Notes
25: Leave

It was nearly four in the morning. Kaoru Hitachiin was still struggling to stay awake, sitting up in bed with a very thick book in his lap. His hazel eyes flickered quickly across the pages. The young twin was very tired, but he had already gotten so far into the book in his lap, he hadn't found a spot to stop, yet.

His older brother was curled up under the same blankets asleep. He had been for a while now. Hikaru had been reading as well but after a certain amount of time, he had abruptly closed the book, tossed it to the floor with a fearful look on his face, and grumbled that he would be asleep. "And don't bother me." He had added, before disappearing under the mass of sheets and soft blankets.

Hikaru's reaction had left Kaoru confused and curious as to why his twin was no longer interested in the book. Since he was reading the same thing, Kaoru had decided to guess about what had caused such a scared look.

It didn't take long for him to find it either. As he read the lines he couldn't help the thought that swam through his head. 'What if that happened to Hikaru…?'

'…"No— no— no!" someone was shouting. "No! Fred! No!" And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face…'

Silent tears slid down his cheeks; anger raged inside of him; the emptiness in his stomach magnified until he had to read out for his twin's hand to reassure himself that his Hikaru was still alive.

The touch awoke his twin. "Kaoru…?" Hikaru mumbled sitting up slowly and staring at his brother's tear streaked face. He looked down and noticed the book in his hands. An understanding look crossed his face and he spread his arms, inviting his brother into a hug.

Kaoru shoved the book off of the bed with a quiet sob and dove into his brother's arms, wrapping his legs around Hikaru's waist. He shook his head and shuddered again and again murmuring the same phrase repeatedly. "He's not dead. He's not dead. He's not dead… We can't die… Don't leave. Never leave." His fingers dug into the skin of his twin's back making small crescent shaped indentions in their place.

Hikaru rocked the two of them slowly. "I won't leave you. We won't die. He's not dead." He whispered back. "Nothing happens after the thirtieth chapter. I won't let anything happen to us."

The younger twin said nothing. He merely buried his face in the crook of his Hikaru's neck and clung tighter. "Never leave. Please don't ever leave."

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A/N:

"I don't see why people add disclaimers in their stories. I mean obviously they don't own it or they would be multimillionaires that actually did something with their life instead of writing things for fanfiction. If they actually owned all of this shit then it would've happened and they wouldn't even bother to think about this dumbass website." – One of my friends on disclaimers.

—Melody Syper Carston—