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My inspiration for this story came from the story called Fixated by TheAngelIsrafel
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The Mask – Chapter 3: The Case
Monday the 7th of September
Josh's POV
As I walked through the hallways of Ouran with Alyssa, I could hear people whispering about when I passed by. It felt as if they were talking about me but I wasn't really sure but when I looked over to Alyssa, she seemed to know what I was thinking.
"They're just talking what happened last night at the Suou mansion. I think they're starting to like you." I rolled my eyes at that comment as we both came upon The Third Music Room.
"I wonder what today will bring us."
"Open the door and we'll find out." I gave the girl next to me a dirty look before I made a move to open it. As I brought my hand to the doorknob, I slowly turned it as I opened the door, allowing me full sight of the room. To my surprise, the room was empty and the only thing that were there were tables and chairs. We both entered the room as I heard Alyssa close the door behind me.
"Where are they?"
"Maybe they're behind that door?" When I looked over to where she was pointing at, I did indeed hear voices behind the door but I decided to turn away from the door to move towards the window. It was a beautiful cloudless day as some of the students left the school to return to their homes while others mingled around the campus. "Want me to check?"
"If you want." A couple seconds later, I heard her receding footsteps disappear as I continued to look out the window. Looks like I have a couple of things to do today – observe Tamaki, learn Japanese with Kaoru, and then finally talk with Hikaru. I have a feeling that something is going to happen today but what? I sighed out loud as I looked down onto my uniform, making sure that it wasn't dirty in some way. When it wasn't, I looked back out the window but a knock was soon heard as I turned around to see Alyssa standing in front of the door. The door slowly opened revealing the other hosts as I merely turned back around.
"Looks like I was right. I'll be right back to see what's going on." I could hear her enter the room as I noticed a couple students talking underneath a tree. My attention on them didn't last long as my eyes quickly moved to the clock tower nearby. So it's 3:05 PM huh?
"So, are we all ready for today?" I could hear Kyouya's voice but I didn't understand what he said. I continued to stare out the window as multiple footsteps from the other room came closer in my direction. The other doors were soon opened as I heard the chatter of multiple girls as they entered the room.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm doing all right."
"You sure?" I nodded at the girl next to me as I turned around to see the girls being entertained by the hosts in multiple locations.
"Let's just get to work shall we? Where's Tamaki?" As I looked around the room, I soon found the blonde sitting on a couch with two girls on each side of him. There were also girls sitting opposite of him behind a table, as he seemed to be entertaining them as well. "There he is. Did Kyouya let him know we were going to be watching him today?"
"Yeah but unfortunately, he said there wouldn't be any chairs for us to sit in."
"What? No chairs?" She nodded. "I guess we'll just have to improvise then." I looked around for a place for us to sit in and found that sitting in front of the window might be a good idea. "How about over there?" When she looked in the direction I was pointing at, she gave me a look when she turned back to me.
"If my back starts to hurt after today, I'm going to blame you." I smiled as we both made our way to the window as we sat right in front of it. Alyssa soon took out her laptop as she placed it on her legs. Once it was on, she immediately opened up a word document and the video recording application.
"It's a good thing my laptop can zoom in; otherwise, we would be getting a bad picture of him." When she said that, I watched as she managed to zoom in close on Tamaki, making sure to have the other girls in sight. A couple of minutes passed by when I finally became bored of watching Tamaki teasing the girls.
"Somehow, I can already tell that I'm not going to get anything from him interacting with the girls."
"I kind of agree with you on that. All he's doing is flirting with them, which is kind of boring if you ask me." I sighed out loud as I took out my iPod and began to play Paparazzi by Lady Gaga but made sure the volume was low so I could still hear Alyssa. Seeing as how I can't understand them, I think I'll listen to a couple of songs. I felt a yawn coming as I opened my mouth to let it out as my eyes wondered to the other hosts. It looked like Haruhi, Mori, and Honey were also entertaining their patrons in their own way while Kyouya merely stood near a pillar while writing in his black notebook.
"That reminds me – you said everyone here had a type right?"
"Yep."
"What's Haruhi's type?"
"She's the natural type. Didn't I tell you already?" I nodded. "Oh, my bad." She continued to type on her laptop as I stared at the twins, watching how they interacted with one another. It looked as if they were a couple of something with the way Hikaru was holding Kaoru like that. I guess that explains why their type is the little devil. In some religions, practicing incest is basically a sin. I looked back to Tamaki as I started to think about his type. The prince type does suit him but when I thought about Kyouya's type, how in the world was he cool? Maybe he's cool in the meaning that he's calm when it comes to things – if that's what they were going for, then I understand. The loli-shota type does fit Honey perfectly according to the definition Alyssa gave but how in the world is Mori wild? As I started to observe the tall teen, I saw nothing wild about the guy.
"Hey Alyssa?"
"Yeah?"
"Why is Mori the wild type?" I immediately changed the song to Poker Face by Lady Gaga while waiting for her to answer.
"Well I don't think he's wild by his personality but perhaps he's wild when it comes to Honey? I mean, he still sort of practices that slave-master relationship I suppose."
"I see…" I guess that would explain it but if he's still practicing that sort of relationship, that's sort of weird but hell, I shouldn't be judging them anyway. If they're both okay with it, it's none of my business to interfere. I began to stare at Haruhi who seemed to be entertaining three girls as I could see hearts above their heads. The natural type huh? I guess that means she was a natural at entertaining her patrons, which does make sense. "So, what's Tamaki been saying?"
"How that girl is the love of his life and what not. You can obviously tell it's fake so I don't really understand how it's packed in here with girls."
"Probably because they like the attention they're being given or they like what they see. They are handsome."
"I agree with you on that one!" A knock was soon heard from the door, as Kyouya was the one to approach it. Once opened, I saw someone in a blue cape, which immediately piqued my interest. Alyssa didn't seem to notice, as she was busy typing away while I changed to a new song called Bad Boy by Cascada.
"Alyssa, who's that guy in the cape?"
"Hmm? Where?" I pointed over to the door when she finally knew whom I was talking about.
"Since he's wearing a cape and holding a voodoo doll called Beelzenef, I'm going to guess that's Nekozawa Umehito, president of the Black Magic Club."
"There's a black magic club here?"
"Surprising isn't it? Anyway, he wears that cape and wig to protect himself from the light."
"Is he a vampire?" I asked in a joking manner as I snickered a bit.
"Very funny. Apparently, he can't withstand the light and will collapse if he doesn't wear his robe. His gauge is 40."
"Well that's very interesting. There wouldn't happen to be some sort of a problem with him would there?"
"Nope, none at all. He just doesn't like the light."
"Okay then. I guess that's just him expressing his individuality I suppose." Before long, Nekozawa had entered the room as he held up his doll, moving it around as if it were alive. Yep, that's a bit strange and I've seen a lot of things in my career.
"Nekozawa?" When I turned back to the blonde, I saw him hiding behind the couch he was sitting on just a second ago. "What are you doing here?" I turned to Alyssa's laptop so I would be able to understand what they were talking about.
"I just wanted to extend an invitation to the host club to the world black magic item marked, which is being held right now."
"No thanks! I think I've had enough curses in my lifetime!" Curses? "I still remember what happened when I stepped on Beelzenef again by accident! I went into a room where I couldn't understand what they were saying at all!"
"You just went into an English class." Kyouya mentioned as he moved his glasses upwards.
"And then, I felt so hot the next two days like I was on fire!"
"You had a fever is all." I began to chuckle at the direction their conversation was going. Suddenly, I felt something hit my foot as I took my eyes off the laptop to see that it was a flashlight. Did someone drop it? I looked around to see if anyone was looking for it but they all continued in their conversation. I shrugged as I picked it up and pushed the button to see if it was still working when I heard a scream.
"MURDERER!" Nekozawa ran swiftly out of the room, slamming the door behind him when I realized that I had pointed the flashlight at him. When everyone turned to me, I slowly turned off the flashlight and laid it next to me when I started to whistle innocently.
"Good job Josh."
"I didn't mean to do that and you know it!" Tamaki soon said something in my direction as if he was scared for his life. "What'd he say?"
"He said that because you did that, you're now cursed." I rolled my eyes as I watched the host club return to normal.
"I'm cursed? That's a laugh. I don't believe in curses."
"If you say so." I soon changed the song to Just Dance by Lady Gaga as I continued to observe Tamaki when he finally stopped hiding to entertain his patrons again. I yawned out loud as I brought my legs close to my chest, as I felt sleepy all of a sudden. Before I knew it, I was out like a light.
One Hour Later
I soon woke up with a yawn and when I tried to stretch my legs, they hurt like hell. I stood up slowly and began to stretch all my muscles, trying to get blood pumping in my legs as I felt my left foot to be asleep. As I started to put away my iPod, the girl next to me decided to speak.
"That's what happens when you sleep like that." I gave a glare to the girl next to me when all she did was laugh as she put her laptop away in her bag.
"Is it over for today?"
"Yeah. I have everything recorded while you were busy taking a nap." I looked around the room to see that the hosts were still here as the patrons began to leave.
"Did you have a good nap?" I gave a smile as the familiar redhead who was approaching me.
"Yeah but my body aches just a bit." He smiled back as I did one last stretch.
"Let me just go get my English book so that way, we can work in reverse. I think it'll be easier for you if we do that."
"If you think that's best. I'll wait here all right?" He nodded as he strolled out of the host club when I saw another redhead in front of me.
"So how long are you going to take with Kaoru?" I quickly noticed to see Tamaki leave the room in a hurry as my attention went back to Hikaru.
"Um, I'm not sure exactly but if you want a number, I'd probably say around an hour. Just to let you know ahead of time, if I find reason to believe that there is something detrimental going on here, I'm going to have pull the both of you into therapy and I have to let your parents know immediately. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"Yeah but I don't think we need to go to therapy. I mean, it's not like there's something wrong with one of us." Alyssa soon stood up as she walked her way over to Kyouya – flirting already I see.
"There doesn't have to be something wrong with you to be in therapy. If I find something about you that could lead you to hurting yourself and the people around you, well, that's enough to be in therapy."
"Even if it does come to that, why do our parents have to know?"
"Because you're not considered to be an adult yet and by law, I have to notify your guardians. Sorry, I have to do what the law says otherwise I could get sent to jail. You understand?" He merely sighed as he nodded.
