A/N: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. If I did, then I would be happy.

Sorry for the long awaiting for the third chapter. As you can see it takes a while to come up with the climax and suspense of the story. I hope that you will like this chapter. So go ahead and read.

Brotherhood

The next day in class 1-A, everyone had a project to work on. The assignment was on different areas of the world. All attention was on the teacher while she continued writing words on the board. She tilted her glasses while staring down at the work that she had planned on. Laughter and shouting along with paper airplanes being thrown across the room.

"All right, settle down!" she shouted in the classroom. Silence was among the entire room as she continued speaking. "Okay, by next Monday, everyone will have to do an assignment on different areas of the world. You may choose any city and give a variety of facts on it." She took out a piece of paper with all names of each country and city.

All of a sudden a knock came from the door. The knob turned and opened all at once. Standing in front of everyone was a blonde haired girl with curls at the back of her hair, with bright cerulean eyes. Around her neck was a ruby necklace with a golden rose at the end, and she had on a pink dress with cream-colored shoes. Although, she was as tall as Haruhi. The whole class stared at her with shock.

"Are you new in this class?" the teacher asked suddenly.

The blonde blushed and answered, "Yes, madam." She turned and introduced herself to the whole class. "My name is Shizuka Yasu." A small smile widened across her face.

"Well, Shizuka where did you come from?" The teacher continued writing the finished questions on the board.

"Actually, I'm half Japanese, half Russian." Everyone still stayed quiet for the newcomer, especially if she was different.

"Okay Shizuka, go take a seat next to..." she looked around the classroom and pointed to Haruhi.

"Haruhi, I want you to explain Shizuka everything on the project we're working on."

Haruhi nodded, "Hello Shizuka, it's nice to meet you. My name is Haruhi Fujioka."

The brunette looked down at her notes, and continued to explain the qualities of the classroom, while the blonde began writing notes. The twins barely had eye contact with Haruhi and the new girl, but had their own thoughts about her...especially Kaoru.

"Okay class I forgot to add that you will be paring up with one of your fellow classmates..."

Hikaru and Kaoru had smiles across their faces as they knew that they will be paired up as usual and won't have any trouble with any project. Until she finished her sentence.

"I will choose partners this time, because of our new student."

While the female brunette continued calling out names, Kaoru sat in his desk staring at the window. The clouds passed by as the sun hid behind each of them going away from a distance.

Kaoru's POV

I can't shake that dream out of my head. That girl, almost looks like that woman in my dream. I mean dreams happen in dreams right? As the clouds pass by, I remember it was a day like this during our own childhood. It was that day when I first had seen the rain.

(Flashback)

We were outside in the back playing with our waterguns. Hikaru had on a blue t-shirt while mine was green, along with khaki shorts. Hikaru hid behind the trees while I stayed hidden on the side of the house waiting for an attack. Hikaru was clueless so he went looking for me before I shot him. Step by step, he was in my area of my hiding spot.

Then he turned the other way. Taking that chance I sprayed him in the face.

"Bullseye!" I laughed, "You lose again, Hikaru." Really I felt sorry for him especially since he wasn't good in these kind of games.

"I'm bored, let's go inside." Hikaru mumbled. I agreed and followed after him. It was a few minutes after we changed clothes, and head into our rooms. Hikaru was sleeping while I wanted to get something to eat from downstairs. While sitting at the table by myself I saw small drops of water on the window. At first I didn't know until I asked mom about it.

She smiled and said, "Kaoru, it's just rain...it doesn't hurt anyone, but thunder and lightning can be a little scary." Then I heard a loud crackle from outside. I jumped a little, but mom patted my head. "Don't be afraid, Kaoru." I nodded and decided to go check upon my older brother. He was still on the bed, tossing and turning. I shook him a little and then he sat up suddenly.

"Hikaru, are you alright?" I asked suddenly. He turned and looked at me then hugged me. I watched his tears flowing down his face. "Did you have a bad dream?"

He shook his head once again then sat up, "You were leaving me and I was all alone in the dark."

"The sky is crying with you Hikaru..." I whispered. "I will never leave your side."

"Kaoru..." my brother cried himself to sleep and for once I held him in my arms. I told him that I will always be with him...

