Chapter 2 (part 2)

Kyouya's speech had left the poor twins motionless for a while; so irresponsive that many of their costumers started poking and tickling them to, regrettably, no avail. Suddenly waking up from his short daze, Kaoru began mulling the situation over in his head. "We're not admitting defeat," the younger twin thought with a smirk in the corner of his mouth. "I've got to take action," he decided before cupping his brother's cheek with the palm of his right hand, letting a conspicuous blush cover his visage.

"No! I will NOT let Kyouya kiss you!! NEVER!!" he complained, tears forming in his eyes as he pulled his mirror image in for a tight hug. With this, Hikaru quickly caught on to his sibling's train of thoughts. "Not showing any signs of weakness, huh?" he figured as he embraced his brother back.

"It won't happen! We'll find a way, the two of us together!!" cried Hikaru as he leaned in and kissed his twin on the forehead, leaving the girls screaming for more.

And so on went that day's Brotherly Love scenario. As for the fans, all were divided in three parties: the ones who wanted the twins to stay together, others who secretly wished for a relationship between Hikaru and Kyouya and finally, another group of fans who suspected that Kaoru was jealous of Hikaru for being able to kiss Kyouya. The teenage girls were now obsessed by the so called "complicated love triangle" between the three hosts and it seemed to highly please the shadow king. "Interesting," thought Kyouya before yet again noting the event down in his notebook.

By the closing hour of the host club, one question remained; one that greatly intrigued the guests: will Hikaru really kiss Kyouya? Once again, the girls shared different opinions, but most didn't mind as long as there was a kiss scene. The last statement being quite advantageous for the twins for they had a chance to escape the shadow king's plans.

"So, what's our next move?" asked Hikaru with a small frown on his face as they both head towards the door.

"I'm thinking," replied Kaoru as they reached the hallway. They had succeeded for the most part, but were still lacking a way to avoid the kiss scene. "All the girls are eagerly expecting a kiss," he pondered as he placed his arm around his brother's shoulders. It was then that they noticed their favourite female host with the club's prince exiting a usually locked room situated a few minutes away from the host club. But that wasn't what shocked them…what had left them dumbfounded was the scene they witnessed: Haruhi and Tamaki were HUGGING. Hastily, Kaoru yanked a frozen Hikaru behind a garbage can, safely hiding the both of them from the suspicious couple's field of vision.

"W-were they just h-hugging?!" whispered Hikaru as he gawked at the two hosts in front of them. "No way…are Tono and Haruhi…" he thought with a troubled look on his face.

"Shush, they're about to say something," warned Kaoru, slapping his hand onto his brother's mouth and preventing the latter to speak. "Don't you get it? Perfect blackmail material, Hikaru!" he continued, a large grin appearing on his face.

"Thank you, sempai," started Haruhi with a gentle smile on her visage.

"Thank you for what?!" Hikaru managed to murmur before his twin threw him the death stare. "Stay quiet for crying out loud," his glare seemed to say.

"Anything for my beloved Haruhi's happiness," answered Tamaki as he let go of the young girl. "Now," Kaoru signalled before dragging Hikaru up and interrupting the conversation, for he had an idea in head.

"What happiness, Tono?" he said, snickering beneath his breath as he walked up to the club president.

"I-it's nothing," staggered Tamaki as he backed away while trying his best to avoid eye contact. "Honestly, sempai's a horrible liar," assumed Haruhi, rolling her eyes and showing some signs of annoyance.

"Oh! My Lord is keeping a secret from us…wait until we tell the disappointed customers," followed Hikaru, catching on to his brother's intentions. "Come on, take the bait," he gibed interiorly as he watched the sempai's face go pale.

"I-I'm not…keeping a secret," returned Tamaki, stumbling on his words and clearly uncomfortable with the situation. "This is bad," thought Haruhi, nibbling on her upper lip.

"Stop bullying sempai, you two," she finally retorted, fiercely glaring at the twins. "Oh my, a 'back off' signal," interpreted Kaoru, a little disappointed for he loved teasing the Suou.

"Admit it. You're also in on the secret Tono's hiding," continued Hikaru as he wrapped his arm around her waist, Kaoru imitating him a second later; both enjoying the expression on Tamaki's face: the older teen's visage had flushed and his eyebrow was twitching.

"What do you guys want?" he said in an irritated tone as he separated the siblings from his precious daughter.

"How cruel, we were only curious…we would never want to…blackmail you two," the twins responded in unison, faking the puppy eyes.

"Good try. What has to happen will happen. There will be a kiss scene, let's go sempai," rejoined Haruhi tugging on Tamaki's sleeve and giving him the "let's get out of here" signal. Soon, they were out of view. Alone again, the twins heaved a sigh of disappointment.

"You think we should have let them go so fast?" asked Hikaru, pouting as he looking over at his brother.

"Nothing we could do about it since they didn't say anything worth blackmailing. We'll have to think of something else," said Kaoru as he grabbed the older twin by the arm, leaning his head on Hikaru's shoulder.

"Weren't they hugging too?" whined Hikaru, still sulking as he began patting his brother on the head, messing up Kaoru's short brown hair.

"How many times has Tono hugged Haruhi this year?" the younger twin pointed out as he connected his eyes with his brother. Hikaru stopped walking, blinked a couple of times before realizing that fact. He went back to moping afterwards.

"Sucks…we only have a week left to find plan B," he grumbled as Kaoru giggled at his amusing reaction. The rest of the day just dawdled by.