"Master Kaoru, It's time to wake up. Breakfast will be served in thirty minutes." Came a voice from the door.

Kaoru groaned and shifted in bed. "Thank you." He rolled onto his side and his eyes opened wide. He then closed his eyes again. 'What's going on here' Kaoru thought. After all, he was shocked to see an image of his brother on the other side of the bed. He rubbed his eyes. He hadn't been haunted by the ghostly image of his brother in months, so why did it suddenly return? Kaoru tried to push the image from his mind but it was still there. It was then that it dawned on Kaoru that the image of his brother was fully dressed, something that the typical image always lacked. Kaoru gently moved closer, and by doing so he caught a whiff of beer. Kaoru's face scrunched, he then jabbed his brother in the ribs with his fingers.

Hikaru groaned and shifted. "What was that for?"

"You were passed out on my bed." Kaoru said.

Hikaru's eyes popped open and he sat up. He grabbed his head. "Shit…"

"Have a little too much fun last night?" Kaoru asked as he moved to the edge of the bed.

Blurring images crossed Hikaru's mind. "Fun wouldn't really be the word I'd use."

Kaoru stood up. "Could have fooled me," he mumbled as he walked to his large closet. As he walked he could feel the stare of his brother burning into his back. Knowing that his brother could still see him from the bed, Kaoru dressed quickly, tossing on whatever clothes he could find. When he came out he finally managed to make eye contact with his brother. Kaoru could tell that his older brother was thinking about something, just as Hikaru knew that Kaoru was thinking about something as well.

Both twins spoke at the same time. "Kaoru, can we talk?/Hikaru, you should leave."

Both twins paused after hearing what the other said. They looked at each other, looks of disappointment and a sense of regret filled the room. Hikaru stood up and made for the door.

"Hikaru…wait…" Kaoru said, his voice trembling.

"No, you're right. I should leave." Hikaru opened the door and walked out, closing the door behind him.

Kaoru ran to the door, but he could already hear his brother's footsteps heading down the hall. He rested his head against the door and sighed, as the scab over his heart that he had worked so hard to create felt as if it has been ripped off, exposing an old heartache.

Hikaru walked down the hall, and entered his bedroom. Instead of preparing for breakfast and the day that lay before him, he stripped and crawled into bed hoping to sleep off the pain in his head, and the ache in his heart.

Kaoru stared down at the empty sheet of sketching paper that lay on his desk. He had been trying to sketch new ideas all morning but nothing came to him. The only thing that kept entering his head was the replaying of that morning's events: waking up with his brother next to him again, his brother watching him dress, his brother saying that he wanted to talk. Was there even anything left to talk about? They hadn't even argued in the past few days. In fact, they hardly even had seen each other at all and when they did it was only in passing. Life had finally become bearable again as dull aches could be ignored but now once more the sharp pain in his chest had returned and he wanted it gone . Kaoru looked at the full garbage bin next to his desk, he then let off a huff and pushed himself away from his desk. He did want to talk, but just not with his brother.

Kaoru knocked on the large oak doors, and stood there, the cool breeze whipping around him. The door opened and outstepped an older man, "Ah, mister Hitachiin. Master Haninozuka said you would be arriving. Please, do come in." Kaoru entered the large house, glad to be in from the cold. He took his coat off and handed it to the butler. He then took his shoes off and slipped on his slippers that he kept there. "Master Haninozuka is in his study, you may follow me if you'd like."

"That's alright. I know my way." Kaoru said with a smile. He then proceeded down the long hallway before him. After passing several doors he finally found the one he sought, and knocked gently on it.

"Come in!" came a cheerful voice from the other side.

Koaru opened the door and walked in. Honey smiled at him from behind his desk. "Kao-chan! I didn't know you'd get here so fast."

Kaoru looked at the desk, among the various papers and books scattered around were numerous desert plates and empty teacups. "I wasn't interrupting something, was I?"

"Just ongoing studies." Honey explained.

As Kaoru got closer he saw that the scattered papers were recipes, and the books were filled with pictures of cakes, cookies and other such sweets with certain ones circled or crossed out. "I see…" He sat down in a nearby chair.

The two friends sat there a moment without a word spoken. While Kaoru stared into space, Honey kicked his legs back and forth under the chair and watched his friend.

Finally Honey broke the silence, "you wanted to talk about something Kao-chan?"

"Yeah…" Kaoru said.

"About Hika-chan right?" Honey asked.

Kaoru nodded.

"Did something happen?"

