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Aftermath	By : DanielGar Category: +M to R > Ouran High Host Club Views: 2929 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of the characters in the show. I make no money off of this story.

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Kaoru awoke to the familiar feel of his brother’s fingers entwined with his own. It was the feel of an unfamiliar bed beneath him however that made his eyes open. He picked his head off the hard pillow and looked around. The room was dark, except from the glowing screens of the various medical equipment that circled the bed. From the glow Kaoru was able to faintly trace his brother’s arm to a chair that was pulled up directly against the bed. Kaoru smiled and laid his head once more against the stiff pillow and drifted back to sleep.
“I’m sorry Mr. Hitachiin, but you’re going to have to let go of your brother’s hand.” A rough voice said.
“Can it wait another thirty minutes? My brother didn’t sleep much while we were out there and he needs as much sleep as he can get. If I take my hand away he’ll wake up.” Kaoru tried to reason.
“I’ve given you two extra hours already. If the doctor comes in here and sees that you haven’t had your burns properly attended to I could lose my job.” The rough voice countered.
“Listen, while you’re talking about possibilities, I’m talking about guaranties. As in: I can guaranty you that you won’t lose your job and will even receive a small bonus if you just give him another half hour.” Kaoru said gently before his voice turned into a quiet growl as his eyes narrowed, “Or I can guaranty that you will lose your job and never work in the medical field again, if you don’t get your ass out of this room right now.”
The nurse and Kaoru exchanged fearsome looks, but the steely eyed glare of young twin coupled with a threat that the nurse knew was a high probability-due to both the prestige of the hospital as well as the name on the side of the helicopter that had brought the two young men to the hospital the previous night-sent the nurse spinning on her heels and marching out the door, but not before she got in one last word, “This is the last time I’m giving you more time. Next time I come in here, I’m doing my job and there will be no threat that will stop me.”
Kaoru stuck his tongue out at the nurse but she was already in the hallway. He then turned his focus back to his sleeping brother. Kaoru gave his brother’s hand a slight squeeze. Of course he could let his brother’s hand go; it was just that he knew his brother slept best when there was a connection between them and Kaoru had to admit that he did as well. It was something about the reassurance of knowing that their other half was still there, even as they slept, that made such gestures a nightly occurrence, if not a necessity.
Kaoru laid there silently staring at his brother as he peacefully slept, but it was only for a few minutes as his brother started to stir awake. Hikaru’s eyes fluttered a little and he squeezed his brother’s hand. “Good morning Hikaru.”
Hikaru rolled his head to the side and let out a groan. “My neck hurts. This stupid chair couldn’t be more uncomfortable.”
“I tried telling you to go home last night.” Kaoru said.
Hikaru’s eyes shot opened, “I couldn’t leave you here by yourself and you know it.”
“I know Hikaru. Thanks for staying with me.” Kaoru said giving his brother a smile.
Hikaru untwined his fingers from his brother’s hand and began to rub his sore neck with his free hand. He groaned a bit and dropped his head low but after a while he looked and examined his brother. “Sorry Kaoru, the chair killed my brain. How are you feeling this morning?”
“I would be better if I could have just slept in my own bed, with decent sheets and my own pillow not to mention if I didn’t look like I was an electrical outlet with all these wires plugged into me.” Kaoru said.
Hikaru smiled. “What did the nurse say about your burns this morning? Good enough to go home?”
“Oh…uh…she said… umm…” Kaoru stammered out.
“She hasn’t been in here has she!?!” Hikaru glanced at the clock and saw the time, the morning was half gone. He shouted as he jumped to his feet. “Who does she think she is!?! I will have her head on a pike!” He began to march off towards the door, flames stoking in his eyes and evil deeds brewing in his mind.
“Hikaru wait!” Kaoru shouted leaning forward. “She has been here.”
Hikaru stopped. “Worse yet! That leaves no excuse then!”
“I may have…sent her away…a few times…” Kaoru admitted sheepishly.
Hikaru turned towards his brother, “Why would you do that?”
Kaoru’s cheeks had become flushed and the heart monitor started to pick up speed. “I didn’t want to wake you up.”
