Chapter Six: Toilets
Haruhi is two seats away from me.
"Today, in our ecology unit, we are going to continue to look at adaptations. Remember organisms have adaptations in order to increase their chances of survival in a particular environment. Adaptations can be learned or inherited. Be careful about the difference."
She always has an intense look of concentration during class.
"Let's look at this mudfish as an application of the theory we learnt yesterday."
I think it is funny how someone can concentrate so hard on boring mudfish.
"There are generally three types of adaptations; structural, behavioral and functional."
Her eyebrows are pulled together as she concentrates on important points.
"An example of an adaptation is the mudfish's eyes which are situated at the top."
She's got this soft glow to her eyes when she's listening. She blinks slowly when she thinks hard.
"From young fish to adult fish, the eyes move until they are only on one side."
When she is puzzled, she wrinkles her nose. It's cute.
"Thus the adult mudfish's vision is always situated in the direction of incoming predators or prey. No energy is wasted in seeing unnecessary things . Can anyone tell me what type of adaptation this is? "
And her mouth…
The corners are turned down?
Damn. Damn. She must be thinking about seeing me naked and how it left her scarred!
Stop dwelling on it Hikaru! It's done and over. There is nothing you can do. Kaoru was just teasing. Haruhi wouldn't...
I CAN'T STOP MYSELF FROM THINKING ABOUT THIS!
That was 20 seconds of not thinking about it before I thought about it. I can't help it! Class is so boring. My thoughts automatically drift towards her. I can't help but watch her every move. And watching and thinking about Haruhi leads to the showers incident. Surely I am not that scarring. There's nothing wrong with me physically, so why would anyone be scarred, everyone likes how I look, they go crazy when we show skin and why Haruhi, but Haruhi is different, no but maybe it's because of that, no it must be because there is something wrong with me, otherwise she wouldn't be frowning, oh my god maybe she hates me now, she doesn't like me anymore, she thinks I'm not good enough-
"Excuse me Sir," Haruhi shoots her hand up.
Look how she is so determinedly trying to concentrate and pushing all thoughts of me away by asking academic questions. She's even pale doing it. And she doesn't look at
"Yes Kaoru?" Our biology teacher raises an eyebrow.
"May I please go to the bathroom?"
The bathroom?
"Yes." The teacher nods.
There is the scrap of the chair being pushed. Haruhi stands up looking slightly pale.
That was when I realized. Haruhi, in Kaoru's body, needs to go to toilet.
"NO YOU CAN'T!" I scream. I stand up. My chair crashes to the floor. All my chaotic earlier thoughts disappear.
The class is dead silent. The teacher is looking flabbergasted.
"Erm…" I shuffle agitatedly from one foot to another. It must be strange for you to prevent someone from going to the toilet. You have to explain it. "Er…it's, um, it's because…it's because Kaoru has an urinating disorder!"
"An urinating disorder?"
"YES!" I say, glad that I thought up of something. The class bursts into hurried whispers.
"I never knew that!"
"I wonder what it wrong with him."
"Maybe there's something wrong with his-"
Haruhi raises her eyebrows. Kaoru narrows his glare. I put on my sad face and try not to laugh. "It's very sad. He's had it since he was ten. It's one of the ways you can tell us apart if you- oh oops."
"Hikaru Hitachiin, stop making disruptions in my class and let your brother go to the toilet," the teacher snaps over the fainting noises of the girls. "Kaoru left my class to go to the bathroom last week. There is no such disorder."
Desperate, I grab onto Haruhi before she leaves. She can not go to the toilet and strip down. She'll see Kaoru. I can't let that happen because we're identical. It would be like it happening all over again.
"No, I mean," I plead towards the class. "Kaoru has a urinating disease. He got it last week!"
"An urinating disease?"
"Yeah, it's a bacterial infection." Kaoru's fingers are twitching. Oh this is good. Revenge, I mouth at him. "It's contagious. It's horrible!" The class breaks into discussion. They seem to believe it. Kaoru's reputation is going down. Ha ha.
Suddenly my twin stands up. He has suddenly gone pale.
"Sir," he says, discomfort obviously leaking out from his tone. "I need to go to the toilet too."
Kaoru, in Haruhi's body, needs to go to toilet too?
"YOU CAN'T," I scream.
The teacher folds his arms and stares at me skeptically. "Oh and why can't Haruhi go to the toilet as well, Hikaru? Because he also has the same urinating disease?"
"YES." I say in relief.
"And Haruhi got it from Kaoru?"
"YES."
The class bursts into whispers.
Shit. I implied something. "No, I mean NO."
Kaoru looks like I've dumped icy water all over him. Haruhi has already raised her eyebrows beyond her hairline.
"Quiet," the teacher snaps and the class falls silent. "Back to what I was saying earlier. Hikaru I will not tolerate-"
I've already run out of the classroom, tearing after Haruhi and Kaoru who walked out to the bathrooms.
"YOU GUYS CAN'T!!!"
"Shut up Hikaru," my twin hisses as I catch up to him. "Did you have to make a scene in class? Now everyone knows something is up."