"Good. Now is there something important you want to tell me before Kaoru comes back?" He nodded. "Okay then. Well seeing as how he's taking a while, you want to chat until he comes back?"
"Sure, I guess." I sat back down near the window when Hikaru took the spot where Alyssa was.
"So how's your relationship with Haruhi? Going good I suppose?" I smiled at him, as he looked kind of nervous.
"Yeah, never better." I could already tell that he was lying.
"Something wrong?"
"No, we're just like any other couple you know. Happy to be together and all." He started to bite his lip when I noticed the lack of enthusiasm in his voice.
"Are you happy being with her?" He soon stared in the direction where the others were as I did the same. "She's a cute girl isn't she?"
"I guess but I feel like everything is changing. For some reason, I'm just not that interested in her like I once was. Being with her is nice and it feels different without Kaoru but I miss him when he's not with me."
"So you two have always been together?" He nodded.
"We were always together as soon as we were born. It's like we were meant for each other but you can't have an interest in your brother. That's wrong and so weird you know?"
"I don't know about that but you looked happy when you were doing your 'act' with Kaoru."
"That's because I have to. We have to act like that because it's for the host club. It's not like we do it because we want to."
"Now that can't be true. I'm sure you joined this club for a good reason right?" He looked down on the floor as I waited for him to respond.
"We only joined this club to kill time…" I could barely hear what he said as it a mere whisper to my ears. "How… how come you can tell the both of us apart so easily? Everyone we met, no one could tell the difference, not our doctors, relatives, and not even our parents sometimes."
"I'm sure you must have heard this from someone else but just because you two look the same, you two are still different from one another. I can tell the difference because of your personality and voice."
"When Haruhi joined our club, she was able to tell the difference as easily as you could. I liked how she was able to do that and I guess that's where my crush came from." That's strange, why do I suddenly remember Alyssa telling me that when Hikaru was alone without Kaoru, he would be noisy and lack common sense. How come he isn't exhibiting that right now?
"I think I'm starting to understand the both of you a little now." The twin turned to face me, as he looked a bit surprised at what I had said. "I like learning about other people and I think that you and brother are very unique. I've never see a relationship such as the one you have with your brother. I think it's very sweet." He immediately turned red when he looked away. Their relationship is indeed intriguing but I won't be able to get the whole picture just by observing. I think I actually need to have them tell me or at least give me some sort of a hint so I can interpret it.
"Hey Josh! I forgot my black notebook in the classroom! You want to come with me to get it?"
"Yeah sure." I turned back to Hikaru as I spoke. "We'll talk later okay?" The redhead turned back to me as he merely nodded while I gave a smile. I quickly stood up as I walked over to Alyssa to find her rummaging in her bag.
"I could have sworn I'd put in my bag but I think I left it in the classroom." I only nodded at her as if to scold her when she gave me a death glare for doing so. "Let's go." She began to walk off as I followed her out the host club and into the hallway.
"So what were you talking about with him?"
"With who?"
"The twin obviously."
"What's wrong? You don't know his name?" She soon gave me another death glare, which only made me snicker once again. "To answer your question, we were just having small talk. By the way, I was talking to Hikaru if you didn't know."
"Know it all." I giggled as we both made a turn but when we passed by a classroom, I stopped suddenly as I heard moaning. Alyssa didn't seem to notice as she kept walking but she soon turned back around.
"What is it?" I made a hand gesture telling her to come back as I slowly moved closer to the door, making sure not to make a noise. Once she was right next to me, I began to whisper.
"Do you hear that?" She nodded.
"It sounds like someone's having fun in there." She smiled at me as I rolled my eyes at her as I only wondered who it was that was in there. I moved myself a bit closer to the door to peer into the small window but the thing I saw made me freeze in place. "You okay?" I must have been making some sort of a face for her to ask that question but I couldn't answer as my brain was currently fried. It doesn't make any sense! Why didn't I foresee this? Hikaru and Tamaki… are making out right in front of my eyes. I could see Alyssa move as she looked into the small window and when she did, she immediately pushed me away.
"What was that for?"
"I didn't want them to notice since you've been staring at them for so long. Are you okay?" I instantly knew why she had asked me that – I had some sort of a crush on Kaoru but judging from what I just saw, I can just forget about that ever happening.
"Yeah I'm all right. I'll get over it soon."
"What are you doing standing over there like that?" I quickly turned back around to see Hikaru heading this way as I looked back to Alyssa. Why is he here? Did he follow us? If he did, why?
"Oh great. What do we do now?"
"This could provide the perfect opportunity for me to learn something about their relationship. The stage is set so I all really have to do is get him to look into the window."
"Are you sure you want to do that?" I nodded. I turned back around to Hikaru as I ran towards him.
"Hikaru! I want to show you something but whatever you say, try and say it in English okay?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Just do it okay?" He looked at me with a baffled look on his face as I took his wrist and brought him over to the door. "Take a look." He stared at me with such uncertainty but did what I asked the next second. And now it begins. Hikaru quickly opened the door as he stomped into the classroom.
"YOU GET OFF MY BROTHER RIGHT NOW!" At least he remembered to speak in English.
"Hikaru! What are you doing here?" Kaoru seemed to be surprised as Tamaki quickly moved away, terrified of the angry twin.
"I COULD ASK YOU THE SAME THING!"
"We were just…" Before Kaoru could finish, his twin had cut him off immediately.
"I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING! ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY!" Hikaru's anger seemed to have really scared Tamaki as he was now hiding behind his brother. It also seems that Kaoru was at a loss for words as all he did was bite on his lip while looking in another direction. "Are you going to answer or not?" His voice wasn't as loud but it still had the same amount of anger in it. Seconds passed like minutes as no words were exchanged. "So this is it huh? You're not going to tell me? Fine." Hikaru soon left the room without another word and when Kaoru caught sight of me, he seemed to be surprised again as I only sighed out loud.
"I don't know what happened in here but trust me, I'll find out soon. Interpret this to Tamaki for me, I'll be calling your parents tonight to recommend that you go to group therapy with me. The same goes for you and your brother Kaoru." As soon as Alyssa began to interpret, Kaoru seemed to be at a loss for words again. "We'll skip this afternoon's lesson if you don't mind. Alyssa, I'll be at the front gates after I take care of one more thing so call the driver when you're done." Before I gave her the chance to talk, I immediately left but a voice soon called out to me but I didn't stop.
"Josh wait! Why are you doing this? I don't need to go to therapy! I'm not crazy or anything!" He caught up to me as we were now walking side by side.
"Maybe for now you aren't but who knows."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that you may be sane now but the future is unclear." Kaoru seemed to be getting angry as his tone changed.
"Look, you don't have to do this." I quickly made a turn as I saw the third music room at the end of the hallway. "Will you stop walking and listen for a second?" I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder as I was pulled back. I stared up at Kaoru as I waited for him to speak. "We don't need therapy."
"I don't want to offend you but I think you do. Coming from a therapist's perspective, if there isn't an intervention now, something bad could happen. I mean, what you were doing in there with Tamaki might be a sign of you starting on a path self-destruction but I don't know 100%. That's why I need to do this."
"Are you mad at me because you saw me kiss him? Is that it?"
"I'm going to be honest that I was a bit hurt but I moved on seeing as how we weren't exactly an item and that's actually a good thing. Now I know I can pull you into therapy without worrying about messing up." As I was about to walk off, I felt myself being pushed up against the wall as I felt a pair of lips being pressed up against mine. I was able to push him off the next second as I started to pant. "What are you doing?"
"Please, I don't want you to be upset at me…"
"Kaoru, I'm not upset at you. And kissing me isn't going to change my mind about calling your parents." When I saw him make a move to grab me again, I managed to dodge his hands as I stared at him. "What did I just say? Will you please stop?" If I didn't know better, this could be a sign of him desiring another person's touch, attention, and love. When he started to approach me, I moved back slowly as this never actually happened to me before. "I think you need to calm down Kaoru. Think about what you're doing. Why are you doing this?"
"Because I want to."
"Why though?"
"Do we really have to talk?" When he said that in a seductive manner, I realized that I had to do something quick before he comes at me again.
"I know what's going on between you and your brother!" He stopped moving for a second but continued as he smiled.
"There's nothing going on between us."
"Don't try and fool me. I know you like him more than you should!" He finally stopped as his eyes widened at what I said. He soon fell to his knees, as I instantly felt kind of bad for him. I moved closer to the twin in front as I wanted to comfort him but what happened next surprised me.
"Got you!" He managed to jump me as I fell back to the floor with him on top of me. I can't believe he just tricked me!
"Get off me! What you're doing right now isn't right!" Has he really gotten this bad from his relationship with his brother starting to disintegrate? If this is just the beginning, it's good that I caught it right away although I really don't like the situation I'm in now. It's strange that he's so acting so different from the past three days I've seen him.
"You think I don't know that? But I want you so bad…" I wonder if something similar to this happened with Tamaki. But what could have triggered him to respond in this manner? When I felt his warm breath on me, my thoughts disappeared as I noticed his face was very close to my own.
"I know you don't want it from me. You want the love and touch of someone else, isn't that right?" I seemed to have finally gotten through to him as his eyes expressed shock.
"Stop it… stop reading me like I'm some sort of a book!" I was shocked at what he had said as tears were starting to develop. "I just… all I want is someone to replace this empty feeling inside my heart." All I could do was stare as he started to rub his face with his hands.
"Need a hug?" I could see him nod through his hands but seeing as he was on top of me, I couldn't very well move. "Come closer then." He quickly wrapped his arms around my neck as I did the same while running my hands through his hair. His cries didn't slow as I tried to calm him down when I finally knew that he missed his brother dearly and that he does indeed love him in that way. "Don't cry Kaoru, things will get better. You have my word." When he slowly came up, I smiled at him as I noticed that his eyes were a bit red.
"You promise?"
"I promise. Now I think we should get off the floor before someone sees us." I could see him smile as he got off of me slowly, making sure to pull me up with him. "You want go back to the third music room with me?" He nodded shakily, as I knew he wasn't sure if he wanted to or not. We both walked side by side when we finally reached the doors as I opened them to reveal Hikaru and the others. It appears we didn't get much attention as the others were on a table talking with Kyouya at the end with his laptop out. Hikaru, on the other hand, was staring out the window. "Let me deal with him okay?" He looked a bit worried but he seemed to trust me when he started to walk towards the table. Once he did, I made my way to the other twin. "Hikaru, mind if we talk for a bit?" When he turned to me, I could see that he was still angry as it was written all over his face. "It's important."
