Title: Simple Words
Word: Separation
Request by: Hikaru Hiitachin
Kaoru
They were always together, even when they slept it was in the same bed. Ever since they were little they could never be apart. But now Hikaru was on a business trip with their mother and this would be the first time they had ever been apart (excluding their little fake fight) and for the longest time too. He would be gone a week.
So far the past day had seemed to just drag on. The minutes seemed slower now that he wasn't standing next to him. The other side of the bed seemed colder than usual. In the middle of the night when Kaoru woke up from a nightmare he reached out for Hikaru's hand like he normally would have only to be met with the cold mattress instead of the warmth he was used to meeting. Kaoru lay in bed after that, staring up at the ceiling until at some point, he fell asleep again.
The next morning was no better. Instead of waking up from having Hikaru accidentally kicking him as he turned over, Kaoru actually slept longer than he normally did. Everything just seemed slower. Kaoru dragged himself out of bed and lazily got dressed.
Hikaru
Hikaru stared boredly out the window of the plane as his mother chatted with someone while she slipped through pages of a magazine. His eyes hurt from having to wake up so early to go to Barcelona. He was tired but try as he might, he just couldn't get any sleep. He would sleep for less than five minutes and wake up more tired than before so after awhile he just gave up. It was no use trying to sleep with some thing next to him missing. Kaoru. It was alot easier for Hikaru to sleep when he knew Kaoru was with him. Boy, this was going to be one tiring week.
Kaoru
The week just seemed to keep getting slower and slower. On Saturday night, the rest of the host club came to stay the night in hopes of cheering him up. While it did help to have them all there, he still missed Hikaru. That night he lay awake while everyone else slept. Sleeping on the living room floor and with every thing so quiet gave it an eerie feeling even with Tamaki snoring next to him and Hunni every once in a while kicking at some thing in his sleep as he clutched his bunny.
Kaoru tossed from side to side trying to sleep but finally gave up and went up to his room to sleep on his bed. Sleeping in his familiar bed and surrounding helped him relax a bit and even with the other part of the mattress ice cold, he eventually did fall asleep. He awoke a couple of hours until dawn to someone tossing and turning next to him. His eyes shot open and for a second, he panicked. Then after seeing who it was he relaxed again and scooted closer to him draping an arm around his waist. Hikaru pulled at the blanket as he tried to get comfortable.
"Kaoru, stop hogging the blanket!" Hikaru said tugging at it. A pillow hit the side of his head, followed by the blanket and shortly after Kaoru kicked him, sending him to the floor.
"You could at least say hello or that you missed me or something," Kaoru said as he grabbed the comforter from the other end of the bed and turned over. He felt his brother jump over him as he got back into the bed.
"Sorry, I missed you," Hikaru said. "Now give me the blanket, it's cold."
Kaoru rolled his eyes as he lifted the covers to let Hikaru crawl in. It good to have that familiar warmth next to him again.