A/N: I'm a little later with this chapter than I planned on being, but at least it's going up, right?

Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club. I make no profit from this.

"He's taken to stalking her, hasn't he?" Niyah muttered, blushing as she said it. Four days had passed, and when Hikaru and Kaoru weren't clinging to each other, Hikaru had taken to stalking Nara.

"From what I can tell, it's a hate/hate relationship. They both seem to want to kill each other." Kaoru sighed. He was a little lonely, to be honest. But he hadn't been completely alone; Niyah had been keeping him company while Hikaru was gone. While shy and nervous, she still said what she liked for the most part, and with her around, Kaoru wasn't completely alone. She made good company, for the most part, and Kaoru was glad. But the fact that Hikaru kept returning with scratches and scrapes told him things he didn't want to know- these twins were more different than alike, and their planning wasn't going well. A full on confrontation might be needed, but Kaoru knew he had to give Hikaru a chance before he shut down his half of the plan. He trusted Hikaru, but when Hikaru kept coming back to him bloodied and bruised... well, he wanted to reign him in.

"Kaoru?" Niyah looked at him, her expression beyond worried. "Why do you think she's on anti-anxiety medication?"

Kaoru thought hard about that answer. "Well, Hikaru said it was prescribed to her, so she must've needed it." He gave Niyah a small smile. "Has she ever showed any signs of panic attacks or anxiety before?"

Niyah shook her head. "Not around me... She just... gets really angry and..." Niyah looked down. "Never mind, I don't want to talk about it anymore."

"What were you two like as children?" Kaoru attempted to move the conversation away from Nara's abuse of Niyah to something else that could help them figure out what was going on.

"We loved each other." Niyah shrugged a bit. "Mom and Dad weren't around a lot, and Nara was my protector. She bandaged my cuts, held me through storms, defended me from bullies..."

Kaoru nodded. "And things started to change after she was sent to boarding school?"

"A little before." Niyah shook her head. "She... all of a sudden Nara wanted to fit in with another crowd so badly that she'd leave me in the dust to do it." She knotted her hands in her lap to hide that they were shaking, but Kaoru had seen it anyway.

"Don't worry. Hikaru and I will fix this, alright?" Kaoru patted her shoulder gently. He just hoped that they could.

"What kind of girl would hurt her own twin?" Hikaru snapped. He was really getting into the argument this time, and with his luck so far applied to each fight, he was going to end up with a slap mark that mirrored the one that Niyah had earlier that week. "You're a bitch! You're a snobby bitch!"

"Oh yeah? What kind of horrible person stalks a girl relentlessly?" Nara growled. "I could call the cops on you, you know that? I could have you arrested! But I don't because you're not supposed to be mean to stupid people!"

Hikaru had HAD it. He slapped her across the face, and Nara darted off. Regret coursed through his veins, he probably shouldn't have done that, but there was only so much he could take. Still, he followed her slowly. No one deserved to be hit, not even her...

A/N: I know it's short, but at least I got one up here, right? What'd you think?