Forgotten Homework

Hikaru bit her lip as she recalled these scary times during her last year of middle school. She looked down at her twirling thumbs. She didn't want to be reminded how eating chocolate led her to that state.

She grimaced as she remembered Kaoru carrying her to their bed with teary eyes.

'I didn't think of my little brother's feelings...' She realized, rubbing her forehead in guilt. She was the older sister, yet it took for Kaoru to remind her how worried he was at that time for her to realize how selfish she had just acted.

But was it really her fault? Kaoru would beg to differ, he loved his sister, and he knew that Hikaru hadn't meant to worry him by asking him for sweets this morning.

What startled him was when he felt a weight disappear from the bed. He lifted his head to see that Hikaru was standing up, bangs covering her eyes as her hair was always messy.

"We might get late for school if we stay here doing nothing but ramble." Hikaru mumbled, not actually wanting to be heard. The only thing she wanted was to get to school thus she wouldn't have to worry about being late for class.

Kaoru sighed as he stood up from the bed as well, acknowledging that his sister was upset now.

Today's math lesson was probably the most boring math lesson Hikaru had ever had to listen to. She rested her chin against her palm, on the verge of leaving reality to drift toward her dream world.

But a voice interrupted her reverie quickly, making her realize she had been daydreaming.

"Hitachiin Hikaru, may you go to the board? I'd like you to correct the last exercise I gave you for today."

"Yes, I may." Hikaru replied quietly, standing up. She searched for her papers where she usually did her exercises.

But, as soon as she found them, she gasped. They were completely empty.

'I... didn't do them. I was so hooked on getting chocolate that I did nothing at all.' She wished she could hide herself in a hole.

Even though she wasn't an extremely hard-working student, she was probably the best at maths in the whole class. Hikaru was afraid her reputation among the math and science teachers would drop because of this neglect.

"What's the matter, Hitachiin?" The teacher asked, becoming impatient.

Hikaru rubbed her nape nervously.

"... I have forgotten to do the exercise." She declared, trying to hide her grimace by chuckling. It made the female students swoon.

Unfortunately, the teacher didn't find it funny at all. Hikaru shivered as she felt him glare at her.

"I won't say anything this time, Hitachiin. But try not to forget to do your homework next time." The teacher said, writing something down his pad.

After that small encounter, Hikaru sat back down on her chair and hid her face in embarrassment.

'Today is so not my day.' She told herself, sighing.

As the bell rang to announce the end of the last school period, Hikaru got up and left the classroom, without waiting for Haruhi and her twin.

She had never done that before. But, she was so upset. Firstly, Kaoru hadn't allowed her to be near chocolate these last few days. Secondly, she made her twin worry just after trying to get him to give her sweets. And now, she got a small lecture from her math teacher.

It was useless to say that she had had enough for today.

Unfortunately, today didn't want to end yet. There were still Host Club hours, something she wasn't longing for.

"Hika-chan!" A familiar voice made her turn her head. As she saw Honey jumping towards, she forced a smile.

Obviously she was happy to see him, but she couldn't help thinking that if she hadn't followed Honey's plan, maybe she wouldn't have felt this sad today.

"Honey-senpai, where's Mori-senpai at?" She asked him, making the third year student pout.

"As long as he forbids me to eat sweets, I'm not going to hang out with him." He huffed.

Hikaru blinked, admiring Honey's pouting face.

'Heh, he really looks like a child right now.' She thought, fighting giggles back. She didn't want to offend Honey or she was going to have a bad time.

Then, she recalled her last encounter with her twin and frowned. She realized Honey was in the same situation as her. Although, the latter didn't seem to be hurting because of his shattering relationship with his cousin.

"Hika-chan?" Honey's concern interrupted her thoughts. Hikaru looked Honey in the eyes once again. She tried to hide her frown but then felt Honey grab her hand to lead her somewhere in the Academy, far from the Third Music Room.

They arrived in one empty corridor.

"Senpai? Why did you bring me here?" Hikaru asked, tilting her head. They were supposed to go to the Host Club. The said-boy smiled at her, knowingly and folded his arms.

"What's the matter, Hika-chan?" He asked, making Hikaru swallow her pride as she fell to her knees.

"...I don't think I want to make Kaoru give me sweets anymore..." She confessed, uneasy. Honey raised an eyebrow, confused at Hikaru's sudden shyness. He crouched to be on Hikaru's height level.

He pouted as he replied.

"But, how else could we get to eat sweets ever again?" Hikaru almost wanted to giggle at Honey's tone. Yet, she just wasn't in the mood.

Honey seemed to notice his friend was feeling sullen, since he tilted his head and asked another question.

"Did something happen between you and Kao-chan?" This made Hikaru look down at her knees.

"Yes...we kind of argued this morning..." She replied, quietly. She wasn't really willing to say why. Since, yesterday, both Honey and her agreed to try his plan out during the Host Club. She should have thought twice before trying to get Kaoru to give her sweets this morning.

"Why?" Honey asked, frowning. Hikaru winced and took a little time before actually telling him the whole story from this morning.

Honey listened to his friend carefully and nodded from time to time.

After having told the whole story, Hikaru began scratching her head, trying to hide her embarrassment.

"...I didn't know you had such a hard time Hika-chan..." Honey said eventually. The said girl lifted her head, feeling bashful.

