Kaoru walked into the room the room to find Hikaru crying silently over some sort of book.
"Hikaru? Hikaru! What's wrong?" He demanded rushing across the room. Hikaru looked up and visibly sagged back against the chair in relief. Then, remembering the journal he hastily tried to shove it in a draw. Kaoru noted this, but was more concerned with why Hikaru was crying.
"Hikaru?" He whispered kneeling beside the chair Hikaru was sitting in. Hikaru made the mistake of looking down and had to look quickly away, biting his lip and fighting a blush. He just has to give me that concerned look, doesn't he?
"Oh, I was just reading a sad book." Hikaru said, striving for a casual tone of voice. Thank God he's back, just don't kiss him in relief. Don't even think about kissing him in… STOP IT!
"Are you OK?" Kaoru asked quietly, still giving Hikaru that damn cute look.
"I'm fine." Hikaru snapped, a little harsher than intended. Don't look down at him, don't look down at him… Kaoru sat back on his heels and gave his brother a hard look.
"Are you blushing?" he asked incredulously. He can't be blushing, what does it mean if he is? Do I even want to think about that?
"NO! My face is just a little red from crying." Hikaru was quite proud of himself, there was no way Kaoru could pick holes in that. Kaoru's eyes narrowed factionally. Maybe that's all it was. But I'll just make sure…
"Why don't you go to bed Hikaru? We have double Maths first thing tomorrow. You're going to need every bit of energy to survive that." Even to his own ears, Kaoru knew that it sounded suss, but Hikaru, still a little out of it, never noticed.
"Shut up. I'm not that bad." Hikaru replied.
"No, you really are. Go to bed." Kaoru grinned at him. Hikaru got flustered and went to bed without another word. Kaora stealthily opened the drawer and pulled out the book Hikaru had been reading. Except, hold up, it wasn't a book. It was a journal. Kaoru checked Hikaru still wasn't looking and started flipping pages till he came to the last entry. Hikaru heard the sound of pages being turned and froze, unable to think, unable to move. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit…
"Hikauro," Kaoru said softly "what is this?" Shit.
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Yes, this is another cliff-hanger. Heh, yeah I hate them too. Just so you know, should you want me to put up another chapter you have to review. Thanx.