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So I think I'll just go with HikaRyuu bromance, kinda like how there's HikaKao bromance. Sound good? ^-^ Sorry if that's not what you want, but, after considering it, I personally can't see Hikaru and Ryuu getting together. Their personalities make them clash too much lol.

Anywho... here's the chapter!

Emi snuggled next to Roro in bed. She wasn't sure what had happened, but it seemed Ryuu had agreed to going to the amusement park the next day.

Guess I'll just have to see Chiharu the day after tomorrow then.

"You're coming back with us to Tokyo right?" she whispered to the dog who had already fallen asleep. "Come back with me to Tokyo, Roro. I've really missed you."

She closed her eyes and fell asleep to the familiar sounds of Roro's breathing.

Meanwhile, Ryuu couldn't sleep because two obnoxious people were giggling in the room next door.

Goddamnit Mom! Why did you have to put them in the room right next to mine? And why won't they freaking shut up and go to sleep? What are they doing in there anyway? Making out- Wait wait wait, let's not go down that terrible path that Emi has oh so many times tried to drag me on. They're probably just playing games…

Please just go to sleep!

But the twins kept giggling and talking.

I'm a deep sleeper, right? So why can't I fall asleep? Ah it must be because I slept on the plane. Ugh. You know what, screw this! He threw his blanket off, stormed out of his room, and snuck into Emi's right across the hall. She was fast asleep, curled up with Roro.

Wow, this brings back memories. Ryuu slid into the bed on Roro's right side. He could remember sleeping like this many times throughout middle school. From here, he couldn't hear the noisy twins.

Ah, sweet, precious sleep…

Emi woke up feeling very warm. She was wondering if Roro had somehow flipped on top of her, but that wasn't it, because she could feel something warm by her back too. She blinked and tried to turn, only to run into something.

"Whaa?" She rubbed her eyes and shifted herself so that she could face whatever was on her left side. Her hand went up and touched… a chest.

"A guy? Ryuu? Wait, no, he doesn't feel like this." She sat up halfway and began poking the chest. "Um. Excuse me. Wake up? Are you even a person?"

A giggle came from whoever - whatever? - she was poking. Then it became an outright laugh. "Oh my God!"

…

"Kaoru-kun?" It was hard to determine who just by one line. "Um. Hi. What are you doing here?" Emi said.

Kaoru managed to stifle his giggles while Emi pushed herself further up. Peering through the darkness, she could make out two more figures on the other side of Roro. She poked the closest one.

"Hnmm," the figure said.

"Ah, it's Ryuu." Then she leaned forward to poke the next one. A hand caught hers before she could, pulling her forward.

"Wah!" Emi's left hand sought for the mattress to steady herself and avoid crushing Roro or Ryuu with her weight.

"Hello, Emi-chan," Hikaru said.

"Hikaru-kun… What are you two doing here? If Ryuu finds you here, he will kill you. Both," Emi said.

"But he won't," Hikaru said.

"You wouldn't let him kill us now, would you?" Kaoru said.

"If you let go of my hand Hikaru-kun and go back to your rooms, I won't," Emi said. "My bed is too small to fit all you hunky dudes."

"Hunky dudes?" The twins burst out into giggles.

"I need to stop talking." Emi put a hand over her mouth. It's too late, so my natural filter isn't there. Guh. Next, I'm gonna tell them that I've been wishing they kiss whenever I see them together.

"Seriously, get out." Emi laid back down. "I wanna sleep. And it's too warm with all you people here." She started pushing Kaoru away.

"Aw come on." Kaoru grabbed her wrists.

"How are you going to make us leave anyway?" Hikaru said.

"By waking Ryuu up?" Kaoru said.

"And letting him kill us?" Hikaru continued.

Duh he's not gonna really kill you. Emi kept her mouth shut. Instead she kicked Kaoru lightly, enough to cause him to let go of her wrists. Then she began poking his side.

"No! Stop! Stop!" Kaoru began squirming while laughing hysterically.

"Wow, you're really ticklish." Emi sat up to tickle him some more, trying to avoid getting hit by Kaoru's flailing arms.

"Seriously-" Kaoru caught one of her hands and knocked her away, then sat up and pushed her down. "Got you."

"No no no no no." Emi knew what was coming even before Kaoru's hands found her sides. "Gyaaa! Stop! Ahahaha! No! Haha! I hate being tickled! Hahahaha!"

Bam!

Kaoru's tickling stopped, and Emi took the chance to kick him off.

