That feeling you get when you finish an anime... oh Lord. Beyond the Boundary. I just can't.

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uhg, the feels!

Chapter 2: Except When It Comes To You

Kaoru

We loved each other. Once, it actually was 'like that'.

Hikaru yawned, covering his big mouth with one hand while making a visor with the other; it was another extremely sunny day in France. He stared out the large wall of windows for Tamaki's small jet. He sighed, obviously frustrated. "Ugh. Where are they? They are. So. Laaaate!"

I just laughed softly and shook my head. "Actually, you're just impatient. They're right on schedule."

He gave an indignant "Whatever", and stretching his long, skinny arms out to stretch and yawning once more, he plopped back down onto the obviously faux-leather loveseat- you start to be able to differentiate between the real and fake when you work as an intern at your mother's furniture/clothing/anything material or fabric-related business.
We had been holed up in Carpiquet Airport's waiting room since around six, and I was about to just keel over and die from boredom. I know for a fact that Hikaru was about to, also;he had started to actually read a book. Reading. Yeah, Hikaru was reading! I couldn't believe my eyes!

I watched my idiot twin slowly put the book down and yawn yet again. "You that tired? You can lay in my lap! Heh heh..." I laughed as I reached my also long, skinny arm up and patted his fluffy, orange hair, which was identical to mine. He simply nodded his head up and down; no stubborn accusation, no protests or snide remarks, he just eased himself down and rested his head on my leg, occasionally checking his phone. Wow, he must've been really tired.

Just as I started to nod off myself, I could feel the stares of the people who had started to file in from just-arriving flights. 'Wow, how straightforward they are about it.' 'I've never seen one of those couples before.'

'How indecent.'

Shit. Hikaru stood up abruptly, giving me a shock as I snapped out of his daze, looking up at me, bewildered. "Hikaru, what's-"

"What's so indecent about two guys just resting in public? It's not like we're doing anything horrible or indecent. We're not like that, okay?! He's my brother and I love him. Is there something wrong?" Hika's eyes narrowed and the muscles in his neck and arms became tense; that's how you knew he was really getting riled up.

"Hika, calm down!" I whispered violently through my teeth, pulling on the hem of his sleeveless hoodie-vest.

Hikaru

His voice was urgent, like the fate of the world depended on my sitting back down. I guess the world would just have to wait.

I was mad at him; why is he so okay with this? "I am calm!" I shot back at my brother, the look in his eyes making me feel a little guilty for making a scene.

But only a little.

"Then why are you yelling?" was Kao's retort.

"That's because-!" I realized that I actually was yelling and immediately shut my mouth. The annoying crowd started to fade away, and they left me and my brother alone. I sat back down, embarassed and upset with myself, but also upset with Kaoru.

"What is wrong with me? I never lose my cool."

Kaoru

That' a lie. I thought flatly in my head. You have such a loose grasp on your emotions even Elise worries for you sometimes. Actually, all the time- she's almost as bad as Haruhi.

"Except when it comes to me." I sighed, landing a loose fist ontop of Kao's head, making him wince dramatically. "Why do you get so defensive all of the sudden. It's starting to bug me a little. You- I mean, we- never used to care what people thought." I went on and on, and I could tell Hikaru was barely listening, not like I could blame him. He's heard this all a million times. Nothing's really new.

I laughed when I thought about it more in my head. "Well, on second thought, you always jump at a chance to cause trouble." I laugh as he jumps at me, pretending to punch at my ribs. Good, that broke some of the tension.
Just when I thought the situation was avoided, Hikaru looked at me with that look; that look that meant he wanted to say something important, and nothing would make him do otherwise. "I'm sorry, Kao, I...I know it's not like that anymore...nothing's like that anymore.." he tried to manage a smile, but I knew his fragile mask was just seconds away from cracking. I reached my hand out to touch him. "Hika, you don't have to-"

He gingerly moved away from my reach, which made me wish I hadn't done it in the first place. I wish I hadn't forgotten that Hikaru's not over it yet.

I'm definitely the idiot twin when it comes to Hikaru's feelings.

Hikaru

I laughed weakly- very weakly- and folded my arms over the back of the loveseat. Laying my head down, I gazed out the window at the planes taking flight and landing, just as I had been. "This whole thing is just stupid." I spat, a lot more viciously than I wanted it to. "Hikaru, I..." I heard Kaoru begin. I quickly stopped him.

"No, no, I didn't mean it like that!" I smiled and waved my hand passively up and down in the air. I could just feel the relief on Kao's face, which made me smile more for some reason. "What I meant by that was, you have a girlfriend; if Elise were here they wouldn't think the same thing...people are just stupid." I reasoned, more with myself than my brother, I found myself feeling.

"Ah, I get it." Kaoru laughed, finally noticing his phone was buzzing; ironically, it was Elise. Kao stood and stepped over toward the main lobby; leaning against a pillar, he held the phone up to his ear.

"Uh..yes? Elise? Hey, how are things on your end? Oh, that's good...haha, yeah he's doing good, a little tired- well, so am I...yeah, yeah I promise, we'll be there in no time...huh? Ugh, yes, I already picked up the things for tonight." He pulled his face away from the phone to roll his eyes jokingly at me. "Women." he sighed, and hearing her again through the speaker gave her his full attention like before. "Oh, uh it was nothing, heh... mhm, I promise I'll drive safe. Yeah, we don't need a repeat of the jeep incident in Kenya last summer, huh..hahaha. Okay, well you sound busy so I'm gonna let you go, kay? Oh, wait, stay on for a sec. Hikaru!" he calls to me, running over and gently tossing me the phone. I hear her voice and press the phone to my ear.

"-ey, Hikaru! How you doing? Thanks for going with Kao all the way to Carpiquet to get the extra stuff for tonight's party." She switched to her overly-proper 'fancy voice' as we all called it. "Unfortunately, I couldn't bear to put my decorating progress on hold. Typical French aristocrat, right? Haha." her laugh is so contagious I can't help but laugh also.

"Oh Elise. You're the best. How did my clumsy bro ever manage to score you?" I pushed Kaoru back by putting my palm on his forehead; no way was he getting the phone back now, this is too fun. Talking to Elise was the best, especially when she jokingly insults her boyfriend with me. She's like the big sister that I never had.

She laughed back and retorted with "You know, I'm not quite sure of that myself. I must've been horribly drunk." Somehow, Kaoru got the phone back. Giving me the lovable evil eye, he turned away to talk to Elise again. "Hah, yeah, okay, then you've been drunk for a pretty long time, Miss Chavelier. I think you might have a problem." he snickered, plopping back down on the lumpy airport couch. He listens then laughs a couple more times, then looking at his watch says, "Dang, it's pretty much time for Boss- oh, I mean Tamaki- and our friends to land, so I really do have to go now...mhm...yeah..alrighty..." she said something which made him smile ear to ear. Before ending the call, he replies with the three-word sentence that I knew was coming, and I knew that that was the reason behind my brother's smile. "Yeah, love you too."

Love you too, huh? I smile, like I always do, because I know that eventually I'll be over this stupid mood, and I know that eventually I will fall in love.

I'm sure of it.

Looking out the window, I see the familiar Usu-chan graffiti on the tail of a tiny yet obviously high-class jet, and feel the excitement build up in my chest. Finally, my best friends. "Kao, let's hurry!" I can feel the smile spreading on my lips, and I can already see Kaoru's big goofy grin as we rush toward the private aircraft terminal.

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