"What do you want?"
"I just wanted to let you know that I'll be calling your parents to suggest that you and Kaoru be put in therapy." His eyes widened as he began to protest.
"I don't want to go to therapy!"
"I knew you were going to say that but here's a rebuttal. If you come, your relationship with Kaoru might be able to go back to normal. Don't you want that?" I seemed to have gotten through when he seemed just a bit happy at what I said.
"How many sessions?"
"I'd say one or two – three at most. Don't worry, I'll be able to work this situation out with the best results possible." I gave a smile, as I wanted to reassure him of what I was saying.
"Does Kaoru know?" I nodded. "In fact, he's over there with the others." I pointed over in the direction that they were in when he took a look. He seemed to be indecisive of what he wanted to do but made his decision when he looked back out the window. I wonder if they were always like this when they fought with one another. "Don't be like that. Make up with your brother and besides, you don't why or how it happened in the first place." That's when his anger came back when he turned back to face me.
"Do you?"
"No but that doesn't mean you should be angry at him. You should be supportive of him in his time of need. I mean, he's going through a lot right now."
"What are you talking about? Going through what?"
"I'll tell you when the time right."
"Why can't you tell me now?"
"Because you may act a bit… reckless?" I wondered if that was the right word to choose but oh well.
"Reckless? No I wouldn't."
"Even if you don't, I'm still not going to tell you until the time is right. If you want to know so bad, why don't you ask your brother?" He gave me a smug look as he looked back out the window again. "Do you love your brother Hikaru?" Time for me to play a game.
"Are you trying to say something to me?"
"Oh I was just wondering if you did because that would explain as to why your relationship with him is starting to fail." Fail always was a strong word to use.
"Fail? Are you insulting me?" He stepped closer to me but I stood my ground as I continued.
"No, I have no need to insult someone like you. It's amazing that you would ignore your brother to such an extent that you don't even know what's happening to him." Before I knew it, I felt pain on my right cheek as soon as he punched me, forcing me to stumble back.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO SAY THAT TO ME?" Alyssa was right – he does lack common sense when he's alone. "Come on! Say something else to me!"
"If you insist." Before I could have said anything else, he threw another punch at my face but I easily dodged it this time. His punches pack power but his speed is slow – this feels almost like a video game. I brought my hand up to my cheek as I rubbed it slowly, trying to make it feel better. I can't believe he made it numb with one blow. I'm surprised my jaw wasn't affected by that punch.
"Hikaru! What are you doing?" I could see Kaoru running over to us in the background but the redhead in front of me decided to throw another punch. I bended my knees in order to avoid it but I saw a kick coming right towards my face but I couldn't avoid it this time. I closed my eyes as I didn't want to see it but I soon felt a body fall on top of me, forcing me to fall on the floor for the second time today.
"KAORU!" When I opened my eyes, I saw Kaoru lying on top of me as he moaned in pain. "Why did you do that? Why!" I slowly pushed Kaoru up as I moved myself from under him.
"Because you were hitting him and I didn't want to see that." He said through gritted teeth. Did his kick really hurt that bad? In the next second, Hikaru was holding him in his arms as he cradled him like a baby.
"Does it hurt Kaoru?"
"Of course it hurts you idiot! How could it not when it's coming from you?" I moved over to the side so I would be able to observe the both of them with a good view. Hikaru began to laugh as I noticed tears coming down his face.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit you so hard." Kaoru's hands held his stomach as if he was trying to stop the pain. Perhaps I should take a look at it.
"I know." Hikaru's tears seemed to falling faster as he brought his brother closer to his chest.
"I'm so sorry Kaoru… for everything! I didn't mean to yell at you back there when I found you. I just… I just got upset is all." A real smile formed on Kaoru's face when he took one of his hands from his stomach and brought it up to his twin's face.
"You always did let your emotions get the best of you. That's why I tried to stop you from beating Josh to a pulp."
"Yeah well, he started it."
"I'm sure he had a good reason to do what he did but that doesn't mean it's all right to beat him."
"I know…" Looks like they're both back on good terms, for now. Now to do what I was supposed to do. I began to walk towards the others as I noticed them conversing with one another while staring at the twins. Must be talking about them.
"You sure know how to handle things don't you?" Kyouya seemed to be unfazed at what had just happened as he continued typing on his laptop.
"It's how I work. What do you expect?" He just gave a grunt sound as I looked over to Haruhi who was busy talking to Honey. I walked over to her slowly and once I was close enough, I tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention. When she turned around, I made a hand gesture asking if she had the mini translator and she understood immediately when she took out the device from her pocket. She gave it to me as I began to type.
"I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be calling your father tonight to suggest that you go to group therapy with the twins and Tamaki, okay?" I gave it back to her when I turned back to the twins who were now standing on their feet. I felt a tap on my shoulder when I made a move to grab the translator by instinct. I think she types just as fast as Alyssa.
"I knew that this was going to happen with you around but I think it's for the best anyway. You know, we were about to go over there when we saw Hikaru punch you but Kaoru stopped us when he said he wanted to take care of it. They must really love each other huh?" Is it just me or does Haruhi know a lot more about the twins than what meets the eye?
"What do you mean that you knew that this was going to happen?" When I gave it back to her, I decided to wait for her to finish and not look anywhere else.
"Well, whenever Hikaru and I went on a date, we would somehow come on the topic of his brother and it seemed to make him very happy. He always looks lonely without him but I just seem to take his mind off of that." This girl is way more intelligent than what the gauge gave her.
"You seem to know a lot about them, which could be very useful to me later on. I'm sorry but I have to go now. I think I've made Alyssa wait for me too long. See you later." I gave a smile and waved good-bye as I made a move to leave. I also waved at Honey and Mori as they did the same as well but I didn't bother Kyouya, as he seemed to be very immersed in whatever it was he was doing.
"You're leaving?" I looked over to the twins who were standing side by side when they asked that simultaneously. Now I know why people find it difficult to differentiate between the both of them.
"Yeah. I have a lot to think about tonight and besides, I have to prepare for the case that the both of you are involved in. And Kaoru, I think my special room is where we'll have your therapy." I winked at him as I continued my way out of the room and into the hallway once again. I quickly made my way out the front doors of Ouran to find Alyssa standing next to the limo impatiently.
"About time! I was starting to wonder if you forgot to come out." I didn't bother replying as the driver immediately exited the vehicle to open the door when I was in sight. Once the door was open, I entered the limo as Alyssa did the same. "You okay?" I sighed out loud in response to her question. "Aww, it's okay baby. You'll find someone else."
"Hmm. So what did Tamaki say?" I asked trying to get off the topic.
"He didn't like the idea but he did tell me a couple of things, which might interest you."
"Really? Like what?" The driver finally entered the vehicle as we started to pull away.
"He said that he's been talking with Kaoru for quite sometime and he said that he came to the conclusion that Kaoru likes his brother in that manner but isn't sure about Hikaru's feelings."
"I guess that only backs my incest theory up. He came up with that all by himself?"
"Yeah. He thought it might get him out of going to therapy, which is pretty funny in my opinion." This only proves that the gauge is wrong again. If Tamaki did indeed come up with that, he shouldn't have such a low gauge.
"Yeah, I guess it's pretty funny if you think about it. Well, it looks like I have a couple of things to do tonight."
"When are you thinking of starting their group therapy?"
"Tomorrow after school sounds like a good idea. We'll invite them to the office where I have the special modifications set up."
"Are you sure you need to do that? I don't think it's necessary to use that room for them."
"You never know, I might just need it for something. And besides, you know how I love that room. I can do anything in there!" She rolled her eyes at me as I looked out the window to look up at the sky. It's too bad though – I thought I would get together with Kaoru but fate is cruel to me sometimes.
"Oh by the way, I found out why Kaoru and Tamaki were making out. Apparently, Tamaki went to look for him to have another talk and when he found him, Kaoru was crying and when he tried to comfort him, the twin actually started to make out with him." Just like what had happened to me in the hallway…
"That only proves my theory about him wanting affection then. Boy, I'm good!" I smiled at no one in particular as I stared at the cars passing by.
Kaoru's POV
I sat near the window as I watched Josh enter his limo without even taking a second look back. I can't believe I acted like that in front of him and that I was having a make out session with Tamaki! I felt dirtier than I have ever felt before. I turned back around to see Hikaru with Haruhi again as they discussed what they were going to wear at the dance Friday night. Every time you say you love me, it only hurts me because you only love me in a brotherly way. I sighed out loud as I walked away from the window and when I got to the door, I heard his voice.
"Kaoru, where are you going?"
"I'm just going out to get some fresh air. I'll be back soon." I smiled as I left the room, making sure to close the door behind me quickly. I sighed once more when I suddenly saw someone in the hallway that was wearing a hooded sweatshirt with some jeans. The person suddenly made a hand gesture for me to come closer when I became nervous that he knew of my presence. I gulped as I started walking towards the unknown person when the individual moved to look out the window. Once I closer, I noticed that the person was holding a piece of paper.
"I believe your friend Josh dropped this." When I heard the voice, I instantly knew that it was a guy. He raised his hand in an attempt to give it to me but I was still unsure of what was going on here but I took it anyway. As I looked at it, I instantly knew that this was the letter Josh's boyfriend had left behind before he committed suicide. When did he drop this? When I looked back up to question the guy, he was nowhere in sight. I instantly felt goose bumps as I was sure he didn't even walk away from me otherwise I would have heard it! I delicately placed the paper in my pocket knowing that this was something Josh treasured. I'll give it back to him tomorrow when I see him I suppose.
As I walked through the empty hallways of Ouran, my thoughts kept returning to my brother and Josh. What exactly do I feel for the renowned therapist? I do think he's cute and I do like him but I don't think I love him enough. I wish I did but no one in the world can make me as happy as Hikaru can. He had a special place in my heart but I guess he had someone else in his. Now that he knows I'm gay, it's only a matter of time before he starts to figure out that I like him like that. Of course, there's a chance he would never find out seeing as how dense he was. I laughed at that thought because even if he were dense, he would always have the best intentions for me.