"Hikaru!" Kaoru caught the pillow that had found its way onto his face. "What was that for?"

"You two need to stop flirting," Hikaru mumbled back. "And shut up. I want to sleep."

"Flirt-Flirt- Who the hell is flirting here?" Emi sat up. "We aren't-"

"We're not flirting!" Kaoru whisper-yelled.

"Then shut up and go to sleep," Hikaru said. His voice became more muffled as he buried his face into the pillow.

Kaoru frowned and then dropped onto the bed, next to Emi.

"Wait wait wait," Emi said. "Nu-uh. You are not sleeping here, Kaoru-kun. Go back to your rooms, you high-maintenance kids."

"Who's high-maintenance?" Kaoru said.

"Who's a kid?" Hikaru said.

"Kaoru-kun, seriously!" Emi started nudging him with her foot.

"I don't want to," he said, catching her foot. "If Hikaru's here, then I'm gonna be here too."

"Then go sleep next to Hikaru-kun." She started kicking him with her other foot. "We can roll Ryuu over, so you guys have more room over there-"

"Nope." Kaoru grabbed her other foot with his other hand. "Hikaru's always pushing me off the bed. It's so annoying."

Emi sat up. "Fine! I'll push you off the bed then." She leaned forward, shoving him with both hands.

"Wah, Emi!" Kaoru grabbed her waist as he slid down the side of the bed.

"Don't take me down with you!" Emi grabbed the closest thing - a pillow - and began whacking Kaoru with it.

"Hey! That's mean, Emi!"

A pillow smacked into the back of Emi's head.

"Ow!"

"Shut up!" Hikaru said.

"Tch, how dare you." Emi frowned, grabbed the pillow that Hikaru had thrown and tossed it back towards the twin.

"Ow!" Hikaru said.

"Bleeh." Emi stuck her tongue out. "Serves you right, you jerk. Now let go, Kaoru-kun!"

"Nooooo," Kaoru said.

"You're not even falling anymore!" She tugged on his arms, wrapped tightly around her waist. "Seriously, man, seriously!"

Bam! Another pillow hit Emi's head.

"Hikaru-kun!" Emi shrieked. "That's it! You two are both going down!" She tried to stand, but Kaoru was too heavy. So she grabbed the two pillows beside her and threw them with all her strength at Hikaru.

"Ouch! Hey!"

Then she grabbed another pillow.

"Hey, that's my pillow!" Kaoru said.

"Well your arms are currently preoccupied," Emi said, tossing it over. "So don't mind me while I use this as a weapon."

Hikaru threw all three pillows back. Two hit Emi in the face, while the other bounced down onto Kaoru's head.

"Hikaru, not me too," Kaoru said.

"Sorry," Hikaru said. "It's your fault you guys were flirting."

"We!" Emi chucked a pillow at Hikaru. "Aren't!" The second pillow. "Flirting!" The third pillow.

"Unng." Ryuu rolled over in his sleep. Everyone froze, holding their breaths. "Hm." Ryuu returned to sleeping.

"Okay, I'll stop throwing pillows," Hikaru said. "If you two will shut up and go to sleep."

"As if I can sleep with a boa constrictor around my waist!" Emi said.

"You're too loud!" Hikaru threw a pillow at her.

"I'm tired," Kaoru said.

"So am I!" Emi said. "You know what, I'll just go sleep in Ryuu's room." She tried to get up to roll past Kaoru, but Kaoru's grip was strong. "Kaoru-kun, let go! If I leave, you have plenty of room to not fall onto the floor."

"I don't want to." He pulled her close to him. "It's like hugging a stuffed animal."

"The hell is that?" Emi said. "You sleep with stuffed animals or something? Are you frickin' Honey-senpai? No. You aren't. So let go. Freaking let go." She wiggled and tugged on his arms. "Leggo leggo leggo!"

"Dude, Kaoru," Hikaru said. His voice was quiet, and his words beginning to slur. "Make her shut up."

"Nooo." Kaoru said. "I'm too tired." He buried his face into Emi's hair.

"Oiiii! Now what are you doing?" Emi said.

"Mmm."

"What lame reply is that? Kaoru-kun!"

"Emiiiii," Ryuu mumbled in his sleep as he turned around again. Kaoru's arms tightened around her. "Shuuush."

"So-Sorry Ryuu," Emi whispered. He did this sometimes, when she was sleep talking or when she couldn't sleep and was being too noisy while reading manga.

"Hm." Ryuu's breath evened out again, and Emi felt Kaoru's chest fill with air.