"He was in my bed when I woke up this morning." Kaoru replied softly.

Honey threw his arms up into the air in celebration. "Kao-chan that's wonderful!"

Kaoru shook his head, "It's not what you think. He had been drinking last night, and got confused when he got home and passed out in the wrong bed. That's all."

Honey's arms dropped like stone. "Oh…"

Silence filled the room once more.

Once more, it was Honey who broke the silence. "I'm sorry Kao-chan. I know that must hurt you."

Kaoru shrugged. "I don't know if it hurts much anymore, it's all pretty numb now. It just threw me off, that's all."

Honey knew his friend was lying, but thought better than to call him out on it. "Is that all that happened?"

Kaoru's gaze dropped from the ceiling down to his feet, "He said he wanted to talk with me."

"And what did you say?" Honey said leaning forward.

"I told him to get out." Koaru groaned as he slouched in his chair.

"You did what? Kaoru isn't that what you wanted?" Honey asked.

"It was...it is…it… I don't know anymore." Kaoru stammered throwing his head back and covering his eyes.

"How can you say that Kao-chan?" Honey asked worriedly.

"It could have been another one of his games for all I know. I can't take another one. Whenever I think I'm getting over him, something always happens to allow him to get my heart again and thrash it." Kaoru's head dropped back down and a faint smile appeared on his lips, "but it wasn't like I didn't enjoy waking up next to him again. It was nice seeing him there, and it was nice being in the same room without fighting, or hearing him talk without out shouting…

"What happened then?" Honey asked.

"It was just he had made me feel so awkward and uncomfortable, and we both spoke at the same time. When I tried to get him to talk, he left like I told him too. And then he wasn't at breakfast, and then I couldn't think of how to talk to him, so I locked myself in my room all day, then I came here…"

"I have a silly idea, instead of coming to me, why not go talk with him. It's obvious you both want to talk." Honey pointed out.

Kaoru placed his hands on his lap and gave a soft sigh, "I know… I just couldn't bring myself to do that."

"Just get in the same room." Honey said. He saw Kaoru's mouth go to respond, "But without either one of you telling the other to leave."

Kaoru's mouth closed for a moment then said gloomily, "I don't know how."

"Kao-chan if you don't even know how to be in the same room as someone else, you have bigger troubles." Honey said.

Kaoru cracked a smile. "You're right Honey-senpai. Thanks." Kaoru stood up.

"You are welcome Kao-chan. Take care of yourself and just talk with Hika-chan okay?" Honey said as he turned back to the paperwork on his desk.

"I'll try." Kaoru left the study and walked to the front door.

"Leaving so soon Mr. Hitachiin?" the butler asked.

"I'm afraid so. There's something I have to do back home before the night is through." Kaoru explained.

"So life must go. Always another thing to attend to." The butler said helping Kaoru into his coat.

Kaoru thanked the butler and stepped back out into the chilly night air. Having been seen by the driver, Kaoru waited until the car pulled up to the stairs before he got in and headed back home.

After disposing of his coat and his shoes Kaoru headed for the stairs. He slowly made his way up the large flight of stairs, weighted down by the thoughts in his head. When he made it to the top, he stopped and looked at his brother's bedroom door. He knew he should go over there and knock, but he couldn't seem to gather enough willpower to do it. So instead he walked the more familiar hall towards his own room. He was halfway there when he stopped in mid-step as Honey's words came to mind, "It's obvious you both want to talk". Kaoru spun around and took a few steps, before his willpower gave way once more as thoughts of another fight with his brother came forward. He spun back around and headed for his bedroom. Kaoru stopped again as Honey's words once more floated through his head, "if you don't even know how to be in the same room as someone else you have bigger troubles". Kaoru let out a determined breath as he knew Honey was right. He just needed to run to his brother's door and knock before he could talk himself out of doing it again. He turned and started to run towards his brother's door. It was then that the noticed his brother standing outside of his door with an odd expression on his face. Kaoru stopped as it dawned on him that anyone who saw his actions in the hall must think him mad, and Kaoru couldn't be sure that they weren't right.

Kaoru's words stumbled out of his mouth, "Hikaru…what are… you…doing here…"

"Watching my brother perform Swan Lake." Hikaru said with a grin.

Kaoru mentally face palmed. Of course his brother had seen the whole event in the hallway. He began to blush so he turned to head to his room, no longer willing to talk with his brother.

