I yet out a huge yawn as the bell rang. I flopped over my desk and buried my face in my English work. "School is hard", I moaned and I heard a pair of matching laughs. "Come on Rei-Rei! Cheer up!" Kaoru laughed and ruffled my hair and I grumbled at him, I had it all nice and straight today.
"Don't call me Rei-Rei!" I said grouchily which only made him laugh harder. "Oh Rei-Rei! You're so funny!" Hikaru sniggered and patted my back. "Club time~! Club time~!" They sang and skipped out the door. I stumbled after them, my head hanging low. "Where do they get their energy?" I wondered and pushed the hair out of my eyes.
I guess I looked a little worse for wear, but I had my reasons, a certain foolish fly had decided to leave me with a mysterious missed call late last night. I think he likes me better when I'm tired… so he can come to the rescue and carry me to the infirmary, I decided with a shudder and felt my blood starting to boil.
I struck out, punching at the air and stomped up and down, most likely looking like an angry kitten. "Why. Won't. He. Die?" I yelled and kept throwing my fit. "Dying isn't as easy as you think it is", a smooth voice informed me and I stopped dead in my path and twirled around. "Speak of the devil", I muttered and glared at Kyoya, he gave me his usual smug smile and walked past me.
"You look like a fool jumping there in the hallway", he called back to me and disappeared into the club. "Who's a fool?" I yelled back at him, breathing heavily. My fingers were in fists and my bag was chucked on the ground. "One day", I told myself, "One day when murder is legal"; I muttered and followed after him.
The club hours started off as usual, I played my piano and got a landslide of compliments from the hosts afterward and they charmed their hopelessly romantic customers. All was good. I was giving my best glares to Kyoya who pretended I didn't exist; he still remained at the top of my 'most hated people in the universe' list and had taken a permanent seat.
Things quietened down and I settled on one of the lounges next to Mori-senpai, absorbed in a book. "Let's all play the Which One Is Hikaru Game!" I heard the twins cry and my head peeked up over the back of the couch to investigate. The twins had put on horrendous green hats, not that I'd ever tell them what I really thought of them, and had covered their parts.
"So?" They asked, "Can you tell which one of us is Hikaru?" The entire group of girls look flustered and confused, I couldn't understand why, the answer was easy. "That sounds like a stupid game", Haruhi stated as she walked past them and I watched quietly, leaning lazily over the top of the couch. "That's not very nice!" Hikaru cried and looked genuinely hurt even though I knew he was faking it.
"I don't understand it", I started and they all looked over to me, "I mean why are you guys so popular?" Both of their eyes went wide and I rolled around over the top of the couch, completely bored.
"I mean so what your twins, I've met twins before, and either way you guys are completely different which is why that game of yours is so pointless", I explained to them and yawned again, I could do with a nap. "Y-You can tell us apart?" Kaoru asked suddenly and I nodded sleepily.
"Can't everyone? I mean it's so easy, you're Hikaru and your Kaoru", I pointed at them, which only caused their eyes to widen further. I flopped back down onto the couch and opened my book again.
"It's the end of way that it used to be…" I murmured sleepily and smiled, singing the lyrics happily. "Let the world keep turning, because I'll be standing here…" I mumbled again then sat up suddenly, the book falling off my face. "I didn't eat that cookie!" I cried and looked around the room, confused.
The girls were still seated everywhere and some of them were giving me dirty looks. Aw crap, I'd fallen asleep. "You're the one that sucks at math!" I heard angry voices and stumbled to my feet to see what the commotion was.
"Sleeping beauty awakens", Kyoya's smooth voice said and I gave him a glare. "Oh shut it you stupid megane", I snapped back, I didn't need him to ruin my mood. The twins were in each others faces, yelling at the top of their lungs. "I don't choose to sleep in your bed! I just do it because you look lonely!" Kaoru backlashed and I flinched, they sounded really angry.
"What happened?" I whispered to Haruhi and she sighed, "I don't really know myself", she whispered back and watched the twins. "SEX PIXIE!" Hikaru cried. "SICKO!" Kaoru yelled back at him. "YOUR MAMMA WEARS TOO MUCH MAKE UP!" They cried in unison and gritted their teeth.
"That's it, we're over!" I just watched in confusion as they stalked off in opposite directions. "Well", I started trying to change the tone of the room to something lighter, "That was fun!"
The next day seemed to start off better. The point of attention in that sentence being seemed. I had settled into my desk and looked at the empty desks on either side of me, the twins still hadn't arrived. I wonder if they're ok, I thought as the classroom door opened. I saw the vibrant flamingo pink hair before I saw whose head it was on.
"Hikaru!" I said in shock, "What happened to your hair?" He smiled friendly at me, but something about the motion felt forced. "I dyed it! Pink suits me huh?" He took his seat on the left side of me. "Ugh, yeah, sure" I replied as the door opened again. "Dear lord", I whispered as a head of bubblegum blue hair waltzed in.
