Chapter 7

Awkward silence filled the humid air as Hikaru stared at Aoi with wide eyes, ignoring the cramped pain that was spiking up his arm.

"Hikaru?" Aoi asked, her eyes wide with question. Hikaru took this as a sign and attempted to stand, wobbling to his feet. There was a small noise of shuffling, and soon, muted footsteps sounded behind him.

"Hikaru? Daijobu?" Aoi's voice came up behind Hikaru, and he flushed. Meeting the naught curiosity in Aoi's eyes, Hikaru allowed himself a silent breath of relief.

So she really is that oblivious…

Hikaru smirked at her, and held out his hand.

"Milady?" He asked. Aoi face turned into a mixture of shock and anger, her face flushing.

"Wh-What?" She sputtered. Hikaru grinned, and caught her elbow, leading her around the ditch that she almost fell into.

"Don't fall in again." Hikaru said, amusement in his voice. Aoi fixated the sky above them with a deadpan look, huffing in annoyance.

"I won't. I'm not as clumsy as you, crashing into me like that." She muttered, and Hikaru grinned.

The old Aoi was back. That was good, at least.

Hikaru glanced sideways at Aoi, who was walking next to him with her usual poker face, but he could tell that she was worried for her twin.

Figures. Hikaru yawned and placed his hands behind his head, but quickly pulled them back down.

There was a noise, coming from the clearing, about 100 meters away.

It was a scream.

Or rather, a small cry for help.

Aoi immediately broke into a run, zipping past Hikaru. The boy blinked, and turned to face the disappearing backside of Aoi, startled.

"Aoi!" He too, started running.

Shit. Hikaru's eyes widened as Aoi swerved to the side to narrowly miss a hanging branch. Aoi… she's running too recklessly!

"Aoi!" He yelled out, but the girl made no move to show him that she heard.

"Aoi!" He tried again, but Aoi was going too fast to hear him, or just simply ignoring him. Hikaru clenched his jaw, and applied more speed as he started sprinting towards Aoi's speeding figure.

"Aoi! Listen… to… me!" He panted out, and lunged forwards.

His fingers closed around Aoi's hand, and he stopped abruptly, causing Aoi to crash to the dirt. She immediately jumped up again, and turned to start running towards the clearing, but Hikaru stubbornly held on, trying to catch his breath.

"Aoi… please… stop…" Aoi turned back, her eyes wide.

"That scream was Haruhi's! It was Haruhi! I know it!" She yelled, and tried to untangle her hand from Hikaru's but failed.

"Aoi… at least… don't run so recklessly." Hikaru panted, bending over. Aoi blinked once, her eyes widening.

So… that's… what all that was about? Worry?

She untangled her fingers from Hikaru's hand, and turned towards the Hitachiin twin. Her face was void of emotion, as usual, but her eyes held a hint of amusement; a soft light.

"Daijobu. But now, I have to find my twin."


Hello my lovlies~! I'm so sorry for abandoning you for a week T_T I had writer's block while I was writing this, so it isn't top notch, I apologize ;~;

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