Hikaru face palmed. “Kaoru, we’re here in a hospital to make sure you get better. We’re not here for me to sleep.”
Kaoru placed his two index fingers together and stared at them as he moved them up and down. “I know, it’s just…you haven’t slept much the past few nights so I wanted to make sure you got some sleep.”
Hikaru walked over to his brother and tussled his hair. “Thanks.” Hikaru’s fingers then ran down the side of Kaoru’s face and down his jaw, coming to a stop at the middle of his chin. He slowly lifted Kaoru’s head up until they were looking into each other’s eyes. “Don’t do that again.” He then turned around and walked to the door. “Going to find the nurse and send her in.”
A few moments later Hikaru returned with a nurse at his side. He moved his chair away from his brother’s bed and watched as the nurse carefully removed his brother’s bandages. “Well Mr. Hitachiin your burns seem to be healing up quite nicely. We’ll just leave them off for a while so some fresh air can get to them. The doctor will see you later and then I’ll come back to apply some fresh bandages and then you may leave the hospital.”
Kaoru smiled and thanked the nurse. She nodded in response and left the two brothers in the room. As she began walking down the hallway she heard the sounds of someone running coming from around the corner, and soon enough a skinny young man with blond hair came running into view. The nurse reached out an arm and grabbed the man by his shirt collar. “No running in the halls.”
“Sorry!” The young man panted. “I’m on my way to see my friends.”
“The Hitachiins?” The nurse inquired.
The young man nodded.
“I’m sorry but family visitors only. You’ll just have to wait until he is released this afternoon.” The nurse said firmly.
The young man blinked. “But they are family. They’re like sons to me. Granted they’re troublesome sons that one might not claim in public and at the end of most days you question why you even kept them, but then on some days you realize that they are still family and that they complete you, so you take them out for ice cream however while you’re there they…”
The nurse shook her head. “Sorry, immediate family only.”
“It’s alright Nurse Kita, he’s with me”, came a voice from around the corner.
Nurse Kita turned her attention towards the corner and watched as another young man rounded the corner: This one had black hair and wore glasses. The nurse removed her hand from the other man’s collar and gave a bow, “Sorry Mr. Ohtori, I didn’t know.”
“That’s quite alright Nurse Kita. It is very reassuring to know my family employs such orderly nurses.” Kyoya reassured.
The nurse’s cheeks began to flush red. “How very kind of you to say that Mr. Ohtori. The Hitachiin room is the second on the left.” The nurse gestured down the hall and gave a slight bow. When she looked up she saw that two more people had joined them, a young looking blond boy was holding the hand of a tall dark haired man. The nurse shook her head and continued down the hall.
Kaoru squirmed as his brother’s breath blew over the sensitive skin as he was up close examining the burns. “Are you done looking yet?”
Hikaru looked up at his brother with a sparkle in his eyes, “Do they hurt?”
“A little. I took some pain pills earlier, but they haven’t kicked in yet.” Koaru answered with a similar twinkle in his eye. The twins began to shift their heads towards each other.
Suddenly the door flew open, the twins looked up. “Boss? What are you doing back here?”
“I’ve come to visit my favorite twins of course.” Tamaki said with a smile as he entered the room.
“By why bother coming now?” Kaoru asked. “I get released in a few hours. I thought we were meeting when I got home.”
“That would be my doing. The hospital needed to be checked upon so we decided to kill two birds with one stone.” Kyoya answered following Tamaki.
Honey entered the door frame, “Kao-chan!” He shouted with glee as a smile took over his face. He ran towards the bed and when he was a few feet away he jumped into the air arms extended for an embrace.
Kaoru tensed up, bracing for the impact and the pain that would come with it. While Hikaru gasped and tried to put himself between his brother and the projectile Honey.
However it was all for naught as Honey was picked out of the air by a long arm. “He’s hurt Mitsukuni.” Mori said as he gently placed Honey back onto the floor.
Honey looked down at the foot he was moving side to side. “Sorry, I forgot in all the excitement.”
Kaoru gave a sigh of relief. “It’s ok Honey-senpai . Just come over to my good side if you want to give me a hug.” Kaoru lifted up his good arm inviting Honey over.
