Hello again! Happy Holidays! :3 I was going to wait and write this chapter after my holiday festivities, but decided against it, because I love you guys, and it has been a week since last chapter. I want to keep the updates about a week apart or so, because I think that's fair. I hope you guys enjoy this~! Even though it's kind of short ...
Disclaimer: No. I do not own Ouran High School Host Club. Or OHSHC. Haha that looks cool.
Following Hikaru and Haruhi on their date turned out to be more of a challenge than Kaoru could have imagined, and after losing them for the sixth or seventh time, he'd lost count, he gave up entirely. Nothing exciting was happening anyway. So he decided to just go home instead. But just when he was about to leave he noticed something unusual. A man who looked just like Tamaki looking around frantically through binoculars. Oh wait, it was Tamaki.
"Tamaki? What are you doing here?"
"Oh. Kaoru. Umm ... nothing ..."
"Are you spying on Haruhi and Hikaru?"
"No! Why would you think that? I just happened to be here with my binoculars, that's all."
"Right, because everyone needs binoculars when they are in the shopping district, darn I knew I forgot something." Kaoru remarked sarcastically.
"Well what are you doing here? Hmm? Do you have a crush on Haruhi like your brother?"
"Of course not. I'm just making sure he doesn't screw anything up."
Tamaki sighed. "Kaoru, can I ask you something?"
Uh oh. Tamaki had that 'I want to pour my heart out to you right now' kind of voice. Eyeing the upperclassman warily he replied, "Sure ..."
"Does Hikaru love her?"
Kaoru didn't like where this was going. That question obviously had a lot of weight attached. Kaoru wasn't sure of the answer himself, and didn't know if he even wanted to know, but he knew that Tamaki would not be satisfied with a simple 'I don't know'. Well, life is full of disappointments isn't it?
"I'm not sure."
"Oh."
"My turn."
"Huh?"
"It's my turn to ask you a question. That's only fair isn't it?"
"Oh. Alright, what would you like to know?"
Kaoru paused to think about how to word his question without giving too much away. "Have you ever been ridiculously jealous of someone for no reason?"
"For instance ... ?" the blonde asked, not following.
Wracking his brain for the proper way to proceed Kaoru said, "For instance a girl you like is clinging onto this other guy, but you're friends with both of them and would never want to hurt either one of their feelings."
Tamaki considered this for a while, long enough for Kaoru to start wondering if he was going to get an answer at all. "Everyday." the blonde finally replied, before leaving the redhead to meet Kyouya for lunch at a fancy café in another part of the city.
Kaoru bit at the inside of his cheek, deep in thought as he walked into his favorite coffee shop and slid himself into a booth near the windows. 'Everyday.' The word kept repeating in his head and he could not make it stop.
Then it clicked. Tamaki really was in love with Haruhi.
Hikaru walked into the coffee shop, Haruhi in tow, and sat in the booth behind Kaoru, closest to the door. "So this is the place where Kaoru buys your coffee's every morning?" Haruhi asked Hikaru.
"Yeah, we found this place while we were out shopping one day. Well I found it, Kaoru just kind of followed me like always."
It was clear that they didn't notice him. Probably because he was wearing a wig to disguise himself when he had been following them.
"I guess. I always assumed you two followed each other, not that Kaoru followed you or you followed Kaoru."
"Kaoru follows me. Almost to the point where it's annoying."
Annoying?
"I mean we are twins, but I think Kaoru is a bit too clingy sometimes."
Kaoru left the coffee shop before he could hear anymore. Hikaru thought he was annoying? Clingy? It was stupid of him to feel badly, but he couldn't help it. Words like those coming from the person closest to him stung.
Kaoru decided to take a taxi instead of calling home for a driver, even though he hated taxis. They just felt unclean to him. "Where to?" the burly taxi driver asked him.
Kaoru gave the man his address and was home in less than twenty minutes. He felt upset and betrayed, something he never thought he'd feel because of his beloved twin brother. There was only one person he wanted to talk to right now, but not on the phone, he worried his voice would fail him. He could only hope that Honey was online.
Luck must have been on his side at the moment because Honey's username popped up in his chat list when he logged in.
KaoruHitachiin Hey Honey, are you there?
HoneyBunny Kao-chan, hi! I am here. ^_^
Kaoru sighed in relief. If Honey wasn't there he didn't know what he'd do. Kaoru had grown to respect the cute little blonde since he met him. At first he thought that Honey was a strange teenager who wanted to be a little kid again, but over time he realized that Honey was quite perceptive. He knew what people wanted and gave it to them.
KaoruHitachiin Oh good. How are you?
HoneyBunny I'm great, but I doubt you came online to chat about our days.
See? Perceptive.
KaoruHitachiin You're right. There's something I want to ask you and answer honestly.
Not that Honey was ever dishonest.
HoneyBunny Sure Kao-chan, what is it?
KaoruHitachiin Do you think I always follow whatever Hikaru does?
HoneyBunny Hmm ... Well I guess Hikaru does seem to be the leader in your relationship, but I only see you two when everyone else is around. I guess you'd have to answer that question yourself.
KaoruHitachiin Okay, thanks Honey.
HoneyBunny No problem Kao-chan! ^_^ Let me know if you wanna talk about anything else okay? I'm going to go eat cake with Takashi!
He would have to answer that question himself, huh? Well Kaoru was going to prove to everyone that he was nothing like Hikaru.
Sunday passed by quickly, Hikaru and Kaoru hardly talked, other than at dinner where Kaoru discovered that Hikaru had been playing some new video game that he got when he was with Haruhi all day. The only thing Kaoru had done that day was pick up a few items from the convenience store down the street, and that hadn't taken too long.
Monday morning when he walked into the coffee shop he noticed that Ava was once again working. When didn't she work? She smiled at him. "I like your hair Kaoru."
"Thanks."
"The usual?"
"No, just one coffee. Black."
Okay! So what did you think? Like the title tie in? I always love those, 'cause then I feel all smart for figuring it out. :) Even though I kinda just ruined it for anyone who didn't catch it the first time. Anyway! Many people have been asking about a chapter from Hikaru's point of view (but still 3rd person) and I think that might be good for the next chapter, so your wish will come true!
Anyone have any ideas of a name for the 'coffee shop'? I write 'coffee shop', 'coffee shop' over and over, and it gets a bit repetitive. So any ideas will be appreciated. If nothing else, I'll come up with one myself.
Again I hope you liked it and I'm not completely ruining this for you ^_^'.
-Rine