Chapter 26

Something Remarkable

"C'mon, Kyoya, you have to come!" Tamaki was practically whining.

Kyoya fixed him with a sharp glare, still not entirely sure why the blonde had insisted on coming over in the first place; it wasn't like he couldn't get ready in his own mansion.

Tamaki took Kyoya's silence as a cue to continue, "How cruel, Mother! Not wanting to go to your own daughter's graduation ceremony!"

It disturbed Kyoya a little that Tamaki still sometimes referred to Haruhi as his daughter even though they were in a relationship.

"Haruhi is not my daughter and I have no obligation to anyone to go," Kyoya stated firmly.

"'No obligation to anyone'?" Tamaki repeated raising an eyebrow. He looked like he was about to adopt his 'all-knowing' attitude again so Kyoya quickly interrupted.

"You're going to be late,"

"No, I'm not," Tamaki objected, distracted by the change in subject.

"Yes," Kyoya indicated the clock on the wall, "It takes fifteen minutes longer to get to the school from my place,"

Tamaki made an appropriately flustered squeaked and raced for the door, pausing just long enough to say, "What about an obligation to yourself, Kyoya?" before he disappeared.

Kyoya regarded the now empty space where Tamaki had been and tried to pretend that the words meant nothing to him.

"Not going?" Akito appeared in the doorway looking smug.

"I didn't give you permission to enter," Kyoya replied evenly.

Akito smirked and walked further into the room, settling himself comfortably on the couch. Kyoya glared at him briefly before returning to the work spread over his desk. Akito laughed as he watched his younger brother, looking to provoke him further.

"Anyway," Akito said, "It's not like anything remarkable would happen, even if you did go. Those things never change, it'd basically be a repeat of your own ceremony,"

Kyoya's hand froze, the pen hovering just above the page. His mind flew back to his own graduation ceremony. Something had happened then, something remarkable. And he knew, that tonight was the night he stood to lose it once and for all.

"It's have been exactly one year since I told you. I meant it, I really did. I still do,"

He was so stupid.

He was throwing it all away, and for what? A family that even combined had shown him less love than one person alone had packed into a single year. Kyoya put the pen down and rose slowly to his feet.

"Where are you going?" Akito asked in surprise as his brother pulled on a coat and made for the door.

Kyoya gave a smirk, "Nowhere, brother, absolutely nowhere."

He stayed just long enough to see the puzzled look on Akito's face.

In the hallway Kyoya pulled out his phone, "Tachibana, meet me out the front right now. I need to get to the school."

Kyoya didn't have to look hard to find him.

The Third Music room where it had all begun.

Kaoru stood by the window looking out over the grounds of the school.

The door clicked open.

Kaoru watched the reflection in the glass as the door swung inward and someone entered.

He turned, startled, certain his eyes were deceiving him.

"K-?"

Kyoya kissed him.

Kaoru's eyes widened in surprise and he pushed at Kyoya's chest trying to force him away. Kyoya broke the kiss, but refused to budge; staring intently down at the twin, keeping him firmly in place. Kaoru refused to meet his gaze.

"Kaoru," Kyoya moved a hand to Kaoru's chin and gently tilted his face up. Kaoru didn't resist and he could feel his face burning from the intensity of the look. Kyoya had never looked at him like that before.

Never.

Always it had been different, restrained, but now, now it was everything Kaoru wanted.

Kyoya kissed him again, more softly, and this time Kaoru responded, kissing him back tentatively. He felt Kyoya smile into the kiss before he gently pulled away. Kaoru opened his mouth to speak, but Kyoya put a finger against his lips effectively silencing him.

"Kaoru, I love you."

The end essentially... ^^ Just an epilogue to go now

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