Broken Promises

Authoress: Cattsy (Catness)

Chapter word count: 1554 words

Chapter Ten:

Kaoru smiled as he breathed in the deep scents of expensive and exotic coffee. Instant coffee was fine for the Host Club, but what he and his brother had failed to truthfully admit to the girls was that they both hated Instant Coffee. He smiled as he looked into the depths of his imported blend from Europe.

The bell of the shop tolled and a few moments later, Sebastian sat in the chair across the table. Sebastian smiled. "It's nice to see you again, Kaoru." He said as he gestured for a waitress. After ordering a similar blend he leaned forward and started a conversation about fashion designs.

'So this is what a date is like,' Kaoru thought as he nodded to one of Sebastian's questions. It was his first date and he was understandably nervous, but after about half an hour he'd realized that it wasn't that bad. It was just like talking to someone in the Host Club. Tamaki had told them that they shouldn't date; especially anyone from school or in public places, he had continued. But Sebastian wasn't from school. If anyone from school stumbled across this out of the way coffee shop, they wouldn't realize that this was a date. In fact, they'd probably just assume that Sebastian was a tutor or a friend of the family's.

If Tamaki found that he was having a date with a stranger, he'd be in slight trouble. But the thing Kaoru wondered about most was whether Tamaki would care that his first date was with a man. It worried Kaoru that people would hate him, be disgusted at him that he was having a date with a man. Kaoru really liked Sebastian and his heart skipped beats every time Sebastian called.

"So how is school?" Sebastian asked in his gentle voice, "Are your classes ok?"

Kaoru broke out of his daze and smiled at Sebastian. "They're fine," he said, "they're pretty easy actually. Hikaru and I help each other if we don't know things about subjects. The teachers don't actually realize, but I do his artwork and he does my math."

Sebastian laughed at the anecdote. He drained his mug and reached for his wallet. "We should go; I've made reservations for dinner." He said as he pulled some money from his wallet and placed it on the table, including a rather large tip.

They arrived at dinner and sat, it wasn't a candlelit dinner, but to Kaoru, it seemed kind of romantic. The restaurant was full of happy couples enjoying dinners with their lovers. Being only a teenager, Kaoru had never cared for romantic dinners, but it seemed fitting for this occasion. It wasn't an overly upscale restaurant and obviously didn't expect that all their customers wore evening dresses and tuxedos. But the majority of the crowd was wearing nice suits, including Sebastian. Kaoru did not fit in at all; he was wearing jeans and a shirt. He looked down at the shirt as if in disgust, he unconsciously moved his chair in further as if the rest of the crowd would stare at his jeans in disgust. Kaoru looked up and stared around the large hall again. The female crowd was mainly wearing nice summer dresses even though it was winter. Kaoru smiled as he realized the romance of the summer dresses. He smirked as he realized that by the end of the evening, the males would be giving their dates their dinner jackets for warmth.

They ordered and while waiting for their food, Sebastian decided to strike a conversation to prevent Kaoru's eyes from wandering around the restaurant. "So," he murmured to get Kaoru's attention, "What did your parents say to you about you running off?"

Kaoru smirked and brought his eyes back to Sebastian. "They said that they didn't know why I ran off, but they would be there if I needed to talk about it," Kaoru said sardonically. He smiled. "They probably thought I wanted to join a circus."

Sebastian laughed a gentle laugh, "I could just imagine you and your brother becoming trapeze artists." He smirked as well. "Or perhaps you could train elephants and tigers." Sebastian straightened and became serious. "So have you spoken to your brother about what's happened?"

Kaoru began to nod and then shook his head. "Sort of…" He muttered. "When I began, I saw his face and then didn't want to tell him. I just couldn't think of a decent explanation so I just said that I was sorry. He said he understood. I think we're fine now…" Kaoru looked at Sebastian's warm face.

Their food arrived and Kaoru watched Sebastian stab his fork into an innocent piece of ravioli.

"So, I was thinking of growing a beard," Sebastian said, trying to start up conversation again. "What do you think?"

