I woke up in the early morning light. Shadows were cast around the tent. I sat up. A cold chill rushed over my chest and shoulders, I quickly realised why. I didn't have my shirt on. I quickly turned round to my right, Hikaru was turned away from me. I turned left and found my shirt to the side of the tent. I picked it up and slipped it on. I looked around for my bag. It wasn't there. I had to be here, there was nowhere else it could of been. I looked back at Hikaru. He was still asleep but something was wrong. Normally I can hear his breathing when he's asleep. I gently put my hand on his shoulder. It didn't feel like his either, it was smaller and softer. I gently rolled him on his back and moved his hair out of his face. I stopped. I couldn't move, I couldn't speak. Instead of looking at my brother's face, I found I was staring at Haruhi. I pulled back from her instantly. I paused to collect my thoughts. This could not of happened. How could I of ended up with Haruhi. Then I remembered my dream, or what I had hoped was a dream. I had... I couldn't finish the thought. I quickly moved away from her and out of the tent.
"I knew there was something going on." Hikaru glared at me. I turned to face him. His eyes had turned cold. A tear had fallen down the side of his face, but that had long since dried. I tried to speak.
"Hikaru, it's not..." what it looks like? But it was exactly what it looks like. Hikaru pushed my over. He then winced in pain as I hit the ground, he had pushed my using his left side. After I recovered from the fall I found myself looking straight at a gun pointed at my face.
"It's not you coming out of Haruhi's tent after spending a night together?" He asked mockingly. His eyes burned into mine. I looked up at him pleading. I saw Hikaru finger tighten around the trigger. "Karou, you said nothing was going on between you two. How could you lie to me after all we've been through. I can never forgive you for that!" I shut my eyes and waited for the shot. I heard Haruhi cry out from the tent, followed by a shot. Silence. I waited for the pain. I waited for it. The burning pain of the shot. I realised I was still waiting. I opened my eyes. I looked up at Hikaru, smoke coming from the end of the gun. Hikaru still held it pointing towards me. I looked at Haruhi, her face as white as a sheet. I wondered why I couldn't feel anything. I sat up and checked myself. No blood anywhere. I looked back at Hikaru, tears were falling down his face. He slumped down to his knees, sobbing. I looked back at where I was lying down, the bullet had buried it's self just right of my head. I looked back at my brother. I felt tears starting to form in my eyes. I looked at Haruhi, she was returning to her normal colour. Part of me wanted to go to her, hug her, tell her it will be alright. I knew what I needed to do. I crawled over to my brother. Hikaru looked at me, his face was red, tears glistening as they fell. I pulled out a tissue. I dried my brother's eyes, wiping away the tears.
"Hikaru, your my brother. No one will ever replace you." Hikaru pushed me away. I went back to him. He had to hear this. "You need to be able to let others into your life too." He moved his hand to push me away again, but held it there. "Only then will you every be truly happy." He looked up at me, a weak smile came across his face.
"Your right. You always have been." He looked up at me. "I've acted like such a jerk."
"No you haven't." I stopped him. "You acted like an older brother should, maybe not how most act, but acted all the same." He looked confused. "You have always been there for me, you're worried I'll not need you anymore. You wanted to keep things the way they are now. There's nothing wrong about that." I smiled. Hikaru took a moment to think it through, but soon he was smiling back at me. We hugged each other and got up.
"Guys, I know you've made up but don't we need to get back to Ouran?" We turned to face Haruhi. "We still need to stop Kyoya."
"We'll stop him together!" We both said, Haruhi looked relived we'd made up. I turned to make breakfast as Hikaru apologised to Haruhi for nearly shooting me. Haruhi forgave him and redressed his shoulder. After a good meal, we all set off to ride back to Ouran. To safety.