Chapter 3:
Disclaimer: Nope I don't own Hikaru and Karou( if I did they would never leave their bedroom!)
Karou lowers his gaze to the floor, his golden eyes dance about frantically searching in vain for a way out.
Amazingly(or maybe not) it is Hahuri that breaks the silence. She pulls herself away from Tamaki's embrace just long enough to peer at the twins. Hikaru is holding the very embarrassed Karou in his arms, and is staring down at his other half smugly. Karou though, raises his haunted eyes from the ground and stare straight into Hahuri's. She flinches a little from the intensity of his gaze, yet he is doing far more then just staring at her. He is pleading with her, impeaching her to do something, anything. Just do not make him answer this question. She smiles at him in reassurance before crushing his hopes.
"Karou your supposed to answer, and then it's your turn." She says.
Karou groans, Hikaru laughs and pulls him even closer, if that was even possible, now Karou is literly sitting on his brother's lap, his mouth mere inches away from Hikaru's. Renege leans forward, pivoting herself closer to the twins, her large eyes fill with large red and pink hearts. Soon the rest of the host club members, even Mori, are staring at Karou in silent anticipation.
Karou blinks and looks down, he clears his throat, coughs, and then admits defeat. "Yes," he mange's weakly, avoiding eye contact with the others, but especially with Hikaru.
Renege faints large hearts float from her eyes, and dance just above her head. Kyouya looks down at his demented princess and frowns. Wait, why Am I thinking of Renege as my princess? His frown deepens as an even more alarming thought enters his mind. Does the sleeping beauty myth work on all Princesses? Even Demented Yaoi obsessed ones, like the beauty sprawled out before him, lyinging in a puddle of her own drool? Kyouya shakes his head, desperate to relieve himself of these alarming thoughts, but they cling to him much like a spider's web clings to a half bled fly. He climbs to his feet and takes one shaky step and then another until he finds his usual spot. His trusty notebook, clutched safety, comfortably in his hands. But yet Kyouya just can't help but wonder and not for the first time that night, if the storm raging out side was really like the storm in Dean Koontz book, The Taking. Where a bunch of aliens or was it demons, Kyouya can't seem to recall, came down to earth in the guise of a rainstorm. Yes, that must be it, after all it would explain all their weird behaviors. It would explain why he is lusting, No I am not lusting, over Ouran's Yaoi fan girl's fan club's number one member, instead of his usual angst heart shape doodles bearing Tamaki's name. Speaking of which, since when is Hahuri so content to be in Tamaki's embrace. And well what about the twins...well where Hikaru and Karou really acting that much different? Actually now that Kyouya thought about it no, they weren't. Yet still he sensed a certain charged atmosphere in the air, and it seemed to circle around Renege, demented goddess that she is, and those devils also known as the Hitchliin twins.
Kaoru's shaky voice pulls Kyouya out of his bizarre thoughts and back to the even more bizarre scheme folding out before him. "Um..Mori," Karou says shyly still not looking at his brother, or anyone for that matter. "Truth or Dare."
Mori looks up from Hunny's adorable sleeping form, and looks in the direction of the twins. He simply nods his head, indicating that he heard his friend.
Karou stares at him in puzzelment, not because of Mori's reaction, which well is normal, but is he going to answer?
Renege regains conscienceless, and upon noticing the pool of drool she nearly drowned in, blushes a little. She looks over at Kyouya, whom she is disappointed in. Just because she fainted at the twins' display of such beautiful brotherly love, doesn't mean he needed to return to his stupid notebook. She sighs, allowing her gaze to leave Kyouya and to filter back to those deliciously wicked twins, who are still clinging to each other.
Hikaru maybe feeling a little guilty for embarrassing Karou, though this is highly doubtful, took it upon himself to help his twin out. "So what's it going to be Mori, Truth or Dare?" Five bucks he says dare, Hikaru thinks, Karou lifts his gaze from the ground and meets his brother's eyes, Ten bucks he says nothing, his eyes seem to say. Hikaru laughs, "Your on," he whispers.
Mori smiles, nod's his head again and then stuns them all by gracing the third music room with the beauty of his voice. "Truth."
Karou blinks, "What?" he somehow manages.
Mori smiles, "Truth."
"Um...Well..Um.." Karou begins.
"What exactly is the nature of your relationship with Hunny?" Renege chimes in, cutting Karou off.
"Hey, It's my..."