I made another turn as I realized that I was just walking around in circles. I still remember when it was just me and you and no one else. The two of us were always together and we were one unique entity. Nevertheless, we were still separate entities. Whatever I wasn't was Hikaru and whatever Hikaru wasn't was me. I remember the cruel jokes we played on other people like when girls would confess their love for one of us. In the end, we would always tear up their notes and laugh in their faces. I was content with that because I still knew that I was only one in your eyes.
Whenever something got boring for us, we got rid of it. That's how we worked and that was our motto. Until now, we had a maid who took care of us that we really adored. Ah memories… I turned into another hallway as I began to reminisce my past with Hikaru. I believe it was ten years ago when we met her. We liked her because she was different from all the other maids that just wanted to flatter us or the ones that just smiled at us. I remember her trying to break into our safe one time but we caught her during one of our midnight exploration. We convinced her to play our little game called which one is Hikaru? I even remember how we always said the same thing at the exact same time. We don't do it as often anymore.
I guess we had her play that game because we really wanted her to tell us apart and because we really liked her. Later that night, an alarm woke us up from our sleep and we found the maid climbing down the side of our mansion using an escape ladder. She said that she couldn't tell us apart and that there might never be someone who could. If she said that to us today, I'm pretty sure we would laugh in her face because there were two people that we knew who could identify one of us just by looking at us. And then, she disappeared into the night. I knew that as we grew older, we also grew more and more twisted and we built a barrier so that people could not approach us easily.
It's funny because sometimes, there would be some very slow people who couldn't notice our barrier and tried to befriend us. That's when we met Tamaki. He tried to get us to start a club with him but we just told him to shut up and go away. If he really wanted us to join, he would have to play and win our game. We gave him a time limit of one month and he could try as many times as he wanted to during that time but we would ask for the reason so he wouldn't be able to do some random hit or miss. He was very enthusiastic and he would always try to guess but would always get it wrong. We got bored of him very quickly so we just decided to end the game right there and then. We got tired of being disappointed.
We were always contradicting ourselves. We want people to tell us apart but we don't want them to tell us apart. We want people to know us better but we don't want them to know us better. We would always crave for someone who can accept us but to accept ones, as twisted as we were, there's no one like that. So that we can stay unhurt in our own world, we put a very strong lock on our gates.
Another girl had sent us a love letter one time and once we made her run away crying, Tamaki had caught us off guard saying Hikaru was the one who was about to rip the letter. We asked for the reason and he said it was his gut feeling. Hikaru said that we told him that he can't hit or miss but he apologized and that it was too hard for him right now. He said we were too much alike and that it was like a talent. He wanted us to be like one person but not to forget that we were separate entities. He would try his best and become able to tell us apart. Now that I think about it, the only time he actually told us apart is when we were actually apart from one another.
We told him that he couldn't do that and that it was contradictory. What he said to us surprised us both as he said we were also contradictory. He said it was personality. We told him that if we started this Hitachiin brothers style, then we would really always be a set from now on. We're the only ones that can tell each other apart and that no one will be able to win the which one is Hikaru game. We knew it from the very beginning.
We were surprised when he had asked us why we looked lonely when people didn't get the game right. He said that even though he can't tell us apart right now, someone who would be able to tell us apart would appear. I have to say that he was right about that – we met Haruhi and Josh, the only two people who could clearly tell us apart. He also said that if we stayed in our world, we'd never be able to meet anyone that can tell us apart. That's when he offered us to start the host club with him again. That day, when the Lord won the game, we were just a little bit moved by his words. But now, it's not longer we but I.
When I made another turn, I saw the door to the third music room. Should I really go back now? I took out my cell phone to see that it was now 4:32 PM. I sighed again as I should just face the fact that Hikaru loves Haruhi because she could tell us apart. But is that the reason why I liked Josh in the first place? No, now that I think about it, it isn't. I liked him because of his personality. I liked how he could read me so easily but at the same time, I didn't like it. I pushed those thoughts away when I found myself in front of the third music room. I opened one of the doors to see that the room was empty except for my twin who was still there waiting for me to return. I'm surprised his girlfriend wasn't with him.
"You finally came back. What took you so long?" When he turned to me from the window, I was surprised at how the sun looked so beautiful on him right now. Plus, he was even smiling at me.
"I was just thinking about things." I closed the door behind as I started my way to my brother. When I was next to him, I looked out the window to see the sun close to setting.
"What were you thinking about?"
"Just stuff." I still felt his eyes on me when I turned back to him. We both stared into each other's eyes as I could feel myself getting lost in those golden orbs of his. Focus Kaoru! Don't get ahead of yourself now.
"A lot of things are changing aren't they?"
"Yeah… they are."
"But there's one thing I don't want to change. I want us to go back to what we were before we joined the host club." I looked down for a couple of seconds to think about what he had just said. Once I knew what to say, I looked at him again.
"I don't think that's a good idea. We were one person before and we pushed everyone away from us. Now, we have other people in our lives and we just can't simply push them away as if we didn't know them. Besides, you have someone special in your life and you should take of her." I tried to give a sincere smile at that last statement.
"You're right. I do have someone special in my life and that someone is you Kaoru." Suddenly, I felt myself being embraced by the person I love the most in this world. I felt loved in so long but I knew exactly what he was talking about. I know he doesn't have the same feelings that I have. I didn't want to hurt him so I wrapped my arms around his neck when he lowered his around my waist.
"You're important to me too Hikaru. Your happiness is my happiness." We stayed like that for a couple of seconds but when I tried to pull away, I felt his grip get stronger.
"Don't leave me just yet. It's been a while since I held you like this."
"But you held me like this today at the host club." I said pretending to be dense.
"You know what I mean. I love you and I want you to know that. I like it when I see you laugh and smile without a care in the world. It makes me feel good as your older brother." My older brother huh? I guess he still doesn't see how I truly feel for him. I suppose that's a good thing – I'm not really sure what I would do if he did know.
"I know you love me Hikaru and you should know that I love you too. That's why I'm willing to sacrifice a lot of things just to see you happy." That's when he chuckled.
"Looks like we both want each other to be happy." I laughed a bit as I nodded.
"Looks like it."
"But… I just can't find the thing that makes you truly happy. I want to know what it is so we can be together like we were before. I feel like we've been separating ever since we met Haruhi and that's why I broke up with her before she left." My eyes widened at what he said as I slowly broke off our embrace so I look at his face.
"Why did you break up with her? You liked her didn't you?" I was screaming in joy but at the same time, I was poignant because he gave up someone he really loved for me.
"I think I just had a small crush on her. Besides, you're the one I want the most in my life. I know that as long as you're by my side, nothing will go wrong." He gave a smile that just made me want to melt.
"You know that we can't stay together forever right? We'll both grow up and meet so many people when we take over our parents' company." He bit his lip when I said that as I took out my cell phone to call our driver. I don't think I want to talk about this any longer. Once the person on the other line picked up, I immediately requested a driver be sent to our school to pick us up. "Let's go wait outside." He nodded at me as we walked side by side out of the third music room and out of the building to see a limo waiting out in front. That can't possibly be ours can it? Once I heard screaming, I instantaneously pulled Hikaru with me as we were behind the walls of Ouran.
"If it isn't the person I've been looking for!" I didn't recognize the voice but I knew that it was a young woman as I waited for the conversation to continue.
"Now who are you?" My eyes widened at the voice, as I knew that it was Josh. But what is he doing back here? Didn't he leave to go back home?
"Don't remember me huh? Well will a bullet to your head help you remember?" I could feel my heart skip a beat at that question. She must have a gun! Shit, what do I do? When I looked back at Hikaru, he seemed to be listening as intently as I was.
"I'm pretty sure a bullet to my head would kill me if anything."
"You always were sarcastic. Do you remember my boyfriend that came to you with just a fever?"
"Ah yes. I was surprised by his visit seeing as how I only get cases with more serious conditions."
"Yeah well, it seems that you not only got rid of his fever but also made him gay!" I was shocked at what the woman was saying. I soon heard a door open as I heard a clicking sound. "You better tell your driver to put the gun down before I blow your brains out."
"Do what she says. Oh and if it took you this long to notice that I was in trouble, you're fired." I looked back at Hikaru who seemed to be texting on his cell phone.
"What are you doing?" I asked in a whisper.
"Texting Kyouya to send help."
"Wow, that's a smart move. How come I didn't think of that?"
"Like I said, you rub off of me." He gave a smile but my attention quickly went back when the woman screamed.
"I said put it down!" I heard a clatter on the concrete as I guessed that the driver did what she said.
"And how exactly did I make your boyfriend gay?"
"You know very well how! I finally have the chance to take my revenge on the person that took him away from me! I've been following you for a year now and it's going to feel so good to see your brains splatter all over the concrete. I'll be famous for killing the infamous therapist!"
"And in jail and boy, aren't you a stalker."
"Shut up! I didn't ask for your stupid opinion!"
"Well apparently that you're just that stupid that you need my stupid opinion. And how would you even exact your revenge on me when I'm not even the person who took your boyfriend away? Does it look like he's with me?"
"You're the one who started it all! He left me for some guy! He said that you helped him with his problems."
"And I did. So what's the big deal?"
"You took him away from me and you made him gay is what my deal is!"
"If you didn't know, being gay isn't contagious. It's what your boyfriend is." Josh really seems to know what to say when a gun is being pointed at him.
"For a renowned therapist, you're really dumb aren't you? I'm the one with the gun, which means I have power over you." That's when Josh began to laugh. "What's so funny?"
"Woman, you have no power over me. Oh and look, here come the police." In the next second, I heard something shatter with a gunshot followed after. Hikaru and I both left our hiding spot to see what had happened. Both Josh and the woman were both on the ground as a black truck stopped right next to the limo as men in black jumped out of it.
"Let's go check on Josh." I nodded my head as we both went over to him to see him clutching his chest.
"Are you all right?" When he looked at us, he seemed a bit shocked but was too busy with the pain he must be going through from the gunshot. He doesn't seem to be bleeding though.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. It's a good thing I had my bulletproof armor underneath my uniform huh?" That's when Hikaru and I looked at each other.
"That explains why you were so cocky just now." I gave a small smile at what my twin said as I saw the men take the woman away with Kyouya approaching us.