Honey looked up, a smile once more spreading across his face. He moved as fast as he could to Kaoru’s side and wrapped his arm around him, taking special care not to come too close to Kaoru’s burns.
Hikaru looked around the room. “What, no Haruhi?”
“I’m afraid not for right now.” Tamaki said, “Although she gave me her word she would meet us at your house this afternoon.”
Surrounded by friends, the remaining hours in the hospital flew by, with the Hitachiin parents arriving shortly before the release time. Together as a family once more, they entered their elegant limousine and proceeded home. The ride was quiet as Kaoru laid across one seat, his head resting on his brother’s lap as Hikaru gently ran his slender fingers through his brother’s hair, and their parents looked on with relief that both of their sons were alive.
Shortly after the Hitachiins had arrived home, a few more limos arrived as well bringing their family and friends. It was an hour after much discussion of their misadventure that Hikaru’s cellphone rang. Hikaru smiled, as it was the missing guest. He answered it and told them that he’d go with the driver to pick them up.
Hikaru called his driver and by the time he made it outside the car was already waiting for him. The driver was a young man who appeared to be only a few years older than the teenager he served.
“Master Hikaru, it’s been awhile. I pray that Master Kaoru is healing quickly now.” Their driver said opening the car door with a slight bow.
“He just needs to take it easy the rest of the summer. So we may be staying on the property for the rest of the break.” Hikaru explained sliding into the car.
The valet entered the car and adjusted the review mirror. “The whole staff was worried about you two when we received word that no one could reach you and the emergency signal had gone off.” The car started down the driveway and onto the street.
Hikaru shifted in his seat. “…sorry…” he said shifting his focus to his feet. Without his brother sitting next to him to share some of the weight of the blame, Hikaru felt uncomfortable.
“While I haven’t watched you two grow up as much as most of the staff has, I still couldn’t sleep. I dared not to turn on the television either, because all the news channels wanted to talk about were your family’s companies, without focusing on the real story that two kids were lost in the middle of the ocean.” The car steadily drove down the road at a brisk pace.
Hikaru’s head perked up and focused on their valet. “Our parents’ companies?”
“I guess you may be too young to know it yourself, regardless of where you go to school. And as a parent myself I can see why your parent’s didn’t tell you. Forget I said anything.” The valet said with a shake of his head.
“You might as well tell me now.” Hikaru said leaning forward, “I’ll hear it eventually.”
“Well, although it may not seem like it, the actions of the heirs of companies are well followed and documented, as investors always want to know and plan for the future. So when the only heirs to two major companies go missing, it can make investors and stock holders very nervous. So a large number sold their stocks because they didn’t see a steady future in those companies and wanted to get out before stock prices fell.” The valet slowly rubbed the back of his head. “And I’m a little ashamed to admit that I may have sold some of my stock as well.” He could feel the glare from Hikaru burning into the back of his skull. “But not because I didn’t believe that you guys would be found. But that uncertainty in the market made me worry about my own children’s future. I had to sell my stock to ensure that they would have a good future in case something terrible did happen.”
Hikaru sighed and now looked at the chauffeur in a new light, “I didn’t know you had a family.”
The chauffer pulled down the sun visor and grabbed a picture and handed it backwards into Hikaru’s open hand. “Those are my two girls. The oldest one’s name is Aiko, she turned ten last month and the younger one is Mai, she’s five.”
“If she’s ten…” Hikaru’s mouth dropped, as the chauffeur didn’t look to be much older than he was.
“My wife and I were barely out of high school when she was born. We had only been married three months when she was born.” The driver said with a smile. “We didn’t know what we were doing but we managed somehow.”
“You always spend so much time waiting on my brother and me, or being on call, that we just assumed you were single.” Hikaru said, “Sort of makes me feel sorry for all those times we’ve called you in the middle of the night.”
“Don’t be. I can’t complain about this job. This is a great job. Your family pays very well and provides lots of benefits. And you two, while a little rambunctious at times are still better than any stodgy old geezer who won’t let me drive faster than he can walk.”
