50 Ways to Express Love and Affection Without Having Sex
#12 Dedicate a song in the radio station
A large, devilish smirk grew on the older Hitachiin's face as he slapped his cell phone shut.
Kaoru returned not too long after with a small tray of random snack foods and a small tea set for both of them while the two finished their homework. He would admit it was odd for Hikaru to ask him to go by himself to get the food. It wasn't like he couldn't do it himself, but Kaoru usually had Hikaru go with him to pick things out. In case there was something Hikaru wanted specifically. Not that it would really matter.
"Here," Kaoru sat the tray down on the table with a bit of a clatter as he took his seat to the right of Hikaru, where he usually sat. Hikaru just muttered a small "thanks", and soon went back to the math worksheet. The two sat in a "comfortable" silence for about fifteen minutes, and Hikaru had kept checking the clock every three. Of course, Kaoru was a little curious about as to why his brother seemed so anxious, but he never got the chance to ask about it.
"Hey, Kaoru, you wanna listen to the radio?" That seemed to answer a few questions. But only raised quite a bit more. The older Hitachiin's tone was far too excited about it. It was just rather odd. Besides, the two didn't really listen to anything while they did their homework, usually getting distracted by it and spending about twice the amount if time than they planed. Why the sudden change? Like before, Kaoru again didn't have the time to decline—or agree—as Hikaru was already hoping toward the "small" sound system and soon tuned the radio to a specific station: NACK5 FM.
A song was already playing.
"—ways noticed you were by my side, but is it hate? Love? Or some sort of delusion?"
"Oh, what the hell? They already started playing it!?"
"What?" Kaoru was still sitting at the desk, just staring at his brother extremely confused and skeptical. Hikaru just froze for a moment, realizing his little out burst a tad too late. Nervously, he just turned around and laughed, quickly going back to the desk next to Kaoru.
"I-It's nothing, Kaoru. Promise!"
"Everyone has their own reasons for falling in love.
It's different for everyone. May—"
"Hikaru, what's the square root of one-hundred sixty-nine again?"
"Ahh… thirteen."
"Right…" Of course Hikaru was a little upset that Kaoru was actually focusing on the math. That usually was the subject Kaoru tried to avoid and have him do most of it. He guessed he really couldn't complain too much; Kaoru usually ended up doing most of his English or French.
"The present is much more important than the future.
This lovely spring love is a blooming maiden's beauty!"
A pencil plopped down on the desk, and Kaoru just cradled his head in his hands, elbows resting on the desk as he stared forward, seeming to be thinking. He couldn't focus anymore. That small burst of motivations quickly depleted as he gave into the radio, and the fact that Hikaru wasn't focusing anymore either. Damn chain-reactions.
"Hikaru, what is this song?"
"Ahh…" Hikaru soon found himself silent, not wanting to say anything, and yet knowing lying was even worse.
"It just sounds so familiar…" Kaoru started to seem a little spacey as he thought about it, the math homework long forgotten, "Like we've heard it so many other times…"
"I don't know about that."
"Little by little, the door to love opens,
True love is packed with thrills."
Kaoru was silent again, still pondering the matter over. He knew he knew the song somewhere, but where? Hikaru just watched him, a fond smile slowly growing on his lips.
"Let's accept each other's weaknesses, the love we have is invincible.
We bloom and the two of us are the leading roles."
"Do you think it was at school?" Kaoru still seemed to be concentrating on the song.
"Hmm? Ah, possibly. I think Tono might've played it a few times before the club opens."
"I want to see that kind you now and give you a cherry blossom kiss;
if your heart throbs, it's a glorious love."
The two sat in silence for the rest of the song, and Hikaru actually didn't mind it. He had gotten Kaoru's attention long enough for it to sink in a little. There was a faint smile on the younger twin's face as the music ended and the DJ (apparently) restated the title and that the song was a request from an anonymous caller to his special someone. Hikaru coughed a little on his tea at this. He distinctly remembered not using those words.
Kaoru just laughed a little. That was rather cliché.
"Well, That was sweet of someone," he said simply, still leaning over the desk with incomplete homework. Hikaru had gone back to his worksheet; Kaoru missing the smirk that had grown on his face.
