Chapter 3

It's been a week after Christmas, and Hikaru and I were upstairs in our rooms checking out our gifts for the zillionth time. I was sitting on my bed, and looking at the locket that was around my neck.

"You sure do love my present don't ya, Kaoru?" Hikaru asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah…thanks again Hikaru."

He frowned and walked over to me and sat on the bed next to me. "What's wrong Kaoru?"

I sighed. I thought about lying to him and saying that it was nothing, but being my twin, he'd know that I'd be lying.

"I had another nightmare last night," I said with saddened eyes.

Hikaru tilted his head to the side. "The same kind as before?"

I nodded slowly, and he looked down. "What happened this time?"

I gulped. "The…disease…got worse, and so I ended up dying. Everyone was so upset and crying that-"

Hikaru wrapped his arms around me and gave me a big hug.

"Maybe you're having nightmares cause you stress too much."

I looked down at the floor and sighed. "Yeah, maybe so."

"Come on, let's go to sleep."

"But…what if I have a nightmare again?"

Hikaru looked at me, and I could tell that he was scared. "I'll be here to protect you. I promise."

I smiled and cuddled next to him.

If I do have another bad dream, I'll always know that Hikaru is here beside me.

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It was the middle of the night, and the next thing I know I'm screaming my head off. Of course Hikaru heard me, so he got out of bed and ran into our mother's room. Once she got close to our room, she could hear my screams.

"Kaoru! Kaoru, what's wrong hon?"

I couldn't answer her; I was too busy screaming.

She looked over at Hikaru, who was sitting in a corner scared.

"Hikaru, do you know what happened?"

He slowly shook his head.

My mother sighed, and turned her attention back to me.

After about a minute, I stopped screaming and looked up at her.

"Kaoru, are you okay?"

I shook my head, and then out of nowhere, I fell back asleep.

"Kaoru!" was the last thing I heard from my mother, before I started dreaming.

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When I woke up, the next thing I knew was I was in the hospital. I looked around and noticed that both Hikaru and my mother were with me. I looked up at Mom.

"Mommy, why are we here?"

She looked down at me. "Because, we're going to find out what's wrong with you."

"What's wrong with me?"

Her eyes started to water. "I don't know."

I stood up on my mother's lap and gave her a kiss on the cheek, then hugged her. "I love you mommy."

She hugged me back, and started balling her eyes out.

Feeling upset, Hikaru stood up and joined the hug. It was nice to know that he was here and not at home with another nanny. It made me feel happy, it always did.

Then a door opened.

"Mrs. Hitachiin, the doctor will see you now."

Wiping her eyes, she took us off of her lap. "Let's go boys."

She held her hands out, and I grabbed her right, but Hikaru grabbed my other hand. Mom looked at him, smiled, and dropped her other hand to her side. She knew that Hikaru loved me to death, and he was worried too.

"Alright Mrs. Hitachiin, who's the patient today?"

"Kaoru is," she said, letting go of my hand.

I slowly walked up to the nurse, and she smiled at me.

"Hello there Kaoru, I'm just going to take some quick measurements before we get started alright?"

I slowly nodded.

"Okay, now take of your shoes really quickly and step on this scale for me."

I nodded and took a seat in the nearest chair. Mom kneeled down in front of me, and helped untie my shoes.

When I was done, I did as the nurse told me, and held still as she measured my weight.

"Alrighty, now if you will please stand up against the wall, and stand really straight."

I did as she told me to and she smiled as she took my height.

"Alright, now let's take your blood pressure."

She wrapped the Velcro thing around my arm, and squeezed the bulb. After about three minutes, she took the thing off of my arm, and wrote everything down on her clipboard.

"Alright, please follow me to your room."

We followed her down a couple halls, and I felt like we were in a maze.

How big is this place? It's only supposed to be a hospital.

"Here you are. Doctor Hayashi will see you in just a moment."

"Thank you," my mother said.

