The Tenth Day Hitachiin Household

Kaoru sat in his pants on the toilet, listening to the rushing of the water from the bathtub. It made him smile, at how life seemed like water. No matter how much Kaoru wanted, he could never stop the flow of life with his own hands. He'd need something large to stop it. Even then, it wouldn't stop entirely.

"Kaoru? You in there?" Hikaru asked as he knocked on the door.

Kaoru looked at the door and blinked, like he'd never heard Hikaru's voice before.

"Huh?"

"Are you in there?" Hikaru asked again.

"Umm, yeah."

Kaoru stood up and opened the door, the breeze of the outside freezing his naked upper half and his bare feet.

"Geez, Hikaru, what do you want?" Kaoru scowled.

"Something," Hikaru replied as he pushed Kaoru into the bathroom and shut the door behind them.

"W-what are you doing?" Kaoru gasped as Hikaru pushed Kaoru into the tub, his head banging against the wall and a pulsation throbbing through his head. "Hikaru!"

Hikaru didn't reply and suddenly, Kaoru realized what was going to happen. He'd dreamed this would happen so often, it was surprising. Hikaru try to drown Kaoru, and then Kaoru would spazz out and push him and run away. Then the next day, Hikaru would be found in the bathroom, where he drowned himself.

Something different was happening though. Kaoru... didn't want to run away. He didn't want Hikaru to end up dying.

"Hikaru, don't do this," Kaoru whispered through his clenched teeth and he struggled to move. He couldn't. Hikaru was on top of him, staring into his face. They were both soaking wet. "H-hikaru?"

"Yes, Kaoru?" Hikaru asked in a low, mournful voice.

Kaoru felt sick and sad and he began to cry.

"I have a headache Hikaru, stop it."

The hands wrapped around Kaoru's neck and Kaoru sobbed even harder, because this time it wasn't a dream. Kaoru felt the hands, the blood rushing through them. Kaoru could feel his heart in his ears, his twins heart pounding just as fiercely. No, this couldn't be a dream, but Kaoru found himself wishing it was.

I'll just wake up and Hikaru will hold me. Kaoru told himself.

As the hands squeezed tighter around Kaoru's throat he sobbed, and the grip released itself.

Kaoru stared into the eyes, they were definetly Hikaru's.

"Hi-Hikaru?" Kaoru sobbed.

Hikaru smiled and reached over and turned off the water, as it was spilling onto the floor. He climbed into the tub next to Kaoru and pulled him close. Now they both drenched, but Kaoru didn't care. Hikaru wasn't gonna try to kill him. That meant something.

Then they're all just dreams?

"Hikaru," Kaoru sobbed deeper and deeper, the intense heat of the water scorching their skins. "Don't scare me like that."

Hikaru smiled and Kaoru struggled to get away.

"Hikaru, this water is burning, by god, I think it could even kill us if we stay in here too long," Kaoru scowled. "Let's go to bed."

"No."

Kaoru struggled and cried as he swore he could feel his skin burn away. Kaoru sobbed as he realized he was dying, and it hurt all the worse because Hikaru was dying too. Hikaru was dying quicker.

"Please, Kaoru," Hikaru whimpered. "Don't leave me."

Kaoru stopped and gazed into his brothers mournful eyes and he closed his own and rested his head onto Hikaru's shirt.

"I finally found you. Please don't leave me."

All the feeling left Kaoru's body as Hikaru stopped breathing.

"Hikaru!" Kaoru gasped as he opened his eyes. There was water at his feet and all over the floor. He quickly glanced at the steaming tub as it overflowed. "Oh, it was only a dream."

Kaoru sighed in relief as he stood up and began cleaning up the bathroom. His feet were scorched and the hallway carpet was drenched. Just as Kaoru was about to climb into the tub, he heard a knock on the door. His heart jumped. Did I fall asleep again?

"Kaoru?" Hikaru's voice came.

Kaoru dreaded it, but he opened the door anyway. His last dream felt real, but this didn't. Maybe this was real then?

"What's wrong with the carpet? It's soaked?" Hikaru laughed as Kaoru opened the door.

