Disclaimer: I DO NOT own any OHSHC characters or related things. The only things I own are Tsuki, Mikara and their families. Thank you. goodnight -bows-

Sitting in her chair, Mikara covers a yawn with her hand. When she re-opens her eyes, Kaoru is standing beside her, smiling down at her. She jumps and looks up at him, blushing a bit, and smiles.
"Sorry," she says, "I guess I'm about to fall asleep!"
"Why don't you lay down on the bed then?" Kaoru suggests, "You could sleep there."
Mikara looks over at the bed then back at Kaoru, who is still smiling at her, "Oh... I couldn't..."
Kaoru grabs her hand and leans down so his eyes are level with hers, "Would you go if I offered to lay down with you?"
Mikara blushes as her eyes widen, "You would?"
Kaoru nods and straightens up, still holding her hand. Mikara stands as well and lets Kaoru lead her over to the bed. He sits down and gently pulls her onto it with him. Blushing she looks into his eyes and smiles.
"This isn't bothering you?" he asks, holding her hand lovingly.
She shakes her head, blushing and at a loss for words.
"Alrigth then," he smiles, "Lay with me then."
They both lay down and Mikara looks at him, "Why are you being like this?" she asks shyly.
Kaoru jumps, "What do you mean?"
"You're being so... so... nice and..." she stops, blushing and with a shy smile adds, "It's enough to make a person think you like her..."
Kaoru blushes a bit and smiles, "Is that a bad thing?" he asks, holding her hand.
Mikara looks into his eyes, "Oh Kaoru!" she sighs, moving forward to hug him.
Surprised, Kaoru lays there for a second, then puts his arms around her and holds her close...

We switch to Tsuki and Hikaru!

You're walking in the garden, hand in hand with Hikaru, taking in all the beautiful flowers. You stop beside a bush of bright pink roses and smile as you let go of his hand to bend down and smell it. Smiling you look up at Hikaru and see that he's smiling at you.
"You're a nature person?" he asks.
"How could you tell?" you ask, standing up.
"You look so comfortable when you're outsde surrounded by plants and things like that," he smiles, "So am I right?"
You nod, "Yeah, my favorite pass-time when I was younger was to climb trees..."
"We have some trees that would be good for climbing, want to see?"
"Sure!" you smile.
Taking your hand, he starts walking towards some big trees. Your face lights up as you see a perfect tree, branches lower to the ground, to sit around in. It seemed to be calling to you to climb it...
So why not? you ask yourself, walking over to a low branch.
"Uhm... wahtcha doing?" Hikaru asks, watching you put your hands on the branches to lift yourself up.
"Climbing the tree," you answer looking back at him, "Or am I not allowed?" you ask, hastily removing your hands from the branch.
"No... it's alright... it's just that... you're in a skirt..." he explains, pointing at your short, red skirt.
"So?" you ask, putting your hands on the branch and jumping up, "Is that a problem?"
You're used to being rough and tom-boyish, so you don't really see his point right away... and you hop onto another branch.
His eyes widen as a breeze blows your skirt just enough for him to see, "Uhm... I..." he stutters.
You look down at him, moving your hair out of your eyes with your right hand while holding the tree with your left. Standing up on the branch, you look around and see how nice the garden really is.
Looking back at Hikaru, whose eyes are still wide, you smile, "You're eyes are as wide as plates, are you okay?" you ask.
"Uhm... yeah... definitely..." he shakes his head and smiles up at you, "Be careful up there."
"Y'know what? I bet you just jinxed me!" you laugh, turning to another branch.
Hikaru watches as you pull yourself up... higher and higher into the tree, finally getting to the top and poking your head out. You smile and wave to Hikaru who waves back and smiles.
"Come down from there! You're worrying me!" he calls up.
"Alrght!" you laugh, getting back into the tree.
As you set your foot on the branch beneath you, you hear a little crack and, ignoring it, you lower yourself down. Your weight is too much for the branch though, and it breaks, sending you tumbling down. You let out a little "WOAH!" of surprise and next thing you know, you're getting ready to take the impact of the ground...
But...
It never comes.
You stop abruptly, but are lowered gently to the ground. Opening your eyes, you see that Hikaru caught you before you could hit the ground. He sets you down and rubs his shoulder. You go to say something but the branch is already there before you get a word in. Hikaru raises an arm to stop it, but it still scratches him on the cheek before bouncing off under the tree.
Your eyes widen as Hikaru places a finger to his cheek to pull back some blood.
"I'm so sorry!" you apologize, moving closer to Hikaru on your knees.
"It's not your fault," he smiles, his hand pressed against his cheek where the tree cut him.
You feel bad anyways. You put your hand on his, the one on his cheek, and look in his eyes.
"Let me see," you say.
He moves his hand and you dig in the bag you always carry with you and pull out a cloth. You wipe away the blood and pull out a bandage.

