Hikaru

"Morning, Hikaru!" Alfred shouted the moment I entered the dining room.

I jumped at the sound of his voice and gawked at him. What the hell was he doing in my house? I thought I was in Japan… "Oh, yeah, you guys came yesterday didn't you?" I said as I sat under the warm kotatsu.

"Were you really that tired from yesterday?" Arthur asked, sipping a cup of tea and I nodded in response.

The others were sitting around the table. Some of them like Lovino and Ryuto were still groggy with their heads on the table but most of them were as energetic as always.

"Hikaru's up!" Feliciano cried. He hugged me from behind, nearly choking me.

"Good morning, Feliciano," I said, patting his head as I smiled at him. "You're awfully happy."

"Yup!"

"Did you have a good sleep last night?" Ludwig's voice asked me as he sat next to me.

I glanced at him and my heart stopped for a second or two. You can't avoid him forever, Hikaru, I thought. "I slept well, thank you," I said nonchalantly.

"You two need to loosen up," Ryuto said. "It's like something happened between you two."

"What did happen between the two lovebirds, honhonhonhon?" Francis asked from across the table.

I could feel everyone's eyes on me and Ludwig so I shook my head. "Nothing," I said, glancing away.

At that moment, the door flew open with a bang and a familiar voice behind me shouted, "Who's ready to go sightseeing today!"

I looked back to see my uncle, who looked exactly like Ryuto and my father except with long hair, standing in the doorway dressed in a purple suit with a parasol in his hands. Then, I looked back to my twin who was looking at me as if to say, "This sucks."

"Let's go, kiddies," Oji-chan said, clapping his hands. "Up, up, up. We got a full day ahead of us if we want to make it to all the beautiful wonders of Japan. I am Hikaru's and Ryuto's uncle so you may call me 'Uncle Ayame' or 'Oji-chan' or even 'the Great Sensei Aya-oji-chan.' You may only call me one of those three names, okay? Now, get dressed and let's hurry out to the car. Our chauffeur is waiting for us to appear any moment now."

"We haven't even had breakfast yet, Oji-chan," I said to him.

Oji-chan leaned down to me and pinched my cheeks. "Hikaru, Hikaru, Hikaru. You're adorable as always and you are right. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now, where's Satsuki-san? I must speak with her about having breakfast done faster." Thankfully, Oji-chan then burst into the kitchen and started bothering the caretakers.

"Hey, is all of your family that beautiful?" Antonio asked Ryuto. "I mean, your parents, Hikaru, your…um, uncle, and you yourself…you're so—"

"Breakfast!" Auntie's voice announced as she and the other caretakers served us.

Afterwards, when everyone had finished eating, Oji-chan packed all of us up and drove us around Tokyo for a while. Then, after we were done sightseeing in one part of Tokyo, we went to the mall for a little shopping. At the mall, while the boys were out around the mall area with Ryuto and Oji-chan, I found myself in a gift shop that sold Japanese charms.

I picked one up and read the character for 'love.' An omamori, I thought, reading the description: Blessed by the gods, this charm will bring a couple closer to each other and bond them for eternity.

"So who's the lucky guy?" Oji-chan whispered in my ear.

I nearly lost my balance and almost fell into the display. "Oji-chaaan," I whispered.

Oji-chan laughed. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about the omamori. I'm just here to tell you that I'm being called back to my studio and we'll continue as soon as I'm done." He took the omamori from my hand. "Here, Hikaru. Your uncle will buy this you for."

When the omamori was paid for, we left the mall and Oji-chan took us to his photo studio, where he worked as a photographer and a stylist for magazines. In the car, I fingered the omamori. I have to get it to Ludwig soon, I thought. I need to get it to him.

I glanced at Ludwig sitting on the other side of Feliciano, who sat between us. My heart beat a little faster. Damn, I thought. Why didn't I realize this before? I loved…I love him so much…

A Note from your Author:

I finally posted it! I'm sorry but it took me a while and a several rough drafts to get it this way…in the end, I was really happy… *laughs* But sorry for the wait! Enjoy! By the way, I changed Chapter 21 so instead of Rin saying to go to her photo shoot, she says that they should go to the mall instead. And enjoy!