Double Trouble 12

It had been a week since the "incident" as the club was referring to it. Their father had been arrested and was sentenced to thirty years in prison and now it was only a bad memory.

"Hey Haruhi." Marsha said to her sister. "Hey Marsha what are you doing?" "Just thinking." "About?" "Well I'm thinking it's time for a new me." "Why would you say that?" "Well I've been your protector since I was eight so I didn't really don't know what else to do. So I was thinking that since I'm starting over I should start over as different as possible." "I'm starting over too you know. Let's do it together." "Okay come on then first thing's first. Time to get rid of some of this hair." Marsha said as she and Haruhi left the house.

Two Hours Later

"Where are my daughters? What did you two shady twins do to them?" Tamaki screamed. "They went out. Their dad's in jail so they're safe from him." Hikaru said as the girls entered the house unbeknownst to the guys. "And Marsha can fight off any perv or robber or something so there's no need to worry." Koaru added as the girls snuck past them.

They went into their rooms and looked at themselves. "Well we did tell them to take a lot off." Marsha said as she fiddled with her extremely short hair. "Maybe but isn't this a little much?" Haruhi asked. "Maybe but it'll work one way or another. Now come on. Mrs. Hitachiin is waiting for us." Marsha reminded.

Two More Hours Later

"Okay now something's wrong." Hikaru stated. "What's that Hika-chan?" Honey asked. "Well when ever Haruhi goes out without me I call her past a three hour mark. But she's not picking up and she always picks up." Hikaru stated beginning to feel a sense of panic. "Same for Marsha she's not answering either." Kaoru said as both girls trotted downstairs behind them. "So where could they be?" Tamaki asked.

"Man you guys are extremely slow." Marsha commented. The boys all turned and they all fell over in shock. "Is that a good thing?" Haruhi asked nervously. Both girls had their hair cut the exact same length. Haruhi was in a bright blue t-shirt and was in a white skirt that went half way down her thigh. Marsha's shirt was pink and wore a white skirt that went half way down her thigh. "It is you both look really cute." Hikaru said as he kissed his girlfriends cheek.

Marsha smiled at the sight and gave a side ways glance to Koaru before looking away blushing. "I'm going to go for a walk outside." Marsha stated as she left the house and went into the garden outside of it. Sighing she walked till she found a bench and sat down.

Coward much.

Am not!

Yes you are.

Why do I always have to bug me?

Because you have unresolved issues, now why did you run out of there?

I didn't run!

Fine left really quickly. Either way you still left now why? Was it Koaru?

Shut up.

So it was.

If you don't-

"Hey Marsha you okay?" Koaru asked as he walked over to her. "Yeah… I'm fine." "You left pretty quickly. What's bugging you?" "Nothing I said I'm fine didn't I?" she snapped and regretted it. "That reaction tells me your not." he replied as he sat next to her. "I don't want to talk about it." "That's cool."

As he said that a cool breeze blew and Marsha shivered a little. "You cold?" "No." she said. He began to take his jacket off when she stopped him with her hand. "Don't take your jacket off for me." she told him. He sighed and unzipped his jacket nonetheless. Before she could protest he took her hand and pulled her onto his lap and wrapped her in his jacket.

Oh shit!

Marsha was trying to keep her cool, as was Kaoru all to aware of the girl sitting on his lap. "So." "So." "Marsha why won't tell me what's wrong?" "It's complicated." she replied blushing. "Look if it's because you kept that secret from us I don't hate you or trust you any less." he said the words spilling out of his mouth.

"You sure about that?" "Positive. In my shoes I'd have kept it from as many people as possible too." "That's not the problem Koaru." Marsha said as she stood up. "Then what is!" "It's none of your business." "To hell it isn't! You made this my business. Now what the hell is it?" he asked her. Marsha and him looked at each other for a minute their lips inches apart. They both crossed that very small distance and they kissed.

As they broke the kiss Marsha turned on her heal and ran hard and fast down the path she'd come. Leaving a dazed boy standing there in shock.

Marsha ran into the house through the back door and ran into the first room she saw which was a broom closet. Sitting on the floor she began to silently cry as she mentally kicked herself.

Damn it. Damn it.

Stop kicking yourself.

Go to hell. Damn stupid fight or flight response.

Will you cut that out and deal with the problem and stop running from it. This is exactly what got you into to all your messes ever since you were little.

I know but I can't face this. I can't face this feeling head on. I just can't do it.

You also said you couldn't fight your dad. Now look where you are and it's been eight years. Kaoru won't wait that long for you.

Who said I wanted him to? That kiss was probably just a heat of the moment thing for him.

You're hopeless.

A few days later

Marsha and Kaoru had been avoiding each other for a while. But they couldn't run forever and they knew it. They were just hoping for later rather than sooner. That night it was storming and that meant that Hikaru wouldn't leave Haruhi's side till it was all over. Which left Marsha and Kaoru alone for what would seem like ages.

They both looked at each other as awkward silence filled the air. "I'm sorry." Marsha finally said as she looked at her shoes. "Your what?" Kaoru asked unsure whether to be shocked or appalled. "I'm sorry. It wasn't right of me to kiss you and for that I'm sorry." she said. "Don't say you're sorry!" Kaoru yelled causing her to jump as he advanced her.

"We both kissed each other so don't you dare stand here and say you're sorry for that like it was a horrible accident." "Well sorry if I don't think the way you do!" "So than tell me what the hell you think of it!" "I can't." "Yes you can!" "NO I CAN'T!" "And why not?" "Because I love you!" she screamed. "I love you Koaru. I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid all right. I was afraid." she said as she began sobbing into her hands.

Kaoru looked at her surprised before his eyes softened and he embraced her. "I love you too." he whispered as her crying began to subside. When she was done she looked up at him and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her tighter as he drowned in the sweet taste of strawberry.

She smiled and ran her fingers through his hair, as she tasted mint. A flash went off and they broke the kiss. Turing they saw their twins standing there with grins and a camera. "It's about time." Hikaru commented. "Yep but at least we have our own black mail." Kaoru teased as Marsha pulled out a picture of their siblings' first kiss. "Where did you get that?"

"Our secret."


The End. All those who may be confused about the end of chapter ten when they both thought 'I like him' and 'I like her'. They liked each other and were sad because now that Haruhi and Hikaru were together they didn't have a reason to hang out alone anymore.