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"Ok soo Hikaru, Kaoru right" Hiromi said pointing to each twin receiving nods.
The three sat in the living room, while Kouki cooks dinner and the kids do their homework upstairs.
"You guys can call me Hiro-niisan, Kouki told me you want help dyeing your hairs??" He grabbed a box a few feet away from them, opening to reveal dozens of hair dye bottles
"Why do you have soo much Hiro-niisan" Hikaru questioned peering into the box, already comfortable with the name.
"Well having the same hair color is boring so y'know I like to change it every few weeks or so plus Kyouka sometimes asks me to dye her dolls hair, it's just more convenient to have lots of choices " He shrugged
"This gray is like two weeks old so I might just join you guys" He chuckled referring to his own grey hair. The twins just observed Hiromi as he got out a few bottles from his collection
"Ok because you guys just wanted to do it for a prank , how about we just use the temporary ones" He pushed 5 bottles in front of the twins " These are just spray on ones, It'll wash out after washing. These are quality ones so there's no risk of hair damage" He spoke in a serious yet playful manner making the twins smile already getting comfortable around him.
"Soo you guys pick what color you want while I go get some stuff" He ruffled their hairs before walking out the door
after making sure Hiromi was out of earshot Kaoru turned to Hikaru
"He got it right.." He whispered to his twin, referring to when Hiromi said their names while pointing to the right twin.
"Maybe it runs in the family" Hikaru shrugged, eyes filled with curiosity
"But Kouki-senpai said they're not related" Kaoru turned to the bottles laid out in front on them, looking hard at them as if he they could answers his many questions. "I don't know Kaoru, let's just pick out the colors ok" He sighed as the look through the bottles
A FEW MINUTES LATER
"Soo have you guys decided yet??" Hiromi came back with t-shirts and other stuff
"Yepp, I'm going with pink and Kaoru's going with blue" He said each holding up their bottle.
"Bright and colorful , I like it good choice. Now lets do this outside" He led them to the side of the house, over looking a garden that's well kept.
"That's a beautiful tree" Kaoru commented, looking at the tree outside the leaves are red and vibrant.
"That's a maple tree right" Hikaru continued sitting on a chair in front of Hiromi, both of them wearing old t-shirts Hiromi told them to put on
"That's right" Hiromi said, as he began dyeing his hair.
"Our mother planted it while she was pregnant with Kouki" Eyes filled with emotions, he continued to spray Hikaru's hair
"She loved children as I recall her saying 'the more the merrier' " He chuckled remembering his mother
"But her health was never the best, since childhood she was always in and out of the hospital, even after getting married she spent more time at the hospital than at home. But she was strong, always smiling even through all the pain she was feeling. She always smiled at us. " A sad smile on his face , eyes locked on the tree swaying with the wind
The twins just silently sat there hearing Hiromi talk wanting to know about their senpai's late mother.
"But, you know everyone has their breaking point" He slowly continued his work
"And for our mother, things turned ugly fast. the disease made her forget things little by little, at first it was what day it was, where she was. But after awhile , she couldn't even recognize her own kids"
The twins stared at each other, remembering what Kouki told them that day.
He knows how we felt.... Kaoru eyed his brother who realized the same thing.
They both do... Hikaru conveyed through his eyes
"And Kouki being the responsible little shit he is, got the burnt of it " Hiromi just continued oblivious of the twins silent conversation
"Even when our grandmother told him to not go visit her, he went behind her back anyways.... and I think whatever he saw that day is still on his mind" he sighed remembering what happened " The truth is our mother was the one who told grandmother to not let her kids visit her, because she knows she won't be herself... She want us to remember her smiling days, how she laughed and played with us. Not her screaming at people , crying nonstop and throwing violent tantrums. And when she died, it was like the only thing holding us together disappeared. Our dad never comes home, Kouki started to close himself off and well things really went downhill from there." He sighed , taking off his gloves finished with Hikaru's hair.
"But after meeting you guys he started to smile more, and looks more happy. So I have to thank you guys for being his friends" He finished giving a big smile at the twins, tears build up in his eyes, he thank the twins for making his brother happy when he couldn't.
The twins began tearing up as well, both jumping Hiromi to tackle him with a hug.
"woah hey!! Your hair's not dry yet!!" He shout as he fell on his back the twins just hugged him tighter. little sniffs here and there.
"Hahahahahahahaha don't be cry babies. C'mon I still have to finish Kaoru's hair" He sat up
"Then maybe you guys can do mine" He offered ruffling Kaoru's hair
"What's with you guys and touching our head" Kaoru grumbled, trying to hide his smile.