Eventually we will be separated and neither one of us will ever grow to accept that...

(End Flashback)

Even today we are beginning to drift away from each other now. I thought Hikaru wouldn't grow feelings for Haruhi. It's like he's running away from me to find his own happiness because I couldn't give him enough. We have to walk our own path from now on instead of following our own path.

No matter what Hikaru, I don't want to let you go just yet.

(End of POV)

Kaoru was at half at peace until he heard his name called.

"Kaoru, pair up with Shizuka Hikaru, pair up with Haruhi." she said quickly. "You two twins need to be separated for once to understand your classmates more.

Kaoru stared at Hikaru but his brother almost looked hurt. Kaoru had almost seen a tear from Hikaru's eyes. The teacher passed out papers and when she reached to Kaoru and Shizuka, she gave them a paper on Tokyo, Japan. One of the easiest papers of all the classrooms. Kaoru continued to read a little bit of information that was required. It was a three paged report on the area of Tokyo, what was the life style of the city, and who was the founder of Tokyo. Of course, Kaoru knew all of it, but his problem was going to be Shizuka since she was only half Japanese.

The bell rang and Kaoru picked up his notebook and walked out the classroom.

A short second and Hikaru caught back up with Kaoru before he left out his sight.

"Hey Kaoru," he asked, "Did you finish the homework in last night?"

"Yes, why?" Kaoru responded plainly.

"Well, I might need to copy it real quick before class starts." Hikaru said while patting his back.

Kaoru nodded and walked inside his next class. Hikaru followed behind him and heading into his worst subject...

Advanced Mathematics

As the teacher continued on about the differences of an equation of an hypotnuse, Hikaru stared blankly at his book without paying any attention to what was on the board. He was in a dream-like state until...

"Hikaru!" The raven- haired male scowled, "I'm guessing that you went over the lesson from last night."

"Y-yes sir." Hikaru stuttered.

"Well then Mr. Hitachiin, tell me how you solved problem number two?"

"The answer is fifteen." Hikaru responded quickly.

He raised an eyebrow, staring curiously at the older twin. "I mean would you show the steps on how you solve it." Even though Hikaru was smart in all of his other classes, he hated this class the most. Athough , he had always depended on Kaoru for help. To Hikaru's perception, he didn't understand. He looked down at the book until he answered,

"I'll pass on this one."

"No, you'll fail on this one if you don't solve this problem immediatelyཀ" He shouted. Hikaru trembled a bit from the voice, but he shook his head and began searching for the work Haruhi

helped him on. He checked his binder, searching each page. There was not a paper with written numbers on it at all. Hikaru began checking under his desk, inside the folders, and inside his desk. A bunch of laughter came from his classmates, and a half angry teacher waited patiently.

Hikaru sweated frantically while having an almost embarrassed look on his face. Then, he sat down in his chair. Before he noticed, Kaoru dropped a piece of paper on the floor. When the twin picked it up, it had the assignment with all twenty problems.

"I found it." Hikaru said while waving the paper in his hands. He went to the board and copied the steps as exact. Then he sat back down. "Thanks, Kaoru," he whispered, "I was almost busted, and I left the paper at home on the desk."

"Hikaru, you do stupid things at times you know." Kaoru said. "The look on your face was priceless."

"I didn't think it was funny, I was actually-" Hikaru looked down at the textbook, "it's nothing."

Kaoru thought his brother had put on an act in the classroom, but this time he was serious. He had never seen him depressed before. He hadn't seen that exact look in a long time.

'Hikaru... is there something that you're hiding from me...'

It was afternoon in the Host Club, and after the girls left, everyone kicked back and relaxed.

The twins sat by the window together staring at the clouds passing by. There was silence among the both of them, until Hikaru broke the silence.

"I noticed that we used to look at the sunset." he said

"It was always a peaceful view." Kaoru said. He held his brother's warm hand once again.

'How long will it last until our sunset disappears?'All was calm until Haruhi interrupted the moment.

"Kaoru." Haruhi replied, "Do you mind if I talk to you." She stood in front of them. A jealous glare was inside Kaoru's mind, but he smiled freely.

"Did you want to talk alone?"

