Broken Promises

Authoress: Cattsy (Catness)

Chapter word count: 1223 words

Chapter Sixteen:

It was an hour or so later when Kaoru slumped himself into a hard and plastic hospital chair. It was a rather expensive hospital that Kyouya might eventually inherit, but that didn't mean that the chairs weren't uncomfortable. Kaoru rubbed a tired eye and wondered how he'd gotten himself into this mess. It was confusing to the young adult; this was something he'd never even considered going through when he was younger. Kaoru was very confused; he was stuck between a possible happiness to two different people. He knew that Sebastian was someone who made him happy at the moment. Sebastian had given him an amazing opportunity and seemed willing to bring him through hardships and help him to fulfil his dreams. Hikaru had never seemed to take an interest in Kaoru's dream of becoming a successful fashion designer, it had always seemed like Hikaru had been so caught up in his own dreams to notice Kaoru's. The only problem Kaoru saw was that Sebastian might be using him. It hadn't bothered him previously, but there had always been a twinge of suspicion that Sebastian might be using him to gain some popularity or sexual favours.

Hikaru was also an appealing prospect for his future. He'd been tragically annoying for the past few weeks, but Kaoru was sure that Hikaru didn't mean to act so selfishly. Kaoru was sure that Hikaru still had a good side. Kaoru knew that in the past, he'd been so happy to spend time with Hikaru. There were so many good times in their history the Kaoru treasured. It had always been them against the world. However, Kaoru knew that the threads their relationship hung on were becoming thin and were beginning to break. The thing Kaoru feared most was losing Hikaru forever; he loved the boy and knew that a wrong decision would probably cause Hikaru to hate him. 'Hikaru would stick by me as a brother, wouldn't he?' Kaoru questioned himself. If recent events were anything to go by, the answer was a no.

Kaoru sat up straight as he heard Sebastian's door open, a police officer striding out. "Are you sure that you don't want to press charges?" Kaoru heard another police officer ask before hearing a muffled "no" from Sebastian. Kaoru smiled weakly as he watched the police officers leave before entering Sebastian's room and sitting in another chair with hesitation.

"I'm sorry about Hikaru," Kaoru muttered, refusing to look directly at Sebastian, hoping that the damage wasn't too bad.

"Don't worry about it," Sebastian said steadily. "I'm not going to press charges, by the way."

Kaoru looked up to meet Sebastian's eyes, "I heard," he muttered, "but why not?"

Flashback to Sebastian's past…

Sebastian broke away from a passionate kiss with Kale, his twin. Sebastian admired his brother's eyes, even though they were twins, Kale's eyes were somewhat different than Sebastian's; they were so much warmer and forgiving. Sebastian and Kale had only just recently found their fascination with each other, an unbreakable bond of lust. Sebastian smiled and leant forward for another kiss, letting his lips brush against his brother's as they both pressed further. Suddenly, they heard a horrified gasp from the door of the classroom. Sebastian spun around and saw Serena, a close friend of theirs, with a horrified look on her face. "Serena," Kale's deep voice broke the silence and reached a hand out as if to calm their friend. However, she turned on her heel and ran away from the classroom. Sebastian and Kale had often discussed the repercussions of their relationship and how people would react, but Serena was a debatable reaction. However, at least they now had their answer.

It was several days before anything happened, but when it did, it brought a painful shock of guilt and wrong-doing to the pair of twins. A rumour had gone around the school and everyone found out about the twins' assumed relationship. One afternoon, while walking home from school, a group of boys had been waiting by a road. When Sebastian and Kale had neared the road, the group of boys shouted at them, calling them "Queers" and such. It had happened several more times before the group of boys began to physically abuse the twins. While taking a severe beating, Sebastian was sure that he saw Serena from behind a tree, watching with tears in her eyes.

It had been a week later when she visited the twins at home. Their mother had been- thankfully- completely oblivious to the rumours and had assumed that Serena was visiting to do homework or something. "Boys will be boys," she'd muttered, carelessly when she had seen the bruises.

"I'm sorry for what I did," Serena had said as soon as Sebastian's mother had left the room, "I didn't know that this would happen." Sebastian could only guess that she meant the severe beatings. "I saw you being beaten up, I didn't realise how much either of you meant to each other until I saw you huddle together in fear." Sebastian winced at the graphic terms as he felt his cheek ribs in pain. "You two really love each other," Serena assumed gently, "don't you?"

Sebastian growled mentally and was about to start shouting at the girl. He didn't care what she felt; it was her fault that this had happened. He knew that she probably didn't care about what happened to Kale or himself as long as she didn't feel guilty anymore. However, before he could act, Kale stepped forward, "we forgive you," he'd said with a weak smile. Kale extended his hand to shake hers. "We know that you didn't mean to."

…

"I didn't understand at the time," Sebastian muttered as he brought his thoughts back to the present, "but now I realise that she did something that was going to happen anyway. It was stupid for us to kiss in that classroom, but at the time, it was unused and we just couldn't help ourselves that lunchtime. Serena was a naïve girl who didn't know any better. Kale knew that she didn't mean to get us hurt and he forgave her…"

Sebastian brought his knees to his chest and to Kaoru, it seemed kind of sad; like Sebastian was recounting story about death. Then it hit Kaoru; he realised that Kale had died from this event, somehow. "I-is that how Kale…?" Kaoru stuttered, leaving the question open for Sebastian to answer.

Sebastian nodded. "I found his body in the bathroom that night," he muttered, "the blood was leaking down the drain. He'd-" Sebastian's voice broke. He took a gulp, trying to swallow the large lump that had managed to stick in the back of his throat. He took a deep breath before continuing. "He'd stolen our father's gun and shot himself…" Kaoru looked away, muttering an apology. "Don't be sorry," Sebastian muttered in reply, "it wasn't your fault. I ran away the next day. All these years, I've always tried to consider why he'd forgiven her, but now I know. I think you should speak to Hikaru; I know he loves you. I lost Kale; he's gone forever and I never had a chance to see how my relationship with him would go. I'd like for you to at least give Hikaru another chance; forgiveness is forever…"

To Be Continued…

Authoress notes: Sorry about the suicide-ish bit, I didn't really know how to explain it further, so I just left it in the air. You can decide for yourself why he did it, but I'd like to (personally) think that he did it because he was stuck in a happy time and had been happy with his relationship with Sebastian and so he did it because he didn't want the beatings to tear them apart… Mmkays? Anyhoo, I shall probably have a new chapter up soon, within the week.

Cattsy…