"Yeah and I managed to knock her out with my vial when she turned to see the black truck coming at us."
"Do you always carry those vials with you?" I asked curiously.
"Yeah. I have two types of vials with me but so far, you've only seen me use one." Josh began to get up slowly when I decided to help him up.
"How come you came back?"
"Apparently, Alyssa forgot to get her dumb notebook when we went to retrieve it the first time."
"Um, what's happening here?" I turned around to see the blonde approach us while I saw Hikaru grab something from on top of the wall.
"Well while you were busy taking your time getting your notebook, I was out here with a gun pointed at my head by some crazed woman."
"And it looks like we arrived in time didn't we?" Josh gave a glare at Kyouya when I felt Hikaru put something in my hand. When I took a look at what it was, I found it to be my cell phone. When I looked at my brother, he seemed to know what I was about to ask as he answered it.
"I used your phone to text and my phone to record what was happening. Want to see?" I gave him a dirty look for doing so when all he did was smile at me.
"Oh yeah Kyouya, you definitely came on time when I was almost shot in the head! If I didn't have that vial on me, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be standing right now."
"Then I suggest you accept our deals so you get some sort of security on you." Alyssa soon went over to her boss, as she made sure that he was okay. Suddenly, I felt my brother hug me, which got me confused.
"Uh… what are you doing?"
"Hugging you."
"Why?"
"Because you're my brother." Kyouya soon approached us when he suddenly took my brother's phone from his hand. "Hey! That's mine!" Hikaru didn't seem to let me go even if his phone was taken away.
"You'll have it back in a second. I just want to send the media file you have of this to my phone so the media tonight will have something to show to the public."
"Wait, you want give that to the media?" Josh sounded like as if he didn't want that to happen.
"Of course. It's good publicity for both our companies." Josh gave a death glare as Kyouya proceeded to send the file to his phone. Suddenly, I remembered that I had Josh's letter that some guy gave me.
"Josh! I have something for you." I took the letter out of my pocket as I held it in front of me waiting for him to take it. He seemed to be a bit confused but took the letter nonetheless. When he looked at it, he immediately grabbed his chest pocket and when he took out a letter, that's when I felt goose bumps again.
"That's impossible. Where did you get this?"
"Some guy in the hallway back in the school gave it to me. He said you dropped it. Before I could ask him anything, he disappeared right before my eyes. It's like he was a ghost or something. Why? Is there something wrong?"
"There's something wrong all right but we'll discuss this another time." He folded both of the letters as he put them in his chest pocket. Kyouya soon gave the phone back to my brother as he shoved it back in his pants.
"I'll be leaving now. And Josh, don't be surprised to see a news report about this incident tonight." He only rolled his eyes as Kyouya entered the black truck along with the men. The truck soon rode off into the distance as we were left behind.
"You two look like you're on good terms." When I tried to figure out what the blonde was talking about, I realized that Hikaru was still hugging me.
"Apparently we are. Do you have a problem?" Alyssa gave a look that said the same thing but I ignored it.
"No, none at all. Anyway, I can't believe that happened to you just now. Well, at least you're all right and you don't seem affected by it at all so I think I'll just head back in the limo."
"Oh that reminds me. Fire our driver."
"Um okay but who's going to drive?"
"You of course. Who else?" Alyssa gave an angry look as she went over to the driver who seemed pretty pissed himself. When Josh looked back over to us, I felt Hikaru's hug on me get tighter.
"So, do the both of you need a ride home?"
"No that's okay. We already called our driver to pick us up." I was surprised when Hikaru answered his question.
"You sure?"
"We're sure." It felt as if we were one person again with the way he's answering him but I wasn't exactly sure what he was thinking.
"Well okay then. I'll see the both of you tomorrow." He smiled at us as he walked over to Alyssa who was currently dealing with an angry driver. I felt Hikaru tugging at me to move when I saw our limo coming from down the street.
"Hikaru, are you going to let go of me now?"
"You want me to?"
"Well my arms are starting to feel numb so yes."
"Oh sorry about that."
"It's okay." When the limo stopped in front of us, Hikaru didn't bother waiting for the driver to open the door as he did it himself. I entered the vehicle once my twin did as I began to wonder why he was holding me like that and what Josh was talking about with the letter.
Josh's POV
Once we were done dealing with the driver, he went off to the other side of the road as he called for a cab.
"Mind if I ask why you fired him?"
"Because he took like a minute or two to realize that I was in trouble. If that woman didn't bother talking to me and just shot me, I wouldn't be here."
"Right well, get in the vehicle." I nodded as I went around the limo to sit in the passenger seat while Alyssa sat in the driver's seat. "So why exactly did that woman threaten you like that?"
"You'll find out tonight when Kyouya sends that little video that Hikaru recorded." We began to pull away as I made myself comfortable in the seat. This is the first time I've sat up here now that I think about it.
"Well do you want to answer why Hikaru kept hugging his brother like that in front of us?"
"I'm going to say it's because he felt as if he wanted to protect him from me. He only proved my theory when I saw his grip on him get tighter when I looked at Kaoru."
"Sounds like he's jealous."
"He probably is but I wonder if he knows that himself." We both became silent once more as I pulled out both of the letters from my pocket. When I opened both of the letters up completely, I felt goose bumps run throughout my body when I looked at the writing. The one I have is the one my boyfriend left behind in his handwriting and the one Kaoru gave me is the one I apparently gave to my boyfriend in my own handwriting. The contents of the letters are the same and the only difference is whom it's to. What in the world is going on here? This is first time I have ever felt completely stumped by something. Usually, I would have some sort of an idea about something but this time, I have no clue.
"So what was the letter Kaoru gave you?"
"Well, you know the letter my boyfriend gave me?" She nodded. "Apparently, the letter he gave me is the same exact thing but it's in my handwriting and it's to my boyfriend."
"What? Is he playing a trick on you? If so, I'm going to beat his ass."
"No, no. I don't think he would and besides, he has no reason to. He said a man gave this to him in the hallway at Ouran and that he disappeared like a ghost. I wonder if he even took a close look at the letter before giving it to me." I sighed out loud as I ran my hand through my hair.
"Getting stressed honey?"
"Just a little bit but I can push this back until I finish the case I have now and the gauge. It's not that important anyway." When I looked at the clock in the vehicle, it was 4:58 PM. "I think I'll call their parents now." I took out my iPhone and entered my password quickly. I then went to the contacts list and went immediately to the one that said Superintendent and pressed call. I brought the phone to my ear as I waited patiently for someone to pick up.
"Suou Yuzuru."
"Why hello Superintendent! How are you this fine afternoon?"
"Dr. Enriquez? I'm doing just fine thank you. Is there a reason why you called me on my private cell phone?"
"Of course! You don't think I would call you for fun would you? Anyway, I'm calling because I want Tamaki to be part of a group therapy."
"Group therapy? Why?"
"Because I've found reason to believe that his actions may have been detrimental to another host's health."
"May have been? What exactly did he do?" I was hoping I could have avoided that question but I guess not. Well, it's not like I was trying to anyway.
"I found him kissing another host."
"Kissing another host you say? You mean to tell me you want to put him in therapy because he's gay?"
"No, I never said that." Strange, he seemed to be calm when he said that. Was Tamaki gay? "I said that I want him to put him in group therapy. All I want to know is if you're willing to let him go and I strongly recommend that you do."
"How long is it going to take?"
"We're probably going to meet two or three times is all. Nothing big - I guarantee you that."
"Fine, you have my permission."
"That's great! We'll be meeting tomorrow after the host club activities and I'll have a limo drive us all to my office. I'm sure you have the address correct?"
"I do. Are we done with that?" Well he seems to be in a hurry.
"Yes we are."
"Good. By the way, have you made a decision yet regarding our deal?"
"No not yet but once I do, I'll let you know right away."
"All right then. Bye."
"Bye." I disconnected the line as I sighed out loud.
"We're home!" I looked through the windshield to see that we really were home. That was pretty quick.
"That was fast. Maybe I should have you drive all the time."
"Yeah don't think so." I laughed as we stopped at the front doors. I opened the door as I let myself out, making sure to close it once I did.
"Make sure you find a replacement driver for him."
"Don't worry I will." We both walked into the mansion as the maids greeted us on our entry. I quickly made my way towards my room as I threw my bag onto the bed as I took a seat on my chair. Next person to call is the Hitachiin family. I searched for their name in my contacts list when I found something that said Hitachiin – Wife. Hmm, must be the mother. I pressed call and brought it up to my ear to hear it ringing.
"Mrs. Hitachiin at your service! May I know who's calling?" She seems to be very enthusiastic.
"It's Dr. Enriquez at your service." I laughed mentally at how I sort of mimicked what she said.
"Why hello there! I hope my sons aren't sick if that's why you're calling."
"Oh no, they're not sick but I would like for them to attend group therapy."
"Really? Why's that?" She sounded a bit worried when she asked that.
"I think there might be something going on between your sons Mrs. Hitachiin. It seems that they're starting to separate and I have reason to believe that it may be detrimental to Kaoru."
"Hmm, I have noticed them starting to break away from each other when Kaoru decided to sleep in his own room in years! I don't think Hikaru likes it though and he seems a bit unsettled by it. Well, you have my permission to let them go to group therapy. Just make sure everything gets better between the two quickly okay?"
"You have my word ma'am. I'll have a limo drive us to my office after the host club activities. Do you know where my office is located?"
"Oh yes. Your personal assistant was kind enough to give the address. By the way, have you thought about our deal?"
"I haven't had the time yet but when I make a decision, I'll call you."
"I'll be waiting for your call then. Bye!"
"Have a good evening." I disconnected the phone as I looked for Haruhi's father's number but for some reason, I couldn't find it. Seeing as how I don't have it, I think I'll get changed first. I went to my cabinet as I pulled out a pair of clean pajamas to change into. I quickly took off my uniform as I laid them on my bed for a maid to sew the hole that was made by the bullet. I slowly took off my armor and once I did, I saw that the bullet had almost gone through. This is the second time someone tried to kill me. I swear, people get upset over everything.
"Excuse me sir but would like for me to sew your uniform for you? I heard on the news that you were shot."
"It's already on?"
"Well it's the early news."
"I see and yes, please sew my uniform, I would like it to be good as new for tomorrow morning."
