Chapter 2- Hurting

~Kaoru~

I got out of the limo that had just taken me home. I was clutching the book Tamaki had given me.
Tamaki, Hunny and Mori walked me to the house.
"D'you want us to stay with you Kao-Chan?" Hunny asked.
"I'd find that really comforting." I said.
Mori nodded, "Sure."
"I will too." Tamaki said. I smiled weakly. We all walked inside.
I led the three of them upstairs to my and Hikaru's room. I fell onto the bed and clung to Hikaru's pillow.
It smelled like him.
Hunny sat on the bed hugging Usa-Chan. Mori sat silently next to him.
Tamaki picked at a flaw on the floor.
Finally, after what seemed like a day, I sat up, rubbing my eyes.
"What time is it?" I asked. Mori looked at his watch, "Nine." I peered out the window and sure enough, it was dark.
I stifled back a sob and buried my face in my twin's pillow.
Tamaki, Hunny and Mori sat on either side of me and waited the night away.

...

~Hikaru~

My breath caught as I received yet another blow to the head.
I was sure I had a concussion.
I heard Haruhi laughing mercilessly behind me. I never thought she could be that evil.
Trying to muffle my yelps of pain, I thought about Kaoru. I thought of his smell, his touch, his voice.
I felt tears running down my face. Suddenly the laugh changed and I felt a searing pain across my lower back.
I cried out, but regretted it right after. The pain got worst. I clamped my hands across my mouth, and slammed my eyes shut.
I heard a sickly sweet giggle in my ear.
"Why?" I squeaked.
"Because you took something of mine." Haruhi hissed at me. "What?!" I leapt up and faced her, "What the hell did I take?!"
"Kaoru." She said simply and tore a knife down my arm. I screamed and fell back to sitting.
I started crying ragged sobs and covered my mouth. The last thing I saw was Haruhi smirking at me.

...

~Kaoru~

I was going back to school today. My friends had insisted.
I shuffled through the huge campus, then I arrived at Music Room 3.
I shoved open the door and saw Haruhi, Kyoya, and Tamaki sitting at a table.
Haruhi turned to me and smiled, "Hey Kaoru."
I gave her a little wave and took baby steps to the closest chair. When I sat down a heard something.
It hurts…
I jumped up, knocking my chair over, "What was that?!" Tamaki looked at me, "What was what?"
I glanced around, "I could've sworn… I heard… H-Hikar-ru…" My voice broke on that last word and I started crying again.
Suddenly I felt small arms around my waist, pulling me into a tight hug.
I looked down to see Hunny clinging to me, he had his face pushed into my blazer.
He looked up, teary eyed, "I'm so sorry Kao-Chan!" I tussled his hair, "It's okay Hunny-senpai."
Kyoya handed me a manila folder, "Update on the search."
I took it and flipped it open. It had two sheets of paper. One, a map. The second, a page of text.
I looked at the map. It had red circles and crosses all over it.
"That's where they've searched, the crosses are where they've failed." Kyoya explained.
All the circles were crossed. I sighed, then looked at the text.

Dear Mr Ootori,
We have searched the eastern area of the city and will soon be searching the western.
So far there is no sign of the whereabouts of Mr Hitachiin.

I bit my lip at that part.

We suspect the old jail. We will report back soon.

It was a really short letter, but it struck a chord.
I clutched the letter tightly in my hand.
"I really hope he's okay…" I mumbled. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Haruhi smiling slightly.

...

~Hikaru~

I rummaged through all the pockets of my torn clothes. I found a hair-pin. Why was that there?
I pulled it out of my pocket and examined it. It was small enough. Good.
I rammed it into the keyhole of the hand-cuffs and jiggled it around, waiting for a 'click'. Suddenly I heard the door open. I yanked the hair-pin out of the keyhole and slid it into my pocket.
I turned back to the door and saw the barrel of a gun pointed at me head. I froze in fear.
The barrel motioned for me to stand up, which I slowly did, hands raised. Ranka was holding the thing that threatened my life.
"You're moving." He said coldly.
He un-cuffed my hands and walked me, with the gun at the back of my head, to another cell. He chained me up once again.
Then I heard a bang. A gunshot.
I felt something fire into my leg. A bullet. I started crying.
Ranka chuckled, and walked out of the room. I leaned back against the wall, trying to ignore pain. Why did he shoot? Why did he have to hurt me more?

...

~Kaoru~

Why did he shoot? Why did he have to hurt me more? I heard that voice again, in my head. I jumped up again. "Gah! I must be going insane!" I yelled.
Then I realised that there were girls staring at me from every side. I went bright red and sat back down, staring at the ground. "Er, sorry." I murmured. The girls started muttering to each other.
I stood up and headed to the bathroom. I caught snippets of conversations, "Must be losing Hikaru." "Poor Kaoru." I fumed. I pushed open the door to the bathroom and leaned on the sink. My leg hurts. My arms hurt. My head hurts.
Same voice in my head yet again. It always sounded like Hikaru. I pounded my head against the wall.
I miss Hikaru, I thought.

...

~Hikaru~

I miss Hikaru.
I gasped and half jumped, which I immediately regretted. I was regretting a lot lately.
I clung to the memories of Kaoru. Of Tamaki. Of Hunny. Of Mori. Even of Kyoya.
I remembered the refreshing battle. My date with Haruhi. Okay, so I regretted that particular memory. A lot. I hugged my good leg up to my chest and closed my eyes.

...

Poor Hikaru! Poor Kaoru!

Awww...

Can you guess what that voice is? The one in their heads?

Are twins closer than we think? Heh...

I'm on school holidays now so I'll be writing a bit more.