Hikaru chuckled a little. “Well, we enjoy having you. Besides our maids, you’re the closest to our age. So you let us have more fun than the rest of the staff. That and unlike our last driver, you will at least go the speed limit.”
The valet laughed and gave a content sigh. “I sure am glad to have you two back again, even if you will just be staying at home for a while.”
“We’re glad to be back.” Hikaru responded. He then sat back and looked out the window again. As he watched the landscape flyby his mind thought back to what his driver had told him. About how the future of the business and investment of the businesses reflected off of Kaoru and himself as much as his parents who were still the current heads of those companies and would be for a few more decades into the future. He squeezed his right hand tightly, as he often did when problems occurred, except this time his brother wasn’t there to squeeze back and ground him. Hikaru then tried to think of what other actions his brother and he could take that would have a profound impact on the family’s businesses. Hikaru let out a sigh and opened up his hand, as the conclusion left Hikaru feeling that the future may be very boring indeed.
Haruhi slid into the car and saw Hikaru sitting on the other side staring out the window. “So you did come after all. You guys sounded like you were having so much fun; I thought you would have just sent a driver.”
If Hikaru heard a word she said he didn’t show it.
“Hikaru?” Haruhi paused and watched her friend for a moment. Not even when the driver got back into the car and began driving back to the Hitachiin residence did Hikaru move. “Hikaru are you feeling ok?”
Hikaru sighed and shrugged his shoulders. “I suppose I should be.”
“Is something wrong Hikaru? Is it Kaoru? Did something else happen?” Haruhi asked anxiously.
“Yes.” Hikaru mumbled.
“What happened? Is he ok?” Haruhi asked as she moved closer to her friend.
Hikaru turned and looked a Haruhi, a confused expression on his face. “What are you talking about Haruhi? Kaoru is fine…well besides the burns.”
“But you said...” Haruhi’s head and shoulders sagged, “never mind.”
Hikaru shrugged and looked back out the window. Haruhi looked at her friend once more. Since she first began to get to know Hikaru when she had joined the Host Club the relationship between the two of them had warmed up. Before Haruhi had joined the Host Club, Hikaru’s only close relationship was with his brother, not even the other hosts were allowed too close. But since Haruhi had arrived she had become a close friend to Hikaru, and also had seen his friendship with the other hosts grow as well. However, there were still some days when Hikaru would just recoil back to his former self, keeping his brother as his only companion. Haruhi just assumed that since Kaoru had been injured, that Hikaru had just slipped back into his old ways. Thinking along those lines, made this silent car ride understandable, but it was hard to know for certain because being a single child she didn’t have any sibling relationship experience. So instead of pushing questions that Hikaru clearly wouldn’t answer, she instead just sat quietly and listened to the sound of the car as it traveled down the road.
Hikaru and Haruhi walked through the door. Haruhi looked around and didn’t see or hear anyone. “Where is everyone?”
“They’re all in the east parlor. I’ll show you.” Hikaru said leading the way.
Haruhi mentally face palmed over the comment, she had forgotten just how rich her friends were. Enough not to only have a parlor but to have enough that they had to have directions put to them to distinguish them. After going down halls that Haruhi had never seen before, they finally arrived. Once they had stepped into the room Hikaru began to walk away from Haruhi, “I’ll go let Kaoru know you are here. Make sure to stay away from the vases.” Haruhi looked around the room nervously, and made the mental note that most of her apartment could fit in this single room. After a minute of searching she spotted someone waving at her. She smiled; while spotting Tamaki any other time may have made her think twice, she was glad to have some form of normalcy in this rather foreign atmosphere.
As Hikaru came closer to his brother he could over hear the conversation of the group of adults surrounding him, “Just think Kaoru, all the girls will be throwing themselves at you. Women love scars.” A man with a well groomed beard said pulling his wife close to him.
“From what I’ve heard from the hall of Saint Cuthbert’s Academy about the Ouran Host Club,” said a woman in brightly colored dress, “is that our little Kaoru doesn’t need the help of scars. He already has a gaggle of girls swarming him.”
“So does that mean you have your future wife picked out?” a rather round man asked with a laugh.