"Yes sir." She immediately took my uniform and left the room. I closed the door behind her and locked it as I began to change into my pajamas. I loved my pajamas – they were extremely comfortable! When I finally changed into them, I decided to look for Alyssa to find out the number of Haruhi's father. I opened my door as I made my way through the small hallway and into the living room to find her sitting on the couch watching the video that had just ended.
"This video was taken by Hikaru Hitachiin who was a bystander as this terrible scene went on. It's a good thing he called for help, isn't that right John?"
"Sure is Janet! And it's amazing how he survived the ordeal. I still can't believe that he threw a vial at the woman's face making her unconscious! I just wonder what was in that vial."
"Me too. It's amazing how calm he was when he confronted that woman. And now, here's what she had to say." A video soon showed up as the woman was being taken to jail.
"I'll get you when I get out of here! You don't deserve to live! Anyone who's gay should just die!" And that's when it ended.
"Well, I guess we should be expecting some phone calls from some gay rights supporters right about now. Now here's Matt with the sports!" I could only roll my eyes when I found Alyssa on lying on the couch.
"Alyssa! Where's the phone number of Haruhi's father?" She turned to me while looking over the couch as she was lying down on her back.
"Seeing as how he wasn't at the party last night, I don't have it on my cell phone but it should be in my black notebook somewhere."
"Well can you go get it? I need to call him."
"Why don't you let me do it later tonight? I feel too lazy to go get it right now." I merely gave her a look as I walked back in my room to prepare for tomorrow's case.
Tuesday the 8th of September
"I guess you and I both know that Honey and Mori are perfectly fine right?"
"Yep. Thank goodness, at least there are people here that don't have something going on with them." I nodded my head as I agreed with what my personal assistant said.
"You did call Haruhi's father last night right?"
"Of course I did. He said we have his permission to bring his daughter along with us."
"Good. Call the limo so it's here when the host club is done." She immediately took out her cell phone to do what I had asked as I stood up from the window trying to find something to entertain myself the last ten minutes of the host club. I began to walk around the room as I noticed that some of the girls had their eyes on me. When I saw the twins, I felt a mischievous smile form on my face as I approached them from behind.
"Why hello you two!" I smiled at the both of them as they looked up at me simultaneously.
"Oh hey Josh. Are you allowed to interrupt us?"
"What do you mean am I allowed to interrupt? I just noticed that these past two days that the both of you kept teasing the girls with the actions I've seen. Why don't you give them what they really want?" They both looked at each other before they replied at the same time.
"What do you mean?"
"You know what I'm talking about. Give them a kiss!" Both their eyes widened when I noticed Kaoru had turned red. I wonder how this will turn out… "What? Have you never kissed for your patrons before? I'm shocked." To get the girls in front of them to understand what I was trying to make them do, I made a hand gesture of both my hands 'kissing' and then giving a thumbs up at the end. I think they understood when I saw them turn red and hearts were beginning to float above their heads.
"Hikaru, we don't have to do it. It's not like we're going to get anything out of it." Ah, I can already see your style Kaoru.
"But Hikaru, if you don't do it, what will your fans think? Besides, I think they want to see you two kiss as well."
"I really don't see the point in doing what you want us to do." Kaoru seemed to be relieved by what Hikaru said while I was not. Time to provoke him – it seems that's the only thing to get him to do what I want.
"What kind of act is this? If you can't even kiss, that's pretty pathetic if you ask me."
"Well no one is asking you." Kaoru had an annoyed expression on his face as I can only smile at it.
"Come now Kaoru, you act as if you don't want him to kiss you. If I were you, I'd be trying to help the good doctor here." I think I know why Kaoru is refusing my help. If his brother does indeed kiss him, he'll probably fall into tears knowing that it was just a kiss and nothing more. Either that or he's afraid something more will happen from that kiss.
"Good thing you're not me then." I merely shrugged as I brought a hand up to my chin.
"Oh well maybe you're right. Maybe you two shouldn't kiss. I mean, Hikaru does have a girlfriend and imagine what she might think if she found the two of you kissing. She might get a little jealous."
"Actually I broke up with her yesterday." My eyes widened at this fact.
"Really?" He nodded. "Interesting… I didn't know that. Well, I'll see you in a couple of minutes then." I immediately left the twins as I went over to where Haruhi was sitting. "Haruhi!" She turned back to me with a smile as I returned it. I asked for the mini translator when she took it out of her pocket to hand it to me. I began to type as soon as it was in my hands to find out what happened yesterday. "I heard that you and Hikaru broke up yesterday. May I ask what happened?" I handed it back to her and when I noticed her patrons were staring, they turned away quickly as they began to converse with one another.
"When we were done discussing what we were going to wear for the party on Friday, Hikaru pulled me aside before I left. He said he wanted to break up with me because he believed that our relationship was ruining his connection with Kaoru. I agreed with him so we broke up." Well, at least Hikaru has some sort of an idea of what's going on here. Although, I am suspicious of Haruhi – normally, people are selfish when it comes to their own happiness so did Hikaru even make her happy? And why do I feel like there's something more going on around here?
"I see. Thanks for telling me We'll talk more when we arrive at my office." When I took out my cell phone, it was 4:00 PM when I saw some of the girls begin to leave the room.
"Hey Josh, the limo is out in front waiting for us."
"Good. Should we do our bet again?"
"Oh you know me too well."
"The usual wager?"
"I think we should wage something else this time." When I turned back to look at her, she had a glint in her eye that almost made me shiver.
"Like what?"
"If I win, I get to have a day all to myself. If you win, I'll let you play your game without bothering you." The sound of that made me really smile.
"You have yourself a deal. I'll only need one session to solve this whole problem!"
"Get real. You know you need more than one session. Besides, you told their parents that it's going to be two or three."
"I only said that to be realistic in their eyes but I can do it in less than a day."
"You're all talk and no show! Let's see you prove it today."
"Oh I will!" She nodded her head at me as I saw her walk in Kyouya's direction. Exactly when were they going to give up? Besides, it doesn't even look like he's interested in her any longer. "Alyssa, when all of the girls leave, can you escort the hosts to our limo? I think I'll head over there first. I just need to think about a couple of things." She looked at me suspiciously but nevertheless nodded her head as I began to leave the room. As I walked through the hallways that were now filled with girls from the host club, I began to think about the past that I just couldn't repress any longer.
Flashback
"So, what's this special room you're making?"
"This room is going be filled with special modifications that I can use to help my patients start on the path of healing!"
"You sound as if you're a prophet or something." I chuckled at the boy who was now staring at me.
"It's not like I try to be." I smiled as I began making the chemicals for the room.
"What's that?"
"Well, this is the energy that this room needs in order for it to work. It's what makes everything look, smell, and feel realistic. The recipe is right here if you want to take a look at it." He came over by my side as he started to look at the small piece of paper.
"It's strange though. How come it's only limited to this room?"
"Because of the door. As long as it's closed, the power of this chemical won't go outside. That's why there are no windows or air ducts here. It's basically just a plain room. Just imagine if this got into the hands of some crazed lunatic who wanted to control the entire world. He'd have the power to do that without a fight."
"Did you make this special chemical yourself?"
"No, my parents made it for me. You see, they're great chemists who are able to make any sort of compound. They're geniuses! They made it for me so I would become great just like they are!"
"Sounds like you're cheating your way up to the top."
"And this is coming from someone who wants to be president one day? Please, politicians always lie and cheat." He laughed at me as I felt him hug me from behind. "Ah, I love you so much." I looked up at him, as I felt a bit flushed.
"I love you too Mike." He gave me a small kiss but that didn't last long as it got more passionate.
"Oh I'm sorry! Am I interrupting?" We both separated as I saw a blonde tall girl with blue eyes. Mike decided to look away as he began to look at the chemical that I was working on.
"No, it's okay. Can I help you with something?"
"I saw your ad for a personal assistant and I wanted to apply for the job." I smiled at the girl as I walked around the table to see that she was a bit nervous.
"Oh really? I've had a ton of people apply for that position but I turned them all down. What makes you think you're qualified for the job?" Suddenly, I felt Mike's embrace as I felt him lay his head on my shoulder.
"Aww come on Josh, I think you're being too hard on the girl." I gave a look at he made a move to stretch his hand out. "I'm sure you have a couple of papers to show us don't you?"
"Huh? Oh yes! Here you are." She immediately handed a manila envelope to my boyfriend who opened it to take a look at the papers inside. He held it in front of me so I would be able to look at it as well. Looks like her name is Alyssa…
"So you're a nurse in training?" She nodded. "If you do get the job, you do realize that you'll be spending your life with us right? You might not be able to do the things you want to do you know."
"Hey, we all have to make sacrifices."
"Interesting perspective. If you get this question right, I'll let you go onto the second round. You do know there is a second round right?"
"Of course! If I didn't know that, I shouldn't be applying for a job like this." I smiled at the way she answered that.
"That's right. Looks like you'll be going on to the second round then." She blinked at me for a second before she began to chuckle.
"Wait, that was the question?" I nodded.
"It's amazing how many people we had come through not bothering to do a little bit of research about the job they're applying for but it looks like you're not one of them. Congrats. We'll call you when the time arrives." She seemed to be beaming with joy as she thanked us over and over.
End Flashback
I didn't realize it at first but I soon found myself outside the building as I saw clouds beginning to roll in. They were dark clouds at that so it must be going to rain soon. I quickly made my way to the limo in front as the driver stood next to the door with his umbrella out. He opened it as I entered the vehicle and when he closed it, I saw Alyssa with the others heading over as well. It only took them a minute or two to reach me as the driver opened the door for them as well.
"Wow, you got here pretty quick didn't you?" I shrugged at the question as Alyssa took the seat next to me while Hikaru and Kaoru took the seat on the left as Tamaki and Haruhi took the seat opposite the twins. Once the door closed, I looked out the window as it began to drizzle.
"Wonder if there's a storm tonight."
"It did say there was going to be one on the news last night."
"I see…" As we began to pull away, Alyssa began to talk in Japanese as I started to think about my past again.
Flashback
"This room is where I will conduct most of my cases. Now look around the room and try and remember the ones sitting next to you because in the next minute, you'll be the only one here. When that happens, all of you will be put into a scenario with me and depending on how you conduct yourself, you may get the job. All of you will have an hour. Are you all ready?" They all looked at one another, unsure of what to say but suddenly a blonde girl screamed out a sentence that made me like her all the more.
