"Are you sure you'll be okay masters?"
"We'll be fine, I've done it before without too much trouble," Hikaru said with a foreboding slightly sinister manner.
"I'll keep him in line, Airi, don't worry," Kaoru assured with a smile he turned back to his brother and shoved him out of the door. "Get going old man!" he shouted.
Airi sighed. "Today is going to be a rough one." She picked up their jackets and headed out to the car the give them to her masters.
The car ride to the school was filled with an awkward silence. The driver attempted to make small talk but it was cut and shredded by sharp retorts from Hikaru or Kaoru. "Have a good day," he called after them. He exhaled. "Today is going to be a rough one."
Kaoru and Hikaru headed to their first class a little early, so they sat together in the back. When Haruhi came in, they went to greet her and sit next to her.
"Kaoru, can I borrow a pencil?" Hikaru asked.
"Fine, just don't loose this one."
"I don't loose your pencils," Hikaru growled, his demeanor becoming morbid.
"Right, tell that to the last pencil you lost," Kaoru snorted.
"Relinquish thine utensil, Kaoru, for it is a requisite of this colloquium."
"Oh look at Mr. Fancy-Talk over here! Maybe I need to knock some sense into you thick skull or should I say cranium!"
By this point the twins were concerning Haruhi on a number of levels. First off, half of what they were saying and gradually yelling was in English and the other in Japanese. Another thing was that she couldn't tell if this was a real fight or a fake one, and if fake, why were they fighting? "Guys! Why are you fighting?"
"Fighting?" Hikaru paused. "We aren't fighting, I'm borrowing a pencil from my brother."
Kaoru cuffed Hikaru's ear. "Are you dumb? Don't lie to Haruhi! But anyway there's nothing wrong, we're just a little tired."
"Uh-huh, you still might want to calm down, class is starting."
Throughout the entire school day Hikaru and Kaoru broke out in random fights over nothing, Hikaru had a constant dark demeanor and Koaru always threatening to do something violent. She decided to go and ask the other members.
"Sempai," she asked a little out of breath from running straight from class to club. "Do you know if something happened between Hikaru and Kaoru during club anytime recently?"
"No, why are they fighting again?"
"Off and on yes, but they just seem to be a little grouchy."
The doors to the club opened without any petals from Hikaru and Kaoru as they entered, this was unusual. They both looked exhausted with bags under their eyes and an unsteady walk as they constantly bumped into things and each other. Hikaru accidentally bumped into Mori who turned and steadied him.
"Hikaru! Bump into someone again and I'll chop you!" Kaoru shouted from across the room "Especially one of our Sempais!"
"Why don't thou beist handy and endeavor to?"
"You wanna go?" Kaoru exclaimed getting up from his seat on the couch.
"I cannot fathom that thine feeble legs may carry thy this breadth!" Hikaru challenged.
Kaoru ran across the room then came at Hikaru with a flying kick. Hikaru stood like Kaoru would just go right through him. Mori intercepted Kaoru before his foot made contact with its mark, Kaoru fell away then was up in an instant. "Do I need to handle you too?" Kaoru chided.
"Kao-chan! You aren't usually this way! What's wrong?" Hunny exclaimed standing next to Mori.
"There is nothing wrong."
"Nothing wrong indeed," Hikaru added. "We are just our normal selves."
Hunny and Mori weren't convinced, they tied up Hikaru and Kaoru and put them over on the couch so they couldn't hurt or scare anyone.
"Something is definitely wrong," Hunny commented. "Maybe they're hungry?"
"No, they ate a full lunch with the help of Haruhi," Tamaki replied. "She almost had to force-feed them because she was afraid they'd waste food by throwing it at each other."
"Then maybe they're fighting over something?" Haruhi suggested.
"No, this twins don't fight this way when they're angry," Kyoya replied. "That's why I've come to the conclusion that they are sleep-deprived. Do you remember how Hikaru acted during the ski trip last year? He didn't sleep at all so he lost all good judgment and became...well, how he is now. My assumption is that when Kaoru is tired he becomes aggressive."
"This is a less than great situation," Haruhi sighed. "So what do we do?"
"We keep them away from other guests, it's all we can do," Kyoya answered. "We don't have enough time to do anything else, the guests are here as we speak."
Everyone nodded and Mori was left on first guard for the twins, each serving 10 minutes except for Tamaki who had to do it for five or else his princesses would miss him. So each person's guests visited them while they were watching the two sleep-deprived teens. It was all going well except for the clients of the two who were wondering why they couldn't see them to which was replied: "they aren't feeling well today, but they'll be better tomorrow."
Kaoru was shouting threats the whole time and Hikaru was still speaking in his old proper language with some choice words that are not necessary, so, they had the reward of having tape over their mouths the rest of the time.
Skipping all the interesting information about the hoops the hosts had to jump through in order to silence their own and keep the guests away, Hikaru and Kaoru returned the next day as their normal (this being a relative term) selves. When questioned about what happened they laughed and told everyone about their all night marathon two days before, causing them to be just a little irrational. Overall everyone had a good laugh about it, though it made Haruhi just a little more concerned with what she had gotten herself into.