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Chapter 8

"Do you need anything?"

"Like, a glass of water?"

The twins looked at her with a mixture of sympathy and worry. "You guys, I'm fine," she muttered, taking her backpack and moving it to the floor so she could lie down all the way. Her face was less pale, her eyes blank.

"You don't look fine."

"You look sick."

"Thanks," she murmured, burying her head in the comforter and feeling her forehead get hotter. They sighed.

"Haruhi, it's not a bother..." Hikaru replied, then immediately face-palmed. Now she would think it was a bother.

Haruhi flipped herself over. "No, just a little warm..."

"I'll crack a window," Kaoru offered, already standing up.

Haruhi nodded, closing her eyes. She opened one after a few minutes, seeing the window open and Kaoru standing next to it, watching something outside of it. "What're you doing?" she asked curiously. Hikaru put a hand on her shoulder.

"He does this sometimes," he said softly. "He watches the people outside."

Kaoru shook his head, looking away from the window and noticing the two looking at him. "So, now that we have our homework done..." He looked to his brother for his approval. Hikaru nodded.

"We thought maybe we could..."

"Spend a little time..."

"With our toy," they said the last part of their sentence together in such chilling voices that it made Haruhi shiver. She let a smile creep onto her face before she could stop it. The twins were shocked by this, looking to each other and wondering what kind of prank she was playing on them.

"What did you have in mind?" she asked curiously, noticing their weird glances to each other.

"We want to go swimming," Hikaru whined.

"We picked out a bathing suit for you and everything," Kaoru also whined.

"No. I refuse."

"But Haruhiiiii!"

"We let you have the dress, can't you at least do this with us?"

"Where would we go swimming, anyways? It's less than thirty degrees outside." Speaking of which, now it's pretty cold in here.

"We have a heated pool," they shrugged simultaneously. "We can always tell Kyoya to add the sixty thousand yen dress to your debt."

Haruhi sighed with defeat. "Fine, where's this stupid bathing suit you want me to wear?"

The twins cheshire cat grinned. "In the closet."

Haruhi muttered cuss words to herself, standing up and trying to keep herself steady as she made her way to the closet, the twins behind her. They led her back into the girls' area, showing her a rack of bikinis for her to choose from as they made their way back into the boys' area and helped each other with swim trunks.

Haruhi looked at all the beautiful designs, picking one that made every other one seem completely ugly. She stared in awe at the tube top-ish baby blue bikini, slipping her shirt and her bra off and putting the top on. It fit really well, then she realized she needed it to be laced up. She sighed. Why did everything they make need to be laced up? She replaced her jeans with the bathing suit bottoms, telling herself as she slipped them on it was only for not having more of a debt.

Or was it?

She pulled back the curtain a portion of the way, looking to see if either of them would be willing to help her lace up the back. She saw a little more than necessary, turning back into the curtained off room and blushing like crazy.

Hikaru saw the curtain swish back into place as he pulled his trunks the rest of the way up. "Haruhi?"

Kaoru looked over to the curtain as well, readjusting the shorts. "You ready?"

"Yeah," she replied quietly and in a high-pitched voice. She blushed even brighter, listening to the two walk in.

"Pfft, you're not ready," Kaoru chuckled at the back of the suit. "Here, let Hikaru help you with that." He looked to his brother, who was looking with a shocked expression at him. He then slid into place behind the girl, lacing up the back of the top.

"Can you lift your hair up?" he whispered softly, sending shivers down the girl's spine. She nodded, pulling her hair up and paying a lot of attention to the feeling of Hikaru's fingers brushing against her back. He finished tying up the back, then stepped back. "Turn around," he said softly.

Haruhi turned around, both of the twin's jaws dropping. "You're...beautiful," they said simultaneously. She giggled, blushing even brighter red. They just stared at her for a few minutes until Haruhi shook her head, coming back to reality.

"Weren't we going to go swimming?"


Okay so I started updating this chapter like 3 days ago then forgot about it and I'm really sorry! DX PLEASE PUT THE PITCHFORK AWAY, MOTHER!