Authors Note: Ready? It's been so long since I posted a chapter, so hopefully this will go along nicely! I am moving this week-to next week as well so please bear with me as I try to get chapters up. I am back though! More dedicated, and never wanting to leave you guys!

BY THE WAY: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club

Story: It Started With a Kiss

Series: Ouran High School Host Club

Pairing: Hikaru x Kaoru- Twincest (if you hate it, don't read it!) & the new addition: Kyoya and Tamaki!

Summary: Kyoya had made a deal with the host club customers that if there were 1,000 people to come to the Host Club's Christmas Party (from Ouran High or not) then they would get the first chance to see the Hitachiin Brothers kiss. As their goal is accomplished; Hikaru and Kaoru refuse to do such a thing but find themselves under the mistletoe...

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"It Started With a Kiss"

Chapter 9: Beautifying Relationship...

Kaoru's POV

Mother and father had seemed to want to speak with us. I was completely dreading this sort of thing, telling them the truth. It wasn't as if I was ashamed but rather it was the soul fact that it was our parents and if they didn't accept us...our world would feel crushed. Where would we go? Who would still be by our side? Sometimes I wish I had all the answers, and sometimes I wished Hikaru had them as well.

As the two of us rose from the bed we both went to the bathroom to seem freshened up if anything. Perhaps we were trying to look prim and proper for them, or perhaps we were just trying to seem like good kids in the end. Were we going to hide it from them? Were we going to lie to them? I felt like I was losing my appetite right this second, and nothing could make that go away unless I got the answer I was looking for. Why did I want my parents love so much? I guess you could say they were the most important people in my life besides the Host Club and Hikaru. They may not have been around much for us but they gave us a roof over our heads and remained loyal enough to everyone around them.

As my eyes went to look at Hikaru I noticed a serious expression would cross his face. My mouth opened just a little bit to ask him something but it seems I was completely cut off before even a sound could escape me.

"Let me do all that talking, alright?" His voice was stern but I would nod my head in agreement with him allowing him to take control of the situation. It wasn't as if I was being submissive and little compared to him by agreeing to this but rather I was looking for more of a way of explanation and it seemed he had it more than I did.

Hikaru would then wash his face, my eyes watching him as I took a gulp back. I was incredibly nervous, but he would never show such signs. Sometimes I wondered if he got like that...funny how that was the one simple thing you could tell apart from the two of us. I left the bathroom and went to the room door and looked back at him waiting for my brother to come up behind me. When I felt his arm on my shoulder I would open the door and then exit.

The two of us headed down the large amount of stairs, noticing our waiter serving out the food to our parents on the table. For each step that I would take I could feel my heartbeat start to quicken and my breathing would only be so unstable. I clenched my hands together and would take a seat beside my mother as Hikaru would take a seat beside our father, sitting across from one another.

I stared at Hikaru, my big eyes watching him as I had the most terrified look on my face. Was it so wrong to love your brother? Was it so wrong that I was completely and utterly in the most head over heels for this person? He was my brother sure but there were things that I could see past the fact that we were family...it wasn't like loving yourself or someone close to you but rather a completely different person.

There were things that people noticed about us that they could never figure out but little did they know that half the time the two of us didn't exactly know everything about the other no matter how certain we seemed.

Hikaru's POV (since we never really get to hear much from him!)

I sat beside my father, my mind completely drawing a blank. I tried to think of something to say when Kaoru gave me a weak look from across the table and right then and there I knew he was scared. One of us had to be the one to talk to them about it and if anything it would be me. I assumed Kaoru would have been the type to just stumble with his words in this kind of situation anyway, not to degrade him in any way of course.

I looked at my mother as she had a serious expression across her face as well as my father who was right next to me. Oh Kami... they were lingering in the beautiful silence far too long it was almost like a terrible horror movie. I couldn't stand it, someone had to say something right now or I was going to go insane. But before I could open my mouth, someone finally spoke up.

"So what are you two planning for University? Are you going to go separate ways or are you both into the same things?" Our father would speak with such an adult tone that I felt very small when he spoke like that. His voice always had that 'don't you dare give me a wrong answer...or else' kind of tone, but sometimes it took one to know one.

Kaoru and I would exchange glances as I would give him an encouraging smile, but Kaoru just wouldn't take it in. As we discussed earlier it seemed he wanted me to speak for him. Now, what was I going to say? Was he even trying to just cover it up with a bunch of different questions? Was he going to dance around with his little pansy questions or was he going to avoid the two of us being together completely?

It was all running through my mind so much I had to stop thinking about it just for a few seconds.

