Broken Promises

Authoress: Cattsy (Catness)

Chapter word count: 1277 words

Chapter Nine:

Hikaru glared and shook his head in disgust. 'Who the hell is this?' he thought angrily. He looked at Kaoru with an angry and questionable look, "Who the hell is this?" He asked his brother angrily, making a gesture towards Sebastian. He found it horrible to see someone else so close to his brother, touching his brother and kissing him.

Kaoru looked away, avoiding everyone's eye contact. He sighed, feeling so guilty and bad about what had just happened. "Please tell me," Hikaru whispered angrily. "Don't shut me out after all we've been through together…" He received no reply from Kaoru.

Sebastian stepped took a few steps around the bed, to face Hikaru properly. "Hello," he said calmly, hoping that nothing bad would happen. "My name is Sebastian; I was the one who found your brother."

Hikaru looked at the older man in disgust, studying him for a few moments. After coming to his decision that the man was not worth his time, he turned on his heel and stalked out angrily, muttering about the cleaning staff.

Several more days had past and Kaoru had been release from the hospital that morning. Having taken the day off school, he now lay on the clean sheets, staring at his phone and waiting for Sebastian to call. Sebastian had arranged the time so that Hikaru was still in school and while Sebastian was at lunch or a break. Kaoru had told the maids that he would be upstairs, having a lie down. His mother had looked disappointed, having taken the day off to spend some time with her son.

He picked up the cell phone and stared at the time; 15:04. Kaoru sighed; realizing that Hikaru would be home soon. Another afternoon of not speaking to his brother. Kaoru felt bad about his brother seeing the kiss. Something so touching and romantic had suddenly turned into something horribly wrong. Upon his Hikaru's return to the room, Sebastian had made himself scarce and Hikaru had sat down, pretending that he hadn't just seen his brother kiss a man he didn't know.

Sebastian had said, upon his departure, that he would call Kaoru soon so they could meet for coffee when he got better or something. Honestly, Kaoru had not been paying attention and he'd let the man leave for work.

Kaoru sighed as he checked the time on his cell phone again; 15:06. Kaoru moaned and rolled onto his back to stare at the ceiling. He couldn't stand not having anyone to talk to. His parents were both at work and the maids were just so boring. Kaoru sighed as he remembered Sebastian's face. Was it possible that he had a crush on the older man? He didn't know, but he was sure that he would be very happy to heat Sebastian's voice again. Was it possible that there was such a thing as love at first sight?

"I need a shower," Kaoru muttered before hastily getting up and striding into the bathroom. It had been half an hour before Kaoru realized that he should go and make a start on the homework that had begun piling up. He breathed in some of the steam clouded air and sighed before exiting the stall and getting redressed.

He sat at the desk after stopping at the bed to pick up his phone. He looked at the small screen and sighed, slightly saddened to see that he had no missed calls. He sighed before shaking his head and turning his phone off so he could do his homework without distractions from Sebastian. He pulled out his mp3 player and put his headphones on and began listening to music.

…

Hikaru calmly walked up the stairs of the extensively designed mansion, his bag weighing double to what it would have weighed if Kaoru would go to school with him. He sat down heavily next to Kaoru several moments later, slightly saddened that Kaoru had not realized he was there. In fact, Kaoru was a bit involved in the HIM track he was currently listening to.

"Kaoru," Hikaru said loudly as the track changed. Kaoru jumped slightly and turned around. He pulled off the headphones as a track from The 69 Eyes began to play.

"Oh," Kaoru said as he realized who it was, "It's you."

Hikaru looked away as Kaoru turned back to homework. It had been the first time Kaoru had spoken to him in days. He knew that he should be happy; a warm sensation of pleasure should be filling his body. But he frowned as he recognized the fact that Kaoru didn't want to see him.

"How are you feeling?" Hikaru asked quickly before Kaoru could put the headphones back on. He'd been terribly worried about his brother ever since the day he ran away. It confused Hikaru to see his brother like this when he was so used to chatting happily to him and spending time together.

"Ok," Kaoru muttered as he finished writing down the concluding paragraph of his essay. "Haven't you been going to the Host Club?"

"No," Hikaru said as he pulled the latest homework from his bag, "It's not much point if there's only one of us. The girls all ask where you've been and are whether you're ok. Rumors have been going around that you've prematurely ended your life because I forgot a promise that I made to you."

Kaoru snorted and before he realized, he was laughing hysterically at the silly little tales some fan girls would make up. Hikaru smiled; it was nice to see his brother enjoying himself for once. Honestly, Hikaru had missed the laugh that was so much like his, yet different. After calming down, he turned back to his homework with a large smirk plastered across his face.

"So what else have they been saying?" He asked with a deep sense of curiosity. "Did those girls in math ask anything about me? You know the ones who sit near Haruhi, the blond one with the mousy face?"

Hikaru chuckled before turning serious. "Urm, you wouldn't kill yourself because I forget a promise, would you?" He asked quietly with deep sorrow.

Kaoru turned and looked deeply into his brother's eyes, exactly the same as his. "No," he said truthfully. "I'm sorry for running away from you," he continued. "But I just don't want to talk about that right now." He included as he realized that Hikaru would continue along that subject.

"So…" Hikaru looked at his feet, obviously dreading what he was about to say. "I'm sorry for what promise I broke, but I don't know what I'm meant to have done. I can understand that you don't want to talk about it. But I just want things between us to be good again. You remember the days when we just used to hang out with no one else around? I'd like to go back to that…"

Kaoru nodded, understanding what Hikaru was saying. Honestly, he would like the same, but he knew it was possible to fully go back to that... "So tell me what the fan girls are saying!"

Hikaru smiled at his brother's curiosity and began to tell Kaoru a story about a girl in Mori's class who'd stopped Hikaru in the halls to ask about Kaoru.

After about an hours' worth of funny stories and hilarious anecdotes later, he reached across the desk towards his phone and turned it on. A yellow light came on, making the screen brighter.

1 Missed Call.

Kaoru looked at Hikaru, who was rummaging for his math book. Defiantly, Kaoru turned his phone off again; Sebastian could wait until later…

To Be Continued…

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