Note: Yes, I did get the twins messed up in the last chapter, a couple times. I got a couple words messed up too. Sorry.

The Twenty-Seventh Day Saturday

Hikaru moaned as he opened his eyes. He'd forgotten about the night before, he couldn't remember anything, he looked at the clock, it was all blurry. What time was it before Hikaru finally got to sleep? It was about six A.M. Hikaru remembered and the clock finally came into focus, it was seven o'clock, and when Hikaru woke up, he was still in his sleep phase. What woke him up? His natural internal clock.

"Oh God! School!" Hikaru remembered and he dashed to the closet and began pulling on clothes, and he realized that Kaoru wasn't there. Kaoru wasn't rushing to quickly get dressed either. So where he was he? "Oh yeah, Kaoru slept over at Haruhi's yesterday. Wasn't yesterday Friday? Then why am I putting my clothes for school on, today isn't a school day, is it? Whatever, I need to call someone and then we can start making that 'forgive-me' gift."

Fujioka Household

"Hello?" A maid's voice came into the speaker.

"Umm, is Hikaru there?" Kaoru asked, sitting on the toilet in Haruhi's bathroom. He'd be worrying all night, and he decided to see how Hikaru felt before he did anything rash. He wasn't going to call a drug dealer and accidentally die when there was no reason to. "No? Where is he?"

"Well, he's here, but he's busy."

"Busy?" Kaoru questioned. What could Hikaru be doing?

"One sec," The maid replied and her voice became more distant. "Hikaru-sama! Kaoru-sama's on the phone for you!"

Footsteps came heavily and Kaoru could hear the phone being snatched from the maid as the quick words, partially still muffled, gasped into his side of the phone reciever. "Hello? Kaoru! Is that you?"

Kaoru laughed, "What? Glad to hear me?"

Even through the phone, Kaoru could see Hikaru's blush and Kaoru felt at ease. His stupid, silly, older brother. Yes, that was his Hikaru, the Hikaru he loved so much. Hikaru finally responded, still huffing and rushed, "Of course not, what gave you that idea?"

"Oh, I dunno, the sound of you tripping and falling on the floor just to talk to me."

"Well, that's what you wish it was, my friends just left their stuff all over the floor, so it was really hard to manuever."

Kaoru's throat choked and he sat there, dazed. Hikaru had other friends, too? Was Hikaru just trying to get back at Kaoru, or did Hikaru seriously know people that Kaoru didn't. Kaoru felt like whining and crying to his brother, begging him to forgive him. Kaoru held himself back though, he wasn't going to give in this time, Hikaru was going to have to say he was sorry. Unfortunately, Kaoru knew that Hikaru was very stubborn, so he felt that they were going to be fighting for along time. This depressed Kaoru greatly, but he wasn't going to give in, Hikaru had to learn that Kaoru wasn't always gonna be there, that Kaoru wasn't always going to crawl to Hikaru's aide when Kaoru didn't really do anything wrong.

"Why were you running in the first place?" Kaoru teased. "Because you were excited to hear from me."

"Was not."

"You were, and I'd like you to know something else, Haruhi's a really good sleeping buddy," Kaoru bragged, hoping to get Hikaru worked up. If Hikaru was going to tease Kaoru, Karou was going to tease Hikaru. Kaoru wouldn't give in. "I slept with her last night and I got to cuddle her too. Too bad for you though, I guess. Oh yeah, she's much more wonderful to cuddle and much more soft than you Hikaru."

Kaoru could tell Hikaru was seething, and this made him smile.

"You only climb into other people's beds when you're having a nightmare. What were you dreaming of this time?" Hikaru teased right back.

Kaoru snarled, "I just couldn't sleep, okay?"

"Why did you call so early, anyway? It's not even eight."

Kaoru was about to reply that he was hiding in their bathroom, on his cellphone because he missed Hikaru's voice. He knew that Hikaru would just use that against him though, so he decided not to say that.

"Sorry for interupting you and your friends," Kaoru hissed and hung up his phone. "Stupid brother."

Kaoru huddled up as he sat on the toilet. He began to cry a bit.

He picked up his phone and called Hikaru back.

"Hello?" Came Hikaru's voice.

Kaoru wanted to cry to him, to say how much he missed his voice. Kaoru didn't want to be in a fight with Hikaru anymore, he wanted his brother back, his loving and caring and stupid older twin brother.

"Hello?" Hikaru asked again. "Is this a prank call? I thought I heard Kaoru's ring tone."

"H-hi," Kaoru finally spoke.

"Kaoru? Are you okay?" Hikaru cooed.

Kaoru began sobbing quietly, wanting to hold the body that went along with that voice, that beautiful body.

"Are you crying?"

Kaoru shook his head, and realized that Hikaru couldn't see him. Kaoru was about to reply when Hikaru interupted him.