Oi oi oi. Isn't he too close? What the hell? Even I've never done this with Kei-kun before! We did that cute, sleep-on-each-other's-shoulder thing before, but not this! This is too close, too close. And Hikaru-kun, dammit why would you say stuff like we're flirting? Are you just trying to make me super conscious of this frickin' dude behind me? Oh my God what should I do? Oh, I know! I'll just wait for Kaoru-kun to fall asleep, slip out of his arms, and then go sleep in Ryuu's room.

Yes, that sounds like a good plan. Okay. I'll stay still and wait for him to fall asleep then.

She waited and waited, listening to Kaoru's even breathing. But before she could sneak away, she had already fallen asleep herself.

It was warm. Ryuu was aware of the warmth all around him. Above him, to his left, and to his right.

Emi? Did she come over? Hm? He rolled over to the side, turning his back to Roro, and stared through half-closed eyes.

"What the hell?!" Ryuu jerked up, as his eyes widened. His arms shot out and he shoved the guy beside him off the bed. "What the hell? What the hell? What the hell are you doing here?"

Oh my God. I swear he was just breathing down my neck. Oh gross, I can't believe I just slept beside a guy. Ew what the hell. Ryuu kicked the blankets off as Hikaru woke up from the fall.

"What the hell was that for?" Hikaru asked, getting to his feet.

"That's my line!" Ryuu said. "What are you doing here in my bed-"

"This is Emi's bed in case you weren't aware," Hikaru said, scowling.

"What the hell?" Ryuu screamed up at the ceiling. "Then all the more, what the hell are you doing in Emi's bed?"

Hikaru then pointed behind Ryuu, and Ryuu swiveled around to see a sight even worse than what had just greeted him.

Kaoru was sleeping with his arms around Emi's waist. His face was half-buried into Emi's hair. And Emi was sleeping peacefully with one arm on top of Roro's body.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Ryuu fell backwards, and his eyes rolled behind. Hikaru had to catch him before laying him down on the ground.

"Woof!" Roro got to his feet before jumping off the bed. He jogged out of the room without another sound.

Emi blinked, awoken by the noise. She rubbed an eye. Hm? Where am I? Noticing the teal paint of her room, she realized that her plan had failed. Oh crap! I didn't sneak out? Was that Ryuu then? She quickly pushed herself up and saw Ryuu lying out cold on the ground.

"Oh dear," she said.

"What happened?" Kaoru sat up beside her, finally letting go.

"KAORU!" Ryuu stood up, eyes wide and dark. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Kaoru gulped. "Sl-Sleeping… you know."

"Next to Emi? With your arm on her waist? How dare you!" Ryuu took three steps across the mattress before reaching Kaoru and grabbing the collar of his t-shirt.

"Okay, Ryuu." Emi placed a hand on top of Ryuu's. "Let's all chill now."

"Chill? How can you still be so calm?" he yelled. "He was freaking- Did you know he was sleeping next to you?"

Crap. Saying yes would only make matters worse.

"Eh?" Emi just smiled, eyebrows raised.

"Damnit you did!" Ryuu let go of Kaoru's shirt and pushed the guy with both hands.

"Waah!" Kaoru grabbed Emi as he fell.

"Not this again!" Emi caught Ryuu's hands as she began tumbling towards the floor.

"Don't take Emi down with you!" With Ryuu holding onto Emi, the two were suspended above the ground. "Let go of her!" Ryuu yelled. He swung one leg out to try and kick Kaoru off.

"Kaoru-kun, let go," Emi said through clenched teeth.

"I don't want to fall," he said quietly.

"The ground is, like, one inch from you," she replied. "Do you want me to fall on top of you?"

"No," he said. "I just don't want to-"

"Let go, Kaoru!" Ryuu glared down at the twin.

Oh no. Emi thought when she saw Hikaru approaching. Please don't do what I think you're about to do.

Hikaru pushed Ryuu.

"Oh, my God!" Emi rolled to the right, hoping to avoid crashing directly onto Kaoru.

Thud!

"Ow," Kaoru said.

"Ow indeed," Emi said, sitting up so that Kaoru could get up too. She'd fallen right on top, but Ryuu had fallen to their right. She crawled over to Ryuu's side.

"You bastard." Ryuu sat up, now glaring at Hikaru. But the fiery hate in his eyes faded when Emi pulled him towards her. "Emi? What is it?"

She squeezed him in a tight hug. "Don't be mad please," she whispered into his ear and didn't let go until she felt him relax.

