Is It So Wrong?
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Ouran High School Host Club, if I did the twins would have a big make out scene in one episode.
Hikaru decided that Kaoru needed his rest, so instead of staying after school with the others they went straight home.
Huddled in a warm cocoon of blankets was Kaoru's curled up body, sitting right next to the bundle was his older brother. The only part of his brother that wasn't covered under one of the blankets was a modest fragment of orange hair.
Morose, and distressed golden eyes stayed glued to the figure laying beside him. As he watched the sleeping Kaoru he felt a pang of guilt course through his body. If only he had noticed that Kaoru was experiencing some sort of pain earlier, he could have taken him home before all the girls showed up; it must have been humiliating for Kaoru exhibiting that type of vulnerability and weakness.
Why didn't I notice before?
Their personal doctor arrived at their house and checked Kaoru before he fell asleep; the young man had reassured Hikaru that his brother's sickness was nothing more than a mere touch of food poisoning.
It must have been when Kaoru switched his lunch with Haruhi's he thought. Hikaru was told that the sickness wouldn't last longer than two days, after hearing those words Hikaru sighed a breath of relief; he was glad that it wasn't anything more serious.
"Hi-Hikaru" Kaoru moaned with distress.
"What is it Kaoru?" he quickly rushed to the other side of the bed so he could hear his brother better.
"B- bucket".
That's all he needed to say and Hikaru was quickly grabbing the bucket from the other side of the room.
Kaoru sat up on the bed and Hikaru placed the bucket in front of his body.
As Kaoru threw up for the second time that day, Hikaru began to whisper soothing words into the other's ear. He really hated seeing Kaoru like this, it was as if he truly could feel his brother's pain.
Kaoru lifted his head to face his identical reflection, "Could you get me some water?"
"Yeah, hold on a sec" he headed downstairs for the glass of water.
In no time at all Hikaru returned with a cool, glass of water.
Kaoru sipped from the refreshing liquid carefully.
"That feels better" he smiled to say 'thank you'.
"Is their anything else I can get you?"
"Rest with me?" an uncommonly shy voice fell out of the younger's lips.
Hikaru's eyes gleamed with happiness.
"Come here", Hikaru gently settled both of them together within the cozy covers.
Kaoru's back rested comfortably against Hikaru's chest; he could feel the warm breath against his neck.
"Goodnight Kaoru" his lips brushing tentively against the younger's neck.
"Goodnight Hikaru".
The next morning Hikaru awoke to an empty bed, he walked lazily to the bathroom to get ready for school.
When he opened the door the room was filled with hot steam which fogged up the mirror.
"Kaoru?"
"Yeah".
"Are you feeling better?"
"Much".
Hikaru grabbed his toothbrush from the plastic cup on the sink. As he squeezed the toothpaste onto the toothbrush he heard a faint voice from inside the shower.
"Thanks…for yesterday and… last night ".
"No problem".
With that said he began to brush his teeth, and Kaoru continued to wash his recuperating body in silence.
The twins were uncharacteristically quiet during their ride to school.
As soon as the boys entered their first class all of the girls squealed with delight.
"Ohhh they're so cuteeee!"
"I know, and they're so sweet to each other!"
"Kaoru! Are you feeling better? You looked pretty sick yesterday" an energetic girl asked.
"Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better, thank you for your concern".
As all the girls fawned over Kaoru, Hikaru remained quiet and seemed to not pay attention to all the commotion his brother was causing.
"Hey Hikaru, what's wrong? It seems like you have something on your mind" Haruhi asked.
"It's nothing", he glanced at all the girls doting over his brother, he noticed a few were even touching him. Quickly his gaze returned to the top of his desk.
"Are you still worried about Kaoru?"
"Why would I? It seems like he's doing just fine".
"Hmm" she looked at Kaoru laughing with the girls around him, and then she turned her head back to the gloomy looking Hikaru. It didn't make sense, wouldn't Hikaru be happy that his brother is feeling better?
As the day progressed Hikaru seemed to get more and more ticked off.
"Kaoru, I baked you some cookies. I hope you are well enough to eat them, I don't want to upset your stomach or anything", a girl with a yellow bow on top of her shiny, brunette hair said.
"Thank you, my stomach is much better now so-"
"Your generosity is very kind, but just to be sure, I don't think Kaoru should be eating sweets just yet" Hikaru spouted out, interrupting Kaoru and grabbing the cookies out of his hands.
"What is your problem Hikaru?!" Kaoru grabbed the cookies back from his irritating brother. "I'm fine now, remember? I told you that this morning in the shower".
"In the shower!!!! Oh…my…god!"
"So HOT!"
Hikaru rolled his eyes. Instead of doing their brotherly love act he just scoffed at the girls' excitement.
Kaoru noticed Hikaru's strange behavior, he made a mental note to himself to question his brother about it later.
Once their last customer left Kaoru gestured to Haruhi; she walked towards the twin.
"What's up?"
He made sure Hikaru wasn't anywhere near them before he started talking.
"Do you know what's wrong with Hikaru?, he's been acting really rude towards me and to our fangirls".
"You noticed too?"
"Who wouldn't notice his horrible mood, is he mad at me or something? Is it because I ran out while we were entertaining our customers yesterday?"
"I'm not sure, but he definitely seems pissed about something, you should talk to him about it".
That night Kaoru had managed to avoid confronting his brother, but he just couldn't go to sleep without knowing what was bothering his closest friend.
He rolled over so he would be able to face his brother on their bed, but Hikaru's back was facing him instead.
"Hikaru?" he timidly asked in a small voice.
"Hm?" Hikaru grunted without turning around.
Kaoru sighed, he was gonna make this difficult he could already tell.
"Are you angry with me or something? Is it because I got sick yesterday?"
"I'm not mad at you for getting sick" he mumbled into his pillow.
"Then what is it?" Kaoru prodded, inching closer to his twin.
"You wouldn't understand".
"Try me" he whispered next to his ear.
Hikaru's eyes widened, a pleasing redness graced his cheeks.
"Don't do that" Hikaru choked out, his body tense.
"Do what?" Kaoru didn't understand what his brother was talking about; he wasn't doing anything.
"What are you talking about?" he asked sounding genuinely confused.
"You're too close" the words awkwardly danced around the two boys.
"Huh?"
"You…you're too close to me. It's making me… uneasy" he said to the wall he was facing.
God this is so hard to explain, I wish he would just stop asking all these dumb questions.
"You don't want me close to you?" hurt evident in his voice. Kaoru regretfully slid his body away from his brother's. A huge gap now between them.
Knees drew up underneath his chin, eyes still on Hikaru's back. The feeling of his pounding heart throbbed against his chest.
The silence was deafening now, he hated this feeling growing inside of him. It felt like he was losing the one person that meant most to him in the entire world. He didn't trust his voice to ask Hikaru anything else, afraid he might make things worse.
Oh god what did I do? I don't remember offending him so badly that he would act like this, does he really hate me?
He couldn't take this rejected feeling anymore, not with Hikaru lying right in front of him. He climbed off the bed and headed towards the bathroom. As soon as the door was shut, and locked, tears spilled down his heartrending eyes.
He was so kind to me yesterday, I don't understand.
"Shit", Hikaru lifted himself into a sitting position, turning his head toward their open, bedroom door. He didn't mean to hurt his feelings like this, quite the opposite. His own eyes began to fill with tears. He didn't know what to do, should he go after him, or just stay in bed and wait for him to come back?
It's not like he can stay in the bathroom the whole night, right?
"Damnit" .