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"What?" Kaoru hissed.

Dennis looked at him in confusion.

"Oh, I guess you haven't heard? There was a murder in one of the alleyways near where we talked a few days ago. Crazy, right?" Dennis asked, his expression growing serious. Kaoru eyed him carefully and relaxed a little.

"Yeah, I heard."

Dennis looked at watched Kaoru, waiting for more of an explanation.

Kaoru sighed and said,

"Look, you seem nice, but I'm still confused. Why did you say your name was dean if it's Dennis?"

Dennis shifted farther into the shadows and moved a little closer to Kaoru, who tensed.

"I really am sorry about that, but the thing is, I was alone with a strange boy during a rainstorm. It's not like I trusted you, especially with something as important as a name." Dennis said, his tone kind as he backed up a little, obviously picking up on Kaoru's tense posture.

Kaoru narrowed his eyes but thought he believed it. It was true; he hadn't really trusted Dennis when they had first met, so why would Dennis have trusted him?

I'm not going to trust him completely, but honestly, this guy can't be dangerous. There's just no…I don't know, there's no malice in him.

I can't believe I thought he might have been the one who-

"I'm sorry if I've frightened you Kaoru, I really didn't mean to make you distrust me because of that little lie. I really was trying to be safe conscious. You should come back to the party soon, I think you're brother is about to call the police to report you missing." Dennis stated before turning and walked down the hallway into the ballroom.

Kaoru sighed and allowed himself to relax, realizing how tense he had truly been.

He opened the bathroom door and walked in, standing in front of the mirror. He splashed some water into his face before straightening his suit and walking out.

The rest of the night was tedious. Kaoru was asked many questions by his worried brother and was forced to partake in small talk with people he didn't give a damn about.

"When will this night be over?" He whispered to himself.

Hikaru was getting pretty creeped out.

Kaoru seemed to be having a boring but okay time at the ball.

But Kaoru didn't seem to notice the staring.

Dennis wasn't the one looking over at Kaoru every few minutes.

It was Mr. Harding, their father's boss, who kept glancing their way from across the room.

Maybe he wants to offer us an apprenticeship or something.

Whatever he wants, he's being creepy.

"That was awful." Hikaru breathed as he walked through his front door.

"I concur." Kaoru said as pawed for a light switch.

"Don't talk like that." Their mother said as she walked on her loud high heels to a table so she could put her clutch down.

"It's true." Kaoru said as he collapsed onto a lounge, pulling his tie off with one hand and unbuttoning his vest with the other.

"Do as your mother says." Mr. Hitachiin said sternly. Hikaru huffed and sat beside his brother.

"Besides," Their father started, "He has a proposition for the both of you."

"Let me guess. An apprenticeship." Hikaru droned. His father looked at him with annoyance.

"Precisely. And you will both accept. This is a golden opportunity." Mr. Hitachiin said as he began to ascent up the staircase.

"Whatever." The twins whispered in unison. Neither of them even wanted to go into their father's line of work. But their father didn't care what they wanted.

He cared about what he wanted.

"This is where you have to foil." The algebra teacher said as she scratched equations on the chalkboard.

Most of the class was asleep, including Kaoru, but two students were enveloped in an intense whispered conversation.

"What the hell has been going on? I've heard some crazy rumors, and neither of you have texted or called in days." Haruhi whispered. Hikaru sighed.

"It's been weird lately, alright?"

"Weird? Hikaru, the rumors vary from Kaoru being a murderer to him being a near victim. What's the truth?"

Hikaru looked over at his sleeping brother, who looked more peaceful than he had in a few days. Hikaru only then realized that Kaoru had been shaken by the events that had transpired.

"Basically, long story short, I accidentally got him arrested for murder." Hikaru whispered.

Haruhi raised an eyebrow.

"How?"

"Well, he went to get fabric from the store near our house, and when he came back he was a little weirded out because some rich guy that was skulking around in an alley came out and talked to him before riding off in a limo. Then he went to bed and I watched the news. It said that a body was found in an alley near that very store, so I called the number on screen to tell them I thought Kaoru had some information."

"Do you think the guy he talked to was the killer?"

"I don't know, but that's what I thought when I called. But they took it as Kaoru being the killer. This crazy psycho cop came to our house and arrested him."

"Oh. I guess Kaoru wasn't too happy about that."

