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Shock was the only word that Hikaru could come up with to sum how he felt. He was frozen stiff. His wide eyes locked with Lilith's own for just a brief moment. When that time passed, she raced out of the room. He was left just sitting there, unsure what to think. He slowly raised his hand and rested it over his mouth. He could still feel hers lingering. Even though he knew exactly what happened, it was still hard for him to believe it. Kaoru entered the room and inspected him right away. Hikaru barely even noticed he was there.
"Hikaru? What just happened?" Kaoru questioned, more than curious.
For awhile there was no answer. He tried to talk but his voice just wasn't going through. The entire time, his hand stayed right at his mouth. It was obvious to his brother what had happened but he wanted to hear it from him. After over a minute passed before he could find his voice again.
"She kissed me..." he spoke softly.
He held onto him asking, "and? What are thinking about it?"
He shook his head slowly and admitted, "I don't know..."
"Do you want to kiss her?" No response. "I want you to keep something in mind Hikaru, this more than anything else. You, on your own, decided to go half way around the world to find her and you did that alone. I only came here as backup for just in case. I know you probably feel pressured right now, but you need to think this clearly. Whatever you decide will change both of your fates no matter what."
Leaning in the grasp he was in, he groaned, "why are girls so complicated?"
Kaoru bursted out laughing and then petted the top of his head saying, "it's a mystery to us all."
"I just don't know..." he sighed.
"Can you imagine her ever jumping you?"
"She's too shy for that."
"Who kissed who again?" Kaoru smiled as a puzzled look appeared on his face and he continued, "she's easily influenced. I don't know about you but I can tell she's already not as shy as when we first met her."
"Have you known?"
"Heh... Yeah, for awhile now."
"How long?"
"The day you yelled at her."
"Ugh..."
"Do you want her to stop interacting with you?"
"No."
"Keep all this in mind. I just want you to be happy Hikaru."
Hikaru tried to find words but once again he was rendered speechless. He just tried to figure out any idea of what to do. Kaoru kept holding onto him, wanting to give him the confidence that he wasn't alone. A great amount of time passed by. Kaoru never let go of the silent boy. When he just couldn't take it anymore, Hikaru sat up with a disgruntled sigh. He was asked of what he was going to do but he said that he simply had no idea. Even so, he got off her bed and left her room.
Lilith lied down on the cold roof and curled up into fetal position. She couldn't feel like more of an idiot. Not only did she reveal herself when she had no intention to, she just made him feel uncomfortable. She groaned lightly at herself and held onto her head, grasping her hair tightly. There was no way she could face him again. But damn it, she liked the way his lips felt. Her face burned up at the thought and she curled up even tighter. She began to hear footsteps approach her and her eyes widened. She stayed absolutely still. She heard a way too familiar sigh and she slowly looked up seeing Hikaru. He was looking up at the sky, rubbing the back of his neck. Right when he looked down at her, she looked away. Her heart was already working overdrive and all he's doing is standing there. He sighed again, just as he was sitting down. She suddenly felt foolish lying down and so she sat up. Right when she was up though, she held onto her knees.
In just needing to get the words out, she whispered under her breath, "I'm sorry..."
"Well," he began, resting his hand on her head. "Truth be told, I have no idea what to tell you."
She looked over at him. He frowned very slightly when he did though. He took his hand off her head and gently rubbed her cheek with his thumb. She stayed absolutely still. He took it away quickly enough and studied it.
"Why are you wearing so much makeup?"
Her eyes widened and she quickly stood up. Before she could get away, he firmly grasped her wrist. Before she could put up any resistance, he pulled her back down. This time, she ended up right on his lap. Before she could crawl away, he wrapped a firm arm around her waist. She felt like she was on the brink of hyperventilating.
"You shouldn't be holding me so close..." she barely got herself to say.
"I'll let you go after you explain."
"I can't explain like this..."
"Too bad."
Truthfully, he was just seeing how he handled holding her with the newly found knowledge. He was already surprised that he wasn't disturbed at all. Lilith, on the other hand, felt like she was being stuck with pins and needles. She didn't know how much more she could take before her heart simply pops right out of her chest. He could tell she felt incredibly uneasy but he still wouldn't let her go. He wanted to figure this out.
"You're cruel..." she barely whispered.
Hearing that just made him feel worse so he let go of her. She stood up right away and quickly made her way back inside. He let out a frustrated sigh and lied down. He ran his fingers through his hair and looked up at the slowly passing clouds. He felt himself becoming guilt ridden. He looked at his thumb that had her makeup on it. He knew that she wasn't the type to wear any so why was she now? He thought back to how she looked when he found her. How dirty she was, how weak she was. He found himself getting really annoyed.
Growling lightly, he asked himself, "why am I so angry?"
He thought back to everything Kaoru had told him. He sat up and rubbed his face. After his arms fell back to his sides, he looked around. A few times now he's had to remind himself of where he was. It was still hard for him to believe. In needing to experiment again, he stood up. He made his way back inside and walked down the silent hallway. Her room was nearby so he decided to check for her there first. Once he got there, he popped his head inside the room. There he saw Kaoru trying to comfort Lilith. They were sitting on her bed. Her back was facing the door so she didn't notice the observer. Kaoru looked up at him annoyed. He frowned a bit at that.
