THE REWRITTEN VERSION OF CHAPTER TWO. Em, Here. Read it, review it, and enjoy it please!
Okay, either you're being attacked by a robber or you're being paranoid. Again.
Either way, you might want to go downstairs to get Hikaru.
Kaoru tensed, readying himself to get up from his bed.
He sucked in a breath and jumped from the covers, flying for the door.
The exit from his and his brother's room had never seemed so far.
He fully expected a hand to close over his mouth and pull him away from the door as he fumbled with the doorknob.
No such thing happened.
Kaoru made it safely through the door and safely down the stairs, even if he did almost trip on the last step.
He rushed into the living room and slid to a stop. The television was on and Hikaru was asleep on the sofa. Kaoru immediately jumped onto Hikaru's back, earning a yelp from the older twin as he flailed and fell to the floor.
Kaoru sat on the sofa with his knees against his chest, panting.
Hikaru groaned as he pushed himself from the floor with murder in his eyes.
"Why?"
"I think someone is in our room."
"What?" Hikaru's eyes grew huge and he stood and placed his hands firmly on Kaoru's shoulders.
"Are you serious?" Hikaru hissed. Kaoru nodded, startled.
Hikaru jumped over the couch and ran for the stairs, Kaoru in close pursuit.
They arrived at their bedroom. The door stood ajar.
Hikaru stepped hesitantly into the room. He pawed for the light switch and flooded the room with light. They saw nobody.
The window was shut tight.
"The window was open before." Kaoru said aloud as Hikaru was checking the walk-in closet.
Kaoru sighed and searched beneath both of their beds. Hikaru came from the closet.
"I think you might have been dreaming." Hikaru sighed, embarrassed that he had jumped to conclusions so quickly. The window in their room was two stories up. There was no way anyone could get up there.
"I don't know. I guess that could be it." Kaoru said downheartedly as he stood with one hand grasping his arm, obviously shaken.
Hikaru sighed and walked over to his little brother. Kaoru looked up at him, chewing on his lip, anxiety obvious in his eyes.
"I'm sorry." Kaoru said, "You seemed really freaked out."
"It's fine. I was just scared because-" Hikaru watched as Kaoru's eye's found the floor once again, "Actually, I can tell you tomorrow. You seem tired."
Kaoru nodded and collapsed into Hikaru's bed. Hikaru chuckled and grabbed his stolen pillow from Kaoru's bed before hopping onto the space beside his brother. Hikaru pulled his thick and soft blanket up so it covered them both.
Kaoru sighed and closed his eyes, extremely happy that he wasn't alone.
Hikaru couldn't relax so easily. He couldn't help but think that Kaoru's "dream" was somehow related to the events that had transpired earlier in the day.
He had called the number on the television and had told them about Kaoru's interaction with a strange man near the alleyway.
Hikaru had no idea if anything would come of it, as the police had apparently received hundreds of calls all stating they had seen someone in an alley or something suspicious near a fabric shop. Officer Hakujo, the police officer Hikaru had been on the phone with, had told him that most of the calls they had received were obviously misleading or delusional.
Hikaru's call was most likely thought of as one of those calls. He hadn't given much detail after all.
Hikaru sighed and turned in his bed so he faced Kaoru.
He watched as Kaoru moved his lips and slid his arms out from under the covers so that they were resting above his pillow.
Hikaru propped himself up on his elbows to get a closer look at Kaoru's one arm. There was a deep scratch about thumb length that marred the porcelain skin of Kaoru's forearm.
Where did he get that? He didn't have that before he went on his walk, I would have noticed. Did he have it when he came back? I can't remember.
Hikaru groaned and turned so he was on his back again.
I don't know if I will be able to sleep tonight.
I don't think I'll be sleeping at all tonight.
In another part of town, Lee Hakujo, Officer Lee Hakujo, was laying awake in bed next to his sleeping wife.
Lee had been assigned to the recent murder case. Lee had only recently become a detective, so he had been surprised when he was assigned to such a high profile case.
It was probably due to my high score on the exam.
Lee took a deep breath and shifted under his covers.
He couldn't stop thinking about the call he had received from Hikaru Hitachiin.
He had answered two hundred calls at least. Some where kids making idiotic prank calls, some were from paranoid adults with conspiracy theories. There were only a few that seemed completely honest and plausible. But the call from that kid named Hikaru just stood out.
He sounded shaken. He seemed honestly convinced that his brother had had a near death experience with the killer. And his brother hadn't even known it. I think it's true.
I have to visit the Hitachiin household in the morning.
I have to check out this lead, even if it turns out to be false. For all I know, his brother could be the killer.
Hmmmmmmm...I'm so tired lately. I literally just want to sleep. You know what I like? Shizaya. Thats my OTP. I should write a shizuoxizaya fanfic. That would be beautiful XD It's yaoi too, which I don't know if I can write. I literally will freak out with every word I type, so it could be difficult with all of my own fangirling. Darn.