Chapter 2; You are You, and He is He.

Here's Chapter 2... enjoy.


Class finally started and I walked towards the room. Hikaru and Kaoru looked at me as I stood at the door waiting for them to come with me. "Aren't you guys coming in?" I asked as I looked at them with confusion on my face.

"We'll enter, if… If you can distinguish who is who and give a reason for your answer." They said as they messed their hair up and switched places a couple of times.

"You guys are kidding, right?"

"We're not." They replied in unison.

'So much for the being friends part.' I looked at them closely. From the short time I had spoken with them I could somewhat tell them apart. Even if they did look alike they still had different personality and facial features.

I got closer to them and looked at them closely. They just smiled at me. "So, do you have an answer yet?" Once again they said in unison.

"Hikaru is on the right and Kaoru on the left."

"What's your reason?" They questioned in unison again.

"Even if you do look alike to other people you don't to me. Hikaru's personality is rougher and his facial features are too. As for Kaoru, your personality is calmer and kinder; your facial features are the same. Even if you do change your hair style or the way you dress, those features will always be there. For someone to be able to tell you guys apart, they need to look from the heart and not through their eyes."

"You're wrong, I'm on the right, and Hikaru is on the left."

"No, I am not wrong, Hikaru. From the short time I spend talking to you two, I'm able to tell you apart, because I don't see you two as one, but as individuals. Now come on, I really need to get a sit on the front. I don't have my contacts on today and if we're going to take notes I'm going to need to see the board."

We walked into the classroom and sat on the second row, close to the middle. Kaoru sat on my left and Hikaru on my right.

"Haruhi, Gomen, you were right earlier, Hikaru was on the right and I was on the left. But how was it that you were able to tell us apart after such a short time?" Kaoru whispered so that Hikaru wouldn't be able to hear.

"Like I said Kaoru, I looked at you guys as individuals and I see you through the heart and not through the eyes. My Okaa-San always told me not to judge a book by its cover, at first I didn't understand the meaning, but when she was in her dead-bed she explained it to me. That is why you cannot judge or distinguish a person by his or her appearance but instead by his or her personality. I realized that the personality from each one of you is different, and that can never be change, no matter how much one wants to." I could tell that Hikaru had heard ME, because he kept on staring from me to Kaoru with a weird expression on his face.

"Thank you, Haruhi." Kaoru said in a whisper as he smiled at me and looked at Hikaru.

"Why are you thanking me?" I asked a bit confused

"You'll find out soon, for now, don't worry too much about it." Kaoru finished saying as he continued taking his notes. I looked at Hikaru who was just scribbling on the piece of paper instead of taking notes as Kaoru and I were doing.

'So, he's the kind to not take notes and let his brother do all the work.' I laughed mentally as I found new things about Hikaru and Kaoru. 'Kaoru has really pretty hand writing, and for Hikaru, his is really sloppy.' I looked at both and smiled.

"What are ya' smiling 'bout?" Hikaru asked as he saw my happy expression.

"Oh nothing, just something funny I remembered. That's all." I smiled at him, and just as I had seen Kaoru blush earlier, Hikaru did too.

"Whatever…" was his only reply as he continued scribbling on the paper.


The class went on, just taking notes and nothing else. As we were getting out of the classroom we saw that it was raining, and hard.

"When in the world did it start raining? It was sunny when we went into the room!" Hikaru said as he walked out the classroom, Kaoru and I following him.

"Aah and I need to walk!" I let out a small sigh as I saw the pouring rain. "I guess I'm going to have to wait 'til its stops a bit."

"Why do you need to walk, Haruhi?" Kaoru asked as I took a sit on the bench we were on before class started. Kaoru sat on my left as Hikaru sat on my right, leaving me in the middle.

"Well I live close by and my Otou-San is at work right now." I replied as I leaned back.

"What 'bout your Okaa-San?" Hikaru questioned. I could see Kaoru looking at him with an expression that seemed to say 'Baka!' I didn't mind, he didn't know.

"My Okaa-San passed away 10 years ago, when I was only 7 years old."

"Oh, I… I didn't know… Sorry…"

"Its ok Hikaru, don't get all depress. Don't take it to heart." I said as I patted his shoulder a couple of times. I looked at Kaoru and smiled. "You too, I saw the expression you gave Hikaru. It's really ok; she lived a really good life."

"Hey Haruhi, if you want we can take you home, right Hikaru." Kaoru said with a cheerful smile across his face.

"Yea sure, come on Haruhi, we can take ya'! What do ya' say?" Hikaru seemed more cheerful than Kaoru had a few seconds ago.

"I don't know. I don't want to cause you guys any trouble."

