Ah, sorry, this chapter is kind of short!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. I only own my OC.
Shun Has Had Enough!
Shun was annoyed. Actually, a more accurate word to describe her would be furious. First the twins start fighting, then they pester her for hours about it, then she gets a dreadful headache, and now, when her migraine is pounding at her skull the hardest, Tamaki calls an emergency meeting.
What she really wanted to do at that moment was uppercut the table, but that was obviously not the best idea. So, she merely sat with the rest of the hosts, grinding her teeth in silence and pretending to listen to Kyouya's voice as he pressed buttons on his calculator.
"Looking at the numbers, if this situation isn't resolved, I'm afraid we're going to have to stop offering our 'Brotherly Love' package," Kyouya sighed. "We're down one pair of loving brothers."
He then called to Shun, whose forehead throbbed at the mention of her name. "I just want you to know there's no reason for you to feel responsible, even though it was your tactless comment that started this whole feud between the twins in the first place, right?" he said, smiling politely at her.
It's obvious he blames me for this, Shun thought in irritation. "Well, it's not my fault that the twins can't be responsible and just make up already," she quipped bitterly.
Honey toyed with the arms of his pink stuffed rabbit, his appearance uncharacteristically sad. "It's weird for Hika-chan and Kao-chan to be fighting like this. It's never happened before."
Haruhi turned to Honey with a slightly curious expression. "They've never fought before?"
Honey nodded. "I've known Hika-chan and Kao-chan since we were in preschool. We weren't in the same year, so I never really got to talk to them, but I remember that the two of them always played together."
Despite her annoyance earlier, Shun was listening intently to the conversation. The twins' fighting was driving her insane, but she was still worried about them. She would do anything to make them stop.
"Yeah, that's true," Tamaki agreed. "I mean, I've only known the twins since they were in middle school, but they definitely stood out. It seemed like they kept everyone at a distance except each other. Believe it or not, they were even more warped back then. When you stop and think about it, maybe this fight is a good thing for them." Tamaki straightened up, his face lighting up slightly. "Maybe it means that the twins are expanding their horizons a bit! We should just leave them alone and let them work it out!" he finished, nodding his head as if he were approving his own previous statement.
Shifting her position until she was sitting up in her chair, Shun leaned her chin on her hand, her eyes lifting to stare through the window at the trees outside as she thought to herself. I'm not one to say if this fight's better for them, but... I hope they know how to make up. If they don't have any experience with fighting like this, I doubt they'll know when to stop. I don't want to imagine what will happen then. Maybe they'll stop arguing today?
At the club room...
Despite Shun's fervent wish for the twins to stop warring with each other, they continued relentlessly. Now, a paraphernalia of random furniture was being thrown back and forth between the two, much to the displeasure of everyone else. Soon, every miscellaneous object they had hurled began to pile up in the club room, forming an enormous mountain of furniture and decorative plants, with Honey somehow getting stuck on the top.
Tamaki twitched. "Don't you guys think that maybe it's time you give up all this fighting? It's driving me insane!" he complained as he rubbed his forehead.
Hikaru snarled. "What'd you say? It's driving you insane? You've gotta be kidding me, how do you think I feel right now?" Hikaru was now glaring daggers at Kaoru. "Every time I look in the mirror, I see his face! I'm sick and tired of constantly being mistaken for you, Kaoru! The truth is, I hate your guts!"
Shun growled in vexation. "Shut up..."
"You took the words right out of my mouth!" Kaoru spat, reaching into his blazer to pull out a cat-shaped wooden doll. "In fact, I hate you so much, I bought this," he said as he thrust the doll out, "Beelzenef the Curse Doll!"
As soon as the doll was uncovered, Tamaki shrieked in horror, ducking behind Haruhi and holding her tightly as he shook with fear.
"Shut up..." Shun's irritation was steadily increasing.
