"Kaoru, it's been three days, you're getting worse." Kaoru looked up at Hikaru from his hospital bed.

"Hika, there's something important I need to say to you and you're going to be upset but I need you to choose what you say to me carefully, I know you won't mean it but I don't want it to hurt you later."

"Kaoru, what are you-"

"Come here and sit down." Hikaru sat next to him.

"I wasn't going to tell you until you able to go home, I thought there'd be more time, I want you to know that no matter what, I love you and you didn't do anything to cause this. I'm very sick Hika and.. I'm not going to get better, I didn't want to make this harder on you."

"What does that mean exactly?" Hikaru was dreading the answer.

"It means I'm a terrible brother." Tears fell from the youngest twin's eyes.

"Why would you say that?"

"Because, I'm going to have to do something that I never wanted to do."

"What's that?"

"Hurt you, I hope one day you'll forgive me, I have to leave you soon Hika, very soon, I need you to promise me that you won't shut everyone out, you have to keep going, don't do it alone. You have people around you that care for you let them be there. I-"

"Don't tell me that, Kaoru you can't do that please." Hikaru sobbed.

"I'm so sorry Hika, I'm sorry I can't be there for you. I want you to live and finish school, go and have a life its possible hika, it really is. Promise me you're going to keep live because, Hika, if you don't, all of this would be meaningless. You'll always have me Hika, go and do all the things I can't. You have to live for me."

"I can't Kaoru, what am I supposed to do without you with me, I'll be alone, I won't have you with me"

"You're supposed to move on hika, give yourself time and move on."

"It's not going to be that easy. You and I both know that."

"Please Hika, live and take care of yourself, have a good life, be happy. That's all I want."

"You're asking a lot, I can't let you go Kao, please." He pleaded.

"If I could stay with you Hika, I promise I would, you won't be alone, you'll have the host club and-"

"They're not you. There's always supposed to be two of us, isn't that what you said to me?"

"Yeah, and I can't tell you enough how-" Kaoru stopped and closed his eyes.

"What's wrong Kao?"

"I feel dizzy."

"Should I get someone Kaoru?"

"I don't know."

"If you don't know, I'm going to." Hikaru pressed the call button and he wait for a nurse to come in.

"Kao, you're so cold, please don't close your eyes, I don't want to lose you, I love you Kao. You're the best brother anyone could have and I know I don't deserve you, please little brother, don't-" the pleas and sobs were the last thing Kaoru heard before slipping on silent darkness.

Hikaru had no idea what to do. Kaoru's heart monitor was showing a dangerous drop and close to flat lining.

"No, Kaoru don't, please. I will give you anything, just please don't leave me, please." By the time the nurse arrived and saw what had happened she tried to force Hikaru from the room gently.

As the activity was going on around his brother and Hikaru sobbed, he felt the hosts arrive behind him.

"Hikaru, we should let them do their job, come on." Kyoya said.

"No, Kaoru needs me."

"Hikaru-"

"Kaoru!" He shouted. "Kaoru you promised, you promised to always be there, you're important to me Kao, don't do this."

"Hikaru,please, we really should-"

"Do you hear me Kao, I need you, I'd have nothing. I've never lost anyone, don't be the one to show me what that feels like!" A nurse turned to look at Hikaru.

"Keep talking to him." She called.

"Kaoru, I'm right here and I'll be right here, you can't split up twins don't do that. Do you remember when we were little Kao, it was you and me, you got really sick then too, they said you would die, our parents were ready to accept that. I wasn't, I would sit at your bedside and talk to you, you got better. Do that now, Kaoru hear me and come back. Everyone's with me and we love you, do you remember promising me you'd never leave me?"

"Come here." The doctor said as the medical team stopped and moved from the bed. Hikaru did as he was asked.

"Say something else."

"Can I touch him?"

"Yes." Hikaru reached for his brother's hand.

"Can you feel this, I'm standing right here, I'm waiting for you Kaoru, come back. Please little brother, just come back to me. I'll take care of you, I promise."

The hosts looked at each other in amazement.

"Hey guys, maybe you should come too." Hikaru called. The hosts approached slowly but didn't speak.

"Kao-Chan, wake up please, you're my friend and I don't want you to go. I'll give you usa-Chan if it helps, please stay here." Honey placed the rabbit close to the younger boy.

"Hey, Kaoru, classes won't be the same without you both. The host club would miss you more than you'd ever know. " Haruhi added.

"You better listen carefully Kaoru because I'm only going to say this one time, our host club is family to me, and I don't want to lose that." Kyoya admitted

"The hosts noticed that with each person that spoke, Kaoru seemed to respond to their voices.

"Kaoru, it was difficult for me to get you two into the host club at all, I really want you there, It's not complete without you." Tamaki said.

"See Kaoru, you're so important to us. Please come back.

"Incredible, I've read about this but I've never actually witnessed it. It's absolutely amazing."

"I don't understand what happened." Tamaki said as Hikaru continued to talk to Kaoru.

"In a word, a miracle. I read about a few cases where the bond between twins was so strong that having the two together when it seems that one is dying is enough to do this. You saw that he wasn't responding to anything we were doing. The minute Hikaru called out to him, Kaoru responded to his voice."

"Doctor." The nurse called softly, he turned his attention back to the twins Hikaru sniffled as the tears fell but he could see a faint smile.

"Kaoru, don't scare me like that ever again, I love you."

"H-hika." The weak voice called out and everyone watched in amazement as Kaoru's eyes opened.