Chapter 5 – Crash

"Hikaru!" Kaoru spat shocked when his twin jumped out of nowhere.

Just two second earlier the youngest twin had been standing defenseless, Kyouya's lips against his own – and the next… Hikaru had, as summoned, appeared and connected his fist with Kyouya's jaw. Hard.

Kaoru stood frozen for a second, trying to comprehend what had happened. Let's see: Kyouya had gotten up from his chair … grabbed him and kissed him… Hikaru had appeared… then, Kyouya was getting hit repeatedly and- wait WHAT?

Kaoru lunged forward and grabbed his twin by the shoulders. "Hikaru, STOP it!" he yelled, trying to pry him off, but it was like trying to make a lion move from it prey. Kyouya stared at Hikaru stunned and didn't make an attempt to fight him, just looked at him with empty eyes, while the punches rained down. Kaoru winced by the horrifying sounds the punches made.

"Hikaru, stop right now!" Kaoru yelled, and finally a waiter came to his rescue and yanked Hikaru away roughly. Kaoru caught his brother by the shoulders, holding him back and looking at him.

"What the hell are you-"

"No! What are you doing?" Hikaru cut him off maliciously. His eyes were almost glowing with anger. "How can you kiss that guy!" he pointed madly at Kyouya, who was getting helped to his feet by the kind waiter. He looked horrible, and Kaoru felt like he needed to apologize, but this wasn't the time.

"That is really none of your business!" Kaoru snapped, suddenly getting angry himself. Who was Hikaru to tell me him what he could, and could not do. They were not together anymore, and a brother didn't have the right to order him around this much.

"It is so my business!" Hikaru yelled, clenching his fists by his sides.

"Why couldn't you just give up," they heard Kyouya hiss behind them. Hikaru turned with a eyes of a mad man.

"You should just shut your-"

"Just leave, Hikaru!" Kaoru interrupted, he had never used this kind of tone before, but he was seriously pissed. Hikaru spun back toward Kaoru and opened his mouth.

"You're being such a-"

And then time stopped. Even Kyouya looked shocked, but not more than Hikaru.

The oldest twin's eyes were widened in shock, his mouth slightly opened, feeling his cheek burn from where Kaoru had hit him. He could taste the blood form in his mouth; maybe he had bit his tongue. He really wasn't sure of anything.

Kaoru scowled at him, his fist still clenched together.

"I'm leaving tomorrow," he said, barely audible. "I'm going to get a job far from here. And I don't want to ever see any of you again."

Hikaru turned his head slowly, staring at Kaoru to see if he was serious. Kaoru narrowed his eyes when their gazes met. "I am serious." He told, as if he had read Hikaru's mind.

Then he looked down, forcing himself to keep his face in place and then the twin turned to leave. Hikaru was too shocked to say anything; he just looked at Kaoru's back, that slowly walked away from him. For good.

"Stop," he uttered, holding a hand over his sore cheek. "Please don't go."

Kaoru pretended not to hear him and continued walking toward the exit. He ignored all the stares he was given, holding his eyes pinned to the door before he opened it and left.

Once outside he started running. His feet hit the ground so hard that it almost hurt inside his lungs immediately. His chest burned, begging for him to slow down, but if he did he would feel the other pain, the numbness, the loneliness. No! He wouldn't stop. He had to keep running.

Soon he felt his lip starting to bleed, and he hadn't even noticed he had bitten it. His vision was getting blurry, his breathing quick and painful. His head was spinning with memories, all about his brother.

"Kaoru," Hikaru whispered sweetly and touched his cheek. His eyes had so many emotions all at once "I love you so much. I never thought I could accept that I was gay, but I truly love you. Will you marry me?"

Kaoru let out a sob and then he threw his head back and screamed as loudly as he could. "Why are you my brother? Why are you my fucking brother!"

After what seemed like an eternity he had to stop. Just stumbling forward took him effort and he dropped limbless onto the ground. He didn't know where he was or where he came from. He didn't care either, he just wanted to sleep and be miserable and heartbroken.

His breathing came in as rasping pulls of air and his eyes hurt from suppressing the tears for so long. He turned his face toward the ground and cried. Not the cute little "sob sob", but the whole embarrassing package of crying. The running nose, the red eyes, the loud cries in pain.

"Hey!" a voice suddenly yelled and he looked up stunned. "Hey, are you alr- Kaoru?" He felt his heart get heavy with disappointment. He didn't know why, but he had somehow wished that someone else would find him. He had hoped that his brother would have followed him, but he hadn't. He hadn't chased him.