"Yes" With that, they walked over to the other side of the room where Hikaru couldn't hear them.

"Kaoru, is there something you want to talk about?" Haruhi asked suddenly. Kaoru only lied with a smile on his face.

"No, of course not.

"Hikaru told me that you were depressed about something from yesterday, and that you had a dream last night."

"I did, but there's nothing wrong with me."

"You're lying."

"How did you know ?" Kaoru couldn't handle it so he slipped out the truth.

"Your eyes can't hide your feelings Kaoru.. Does this have to do with me or your brother spending more time together?" Haruhi said

"No it has to do with that new girl, Shizuka." Kaoru responded and lied at the same time. He refused to tell Haruhi about his brother's relationship with her. If he did, then Hikaru would never forgive him. "She looks like the person in my dream, and I can't shake the feeling out of my head."

"Oh, well..." She tapped her fingers on her books while thinking of a reason for his dream.

"Well, sometimes a dream can only be a dream, and other times our dreams trigger our fears and the things we see. Do you understand?" Haruhi smiled "Don't keep your feelings bottled up inside...you have your brother by your side." Without any other words, Haruhi left the Host Club room, and heading on her way home.

5p.m. at the Hitachiin Estate

As soon as the twins arrived home, Kaoru headed upstairs in his room to start on the project, while Hikaru decided to make a phone call to Haruhi. It took several rings until someone had finally picked up.

"Hello." It was Haruhi.

"Hey, Haruhi, do you have any plans for tonight?" Hikaru asked while awaiting for an answer from the brunette.

"Of course, the project we're supposed to be working on...remember?" Haruhi responded

"Can't we do that over on the weekend!" Hikaru shouted. "I was going to ask you to go somewhere or if you didn't have anything to do I was asking you to go on a date with me!"

After Hikaru's impatient anger set against him, he heard a small giggle on the phone.

"Hikaru, sometimes you do act like a desperate idiot...but sure, I'll go on a date with you."

In the background, the older twin jumped for joy as he ran up stairs to get something to wear.

Influenced by his date tonight, he forgot to tell Haruhi what time he was coming, where they were going, and forgot that Haruhi was still on the phone. Like they say, the Host Club has their share of idiots...

Even Hikaru was an idiot sometimes as well.

Meanwhile upstairs, Kaoru was at his desk on the computer playing games. He wasn't paying attention to anything else until Hikaru kicked the door open. Searching into their closet, he was constantly thinking whether he should be casual or informal. But did it really matter. One by one he began tossing clothes across the room. A pair of dark blue jeans landed on Kaoru's computer and a black jacket was thrown in his face. The younger twin stood up and walked over toward the closet where his brother continued tossing clothes everywhere.

"Hikaru."

There was no response.

"Hikaru." Kaoru said a little louder. Although two grey t-shirts smacked dead into his face. Kaoru threw down the shirts and summoned up the courage to shout.

"HIKARU!" Kaoru bellowed, and Hikaru looked up at his twin.

"What are you doing?" the younger retorted. "And why are you tossing clothes everywhere?"

"Going on a date with Haruhi. I need to find something good to wear." Hikaru answered. He had a pair of blue jeans in one arm and a v-neck t shirt in the other. Kaoru decided to help anyways since he was bored.

"When will you come back?"

"Just for two hours...at least."

Hikaru took out a pair of casual blue jeans, he wore a black- top shirt and a long sleeved open shirt over it. Then he chose to wear his blue stripped shoes along with it. He checked the mirror to make sure nothing was wrong then closed the closet doors.

"Kaoru, I'll be back in two hours, okay?" Hikaru took his brown wallet and headed down the stairs. Kaoru layed down on his bed staring deeply at the ceiling. A sunset shining across his face revealing a small tear landing on the bed

Kaoru's POV

As the sun sets slowly, the empty sky resembles me a lot

A little lost and a little lonely

As stars alight and fall

They disappear from the earth

Far away from the reach of light

When I asked Hikaru when he was coming back, in my mind I asked him how long will it be until you fade away from me completely?

To be Continued

A/N: Sorry but I had to stop right here. There is going to be a part two of this chapter. Anyways please review and tell me what do you think will happen in this story. Until next time

Little Panda