"Hey, its no trouble at all, instead it would be our pleasure." Hikaru replied as he stood and grabbed my bag-pack. "Come on, I'll carry your things."

"Come on Haruhi, our ride is here." Kaoru added as he grabbed my hand and walked me to their car.

'Car… NOT, it was a Limousine! Wait, are these guys rich or something?!' I thought as I got into the Limousine with a surprise look on my face.

"Oh, did we forget to tell ya'? We're somewhat rich. Our mother is a famous designer throughout the world." Hikaru said as he scratched the back of his head and laughing a bit.

"Yea, sorry for not telling you earlier, we just thought that you were the same as everyone else. But it seemed that you didn't even know who we were or that we had money." Kaoru added also scratching the back of his head and laughing a bit.

"I changed my mind; I think I'll go walking." I said as I felt my soul almost leaving my body.

"Why? Don't you like riding on a Limousine?" Kaoru asked with a smile on his face.

I smiled back and said. "Well, I wouldn't know, I have never been on one. Well except for now. Look you guys can just drop me off here, I'll be fine."

"Come on Haruhi, its raining and bad. We're not just gonna let ya' walk to your house, even if it is close by." Hikaru said with a serious look on his face.

The driver lowered the window that separated him from seeing us and question. "Mr. Hitachiin, where would we be taking this young lady to?"

"Haruhi, where are we taking you, where do you live?" Kaoru asked

"Ah… My direction is…"

"Did ya' get that?" Hikaru asked the driver.

"Yes Sir." He brought the window back up, giving the Hitachiin brothers their privacy.

"Hey, Haruhi, you're not embarrassed of us seeing where you live, are you?" Kaoru asked as he looked at my face.

"Somewhat. I mean, I didn't know you guys were rich. It's not common for rich people to go to that school, so it took me by surprise to learn that you guys are rich. Sorry."

"Hey ya' don't have to apologize. It's our fault for not telling ya' in the first place, but we wanted to see if ya' were worthy of hanging out with us."

"Hikaru!" Kaoru yelled to shut him up.

Hikaru looked at me to see if he had hurt my feelings. "Hey, I didn't mean anything bad… it's just that… Haruhi, sorry."

"Don't worry. But you were going to say something else… Its just, what, Hikaru?"

"Kaoru?" Hikaru questioned as if asking for permission to say some sort of secret.

"Go ahead, she's our friend now, she can know." Kaoru replied as he looked at me with sincerity on his face.

"Haruhi, you are the second person we have let in our lives. The first one was our nanny from when Kaoru and I were small. She was just like us, she didn't trust anyone but herself and she didn't let anyone near her. She had become our nanny because of the money, she was going to steal and we knew it. But even if we did know her intensions, we still liked her a lot because she taught use a lot. Yet in the end she ended up leaving us without leaving a trace behind. But even before and after her, Kaoru and I were always alone and we never let anyone get close to us. We used to, or still think that we're better than everyone else. Whenever someone wants to make friends with us we do the same thing that we did to you. But so far, you have been the only one that has really told us apart. I'm sorry for lying to you and telling you that you were wrong. I just couldn't believe that you had actually told us apart. Gomen, Haruhi. Thanks for being our friend; we don't care if you're poor, rich, or whatever. Kaoru and I just care that you are you and not someone that is acting to like us just to get close to us and our money."

I couldn't believe what Hikaru had just told me. 'So, you two were always alone, only having each other, Okaa-San, I don't know exactly how that might feel because I always had you and Otou-San, but I can imagine just a bit.' I thought as I looked at both of them and said. "Arigatou, Hikaru, for sharing something like this to me, and you are right, we are friends. Thank you for that too."

The car came to a stop and the driver lowering the window just a bit and said. "We are here…"

"Ok, thank you… Don't worry about getting off; we'll take Haruhi to her door." said Kaoru as he grabbed the two umbrellas that were on the Limousine and opened the door for all three of us. "Gomen Haruhi, we only have two umbrellas. Hikaru, do you mind sharing with her?"

"Nah, I don't mind. It would be my pleasure, Haruhi, come." Hikaru smiled as he placed his arm over my shoulder and hold me close to him, so I wouldn't get wet. "So, where to Haruhi?" He questioned as they both saw the small apartments in front of us.

"Second floor, fifth one to the left." was my only reply as all three of us started walking up the stairs.

"Be careful Haruhi, the stairs are slippery." Kaoru said as he walked in front of us.

"Hai, don't worry, I doubt Hikaru would let me fall. Will you, Hikaru?"

"Hell no! Don't worry Kaoru; I'm taking good care of her." Hikaru said as he held me closer to him as to protect me more than he was already doing.