"But I couldn't let you just tear off and strip Haruhi naked!" I protest.
"Excuse me?" Haruhi glares at me.
Shit. "I mean-"
"I know that," Kaoru stresses. "But we could have discussed this outside the classroom."
"Do you really need to go to the toilet?" a note of panic enters my voice. "Can't you hold it in or something?"
"We have to go to the toilet some time sooner or later, Hikaru!" Haruhi shouts. Kaoru pushes the bathroom door open.
"Think of something!" I dance around agitatedly. "Think of something before you guys can't hold it in anymore."
"How can we not avoid this!?" Kaoru hops about. "I really need to go the toilet!"
"It's not like we can go to the toilet without taking our pants off!" Haruhi hops around. "I really need to go the toilet!"
"Hurry…think of something." I moan.
"Why don't you think of something?" Haruhi angrily retorts. Her face is blue.
Panicking, I say the first thing that jumps in my mind. "Just go with your pants on. There are spare uniforms."
"Are you stupid?" Haruhi is bent over. "Then we have to take our pants off just to change."
Oh my god. Think. Think.
"Mudfish."
"WHAT?" Both of them jump in shock.
"Damn, you idiot, just made it worse," Kaoru gasps, jumping about.
"I really need to go!" Haruhi moans, doubling over.
"Be like the mudfish." I ramble desperately. "They have eyes situated in the right position, so they only see what is necessary. Now get adapting to this situation!"
"Hikaru-" Perhaps Haruhi opens her mouth to correct me about the biology concept but Kaoru cuts in.
"You prat Hikaru," Kaoru groans. "My eyes can't move to the top of my head. And even if I could then I have to rely on touch. I might accidentally touch something."
Oh my god. OH MY GOD! Think. Think.
Kaoru and Haruhi's eyes meet for a second. There is an imperceptible nod.
Bang. The cubicle doors behind me click close. I look around me.
Kaoru and Haruhi are no longer there.
OH MY GOD! They've gone to the toilet!
"YOU CAN'T!" I scream, banging furiously on the doors. "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T LOOK DOWN GUYS. DON'T LOOK DOWN. HURRY UP BE QUICK. KAORU IF YOU EVER, I WILL SERIOUSLY DISOWN YOU AS MY TWIN. DON'T YOU DARE-"
"I'm done Hikaru," A moment later, Kaoru is suddenly gripping my shoulder hard. "You'll do anything if you're desperate to go the toilet."
"I-I-I've got to go to class now," Haruhi rushes out after quickly dashing her hands under the tap water.
"You-" I stop yelling. I feel a curious sensation between my legs.
"Did you say you'll disown me as your twin?" Kaoru asks. He looks extremely pale and he is shaking a little. "I did it as fast as I could."
"I didn't mean that!" I suddenly know what the sensation is. I panicked so much that now I need to go the toilet. I reach for the cubicle but Kaoru flicks my hand away.
"Hey I was just freaking out. I over reacted. I didn't mean it! I mean there was nothing you could do. And you didn't peek did you?" What the hell has gotten into my twin?
He tightens his grip on my wrist.
"Do you need to go to the toilet?"
Baffled, I nod. "Let me go."
"No."
"WHAT?!"
"You're desperate to go the toilet. You'll do anything."
"KAORU let me go to the toilet! I said sorry. Let's discuss this after I go."
I struggle but Kaoru's grip is iron like. "You want to go to the toilet. You're so weak because of that, you can't even break out of Haruhi's grip."
"KAORU I REALLY NEED TO GO TO THE TOILET!"
"Now you know how we felt."
"THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR REVENGE! I SAID I WAS SORRY."
"I'm not avenging you."
"KAORU I'M GOING TO PEE IN MY PANTS RIGHT NOW. LET ME GO."
"I will if you agree to do act no. 15 with me today for Fantasy Day at Host Club."
"OKAY WHATEVER NOW LET ME GO."
Kaoru's fingers loosen. I dash into the cubicle.
Ah…
Finally.
Act no. 15?
"Wait," I flush the toilet, dash out and start shaking my twin. "ACT NO. 15!!!????"
"Yep." Somehow all the color has returned back into Kaoru's face.
Act 15: as in Kaoru accidentally hurts a body part and I have to kiss it better.
"No," I try to keep myself steady. "NO I AM NOT DOING THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO KI-"
"Shall I tell Haruhi how you're a liar and can't keep your word?"
"NO. W-w-w-what are you going to get me to kiss?""
"It's called a surprise, Hikaru," Kaoru smirks. "It should be fun now that I've got extra body parts." He smiles happily.
Oh my god. OH MY GOD. EXTRA body parts? Female? As in he is going to get me to kiss-
"Go wash your hands now." Kaoru has a wicked smile plastered on his face. Revenge back, he mouths.
A/N: Finally stopped being lazy and typed this chapter up. xD I always seem to hint at the next chapter do I? xp My learning of biology is slowly beginning to fade away so sorry if the information up top is inaccurate. Mudfish are cool! Thank you everyone for the reviews! Some were really helpful! Additional comments etc always welcome.