"Uh, well Kaoru is very artistic and I find myself liking Sciences so we're really not too sure yet. The two of us haven't really discussed all that much into it really." I would explain to him only to encourage him to ask more questions about it, trying to stay off lovers topic.

"How is that club of yours at school? Will that be going anywhere?" My father would speak, his voice ever so timid.

"I'm not really sure where Tamaki wants to take the host club, father." I would look down at my food really not wanting to eat it even though our parents were giving us disrespectful looks for not doing such a thing.

"So...Hikaru, Kaoru, like any girls at school?" Our eyes met immediately after our father asked that question aloud. He knew and we knew that he knew by this point. I wasn't thrilled beyond belief but something inside of me was telling me to stand up for me, and stand up for us and our relationship.

"No father." I responded with my hands clenching upon my lap hearing him make a grunt sound. He was obviously not impressed.

"Like any boys at school?"

We sat there in silence for a moment but I felt like I was going to lose control. The napkin that was on my lap was now in my hand and I would squeeze it and try not to not make it seem like I was strangling him.

With that, my legs rose and I stood quickly and slammed my fist on the table.

"You can't pick and choose who I love!" I yelled, but it was clear any obvious to me in this moment that my father was going to be very angry with me for doing this.

"It's WRONG don't you understand that?" My father's voice would rise loudly as I felt like I was being pushed back. He stood up and stared at me with death like eyes. "You two are a disgrace to this family."

I was shocked.

I couldn't believe such words would escape my own father's mouth.

How twisted.

How un-accepting.

HOW UNACCEPTABLE.

My anger felt like it was rising for Kaoru as well who sat there with tears slowly absorbing his eyes. I was enraged beyond any belief and I would then get up in my father's face our bodies close and I stared him straight in the eyes.

"If you were any sort of good father you would learn to accept that this is the way we are and nothing can change it. Your stupid laws about how the world works like boys and boys cannot be together and two girls cannot be together. What is wrong with you? Can't you see that this isn't the age you were born in? HUH? Well FUCK you then! Kaoru and I will move out so you'll never have to see us ever again. We won't disgrace your family any longer!" I couldn't believe in my right mind that I did that. I had completely blown up in his face at him but left him still standing his ground.

I went to Kaoru who was across from me at the table and took his hand and got him to get up and would show him the way upstairs. I knew he was upset and I saw the tears roaming down his face ever so gently. There wasn't much I could do about it at this precise moment. All I wanted to do was get out and get out quick. Our parents had placed so much money in our bank accounts that we had enough to last us a lifetime if we used it well. I was hoping there was no possible way to reverse this.

As we entered our room Kaoru stood there motionless with a hand on his face. I shut the door and pulled him close to me and would stroke his hair as gentle as I could. My one hand would rest around his waist and his body was leaning right against me, causing my body to go against the door.

He would then begin to cry, tear streaming down his face like there wasn't going to be a tomorrow. He was devastated but I couldn't do anything but be there for him. I was quite heartbroken myself but I had to be strong for him and try to think of a way to live our lives the same way.

"Hey, Kaoru they weren't really around for us much anyway you know that." I would speak quietly to him in hopes that he would somewhat understand that I was trying to help him out a little.

He then gripped my shirt and would cry now with moans of clear sadness. I then lead him to the bed slowly rubbing his back trying to figure out something to say properly to him. "Kaoru it's alright...it's alright." I repeated to him in his ear.

Kaoru slowly sat down on the bed and I would watch him sink into a laying down position with his eyes closed. His eyes were obviously stinging if he felt like he couldn't open them.

I soon couldn't help but feel terrible for what I had said to our father but it wasn't as if he deserved an apology or anything of the sort. He clearly crushed my brother more than I but it was because Kaoru was a lot more sensitive than I ever was. That was the wonderful thing about him that he always knew how others were feeling if they were down or angry. He somehow would come to a wonderful understanding of a place he could level with them at. I respected that.

((A/N: sorry I don't mean to skip much!))

After a while of getting Kaoru to calm down he had eventually fallen asleep which gave me the perfect opportunity to make some calls. I would walk onto the balcony quietly while Kaoru wasn't awake and attempt to speak to some movers and a few apartments I knew quite well of.

Kaoru's POV.

I was so upset and my heart did feel crushed. How could our father ever reject us for being the way we were? I never understood why parents couldn't come to an understanding with their children. Why didn't our mother say anything either? I noticed at the table she was completely quiet but she didn't have a worry in her eye. Somehow I wished that she was just putting on an act and would leave the bastard for us and just take care of us in her beautiful home.

