~The darkness doesn't last as long as I wish it would. No instead, I find my chest heaving. My lungs are going into overdrive, dragging in any oxygen they can.
'I can't give up that easily.' I growl to myself. 'I have to hang on, just a little longer, for Hikaru.' My senses slowly start flooding back and I can hear man's voice shouting someplace nearby, the Gamemaker I'm guessing. Irregular breathing slows into less threatening pants and gasps until I'm breathing almost normally again.
After a while, I'm able to crack my eyes open with some effort and glance around. I'm no longer strapped to that wooden chair. Now I'm in a bed someplace new, with an old quilt resting just under my chin. A slight tug about my head tells me my wrist are still bound and a small sigh leaves my mouth at the fact but as I shift beneath the covers I notice my feet are free once again. At least that's something…~
It's a frightful noise…the sound of your own screaming, scaring you awake in the night. Hikaru breaths in ragged, harsh pants: doing his best to calm his uncontrollable heartbeat. The only sound besides his own shaky breathing is nerve-wracking tick of the clock on the wall. Each tick pulling Kaoru further from his grasp, every defined tock of an hour passing instills more fear in the red haired teen.
One quick glance at his phone confirms the boy's suspicions; its early morning. The sun hasn't even risen from its dark bed and he's already wide-awake with no intention of returning to sleep. The metallic taste of blood seeps into Hikaru's cotton-k mouth leaving him no number than he was before. It doesn't come as a big surprise to him that the inside of his cheek is bleeding, nor does it surprise him when his tongue drifts over the bite, irritating the sensitive wound.
An almost in audible sigh pierces the stillness in the room and the teen hesitantly rises from the bed, a grimace pulling all his features taut as he winces in pain. The walk from the bedroom to the bathroom isn't a long one but for the injured teen, it takes longer than he's used to. Hikaru hisses in discomfort as he, with deliberate movements, shrugs out of his clothing. A hand carefully reaches inside the shower turning on the water with a shaking grip.
The water heats up quickly, leaving the teen to inch cautiously inside the shower. A sharp cry of pain rips from him as he shifts underneath the hot spray, letting it pour down over him completely. What's left of the grim and blood staining Hikaru's fair skin washes away as the water beats down, unforgivingly, on his abused body. Dark purple and red hues mar the once flawless skin bruising painfully and leaving all his muscles screaming in gut-wrenching agony.
A battered hand moves from where it sat, clenched unbearably tight, to grasp a bottle of shampoo. Once the filth is scrubbed away from the orange hair and Hikaru's battered form is scoured clean of all signs of staining elements and gore the flood of water is turned off, leaving silence once again to combat the teen still staggered breathing.
The chill of the air outside shower assaults the elder Hitachiin brother the second he opens the sliding glass shower door. It sends a bout of hard shivers through the thin boy and a few uncontrollable hot tears mange to slip down both gaunt cheeks. The only sound that manages to cut through the quietness of the sleeping house is the soft, shuffling of the red haired teen's feet on the carpeted bedroom floor as he shakily moves back to his bedroom.
"I'm here without you Kao…but you're still on my lonely mind. I can't get you out my head. Not for one single second. You haunt my dreams and stay in my thoughts without withdrawal. I think I'm going to lose it soon Kao. I can't take it without you. I need you here with me." Hikaru mumbled brokenly to himself, moving to the closet to redress.
~There's a stinging behind my eyes. It's like the prickling feeling you get, just before you cry. The Gamemaker's voice is still loud outside the door; it sounds like an undertone of panic is hiding in his anger. A smirk pulls at my lips at though. 'Good. Let the evil son-of-a-bitch worry himself to death.' I try wiggling my hands once again, the bonds seem looser, but I don't have enough slack or enough energy for that matter to break free of them.
I suck in a breath through my teeth as the wound on my side brushes against the coarse fabric of the quilt, trying my best to keep from crying out as I readjust myself. I can move my feet, and so I do, rolling my ankles timidly and stretching them out long ways. It feels good to have some feeling back in my limbs, even though its likely only a temporary relief. A small bud of anxiety bubbles up in my chest as my thoughts drift from stretching to Hika. 'I hope he's alright…Please don't give up Hika…I need you to rescue me.'~
"Hikaru…Hikaru are you even listening?" Haruhi's concerned voice floats in and out the twin's ears as the remaining Host Club members sit down to breakfast in the dinning room. Anxious looks are exchanged between the majority of the teenagers and the soft sound of crunching gnaws on the last nerves of everyone present.
"Hika-chan, you should say something. So that we know what you're thinking kay?" Honey musters up, looking across the table at the listless red head. Hard amber eyes swing upwards to meet the gaze of the apprehensive club members with an uncharacteristic element lingering in them, self-hatred.
"I've ask the our men to look into the address you gave last night Hikaru. We should know if they turn anything up before noon." Kyoya states plainly, watching the boy's expression morph into something albeit less morbid to one clinging to a shred, however small it may be, of hope.
A/N: ...Don't kill me..I beg of you..Look see I even told you about Kao first!..Isn't that a good thing to do? I am so freaking tired..Literally...You don't even know..I stayed up till 4am writing this chiz..And if its shit I'm going to cry. I worked really hard to get this done and so...Yeah. Thank you guys (who ever even cares about reading this anymore) for being so amazingly patient and I love you and..See told you I'm tired I'm getting all..Emotional. Anyway- Yes. Finally-frakinly updated.. Hope you all enjoyed it! :D