Sloth-Kaoru

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Though Kaoru was rich, gorgeous, had tons of girls fawning over him, had a twin brother who loved him so dearly, and was very intelligent, he was terribly unhappy.

First of all, he wasn't sure if he was a favorite anymore, to anyone. He had thought that he had been his mother's favorite, until she got Hikaru more things than she got him. Then, he thought he had been Hikaru's favorite, only he was almost sure now that he would fall out of that category due to a certain new host club member by the name of Haruhi.

And at some time, he had even thought that he had been her favorite host club member because, well, everyone else seemed unfitting for the position. Tamaki had named himself her father, and constantly went around pestering her. Kyouya usually threatened her with the idea of having more debt to pay off. Mori was indeed, a seemingly good candidate for a favorite, what with his protectiveness of her and all, but he seemed too silent for her liking. Honey was much too of a kid, and she'd find him annoying after some time. The only real competition he had was his brother, but Haruhi probably liked him less because he was too in your face. She had always said that Kaoru was the calmer one.

And he had taken pride in that. But now, after having gone on a date with Hikaru, it seemed that the two had become each other's favorite's and he was neither's favorite.

Then of course, there was the fact that everyone seemed to out do him at the host club. Tamaki was "the king", often with the most ladies and he made it seem so effortless how he wooed them with his perfect words and watering eyes. Kyouya was the one with a perfect, cold elegance about him that made girls immediately drawn to him.

Honey only got so many designations because he was so cute and he was always with Mori, who was tall, dark and handsome, and easily attracted females without so much as uttering a single syllable. Hikaru, while getting much attention only as a twin, was more favored than Kaoru, for the simple fact that Hikaru was the guy who kept the twincest act going! He was the one who had "control" over Kaoru, and he was the devilish, more interesting one. For god's sake, even Haruhi was more popular with the ladies, and she was one herself!

As if it wasn't enough to be reminded almost everyday, the gods needed to use Valentine's Day to make sure Kaoru knew just how pathetic he was. He had never been the most popular, and often got the least gifts from the ladies. Not that it really mattered; he didn't care much for the girls at his school.

Well, except for one. Haruhi, when she showed up, appeared as if she was going to be more of a liability than an asset to the Host Club, but she had shaped up and was now competing with Tamaki and Kyouya for highest number of designations! And she was a girl herself for god's sake! Nevertheless, her being in Kaoru and Hikaru's homeroom class had made them become friends with her, as well as the fact that she could tell them apart.

The three had become pretty good friends, and Kaoru for one, was glad to see that the most attention wasn't being given to Tamaki, who had started to call Haruhi his "daughter". Hikaru and Kaoru were also glad that they had someone else besides each other that they felt they could confide in, and someone who they could tease that wouldn't mind it very much.

It was all great and the three seemed to be getting more and more inseparable. That was until Hikaru got it in his head that he had developed a crush on Haruhi. That was about the time that Kaoru was almost sure their friendship would be broken, especially after the 'date' the two went on.

And of course, Kaoru was always the one to listen to Hikaru ranting angrily about the boys that looked at Haruhi, or how she wasn't spending enough time with them. Hikaru was always going to Kaoru with his problems, as were others from the host club, considering Kaoru to be one of the wiser ones and had the most empathy.

But now Kaoru realized that he didn't really have anyone to turn to. Sure, he had his twin, but Hikaru wasn't so big on understanding his feelings, or would play some stupid prank to try to get the problem off Kaoru's mind, much to his dismay.

These thoughts were getting too consuming for his own liking. Kaoru realized he didn't like or understand much of what was going on in his world these days, and if there was one thing he hated, it was not understanding something. He realized how little he actually knew about everyone he cared about, and how little he knew about anything. It was strange to wake up almost everyday and question why you were here or what was going on. He hated this feeling almost as much as he hated the problems he had to face.

But in all fairness, he thought, were they really problems? Or was he just another spoiled rich kid whining about nothing?

Regardless, the fact of the matter was he didn't know much.

But if there was one thing Kaoru knew, it was this; there's always a reason to not feel good enough.

AN: Ok, that was Kaoru's! Now, the last one, Haruhi's will be put up soon! I'm sure you can guess hers by now!