Hikaru cursed under his breath, "Kaoru wait! I'm sorry!" He called out after his brother. Kaoru's feet stopped. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. I was headed to the kitchen to get something to drink, but I saw you…"

Kaoru glanced over his shoulder; Hikaru had given chase but only in the sense that he was slowly walking after him. Kaoru listened to his brother's slow approach.

"Were you coming to see me?" Hikaru asked.

Kaoru nodded.

"Did you want to talk?" Hikaru asked anxiously. "Because we can go and talk, if you want."

There was silence between the two brothers for a moment. Then Kaoru shot off back down the hall towards his bedroom.

"Or not…" Hikaru said with a sigh once he heard his brother slam the door as he hid in the bedroom. He then returned to his own bedroom, having forgotten why he had even bothered to leave it in the first place.

Hours passed, and the darkness grew thicker. Silence. Hikaru slept lightly under his sheets. That is until his phone broke the silence with a loud chime. It had received a message. Hikaru cursed and swore as he blindly groped for his phone. Having found it he went to look at the message but the light from the phone was too bright and it hurt his eyes. He had to wait for them to adjust, and whilst doing so, began seething at the ideas of who had woken him up from what little sleep he could seem to get. While a few seconds prior he had been on a war path, it was after reading the message "Can we talk?" that Hikaru jumped out of bed, threw on a pair of pajamas and ran down the hall. Hikaru knocked gently on the door, despite the urge to just walk in. He heard his brother respond so he opened the door as quietly as he could and entered.

Hikaru instantly saw that his brother was sitting in bed with the sheets pulled over his lower half, yet Kaoru's top half was bare. While he wanted to keep looking at the beautiful sight before him, in an effort to keep his brother at ease Hikaru shifted his gaze quickly to his brother's desk where he found a chair to sit in. Silence still filled the room and the house as neither brother was sure what to say in order to get the ball rolling in such a situation as theirs. The two brothers exchanged awkward glances.

"I'm sorry for dragging you down here." Kaoru said.

Hikaru shook his head. "I wasn't really doing much anyways."

Kaoru gave his brother a small smile before the communication stopped again.

Hikaru glanced over his brother's desk; it was fairly organized, especially compared to his own. The striking features of the area though were that the top page of the sketch pad was blank, while the trash bin was full of crumpled sheets.

"Hikaru, what happened to us?" Kaoru asked.

Hikaru turned his attention back to his brother.

"I thought things were great at the end of last summer. I thought we were both happy. But then it seems like I did something wrong. You started acting strange and grew distant. When you moved to your own room I thought that would solve whatever it was, thinking that you just needed space." Kaoru sniffled as the words and emotion that he had kept inside began to pour out, "But it didn't solve anything. Things became worse; we began fighting more and more until we fought in the Host Club. After that we didn't even talk to each other for a couple weeks. Now we barely even see each other besides at dinner." Kaoru rubbed his eyes. "So where did we go wrong? Did we go too far? Was it me? Did you finally get your fill of me? What?"

Hikaru's body twitched. He didn't like seeing his brother cry. He wanted to go over there and hold his brother in his arms, but he didn't know if Kaoru would let him, so he stayed put in the chair to try and calm him with a response. Hikaru opened his mouth but found that no words came out. His plan was already failing. He closed his mouth. Took a deep breath. Opened his mouth once more. A short yet loud sob emitted from Hikaru's mouth. He closed his mouth again and squeezed his eyes closed, trying to stop the tears that were forming in his own eyes. He cried out, "It was me." Hikaru blinked, it wasn't what he had intended to say but it was what came out.

Kaoru shook his head in confusion, "What was you?"

"It was my fault entirely." Hikaru said trying to explain the comment. "When we got back I found out how much Mom and Dad's companies were affected by us being missing. Stock fell, people lost their jobs, it was terrible."

Kaoru's tears stopped, not because all was revealed and relieved, but because he was trying to connect the dots that his brother was seemingly tossing at him.

Hikaru explained his reasoning, "if we continued what we were doing, and someone found out about us, the fallout over it would have been terrible. The family's reputation, the businesses, they would all be affected. Thousands of people would have lost their jobs and their families, who count on them, would have suffered too."

"Why didn't you just tell me that?" Kaoru asked his voice now flared with anger.

Hikaru ran his fingers through his hair and grabbed the back of his head. "I don't know!"

"You don't know, or you just don't want to tell me the truth?" Kaoru asked. "Did you think I'm too weak to handle it, or too dumb to understand? What were you thinking not telling me?"

Hikaru growled, "I don't know what I was thinking, alright?"