Unknown to the three, Hiromi heard the whole thing.
He was going to give them some snacks but stopped when he heard Hiromi talking about their mother.
Hearing Hiromi's story made him realize a few things...
One- he remembered that he wasn't the only one that went to visit his mother after Yuriko-san told them not to. Hiromi did it too...
two- after her death Kouki shut down. And during those few weeks Hiromi was the one taking care of everything while he mourned their mother's death in his room, ignoring the world outside. Hiromi cooked, cleaned, took care of the kids, handle the funeral with Yuriko-san. Everything...
three- He was the one who ignored Hiromi, not the other way around... Kouki was the one hanging out with friends, playing games and shit. While Hiromi went from job to job earning money for them -not wanting to fully rely on Yuriko-san. Because their father was a useless piece of shit that abandoned them. Hiromi even shielded him from their father whenever he could, dragging the drunk asshole as far away from them until he got sober enough to go back from wherever he came from.
Hiromi.Did.EVERYTHING
And Kouki was mad. Pissed. FURIOUS at Himself for only realizing this now.
He was soo blinded by sadness to see the reality of things.
But now he was more determined than ever to make it up to his brother.
He almost lost him because of it... he's lost enough people already
He's not gonna make the same mistake twice.
He took a few deep breaths to compose himself, blinking away his tears.
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"Kou-Niichan what are you doing" Kyouka called from behind him, making him jump.
"Kyouka-chan!!"
"I-I was going to give them some snacks" Kouki stuttered flustered by his sister's sudden appearance
"Call down your brothers, we can eat it together" He said, sliding open the door.
"Okayyy~" Kyouka answered as she went upstairs to call the small twins.
"Haruhi, Good morning"
Hikaru walked to haruhi, everyone in the class gaping at him.
"Hikaru... You died your hair" Haruhi sighed looking at his bright pink hair.
"Why is it pink..... Is that even allowed" she muttered the last bit to herself.
"It looks good on me doesn't it" He grinned
"I'm pink starting today, I've just been tired of being mistaken for Kaoru you know..."He trailed on his explanation
"Good morning haruhi" Kaoru appeared next to him
"and...your blue" She sighed looking at Kaoru's highlight blue hair
"I was finally able to sleep peacefully last night" Kaoru said as the twins took their seats
"But I had a bad dream... I dreamed about having my hair dyed PINK" He said face full of disgust just thinking about it
"That was one horrible nightmar-ACK!!!" He fell to the floor, having his chair kicked by his pink haired twin
He glared at his twin and yanked his chair, making the pink hair fall to the side.
This is not going to end well...
Haruhi could only sighed as the twins faced each other and began throwing anything and everything they could at each other
When is the teacher going to come....
She just stayed in her seat waiting for class to start, she could feel a headache starting to form and it was only 9
"Please let the day end peacefully..." She prayed to whatever god up there
~Lunch Time~
"-I WANT LUNCH SET A WITH SALAD B..." The twins yelled at the lunch lady in sync
" uwahh... even their fighting is in sync with each other" She observed the twins from the side
"Its as if they planned it" Kouki said with a monotone voice, standing beside haruhi
"Kouki-senpai?? ...what do you mean" She turned to him
"Nothing haru-chan, now lets go before they get here" He dragged haruhi to go find a free table
"Before who gets here-aahhh" She turns to the cafe's entrance as the rest of the host club walks in. cues the awes and shrieking of the fan girls.
"Yeah them... now hurry up I see a free table" Kouki ignored tamaki as he drags Haruhi along
"How was morning class??" Kouki asks the brunet sitting in front of him. Judging from the expression on her face he can already tell what happened
"hahahaha they fought all morning didn't they" Kouki laughed, looking at the still bickering twins as Honey approaches them to try calming them down with cake
"You have no idea senpai. I dont understand how they still have the energy to keep fighting" She said putting her head on the table as a sign of defeat.
"They are an active bunch" Kouki smiled as he pokes her head. Haruhi let out an grunt in agreement.
"Haru-chan did you make a bento?" Kouki asked pointing to her wrapped bento box
"BENTO BOX?!?!!?" came a scream
god tamaki no need to overreact, Kouki sweat dropped at his classmates imagination, hearing the blonds inner monologue
"EVEN IF ITS AN EMMBARASSING HEART SHAPED BENTO I WILL EAT IT ALL!!!!" He exclaimed
"While I have no idea what on earth your saying, I know that your imagination has no coherence whatsoever" Kyoya casually said as he took a seat beside Kouki
"As cold as ever" Kouki hummed as he took a bite of his Tamagoyaki that Hiromi made.