"Sshhh Karou that's a good question," Hikaru states. Karou pouts, not so much because he lost his turn, but because he didn't' think of that juicy question to begin with. Hikaru decides that the most adorable thing in the world isn't in fact Hunny but rather Karou when he pouts.
"He is very precious to me," Mori replies. He looks back down at Hunny, his smile widens. "Renege truth or Dare?"
The other members in the host club groan, finding Mori's answer to be unsatisfactory but knowing that they will get nothing more from their usual silent friend.
Renege musters up her courage, hopeful that Mori has noticed the way Kyouya has been staring at her all night. "Dare."
The room goes quiet.
Kyouya frowns. Who thought a single word could send his heart into a near fatal attack? As the pain associated with these unusual and very unwelcome feelings threaten to overwhelm him, yet he cannot pull his attention away from the enchanting Yaoi fan girl, staring at Mori with such sweet eyes. Kyouya frown deepens why is she looking at Mori that way? A familiar coldness sweeps through him only to be pierced by a ache he never thought possible. He wants to cry, to scream, to punch that serene look off of Mori's face, all because Renege is looking at him. What the hell is wrong with me? He wonders not for the first time. Then the answer comes swift, and he repels it, but also clings to it. Fighting this newfound war, between warmth and cold, darkness and light lingering within himself. Kyouya misses the all-important dare.
Gasps fill the room as Mori pronounces his sentence. But surely it will be nothing more then a death sentence Tamaki thinks and he detangles himself from Hahuri slinking to his corner of woe. His delicate disposition causing him to loath violence, unless of course it's needed to protect his precious daughter Hahuri from other men's advances. After all no one but him should taste the sweetness of her lips.
Renege, all smiles climbs to her feet and walks in a zombie like trance towards the oblivious Kyouya.
Karou buries his face into his twin's neck, wrapping his arms around him. His warm breath falls over Hikaru causing both twins to tremble.
"Hikaru," Karou cries. "Do you think when she... do think Kyouya will... I mean do you think there will be lots of blood?"
Hikaru wraps his own arms around Karou's waist, "It will be okay," His shaky voice isn't too convincing. "I will protect you."
Hahuri rolls her eyes at the twins, you would think that it was their lives in danger and not the hormone charged otaku.
Mori just sits at the edge of Hunny's couch/bed a smirk sitting somewhat unnaturally on his lips. Hunny mumbles something in his sleep rolling closer to Mori, who gently smoothes back a stray blond curl from the sleeping boy's face. Hunny smiles, mumbles "Takashi", and opens his eyes.
In Hikaru's embrace Karou screams in terror. Oh, yes there will be blood he decides. After all a woken Hunny is far worse then a pissed off Kyouya any day, in fact a woken Hunny could give Satan himself a run for his money.
Then Renege is standing before Kyouya, who is looking up at her in bewilderment, and all eyes, even sleep leaden Hunny's are on her. She swallows the new found fear invading her, the same fear which causes her mind to question the safety of doing such a thing to Kyouya. Yet, a dare is a dare, and it's not like he will be suprized, after all he was in the room, when Mori quite thankfully and cruelly sealed her fate.
She takes a deep shaky breath, before leaning forward and planting her trembling lips against Kyouya's. for a very brief fear soaked second, when she could feel Kyouya's hands brush against her shoulders, she thought for sure he would snap her neck or something. But instead he shocked them all by pulling the trembling girl further into his embrace, and then doing the most unthinkable thing ever, he returns her kiss.
Renege pulls away breathless, her sparkling eyes staring deep into Kyouya's unblinking cold ones. Yet, on his face a satisfied smile glows.
"Hey Karou," Hikaru replies his own voice full of longing. "You want to try that?"
Karou pulls out of Hikaru's embrace in confusion, "Um, Hikaru why would I want to kiss Kyouya?"
Kyouya's cold voice sends Karou back into the safety of Hikaru's arms, "Do it and you die!"
Hikaru wraps his arms around the now terrified Karou, "I didn't mean that."
Karou breaths into the soft fabric of Hikaru's school blazer, "Um then what?
Hikaru cups his twins face in his hands, and gently pulls it towards his own. "You did say that you wanted to know what it would be like."
Karou blushes, "W..What?"
Hikaru smirks at his twin's shyness, "Don't you remember...You wanted to know what it would be like... to taste your mirror image."
From deep within his corner of woe, Tamaki snickers. Hikaru shoots him a death glare that causes Tamaki to turn around and sink further into depression. Somewhat amused Hahuri stands up and walks to Tamaki, careful not to crush any of the mushrooms he is busy culvating.
