A/N: Omg, it has been forever since I've updated. I'm not even sure when I did last, just know that I have not been writing on this and I finally guilt tripped myself, so here you go:)
I hope you enjoy this, I had to go back and rewrite it like 5 times. Alright, moving on.
Dislaimer: I do not own, even though that would be freaking cool:}
"Hey Haruhi, can we come over to your house on our next day off?" Chihiro cursed her amazing hearing at being able to pick out ever single thing that was said by everyone in the 3rd music room, but only hearing conversations between the Hosts. She quickly excused herself from Mitsukuni and Takashi's table and made her way to an unobtrusive corner to listen in on the conversation as the twins kept bugging Haruhi. She couldn't help but feel like there was something big about to happen, and she knew that she would hear to whole conversation anyway, so it was easier to be sneaky than having to describe why she was hearing a conversation on the other side of the room.
"Alright. We'll settle this with a game." The twins said pulling on their identical hats. "If you can't guess which one is Hikaru, your penalty is that we get to come over to your house." The two of them suddenly started switching around, faster than any person could keep track of, however, Chihiro kept the two straight by her feeling. When the twins stopped spinning, Chihiro felt the gentle pulling to the one on her left. She slipped out from the corner as Haruhi pointed to the one she felt drawn towards.
"This one is Kaoru, that one's Hikaru." Chihiro stopped in the middle of her step as she felt something deep in her click, but it was apparently only Chihiro as the twins just threw their arms wide and cried.
"Uh-oh! You got it wrong!" Chihiro walked up behind Haruhi as he smiled up at the twins.
"No, I know I'm right. You two may look identical, but you are very different." Chihiro watched as the twins gasped in shock. So they would always say that we got it wrong whenever we guessed. Chihiro thought as one of the girls asked Haruhi how he did it. He thought for a moment before answering.
"Well, Hikaru's actions and speech make him come off more mischievous." Haruhi smacked his fist into his palm. Chihiro glanced back at the twins when the one she liked suddenly started chucking.
"Sorry, Hikaru." Hikaru lifted his head as his brother continued laughing.
"Well, I don't know what's wrong with that. I speak my mind and I'm honest. It's sneaky people like Kaoru that can't be trusted." Kaoru stopped laughing and lifted his head to mirror his brother.
"Don't turn this around, Hikaru. Afterall, I'm always going along with your selfish games." Chihiro looked back and forth between the two brothers, feeling the tension in the room grow thick even through the other girls attention was occupied elsewhere.
"I may suggest the games, but your the one who really gets into them. Why don't you just stop if you hate them so much."
"Because I don't want you to look dumb on your own. It was your idea to call Haruhi our toy, but I also noticed that you were quick to make a pass at her." Well there goes that mystery. Chihiro thought glumly as Kaoru continued. "Admit it Hikaru, you're actually in love with Haruhi, aren't you?" That caught all of the other girls and Tamaki-senpai's attention, and three sided arguing broke out between the twins and Tamaki-senpai, while it left Chihiro reeling. Renge suddenly joined the fray, and Chihiro moved away from the otaku crazed french girl only to find herself near the netoreous Shadow King.
Chihiro suddenly felt brave with all of the commotion in the club room, so she turned to Kyoya-senapi and asked, "Is Haruhi a girl?" The sudden jerk of his pen stopping and the glint of the light off of his glasses was enough to let Chihiro know that she guessed right, but the sudden rise of noise from the twins drew her attention from the tall second year next to her.
Hikaru and Kaoru had been yelling at each other though out the entire delay, but now they were locked in a flat out shouting match, each brining up each others weaknesses and exposing them like only siblings can. The fangirls, who finally took notice of the "brotherly love fight," started squealing in the background, completely oblivious to the tension that Chihiro felt like she was drowning in.
The shouting match ended with both glaring at each other and screaming in unison "That's it, we're through!" The squeals of the fangirls died as they realized that the fight was for real and the twins stalked to the different corners of the room. Chihiro sucked in a breath, which sounded like thunder to her ears, and looked between the two identical bodies huddled in the corners.
Somewhere, one of the girls had enough tact to pick up her things and slowly start to make her way towards the door. The other's followed, but Chihiro felt herself glued into place, her only movement was her eyes flickering back and forth between the two red-heads sitting in the corner. She had always been very empathetic, and the fight that she had just watched had sent her reeling into a see-saw of emotions. As the last of the girls made their way out, Hikaru stomped out the door leaving the club behind in shock.
