Chapter One
Meeting Milord
Warning may have grammar mistakes, is unbetaed and slightly messy.
8 years had passed since 'that day' and as the years went by the triplets only grew more and more detached from the world around them. They barely spoke to anyone outside their own family and spent most of their time shut up in their room. This didn't bother the though. As long as the three of them were together nothing really mattered.
When the triplets returned to their seats after lunch Hikaru noticed a dark pink envelope peaking out of his desk and sighed as he went to show it to his brothers. Their lips curled up in disgust as they saw the hideous shade of pink and read how poorly the letter itself was written.
The girl had asked Hikaru to meet her near the 1st floor corridors afterschool so they waited by the windows of their classroom for her to show up.
Takeru was the first to notice her and pointed her out to his brothers. "Hikaru, Kaoru, she's here."
"Hm, looks like she came after all." Hikaru said plainly
"Yeah." Kaoru added before getting up from his seat.
Slowly, the three triplets each got up and walked the short way down.
"I don't get why they keep on trying when they know there's no chance." Kaoru said bitterly.
"I'm more surprised that a rumor hasn't started about our tactics." Takeru commented nonchalantly. "You'd think with how many we've turned down they'd have learnt something by now."
"Let's just get it over with already." Hikaru sighed as got ready to face the girl waiting for him. He was about to leave when Takeru gave his hand one last squeeze, causing the frown on his face to unconsciously fade. "Wish me luck."
"I'm sorry were you waiting long? I read your letter." He asked, a charming smile plastered on his face as he held up the envelope." I'm really sorry but I am Kaoru. You must have gotten my desk confused with Hikaru's and put your letter in the wrong one."
A blush appeared on the girl's powdered cheeks as she muttered to herself while looking down in embarrassment.
Seeing this Hikaru smirked and continued, "Do you think that you could like me instead? I should confess to be honest I've always thought you were really cute. And besides Hikaru has a crush on someone else." He leaned closer before continuing, "So what do you say?"
Wide eyed with shock the girl looked conflicted on what to do and paused for a while before answering. For a split second all three Hitachiins wanted to believe that she would turn him down but as usual their hopes were crushed when she shakingly answered, "I...if it's okay with you..."
The smile on Hikaru's face dropped instantly as she said this while his fists clenched tightly onto the damned letter in his hands.
"I see then. Hey, Kaoru she says that she'll be fine with you instead."
Hearing this Kaoru instantly stepped out and headed towards them arriving just in time to hear the girl cry, "You jerk, why are you so mean!"
"No you're the one who's mean!" He spat out.
"You're okay with either of us? Really are you that stupid!" Hikaru added angrily causing the girl to flinch in fear. "Just who do you think you are!?"
It was then that Takeru appeared behind them and took the letter from Hikaru. The girl looked at him with the slight hope he would stop them but that hope was slammed down by Takeru as the youngest Hitachiin opened his mouth. "With that fashion sense of yours I doubt even a commoner would go out with you. Maybe if you'd chosen someone within your league you might not have been turned down so harshly."
"Oh and next time you write a love letter make it good!" The triplets finished in sync as Takeru ripped the letter right in front of the girl's tear filled eyes.
With that the three left laughing cruelly at the girl who they left to wallow in her own self-pity.
If the triplets had known that turning down that particular girl that day would cause a half-blooded blonde idiot to start following them around that day they might have actually gone out with her. When he first came up to them the triplets had done what they had always done when a person tried to break open their barrier.
They played the which one is Hikaru game.
One month was the limited time given to a person to try and tell the three of them apart. Usually when they suggested this most people would have just given up by the first day but not Suoh Tamaki. He'd spring up at any time and place trying to guess who was who and always getting it wrong. Once he had even showed up at their house in the morning and ranted about some brotherly love act.
The game itself seemed amusing at first but by the end of the first week it was starting to get boring. In a way Takeru didn't want the game to finish. He didn't want either of them to have to taste that bitter taste of disappointment when another person failed to understand them. Neither of them wanted that and Hikaru and Kaoru especially didn't want to see the sorrowful tears that fell down their brother's cheeks when that happened.
"Like we said, we're done." Kaoru stated.
"Huh?" Tamaki asked looking dumbfounded at the triplets.
"It means G-A-M-E O-V-E-R." Takeru answered bluntly.
"What are you talking about?"
"We can do whatever we want." Hikaru said smirking identically between his brothers.
"That's right." Kaoru agreed.
"Cause we heard that you're the illegitimate son of Ouran's chairman." The three said in sync.
Tamaki's eyes grew wide at this.
"Sorry to be so blunt but we did a little research on you." Takeru said boredly "You've got a sad little life story Suoh."
