-Simple Fiction-

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It was the next day again. Time for Hikaru to-stupidly-leave his precious children in the hands of a crazy otaku while he went and talked to some lady who was far too picky for her own good. But then again, we all know Hikari never really has his priorities straight.

"Okay!" he called, everyone else, including his brother and Renge, standing to attention before him, "Me and Kaoru are leaving now, any questions before I leave?" Ryu's hand shot up. "Yes, what is it, kid?"

"Are you leaving us with her again?" he said through his teeth, glaring up at the exasperated, wondering why he hated her, Renge.

Hikaru nodded. "Next question!"

Cami's hand shot up. "Daddy Daddy, how long will you be?"

"About three hours," he replied hastily, "next!" He sighed, exasperated as Renge put up her hand. "What?"

"So," she started, her hand on her chin thoughtfully, "If I were to have brought yaoi manga with me again, would you still take it off me?"

Hikaru glared at her before snatching her bag again and puring the explicit content of it on to the sofa. "Hypothetically speaking, then," he replied, handing the stacks of manga to a bemused brother, "I'd have to take them away again."

"Meanie."

"I'm a parent. Its in the job description. Next question?"

"Uh, bro?" Kaoru pondered, stumbling under the wait of KyoTama, "How am I meant to carry my sewing machine too?"

"Figure it out," Hikaru brushed him off, earning a scowl. Kaoru stuck his tongue out at his smirking brother before attempting to enter the next room to get his sewing machine without dropping all the drawings and sketches.

"Daddy Daddy!" Ami yelled, waving her hand excitedly, "I have a question!"

He blinked, turning back to his daughter. "Yes?"

She bit her thumb, not sure if she should just come out and say it or not. Hikaru waved her on impatiently. "Is Uncle Kaoru a 'hoh-moh-secks-you-ahl'?"

"You do know I can hear you!" Kaoru called, annoyed, from the other room

-x-

The second Hikaru and Kaoru walked-well, stumbled more likely in Kaoru's case- out the door, Renge turned to the kids, clapping her hands happily. "Look Look Look, Renge-chan here wants to watch some anime that isn't fit for younger viewers," she told them, "so you lot go on up to bed!"

The three kids looked at her like she had an extra head before Ryu piped up, "but its only five thirty!"

Renge grinned, ushering them out of the room, "yes yes yes, five thirty, time little kids should be sleeping, night night!"

The twins turned back defiantly, Ryu in tow. "We'll watch your otaku stuff with you then," they stated stubbornly, "We dont like anime much, but we can watch it, suitable or not!"

Renge shook her head, tutting at their ignorance. "Look," she explained, "Your Daddy already took all my yaoi manga saying that was unsuitable and if thats bad for you, you're sure as hell not allowed watch what I'm planning on watching."

They didn't move.

She blinked.

They stood.

She sighed. "I'll call my butler to tape it," she said exasperated, "and you three can watch Pinky and the Brain..."

-x-

"Hikaru," Kaoru said casually, flipping through a random Hunny x Mori doujiin, "These are good, ne?"

Hikaru just grunted and continued to stare out the window of the moving limo.

"Yes," the younger pressed, "They're very well drawn with good effects...they're accurate," he shuddered, "too accurate. Handy if you wanted to know what Kyoya-senpai looked like without glasses on...or anything for that matter and-"

"Are you finished?" Hikaru snapped, grumpily turning to face his smirking little brother.

"Annoying you?"

"Stop talking about Renge," he grumbled, looking out the window again.

Kaoru smirked. 'I wasn't talking about Renge; I was talking about Kyoya-senpai...'

-x-

Renge sighed, her head in her hands as the last episode in the Pinky and the Brain marathon finished. She had gone through two and a half hours of this and it wasn't even anime! She was having withdrawl symptoms from her big eyed shows.

"Why dont you lot get off to bed now?" she asked nicely, "Its eight now."

They shook their heads, skipping to the next channel where there was some random show about cartoon horses. "We dont feel sleepy yet, Renge-chan!" the twins chorused, settling down to watch the kiddy show.

Ryu nodded. "Me neither, Otaku."

Renge sighed. "If you go to bed now, I'll get you some lollipops."

"We dont want lollipops!"

"What do you guys want then?" she asked, exasperated.

The infamous Hitachiin smirk shone on all three juvenile faces.

-x-

"Have you got the ideas?" the woman they were meeting dragged, a look of nonchalance pinned onto her face that was mostly hidden by her sunglasses, as it had been all other times. Hikaru nodded quickly, handing them to her before sitting back down, nervous and awaiting approval..or disapproval. She took a long look at them before sliding them back down the table. "Good," she stated simply, "Bring the material you will use and all other items in tomorrow to me."

Hikaru nodded quickly. Kaoru watched the woman suspiciously.

Kaoru had been overly nervous the last meeting, with it being the first one he ever had to attend and all. . Too nervous to take a good look at the woman and realize that he recognized her. Really recognized her. He had definitely met her somewhere before. She was important.

And he had no idea who she was.

The woman got up and left.

-x-

"Back, Renge," Hikaru called, pushing the door open. Renge glanced up from the television where she was just catching the end of some anime movie, and grinned at him.

"Hikaru-kun! The kids are in bed!" she said happily, skipping up to collect her yaoi manga from Kaoru, who had stumbled in after Hikaru, panting under the weight of them all once again. "They were perfect angels! Lovely, just lovely!"

"Really?" Hikaru found this hard to believe.

She nodded, smiling up at him and his brother. "I only had to ask them to go on to bed and they went, all by themselves!" she giggled, "lovely children."

Hikaru looked suspicious, but shook off all the suspicion quickly. "Okay, well I'll need you to mind again tomorrow. Is that okay?" he asked warily. She nodded cheerfully, picking up her bag and heading out the door, smiling.

"Bye Hikaru-kun!"

"Goodbye?" he called after her, but the door was already shut. He blinked a couple of times before turning to face a bemused Kaoru. "Kaoru," he blinked, "When do you send them to bed?"

"Ten."

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Renge got outside the door, breathing heavily and thinking furiously. 'Okay, one, why did I agree to that? And two...how will I get it in?...'