“Nonsense, Kaoru has a nice head on his shoulders. He knows that the relationships at his age don’t last. They’re nothing but stress and heartache,” replied another in the crowd, “It’s his brother Hikaru who you should ask.”
“Just like his mother, already leaving a trail of tears and broken hearts behind him.” Replied the bearded man.
Kaoru finally saw his brother gesturing to him from the other side of the crowd and interrupted the conversation, “excuse me, another guest has arrived.” Kaoru then slipped between the bodies and made it to his brother. As he got closer however he saw something that he had missed earlier. His brother was upset. Kaoru grabbed his brother by the hand and began to walk towards Haruhi. “Don’t listen to them Hikaru. They don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Hikaru shot his brother a smile and gave his hand a little squeeze. “Tell me about it. They almost have more divorces between them than they do holes in their heads.”
Kaoru glanced at his brother out of the corner of his eye. Something was wrong, but it wasn’t the time or the place to start pestering him about it, so he carried on his way to greet Haruhi.
After the small party had finished Hikaru watched as Tamaki’s car pulled away from the base of the steps and down the drive, once they were beyond the gates he turned and entered the house. He climbed the stairs and walked down the hall to the large dual doors that led into the bedroom he shared with his brother. He opened the door and paused at the sight before him. His brother was sitting on the bed, his shirt laid on the floor. Instead of walking into the room, Hikaru instead examined his brother as he slowly pealed the bandages away from his chest.
“I could use your help removing these damned bandages Hikaru.” Kaoru said without even turning his head to look at his older brother.
Hikaru closed the doors behind him and walked up to the bed, his eyes met with his brothers. Hikaru crouched down to where he was at eye level with his brother. As he slowly got closer to his brother, he could hear and feel when his breathing hitched. Kaoru eagerly licked his lips before he leaned forward. But there was no contact between the brothers. Instead Kaoru’s eyes filled with tears and a painful growl left his throat. Hikaru looked down and saw that he had ripped the bandage from his brother’s chest. “Sorry, sorry, sorry!” Hikaru cried out as his brother whimpered in pain. Hikaru looked at the dirty bandage, he wasn’t aware of why he did it; he just knew that he had caused his brother pain.
Kaoru let out another pained groan then gave his brother the best smile he could muster, “well I guess that’s one way to do it.”
Late that night as the twins lay in bed Kaoru turned his head and looked at his brother, although it was dark, it was obvious that he was not asleep. “Hey Hikaru, is something wrong?”
“What?” Hikaru asked, as he began to look around.
“I asked if something was wrong. You’ve been acting strange since you went to pick Haruhi up, not to mention you ripped my bandages off. Did you two get in a fight on the way back?” Kaoru asked.
“No, it was before that…” Hikaru grumbled.
“What was?” Kaoru questioned.
“Our driver said that…” Hikaru stopped.
Kaoru laid in wait, expecting his brother to finish his sentence. But he didn’t. “What did he say Hikaru?”
“He said that…” Hikaru paused again. This time he was urged on by his brother jabbing his ribs with a finger. “He said that… He has a family, a wife and two girls. The older one is ten and the younger is five.” While it wasn’t a lie, because the driver did in fact say that, it wasn’t what had been on his mind.
Kaoru stared at his brother through the darkness and smiled. His brother could be such an emotional rollercoaster sometimes. He could be angry one moment then happy the next. He could be a total dick to someone and then the next person he met would claim him to be an angel. While it drove most people crazy, it was one of his brother’s quirks so he loved it without question. “Guess we shouldn’t call him up at two in the morning anymore and ask him to take us for a drive to the movies.”
“Or to pick up some coffee.” Hikaru added.
“Or to drive us to the end of the drive.” Kaoru smiled thinking back.
“Or to drive you around until you fell asleep.” Hikaru grinned.
“That happened one time! Besides I was ten! It’s not like I did it recently.” Kaoru shouted.
Hikaru chuckled and gave a joyful sigh. “Goodnight Kaoru.”
“Goodnight Hikaru.” Kaoru said reaching out his hand. He found his brother’s hand already in the middle of the bed. Kaoru slipped his hand into his brother’s and then began to drift asleep.
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