Kaoru looked back down at her ask asked softly, "would you like some water?" She silently nodded and he said, "I'll be right back then."
"Okay..."
He gently kissed her forehead before standing up. She looked up at him confused. He just smiled at her before leaving the room. Right when his back was to her, his smile was gone. He looked at his brother who was also irritated.
"That's not the only kiss I took from her. If you're jealous then do something about it," Kaoru spoke angrily, barely holding himself back from yelling. "If you screw up again I'll take her from you."
With that, he walked away. Hikaru was left standing there in shock. He didn't know how much more shock he could take in one day. It took him a good few second before he could get function of his limbs again. When he did, he could feel his jealously enveloping him. He didn't know if it was from Kaoru kissing Lilith or that they kept it a secret from him. Either way, he wasn't happy. Clutching his fists, he walked into her room. When he didn't see her on the bed, he looked around. He could hear water begin to run and he looked over seeing the light to the bathroom on. Right when he glanced inside it, the door was shut. He couldn't help but gasp on pain. Her eyes widened for a moment and she freed his crushed fingers. He held onto his wrist tightly and kneeled down. He glanced up at her when she let out an annoyed sigh. He just watched her as she grabbed items from the cabinet above the sink. Once she got everything she needed, she sat down in front of him. He reluctantly let go of his wrist when she told hold of his hand. Being as careful as she can, she began to clean the scrapes with rubbing alcohol. When he winced, she eased up on the pressure. Once she was done with that, she wrapped up his darkening fingers with bandages. Once she was done she stood up.
"Can you leave me alone now..?" she asked in a cracked voice. He stood up but he wouldn't leave. "Please..." she begged him.
He grabbed onto her shoulders and pushed her against the wall asking, "what if I don't?"
She, unable to look at him, answered, "you'll be even crueler."
"I'm sorry."
In not fully understanding, she looked up at him. Right when her head raised the slightest bit, he pressed his lips against hers firmly. Her eyes couldn't have gotten wider. Her heart was racing so fast, she didn't know why she wasn't going faint. All her blood went straight to her face, making it cherry red. When he backed away, he looked at her. She had absolutely no idea of what to do so she just stared back. He suddenly began to laugh and she looked at him confused.
"You're face is so red!" he made fun of her.
She pouted and looked away from him. By doing that, she saw a grinning Kaoru at the door. She just stared at him, dumbfounded. He laughed at her reaction and rested his hands on their heads.
"You guys are so classy kissing in the bathroom like that," he joked. Hikaru laughed at that but before he could say anything Kaoru noticed the bandaged hand. "What happened?" he asked concerned, holding onto it.
Hikaru pouted while saying, "she squished it in the door because I wanted to apologize."
"Lilith!" he gasped, astounded. "How dare you hurt my brother."
She had yet to regain her composer. Her mouth was sealed shut. Hikaru grinned at this and said, "it's okay Kaoru. I put her through enough of a hell today as it is."
"You should at least put some ice on it."
"Yeah."
Before she knew it, the twins were gone. Very slowly, she left her bathroom and turned off the light. She noticed on the counter a bottle of water. Assuming that's the water Kaoru brought her, she picked it up and walked over to her bed. As she sat down, a shaky sigh escaped her lips. She opened the bottle and jugged down half the bottle without putting it down. After she did that, she lied down. She just stared up at the ceiling, trying to figure out whether or not what just happened really happened. She rested her fingers on her lips. She was in complete denial. There's no way he would voluntarily kiss her. She didn't have the kind of luck. Even so, she could still feel them.
"Is someone having dirty thoughts of me?" a voice slyly whispered into her ear.
Her eyes widened and she quickly jumped away. Once she felt that she was at a safe enough distance, she looked up seeing a grinning Hikaru. She pouted, "not cool..."
He laughed again while saying, "come on, let's get some food."
"In a minute," she said standing up. "My face feels gross, I want to wash it first."
"Let me see the makeup you use first."
"Okay?" she responded, confused by the request.
She went over to her dresser and picked it up. She then went back over to him and handed him the small bottle saying, "here."
Right after he took it he frowned saying, "this is bad for your skin."
"Is it?"
"Yeah. Go ahead and wash your face. I'll be right back with something better for you."
"Okay."
He left the room after that. She shrugged and went back into the bathroom. Finding no reason to waste time, she went ahead and washed her face. When she finished, she grabbed a towel and dried her face. In the mist of her drying, the towel was suddenly stolen from her. She looked over confused, seeing an angry Hikaru. Before she could question him, he held her tightly against him.
"Damn it..." he muttered angrily, tightening his grasp.
She freed her arms and held onto him saying, "please don't blame yourself..."
He sighed and let go of her. Right when she did the same, he held onto her hand. He walked over to the bed and sat down on it. She sat next to him. Just before he started, he instructed her to stay still. She agreed. He began to gently cover up her bruised face up with his own makeup.
