Chapter six:

Kaoru makes it back to see Hikaru looking around almost desperately. He swallows harshly knowing that he had to come up with a convincing lie. He approaches making a bush rustle causing his brother to jump.

Hikaru spins around tense and wide eyed before relaxing when he sees Kaoru. "Kaoru!" He rushes over hugging his slightly younger twin. "I was so scared you might be someone or something else but I am so happy that it's just you." He pauses with a blink as if something has just occurred to him. He pulls away enough to look his twin in the eye with his hands resting on his shoulders. "Where did you go anyways?"

"Sorry. I thought I heard something so I went to investigate. Turns out it was nothing." Kaoru explains flashing a smile in his brothers direction.

"Oh." Hikaru nods in understanding. "Well I am glad that it turned out to be nothing in the end." He turns away to look to the body that now has two shovels sitting on the ground by it. "Let us get this under way." He heads over to pick up the shovel.

Kaoru pauses and slightly glances back while his brothers back is turned. He swears he can hear a little bit of chatter. He however is sure that he knows very well just who is chattering so much. He turns back to his brother ignoring the chatter for now. He heads over picking up the other shovel.

The two of them set to work and Kaoru relaxes a little when the chatter stops. They dig a hole that they deem to be deep and wide enough. They throw their shovels up over the edge before climbing out themselves. They head on over to where the body lays and each grab an arm. They work together heaving the body that drags along on the ground. They make it to the hole and are careful to not fall in themselves. They prepare to toss the body inside and glance to each other. Their eyes meeting for a brief second before they look down into the hole.

"Ready? On my count." Hikaru initiates it. "One. Two. Three. Four!"

On the count of four the two of them toss the body into the hole with all of their might.

The body falls down into the freshly dug hole.

The twins had let go just in time as the body began falling. They watch it go all the way down until it hit the bottom. They turn away grabbing the shovels once more but this time they work to fill the hole in. They keep going until the hole is completely covered. They grab some flowers nearby and quickly plant them trying to make it look not so suspicious. They finish and it's hard to tell that the area was recently dug up. They share a quick smile upon seeing this.

"Alright. Now that this is all done. We should get back to our rooms." Hikaru speaks as they toss the shovels to another part of the garden that they've seen the gardeners hang out by. He has a bit of sweat on his forehead not really used to having to do as much work that they just did.

"And clean up a bit." Kaoru holds up his hands to remind his brother how dirty they had gotten.

Hikaru slightly blushes at how he had kind of forgotten about that part. "Right. That part should be first." He agrees to this and with that the two of them head inside.

They head into the shower stripping off their clothes.

Hikaru makes sure that the water is just right for the both of them.

The two of them have always had two sets of the same soap so that way they can both wash themselves if they take a shower together.

Hikaru pauses in his washing to turn to look to his brother almost as if about to ask something. He blinks when his eyes land upon something. He heads over for a closer inspection.

Kaoru slightly yelps with a small jump when his lower neck by his shoulder is touched. He slightly glances back knowing that it is Hikaru.

After all they are the only ones currently there and the touch was so soft plus careful.

Kaoru quickly comes to realize what it is that has gotten his brothers attention. His bite mark scars that are usually pretty unnoticeable unless you're looking for it… Or aware that it could be there. He turns his head away opting to just look straight ahead as his brother is behind him currently. He knows that he probably shouldn't hide this now that Hikaru is aware of his secret. "That was the bite that changed me." His voice comes out soft almost as if almost unwilling to let the other know the truth about such things. He closes his eyes softly as he feels his brother clench his hand into a fist doing his best to not hurt his slightly younger brother. His eyes snap open with a blink of surprise when his brother suddenly hugs him from behind. He leans back a little into the embrace as he is held close.

"I'm so sorry. I wasn't there to help you."

"Hikaru…" Kaoru's eyes flicker back towards his brother who rests his forehead on the back of his shoulder. "It's not your fault. None of it is. You couldn't have known."

"I still feel like it's my fault for not protecting you like I should have." The older twin slightly mumbles though Kaoru heard every word that Hikaru had spoken. "Like I promised. All those years ago when we were kids. When you got scared because the frog tried to jump on you when we didn't know what it was. I promised I would protect you no matter what it was from. Even if it was the world itself. I just feel like I've failed to keep that promise."

Kaoru finds a small smile coming to his lips. He turns and softly brings his arms around his brother in a gentle return hug. He's glad that the way Hikaru is holding him allows him movement to turn all the way around to face him… Even if his slightly older brother doesn't really lift his head. "Don't blame yourself. I think that you're doing an excellent job. You protected me whenever we were together and that is still keeping your promise. But you can't know of something if you were not there. So that promise doesn't count in those times."

For Hikaru Kaoru's words hit a soft spot within him causing him to smile softly. He lets out a slight laugh almost as if he can't really believe something. "I'm supposed to be the big brother at this part. Yet here I am being the little brother instead."

Kaoru finds himself smiling just a little more upon hearing those words. "It's okay to be the little brother sometimes. We can't always be the big brother."

Hikaru almost wants to laugh again and he makes a sound that is like laughter. "Since when did you grow up so fast?" He questions causing Kaoru to giggle a little.

After that the two happily finished their shower with Hikaru feeling much better now. They make sure to put their dirty clothes in the hamper being well aware that things won't really be questioned. They settle in a sitting position on their beds after getting fresh clothes.

Kaoru is about to crawl under the covers when Hikaru speaks up.

"Hey. Kaoru?"

"Yeah?" Kaoru turns finding his eyes meeting with his brothers own eyes.

"How often do you need to... You know… Feed?" Hikaru asks only a little worried about asking such a question to his brother.

"I should be okay for at least a few days now." Kaoru responds to his brother. "I can take care of it."

"… Okay…." Hikaru gives wanting to let his brother have his confidence. "Are… Are you safe?"

This questions causes Kaoru to blink at his brother. "Safe? Are you thinking that I'm going to bite you being thirsty for blood? You should know that I've never done it in the past and it won't start now."

Hikaru shakes his head closing his eyes for only the moment he will do so. He opens them again afterwards and looks his brother in the eyes again. "No. What I meant was are you safe from danger. Now that I know that vampires are real I can only guess what else is real. So I just wanted to know if there was some sort of danger that might hurt you."

"I'm not fully sure on everything that is real and what is not but the things that I know are real I have dealt with before. If I encounter them I'll be fine."

Hikaru pauses for a moment before giving up for now. "Okay. Lets sleep then shall we?"

Kaoru nods in agreement and the two settle down to do so. He snuggles close to his twin when the other puts an arm around him. He waits though it doesn't take long for Hikaru to tiredly pass out. "Hikaru?" He makes sure that he's asleep by saying his name. He turns away to look to the window once he is sure that his brothers asleep. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I can't tell you everything." He mummers before trying to sleep.

Elsewhere…

Heavy paws pound against the ground as a large body races along only to skid to a stop when reaching more of its kind. The owner of the paws gives something that sounds like some kind of report.

A few howl in sadness and loss while the proud standing one on a high rock growls in anger.