"Bring it on! Do your worst!"
"Oh don't worry, I will. The test will begin… now!" I snapped my fingers and they all disappeared before my eyes. I snapped my fingers once more the next second as they all returned to their seats as I found some of them to be a bit shaken up. "So, who thinks they did well?"
"Oh I aced that test no problem!" It was the blonde girl who responded as I smiled at her.
"Glad to see that one of you has some sort of personality. I'll be back in a minute so don't go anywhere." I snapped my fingers as I was now sitting in a room with a bunch of clones as we were all in front of a television, viewing each candidate's performance. Once done, I snapped my fingers to have them all disappear as their memory were all combined in my head forcing me to receive a major headache. I snapped once more as I went back to the room where they all sat patiently. "Looks like we have a winner!"
End Flashback
"Hey Josh, are you okay?" I turned back to see a worried expression on the blonde girl sitting next to me. "You've been out of reality more than you usually do recently and I'm starting to get worried." Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see that everyone had their eyes on us.
"Yeah, I'm okay." I gave a smile to make her believe me but inside, I knew what was going on with me. I thought that even if you died, I would be able to go on and keep on living but these past few days have really made me think. And then there was that incident when I saw you looking up at me at the Suou mansion. Why does love always feel like a battlefield?
"If you say so but try and stay sane for my sake." She smiled at me as I chuckled at what she said. I miss you so much Mike. If only I could have saved you back then but I was too emotional. This stupid gauge of mine can't even rank anyone correctly. If you were still here by my side, I just know I would be happy but right now, I'm just a poor soul pretending that he's happy.
"Looks like we're not far now. Probably going to take another ten minutes." One of these days, I just know I'm going to lose it. And who's going to be there when I do? I know it won't always be Alyssa so when I do next time? Probably no one will be there for me the next time it happens. Why is fate such a cruel bitch?
Flashback
"Aww, you two look cute together." We both blushed as our hands were intertwined with one another.
"Yeah, girls usually do say that to us." I giggled at what my boyfriend said as I turned to look at him. He was taller than me with black hair and eyes and he was the kind of person who made me feel complete.
"Can I ask a question Josh?" I moved to look at her, as she seemed a bit anxious for some reason.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Well, if anyone could control the power in this room, then isn't that a little dangerous?" I smiled as I gave a reply.
"Indeed it is. That's why I built two failsafe procedures in order to stop that from happening. The first failsafe is a gas that will release into this room killing everyone inside after the door has been opened for an hour and one minute. You see, whoever is in control cannot leave this room even if that person changes the environment. It sort of like an invisible wall if you think about it. But the problem with this failsafe is that a lot of things can happen during that time. You see, one second is equivalent to one hour in the 'real world'. That's why there's another failsafe."
"That's a bit scary knowing there's poisonous gas in this room."
"Yeah, that's why I don't stay in this room longer than fifty minutes. The second failsafe is a button that is located outside in the waiting room that can stop the chemicals from powering this room. The only way to access the button is by a voice-automated password that only Mike and I know."
"That sucks. If you ever go crazy, no one would be able to help you then." I laughed at what she said when Mike began to speak.
"Yeah but I trust him with that sort of power. He's not the type to go crazy you know? And besides, you see these blue vials on the table?" She nodded. "This is what powers the room and the amount of vials you pour into the bucket in the wall will determine how much influence you will have. If that thing ever fills up and the door is open, that person will have control over the entire world until the gas kills the person of course and reverts everything back to normal."
"What if the door is closed and the bucket is full?"
"You ask interesting questions. I knew there was a good reason why I picked you in the first place." I saw her turn red as I answered the question. "If the door is closed and the bucket is full, the person will be able to control time but that creates trouble. You see, if I were to go into the past, I could influence what happens in the present and future depending on what I do. If I were to go into the future, well, nothing bad would happen really. You see, the real trouble in this time traveling thing is that one person could actually take the place of another person. For example, someone could go into this room and assume my title and no one would know."
"I see why you have the poisonous gas then." I nodded as I turned to give Mike a kiss on his cheek.
End Flashback
"We're here!" Alyssa's scream quickly took me out of my thoughts as we pulled up to the front of the office. "Looks like it's a bit busy inside with all the doctors we have that are now working for us." Once stopped, the driver came to open our door, as I was the first one to exit the vehicle. I see the number of patients have increased – probably because of the media coverage I've been getting recently.
"Alyssa, assume control of what's going on while I take our friends into the room all right?"
"Yes sir!" I quickly approached the doors as I opened them, allowing myself in. I heard people starting to whisper and talk amongst themselves once they saw me as the nurses and doctors bowed their heads in my direction. Alyssa walked behind the front desk as I made my way past the multiple rooms where the doctors were as I came across the metal door at the end of the hallway.
"Ugh, I hate doctors and their needles." I smiled at Hikaru's comment as I took out a key to unlock the door. Once I did, I opened it as I allowed the hosts to enter first while the lights inside began to turn on. When they were finally inside, I took out the key as I closed the door behind me, making sure to lock it.
"Please take a seat." I mentally laughed, as there were only a desk and a chair behind it as I made my way towards my chair.
"On the floor?" Kaoru asked innocently as I snapped my fingers when four chairs suddenly appeared in front of my desk.
"No silly, the chairs right in front of you. What? You didn't see them?" He looked at me in a weird way as the twins made a move to sit in them. Tamaki and Haruhi soon followed when I suddenly remembered that they couldn't understand English. "Ah yes, I almost forgot." I snapped my fingers as I smiled at four who kept staring at me.
"Exactly what kind of room is this?" When Tamaki spoke, he suddenly brought a hand up to his mouth as I smiled when he spoke English.
"Let's just say that I built this room with special modifications." Tamaki and Haruhi both seemed to be surprised just as much as the twins were when they stared at them – probably because they could understand and speak English now.
"Um… how come I can understand and speak English now?"
"Didn't I answer that question already? It's because of this room. Now do any of you have any other questions before we get started?"
"Yeah, what's that red clock that's above your head?"
"Good question Kaoru. You see, that's how much time we have to stay in this room before something bad comes but let's not talk about that. To extend our time here, why don't we slow time just a bit?" I snapped my fingers and when I turned to look at the clock, it stopped counting down when it was at 1:00:23.
"Whoa…" I saw Hikaru's jaw drop at the sight of the clock.
"Amazed I see." He immediately closed his mouth when he looked away. "Now let's talk shall we? Let's start with Tamaki." I turned my head over to the blonde when he seemed a bit surprised when I brought my attention to him. "Mind telling us why you were making out with Kaoru yesterday?" Hikaru suddenly turned back in Tamaki's direction as I guess he wanted to know why as well even though I already knew why.
"Well, I… uh…" He brought a hand up to stretch his collar out as if to make himself cool.
"Need water?" I snapped my fingers as a glass of cold water with ice appeared on my desk in front of Tamaki.
"That isn't real is it?" Kaoru asked as I smirked
"Of course it is! I thought with the research you did of my room, you would know that." The blonde slowly stretched his hand to retrieve the glass as he began to gulp down the contents of it. "Delicious?" He nodded as he set it back on the table. "Now answer the question." I said with a smile.
"I guess I can't avoid the question can I?" I nodded. "All right… well, we were making out because when I went to talk to Kaoru, I found him crying in that classroom you found us in. When I tried to find out what happened, he began to kiss me and I couldn't really stop him."
"Liar! There's no way my brother would do such a thing!" When I looked over to the twins, Hikaru was fuming while Kaoru seemed a bit guilty.
"Why would I lie about that?"
"He's not lying Hikaru." All our heads turned to Kaoru as he bit his lower lip. "I really did what he said I did."
"Why? I don't understand." He didn't seem to answer when I thought it was time for me to speak.
"Here's a better question. Why are you upset at him in the first place Hikaru?" That's when he gave me a death glare.
"Because I thought he liked you and I have no problem if he did but to find out he was kissing another guy isn't right! I don't want my brother to be a whore or something."
"Oh? That's awfully kind of you." I gave a smile, as his glare didn't disappear. "Too bad you don't know your brother as much as you think you do."
"You want another punch to the face?"
"You won't be able to get near me in this room." When he made a move to stand up, I was about to snap my fingers but Kaoru stopped him when he brought his arm in front of his brother.
"Can you calm down? He's trying to help us."
"By insulting me?"
"He's not insulting you so stop acting like a kid. I thought you said I rub off of you." Hikaru seemed to be surprised by what he said as he sat back down in his chair. Time to ask Haruhi a question.
"Haruhi, can I ask you why you dated Hikaru in the first place?"
"I liked him and I thought he would be a good person to date."
"Why not date Kaoru then? Didn't you like him as well?"
"Of course I did but you know what I mean." That's when I saw Haruhi's smile start to falter. Did she have a mask as well this whole time?
"No I don't so why don't you explain?"
"You're a renowned therapist. There really is no need for me to explain anything if you already know the answer." She's hiding something but what? I think I would have been able to get more information out of her if I could understand her in the first place. Hearing and seeing are two totally different things when it comes to talking. Hikaru seemed to be a bit curious as he was staring at her with such intensity.
"Let me guess, someone put you up to dating him isn't that right?" Her eyes widened when I knew I got her out of that mask. "Don't think you can lie to a renowned therapist and get away with it so easily." She looked over to Hikaru as she began to talk.
"I'm sorry Hikaru. Someone did put me up into dating you because if I didn't, something bad would happen to me knowing what Kyouya could do." That's when my eyes widened at what she said. Kyouya had put her up to it? Hikaru seemed to be a bit hurt by that fact as he looked down at the floor.
"I guess it was a good thing we broke up then huh?"
"You made the right choice when you did that and besides, you said you care more about Kaoru even if you don't say it." She made a sincere smile as Hikaru was embraced by his twin.
"You two broke up? Yes! Now my daughter can now date someone who I think is right for her." I made a weird look at Tamaki when he said, 'my daughter'. That reminds me when he called Kyouya mom so I'm starting to guess that there's sort of a family relationship going on here.
"Is there anything else you would like to share? I have a feeling you have more than just that to say to us."
