That day we didn't end up at Kyouya's house at all. Instead I sat in the waiting room with my head in my hands as they performed all sorts of test on my mirror image. There were people in the room, but I was alone. Tamaki and the others had all shown up to show their support but I couldn't focus on them; my mind wouldn't leave my brother, my Hikaru. A man in a white coat came out and looked at our group occupying most of the empty chairs. His eyes found mine and my heart dropped.

"Are you Kaoru Hitachiin? My name is Dr. Rosen. I need to speak with you and any of your family members in private. Please follow me." My legs moved without me even knowing and I followed the older man down the hall outside of the room where my twin lay asleep just beyond the window. "Your family? Parents perhaps?" He asked again and I looked over at the man in white.

"They are away on a business trip. Is he going to be okay?" I asked hesitantly. Judging by the doctor's face I knew in the pit of my stomach nothing was going to be the same. And in a matter of minutes my life was shattered by a very terrifying new word: Osteosarcoma.

I stood there completely numb, my throat as dry as the desert sand as the man explained possible treatments but nothing actually processed in my mind. My eyes were trained on my big brother through the window and I noticed him starting to stir. "He… Hikaru has cancer?" I asked unable to comprehend what was going on. Dr. Rosen nodded solemnly and followed my focus.

"We haven't told him yet. Would you like to see him? Perhaps it would even be better for him to hear it from someone he knows." I nodded trying to pull myself together. I would be strong, especially now that Hikaru needed me the most. Before I knew what had happened I was sitting on my brother's hospital bed holding his hand as he gained consciousness.

"K-Kao?" He asked with grogginess in his voice and a small smile pulling at his lips. "Hey. Come on baby bro I'm just sick. You look like someone just died." He tried to joke but reality was starting to hit me and I felt tears burning my eyes. I felt a warm hand on my back and one on my head as he pulled me to lie on his chest. "Shhh… It's okay Kao. I'll be okay."

"Hika! It's not… It's not going to be okay. Th-They said you have…" I tried to get it out but my voice and heart were so broken I couldn't get either working again as I clung to my twin, avoiding all of the tubes and machines he was connected to.

"I know, Kaoru… I know." He whispered and I looked at him in complete shock but his soft smile still held hints of pain. "I heard the doctors talking while they thought I was asleep. Hey it will be okay. I will pull through this and then you and I can go get ice cream like we used to do when we were kids. Nothing is going to happen."

I could only stare in amazement at the bravery it took to say such a thing. Hikaru may act immature but what our guests and the hosts didn't know was how much he was the one taking care of me. I was always the sick one. I always got hurt, but Hikaru he was the one who had a plan for everything and a box of Band-Aids just in case it didn't work out. I curled into him and we just laid there together for a few minutes. No words exchanged until he gave a soft sigh and ran a hand through my hair.

"So they are going to ask what we want to do as far as treatment…" He started as I played with the thin white bed sheet.

"He… He suggested Chemotherapy, and surgery to make sure it's all completely gone. But he said Radiation might work instead of chemo if you wanted." I said quietly scared that if I spoke to loudly it would become even more of a reality.

"I think as far as side effects I rather have the chemo." Hikaru said a little more solemnly. "You realize what that means right?" I held him tighter. 'Yeah it means my brother is dying. It means I might be all alone. It means that I have to be tough…' I thought before letting out a breath and looking up at him.

"It means we won't be identical…" I breathed as he nodded and kissed me on my forehead. 'No it means that I have to be his warrior, I will be his strength and I will be his support.'