"Yeah, he wasn't happy with the police or me. We got into a big fight when he got back, but-"

Haruhi looked at Hikaru, wondering why he had stopped his story.

Hikaru had stopped talking because he was trying to listen to another conversation.

A conversation his algebra teacher was having outside the classroom with someone who looked a lot like a police officer.

"What's the matter, Hikaru?" Haruhi asked.

"There's a policeman…but why should they be bothering him still? They found the attacker's blood under the nails of the victim. They ran a test. Kaoru should be cleared."

"Maybe…nevermind." Haruhi said. Hikaru's head snapped around to look at her.

"No, what were you going to say?" Hikaru asked harshly. Haruhi looked at him dead in the eye and said,

"Maybe it was a match."

Hikaru swallowed and looked at Kaoru, who was still sleeping peacefully on his desk.

"There's no way." Hikaru said. Haruhi nodded.

"You're probably right."

The word probably rung clear in Hikaru's head.

The police officer entered the room. Some of Hikaru's classmates began to wake up and looked at the officer in confusion.

Kaoru remained in his peaceful slumber.

"I'm looking for Kaoru Hitachiin." The man said. Hikaru narrowed his eyes.

"Why?" Hikaru hissed. The officer walked his way.

"I have an arrest warrant."

"Why?"

"What do you mean, why?"

"Why is he being arrested?"

"Because he's lousy murdering scum, that's why." The police officer said with a nasty smile as he reached toward the slumbering boy. Hikaru slapped his hand away, stood quickly, and moved in front of his brother's sleeping form.

The officer looked at him dangerously.

"I could have you arrested for assaulting a police officer, but I'll let it pass. I understand that accepting your brother as a murderer is difficult, but it's the truth. Now, move aside."

Hikaru's eyes were murderous as he snarled at the large man before him.

"You don't have any evidence."

"Oh, we don't? That's funny, because this warrant states that we found the DNA of your brother under the nails of the victim. So move aside." The officer pushed the stunned Hikaru out of the way and grabbed Kaoru's arm. Kaoru woke up suddenly, very confused that a large man was grasping his forearm.

Kaoru looked at Hikaru, who was looking back at his little brother with a mixture of surprise and confusion.

"What's going on?" Kaoru choked. His classmates were staring at him with wide eyes, disgust and horror written plainly across their faces.

"Hikaru? What happening?" Kaoru shrieked. He looked at Haruhi, who wasn't meeting his eyes.

"You have the right to remain silent-

"Why won't anybody tell me what's going on?"

"Anything you say or do will be held-"

"Hikaru, please!"

"You have the right to an attorney-"

"I don't understand." Kaoru yelled as panic filled his eyes. Metal was snapped around his wrists.

"Do you understand your rights?"

"Please," Kaoru pleaded with his brother, "Help me."

Hikaru looked up at Kaoru with glassy eyes filled with distrust.

"Is it true? Did you do it?" Hikaru asked.

Kaoru gasped as he nearly crumbled to the floor from his disorientation. It felt like the ground had been ripped from underneath him.

"Come on, on your feet Alley cat." The police officer said as he began to drag the youngest Hitachiin twin from the room.

"Please." Kaoru choked as tears filled his eyes. Hikaru watched him as he pleaded.

"Help me."

Kaoru was in a daze as he was pushed through the entrance to the police station.

Officers stopped what they were doing to stare at the boy that was nearly having a panic attack.

Kaoru was confused and he was scared.

He felt as if he were in a dream.

The police officer that had a strong grip on his handcuffed arm stopped, which forced Kaoru to stop as well. The station seemed to quiet down as the police commissioner's office door opened.

Two people came from the room, both of them smiling and talking loudly.

"I'm happy I could get that parking violation cleared up." Dennis said as he clapped the commissioner on the back. The commissioner chuckled and said,

"No problem, it was our mistake."

"Dennis!" Kaoru nearly screamed. Dennis looked up at him, startled.

"Dennis," Kaoru said with a relieved smile," It's me, it's Kaoru! Tell them, Dennis! Tell them they have the wrong guy! Tell them you were with me the night of the murder, Dennis! Tell them I couldn't have done it!"

Dennis looked at him, confusion written across his face, and said,

"I'm so sorry, you must be confused; I've never seen you before in my entire life."

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