Kaoru blushed at the same time Hikaru did when they both realized Kaoru wasn't wearing anything.

"Sorry," They both said at the same time.

Hikaru smiled and pushed Kaoru in and closed the door.

Then he tries to drown me.

Hikaru began undressing and Kaoru felt annoyed as he realized this was real. This was the same obnoxoius Hikaru.

"What the hell are you doing?" Kaoru questioned as he sat in the tub, the heat almost unbearable.

"Shut up," Hikaru laughed as he climbed into the tub behind Kaoru.

Kaoru began thrashing a bit.

"Hikaru? What are you doing?" Kaoru almost yelled.

Hikaru laughed and Kaoru calmed as he felt Hikaru start to rub the soap on Kaoru's body. Kaoru blushed and stopped squirming.

"What... are you doing?"

Kaoru could already see Hikaru's smile as Hikaru wrapped his arms around Kaoru and pulled him back so Kaoru could look at Hikaru's face.

"You don't clean yourself well enough," Hikaru laughed. "Seriously, you taste awful all over."

Kaoru smiled.

He finally found me, and I won't leave.

"Like where all over?" Kaoru asked mischeviously.

Hikaru took the soap and ran it up Kaoru's stomach.

"You're tummy tastes really bad, and so does your legs, and your neck too," Hikaru explained as ran the soap over the areas he named.

"Anywhere else?" Kaoru wondered, almost dreading what kind of thing his brother could use to make him shiver and tremble.

Hikaru smiled and leaned in closer and whispered into Koaru's ear, "Actually, yes, but would you really allow me to touch you there in the bathtub?"

Kaoru smiled and closed his eyes.

"As long as it's you touching me and not someone else."

Hikaru laughed and hugged Kaoru from behind, making Kaoru blush.

"Don't hug me like that, we're in a bathtub," Kaoru scolded.

Hikaru smiled, "But you like it."

Kaoru stopped and rested himself. He thought about his terrible dream that he had only minutes ago. Or was it hours ago? With Hikaru, Kaoru lost time.

"We won't make it to school tomorrow," Kaoru whined as he felt sleepy.

"I'll carry you," Hikaru laughed. "You want me to help you finish your bath?"

Kaoru smiled and nodded. It had been over three years since Kaoru last took a bath with Hikaru, he missed it.

"Hikaru? You wanna go out on Saturday to an amusement park?"

Hikaru thought about it, he had heard Chris talking to Kaoru about an amusement park. So, Kaoru wanted to invite Hikaru too, that's the other person he mentioned.

"Chris is going out on a date with his new girlfriend, and he was nervous and asked me to come with him, because he likes me more that way than her. He thought he'd feel more comfortable, but I pointed out that his girlfriend would be curious, so I suggested make it into a double date," Kaoru explained.

"Oh, so you want me to hang out with his girlfriend while you two get lovey dovey?" Hikaru snarled as gave a long, slimy lick up his neck.

Kaoru shivered. "No, I wanted to go with you. It's a double date."

Hikaru stopped and Kaoru couldn't help but blush at the breath on his neck.

"A date?"

"Yeah, a date."

"You mean, an actual date?"

"An actual date," Kaoru replied.

"Can I take you out to dinner?" Hikaru questioned.

"If you want."

"Can I finish the night... romantically?"

Kaoru smiled and blushed. "Please."

Lex's POV

I haven't been bugging the twins at Ouran High School much lately. They don't seem like the kind of people who care that they're going to hell anymore. Something came to me one night too, I realized that telling Kao-kun that he was gonna go to hell wasn't helping. It was making it worse. Besides, now that I think about it, they don't really seem to be the types to go to hell. Then I thought about it and that was a big lie.

They love eachother. They're men. They're brothers. They're twins.

But if they have to seperate their bond just to go to heaven, then I think heaven might be too nit picky. Maybe someday the two will get over eachother. It doesn't seem likely though. Still...

I feel kind of bad for telling Kao-kun he was going to hell. But I can just tell, I can see it in the way he looks at Hika-chan. He doesn't see him as a brother. There's something else I know, too...

At home, they don't treat eachother as brothers.