Chapter 2
Haruhi sat on the floor in her room, and read the letter over and over. She replayed the scene in her head until it had acquired a dream-like quality, and Kaoru hadn't split them up... They were still sitting together on the floor of music room 3; Hikaru's golden eyes were staring intently into her own chocolate coloured ones. His lips were slightly open, she could see his perfectly straight, white teeth, but no longer as his lips drew closer to hers...
Now this was just plain fantasizing. Haruhi mentally slapped herself.
She was now sprawled on the floor, looking at the ceiling. The letter had fallen out of her hand. Haruhi checked the time. She checked it again.
A scream loud enough to wake the entire neighbourhood erupted from Haruhi's mouth. It was 7.30. In the morning. Had that dream of Hikaru lasted all night?
But there was no time to even think about it, Haruhi had an exam! And she hadn't revised!
Ranka groggily opened the bedroom door to find her in a mad panic to get dressed and organised.
"What is wrong with you? Did you oversleep or something?" He said, stifling a yawn. He scratched his morning stubble, and wiped some left over mascara from his eye.
"Yes! I was – er – studying all night and apparently I missed my alarm!" 'Or I forgot to set it,' Haruhi mentally added.
"Fine well I only got home an hour ago, so lock the door when you leave, I'm going back to bed. Have a - a good day!" He yawned again mid-sentence, and shuffled back to his room.
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Hikaru got into the car next to his twin. He hadn't slept well at all. What had he been thinking? She looked so lost looking for her notebook last night that he couldn't help but tease her, but it had led to a kiss, the very thing that Hikaru had been thinking about for weeks.
But despite his happiness about the outcome of events, how as Haruhi going to act today?
He sighed, an action which was not lost on his brother. "Hikaru, stop worrying about it. I could tell that she wanted it as much as you did." Kaoru elbowed Hikaru, smirking. But Hikaru knew that it was hiding his true feelings – Kaoru had at one stage liked Haruhi too, but had given up in favour of supporting his twin in his love.
"What am I going to say to her?" Hikaru moaned. Things had become decidedly awkward after Kaoru had shown up, closely followed by Tamaki. The idiot "King" of the Host Club, however, had noticed nothing, but even so Haruhi had swiftly made an exit after his arrival, quite obviously uncomfortable.
"What if she's changed her mind and Tamaki is actually worth some of her attention?" He looked dejectedly out of the car window. It was tinted so that nobody could see in, and there were many people staring at the car as it drove past. Not that Hikaru noticed.
"Stop being such a girl about it. You've made your feelings clear, you kissed her, quite passionately I might add, and she'll have read that letter you wrote by now, so really the ball's in her court, isn't it? Just act the way you usually do and wait for her to do something." Kaoru was getting a little impatient at Hikaru's depression.
"You're right," Hikaru sighed, "Dead right." And even though Kaoru saw straight through it, Hikaru tried to cheer up.
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Haruhi dumped her bag on the floor and opened her locker. The usual small flurry of love-notes fell out of it onto the floor. Clearly, and beyond the comprehension of the girl in question, the girls at Ouran hadn't quite figured out that Haruhi was, in fact, a girl. She chuckled as she picked them up and opened one. She stopped laughing as she remembered, with a pang, Hikaru's letter.
She tried to put it to the back of her mind as she put on her school shoes, closed her locker and headed to class, her bag slung over her shoulder and the notes for her imminent test in her hand.
She rounded the corner to the classroom and bumped into someone. Her notes went flying as she lost her footing. A strong arm prevented her from falling and she looked up into the eyes she had dreamed about last night.
"Haruhi, I'm sorry I wasn't looking where I was going. Are you ok?" His voice rang in her ears... her ears... they felt quite hot. She realised that she had totally zoned out, and on top of that, was obviously going a nice shade of beetroot.
"Oh, Hi! Hikaru! I wasn't looking where I was going either, it's ok..." The blush wasn't going away, and his arm was still around her. Hikaru looked over his twin's shoulder, at Haruhi's face.
"Do you have a fever, Haruhi? Or are you just worked up about our test? I'm only asking cos that's the first time ever that you failed the 'which one is Hikaru' game..." He grinned at her, and Kaoru released his hold.
"What? Oh, right, Kaoru! Thanks. Test! Yes. I was up all night studying, but I feel like my brain was being more like a sieve. I'm screwed!" She put her palm to her face in mock horror, but it was mainly to feel how hot her cheeks were. The answer was rather hot, but cooling down. Haruhi prided herself on her calm, collected manner and it was quick to return. "Right! Let's get to it then!" She led the way into the classroom on unsteady legs.
Kaoru followed closely after her, grateful that the classroom door had been closed, thus avoiding any confusion as to his sexual orientation. 'Haruhi and her gender-bending', he laughed silently.
He had to admit, though, that he had nearly kissed her right then. Seeing her eyes open in shock at seeing him, and the deep blush that reddened her cheeks, the feeling of his arm around her waist... It was hard to bear.
What was even harder to bear was that despite giving up his feelings for her, Kaoru clearly still loved her.
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Sorry it's so short! I really hope you like it, I was thinking I might not continue this story but I feel like I have received such positive feedback I couldn't help myself.
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