I sat on the floor, and took a breath. Pressing my hands together, I started to talk.
As I retold the story, I was amazed I didn't start into a crying fit. Until I relayed the part about Hikaru hitting me. Then I felt something swell inside my chest and my eyes started to sting. Whatever was in me rose to my throat and before I could gulp it down, it overtook me. I found myself sputtering out the rest of my story between choking sobs. I finished when I got to the part about Kaori's house.
After I finished, it was nearly silent except for my strained and painful crying. I looked up and saw that Haruhi was teary-eyed, but Kaori just seemed blank, almost clueless.
It was quiet for only seconds before Haruhi dropped to her knees and hugged me. "Kaoru…running away was not the best thing you could do," she paused, "Hikaru is worried sick. He's got everybody looking for you. And you're still injured."
I glared at her. She didn't even know what she had put me through since she got here. I pushed away from her and stood up, wiping my eyes. Tears are a sign of weakness. Crying solves nothing. I thought to myself. I took a breath and turned around.
"Well what do you want me to do? Go back? He hurt me! He deserves to be worried!" my voice lowered, "My own twin…my Hikaru…"
Kaori snapped out of her daze and stood up, "Kaoru, go back. Go back to your brother. If he's that worried he still cares about you." Haruhi agreed.
I gaped at them. They didn't understand. Of course they didn't. I was about to say something when there was a knock at the door.
It was Manami. "Kaoru?" she called through the locked door, "Kaoru? Can we talk?"
Kaori glanced at me and opened the door. Manami blew past her and hugged me. "I'm so sorry," she cried, "I heard everything. I'm so, so sorry Kaoru! Please forgive me." she leaned back to look at me, "If Kaori did that, I would have done the same."
I pried her from me. She was eavesdropping, but she was also apologizing. I guess I could forgive her.
It'd be easier to disappear if I did.
"I forgive you Manami." I turned to Kaori and Haruhi, "Excuse me, please." I headed out the door and took the elevator to the fourth floor. I walked down the hall into my room. I calmly set the key on the dresser. Then I bolted for the window.
I slammed it open and stepped onto the sill. There was nothing to hold on to.
Oh well. Here goes nothing. I jumped.
It felt like time had stopped. Haruhi had opened the door just as I left the window. Her scream filled my ears as much as the whirring of the air around me. At that instant I regretted jumping. Then I smacked the ground, and everything was gone.
Hikaru sat in his room at the Hitachiin manor flipping through the TV channels. He was worried sick about his little brother. Why had he disappeared? Was he kidnapped? He shook the thought out of his head and focused on where he could be.
That's when the news channel caught his eye. There was a gruesome picture of a boy about 16, orange hair, golden eyes. His head was gushing blood and his arm was twisted disturbingly under him.
Hikaru froze. He stared at the screen.
Approximately 15 minutes ago, Kaoru Hitachiin, age 16, jumped out of a four story window in the Akita Inn. Reason and goal are unclear. We do not know if he will live through this or not. Witness Haruhi Fujioka says she only saw him jump. Beforehand he was in the family kitchen at Akita Inn. Once again, reasons are unclear. More on this story later.
Hikaru snapped out of his daze and raced out of the room. He sprinted down the stairs and out the door, ignoring the constant 'Master Hikaru' from the maids. He didn't wait for the driver; he simply jumped into the driver's seat and pushed the gas. He raced out of the richer part of town and into the commoner's area. After speeding through four stoplights and three stop signs, he screeched to a halt in front of Akita Inn.
Ignoring the calls of the commoner police, he jumped the caution tape and ran to his brother. In the few minutes Hikaru had been away from the news, Kaoru's breath had increased. They had bandaged his head and stopped the bleeding, but his arm still curled grotesquely beneath him. Hikaru gently pulled it out. Then he kneeled over his baby brother, and with tears slipping down his face, kissed him.
There was a huge, throbbing pain in my head. It was unbearable, I begged myself to stay unconscious. But I could hear somebody crying, and I had to know who it was. So against my will, I forced myself to open my eyes.
There was my brother, puffy-eyed and sobbing, laying his head on my chest. I tried to lift my arm and tap him, but it wouldn't move. So I hoarsely whispered out "H-Hikaru?"
His head shot up and he stared at me. "Kaoru! Kaoru! You're alive!" He hugged me tightly and looked into my eyes, "I… I thought I lost you Kaoru. Why did you jump? Why did you want to put me through that?"
I swallowed. "Why do you even care? You don't want me. You want Haruhi."
He frowned, his eyes tearing up again. "No Kaoru, I don't want her. Do you want to know why?"
"…why?"
He bent close to my face. I could feel myself blushing. Then he whispered, "I love you." And before I knew what happened, he kissed me.
Author's Notes
I finally uploaded! I finally got the time! Woot!
Okay, so since i completely forgot where the plot was going before, i made it go this way. Haha.
Kaoru is one suicidal maniac. xD