She looked at her senpai and blushed.

'Why did I tell him all of that? He is a guy... It's not like it's interesting for him to know that I suffered from blood-loss because of having eaten too much chocolate...' She wanted to facepalm herself. 'Well... Actually, even Kaoru didn't have to acknowledge all of that... my goodness I'm such an idiot.' She rubbed her temples, wanting to laugh at her dumbness.

"Hika-chan... Kao-chan is just concerned, because he doesn't know you only a few sweets. That's what we planned, right? We just want some slices of cakes but Takashi and Kao-chan won't let us have even one candy." Honey smiled but ended his sentence with a pout, making Hikaru's eyes widen.

The blond senior year student smiled as he heard his friend say, " You're right!"

Hikaru got up eagerly and pointed at the direction they took to get here.

"Let's go to the Host Club!~" She said, making Honey giggle.

What surprised her was when she felt him tug at her hand, making her bend a little. As soon as she was on his height level, she felt him kiss her cheek shortly.

She gasped as quietly as she could. Even though it really felt like a friendly kiss anyone would give to their partner in crime, she couldn't help being surprised.

'...It's the first time I get kissed by someone who isn't Kaoru...' She thought, blushing as she rubbed the side of her cheek which received a kiss.

She looked at Honey once again and saw him smile. Hikaru gave him a small smile and tightened her grip on his hand.

They went to the Host Club holding hands, creepy grins on their faces.

The Host Club was closed.

Both Hikaru and Honey had tried to get sweets from clients but they got apprehended each from either Kaoru or Mori.

At the end of the Host Club's hours, Hikaru had managed to fight against her mind demanding chocolate cakes desperately. Whereas Honey was making the hundreds steps around the Host Club's cupboards, where the sweets were normally supposed to be.

Since Kyouya hadn't requested sweets, these lockers were completely empty. Although, Honey would still open one of them from time to time, trying to reassure himself that he'll eventually get cakes, from his cousin or not.

Honey opened another locker and stared blankly at Tamaki's teddy bear. Then, he grabbed it and threw it on the floor violently.

"AAAAAAH! Kuma-chan!" Tamaki screamed dramatically and headed to where his stuffed bear had been thrown.

The other hosts were watching him, all of them were sitting around the same table. Although, Hikaru was standing up, a few feet away from the table, because she couldn't be very near her twin after their small argument.

A loud squeak made everyone lift their heads. Tamaki's hand was getting bitten by Honey. The Host Club's was trying to escape from Honey's teeth because the senior was acting like a piranha.

"Mitsukuni. Stop." Mori's voice made Honey release Tamaki's hand who sighed in relief. The tall silent-type added "You should be ashamed."

Hikaru tilted her head and got closer to the cousins, without getting too near. She still noticed Honey grit his teeth.

Then, the oldest host grabbed his cousin and threw him on the ground. Everyone except Kyouya gasped loudly.

"Takashi! How can you such things to me!? I only wanted a little slice of cake! Why are you forbidding me to eat sweets!? Takashi..." Honey paused a little in his yelling before adding with teary-eyes, "Takashi, I hate you!"

Hikaru followed Honey as he ran away after having yelled.

This made Kaoru blink, he had never seen his sister taking actions to comfort a person before.

Haruhi noticed Kaoru's questioning and blinked. The younger twin turned his head as he had felt Haruhi's stare on him.

Both nodded their heads and walked up to Mori, who was sitting on the ground, looking lost.

"...Senpai..." Haruhi started even though she didn't know what to say.

"It was my fault." Tamaki and Kyouya tilted their heads to listen to Mori. "I forgot to tell Mitsukuni to brush his teeth for two nights. Had I told him, he wouldn't be suffering." The silent type added, resting his forehead on his hand.

"Mori-senpai..." Kaoru walked up next to Mori and crouched in front of him. "It...isn't your fault. It is Honey-senpai's responsibility. You did the right thing." He added, smiling weakly.

Mori looked up at Kaoru, looking slightly surprised. This made Kaoru feel uneasy as he wasn't used to talk to people when alone, except to Hikaru and maybe Haruhi.

Then, the sound of a door opening made everyone look at the source of the noise. There stood Hikaru and Honey. The latter had tears running down his cheeks.

The smaller blond ran his way to his cousin, whimpering.

"Takashi! Forgive me!" Honey exclaimed, scooting into Mori's arms. "I-I'll never forget to brush my teeth! I'm sorry!" He added as Mori welcomed him with a warm hug.

Everyone smiled at the scene before them. Although, Kyouya looked slight depressed as he knew Honey would eventually be able to eat sweets again.

Kaoru saw his sister next to him and smiled at her. He was about to give her a hug but got stopped when he felt Hikaru's fingers pinch his nose.

"Don't think I'm sorry, I'm still mad at you." Hikaru said, pouting. Although it wasn't true, since she had actually felt guilty the whole day. As she saw her brother's frown, she smiled and hurried over to Kaoru's arms to hug him tightly.

Kaoru gasped as he heard his twin say, "I love you, little brother."

A/N: I'm so sorry I took so much time to update this story. I didn't know I would get so depressed because of my English teacher telling me my writing is boring to read.

Finally, this chapter is here. I hope you like it. I'll try to be faster this time.

Thank you for reading :)