Kaoru yanked out a thick black marker and held it up threateningly. "I'm going to complete the curse, Hikaru. I'm going to write your name on his back!" Hikaru made a sound of frustration as Kaoru popped the cap off of the marker and began writing on the doll's wooden surface. "From this day forward, you're going to experience nothing but misfortune and sorrow!"
"Both of you, just shut up already!"
THUD!
The twins both gaped up at Shun in shock, their heads sporting identical red welts from where she had struck them.
She glowered down at them with ferocious rage flaring in her eyes, causing them both to flinch back. "I'm sick and tired of you two fighting like children!" she yelled. "All you have been doing is fighting, fighting, fighting! Can't you realize how blatantly selfish you're being? You don't even bother to think twice about all of the trouble you're causing everyone else!" Shun stopped to catch her breath, her chest heaving up and down as she exhaled heavily.
Haruhi continued scolding the twins as Shun recollected herself. "Now apologize to each other! If you don't make up right now, I'm never gonna let you come to my house! Have I made myself clear?!"
The room fell silent, and the twins could only stare up at Haruhi and Shun with dumbfounded expressions. However, their mouths closed slowly, morphing into sly grins. Shun couldn't help the sinking feeling in her stomach as they stood up quietly.
"So then what you're saying, Haruhi, is that if we make up, we can come over to your place?" They spoke simultaneously, then threw their arms around each other.
Haruhi gulped, cautiously picking up the wooden doll that had fallen and turning it around in her hand, revealing the word 'BLANK' written in bold, black letters on its back.
"I'm so sorry, Kaoru! Even though I was just following our script, I said such awful things to you! I'm not fit to be your brother!" Hikaru whispered sorrowfully.
Kaoru continued dramatically in suit. "Don't say that, Hikaru! I was so worried, I couldn't live with myself if I ever thought I had hurt you!"
"Kaoru, I'll never let you go again!"
"Hikaru!"
Haruhi let the doll slip from her limp hand, her face still numb with shock. Next to her, Shun fell to the ground wordlessly, her eyes equally as wide as Haruhi's.
"You've gotta be kidding! You mean you guys were faking it the whole time?" Honey yelled, waving his arms around.
Their answer was simple. "We didn't have anything else to do. We were bored!"
Tamaki weakly lifted his head from where he had collapsed on the floor. "Twins with too much time on their hands... are the devil."
The next day...
The guests clapped and giggled happily as Hikaru and Kaoru smiled at them, practically oozing charm from their pores.
"Okay, it's time to play the 'Which One Is Hikaru?' game!" they announced happily.
A girl raised her hand. "I know!" she said confidently. "The twin with the pink hair is Hikaru!"
The twins threw their arms out. "We have a winner!"
"So, are you two going to keep your wild hair color even though you've made up? It's much easier to tell the two of you apart now!" a different girl remarked.
Haruhi and Shun, who were both returning from the grocery store once again, stopped in their tracks. "No, it isn't," Haruhi said, as if it were a plain fact.
At her blunt claim, the twins turned to her. She paid no heed to their slightly confused expressions and continued on her way.
Shun couldn't help but comment as well. "Looks like the pink one is Kaoru, and the blue one is Hikaru. Switching colors for the day, huh?" She grinned slightly. "Pretty sneaky. Oh, and before I forget..." She dug around the plastic bag's contents, finally fishing out a small white box. Taking Hikaru's hand, she dropped the item into his open palm wordlessly. "In case you run out." Smirking at him slightly, Shun followed behind Haruhi, leaving the twins to stare after her silently.
Peering at the box in his hand, Hikaru couldn't stop the heat that rose to his cheeks. The box was plain, the only large label on it reading 'chapstick'. Kaoru's eyes glanced at Hikaru briefly before returning to look at Shun's back as she left.
Do you realize what's happened, Hikaru? Until now, there were only two groups of people: us and everyone else.
But for the first time, others have crossed into our world.
Hey, Hikaru, I'm wondering if you...
What?
Never mind.