Chihiro heard a swish of fabric behind her. "What happened?" A familiar voice asked quietly into the now almost too quiet room.
"The twins had a fight, Nee-chan." Chihiro said without taking her eyes off Kaoru, who was sitting on the far side of the room. The constant pull that she felt towards him was now stronger than ever. Chihiro blinked, suddenly realizing that she had taken a few steps toward that corner of the room without even realizing it.
What am I doing? She thought to herself as she hesitated in the middle of the room. I can't do anything to help him. But I can't really stand here and not do anything. Chihiro stood in her awkward position, debating on whether or not she wanted to move forward or back when Kaoru stood up and hurried from the room, much like his brother a few minutes prior. Chihiro stumbled after him, moving more by instinct than by anything else. She flung the door open after it closed from Kaoru's hasty escape, and looked down the hall to see him running down the hallway.
"Kaoru!" She cried as she took after him. She figured that it was pointless to argue with herself on why she was doing this. She caught up with Kaoru relatively easy and grabbed his arm to turn him around. "Kaoru, are you alright?" she asked as Kaoru spun around, shock and tears on his face. Chihiro let go of his arm as he angrily yanked it out of her grip.
"Yeah, I'm totally fine. Why would you care anyway?" He asked as he turned around and Chihiro watched his back as he scrubbed furiously at his eyes. Chihiro felt a faint anger and indignation rise in her chest.
"Why wouldn't I care?" she asked. "You just got into a huge fight with your brother. That would make even the most calm people upset." Kaoru sniffed one more time and then was silent, his back still turned to Chihiro.
Chihiro panicked. Up to this point she had been following an instinct or letting her emotions rule what she was saying or doing, but now in the silence, her mind caught up with her actions and she was left with nothing. Well almost nothing. There was a small thought that had wormed its way into her mind. It wasn't much, but it was something.
"Is this the first fight that you and Hikaru have had?" she asked quietly. She watched him for a minute before he nodded. She felt relief flood her because her haunch was right, but it was quickly replaced by a sadness for the twins. Still following her intuition, she swallowed and walked up to Kaoru and took his hand in hers. Ignoring her pounding heart, she smiled up at Kaoru's surprised face. "I'm sure that you two will work it out." She said and she squeezed his hand. Her heart pinched as she let go of his hand, but any longer and it would have gotten really awkward. She smiled up at the tall red-head and then turned to leave and hide her blushing face. She forced a breath out as she heard Kaoru behind her.
"Why do you care so much?" Chihiro turned around to see Kaoru's earnest eyes looking back at her. She stuttered and blushed, the question taking her completely off guard.
"I don't know. That's just the way that I am." She quickly looked around the hallway, trying to find anything to look at except the tall red-head starting at her. She caught sight of the window and focused on the golden light reflecting and refracting within the glass. "I guess I just don't like other people to be unhappy." There was moment of silence, but Chihiro quickly snapped out of her daze and looked back up at the twin in front of her. He was staring at the ground like he was trying to figure out a complex puzzle and Chihiro felt her breath catch in her throat. Keep it together, Chi. She thought to herself.
"Go make up with Hikaru." She said into the silence. Kaoru's eyes glanced up her as she continued. "I'm sure that he feels just as bad as you do about this whole thing." She smiled a whole hearted smile up at the tall red-head as he nodded. She turned to leave, but was stopped again by Kaoru.
"Hey, Chihiro," Chihiro turned around quickly, surprised that Kaoru even knew her name. She titled her head at the red-head. His were eyes red from crying, but he had a half-smirk on his face. "Thanks. I guess its nice having someone who cares." He then turned around and ran toward the exit of the building. Chihiro just stood there flabbergasted. Today was definitely not what she planned it to be.
A/N: *wipes sweat from forehead* Well that's done. Let me know what you think in reviews. Like, seriously, I live off of reviews.
Also, I am kinda writing another Ouran story in the background *coughactuallywhatiwasdoinwheniwasn'twritingthiscough* It's going to be a sci-fi, but I want to know if any of you would be interested in reading something like that, and if so, please PM me or tell me in your review. (See what I did there?)