"So why exactly did you brink makeup with you?" she asked him.
"When you have a mother like mine, you get into habits like this."
In realizing she had no idea she asked, "what does she do?"
"What? We never told you?"
"No. I never met her either."
"Yeah, when you were over she was keeping herself busy. She's a fashion designer." When she became confused he asked, "what is it?"
"You don't have a picture of her do you?"
"Not on me, why?"
"There's something I want to check."
"Check?"
"I promise I'll explain soon."
He sighed and just continued working. She suddenly became really restless. A couple times he scolded her to keep her still. Right when he finished, she jumped off the bed. He watched her curiously as she rummaged through her closet. She pulled out a shoebox and took the lid off. She then dumped out everything that was in it onto the floor. Hikaru walked over out of curiosity when he saw the scattered notes and photos. He sat next to her as she rapidly glanced at each item. She was halfway looking through all the items when she found what she was looking for. She picked it up and covered half the picture with her hand. She showed the other half to him. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Why do you have a picture of my mother?" he asked.
She just began to laugh. She let her forehead fall on his chest, unable to contain her laughter. He rested his hand on her back, completely confused. Kaoru entered the room, wanting to figure out what was taking the two so long to come down for food. When he saw Lilith he became puzzled. Hikaru looked at him with the same expression.
"Lilith?" Kaoru questioned, sitting next to them.
She wouldn't respond though. She just kept laughing. Hikaru raised her head and the twins frowned when they noticed her tears. Even so, she was still laughing.
"Have you gone mad?" the twins asked her together.
She held up the half hidden picture to Kaoru saying, "look."
"Why do you have a picture of our mother?" he asked.
Smiling, she moved her hand off the other side of the picture, revealing another woman. "This was my mother..." she spoke softly.
The two looked at each other before looking back at her exclaiming, "that was you? That pudgy girl was you?"
"That was me." The two began to laugh and they held onto her. She laughed along with them while saying, "you know, I always thought that you two were girls with how you were dressed up. I didn't know until after your family left that you weren't."
"Yeah, our mother wanted to have girls," Hikaru began.
"She always dressed us up," finished Kaoru.
"And she got stuck with the two of you? Poor her," she said.
They got annoyed by that and so they both began to tickle her. A shriek entered into her laughter as she began to squirm. She knew she didn't have even a slim chance to escape so she did what she could to curl up. That didn't stop them in the least though. When she wasn't able to breathe anymore from laughing so much, she gave in and apologized to them. Feeling victorious, they stopped. She pouted and stood up. As soon as she started to walk away, they stood up. They caught up to her once she made it to the hallway. Hikaru wrapped a secure arm around her waist while Kaoru did the same with her shoulders. She couldn't help but let out a small smile. She actually felt at ease. They made their way downstairs and made their way to the dining room. Lilith broke away from the twins right away. The scent was too enticing for her to just stand there. Her father, Honey and Mori were already eating because the others were taking too long to come down. They didn't really even bother in taking acknowledge to them. There was food out for the three of them though. Lilith took the seat that was closest to her father, who was sitting at the head of the table. By doing that she ended up sitting in front of Mori. To the left of him was Honey. Hikaru sat next to the only girl and Kaoru next to him.
"What took you guys so long?" Honey asked with his mouth full.
Hikaru smirked while saying, "thinking about old times."
"Huh?"
Lilith looked over at her father saying, "get this. Apparently my biological mother and their mother used to be friends."
"Really?" exclaimed Honey.
"What a small world we live in," her father said.
"Tell me about it," she said as he began to eat.
The entire meal was eaten in peace. Mori, Honey, and her father finished way earlier than the twins and Lilith. Because of that, Honey got to all of the dessert. Nobody really minded though. Especially not Lilith. She was so thankful to both him and Mori for catching those guys who kidnapped her she couldn't thank them enough. When dinner was over, she admitted that she was simply bushed. In one day she experienced more than she expected to in a lifetime. Excusing herself, she made her way to her room with Sapphire trailing at her ankles. Even though it wasn't that late, her eyelids were drooping. Once she was in her room, she quickly changed into a t-shirt and shorts. Then she simply collapsed on the bed. Sapphire lied down next to her and rested her head on her arm. Lilith smiled at that and closed her eyes.
"You asleep yet?"
She groaned lightly and didn't even bother her opening her eyes when she asked, "what is it Hikaru?"
"Well, I was going to wish you a good night but I see that I'm not welcome here."
"Sorry..." she whispered, forcing her eyes to open.
He chuckled and sat on the edge of the bed stating, "I really drained you today."
"Mhmm..."
"Lilith, I need to know before you go to sleep."
"What..?"
"What did they do to you when you were taken?"
"They just wanted Father's money... They just kept me drugged so I wouldn't be able to escape until they received the ransom... When I fought against them they hit me..."
He growled and hovered over her so that he could hold her tightly. She couldn't help but smile, but she also couldn't help closing her eyes. She was asleep in a matter of seconds. Just before she was out though, she felt a pressure applied to her lips.