She put me on top of the little bed that was in the room that the patients had to sit on, and I started swaying my legs.

"Mommy, I want to be up there with Kaoru!" Hikaru said.

"Okay sweetie."

She lifted Hikaru up and placed him right next to me. He looked at me and gave me a big hug. I leaned next to him, and rested my head on his shoulder. Our mother smiled. She loved seeing the sight of us together like this. It was cute.

Fifteen minutes went by, and our mother was getting impatient. She knew something was wrong with me, and she wanted the doctor in here now.

Then we heard a knock, and the door opened.

"Hello, Mrs. Hitachiin, I'm Doctor Hayashi." He shook our mother's hand and looked over at me and Hikaru. "Now, which one of you is Hikaru?"

We didn't answer; we just looked up at him.

Do you really think we're going to answer that?

"I'm sorry Doctor, they like to play a silly game with everyone where people have to try and guess those two apart. That one there is Kaoru," she said, pointing at me.

The doctor put his glasses on and observed me.

"Hey there Kaoru, I'm Doctor Hayashi. It's very nice to meet you," he said, holding out his hand.

I looked down at his hand, and I felt Hikaru hug me tighter.

"Is something wrong?" Doctor Hayashi asked our mother.

"I'm sorry, it's their first time in a hospital. Those two are really close to each other, and they're probably really scared. I know Hikaru is; he doesn't want anything to happen to Kaoru."

Doctor Hayashi smiled. "Is that so? Well Hikaru, I promise I won't do anything to make Kaoru feel pain. But if I notice anything wrong, I may have to give him shots or do blood work."

Hikaru squeezed me tighter, and I grabbed his sleeve. We were both scared.

He sighed. "Okay Kaoru, I need to check your ears and your heartbeat. So if you would please sit up and sit straight for me."

I nodded and looked up at Hikaru; letting him know that he had to let me go. He looked at me, nodded, and released me from his grasp.

I sat up straight on the bed, and the doctor put the stethoscope buds in his ears and placed the small metal piece to my chest. He told me to take deep breaths, and I did.

He wrapped the stethoscope around his neck, and felt my neck, shoulders, and arms.

"His heart seems to be fine," he said.

"Okay," our mom said. That wasn't the real reason that was bothering her.

Next the doctor checked my reflexes, and that turned out fine as well.

After the check up was over, he looked over at our mother.

"Well, everything seems to be fine," he said.

"But, what about his screaming? Everytime he wakes up, he's waking up screaming."

"It could just be nightmares, or the flu. I'll prescribe you some medicine for him to take, and see if that helps any?"

She didn't know any other way that would help, so she nodded.

"Alright, I'll be right back with your prescription."

He got up off of the stool and left the room.

Hikaru and I looked over at our mother.

"Mommy?" Hikaru asked.

She looked over at us.

"Am I going to be okay?" I asked.

She nodded. "You are hon, you just have the flu. The doctor's going to give you some medicine to take, and then you're going to be better in a couple days."

Hikaru looked at me delighted. "Yay, you're going to be alright Kaoru!"

He gave me a hug, and I couldn't help but to hug him back.

"Alright, here's the medicine," Doctor Hayashi said, walking back into the room. "He is to take that twice daily, for ten days. After that, he should be good to go."

"Okay, thanks Doctor Hayashi."

"And here's a little something for the boys." He pulled out two lollipops from his pocket and handed them to me and Hikaru. "Here you go boys, enjoy!"

"Thank you!" we said together, and he smiled.

"Alright boys, let's go."

I grabbed Hikaru's hand as he grabbed hold of mine, and we walked down the hallways together with the lollipops in our mouths.

I'm glad it's just the flu. I'll just take the medicine that was subscribed to me, and I'll get better in no time…right?

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I loved writing this chapter, it was so cute! ^_^ Please review, your reviews are important to me. Well, I'm off to write chapter 4. I hope you enjoyed the story so far!