"We're sure you wouldn't want us passing that little information along." Kaoru stated.
"Not to mention that we found out that your real mother has gone missing." Hikaru added. "Be honest your just lonesome just because your all by yourself."
"We kind of feel sorry for you but you can't force us to be your friends." Kaoru said in an almost cruel tone. "We are pretty lonely but at least we have each other. That's more than you."
The three watched as the blonde clenched his fists at their hurtful words and got up abruptly, leaving Tamaki to watch as they walked away.
When they returned to their classroom they found another letter, this time it was bright red and placed into Takeru's desk. As usual they waited by the window but this time while they waited they couldn't help but talk about Tamaki.
"He won't go sticking his nose into our business anymore. But you know…it's kind of a shame." Kaoru said.
"We probably could have played the game a little longer but I'm not up for being disappointed… not again…" Hikaru added secretly looking towards Takeru whose misty eyes were fixed on the corridors below.
"She's here." Takeru said, his voice barely above a whisper as he faced his brothers.
Both of the older Hitachiin looked worryingly at Takeru and held his hands tightly as they walked the short distance down.
Their confession routine went on as usual and the same answer was said to Takeru like always. At Takeru's call Hikaru came out first and joined him.
"You know you're pretty face is wasted on a pathetic girl like you." Takeru said, his tone laced with the inner anger boiling inside of him. "It's such a shame that people like you are all just the same."
"By saying you'll take either of us you're really saying you don't want either of us." Hikaru stated coldly.
The girl ran away before Kaoru could come out but when he did he took the letter from Takeru and was about to rip it when the familiar voice of Suoh Tamaki stopped him.
"The one about to rip the letter is Kaoru!"
At this all three of the Hitachiin brothers stiffened in shock and turned to face the smirking blonde.
"But…how did you know?" Kaoru asked unsurely.
"Was I right? Did I get it right!?" Tamaki asked excitedly.
At the blonde's words their shock was replaced with a heavy layer of disappointment.
"Your reasoning?" The triplets asked in sync.
"Intuition." Was Tamaki's proud reply which the three replied back with, "No way, we thought we already said no random guessing?"
"Yeah sorry about that. But it's still too early for me to tell. I mean you are both totally identical. But it all depends on how choose to look at it. Being so identical is a talent in itself. So from now on you should try and prefect the whole three in one Hitachiins act. But you mustn't forget that your also independent beings with your own personalities and while you're doing that I'll keep bugging you until I can tell you apart."
"That doesn't make any sense!" Takeru exclaimed.
"It's contradictory!" Hikaru shouted.
"And what's wrong with that? Haven't you realized yet? You three are contradictory. It's what you call individuality." Tamaki explained.
"What are you talking about?" Hikaru shouted angrily.
"If we play along with this silly Hitachiin brothers act like you want us to you'll never tell us apart! We'll be even more identical." Kaoru growled.
"You didn't think about that did you? How can we show our individuality if no one can tell us apart?" Takeru added heatedly. "It's always like this we're the only ones who can tell the difference! No one will ever be able the which one is Hikaru game and we've known that from the beginning!"
"Then why don't you tell me something. When someone gets it wrong why do you look so sad?" Tamaki asked softly.
Hikaru, Kaoru and Takeru all looked up at Tamaki in surprise once more.
"Even though I may not be able to. Someday, somewhere, someone's going to come along who can tell the three of you apart. But I know this much for sure. If you guys keep living in your own little world like you do now. Chances are you're never going to meet that person." Tamaki said warmly. He then held his hand out to the triplets and continued. "Here's what I think. We should open the doors to the host club together. Let's try to expand your world together. Our first meeting will be after opening ceremonies on the first day of school. It'll be in music room 3 in the high school." And left.
The three Hitachiin brothers stood there amazed by what they just saw.
They didn't talk about what happened but the three of them already knew what the other was thinking.
And so a month later, after school, following the entrance ceremony the triplets found themselves in front of the high school building's music room three.
"Remember Kaoru we can't let ourselves be moved by what that foolish lord says." Hikaru mumbled.
"Yeah I know. We're just here to kill some time." Kaoru answered.
"Right that's it. We're just killing some time."
Kaoru's face looked slightly uneasy as he stared at the handles. Both Takeru and Hikaru caught onto this and comforted their brother in their own way.
"Let's open the doors together." Hikaru said smiling gently at him. Kaoru's face lit up upon hearing this and nodded.
Kaoru placed his hand on one of the handles while Hikaru placed his hand on the other. The hands that weren't being used were held by Takeru who couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia as he stood there between his older brothers.
"Ready." Hikaru and Kaoru said.
"Set." Takeru added.
The two large doors were open and the triplets smiled widely as they saw what lay ahead.