"Moring Rei-Rei! Great day!" Kaoru said happily and stood behind his chair. "Yeah… great", I replied robotically my eyes glued to his hair. That has got to be the ugliest thing I have ever seen, I thought and gulped, I could not tell him that! "I was finally able to sleep by myself last night", he told me, "But then I has this horrible dream that my stylist dyed my hair pink! It was so ugly!"
He laughed and I cringed, glancing over at Hikaru. He reached over and grabbed Kaoru's chair, so his brother fell to the floor. My head flicked back to Kaoru who then grabbed Hikaru's chair, making him fall to the floor. "Oh no…" I muttered as the war started, they threw everything in sight, a child's fight.
Following them with Haruhi to the cafeteria turned out to be a bad idea. When they went to order their lunches they ended up ordering the same thing, something that only irked them more. "This hopeless", I groaned to Haruhi and she nodded in agreement. "Are you guys still fighting? Jeez!" A voice asked and we turned to see the rest of club joining us.
"Oh Rei~! Haruhi~! I didn't expect to see you here!" He said all flustered and bounced about in front of us. Stupid idiot. "We normally eat in our classroom but we were worried out them" Haruhi explained and pointed back at where the twins were still fighting over lunch.
I turned my head to the side and watched them fight with a frown; "They really don't go halfway on anything, do they?" I wondered with a sigh and heard a cold chuckle. "No, no they don't", Kyoya, replied and my head shot up. I watched him blankly and he raised an eyebrow, "Do you want something?"
I kept my blank expression when I replied, "Yeah, you dead". He chuckled softly and gave me a smug grin, "Sorry, but I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon". My eyes narrowed, "Dang it".
Lunch finished and we all moved to the clubroom. We had dismissed the customers for the afternoon and we're all seated around a large table. I leaned back on my chair and mumbled lyrics to myself, practicing my guitar chords in the air. "What are you doing?" Honey wondered and I smiled at him.
"I miss my guitar, o my pretending I have her and I'm playing. It's good practice!" I told him and his eyes lit up. "A guitar? Bring it in! We haven't heard you play a guitar before!" He begged me and I couldn't say no to those eyes. "Sure", I promised him and pulled him closer, "I might even sing if you guys behave".
Honey started bouncing about; "Everyone's gotta be on his or her best behaviour now!" He informed everyone and they gave us a chorus of confused looks. Slam, the doors flew open and trouble entered. I groaned, they were still bickering. "Is there no end to this madness?"
I wondered aloud and returned to leaning back on my chair, gazing at the ceiling. "I wonder…" Haruhi sighed and I couldn't help but smile. She often got annoyed at my cryptic questions.
The twins had started another war, this time involving Honey, his bunny and Mori-senpai. They were breathing heavily and glaring at each other when we moved up. "Haven't you had enough? You're driving me crazy!" Tamaki groaned and Hikaru turned his glare on him. "Driving you crazy? How do you think I feel? I every time I look in a mirror I see his face!"
His words were full of poison but for some reason didn't make me flinch like everyone else did. "I'm sick and tired of being mistake as you Kaoru! I hate your guts!" Kaoru's teeth gritted and he spat his reply back at his brother, "You took the words right out of my mouth! I hate you so much, I bought this! Beelzenef the cursed doll!"
I frowned at the wooden cat doll, who the hell was Beelzenef? Seeing my confusion Tamaki leaned forward, "He's that weirdo Nekozawa's idol!" He said in a small voice and shrunk away from the doll in terror. Nekozawa? Did his mean that guy in the black coat who had popped by the club earlier? Wow. That guy really needs to spend more time in the light.
"I'm going to complete the curse! I'm going to write you're name on the back!" Kaoru threatened and scrawled something across the back of the doll. I sighed, this act was getting old. I could see my sister losing her patience and before she could wack them
I asked loudly, "When are you guys going to drop the act?" This got their attention and they stopped to look at me in horror. I grinned; I got them right where I wanted them. "I give you points for the acting, but every act must end. Like they say, 'the show must go on'!" I said casually and leaned against the back of one of the lounges.
Hikaru smiled at me, "If we make up you have to make us a promise". I thought about this and decided it was the only compromise I would get, "Fine". The both grinned and moved back into their usual positioning, "We come over to your house soon". This made me stop and I froze, they had caught me! I tried to pretend nothing was wrong and smiled, "Sure thing!"
We were moving out this weekend and I'm sure they were going to be a little more than surprised when they saw the new place, thinking we'd lived there all along.
And that was it; the twins returned to their brotherly act and fortunately washed the dye out of their hair. They made sure that I didn't forget the little promise we made and made the habit of reminding me every hour. "I can't wait to see your room Rei-Rei! We three will have to sleep in the bed together!" Hikaru grinned deviously at me and I shot him a look.
"Not in your wildest dreams", I informed him with a superior smile, "I have some standards and sorry but you don't make the cut". He narrowed his eyes and I smiled angelically, giving him a wink. "Better luck next time~!" I sung and waved as I walked out the door.