"Well it's not her I'm worried much about, it's you. Hikaru, you're so clumsy that you might trip and take her down with you." Kaoru said as we finally reached the second floor and were now walking to my apartment.

"Whatever… Making me look bad in front of Haruhi… Feh." I couldn't help laugh at his reaction to such comment and I might be guessing Kaoru couldn't either because he was laughing with me.

"I'm sorry Hikaru, it's just that Kaoru was right, you do act like a brat." I said as I stopped laughing and stopped in front of my apartment.

"I do not! That is a lie!" He said on his defense as he too started laughing.

"Ah, you guys make me laugh so much. Well unfortunately this little laugh fest is over. We're here… Do you guys want to come in for a while?" I said as I opened the door to my small apartment.

"We would love to Haruhi, but we have to meet our mother right now. Gomen..." Kaoru said with a depress expression on his face.

"Gomen Haruhi, but next time for sure! We'll even bring tea and cakes, so ya' better expect us soon. Now that we're friends, ya' won't be able to get rid of us." Hikaru said with a smile as he patted my head.

"Arigatou Hikaru, Kaoru, you guys are the best." I said with a sweet and cheerful smile across my face.

"Now, go on, get inside and change your clothes, or you might end up getting a cold. Go on, go on." Kaoru said as he pushed me into my apartment.

"See you guys on Thursday. This time you guys better not miss Speech and College Algebra, like you did today."

"How did…" Hikaru started saying but I cut him off.

"Don't worry about it Hikaru, now go, go you guys will be late with meeting your mother. Go, go." I said as I signaled them to go.

"We're going, we're going. Take care, Haruhi." Kaoru said as he patted my head.

"Yea, don't go out tonight, I heard on the news that it was gonna rain really bad, so stay inside and close all windows. See you on Thursday then." They walked towards the stairs and down into their Limousine. I closed my apartment door as soon as I saw the Limousine take off.

"Its going to rain hard tonight, uh." I let out s small sigh. "Please let there be no thunder." I walked into my room to change my clothes, placing the dirty ones in the laundry room. I went into the kitchen to see if dad had eaten the breakfast I had left him. "Thank God, he did eat it. Ah what's this, a note…? 'Dear Haruhi, I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to stay late at the bar. Don't wait up and don't forget to eat. Love Ranka-Papa' Ah dad, I guess he found a new lover." I giggled and went back into my room to start my homework and a little studying.


I woke up to the sound of thunder. 'I ended up falling asleep?' I thought as I heard more thunder. "Aah!" I covered myself with the blanket, trying to block out all the sound. Another thunder made me scream. "Aah!" The rain pounding harsh against the windows and thunder explodes. 'Okaa-San, oh how I miss you so on this rainy nights…' Thunder explodes and rain pounds on the windows. "Aah!" I looked through my drawer and found my old CD player with a CD my mom had made me. She called it 'Lullabye for a Stormy Night'.I turned it on and placed the volume all the way up.

Little child, be not afraid
The rain pounds harsh against the glass
Like an unwanted stranger
There is no danger
I am here tonight

I could still hear the thunder exploding.

Little child
Be not afraid
Though thunder explodes
And lightning flash
Illuminates your tearstained face
I am here tonight

I couldn't help but be scared;
ever since I was little I was afraid of thunder.

And someday you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forests and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning

'Oh how much I wish that you could embrace me
with a protective barrier, Okaa-San.'

Little child
Be not afraid
The storm clouds mask your beloved moon
And its candlelight beams
Still keep pleasant dreams
I am here tonight

I heard the branches of the tree scratching my bedroom window
as thunder kept on exploding.

Little child
Be not afraid
The wind makes creatures of our trees
And the branches to hands
They're not real, understand
And I am here tonight

And someday you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forest and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning

'Okaa-San, were you too afraid when you were a little child?
Did you ever cry when ever there was a stormy night?'

For you know, once even I
Was a little child
And I was afraid
But a gentle someone always came
To dry all my tears
Trade sweet sleep the fears
And to give a kiss goodnight

'Okaa-San I remember when you would hold me
'til I would fall asleep, on this rainy nights.'

Well, now I am grown
And these days have shown
Rain's a part of how life goes
But it's dark and it's late
So I'll hold you and wait
'til your frightened eyes do close

And I hope that you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forests and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning

My tears started to dry off and
my eyelids started to feel heavy
as I started to doze off into a slumber.


Everything's fine in the morning
The rain will be gone in the morning
But I'll still be here in the morning

'Okaa-San, I love you.
But mostly I miss your hugs and your kisses.'


End of Chapter 2!!

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