Kaoru stayed quiet and glared at Hikaru, pushing his brother to elaborate, as it had long become clear that he could no longer read his brother's mind.

The two twins stared at each other, just waiting for the other one to give in first. Hikaru lashed out, "Fine! That isn't the full reason, you happy now?"

"Then what is?" Kaoru asked with discontent.

Hikaru took a calming breath. "While I was worried about our future together, it would have killed me if something had happened between us and I lost you forever. I thought I'd rather push you away before we could go any further, before we became more emotionally invested in each other and that it would be best if you suffered a little pain now than major heart ache when I inevitably let you down later. But it killed me to be so close to you day after day after day and not have you. So I tried putting some more distance between us, thinking that if I had some space, then maybe things between us would cool down. That we both could move on. But things didn't cool down, and I couldn't move on, if anything I thought about you even more. When I feared that I would give in I asked for my own room. But that didn't work either. I'd lay awake at night wishing that you were next to me. So I had to distance myself even further from you somehow. So I did it the only way I could…"Hikaru didn't need to finish the sentence, as they both knew what Hikaru had done.

Kaoru felt the pain in his chest surge at his brother's revelation. He had been telling himself for so long that their fight was all based on a misunderstanding, that it was an accident, a mistake. But now knowing that every word, every action, every night spent alone was all part of his brother's plan. That all that pain his brother caused him was on purpose. He wanted to be alone, to curl up in a ball and disappear for the rest of the night. Part of him regretted even finding out as the truth hurt him more than he had expected, but he knew he needed to know more if anything else was to come from this talk. "If being with me was against your 'plan', then why did you stay in the Host Club for so long?"

Hikaru gave a weak smile, "It was the one little break I gave myself. Everyone there sees us as just an act. And since the Host Club is where fantasy becomes reality, I figured it was the place for my dreams to come true too."

Kaoru nodded. It finally made sense. Why those times seemed so real. Why his brother had said the things he had said. Why his hands were freer than usual. "It was the opposite for me. Once you began pushing away, the Host Club became hell. Every day I was reminded of something I could have had. That I should have had. No. That I actually DID have. That's why I hit you that day. I couldn't take it anymore. The teasing. The memories. The could-have-beens. It was too much."

Although the bruise had long since healed, Hikaru touched his cheek as the memory came back to him. "I don't blame you. I was a total dick. After that day, it seemed that I had finally broken free. Not because I stopped thinking of you, but because I knew it would never happen between us now. I had driven you too far away; you could finally get past me. So when you quit the Host Club, I did too. After talking with Dad about it, I joined the computer club. On the nights that I couldn't get you out of my head, I would go out and drink until I couldn't think about anything. I just figured you didn't want to see me anymore, so I just kept my distance."

"Why didn't you just tell me all of this? Why put me through hell without a single word?" Kaoru seethed.

"I'm sorry. I am so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. I just wanted you to move on, and I knew you wouldn't have if I told you this. You would try to make it work and then just wind up hurting yourself worse when everything would come crashing down."

Kaoru threw his arms into the air, "You don't know how it would have turned out. Yes, most relationships our age don't work out, but in case you didn't notice Hikaru, we are very different than everyone else. We were already closer than most relationships. To make matters worse, instead of giving me an option you chose by yourself to give me the most drawn out painful torture you could! That doesn't make any sense. You can be so unbelievably stupid sometimes!"

"I know. I know. Haruhi said the same thing last night. I can't explain it. It all made sense in my head at the time, but now looking back I don't know if I even understand it myself."

Kaoru glared at his brother and shouted back, "was it really me that you are trying to protect then Hikaru, or were you just unwilling to take the chance that you heart might actually bleed? How much of this is really about us or me and how much of this was fueled by a cowardly egomaniac's false sense of preservation?" The room was stuck in a silent ruthless tension until a knock at the door brought both twins out of their private world.

"Kaoru, is everything alright in there? I heard shouting. Is Hikaru in there with you?"

Kaoru turned his attention back to his brother. He looked at him. Hikaru's eyes were red and swollen from tears, and his wet face was evidence that they had indeed been shed. But the fiery rage that had burned in Kaoru's eyes had been extinguished by his brother's tears. Could it be that his brother was just as confused about everything as he was? Kaoru returned his focus to the door, "Yes Mom, Hikaru is in here with me. We're just talking. You can go back to bed, everything's fine."

"Alright dears, just try and keep it down." And without further questions their mother was gone. The two brothers exchanged looks. While their mother did not have any more questions, they certainly did. Such as, how long had their mother been there, did she hear anything, and were they really being loud enough for her to hear them from the other side of mansion?