"Tamaki?" Kaoru whispered slowly, furrowing his eyebrows in sadness. The blonde sprinted the last few meters toward him and grabbed him shaking hand with a gasp.

"What the hell happened to you?" he demanded to know, and helped Kaoru into a sitting position. The young teen finally realized where he was. He was just outside town, the darker place where Tamaki's bar was located. The blonde must have been on his way home after work, which meant that it was at least midnight.

"I-" Kaoru began, but was cut off by his own sob.

"Calm down!" Tamaki begged, not knowing what to do. Kaoru covered his face with a hand and shook his head.

"I hit him…" he whispered miserably. Tamaki pulled a little closer.

"You hit who?" he tried, but Kaoru just shook his head again and Tamaki let out a sigh. "Come on, my house is closer than yours."

"No, I need to pack," Kaoru sobbed.

"You're leaving?" Tamaki asked, just talking casually. This was like talking to a drunken person, which he had plenty of experience with. He put his arm around his shoulder, since he didn't seem to be able to walk on his own.

"Yes," Kaoru told him silently, clinging to Tamaki to keep his balance. Tears were still resting on his cheeks, but he was too mentally exhausted to wipe them away.

Suddenly Tamaki's phone went off.

"Yeah?" the blonde answered cheerfully. "Oh, hey Kyouya. Yes he's-" Tamaki began, but Kaoru shook his head wildly and Tamaki hurried to change his tone. "Um, I mean, yes I have definitely not seen Kaoru."

Tamaki looked at his phone in surprise. "Huh? He hung up on me."

"Thank you…"

"Well-" Tamaki started, but suddenly his phone rung again. He furrowed his brows. "Um, yes?"

Kaoru looked up at Tamaki again by his next words.

"Hey Hikaru, no I guess I haven't seen him. Okay, hey what is going on- GOD! He hung up on me too!" Tamaki said unhappily and his gaze fixed on Kaoru. "Do you care to tell me why I just lied to my friends, who are, for your information, looking frantically after you?"

Kaoru looked down guiltily. Tamaki let out a deep sigh, but didn't ask again.

"NOO!" Tamaki yelled dramatically, getting pulled back by a sighing Haruhi. Kaoru gave them an apologizing smile and sipped from his drink.

The three friends were sitting at the café, while Kaoru explained the situation. He was happy Haruhi had had time to come too, apparently both Hikaru and Kyouya had called her too.

They had both been completely stunned by the story, especially when Kaoru had hit Hikaru. They all had a hard time imagining that, but the real outburst had been when he explained that he had decided to leave the country.

"Please don't go!" Tamaki begged, looking hurt.

"It's his decision," Haruhi scolded him.

"But I'll miss him! It's so mean!"

"I'm sorry," Kaoru whispered, but smiling slightly regardless. He really had some good friends, but he just couldn't take all the drama anymore – besides, he had gotten a great offer regarding a job.

"Can we drive you to the airport?" Haruhi asked hopefully.

"Actually I would rather take a cab," Kaoru said, gesturing to the bags he had placed on the seat next to him.

"Gosh! This is so sudden!" Tamaki whined.

"I will really miss you both," Kaoru assured them. Tamaki rushed around the table and pulled Kaoru into a tight hug. The youngest twin laughed half-heartily and patted the back of his friend. Afterward he gave Haruhi a hug. He would really miss her caring nature.

Hikaru threw his lamp across the room, watching it shatter to a million pieces. He grabbed around his hair and screamed as loud as his lungs would allow him. He looked around for something else to destroy, but his room was as trashed as it was going to be.

Regardless he kicked a few pieces of the ruined couch angrily. His temper was what had started this; it was what had ruined this. He hated it, but he couldn't stop it.

Him and Kaoru were different. Same face, but different! Kaoru could cry, but Hikaru couldn't – wouldn't! Therefor this was the only way to get his emotions out.

He didn't know when Kaoru would leave. Didn't know if he was already gone. He hadn't slept all night, because he had been looking for that moron.

He fell to his knees and let out an exhausted breath. He hated Kyouya for separating them- no, that wasn't right. Hikaru had separated them. He should only hate himself.

He had tried so hard to make Kaoru come back to him, but he hadn't been able to save their relationship. He had failed. He was done.

"Hikaru! Hikaru open the door!" a sudden yell sounded and he looked up.

"Who is it?" he yelled back, not even bothering to walk to the door.

"It's Haruhi."

Hikaru groaned. "What do you want?"

"I want you to get off your ass and get your brother back!"

Please review and tell me what you think. : D The next (and probably final) chapter will be up before next friday. That will be my own personal goal. : D

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