p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"At 4:07am Kaoru awoke to the loud scrape of Hikaru's bedframe being dragged down the hallway. He knew it was his brother's bedframe scratching the delicate hardwood flooring because this had happened every time they got in a fight like this. Usually it'd take a few days for Hikaru to cool down enough, and he'd move back in during the night. Kaoru would pretend to be asleep, and Hikaru would move back in 'undetected.' When the door opened, Kaoru tried to stay still and quiet. Suddenly, he felt the bed dip. br /br /"I know you're awake. You're always awake. Nobody could sleep through this." He said, letting himself fall back onto Kaoru's pillow. His twin turned his head, letting their cheeks almost meet. "I'm sorry, you know. For yesterday. And now. For waking you up. I just- I miss you, okay? This is hard for me. And you have it so easy!" br /br /Kaoru sat up, crawling over his brother to get to the bedframe abandoned in the doorway. "Get up and help me move this." He stumbled across the frame and out into the hall. Hikaru grabbed the edge of the frame and they lifted in unison. br /br /"It's not easy for me either, y'know. I have friends, and Haruhi, and you, but don't you think it hurts seeing you struggle and not interfering? We depended on each other for so long, we didn't have anyone else. Then The Boss came along, and we had him, and the whole Host Club to go along with him. When the club disbanded and he left, I wanted to give up, too. Go back to just us. But I couldn't stand the thought of us-of you going back to being that lonely. I just-" br /br /By now, the frame was moved, and they had gotten the mattress and blankets and pillows. Hikaru was already back in bed, and Kaoru was still talking. "I get your point, now would you stop talking and go back to sleep, Kaoru." Kaoru laughed and rolled over in bed. "Night Hikaru." br /br /Hikaru listened to the deep even breathing of his twin as he drifted back to sleep. Maybe he had a point? They had each other, but their childhood had been a lonely one. Repeated dissapointments, no one really caring to get to know them. Even Tamaki didn't get to know them as individuals, thogh that was partly their fault. They never let the other out of sight. How could he. br /br /But still, somehow Haruhi did. Haruhi could always tell them apart, right from the start. She watched them. She learned their quirks, their likes and dislikes. She talked to them like they were separate people. She made them separate people. Haruhi was probably the first person Hikaru had loved enough to be without his twin for a while. And he got just as jealous over her as with Kaoru. Even with The Boss, he'd been so jealous and angry. So maybe, he should give her another chance? And maybe his friends, too? After all, they were still here. They hadn't left, even when he left them. br /br /Tomorrow, he would try. For real this time. With that, he allowed his thoughts to disperse as he drifted off to sleep. /p