Meanwhile, Hikaru shrugged. "I was trying to speed things up a bit."

"I can't believe you'd do that though," Emi said, releasing Ryuu. "What if Kaoru-kun got injured?"

"I'm fine," Kaoru said. He met his brother's gaze.

"He was less than an inch from the ground," Hikaru said, looking away. "Come on, Kaoru. I'm hungry."

"Same here!" Emi sprang to her feet and then ran out of the room. She didn't want to stay to see what Ryuu might do to the twins.

"Wait for us!" the twins called after her.

However, Ryuu stopped Kaoru before he could leave. "Do you like Emi?" he asked, a tight grip on Kaoru's arm.

"Hmm. Maybe?" Kaoru smiled.

Ryuu yanked him closer by his shirt. It was hard to glare up at someone taller than him, but Ryuu wasn't in a good mood. "It's a yes or no question. Answer it!"

The smile disappeared and Kaoru just sighed. "No. At least, not yet."

"Not yet? What does that mean?"

Kaoru brushed Ryuu's hand off his shirt. "Not yet," he said. "What do you think it means?" There was the possibility. Just like between Hikaru and Haruhi, there was the possibility of love.

"What would you do if Kaoru had said yes?" Hikaru asked, leaning against the doorframe.

"Then it'd depend on how Emi felt," Ryuu said. He let go of Kaoru's arm and let the twin walk past him.

"Hey." Kaoru stopped beside Hikaru and turned back to Ryuu. "Why are you so overprotective anyway?"

Ryuu scowled. "It's none of your business."

"Okay." Kaoru shrugged and then followed his brother out of the room.

"Oh my." The Hitachiin twins were stopped again in the hallway by Mrs. Mazawa. "What are all three of you doing coming out of Emi's room?" She smiled.

"Um." The twins exchanged looks.

"Mom!" Ryuu pointed at the twins. "They were sleeping in Emi's bed!"

"So were you," the twins said.

"He slept right next to Emi!" Ryuu jabbed a finger at Kaoru. "With his arm around her!"

"Oh?" Mrs. Mazawa raised an eyebrow. "Are you her boyfriend, Kaoru-kun?"

"I'm Kaoru," Hikaru said.

"Really?" Mrs. Mazawa furrowed her eyebrows.

"No, they just like doing that. He's really Hikaru and that's really Kaoru," Ryuu said, pointing at each twin.

"This is why I'm glad I didn't have identical twins," his mom said with a shake of her head. "Anyway, Ryuu, you shouldn't be sleeping with Emi either. You're a high schooler now. And you two-" She smiled brightly at the Hitachiins. "-I sure hope you didn't do anything to my precious daughter, or I'll be calling your mother. Now! Let's go eat breakfast!"

"Wait, we have a legit reason," Hikaru said, raising his hand.

"There was something creepy in the closet," Kaoru said.

"Oh?" Mrs. Mazawa said.

"We'll show you," the twins said. The four of them entered the guest bedroom and Hikaru opened the closet door. Ryuu had an inkling as to what was in the closet, but he still shrieked when he saw the doll hanging there. He ducked behind his mother.

"Mom! Seriously!" he said.

"Creepy right?" Hikaru said.

"There's no way we could sleep with this thing here," Kaoru said, gesturing at the doll.

"So we had no choice but to run to Emi's room," Hikaru said.

"Well I do apologize for the doll," Mrs. Mazawa said. "I forgot I was keeping it here. But you could have asked for another room. Besides, Kaoru-kun, I thought you also had your own room?"

"Mom, if you have time to make these kinds of creepy things," Ryuu said, jabbing a finger at the white-faced doll. "Then why don't you come visit us more?"

"Oh Ryuu dear, my friend asked me to make a doll for her. It's going to be in her next horror movie. I'm so excited!" His mom beamed, clapping her hands together. "She hasn't come to get it yet, but don't you think it's so magnificent?"

"It's creepy! That's what it is!" Ryuu glanced at the doll and shivered. It had a long, straight black hair and it was dressed in a black and red kimono. Its eyes were nothing but black dots.

"Well well, that's just go eat breakfast," Mrs. Mazawa said.

Ryuu stomped out of the room towards the stairs. I can't believe these guys. Mom too! And especially Emi! Ugh, how could she let that happen? Or does she like Kaoru all the sudden now? Doesn't she know he could have taken advantage of her? Is she really that stupid?

Emi was going up the stairs as they were coming down.

"Where are you going, Emi dear?" her mom said.