"Well you're right about that when you say there's more. I'm sure you're wondering as to why Kyouya made me do that right? Well, it all started when you came to Ouran and that's when he approached me about becoming Hikaru's girlfriend. He said that you would be able to fix whatever is going on with the twins before profit goes down." Kyouya knew that I was going to do this all along? He must have planned this when he first heard about me entering the Academy. Wow, he's really good at making a plan. The twins looked at each other before Hikaru spoke.
"Kyouya did that because he thinks something is going on with us?" She nodded. "Does he mean our relationship?" She nodded once more. "That's something we can take care of ourselves. We don't need anyone else to interfere!"
"Ah but an intervention is what you do need. Kaoru, why don't you tell Hikaru that secret you've been hiding from him all along?" Kaoru's eyes widened when I knew he just wanted to kill me right then and there for mentioning that.
"Uh… what secret? I have no idea what you're talking about." He began to laugh nervously while Hikaru stared at him with a suspicious expression.
"We can sit here for more than 150 days if we have to Kaoru because that time will not go down to zero for a long time. Now I will not force you to talk so until then, we can just sit here." I snapped my fingers as a song began to play called Love Game by Lady Gaga. All of them began to look around to look where it was coming from as I laughed at them mentally.
"Kaoru, what is he talking about? Do you really have a secret?" Kaoru couldn't even look at his brother when all he could do was stare at the floor. I snapped my fingers as I made a glass of lemonade appear in front of me. I soon drank its contents as I felt my taste buds tingle by the taste.
"Would any of you like a drink?" They all stared at me when I heard Haruhi speak.
"Can I have tea?" I snapped my fingers as her chair changed into a desk with her tea sitting in front of her. "Thanks." She gave a smile as she began to drink it. "Wow, it tastes so real and I can feel it hit my stomach. It's like magic or something."
"I guess you can call it that." I gave a smile when Tamaki seemed a bit hesitant to talk. "What's wrong Tamaki? Would you like something too?"
"Can I have whatever you had? It looked good." That's when I raised my eyebrow in confusion.
"You've never had lemonade before?" He nodded and that's when my jaw dropped.
"Now that's not right! Try some!" I snapped my fingers as his chair also turned into a desk with a glass of lemonade sitting in front of him. When he brought it to his mouth, I could see him shudder by the taste.
"This tastes so good!" I smiled at how he acted like a kid as I stared at the twins who were still a bit confused by what was going on.
"Would the two of you like anything?" When neither of them said anything, I knew that they were still a bit uncomfortable by what was going on. "Oh come on you two. Don't be like that! I think you two need to loosen up is all!" I snapped my fingers as the song changed to Sandstorm by Darude. "Shall we dance?" After another snap, the room soon changed into a dance floor with lights all over the place as I stood up from my chair. "Haruhi, Tamaki, would you join me?" They both nodded as they stood up and began to dance as I did the same. The twins looked a bit unsure of what to do but when I went over, I made Kaoru stand up as I brought him close to my body.
"What are you doing?"
"Dancing… what does it look like? And you really need to loosen up you know?" I started to dance dirty to see what Hikaru's reaction would be as I turned around and took Kaoru's hands into my own while I was in his arms. He seemed to be a bit upset but didn't move from his seat.
"This feels a bit weird."
"You've never danced like this before? I guess I should have expected that." When I looked over to the other two, they were dancing with each other and it looked like they were having a good time. It made me smile as it reminded me of the times when Mike and I would dance like that. I immediately released myself from Kaoru as I went over to Hikaru. "Would you like to dance with your brother?" That's when he looked away and when he did that, I knew that he wanted to. "Come on, let's go." I gave him a smile as I pulled him out of his chair and brought him to his twin. "Have fun you two!" I walked away hoping that something would happen and to my surprise, something did happen.
"You… want to dance?"
"If it's with you, I don't mind." Kaoru smiled at his twin's response as they began to dance with one another. I couldn't help but smile at those two and be happy to see them dance but as I stared at them, the memories of my boyfriend and me kept coming back.
Flashback
"It's amazing how you could do anything in this room but isn't there a problem with activating its power? I mean, all you do is snap. Couldn't I do the same thing?"
"Yeah but no one really tries since they're too busy with what's going on at the moment."
"Hmm, I wonder." Mike suddenly snapped his fingers as the room suddenly changed to a dance floor as a song began to play called You Are Everything by The Stylistics. I was surprised by what he had done as the room shined by the bright chandeliers my boyfriend had made. "May I have this dance?" I smiled at him as we began to dance to the song. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you've been practicing."
"Well I don't want to look like a fool on the dance floor you know." He chuckled as he brought me closer to his arms. "I hope we stay together forever." I smiled at the thought of that as I laid my head on his chest.
"I do too."
End Flashback
The song finally ended when I saw that the twins were holding each other in an embrace. Hmm, wonder what happened. I snapped my fingers as we returned to the ordinary room that we started out in.
"So Kaoru, did you tell him yet?" He nodded. "Well how long are you going to take? I don't want to spend the rest of my life in here you know." I said with a chuckle when Hikaru turned to me.
"For a therapist, you don't have a lot of patience do you?"
"Not when I know what the problem is." I looked away as I gave a small yawn. "You know, saying it is probably really hard for you but when you do say it, you'll feel so relieved. Trust me, I know." Kaoru looked at me with some uncertainty as he turned back to his twin. Maybe he's going to do it now… I should give him some privacy then. I looked over to the clock as I snapped my fingers sending the twins somewhere else as I snapped them again allowing one second to pass by. When the clock went down by a second, I snapped one last time as the twins came back to us making the clock slow down again.
"It's about time we came back here!" Hikaru screamed once he realized he was back with us.
"Oh quit whining, it's only been an hour for you. So what happened? Did you tell Kaoru?" He nodded and when he did, I slapped my face. "What in the world did you two do for an hour then?"
"Talk."
"About?"
"Stuff."
"Like?"
"Our relationship."
"Oh so you have been going somewhere then… I guess." I noticed that Tamaki and Haruhi merely looked at each other, as they seemed to be totally confused by what just happened. "Perhaps both of you need some help then." The twins both looked at me as I snapped my fingers sending us in darkness.
"Hey! What's going on?"
"I can't see anything!" I snapped my fingers as a spotlight shone on me as I held a microphone in my hand.
"Seeing as how you're resilient to not talking, maybe you need some help in expressing your emotions in a song or to be precise, I'll be the one expressing them for you." I cleared my throat as a huge screen came up behind me as it turned on. I want both of you to close your eyes and when you hear my words, think about what they mean and try to think of a memory. When you do, your thoughts will be portrayed onto the screen behind me. Ready?" I didn't give them a chance to respond as I began my song. "I'll call this song Our Love Style." The twins took one last look at each other when they nodded their heads and closed their eyes at the same time. "And don't open your eyes until the song is done, okay?" I snapped my fingers as the music began to play and changed my voice to that of Hikaru's.
"Right in front of your eyes, I chatter with other girls
Oh no, no ,no
I want you to show jealousy on purpose
Oh yes, yes, yes
My darling please, love is
My darling please, something that
Burns more intensely with a little injury"
My fingers snapped, as I was now able to assume both of the twins' voices at the same time.
"This is our love style
A love style that is the shape of our love
I need you, I want you, forever
This is our love style
A love style that goes on wherever
You are mine, I'm yours, forever, only you, love you"
I snapped once more as I only have the voice of Kaoru now.
"Perhaps I've gone too far, did I really make you mad this time?
Oh no, no, no
I'll hug it better so let's make up
Oh yes, yes, yes
My darling please, this bond
My darling please, is something
Strong and deep enough to overcome your fears"
Just one more snap of my fingers and I took both their voices again.
"This is our love style
A love style that perseveres on
I need you, I want you, forever
This is our love style
A love style that goes on whenever
You are mine, I'm yours, forever, only you, love you"
I snapped my fingers as a microphone appeared in all of their hands forcing the twins to open their eyes as they took a look at one another as I got my own voice back. I wonder if they fell for it. Now's not the time to think about that when it's still singing time!
"Now let's go everybody! Let us all sing the song but in Japanese this time!" I snapped my fingers, as I was now able to speak and understand the language for the time being. "The words will be on the screen so let's get started!"
"Kimi no miteru me no mae, hoka no ko to no oshaberi
Oh no, no, no
Waza to misetsukera no wa, shite hoshikute yakimoichi
Oh yes, yes, yes
My darling please, ai ni wa
My darling please, sukoshi no
Shougai aru to, motto moeagaru mono
Sore ga bokura no love style
Ai no katachi sa love style
I need you, I want you, forever
Kore ga futari no love style
Doko made datte love style
You are mine, I'm yours, forever, only you, love you
Sukoshi yarisugita kana, maji de okoraseta kana
Oh no, no, no
Dakishimete ageru kara, nakanaori wo shiyou yo
Oh yes, yes, yes
My darling please, kizuna wa
My darling please, fuan wo
Norikoete koso, tsuyoko fukaku naru mono
Sore ga bokura no love style
Tsukisusumu no sa love style
I need you, I want you, forever
Kore ga futari no love style
Itsu made datee love style
You are mine, I'm yours, forever, only you, love you"
I smiled at how everyone sang the song and when I turned around, I saw loving memories of the twins up on the screen. Hopefully, this plan of mine worked… it took me forever to come up with this song last night! When I turned around, I saw them look into each other's eyes and what they did next made me know that my mission was accomplished. They kissed gently and when the others noticed, Haruhi smiled but Tamaki seemed to be in shock at what they were doing.
"You shouldn't be doing that in front of my daughter!" He quickly covered Haruhi's eyes as he continued to ramble. "You two shouldn't be doing that in the first place! It's not right!"
"Oh stop it Tamaki and leave them alone. Besides, they're finally happy and now they understand each other once again." Haruhi slowly took the blonde's hands off of her eyes as she sighed out loud.
"Things should be getting back to normal now." I nodded my head as I smiled at the sight of the twins. The case is finally solved!
Suracis69: If any of you were wondering, no, I did not make that song. It's called Bokura no Love Style if you want to look it up on youtube and it is indeed the song the twins sing but it's not in the anime so don't expect to hear that if you haven't seen it already. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Just to let you know, I'm not sure as to when I'll be updating next time because I have a lot of things coming up! Until next time my loyal readers!