Those issues quickly got tossed onto the back burner as Hikaru wasn't finished apologizing yet. "I'm sorry Kaoru. I really am. I'm sorry for everything I've put you through the past few months. I'm sorry that I've pushed you away. I'm sorry that I've hurt you. I'm sorry that I've been a dick. I'm sorry for making your life a living hell. I'm sorry that you've had to go to sleep and wake up alone."

Kaoru looked down into his lap and rubbed his arm. Part of him wanted to just accept those apologies and move on, but the rest of him was still hurting, and wanted to hate Hikaru for all the pain he caused.

Hikaru continued as he tried to dry his face, "I know it will take a while to fix things and I'm not expecting everything to go back to the way it was overnight, if ever. I just want to say that I've missed you."

Kaoru still had his gaze fixed on his lap. He couldn't bring himself to look at his brother, regardless of what he was saying now.

"We've shared too many memories together to just throw them all away. We used to have great times together. I want those times to come again." Hikaru said. He looked at his brother, who still wasn't acknowledging him. "Just know that I'll be there for you if you need anything." Hikaru stood up and walked to the door. He opened the door, turned and said. "Goodnight Kaoru." He then left the room, leaving his brother with his thoughts.

An hour later Hikaru stared up at his ceiling. He had been tossing and turning and had yet to fall asleep. His mind was still running through everything that had just happened. He sighed and wished he had something to drink himself to sleep. He had just moved his pillows around for the eighth time when a knock came from the door. "Yeah?" Hikaru called out.

"I can't sleep." Came a voice from the other side of the door.

Hikaru tossed on a pair of pajama bottoms and walked to the door. He opened the door, and gestured with his head for his brother to come in. He closed the door behind him and walked to his bed. He moved his pillows around so his brother could have some and lay back down on his bed. Kaoru soon followed suit, lying on the opposite side of the bed. The twins laid there silently staring at each other in the darkness, until their eyes grew too heavy to keep open, and they drifted off to sleep.

When Hikaru awoke the next morning his bed was empty. He looked around his room, and it too was empty, which in turn made his heart feel empty. He tried to go back to sleep but found it impossible, so instead of sleeping the morning away as he usually did he got dressed and headed for the dining room. When he entered his parents looked at him and smiled, but his brother kept his attention on his plate.

"Good morning Hikaru, I was beginning to wonder if you'd ever be joining us for a weekend breakfast again." His mother teased.

Hikaru walked to his mother and kissed her cheek. "Good morning Dad, Good morning Mom. You almost didn't see me. I was having such a pleasant dream that I was trying desperately not to wake up." Out of the corner of his eye Hikaru looked at his brother across the table. "Good morning Kaoru."

"Morning." Kaoru mumbled as he took a sip of tea.

Hikaru sat down next to his mother and before long a plate of food was placed before him. As he ate, he stole glances at his brother, trying to figure out exactly what happened the night before. Although he knew the talk was real, as was his brother entering his room later, he didn't know if he was supposed to act like it occurred, after all Kaoru was certainly acting as if it hadn't. Hikaru looked at his parents, when they made eye contact they would give him a large smile then returned to their plates. Yet, when he looked at his brother, Kaoru would quickly look away without acknowledgment.

When breakfast was finished, the family split ways to go to their own individual sanctuaries: the twins to their rooms and the parents' to their offices. Hikaru sat at his desk as he stared out his window and watched the trees sway in the wind. After some time his focus shifted back to the job at hand, he looked down at the book in front of him. "These problems won't solve themselves", he said with sigh.

Lunch went as smooth as breakfast, and dinner as smooth as lunch. All filled with strained conversation, all filled with a new feeling of distance between the twins. Hikaru left dinner feeling even more confused. He talked with his brother; they even slept in the same bed again. Then what was with the cold shoulder he had been shown all day? He didn't know. All he knew was that he wanted a hot shower and a warm bed. Any other night he would have stayed up late, but this night he felt drained, and so his bed beckoned him.

After a steamy shower Hikaru crawled into his bed. Although the sheets and pillows had been changed, he could still smell his brother's lavender scent lingering in the bed. Hikaru took a few deep breaths and then closed his eyes. Within minutes he was asleep.

A knock on the door woke Hikaru from his peaceful slumber. He groaned and cursed, as he slowly stirred. He looked around the room but it was still dark. It wasn't time to wake up, so it wasn't his maid who had knocked. Then who was it?