"My room. It updated!" Her eyes were shining brightly.

"What updated?" Her mom took Emi's arm and pulled her along back down the stairs.

"My most favorite manga! Please Mom-"

"We're eating breakfast now," Mrs. Mazawa said.

"But Mom!"

"No but's. We also have guests over. You can read your manga afterwards, okay?"

Emi sighed and dropped into her seat. Ryuu sat down next to her, and soon everyone began eating.

The Hitachiin twins made small talk with the adults, huge smiles plastered on their faces. Ryuu kept grumbling and shooting glares at the Hitachiin twins, while Emi was stuffing her face full of food, trying to leave the table as early as possible.

"We're going to the amusement park after this, right?" Hikaru smiled at Emi.

"After I read my manga," she said, cramming a piece of tofu in her mouth.

Ryuu sighed. "That's gonna take forever. You always have to read it like five times."

"That's cause it's so good!" Emi's eyes blazed to life. "The art! The plot! The romance! Kya-"

Ryuu smacked a hand over her mouth. "Please don't."

"Fine." She puffed her cheeks at him and frowned.

"God, don't do that either." He buried his face into his hands.

"What's wrong with-"

"Just shut up."

"Tsk." Emi returned to eating.

"Be careful at the amusement park, my dears," Mrs. Mazawa said with a smile.

"Mm," Ryuu said.

"We will," Emi said.

The ride to the amusement park was no better than breakfast. Ryuu continued glaring and grumbling at the Hitachiin twins while Emi was attempting to reread her manga chapter on her phone. Random squeaks would come from her, and she'd occasionally turn red in the face.

"This is really weird," Hikaru whispered to his brother.

"Yeah," Kaoru said. "I don't know what to do either."

"Quit whispering to each other!" Ryuu yelled. His arms were crossed, and he was clearly trying to burn a hole through Kaoru's head with his gaze.

"Kyaaa!" Emi burst out. "So cute! Ahhh, look Ryuu, look!" She shoved the screen in her brother's face. "Aren't they cute? Aren't they?"

"Oh, what kind of manga does Emi read?" Kaoru asked.

"You don't want to know," Ryuu said, pushing Emi's hand and phone away. "I don't want to see that stuff, Emi."

"What?" She pouted. "It's not like they're doing it. Shou is just kissing Uchi on the forehead. Isn't it cute? Cute, right? Kyaaa!"

"So it's shoujo?" Hikaru said. Ryuu shook his head.

"Then what is it?" Kaoru asked.

"Wanna see?" Emi said. The twins exchanged looks and then shrugged, so Emi held her screen out.

"Wait, isn't that-" Kaoru pointed.

"-Two guys?" Hikaru said.

"Yeah!" Emi grinned. "Cute right? Aren't they cute?"

"Emi, you should show them-" Ryuu whispered into her ear. "-When those two are doing it."

"Should I?" She furrowed her brows and frowned slightly. "It's too early-"

"They need a good understanding of exactly what kind of manga you read," Ryuu said, nodding.

"Do you guys want to see it?" Emi asked.

"See what?" The Hitachiin twins said.

"What genre it really is," Ryuu said.

"Isn't it just BL?" Hikaru said.

Emi grabbed his hand and shook it, beaming. "Yes! Oh, Hikaru-kun, how well-informed you are! Then, it's fine if I show you right?"

"Show what?" Hikaru said slowly, an eyebrow raised.

Emi began scrolling through pages of the manga. "Here! Here!" She turned the screen, and the twins leaned together to see.

"What-" Hikaru's face became a tomato in a second. "Uwaa!" He buried his face into Kaoru's sleeve.

"Is that what I think it is?" Kaoru asked, pointing.

"Yup! Yup!" Emi nodded, a grin still on her face.

"Oh God." Kaoru slapped a hand over his eyes.

"What did I just see?" Hikaru said, voice muffled by Kaoru's shirt.

"What indeed," Kaoru mumbled.

Ryuu grinned. Hehe. Serves you right! Now you've suffered just as I have!

"Ryuu, wanna see?" Emi held the screen out towards him.

"No no no no no!"

But it was too late. He'd already seen a glimpse of it.

Yeah it's short. -_- Now prep yourselves for a 4 week hiatus! Probably 5 cause I don't think I can just come back and throw a chapter up haha.

Tell me what you think please! Any OOC-ness, please point it out! Questions, complaints, suggestions, thoughts, please share them. It is much appreciated! The next chapter is about them at the amusement park.

Thanks for reading!