Chapter one:
Hikaru groans as his and his twins alarm goes off. He reaches out practically blindly until he hits the snooze button. "Ugh." He sits up and glances to Kaoru who doesn't seem to want to wake up. He laughs softly at this. "Hey Kaoru." He puts his hand on Kaoru's shoulder and slightly shakes the other. "Time to wake up."
Kaoru's eyes open and he looks up to Hikaru. "Already?" He groans.
"Yup." Hikaru nods. "Come on let's go take a shower." He says as Kaoru sits up.
"Nah you go ahead." Kaoru says with a smile. "I'm too hungry."
"You sure?" Hikaru tilts his head.
Kaoru nods. "Yup."
"Ok. But you do know you don't need to be shy. We are twins so you don't need to hide from me." Hikaru slightly purrs. "We've never taken a shower or bath together." He slightly pouts.
Kaoru smiles. "Oh Hikaru. You silly. If we took a shower or bath together we probably wouldn't get clean." He says. "Then we'd probably end up late for the host club with Kyouya and Tamaki wanting to kill us for it."
Hikaru smiles. "Yeah I guess you're right." He says.
"Of course. Now you go have a shower. I'm going to get something to eat." Kaoru gets out of bed.
Hikaru also gets up. "Fine fine." He says and heads towards the bathroom.
Kaoru turns away and he looks out the window. "Today is a good day." He says then the maids come in and lay out their school uniforms.
"It's time to get ready for school young master." The maids say together with their usual emotionless expression.
Kaoru turns to them. "Thank you." He says and the maids bow then leave. He gets dressed then heads down and he gets his slightly thoughtful look on his face. He then shakes his head switching to a determined look as he goes to get food.
Hikaru joins him a little later and the two eat.
"The driver is ready to take you to school young masters." The maids say with a bow.
"Alright thank you." Hikaru says dismissing them.
Kaoru and Hikaru wrap up their eating then grab their bags as they head out to the limo.
"It looks like a nice day huh Kaoru?" Hikaru mentions.
Kaoru smiles and nods. "Yes. It is a lovely day." He agrees.
The two climb into the limo with the door closing once they are safely in.
"Let's hope Tono doesn't flip out on us today." Hikaru says leaning back relaxing into his seat.
"Well as long as we are on time and don't do anything to his 'poor little girl' he shouldn't." Kaoru points out.
Hikaru slightly laughs. "Yeah that's true." He agrees.
They make it to Ouran and hop out with the driver giving a 'have a good day' to them. They talk as they head on into the school going to drop their stuff off in class.
Haruhi is already there and Hikaru races over as Kaoru watches.
The two start talking as Hikaru starts a conversation with her.
Kaoru smiles softly almost sadly then he goes to his seat putting his stuff down. "Guess it's almost time huh?" He says to himself then glances to the clock quietly counting down the seconds till class starts.
On queue the bell rings indicating class is going to start so you need to get to class.
They make it to class on time and they sit in their desks as the teacher walks in to begin the class.
"Ok class today we will be learning about robots." The teacher begins the lesson. "Robots have been the dream of many people as technology develops more and more advances even before technology was as advance as you now know it. A new high-tech discovery has allowed us to begin brining the dream to life. Robots are in some ways like us while being completely different. Robots don't have souls and they can't actually feel anything even if they were programed to think they can. They also cannot shower or bathe like us since they could malfunction." The teacher continues. "Robots will one day become a huge part in society and one day people will have robots all around them."
Hikaru is bored so he looks to his brother.
Kaoru is also looking bored so he seems to just go off into his own thoughts.
Hikaru smiles softly. "Typical Kaoru." He says to himself. He then looks to Haruhi who is taking notes every now and then.
Kaoru's eyes flicker to Hikaru and he looks away not long after. "This carriage will turn back into a pumpkin sooner than I hoped." He says to himself.
The lesson seems to drag on as their classes continue then lunch then more classes then finally after a really non eventful day the bell rings after the last class of the day.
Hikaru, like the other students, gathers his stuff then he looks back to Haruhi and Kaoru. "Ready to do Kaoru?" He asks.
"Yeah in a sec. It's ok if you go on ahead." Kaoru responds.
"You sure?" Hikaru tilts his head and Haruhi begins heading out.
"Yes I am." Kaoru gives Hikaru an assuring smile. "I'll be following you in no time."
"Ok but don't take long." Hikaru tells the other as he hesitantly heads out.
"I promise." Kaoru responds.
Hikaru leaves and Kaoru turns back to gathering his stuff but he pauses. "Hikaru is truly growing up. Going on his own path in life." He says then after a few seconds more gathering his stuff only to go after Hikaru to host club time.
Kyouya moves over to Kaoru as he enters maybe a minute behind Hikaru and Haruhi. "It seems Hikaru is finally growing up." He says as they watch the others.
"Yes he has." Kaoru agrees with a small smile.
Kyouya turns to Kaoru. "Are you ok?"
Kaoru blinks his eyes flickering to the other. He gives a smile a little bigger than the small smile he gave a few seconds ago. "I am." He says.
Kyouya is about to say something when Hikaru comes over so Kyouya says nothing then leaves.
"Hey Kaoru." Hikaru greets his brother who turns to him. "Was Kyouya bugging you?" He asks with a glance to Kyouya only to turn back to his brother.
"He just was commenting that you're growing up." Kaoru responds not lying.
Hikaru blinks. "Is that all?"
Kaoru nods. "Yup." He still has a small smile on his face.
Hikaru looks suspicious at his brother. "Kaoru…"
Kaoru pouts slightly. "Hikaru you wound me by not trusting me. I promise you that's all we talked about." He says making sure he is staring right into Hikaru's eyes as he says this though he has been looking in Hikaru's eyes for their whole conversation.
Hikaru pulls Kaoru close with an arm around his waist. "Sorry."
Kaoru smiles at Hikaru letting his pout fall. "It's ok." He tells the other leaning into his touch.
"Ok people! Let's do this!" Tamaki declares dramatically.
The hosts head to their own tables.
Thus the host club became open for business.
In no time they have a lot of guests in the club room going for their favorite host or hosts.
"Say what would happen if you had to go your separate ways?" One of the twins guests asks. "It'd be pretty tragic if you had to."
Hikaru puts a hand around his brothers shoulders. "I would do anything possible to never leave Kaoru if something like that came up."
"Hikaru….." Kaoru says breathlessly.
The twins guests squeal in delight and in aww at the adorableness.
Kaoru closes his eyes and he stays close to Hikaru.
The rest of the host club went by as usual and it's over before they know it.
The hosts put the stuff where it needs to go for when the maids who come to clean.
"Come on Kaoru." Hikaru says.
"Coming." Kaoru grabs his stuff and goes to Hikaru.
Haruhi happens to be walking the same direction and Hikaru walks with both Kaoru and Haruhi.
Then when they are outside then Kaoru moves behind them and encouragingly pushes the two gently to continue then he lets go of their shoulders as he slows to a stop lowering his hands down to his sides.
He did this all like the one time he did a little bit back after they read the newspaper that was posted. He stands there feeling sad as he watches Hikaru and Haruhi keep walking and talking not noticing he had stopped. He looks down and sees a pumpkin on the ground. "The carriage has turned back into a pumpkin." He says to himself. "I guess it's a good day to possibly have it end. It was truly nice during the time that it lasted." He says to himself. He then raises his head only to jog to catch up to the other two before they notice when Haruhi has to go.
No one notices the rose fall into the pond with it's petals slightly scattering in the water.