Chapter 10

Hikaru raced into the house and up to our room right when the car pulled into our driveway.

"Hikaru!" I cried, chasing after my brother. I reached our bedroom door, slowly opened the door, and walked in. "Hikaru, what happened back there?"

Hikaru was lying on his bed with his face buried in the pillow. "I-It's nothing Kaoru…" I could hear him choking on tears.

"Hikaru…" I walked over to his bed, sat down, and looked at him. "It's okay…I know you're upset…I am too."

He raised his head off the pillow, his face stained with tears. "That baka! Who does he think he is?"

"You wanted to tell him…didn't you? About my problem?"

There was a pause. "I didn't want to Kaoru…it's just that…he doesn't understand what's going on in our lives. He acts like he knows everything but…" He was too choked on tears to finish his sentence. I hugged him tight.

"I know Hikaru…I know…"

I let him sob in my chest and we stayed like this for a couple hours.

Then after a while, Hikaru sniveled and wiped his eyes.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah…" he said laying down.

I laid down beside him and embraced him in a hug. "I love you Hikaru…"

His eyes started to get heavy. "I…love you too…Kaoru…"

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The next day, Hikaru and I were in the courtyard of our school eating lunch. Well…not really eating lunch. We were just looking at a book and ignoring everyone around us as usual. We kept to ourselves until something blocked the sun in front of us.

"What the hell do you want?" Hikaru asked the older boy.

Tamaki-sempai was looking down…like he was upset about something. "I had…no idea…"

"…What are you talking about?" I asked.

"I know I still can't tell the two of you apart, but…Kaoru I'm so sorry…"

I stared at him confused. "Sorry for what? Upsetting my brother yesterday?"

"No…about…your past…"

I stayed silent for a moment. "What about my past?"

"I know…about when you were little…you were diagnosed with a brain tumor."

My eyes widened. How did he know? How did he find out?

I was lost for words. "H-How…did you…know?"

"I was curious about you two because you always seem distant from the real world…so I did a little research…"

"What kind of research?" Hikaru was getting pissed.

"I…looked at your file…"

My heart stopped.

"You what?!" Hikaru shouted.

"I-I was just curious!"

"You're not curious! You're nosy! You can't just go into someone's file and snoop around into their personal life!"

My eyes were red and forming tears.

"I…I didn't mean-"

"You didn't mean anything! You just need to stay out of our lives and out of our business!" Hikaru tightened his fists and grabbed Tamaki-sempai by his shirt. "Why can't you just leave us the hell alone?!"

"Hikaru stop!" Tears ran down my face. Everything around me was just crazy. It felt like a dream! No…not a dream…a nightmare. My head started pulsing and my ears started to ring. I held my head to try and make it stop…but I didn't succeed.

"Ah!" I screamed.

Hikaru and Tamaki-sempai both looked at me as I fell to my knees.

"Kaoru!" Hikaru released Tamaki-sempai from his grip and ran over to me. "Kaoru! Are you okay?"

"Make it stop…the hurting…"

Hikaru wrapped his arms around me and glared at Tamaki-sempai. "This is all your fault! If you hadn't been so nosy and budded into our business, Kaoru wouldn't be having all this stress pushed on him!"

Tamaki-sempai took a step forward. "Kaoru…"

"Stay away from us!" Hikaru picked me up and ran with me to our limo, leaving the sempai lost for words.

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"Hikaru I'm fine!" I was lying on my bed with Hikaru cuddling next to me. "You don't need to worry, it was just a headache."

"Yeah a headache that idiot caused!" I stayed silent. "Man…who does he think he is?"

I looked down. "I…don't know…"

We stayed silent for a moment until there was a knock on our door.

"Kaoru, it's time to go to the doctor," our mom said.

"Doctor?" I asked confused. "What for?"

"It's time for your check up…we need to go look at the MRI pictures from last week."

Hikaru looked at me. "Can I go too?"

"Of course! Now let's go." She walked out of room and downstairs.

I looked at Hikaru, whose face was still reddened from tears, and I hugged him. "It's okay Hikaru…we'll deal with that baka tomorrow."

"…Okay…"

I got up off the bed and held out a hand. "C'mon…let's go get this over with."

Hikaru stared at my hand, smiled, and grabbed it. I pulled him off the bed and led him downstairs and out to the car.

When we arrived at the hospital, Dr. Hayashi was already waiting for us in his office. "Ah, Mrs. Hitachiin! It's good to see you again." He shook our mother's hand.

"Nice to see you too."

"Please, have a seat," he said, gesturing to the chairs. Mom took a seat in the first chair, I sat in the next, and Hikaru sat next to me.

Dr. Hayashi pulled out my file and folded his hands.

We stared at him.

"We looked at the results of the MRI," he said.

"And?" Mom asked.

Dr. Hayashi looked down at the file and then back up at our mother. "Kaoru's tumor is growing back."

Our eyes widened in fear.

Bet you didn't see that coming! Hope you all enjoyed the update! Sorry it took so long to post…I didn't know how to put this whole chapter together. Please review! You're reviews inspire me to get off my butt and write! Love you all! ^_^