"I see you have the usual bento today" Kyoya commented looking at his bento
"Yeah yeah, I know what you want." He said as he gave half of his Tamagoyaki to Kyoya and took the other's pudding and cake in exchange.
"You dont have to say the same thing every time, its not as if i'll forget our deal" He grinned as he tears open the pudding.
"Your brother's cooking is as excellent as ever" Kyoya ignored his comment as he savor every bite of the Tamagoyaki on his plate, eyes sparkling in delight.
Kouki slowly ate his pudding watching the three first years in front of him.
How long do they plan on carrying out this stupid fight-He winced when tamaki got hit with a plate of soup.
Hiromi did an awesome job on the hair tho, He licked his spoon finished with his pudding and moving on to his cake
By now kyoya was gone from his seat, probably sitting somewhere far from this chaos, Kouki shrugged just staying in his seat as the twins started to throw things again dodging things here and there.
"I'm gonna finish this is the classroom" Haruhi sighed for the umpteenth time, getting up from her seat
"Bye haru-chan~" Kouki lazily waved at her with his fork, eyes still on the fighting twins.
Kouki just silently sat there finishing his meal, as the twins continues fighting.
'THUMP'
Hikaru and Kaoru jumped at the sound, slowly turning their head to their senpai. Face slowly drained of color when they saw the look on his face.
"That's enough don't you think??" Kouki smile with his eyes closed. He gave off a scary aura making the twins drop what they were holding.
"Everyone's gone now-" He said referring to the rest of the host club "and lunch time is almost over. So cut this shit out and clean up this mess" He calmly told the twins, as he got up from his seat
"Do you understand ?" He looked them straight in the eyes, making shivers run through them.
"Y-Ye-yes SENPAI!!" The twins automatically gave a salute, only receiving a small hum in return.
"Good then" Kouki got his plate and walked out.
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"Hikaru... senpai is scary" the blue twin whispered to his pink twin, "I know kaoru.." the pink twin whispered back. They both watch the senpai walk out not moving an inch from their place, afraid of angering him more.
'tick' 'tick' 'tick'
only the sound of a calculator can be heard in the close host club
6 members of the host club sat at a large table having an emergency meeting of sorts, Kyoya is furiously tapping at his calculator calculating the loss they're experiencing
"If this situation goes on, we'll be forced to stop selling the brotherly love, designation rates will definitely be down..." He sighed, continuously clicking his calculator
I thought they're all from rich families, why is he soo obsessed with the money this club makes
kouki sweat dropped looking at the money maniac beside him.
"Ah" he suddenly stopped his counting "Haruhi you dont have to feel bad or anything, even though their little fight is because of your thoughtless little comment" He said haruhi.
"Its not your fault after all" He said with a chilling smile
'He's clearly blaming me' haruhi stared blankly at the ice king
"This is the first time Hika-chan and Kao-chan have fought, right?" Honey mumbled. Squishing usa-chan in his hands, clearly upset.
"Hmm" Mori-senpai gave a silent nod
"Is that so??" Haruhi said, starting to feel a bit guilty
well they're not actually fighting in the first place, but kouki kept his mouth shut, silently sipping his tea
"I've known them since kindergarten and even thought i've never talked to them, the two of them were always only playing with each other" Honey explained
ahhh i should make sure my twins interact with the other kids besides kyouka he grimaced thinking about the troublesome duo in his house
"yeah....i've known them since middle school, they were pretty odd" Tamaki added
"Its as if they wouldn't let anyone get close to them, except themselves.. but if you think about it fighting might be a good direction for them. Doesn't it mean that their world is getting wider now?? Right now letting them be might be the best thing to do" He ended it with a positive way
"is it really a good direction..." haruhi mumbled to herself
"well...fighting might be a good way to make them have a closers bond, but if the person who's is fighting is stubborn and no one wants to admit their fault-" Kouki suddenly added gaining all of their attention "then who knows how or even when this little fight will end" he thought back on himself and hiromi
if his brother didn't initiate it, who knows when they would have been able to be a working family again.
i better not mess this up again
'Kouki-senpai too...' Haruhi thought guilt settling deep inside her.
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Gosh I'm soo exhausted, thank god I finally managed to finish all my assignments, now I can take a break for a while.... he sighed pushing open the door to the music room.
"ahh looks like the prank is over" he said, looking at the laughing twins and the zombie like club members.
"KOUKI SENPAI YOU KNEW!!???"