The limo ride home was pretty quiet. Hikaru wasn't with me; he had stayed after school to help Haruhi with some stupid solar system project.

When I got home I did my homework, got ready for bed, and dozed off for a while. There wasn't anything else to do. Hikaru kept me entertained whenever we were together.

I woke up when Hikaru got home, which was around eleven o' clock. I heard him toss his school bag in the corner and undress himself, not bothering to shower or brush his teeth, as I had done. I pretended to sleep, because in truth, I didn't want to talk to him at the moment. I was a little angry that he had made me stay home alone bored out of my mind.

"Kaoru, I know you're awake, stop giving me the cold shoulder. I'm really not in the mood."

He sounded kind of bored; as if he didn't care if or why I was mad at him. What was up with Hikaru now a days? Why was he so cold to me? Did he even notice how different he is?

"What is it Hikaru?" He hesitated and plopped onto the bed next to mine. He wasn't sleeping with me tonight? He is distancing himself… little by little… but… why?

"I asked Haruhi to marry me. You know, after we graduate and stuff. She shot me down, but I'll keep working at it."

"That's great Hikaru."

"What are you talking about? I just told you my girlfriend rejected my marriage proposal and you think that it's great? Are you even listening?"

I rolled over to look at him, got up and sat next to him on the bed.

"Yes… Hikaru, I'm glad she turned you down."

He looked at me kind of funny, as if not expecting such a blunt reply.

"What?"

"Hikaru, I think it's good, because, I couldn't stand for you to be taken away by her."

He gave me another weird look, and seemed as if he was pondering something in the very back of his mind.

"Taken away? What are you talking about, Kaoru?"

"Hikaru, I know you've noticed. You aren't that much of an airhead… I love you. As more than a brother. I know you don't feel the same way, but I won't stand for you to go on loving her instead of me… and not even realizing how I felt."

He stared at me wide eyed, with an unknown expression written all over his face. Hikaru has never been good with his feelings … my heart sunk. He looked upset, and I felt I knew why. His twin brother had just confessed his homosexual feelings for him. This was no game. It wasn't like one of their charades for the fan girls at the host club. This was real, and Hikaru knew it all too well.

"K-Kaoru?" He asked. "You mean it?"

"Yes."

With that, Hikaru pushed me onto his bed and kissed me. At first it was gentle and sincere, but I guess me kissing back egged him on, and he deepened it into a more passionate, meaningful kiss.

After a while he pulled back for air, to see the bright red blush across my face. He chuckled and twirled a piece of my hair in between his fingers.

"Hikaru… What about Haruhi…?" I asked sheepishly.

He chuckled, and smiled down at me from his awkwardly sexual position.

"What about her? She was a crappy girl friend anyways. Tamaki will be a better match for her than me. He'll treat her better."

I was a little confused. All this time I had thought he was distancing himself from me to get closer to Haruhi… but he had felt the same way?

"Kaoru, I've loved you since we were little. That is nothing some girl can take away."

"Thank you…Hikaru." I couldn't think of anything else to say. He laughed and hugged me around the waist. I had finally confessed my feelings for Hikaru… but where would we go from here on? Would he always feel this way?