, dropping eye drops in his eyes to relieve its irritation. He walks out eyes still watery.
"Hey, isn't that Kaoru?" he hears a female voice whispering.
"Where's his brother?" a second female voice whispers back.
"Oh my God, he looks like he's crying!" the first one gasps.
"He must be fighting with Hikaru," the second one murmurs forlornly.
-(Hitachiin Hikaru, Hitachiin Kaoru)-
H- "Why do people make such a big deal out of seeing only one of us?"
K- "We're twins, NOT Siamese twins. We're not attached by the hip."
H- "What we did today was a little experiment to prove people's one-track minds."
K- "Let me give you an example of what happened today…"
Flashback…
Kaoru was at the bathroom, standing in front of a urinal. A random guy comes in and uses the one next Kaoru's.
"Hey where's the other twin?"
H- "Are you sure he was referring to me and not your…"
K- "That was very inappropriate—"
H- "I'm sorry, that was very improper of me…Can we…can we cut that part out?" (E)
-(Suoh Tamaki)-
"For as long as I know, the two of them (Hikaru and Kaoru) have always been attached to each other. I, on the other hand have always been independent—just like Haruhi. Yes of course, that's why I'm her dad. Speaking of which, I wonder how mom's doing in Honolulu…" (E)
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Meanwhile in Honolulu…
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The setting sun casts a warm glow on the golden sand. The sky was a palette of purples yellows, and oranges. The foamy white waves crash gently onto the shore, reaching higher up the beach each time. A quiet breeze sweeps through the air, and teases the senses.
Couples sit on the warm sand, appreciating the natural romantic atmosphere.
Just don't expect Kyouya to be there with them…
Kyouya sat in front of his personal laptop, reaching his information sources through the internet. Currently he is being updated on the affairs of the Host Club from an unnamed source.
Kyouya clutches his forehead. "Reality show, of all the things…"
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-(Haninozuka Mitsukuni)-
"Hikaru and Kaoru have only recently opened up a little…" (E)
-(Hitachiin Hikaru, Hitachiin Kaoru)-
H- "Other than the members of the Host Club, other people have trouble telling us apart."
K- "They completely overlook our individual personalities."
H- "We're quite different."
K- "Yea, just because Hikaru has a bad temper doesn't mean I have a bad temper…"
H- "Just because Kaoru thinks there's a monster under the bed, doesn't mean I think that…"
K- "Just because Hikaru drools in his sleep doesn't mean I do…"
H- "You drool in your sleep, Kaoru."
K- "No, you do. There was a whole lake underneath you…"
H- "(Glares.)"
The two begins to through stuff at each other—from paper balls, to chairs, to forks.
K- "Ow…ow ow…that hit my shoulder…"
H- "Why were we fighting again?" (E)
-(Fujioka Haruhi)-
"Hikaru and Kaoru have always played psychologically engaging identity games such as 'guess which one's Hikaru'." (E)
"It's once again time for 'Guess which one is Hikaru-kun!'" The twins announce to their customers, with caps on their heads.
"Eto…this is really hard…" the customer contemplates.
"The one on the right is Hikaru and the one on the left is Kaoru," Haruhi answers.
-(Hitachiin Hikaru, Hitachiin Kaoru)-
H/K- "We love Haruhi."
H- "We love getting the Lord jealous just as much."
K- "It really doesn't take much…" (E)
The twins each held one of Haruhi's hands and walked into the Third Music room.
Tamaki gasps. "Wha…wh-what is this?" he points, at the connected hands uneasily.
"Since we came from the same class," Kaoru began.
"We decided to travel—together," Hikaru finishes, emphasizing 'together'.
Tamaki pulls them off. "Y-you can't do that!" He was bordering hysteria and hyperventilation.
"What not?" the twins each place an arm around Haruhi's shoulders, to aggravate Tamaki.
"Because I'm the father! I'm the only one that can hold Haruhi's hands," Tamaki backs himself.
-(Fujioka Haruhi)-
"Hikaru and Kaoru said something about hallway traffic and insisted that they held my hands…" (E)
-(Suoh Tamaki)-
"I'm the father!" (E)
"Welcome," the Host Club greeted the coming guests with their rainforest themed room. They dressed themselves as indigenous inhabitants of the rain forest.
The twins were carrying a bunch of bananas in their hands as they walked towards the cameraman.
"Want some?" Kaoru offers.
"No thanks I'm fine," cameraman Ton declines.
"Wow, I thought was going to pounce on them," Hikaru whispers to Kaoru.
"You know, the first part of losing weight is eating right…" Kaoru informs.
"Bananas are a great source of potassium…" Hikaru offers him a banana.
-(Uno Ton, Baba Doi)-
T- "(Sobbing uncontrollably)"
D- "There, there…"
T- "Th-they implied that I was a fat jiggly puff! (Hysterical cries)"
D- "You're just big boned, dear ole' big boy…woops…"
T- "You think I'm fat too!? (Pushes Baba Doi off the chair, and runs out crying)" (E)
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A/N-
Here's an extremely short chapter. I didn't have much to add. Hope readers enjoyed, most of all!
(BTW, Thanks to the reviewers for reviewing of course, and for Melissax3, haha, maybe, just maybe there will be some implications…)
Next chapter will be even more fun!
Stay Tune for chapter 3- Common Dignity.