Keri: I have finally reached the "I've Made 5 People Cry through My Writing" mark. Thank you KittyChocolateAnime for being the fifth. Oh, and yes I'm sure that in Japan, they wouldn't treat the school badly, and that it would be very clean, but you know what, I'm putting them in my high school so just role with it, lol.

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Dirty. Crummy. No uniforms. Unkempt. Littered.

Those were the five things that came to mind when Kaoru and Hikaru stepped foot in their new school. There was moss and dirt clinging to the walls, along with gum and other things encrusted onto its brick surface. All the students were in their normal attire, and it seemed that if there was a dress code, no one was enforcing it. The trees and bushes had no shape to them, as though they hadn't been trimmed in months. And there was trash on the ground, it wasn't too bad mind you, but it was enough to make the two red-heads sick.

In the eyes of the commoners, it wasn't a very bad school. And if you looked at the facility as a whole, it was very nice. But the teens, just coming out of private school, could see every single nasty, disgusting, filthy, horrible little thing about the building. The stains from sugary beverages; the trash from candy and other foods; the dirt and dust forming layer upon layer on top of the gum, turning it into a black mark that would forever rest upon the ground.

Kaoru pressed closer to Hikaru as they entered the administration building. "Brother," he whispered, "this place is horrible, can't we home-school instead?!" they took a seat at one of the table in the corner of the room, waiting for one of the secretaries to acknowledge them.

"No." Hikaru shook his head and looked at his twin. A mirror image if it hadn't been for the bangs. "They said we would need a parent or guardian to sign for us if we wanted to home-school. And they would have to teach us. But since it's just you and me…" they sighed in unison.

Kaoru tightened his hand around Hikaru's as a rather old lady – in her mid 50s if you had to guess – approached them. "What can I do for you boys? Oh, you must be the Hitachiin brothers." She smiled kindly. "Follow me please and we'll get your schedules and a map and we'll send you off to class." She led them through the building to the very back room. It contained three areas, sectioned off by desks. There were two computers in each area and three secretaries chattering away to one another, talking about some television show they had seen the previous night.

One stood. "I'll take them over here Yasu." She waved the boys over. Kaoru sat in the chair in front of her desk, Hikaru leaned over it. "Hello boys, my name is Ms. Rio, over there is Mrs. Hitomi, and Mrs. Yuuko only comes in the afternoon. This is the attendance office; we handle attendance of course, but also class arrangements, teacher complaints, and scheduling. So if you need help with any of those, come see us. Now which one is Kaoru and which is Hikaru, hm?"

They both smiled sadly. The Which One is Hikaru and Which One is Kaoru game.

"I'm Hikaru, I talked with Mrs.Yuuko on the phone." He began to absent mindedly play with his brother's hair. Running it through his fingers. Massaging his scalp. Running thumbs behind his ears. Twirling the strands together. Twisting them back and forth between his thumb and forefinger. He heard the younger sigh contentedly.

Yasu nodded, writing off Hikaru's actions as simply "they're close". "Alright, I'll just pull up your schedules and get you everything you need to start. Lunch time is the same as at Ouran and all the prices are clearly labeled. I'm sure you've brought enough money." She smiled at them. "Everything else is the same as at Ouran, passing period time, break time, class length." She handed them each a piece of paper, folded in half, with their classes on it as well as a map of the school. "There you go!"

"Thank you," the twins nodded in unison and left the building.

Hikaru grabbed Kaoru's hand as they stepped outside. The school was basically a bunch of two-story buildings in a circle. "We should find our classes." He said at last.

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At lunch, the two boys sat alone.

They had always eaten alone.

Until the Host Club.

But who needed them?

They only needed each other.

Yet both were afraid to eat. True, the food wasn't as appealing to the eye as the food at Ouran High, but it didn't taste bad. That bad. Hikaru gulped and looked at the other, who returned the action. They nodded and each picked up the fork, taking a bite. Like I said. It wasn't that bad. They looked at one another again. They could stomach it, but barely.

Kaoru nudged his brother, everyone that walked by or was sitting near them were staring at them. Like they had never seen twins before.