"I see, well, are you okay? I can get a limo to go pick you up, or yo-No, nevermind, you stay at Haruhi's today," Hikaru started then changed his mind. Kaoru cried a little harder and shook his head more.

"I want y-" Kaoru started to admit but stopped when he realized that he wanted Hikaru to give in first.

"What, miss me?"

"No! No way!"

Kaoru shut off his phone and held it to his lips.

"Yes," Kaoru sobbed, his body shaking. "Yes... I miss you..."

Kaoru called Hikaru back on his phone.

"What Kaoru?" Hikaru growled.

"I... just... wanted to, hear your voice," Kaoru admitted.

Hikaru stopped and Kaoru could hear him take a breath and Kaoru began crying again.

"Kaoru? Are you okay?" Hikaru worried.

"Fine as long as I don't see you," Kaoru lied and hung up his phone and threw it in the garbage and rubbed his eyes. Now he decided that when he went to get a new phone for himself, he'd get one for Kyoya like was promised. Kaoru didn't want to be tempted to call Hikaru.

Because the pain was intense.

"Kaoru? Why were you in the bathroom for so long?" Haruhi wondered as she was giving Lex her cereal. Kaoru blushed and looked away and Haruhi got suspicious. "Umm, you weren't harassing Hikaru, were you?"

"Harassing? Ah, no," Kaoru replied, nervously. "I dropped my cell in the toilet and was trying to get it out, but it messed up, so I-"

Kaoru's ringtone for Hikaru hit everyone's ears.

"Messed up, huh?"

Kaoru smiled, turned around, and glared at the bathroom. Stupid cellphone.

Hitachiin Household

Hikaru was busy learning how to sew, but he was so worried about Kaoru.

"I just wanted to hear your voice."

Hikaru wouldn't admit it, but he was glad Kaoru called, for he was missing his brother's voice too. He was hoping to get this project done so Kaoru could come back home so he could sleep again. He was exhausted.

"Hikaru, you're sewing your finger to the fabric," The girl pointed out to Hikaru. Hikaru spazzed and pulled his finger up, which was partially hand sewn onto the fabric. "I don't think I can remove that, I think we need the hospital."

Great, now I'll never finish this. Hikaru scowled at himself. This is what you get for thinking about your twin brother as more than a brother. I guess God is trying to teach me a lesson, but it isn't going over too well.

One of the boys there picked up Hikaru's cellphone to call Kaoru, he just thought that Kaoru should know about this.

"Stop!" Hikaru shouted just when Kaoru picked up. "Hang up!"

"Wha-?" Kaoru asked through phone right when he got hung up on.

"Why don't you want Kaoru-kun to know?" The boy asked, a little nervous because this had never happened to him before.

"I don't want him to know that I'm making this for him."

"Oh, I see."

So, they called Kyoya, and he got Hikaru into a private room where they quickly removed the fabric and thread and sewed up his finger. Hikaru wanted there to be some other way, but he'd sewn over half his finger, so they had to give him stitches. Hikaru was awake through the whole thing, for he couldn't sleep with the gas without tossing and turning, so they numbed him. The pain was excruciating, which Hikaru felt was his punishment for thinking about his brother. It didn't hurt as much as thinking about Kaoru never talking to him again though, so endured it, and didn't listen to "God's" warning.

"What a day," Hikaru moaned as he sat down, ready to sew this stuffed animal together.

Everyone told him it was a bad idea, and they should wait. Hikaru couldn't wait. He had to get this done so he could get a good night sleep Sunday night, so he'd be ready for school. He doubted he could get it done that night and have Kaoru home with him.

Hikaru wanted Kaoru back, even if it meant surgery with him awake.

So, Hikaru sewed and sewed, he now knew the basics and was told what to do, so they left him when their parents called. Hikaru stayed up late into the night sewing. He had a bunch of pokes on his hands, and the knuckles were cramped from so much handwork, and his fingertips were sore from threading the needle so much. Still, he continued to sew it together, even when it was done and stuffed, Hikaru decided to add the furr effect to it.

It was well into the next before Hikaru crashed and got an hour of sleep before starting his project again.

The Sewing Club Leader

Well, Hikaru-kun sure is dedicated to what he does. We were at his house, teaching him what to do, when he sewed his finger to some pink, polyester practice fabric we were using. He was rushed to one of the Oohtori hospitals and he was fixed up. When he came home, he began sewing again! It's like, the finger wasn't enough for him. He didn't even tell us why he wanted to sew, he just did, so we taught him. Then he began making a stuffed animal.

We helped him a bit, but then my mom called and their dads and moms called too, so we all went home together.

Hikaru-kun was still working when we left, and he was getting really good, it almost looked like an animal you could sell in the stores. Maybe he has a natural knack for sewing? Probably, since his mom's a fashion designer of her own brand.

The person who gets that is sure gonna be happy.