You put it on his cut and put the cloth away. Hikaru puts his hand on the bandage on his cheek and looks at you.
"Thanks," he smiles.
"No problem," you smile back, "I still feel like it was kinda my fault..."
He leans forward and kisses you on the cheek, "Don't," he says gently in your ear, "It's not like you knew the branch would break."
You blush hard and try to stop yourself... you try but you don't manage... you end up...

Manwhile with Mikara and Kaoru

Mikara's eyes were closed as she held Kaoru. She was surprised to feel his arms slide around her and pull her close. Opening her eyes a bit and looking up into his eyes, he smiled at her, and she blushed.
No way he likes me... she was thinking to herself, He's just being nice...
"You're very warm," Kaoru says gently.
"I'm sorry?" Mikara mumbles, not sure of what to say.
"Don't be sorry, it's nice," he holds her tighter, leaning forward to whisper in her ear, "I always wanted to hold you like this."
Mikara let out a soft gasp, "R-really?" she asks quietly, turning her head so she was eye to eye with him.
He nodded and began to lean forwards.

MEANWHILE!

That was it... you'd done it.
You felt stupid of course... but it felt so good...
You were kissing him. His lips felt so soft against yours. You had closed your eyes because you were afraid of his reaction...
But to your total surprise...
He was kissing you back.
Gently he pushed you to the ground, laying beside you, your lips still connected. You felt his hand on your hip. You felt it move down your thigh and start playing with the hem of your skirt...
And that's when you snap back to reality.
You pull away, your eyes wide at what you just did, calling yourself stupid all the while.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry!" you say, running out of the garden and back into the house.
What had you just gotten yourself into? you thought. Now you're probably going to be in troubble if anyone finds out...
You get to Kaoru and Hikaru's room, and you're amazed you remembered where it was.

Mikara is staring into Kaoru's eyes, about to move forward when you open the door. You practically have tears in your eyes and she sits up and immediately goes to you.
"What's wrong?" she asks, hugging you.
"Can we go?" you whisper, "I did something totally stupid..."
Mikara gives you a funny look but doesn't ask any questions.
"Sorry Kaoru," she says, turning to him, "I have to go, I'll see you around, ok?"
"Sure..." he says, giving you a funny look from the bed.
You leave and get into Mikara's car. She starts it up and pulls away from the twin's mansion. You look back and call yourself stupid again. Even if there was a chance he liked you, you may have just ruined it... It was too soon to do that.
Mikara kept silent until you were a little ways away from the mansion.
"So you wanna tell me what's wrong?" she asks gently, turning down a street.
You take a deep breath and tell her everything that's happened. The tree, Hikaru catching you and getting cut, and your little sudden impulse...
"But he kissed back..." she points out, "I doubt he would have had he not liked you."
You think about that for a second, and you know its true, but you still doubt someone like him would like... well, someone like you.
"Hey, you wanna stay at my house tonight? Tomorrow's Saturday anyways... what do you say to that?" she asks, holding out her cell phone.
You take it and call your parents, telling them you'll be over soon to pick up your clothes.

Meanwhile, as you head to your house, then to Mikara's...

Kaoru is sitting on the bed looking out the window when Hikaru opens the door and leans on the door frame. Kaoru looks over, and immediately notices the scratch on his cheek, and the thoughtful look in his eyes.
"What's up with y..." he starts but stops when Hikaru looks at him.
"Y'know what Kaoru," he says, "I think I like her the way you like Mikara..."
Kaoru smiles and pats the bed, "C'mon, it's been a long day."
Hikaru smiles and goes and lays with his brother.