Hikaru wrapped his hand around his sibling's and turned his back to everyone. They were sitting outside, on the grass in the courtyard. It was a silent rule that only the populars sat on the grass, but they didn't know that. The jocks were glaring at them, while the preppy girls just watched in confused awe.

A blonde girl and her two friends approached them and sat. "So, you're new here huh?" she leaned forward towards Hikaru, smiling in that semi-coy/semi-sluty way popular girls do.

The boys met eyes for only a moment before nodding. They didn't want to get too friendly with anyone any more. They had tried, and their trust was broken. They didn't want to ever be hurt in such a way again.

"You would think," she said, walking her fingers up Hikaru's bare arm, "that two totally fine twin boys like yourself would have oodles of girls flocking to your side. Unless," she paused, looking up at Hikaru, "you have a girl friend already. Do you?" she pouted around the last two words. Her friends giggled and pressed up to either side of Kaoru. Almost all the popular people were watching.

The twins almost lost their lunch.

Hikaru stood, taking his brother's hand. "No, we don't have girl friends. We are a couple. And, if you don't mind, we are leaving." He didn't know where, but he had to get away from the obnoxious girls, dragging the younger twin behind him. He tried to ignore the looks of both disgust and confusion the kids who'd overheard shot them.

News seemed to travel fast, for by the time they reached the bathrooms – which was where Hikaru decided they would hideout – most of the school was buzzing with their names, and they could feel the eyes on their backs as they hurried to get away. Neither felt safe until they were in a stall. Hikaru collapsed to the ground as Kaoru hesitantly sat on the toilet.

"Brother?" he said softly.

He gave Kaoru a broken smile. "No, it's okay. I'm just… he sighed, "stressed. You would think we'd be used to girls doing things like…that after the Host Club. But the girls there never touched you." he looked over the other's body. "Did it hurt? Does it burn? Want me to kiss it better?" he got on his knees, making fishy lips at Kaoru's arms.

"S-stop!" he giggled. "Hikaru, you know commoners don't burn! Well, at least Haruhi didn't. These ones might." He squirmed as Hikaru began to kiss and lick the areas the girls had touched him. Kaoru wrapped his legs around his brother's back. "Hikaru? Do you remember what we were doing when we first fell in love?"

"Hmmm," Hikaru chewed on his lip, looking at his brother. "I think-" he was playing with the other, "-but I'm not sure." He laughed at the pout that grazed Kaoru's lips. "Of course I do. We were in sixth grade. One of the girls had kissed you on the cheek and said you were cute. I asked her if she knew who was who. She didn't and I dragged you into the bathroom. We were sitting like this. I told you that I didn't like her kissing you, and you said that you didn't either. And I told you that I didn't want anyone else to have you, and you said you didn't want anyone to have you either. And-"

Kaoru joined his brother on the ground. "And you pulled me into your arms, and clung to me and told me that you weren't going to share." He leaned into Hikaru, his foot getting caught on the un-locked stall door, opening it as he moved. "And I leaned up and kissed you." and he did so.

"Oh my fucking lord-"

The twins looked over at the group of boys who had been watching the girls flirt with them. Kaoru blushed violently as the group approached them. Some looked pleased at finding two new fags they could beat to a pulp – to transform their attractive rich boy faces into a swelling, bleeding mess. While others look like they would be ill.

"And here I thought when they said they were together they were joking." He scooped up Kaoru by the front of his shirt, the eighteen year old able to pick him up off the ground by a few inches.

"Ahh! P-put me down!" Kaoru tried to pry the hand off his shirt.

Hikaru stood and punched the bully in the stomach, effectively allowing his twin to get free. "Are you okay Kaoru?" he helped him to his feet.

"You little shit!! I'll kill you!" the large jock lunged forward at the boys, but his friends held him back.

"Calm down man, it'll be okay…"

"Yeah, we'll get them later."

"You can't get another detention or your parents'll kill you."

He calmed slightly at his friends' words, pulling away from the grasp. "You two better watch your back." And with that they left.