Kaoru's POV

"Huh? How are we supposed to help...?" Hikaru and I ask in unison.

"Why by flirting with her, of course!" he replies, seeming quite sure of his answer.

"What, that's it? That's your plan?" says Hikaru, rather bored.

"No, don't just simply flirt with her... Make her actually fall for you."

"Well why us, boss? Can't you do it yourself?" I ask, putting my arm around my brother.

He smirks, "What's the matter? Afraid it'd be too difficult?" he asks in a taunting voice.

"No," I reply. "It just seems like such a bother."

"Oh really?" he asks. "Or is it because you're afraid your brotherly Hitachiin charms won't work on her?... Just like how it doesn't work on poor, sweet Haruhi." His voice now seeming a bit too obvious.

"That's not true at all!" exclaims Hikaru, his arm out in objection. "In fact, we're gonna make the new girl fall for us in NO TIME!

Idiot. I sigh. How could he fall for that?

"Then I guess it's settled." The boss starts. He looks at Hikaru and me once more. "Hikaru, Kaoru.. Your mission is to make the new girl fall in love with you and of course, keep her from falling for Haruhi! Understood?!"

"Understood, boss!" Hikaru replies.

I sigh. "Understood boss..." -_-

*lunch time*

My stomach grumbles with Hikaru's as we made our way to the school's cafeteria.

Along the way, girls wave at us and say hi. We pull out our charms and say hi back and they scurry off blushing and shrieking in the most overheard tone.

We've gotten used to it by now. Back in middle school, we would've just rolled our eyes at them. But now, we're better at handling it. And it's all thanks to Tamaki-senpai. I guess this favor is the least we can do for him..

"We'll have the egg roll sandwich and some Chamomile tea, please." My brother and I say in unison to the person at the counter.

He then places our food on two separate trays. We take them, thank him and walk off to find a clear table.

Not too long after we left the counter,

"Kaoru-kun! Hikaru-kun!" someone calls out.

We turn around to look at who it was and saw two girls seated at a table not too far from us, waving. "Would you like to seat with us?"

We smile and nod at them then head for the two empty seats next to them.

Afraid our brotherly Hitachiin charms won't work, huh? I don't think so.

So we sat there for a while, entertaining a little as we went, until we were done eating.

"Hey, I'm gonna go get some desert. May I get you girls anything?" I said as I stood up.

"None for me, thanks." Said one of them, blushing.

"I'm fine too." Said the other, giggling. "Just having the both of you sit with us is already too much to ask."

"Alright then. What about you, Hikaru?" I asked as I knelt beside him, staring at his full amber eyes. The very same eyes that I see whenever I look at the mirror.

"Oh Kaoru," he says, putting the palm of his hand on my cheek. "You're always so thoughtful. But don't worry about me... I just wish I could find myself someone... exactly like you.."

Our faces draw closer. "Don't worry Hikaru, I won't leave you.."

Just then, girls all around us shriek and giggle like broken sirens. Too easy, I think as I try to hide a smirk.

I then stood up from my spot "Well then, excuse me ladies. I'll go get myself some desert."

"Awww..."

"Ahhh forbidden love.."

"I won't leave you either, Hikaru!"

"Kaoru, you're such a sweet brother!"

Those are what I heard them say as I left.

Haha, this is too easy indeed. Whoever this important new girl may be, she'll be no match for me and Hikaru. We've been doing this for quite some time now and we've gotten really good at it. I mean, me and my brother were just kidding about her falling in love with Haruhi. We weren't expecting the boss would make us do this. But it doesn't matter anymore. We were given this task and we're definitely not going to fail – I'm pretty sure Hikaru's thinking the same thing right now. We've got to do whatever it takes... for the boss' sake.

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"Uhmm..." a voice snaps me back from my thoughts.

"Huh..?"

I slowly look up and find that I've already found my way to the desert section. That's weird, I didn't even realize. I already had my arm out, reaching for a slice of chocolate cheesecake. That's when I realized...

"A-Are you... Uhm, did you.. want this?" she softly asks, her arm reaching out for something.

I traced my gaze to where her hand was. That's when I realized she was trying to reach for the same slice of cake as I was. I looked at her for a moment , thenher hand - it was right below my hand. The back of hers touching the palm of mine.

Upon realizing that, I withdrew my hand. "It's fine, you can have it."

I turned and was about to walk away when she spoke again. "Hey, thanks."

I looked back at her "It's no big deal."

But at that time, from where I stood, I started to see her face more clearly. She pushed her black hair up to her left ear and I could see how beautiful her hazel eyes were as they reflected the sun's light.

"You're quite attractive, you know that?" I stated with a slight smirk.

But then, her expression seemed to have changed. I couldn't really explain it but her timid eyes now seemed kinda different from before.

"Well thank you. I'm Masami by the way. " she said with a smile as she held her hand out and tilted her head a little. "And you are...?"

"I-I'm Kaoru... Kaoru Hitachiin." I replied as I shook her hand.

And then, the thought hit me.

"Are you by any chance.. new here...?"

With her hand still in mine, she answered "Yeah, I am."

When we finally let go, her dark hazel eyes stared into my soul for a brief moment.

"I do hope we'll see each other more often." she said with another head-tilt smile.

I was still looking at her, trying to process how she suddenly gives off such a different aura than she was just a few seconds ago.

I let out a sigh. "I have a feeling we're gonna see each other pretty often."

Hey! :D So I feel like I hadn't quite done my best on this one. :( And I'm terribly sorry but I really wanted to publish the first actual chapter (though I guess this counts as chapter 2?) as soon as possible. Anyway, I'm gonna try to update every week though I may have trouble considering school is just starting on Monday for me. Anyway, what do you think? All opinions and reviews will be very much appreciated and I'm new to this whole fanfiction business so your thoughts, whether positive or negative, will be very helpful! ^-^