Hikaru closes his eyes and gently forces Karou's face, and more importantly his lips closer to his own. However, just as the softness of Karou's lips grazes his own, Kyouya ruins everything.
"Ah, so it's my turn is it not?" His smug reply, causes Karou to once again jump out of Hikaru's grasp.
Frustrated Hikaru reaches for his twin, but Karou is already half across the room, seeking shelter with Tamaki and Hahuri. Desperate to distance himself from those sinful notions that Hikaru seems all to gladly to force upon them.
As Kyouya sniggers, his lips' pulled into a malicious grin only further infuriates Hikaru. After all this was the second time he had come oh, so close to tasting that forbidden fruit just to have his twin and that moment, ripped away by Kyouya.
"Ah, HIk..no Hunny truth or dare?' Kyouya asks loving the feeling of not only getting a one up on the wicked twin, but also of having something so beautifully evil block those other more twisted thoughts from his mind. Like the current image of Renege wreathing beneath him.
Hunny stares at the unfolding scene before him, his large round eyes flicker between amusement and confusion. He turns to Mori, who takes his small hand into his own large one and squeeze's it once before letting go.
"We are playing Truth and Dare," he explains to the bewildered blond.
Hunny's face lights up, "Does this mean I get cake?"
Mori shakes his head, Hunny's expression falls, "Oh," he mumbles, obviously not happy at this cruel development.
Mori smiles at his precious one, "Perhaps after you answer the question and have your own turn I will get you some cake."
Hikaru's simmering anger is momentarily forgotten as he stares in amazement at Mori, and ponders this new development. The sheer length of Mori's reply.
Holy, radiant light returns to Hunny's face, at the realization that he still can have cake, and well eat it too. Besides this game looks a little interesting, and what's the harm in answering a few questions. "Truth, " he says bouncing up and down.
Kyouya looks at him and grins. A single look that makes all the colour drain from Hunny's face, and more surprisingly forces all thoughts but the desire for sudden death from his mind. Yes, Hunny's one true addiction, cake has been forgotten.
"If you could obtain, for a price of course, let's say indecent picture of any person in this room, who would it be?"
The other host club member, including their unwanted female manger looks at Kyouya in fear. To ask such a question to Hunny, was well unthinkable.
Hunny stares back at Kyouya unblinking, "By indecent do you mean pornographic?"
Huddled together in the corner of woe, Hahuri and Karou gasp in shock.
Tamaki's eyes go wide and he dramatically starts waving his arms in the air in stark denial of Hunny's less then innocent statement.
Hikaru just sniggers.
Mori's ruffles Hunny's hair.
"Well," Kyouya demands.
"All of you of course," Hunny replies before bouncing across the room to the beloved sweet's cupboard. Mori follows close behind, not because he is concerned about his friends' abilities to reach the cakes and other sweet snacks on the top shelf, but because of the way Hikaru is looking back and forth between Hunny and Kaoru. How each time his eyes leave his twin and fall onto Hunny, they blaze just a bit more with such intense hatred, that Mori is afraid that Hikaru will launch at the much smaller boy, and then Karou's fears of blood shed will be realized.
But much to Mori's relief Hikaru runs into Tamaki's now quite crowded corner of woe. Ignoring the smoldering fear in Karou's eyes, Hikaru pushes Karou up against the wall, causing all eyes to fall on them. The now pinned Karou struggles in vain as Hikaru leans further into his twin until his lips are mere seconds away from Karou's. His breath falling over his twin's is a delicious temptation that Karou's doesn't think he can deny.
Hikaru smirks, and then says in a loud clear voice so there is no mistaking it, "The only one who is going to be looking at pornographic pictures of Karou is going to be me!"
Karou looks at Hikaru his entire body a lovely shade of bright, bright red. He coughs once, lowers his gaze, hand on the side of his mouth. And in perfect Uke fashion says,"Um, Hikaru is that why you were taking pictures of me the other day in the shower?"
At this delicious confession Renege passes out, Kyouya looks down at his girlfriend, wait one kiss does not make her my girlfriend! Ahem, Kyouya stares down at his girlfriend a bemused look on his face.
"So Hikaru, how much for those pics?" After all he could easily add a 100 markup to those pictures, and Renege would still pay it. Since Kyouya wasn't beyond making a nice good profit from a loved one.
Hikaru's entire body begins to shake, his voice contorts with rage, "What part of no one seeing him naked but me do you not understand?" Then to further illustrate this point, he leans completely into his twin, allowing their lips to meet in a sympathy of right and wrong.