Just to warn you, Don't expect all this lovey-dovey fluff when you read this one-shot. Little kids don't care much for romance.
Taken From: Ignorance is Bliss? Chapter 5
Brief Summary: Kaoru falls out of a tree, and Hikaru goes a little overboard. Kaoru is grateful for his brother's protection and decides to repay him for his troubles.
Time Period: Grade School, summer.
A Story About the Hitachiin Brothers' First Kiss:
When people try to imagine the twins' first kiss, they usually picture some romantic fluff piece that went a little too far. However, they did not share a first kiss at a Host Club sponsored event. In fact, there were no witnesses to it at all.
It happened way before they even joined the Host Club. It was a warm summer day, as most are in that season, and the twins wanted an adventure. However, despite their massive amount of land, adventure was scarce. So they used their vivid imaginations to create amazing people on astounding quests to vast lands beyond their backyard. They crawled through the garden, hopped over puddles, and climbed some trees. Then they began jumping from tree to tree.
Kaoru knew that he was not as athletic as his brother, but for the sake of adventure, he followed in his footsteps exactly. But a gap between limbs that Hikaru cleared easily presented a challenge for Kaoru. He slipped and fell from the tree. They were only three feet off the ground, but that's a long way to fall when you're still a child.
Kaoru was actually fine. He had landed on his back and was winded, but was otherwise unhurt. Still, all Hikaru knew was that his brother wasn't moving after his fall. He immediately jumped to the ground, scraping his knee as he landed, and began fussing over Kaoru.
"Kaoru! Are you okay? What hurts?" Similar questions followed in quick succession. Kaoru, still breathless, couldn't answer them all as quickly as they were being asked. Finally, he found enough air to laugh shakily.
"Hikaru, I'm okay, really," he assured. "Just help me up."
"A - are you sure you're not hurt?" Hikaru asked with genuine concern. "You really shouldn't be moving if you're - "
"I'll be fine as soon as I stand up."
A doubtful Hikaru extended a hand, which Kaoru gratefully took. With a little difficulty, he pulled himself off the ground.
"You should probably bandage that." Kaoru said, gesturing to Hikaru's scraped knee. "You really didn't have to hurt yourself just to get to me."
This statement brought a small blush over Hikaru's face. "Well, what if you really were hurt? I needed to help you. . . . "
Children know that a kiss is significant. They know that you only kiss people that you really, really like, but they cannot distinguish the difference between a kiss on the cheek and a kiss on the lips. So instead of kissing him on the cheek to show his gratitude, Kaoru kissed Hikaru on the lips.
"I didn't say I regretted that you came to check on me," Kaoru said after they pulled away. "I just wish you had been more careful. Now we have to go clean your wound."
Hikaru was still too surprised from the kiss to argue, so he followed his brother inside and let him fix his knee. They both decided that playing videogames was much less dangerous than adventuring, and that's what they did for the rest of the day.