Kaoru shook his head, "No." He said. "We don't like beards," he muttered.

Sebastian put his fork down, realizing who the "we" Kaoru was referring to. A surge of jealousy swept through him and his tongue clicked at the careless mention of Hikaru. It was as if Kaoru was unconsciously trying to make him jealous. Sebastian didn't like Hikaru. From what he'd heard of Hikaru, he wasn't sure that Kaoru should have forgiven him. Even if it was a little test to see if Hikaru still cared and it was a rather silly little promise, Kaoru didn't have to forgive him just yet.

Sebastian frowned and put another piece of ravioli in his mouth, chewing carefully as he listened to Kaoru's opinion of the shoes in a recent fashion show his mother had taken him and his brother to.

After the kiss, while he was leaving the hospital, Sebastian had accidentally run into Hikaru. Hikaru had apologized and Sebastian had apologized in return, both realizing that neither party actually meant it...

"Thank you for helping us," Hikaru had said at the time while Sebastian was turning to walk away.

Not knowing what to say, Sebastian had replied that it was a pleasure. He mentally kicked Hikaru. Kaoru obviously didn't want to be treated the way he was and why hadn't Hikaru realized it? Haruhi had been worse, Sebastian considered. Sebastian had been a twin, Kale was his name. He had died when he was fifteen. It was the reason for running away. It was all the fault of a meddling girl and Sebastian understood Kaoru's obvious dislike of Haruhi. Unconsciously he fiddled with his necklace.

"That's a nice necklace," Kaoru told him, innocently. Kaoru leaned forward and took it in his hand to examine it further. There were two pendants; a K and an S. Sebastian unconsciously smiled as Kaoru's and brushed against his and the back of his hand brushed his neck.

"The K is for my brother," Sebastian muttered, "His name was Kale." Kaoru smiled and nodded, taking the hint that Sebastian didn't want to continue that topic further…

…

Kaoru closed the door of the mansion quietly as he took his jacket off.

"Where were you?" Hikaru said as he stepped forward and made his presence known.

"Out with a friend," Kaoru muttered half truthfully. It was more then dinner with a friend, but he knew Hikaru would be jealous that he'd rather be on a date than having dinner in front of a video game with his brother.

Through the Host Club, and school, they'd each made separate friends but Hikaru looked out the window in jealousy as Kaoru as his twin walked away from him defiantly. Just outside, a blue European car had just left the driveway and was driving back in the direction towards the city. Hikaru frowned as he followed Kaoru upstairs.

"You shouldn't be hanging out with someone like that," Hikaru told him in obvious jealousy, but there was also a hit of concern that Kaoru hadn't picked up on when he replied.

"Why?" Kaoru asked carelessly. "It's not as if he tried to hurt me or anything."

"Yes," Hikaru admitted with concern, "But you barely know him. He could try and hurt you in future."

Kaoru shook his head and smirked, "You're jealous because I've made a new friend. You spend all your time with Haruhi and then tell me off for spending dinner and coffee with someone?" He shook his head and his smirk disappeared as he realized his brother's hypocrisy. "I have spent quite a lot of time alone during lunch and recess while you've been chatting jovially to Haruhi. I don't care if you have feelings for her or not," he lied, "but don't tell me that I can't spend a night with someone who saved my life. I'm going to spend a lot more time hanging out with him because I'm tired of being left behind when you walk off somewhere with Haruhi. Now you can know what it feels like." Kaoru turned on his heel and exited the room.

Hikaru sat down at the desk and sighed; Kaoru didn't realize that Hikaru was scared and worried about him. He pulled their math homework and made a start, copying each problem and answers to Kaoru's work. Kaoru hated math, but if Hikaru did the work now, he know that his brother might calm down a little more when he realized that he didn't have to do the homework.

To Be Continued…

Authoress notes: Meows, I hope that you liked this chapter. Let me know what you think. I'll probably have the next chapter up within the next few days or so.

Cattsy…