"Hikaru? Are you awake?" Came a whispered voice from the door.

Hikaru looked at the door then blindly groped in the darkness for some pajamas. Having slid them on, he made his way to the doors and unlocked them.

"I didn't wake you did I?" Kaoru asked.

Hikaru yawned.

"Sorry. I couldn't sleep again." Kaoru said before turning his head to look back down the hall towards his own room.

Hikaru looked at his brother the best he could in the dim light that came from the hall way. He thought about closing the door right then, after all letting him in the previous night didn't seem to fix much between them. Instead Hikaru stepped aside to let his brother in, then walked over to his bed and turned a small lamp on so Kaoru could find his way. Hikaru crawled into bed followed soon thereafter by his brother. After he turned off the lamp Hikaru began to drift back to sleep. He felt his brother shift around on the other side of the bed until he got comfortable. And without any words the two brothers fell asleep.

Hikaru woke up to another knock on the door. He awoke cursing again, but this time when he opened his eyes they were filled with light. "Master Hitachiin, it is time to wake up. Will you be eating breakfast this morning?" His maid called from the doorway.

"Just some fruit thank you." Hikaru yawned out. As his eyes were still adjusting to the light he groggily said, "Kaoru, it's time to wake up." But when he didn't hear any response he knew that once again his brother was gone.

Author's Notes: OK, so I may have been wrong last week as you could tell. This was another long chapter. Second or third longest yet. But really, the chapters should be getting shorter again unless I can think of something else to add to them without making it feel like filler. Because who really likes filler episodes? OK, well maybe there are few good filler episodes but… How about I can give you an option, would you like story stuffing(if I can think of any decent stuff) or just have me post up maybe two shorter chapters if I feel it comes to it? Mind you one will bring the end a lot quicker. I know my preference but I'm also the one that knows how the story goes and has read to the end, and not the one only getting a weekly chapter. Also, if you are wondering why I am posting this chapter earlier than I normally do, it is because one of the fanfics I'm following updated and it made my day, so I decided I would pay that forward.

Also just letting you know of my projects in the works. I have four Ouran stories (1 AU, 1 HxK, and two smuts) and an Ao No Exorcist story. None of them are 'finished' mind you(I had deemed this story finished months ago but have added and edited it numerous times since then). The Ouran AU still has lots of work before it is complete. Beginning has been written as well as a few of my favorite scenes that I just had to get down on paper. It's a fantasy setting which involves nobles in exile, a daring rescue, fights and magic, a pair of dashing identical thieves and as it wouldn't be an Ouran story without love in it somewhere, it has a nice love triang..err polygon…thing. The other Hikao story has basic chapters written for the first half. They need to be added to and expanded, and then the last half needs to be written entirely. Plot for that without giving much away would be Hikaru is trying to move on from his feelings but Kaoru isn't making it easy. That should suffice, yes? As for the smuts… well I just have to write the smutty parts. You may be asking what I have written then. Well the first 2000ish words are just all plot and set up. I need at least some plot with my fanfic smut. One is a Hikaru/Kaoru and the other is a Hikaru/Kaoru/Honey (which I'm sure Ratty4949 would just enjoy :P). Smut used to be so much easier to write and now I find myself putting it off which keeps the characters from putting out. For those who care, the Ao No Exorcist story is about ¾ done. I just need to write roughly two more major chapters and then fill in the gaps with transitions and other spectacular words to help it flow better. I'll try to keep status updates on my profile and my Deviantart account.

Reviews:

EternalFalsity: I'm sure you're not complaining about another "lengthy" chapter. Actually no-one has so far so I don't know why I am so worried about it. While the twins did finally talk to each other the end of this chapter is significantly less adorable than the previous one.

Ratty4949: Well here is your milk…err new chapter. As for a happiness build up? *shrugs* You can decide if there is one in this chapter and try to see where I'm going. Can I respond more without giving spoilers? *shrugs*

AnimeFreakAreBetter: Apparently you aren't the only one who thought that. It wasn't until you said that that I realized why there was such a drastic drop in readership after that chapter. That's my bad. Readers wanted some smexiness. I gave them a fire. Live and learn I guess. That or there is some rule that says fanfics must have a certain level of sex within six chapters. So thank you for sticking it out so far.

Animalgirl4ever: Wow, thank you so much. You have an amazing and fun filled adventure ahead of you if you keep reading these fanfics. There are many more skilled writers than I, let them whisk you away and you won't regret it.