Swinging gently, Kaoru sadly watched the grass as it tickled his bare feet.

It was a little cool out, but that was the least of his worries.

Alone, sitting on the old swing as the night fell, he was thinking.

This place was on the outskirts of the woods, in an isolated corner of the country where they frequently spent their vacations. Vacation that were supposed to be deliciously filled with discoveries…

But everything had fallen apart. Hikaru was no longer here. Why had things changed so suddenly?

When they'd been kids, they had come here to play. This was the isolated hideaway where there was no adult supervision – they could easily lose their governess – where they'd invented their forbidden games. This swing…

Completely depressed, Kaoru let out a loud sighed. He felt so alone without Hikaru, so handicapped. As if he was a satellite that no longer had a planet around which to turn- the whole point of his existence!

He realized that his vision had become blurred, and when he touched his cheek he felt that it was wet. He wanted Hikaru. He wanted to be the only one for him, didn't want him to go look elsewhere, didn't want to see him smile at the neighborhood kids they'd met, didn't want him to accept their invitation to go out and have fun Especially when he himself just wanted to go home and snuggle under the blankets. But Hikaru had always been so selfish. He had seen something fun and had let himself be blissfully pulled along. And Kaoru hadn't gone with them. He hadn't felt like it this time.

Then Hikaru had told him to go home! How could he have said that? When usually it was he who refused to leave his beloved brother's side.

Yes. Kaoru suddenly felt there had been a shift; that he'd been left behind.

He started thinking the worst, that his twin had grown tired of him. His twin! That he'd grown tired of always seeing the same face, of them always thinking the same thing, of living closed off in their bubble even though Kaoru had tried to open it up a bit to the rest of the world. In the end, it was his fault! Hikaru had seen what the rest of the world had to offer and had preferred it to him, that's what must've happened…

Kaoru rubbed his eyes on his arm, sobbing quietly. He was brokenhearted.

The leaves rustled and caused him to lift his head.

Hikaru came out from between the trees of the small wood. Kaoru could barely see him in the pallid light of the setting sun. However, when he got nearer, he noticed a mark on his cheek.

He jumped to his feet and rushed to him.

"Hikaru! What happened? What happened to your cheek?"

He placed his hand on the darker skin and Hikaru whimpered.

"Don't worry…"

"How can you expect me not to worry? You were hit? Tell me who-"

Hiakru didn't let him finish and kissed him tenderly.

"Don't worry," he repeated in a voice strained by emotion.

Kaoru threw him a look through wide shocked eyes. Then he lowered them, shy, as Hikaru's in turn became tainted with worry.

"You were crying," he commented, his tone different, higher. "Why? Why Kaoru?"

Kaoru hugged him as an answer. It felt so good to feel him close once more, as if they'd never parted.

"I-I missed you?" he answered at last.

Hikaru sighed painfully at the declaration.

"You know I missed you too."

Kaoru captured his lips, Hikaru holding him against him, hands on his hips.

The heat of Hikaru's hands. Kaoru felt a wave of heat go through him. He stopped the kiss and took a few steps back, looking a little lost.

"What is it?" Hikaru asked.

"You never told me where you got the mark…" he answered with feigned nonchalance as he sat down on the wooden swing.

His twin scratched his head, looking sheepish.

"Well…" He was looking for his words. "How should I put this…. When you left, I wanted to go back too. But I wanted to… prove to myself, I guess, that I could do something without you. Except, it was so boring. And you know what I'm like when I'm bored…"

Kaoru gave him an blank look that didn't need to be explained, he understood.

"Long story short, one of the guys had enough of me and they threw me out…" Sheepish, Hikaru lowered his head. "I'm really lame without you…"

Kaoru smiled again. Comeback, comeback… No, he wasn't that mean.

"Come on, come here…"

Hikaru came to stand in front of him and wrapped him in his arms. The swing was high and they were face to face even though Kaoru was sitting.

"It's dark," Hikaru noted after a few minutes of quiet tenderness.

With a half-smile, Kaoru nodded.

"Remember what we used to do here? A long time ago?" Hikaru asked.

This time, Kaoru's smiled widely. He lifted his head from where it had been resting on Hikaru's shoulder, and sweetly kissed his brother's lips.

"What are you thinking? Hmm?"

Hikaru's hands slid to the small of his back.

"Same as you, no doubt…"

Trapping Hikaru's body between his legs, Kaoru vigorously captured his lips and initiated a prolonged exploration of his mouth. When they broke apart at last, they were out of breath.

That didn't stop Hikaru from quickly taking of his tee shirt as well as Kaoru's to cover his chest and collarbone in kisses.

A curious tongue now headed for a nipple to test its firmness.

"Deviant," Hikaru whispered against his skin, nibbling affectionately at the obscenely pointed nub of pink flesh. He attacked the second one, then slowly made his way lower. He licked inside his bellybutton, explicitly imitating a sexual act, with the accompanying sounds, so as to further excite his wanton victim.

Victim who couldn't take it much longer.

"Hikaru!" Kaoru whimpered, as his brother struggled to get his shorts off.

Kaoru lifted himself off the swing slightly so that they could be completely removed, finding himself completely naked and at his twin's mercy, who was now delicately licking the inside of his thighs, moving towards his straining manhood.

Hikaru, not being the type to do things half way, took him all the way in his mouth and then began a delicious up and down movement, tightening his lips at the head, his tongue moving over the throbbing member, pleasured shivers running across his back as his dear brother mewled and thrust his hips slightly to deepen the penetration into the warm humid mouth. He could feel fingers fisting into his hair, sign that his attentions had the desired effect, bringing Kaoru to total abandon. It was a moment of absolute tenderness that Hikaru fully appreciated when Kaoru reached his orgasm.

A moment that didn't take long to come, Kaoru muffling a cry, throwing his head back as his ass clenched on the rugged wooden bench, the muscles in his lower stomach brutally letting go, releasing the pressure.

With an ease born of habit, Hikaru sucked up his release with a certain perverse satisfaction. Managing to have Kaoru lose all reason, Kaoru who despite his sensitivity was unquestionably the more reasonable of the two, was a small personal exploit that, deep down, made him swell with pride. He swallowed and pulled away, smiling diabolically.

He got up and pulled a naked Kaoru against him.

"I love it when you do that," he told him, petting his back.

Kaoru was now the slightest bit shy. The feel of Hiakru's jeans against his sensitive skin was a stark contrast to the feel of his soft and sensual mouth. It made him shy, but didn't stop him from spreading his legs more to pull Hikaru even tighter against his chest.

"You're so cute when you come," Hikaru purred in his ear, making him blush.

He tried to calm the crazed beating of his heart and laughed.

"Enough for you to stay with me?" he asked in a tone that was relatively calm but pleading enough to have his brother rushing to answer.

"Of course, stupid! Always, even. Not only when we're…"

Hikaru cut himself off, unable to go on, it was his turn to blush. It was Kaoru who finished his sentence, hiding in the crook of his twin's neck wearing a devilish smile.

"When we're playing our forbidden games…."