I had so much going on in my head that I knew I had fallen asleep. But whilst knowing when you have fallen asleep isn't it ironic that we find ourselves waking up when this happens?

My eyes slowly would open only to see that our stuff was being put into boxes by a whole bunch of male movers.

What the hell?

I was completely lost by this point.

Tell me, I am dreaming still right?

I rose and sat up still noticing that it was dark outside and then would look at the time to see it almost being 9'Oclock. What exactly was my brother thinking? Were our parents doing this? Oh wow I felt so weak by this point that I never wanted to feel like this again. My eyes felt swollen and my arms were as weak as anything.

Hikaru was finally in sight as he came back into the bedroom, clearly sweating as he wiped his forehead and noticed I was awake. A smile appeared on his face and he walked over to me and smiled.

"Hey," he started and would pat me gently on the head. "They're almost done they just need to get the bed and our desks and we're out of here. I don't know how you slept through all the commotion of them moving but then again I did tell them you were sleeping so maybe they were just a little more quiet than normal. Take it easy and meet me in the van." He would say as he went to our walk-in closet and took out another box.

"Wait, we're moving Hikaru? Are Mom and Dad kicking us out?" I was so worried and didn't know really what to think. Why did he do this without me? Or why did our parents make us do this before talking to us?

"No, remember at the table I said we were going to move away. Well don't worry it's not all that far from school." He walked over to me and dropped a sweater onto the bed while carrying a box. His voice had been a little strained due to all the moving he had been doing. "I just think this is the best thing for us until they come to their senses and let us back in."

With that he would walk away.

I guess I had to agree with him and they weren't really around much as he said earlier. I slowly turned around and took the sweater while getting up. I would put the sweater on with a smile as it had Hikaru's scent in it. I was careful of all the movers and their work as I made my way out of the room and walked downstairs.

Before I could reach the door a voice came from behind me.

"And where exactly are you two going to go?" It was clear to me that it was indeed my mother's voice as I turned around with a very weak smile on my face. She didn't look too pleased but I understood she still wanted to be included in knowledge of her children.

"Somewhere else other than here, I'm sorry." With that I left through the door not wanting to know what she was going to say next.

I had joined Hikaru in the car and waited patiently for the day to come to an end so that I could just sleep and try to forget about all the dramatic events that had happened today.

Hikaru's POV

We had finally ended up at our new apartment, good thing all the calls I had made were dead on perfect timing. I had felt absolutely terrible for Kaoru and I couldn't imagine how devastated he was over this entire matter but we had to get out of a family who couldn't accept us or care for us for who we were.

They would only assume it was a phase or some sort of joke, but this was our reality and we were going to live it the way we wanted. When you truly love someone you will do absolutely anything for them to just smile once again and staying in that house would not have helped him have a smile on his face.

Eventually the movers had helped us inside and we unpacked the important things as they set us up perfectly. By the end of the quick night move we had bowed to them and thanked them very much for their help that evening. They would finally drive off and leave us to be with one another.

Silence would rise as the two of us walked into our bedroom and fixed everything up. We moved in all of our clothes and hung them all up in the small closet we were going to share from here on in. The apartment we chose had but one living room, one bathroom, one kitchen and two bedrooms just in case guests would want to come over and stay the night.

I noticed Kaoru went to sit down on the bed so I would join him but a few moments after that and placed my hand upon his own. I smiled kindly at him, without a word for the longest time and kissed his cheek politely.

Kaoru would then look at me with his innocent and easily upset eyes and try to force a smile. I couldn't help but find it ever so obvious that he was still hurting.

"Kaoru," I spoke so gently my voice had never been this soft before. "It's okay to cry."

He looked at me with his sparkling eyes, which were tearing up as I had spoken so quietly to him. I felt his grip on me tighten as he fell into me and began to cry into my chest. My arms wrapped around him protectively as I didn't want him to feel as if I didn't care, it was quite the opposite I believe I cared a little too much. I felt like I was the biggest influence in his life right in this moment and there was no going back to our house or even backtracking. We had to move forward from here on in and it may take Kaoru quite a bit of time, but we would take it step by step and help one another on the way to our goal. Kaoru would eventually not cry anymore, his tears I knew would eventually fade and it would be happiness that would replace such a feeling.

I didn't want him to see me weak so I did my best to hold everything in rather than spew it out, almost going against my own words I said to him earlier.

I would hold him that night... hoping that he would eventually be okay due to all the trauma he had been through this evening...

Authors Note!

Hey everyone! I told you there would be another chapter up! I hope I captured some of the emotion properly. I moved on Saturday and its only Monday right now and I find myself having a few problems with capturing a few moments and what not so my apologies!

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